Letter : Blackville, S.C., to [W.L. Washburn], 1897 Jan. 17.

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Letter : Blackville, S.C., to [W.L. Washburn], 1897 Jan. 17.

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Letter concerns Alexander Downer of Georgia and a fund he created in 1818 to establish a school for orphans of Richmond County (Ga.) and neighboring Edgefield District, South Carolina (in an area which is now part of Aiken County, S.C.).

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Hammond, Edward Spann, 1834-1921.

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Blackville, S.C. plantation owner, physician, and attorney. Hammond, a custodian of the Downer Institute fund, was the son of South Carolina governor James Henry Hammond (1807-1864). From the description of Letter : Blackville, S.C., to [W.L. Washburn], 1897 Jan. 17. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 37522778 Planter, physician, and attorney, of South Carolina and Lynchburg, Va.; S.C. Rep. from Barnwell District, 1858-1860; husband of Marcella Chri...

Downer, Alexander

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