Mackay family papers, 1822-1926.

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Mackay family papers, 1822-1926.

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Chiefly family correspondence including letter, 3 Oct. 1822, Pocotaligo, S.C., from Mungo Mackay, to his son Robert William Mackay, Charleston, S.C., re storm damage to crops, and cloth prices for slave clothing; letters, 10 Mar. 1825-19 Aug. 1828, McPhersonville, S.C., from R.W. Mackay, to his brother, G.C. Mackay, Charleston, S.C., re money earned from hiring out of slaves, discovery of a slave rebellion, crop conditions, profitability of planting rice, raising poultry, finances, and family and community news. Letter, 28 Mar. 1825, Pocotaligo, S.C., from R.W. Mackay, to G.C. Mackay, Charleston, S.C., re writing letters, disciplining slaves, and burden of property loans; letters, 1826-1827, Charleston, S.C., from Harriett and Charlotte Porcher Chisolm to R.W. Mackey, re fire in Charleston, death of Thomas Jefferson, organization of musical and work societies, social activities, studying and reading history, and plans for building a theater. Two letters, 11 Oct. 1828 and 9 Oct. 1830, Charleston, S.C., from E. Horlbeck, to G.C. Mackay, Edingsville and Pocotaligo, S.C., re Presidential election, drug business, nullification, and yellow fever; letter, 4 Dec. 1827, Columbia, S.C., from Hugh Swinton Legare, to G.C. Mackay, Charleston, S.C., re legal affairs; letter, 14 Oct. 1850, Savannah, Ga., from Ed Neufville, to G.C. Mackay, re sale of land and possible increase in foreign business. Letters and papers, 1861-1865, re Civil War, including copy of "Roster of the Beaufort Volunteer Artillery, C.S.A." and letters of condolence on the death of MacKay's father; letter, 18-19 May, 1863, Camp Gregg, from G.C. Mackay, to "Dear Sister," re death of Pinckney Seabrook, criticizing Col. Daniel H. Hamilton, death and dismemberment of soldiers, and hoping for end to Civil War; also including letters, 1874-1926, re contracts with freedmen, business conditions, education, and family affairs.

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Horlbeck, Elias, 1804-1881.

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Chisolm, Charlotte Porcher, fl. 1827

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Mackay, Robert William, 1801-1828

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Chisolm, Harriett, fl. 1827

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