Letters, 1819 June 13-1833 Jan. 11, v. p., to George Ticknor, Boston.

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Letters, 1819 June 13-1833 Jan. 11, v. p., to George Ticknor, Boston.

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Ticknor's friends were all sad to see him leave but were happy at his safe arrival; news of friends. Mentions his marriage to a Miss Coalter; financial difficulties of his father, Everett. Political unrest over nullification.

3 items. 26 cm.

Dartmouth College Library

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Ticknor, George, 1791-1871

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Lawyer and college adminstrator of South Carolina; member of S.C. House of Representatives, 1828-1834, and the U.S. Senate, 1833-1842; president of South Carolina College, Columbia, S.C., 1845-1851, and trustee, 1851-1857; an 1812 graduate of South Carolina College; studied law at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland; practiced law in Virginia and S.C.; formed law partnership with David J. McCord, 1832; founded the Columbia Antheneum; husband of Maria Coalter and Penelope Davis. Fro...