William Ashmead Courtenay papers, 1872-1957 (bulk, 1872-1908).

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William Ashmead Courtenay papers, 1872-1957 (bulk, 1872-1908).

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Chiefly correspondence, 2731 items in six oversized volumes, documenting political career and publications of WAC, impact of 1886 earth quake, other aspects of Charleston social life, and textile mill development in S.C.; plus 44 unbound items, dated 24 Oct. 1873-20 Nov. 1957 and undated (bulk, 1873-1908), including letter, 7 Aug. [18]97, Newry, S.C., to Henry R. Dwight, re various paintings of Gen[era]l [Francis] Marion executed for S.C. Society Hall in Charleston, S.C. Oversize volumes dated as follows: Vol. I (1872-1892); Vol. II (1880-1884); Vol. III (1883-1887); Vol. IV (1888-1889); Vol. V (1890-1891); and Vol. VI (1890-1893). Bound volumes include letter, 15 June 1894 (Barnwell, S.C.), from Johnson Hagood, S.C. Military Academy, re hostility of Gov. [Benjamin] Tillman to the Citadel, and questioning Tillman's support in the press; papers re cotton and textiles include 29 July 1892, Orlando, Fla., from W.M. Ogilvie, re newspaper reports of WAC's recent purchase of site at Chester, S.C., with "valuable water power" for a possible factory, requesting employment, reporting that he had moved to Florida in 1886 and desired to relocate. Other papers included in bound volumes re cotton textile industry include research completed by WAC prior to the 1893 founding of Courtenay Manufacturing Company (Newry, S.C.); letter, 15 Oct. 1892, from Ellison A. Smyth, Greenville, S.C., re operation of Pelzer Manufacturing Co.; and broadside, ca. Jan. 1893, Indianola Manufacturing and Power Company, offering capital stock for erection of a mill on Catawba River near Land's Ford, S.C. Unbound papers include political materials such as printed ballot, "Commerce is King!", 1879, listing Courtenay as unopposed for mayor; letter, 14 Oct. 1884, to Horatio Seymour, Deerfield, N.Y., re receipt of publications from Oneida Historical Society, sending him copy of Centennial of Incorporation, and hopes for election of Democratic President "to emancipate the South." Items re the earth quake include circular letter, 31 Dec. 1886, City of Charleston, Executive Department, "To the Contributors to the Relief of the Earthquake Sufferers," expressing thanks for "the blessed bounty that quickly came from all parts of this land, and even from beyond the seas, for the needy sufferers in this stricken City..." signed in print by W.W. Simons, Clerk, and WAC, Mayor. Printed poem, Richmond, 4 Feb. 1888, "St. Michaels After the Earthquake," signed by S.B. Valentine, "100 copies printed for Hon. Wm. A. Courtenay, Charleston, S.C., at the Walker, Evans & Cogswell Co., Press, for the Authoress, Washington's Birthday, 1888." Printed poem, "By the Rev. Charles S. Vedder, D.D., Read at the Celebration by the Huguenot Society of Charleston, S.C., April 14, 1890, of the Promulgation of the Edict of Nantz, 1598"; printed invitation, 7 July 1891, for unveiling of monument for members of the Washington Light Infantry who died during Civil War; printed copy of resolutions of City Council, 24 Mar. 1892, re a fire at the Citadel; printed invitation, 27 Mar. 1893, for unveiling of monument erected "over the remains of Brig. Gen'l Roswell Sabin Ripley in Magnolia Cemetery." Other unbound items in folders include ink and watercolor drawing, 4 Feb. 1891, "Plat of Burial Ground in Magnolia Cemetery," paper on canvas (Pob: 45 x 40 cm.) showing markers of Edward S., Elizabeth S., and James Jervey Courtenay, and four infants; Address, [27 Mar. 1893], "Presented to the family of General Beauregard on the occasion of receiving his sword, for the City of Charleston, S.C."; Commencement program, 4-7 June 1893, from Converse College; and genealogical essay, 20 Nov. 1957, re Courtenay family of Devon, England and Newry, Ireland; and biographical information compiled by Yates Snowden (oversize folder).

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