Zalmon Wildman papers, 1812-1840.

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Zalmon Wildman papers, 1812-1840.

Chiefly correspondence from Charleston, S.C., and Danbury, Conn., of E.M. Starr, William Waters, and Samuel G. Starr re operation of Wildman's business, Wildman and Starr, in Charleston, S.C., re city politics, cotton prices, business conditions, and recent outbreak of yellow fever. Letter, 19 July 1822, Charleston, S.C., from E.M. Starr, re Denmark Vesey slave insurrection and plans for traveling north; 2 letters, 15 Mar. 1825 and 26 Dec. 1825, Charleston and Columbia, S.C., to Wildman's son, Frederick S. Wildman, Danbury, Conn., re his arrival in South Carolina, social activities, business accounts, and business opportunities in Columbia. Letter, 20 Jan. 1826, Charleston, S.C., to Wildman's daughter, Mary Wildman, Danbury, Conn., re journal describing recent trip through S.C., business acquaintances, smallpox outbreaks, and arson attempts in Charleston, S.C.; letter, 12 Feb. 1828, Newberry, S.C., from Job Johnston, to Z. Wildman, Danbury, Conn., re collection of accounts due; letter, 18 June 1828, Edgefield District, S.C., from H[ollis] Dunton, re Dunton's inability to pay his debt to Wildman.

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Wildman, Frederick S.

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Frederick S. Wildman was a lawyer residing in Danbury, Connecticut in the 19th century. Little is verifiable about Wildman; however, several sources name him as the son of Zalmon (also Zalman, Zallmann) and Mary (Dibble) Wildman, and as having marrying Julia Ann Starr in 1827. According to a recorded Danbury history, Wildman was part of the Republican party and served as Connecticut's delegate in 1856, and he also served as Connecticut state treasurer and as a member of the state senate. During ...

Johnstone, Job, 1793-1862

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Chancellor of South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina), 1830-1859, and associate justice of the court of appeals in South Carolina; resident of Fairfield County, S.C. From the description of Papers, 1810-1863; (bulk 1821-1852). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19851729 ...

Starr, Samuel, 1807-1862

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Dunton, Hollis, fl. 1828.

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Vesey, Denmark, approximately 1767-1822

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Wildman family.

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Wildman and Starr (Charleston, S.C.)

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Starr, E. M.

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Wildman, Zalman, 1775-1835

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Hat manufacturer, banker, land speculator, and U.S. Representative, of Danbury, Conn. From the description of Correspondence, 1812-1828. (Ohio Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 42289024 Postmaster and businessman, of Danbury, Conn.; landowner in Erie and Sandusky County, Ohio; and U.S. representative. From the description of Papers, 1810-1876. (Rutherford B Hayes Presidential Center). WorldCat record id: 70965840 Postmaster and businessman, Danbur...