James Butler Campbell papers, 1826-1901.

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James Butler Campbell papers, 1826-1901.

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Business and legal papers re Campbell's law practice, settlement of estates of John White and Robert W[ilson] Gibbes, Savannah and Charleston Railroad Company, W.E. Carrere's interest in a steamship line, and correspondence of Robert Adger, Geo[rge] W[ashington] Seabrook, Augustine T. Smythe, and William E. Earle, re tax cases and land purchases; including inventory, 20 May 1826, recording French assets in America seized by S.C. prior to 1801. Letter, 23 Mar. 1847, Charleston, S.C., to [Daniel] Webster, re his plans to visit S.C., Campbell's eargerness to play host, and offering tour of a rice plantation; 2 letters, 28 Sept. 1865 and 30 Sept. 1865, Charleston, S.C., from Henry Seabrook to U.S. Direct Tax Commission, Washington, D.C., and Edward S. Philbrick, Boston, Mass., re 1863 sale of Capt. John Fripp's property at St. Helena Island, S.C. Letter, 10 Oct. 1865, from E.S. Philbrick, re purchases of land seized by government and plans for Northern business associates to sell joint land holdings; letter, 8 Dec. 1865, Beaufort, S.C., E.G. Dudley to Henry Seabrook, re Seabrook's purchase of John Fripp's property from Captain Niles G. Parker of the U.S. Army, present state of the plantation, living conditions for slave families, hardships of the war to North and South, and settlement of the question of titles by U.S. Supreme Court. Letter, 26 June 1871, Charleston, S.C., to W.E. Wooding, re death of [Clement Laird] Vallandigham, and comments on [James Rood] Doolittle and [Thomas Andrews] Hendricks; letter, 28 June 1882, Norfolk, Va., from C.O. Boutelle, re Campbell's report on the U.S. tax law in S.C., authorities' refusal to accept tax payments in 1865, and Rev. A[mory] D[wight] Mayo's educational mission to Charleston, S.C. Letter, 1 Feb. 1882, Washington, D.C., from Mrs. R.H.W. Seabrook to J.B. Campbell, re Sen. Wade Hampton, and requesting aid in regaining her position in Agriculture Department; letter, 3 June 1884, New York, N.Y., from M[argaret] J[ane] M[ussey] Sweat, requesting advice on finances of [Lucy H.] Pickens and mortgage on Edgewood Plantation; letter, 8 Dec. 1893, Charleston, S.C., [Cecil Campbell Higgins] to Richard Olney, re policies of Gov. [B.R.] Tillman, and connection of William E. Earle with Higgins' father.

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