Edward Hooker papers, 1805-1947.

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Edward Hooker papers, 1805-1947.

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Diaries and correspondence, including journal, 1805-1808, re Hooker's daily activities while teaching at Cambridge College near Ninety Six, S.C.; traveling to Connecticut, New York and Charleston, S.C.; expenses for room and board, donations to Methodist Church, and passage to Charleston, S.C.; payments to identified slaves for services rendered; and lists of books and clothing brought to Columbia, S.C. Diary, 1806-1807, entries re religious opinions and attitudes including entry, 28 Apr. 1806, re his 21st birthday and reflections about life and the future; and entry, 1 Jan. 1807, re activities of the previous year. Letter book, 1807-1811, Columbia, S.C., and New Haven, Conn., re campus of South Carolina College, student behavior, social and religious customs, impact of Embargo of 1807-1809, and Wade Hampton's withdrawal from the College; also including letter, 25 May 1807, Columbia, S.C., to Lemuel Whitman, Farmington, Conn., re Southern morals, illiteracy, social classes, estates, and Connecticut's economic system. Letter, 23 Oct. 1808, Columbia, S.C., to his brother John Hooker, York, S.C., re family business and visiting Granby court; letter, 28 July 1808, Farmington, Conn., to Thomas Park, S.C. College, Columbia, S.C., re Hooker's desire to resign his tutorship, recommending a replacement, and studying theology or chemistry; also including six letters, 1944-1947, re location of Edward Hooker's diaries and notes on Edward and John Hooker.

6 items and 3 v.

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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South Carolina College

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Park, Thomas, 1759-1834

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English antiquary and bibliographer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to William Hayley, 1800 Dec. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270610523 Thomas Park was born in 1759 and spent his early life training to be an engraver. In 1797 he changed his occupation, turning his total attention instead to literature and antiquities. In 1792 he published his first volume of verse. He went on to publish more verse but mainly he edited many historical and lite...

Cambridge College (Ninety Six, S.C.)

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Hampton Wade, 1791-1858.

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Wade Hampton I (1754-1835), was an army officer and United States representative from Virginia. Wade Hampton II was born in 1791 and died in 1858). Wade Hampton III (1818-1902), was a Confederate Army officer and governor and United States senator of South Carolina. From the guide to the Wade Hampton Papers, ., 1791-1907, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

Hooker, Edward, 1785-1846.

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Graduate and faculty member of Yale College; tutor at South Carolina College, Columbia, S.C.; faculty member at Cambridge College near Ninety Six, S.C. (now located in area known as Greenwood County, S.C.); son, of Col. Noadiah Hooker and Rebecca Hooker; brother of prominent Columbia lawyer John Hooker (1775-1813). From the description of Edward Hooker papers, 1805-1947. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 42402499 Edward Hooker graduated from Yale College in...

Yale University.

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Whitman, Lemuel, 1780-1841

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Hooker, John, 1775-1813.

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