Nathaniel Ridley Eaves papers, 1815-1961; (bulk, 1815-1868).

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Nathaniel Ridley Eaves papers, 1815-1961; (bulk, 1815-1868).

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Correspondence of Nathaniel Ridley Eaves re his service in Palmetto Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, during Mexican War; also including military commissions and law licenses; including letter, 25 Nov. 1844, John D[aniel] Magill, to Nathaniel R. Eaves, Columbia, S.C., re life as a country doctor and planter, friendship with Col. R[obert] F[rancis] W[ithers] Allston, and Allston's gubernatorial campaign. Letter, 14 Dec. 1846, Columbia, S.C., to his sister, Esther Buford, Chester, S.C., re marching from Chester to Charleston, S.C., furloughs, work in S.C. Legislature, conditions for slaves; register, 14 Dec. 1846, listing members of the Chester Volunteers; receipt, 2 Jan. 1847, George M. Vinlay, to Nathaniel R. Eaves, for Palmetto Regiment uniforms; will, 5 Jan. 1847, Hamburg, S.C., of Nathaniel R. Eaves, re disposition of slaves, plantations, grist and saw mills, and other property. Letter, 14 Feb. 1847, Lobos [island], Mexico, Nathaniel R. Eaves, to C[yrus] D[avid] Melton, Attorney, Chester, S.C., re ocean voyage, weather, smallpox outbreak, and other hardships suffered; letter, 2 May 1847, Chester, S.C., C.D. Melton, to N.R. Eaves, notifying families of S.C. soldiers killed in battle, newspaper war reports, business, plantation activity, and community affairs. Drawing, 30 Aug. 1847, of Churubusco battleground, including location of Palmetto Regiment; military record, 10 Oct. 1861, discharging Eaves from Confederate Army due to disability; pardon, 9 Oct. 1865, signed by Andrew Johnson and Frederick William Seward; also including papers from Eaves' National Archives Pension File, 1847, documenting Eaves' service in Mexican War; and biographical sketch, 1961.

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Magill, John Daniel, 1795-1864

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United States. Army. South Carolia Regiment

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Buford, Esther.

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Eaves, Nathaniel Ridley, 1788-1873.

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Lawyer and planter of Chester, S.C.; member of S.C. Senate, 1844-1851; member of S.C. House, 1824-1831, 1842-1843, and 1862-1863; private and paymaster in Mexican War, 1846-1847, Palmetto Regiment, Co. B; son of Mark Eaves; 1815 graduate of South Carolina College. From the description of Nathaniel Ridley Eaves papers, 1815-1961; (bulk, 1815-1868). (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 43074708 ...

Melton, Cyrus David

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Vinlay, George M.

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