Francis Warrington Dawson papers, 1853-1959.

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Francis Warrington Dawson papers, 1853-1959.

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Correspondence, telegrams, legal and business papers re Dawson's career in journalism, his political associations, his purchase and operation of the News and Courier (Charleston, S.C.), and other interests held by Riordan, Dawson and Company. Collection includes correspondence with literary figures, including James Ryder Randall, and various political figures, including diplomat James Morris Morgan, Secretary of State Thomas Francis Bayard, Sen. Matthew C. Butler, and governors Daniel Henry Chamberlain, Hugh S. Thompson, and Benjamin R. Tillman. Other topics represented include tariff reform, Tillman politics, and letter, 6 May 1885, Goshen Bridge, Va., re Robert A. Camm's description of the situation faced by Southern midshipmen enrolled at the U.S. Naval Academy in Maryland at the outbreak of the Civil War.

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7386716

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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