Papers of the Coit and McLean families, 1817-1882.

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Papers of the Coit and McLean families, 1817-1882.

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Chiefly personal letters and business documents of the McLean and Coit families of Darlington County, S.C., including 6 documents, 1797-1870, re land grants and confederate bonds; student identification, 1820-1821, for Murdoch McLean at New York University; diploma, 27 Feb. 1821, of Murdoch McLean as surgeon, training under Dr. Valentine Mott; letter, 26 Oct. 1824, Taunton, Mass., from former S.C. resident James Tisdale to Murdoch McLean, re Tisdale's religious views and comparison of hospitality in S.C. and Mass. Letter, 7 May 1824, Darlington County, S.C., from Sarah K. Lide to Mary W. Pugh, re dance school and Presbyterian church activities; letter, 24 Aug. 1824, Nashville, Tenn., from Sam Houston, to Maria H. Campbell, re plans to travel through the South; letter, 2 Apr. 1844, from Henry Clay, to Murdoch McLean, declining invitation to dinner at the Clay Club, Cheraw, S.C.; letter, 28 May 1846, Cheraw, S.C., from J[ames] Campbell Coit, to John Knox McLean, Princeton, N.J., re return of his son from school. Letter, 4 Mar. 1849, Farmington, Conn., from James C. Coit, Jr., to Janie McLean, re traveling to New London, Conn., recent weddings, and his inability to find work; letters, 1855-1856, Cheraw, S.C., from Murdoch McLean, to Sarah McLean, Philadelphia, Pa., re railroad construction, student life, community events, and economic conditions. Eleven letters, 27 July-2 Oct. 1861, Va., from Murdoch McLean to daughters, Janie and Sarah McLean, advising Sarah about teaching school; plantation affairs; visiting their brother, Confederate States Army surgeon John Knox; troop movements; sending slave named "Shake" to assist John Knox; slaves in Confederate camps; and J.K. McLean's promotion to superintendent of a hospital division; printed register, c.1865, "Roll of Coit's Battery or Chesterfield Artillery, South Carolina Volunteers." Post-war items include letter, 5 Dec. 1876, Columbia, S.C., from J.C. Coit, to Sarah Mclean Coit, re struggle for control of S.C. General Assembly; letter, 12 June 1879, New York, N.Y., from G.A. Hollinger, to Winthrop Williams, Columbia, S.C., re S.C.'s Reconstruction government, call for open elections, Judge J.C. Coit's stance on Repudiation Act of 22 Dec. 1873, and need for reoccupation of S.C.

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Hollinger, G. A.

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Coit, Sarah E. McLean.

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Lide, Sarah K.

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Coit family.

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