Daniel Henry Chamberlain papers, 1872-1925.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Daniel Henry Chamberlain papers, 1872-1925.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42450797

Chiefly political correspondence of Daniel Henry Chamberlain re politics and government of South Carolina during Reconstruction period; including letter, 5 Feb. 1872, Columbia, S.C., to Edwin F. Gary, S.C. State Auditor, re general tax act; note, 23 Oct. 1875, re political values and principles of political parties:"I have unbounded faith in the future of this Country, but if my faith suffers any Eclipse it is when I see political parties valued beyond the principles which alone give parties their right to exist." Letter, 6 Mar. 1877 (Columbia, S.C.), to [William Maxwell] Ewarts, who was soon to be appointed Secretary of State by President Hayes, re controversy over disputed 1876 gubernatorial election and Chamberlain's refusal to turn governor's office over to Wade Hampton, and the creation of a dual government in S.C. headed by Chamberlain and Wade Hampton, arguing that if Hampton and his party are allowed to assume office: "Peace will come, - the peace of political servitude, the peace of Georgia, of Alabama and Mississippi." Recognizing the slim chance of Federal support for his cause, Chamberlain implicitly states that he will peacefully surrender the office only when and if the U.S. government acknowledges S.C.'s Democratic government headed by Hampton: "I am by every title Governor of this state. In that capacity I am the representative of the people, and I cannot voluntarily yield my office when the result will be to imperil the rights of hundreds of thousands of others...." Essay, May 1878, New York City, re observance of "Decoration Day" [i.e. Memorial Day] to honor, "those who fell in the War for the Preservation of the Union and the destruction of slavery..."; 3 letters, 25 June 1896 (New York), 18 Mar. 1899 (Massachusetts), and 2 Jan. 1906 (Charlottesville, Va.), written to Yates Snowden, discuss a gift to the Confederate Home, request material written by Presbyterian cleric Dr. [James Henley] Thornwell, and congratulate Yates Snowden on his appointment as professor at University of South Carolina; and letter, 23 Mar. 1925, Columbia, S.C., from John W. Alling, to Yates Snowden, re William Way's "History of the New England Society" and Chamberlain's disappointment at failure to accomplish political reform in S.C. In other letters, Chamberlain discusses a change of personnel at the "News and Courier" newspaper in Charleston, S.C.; reports that he had no plans to publish a volume re history of Reconstruction; and notes the good work and accomplishments of William Ashmead Courtenay. Letter, 23 Mar. 1925 (Columbia, S.C.) from John W. Alling to Yates Snowden, re book, History of the New England Society (by William Way) and it's goals and history, and noting Chamberlain's disappointment "in his failure to accomplish some durable and lasting work of reform in South Carolina."

29 items.

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7449833

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

Related Entities

There are 13 Entities related to this resource.

Thornwell, James Henley, 1812-1862

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bz6dtk (person)

Ewarts, William Maxwell

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61c3x5g (person)

Way, William, 1876-1974

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bs0rqc (person)

Hampton, Wade, 1818-1902

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jw8d33 (person)

Wade Hampton (1818-1902) was a planter, Confederate officer, governor of South Carolina, and United States senator. From the guide to the Wade Hampton Papers, ., 1813-1891, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) South Carolina governor. From the description of Letter : Columbia, S.C., to Gen. Conner, 1880 October 31. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32140158 Confederate Army off...

Democratic Party (S.C.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6837wg1 (corporateBody)

Courtenay, William Ashmead, 1831-1908

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v69sjr (person)

William Ashmead Courtenary was a Charleston and Columbia, S.C. businessman and newspaper editor. He served as mayor of Charleston from 1879 to 1887. From the description of Fragments of Family Records and Papers Chiefly in South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama, 1791-1891. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 775783242 Mayor of Charleston, S.C. From the description of Letter : to E.D. Jordan, 1886 Sept. 15. (The South Carolina Historical Soci...

Republican Party (S.C.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r24q9k (corporateBody)

Alling, John Wesley, 1841-1929

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sb65kc (person)

South Carolina. Governor (1874-1877 : Chamberlain)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61g6632 (corporateBody)

Townsend, Martin I. (Martin Ingham), 1810-1903

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jw8m7c (person)

Lawyer and U.S. representative from New York. From the description of Martin I. Townsend correspondence, 1876 December 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980639 ...

Chamberlain, Daniel Henry, 1835-1907

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65x2wdk (person)

Attorney and politician. A native of Massachusetts, during the Civil War he was a lieutenant of the 5th Massachusetts Regiment (an African American unit) and from 1866 to about 1876 lived in South Carolina, where he was elected governor in 1874. Chamberlain lost his office in 1876 and left South Carolina to practice law in New York. From the description of Letter, 1885 Feb. 9. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 37522002 Attorney and politician; nati...

Snowden, Yates, 1858-1933

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6js9sgx (person)

Historian and educator. Yates Snowden was born in Charleston, South Carolina, and was a professor of history at the University of South Carolina. From the description of Letter : Columbia, S.C., to Judge [Smith], 1922 Oct. 23. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32144712 ...

South Carolina. Governor (1874-1877 : Hampton)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60k7vmr (corporateBody)