Papers of the McKellar, Bradford, and Jones families, 1861-1945.

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Papers of the McKellar, Bradford, and Jones families, 1861-1945.

Chiefly family correspondence and bills and receipts listing household goods and services; including letter, 29 June 1887, Greenville, S.C., from J[ames] K. Mendenhall, to "Cousin Jud," re moving to Greenville from Columbia, S.C., itinerant preaching, evangelism, and reports of Greenville and Furman University. Also including letter, 25 May 1895, Memphis, Tenn., from Adah B. McKellar, to "Uncle Jud," re military drills, currency debate [i.e. many in Populist party and in Democratic party advocated free silver], monetary convention, and appearance of John Griffin Carlisle and William Jennings Bryan; letter, 2 Apr. 1892, Cummings, S.C., from James D[uncan] McKellar, re his organization of a Sunday School, working at a saw mill, and his employer's holdings.

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Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925

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Carlisle, John Griffin, 1834-1910

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McKellar, James Duncan

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Mendenhall, James E. (James Edgar), 1903-

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McKellar, Adah Bridges

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Furman University

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