David Rogerson Williams papers, 1808-1930.

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David Rogerson Williams papers, 1808-1930.

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Chiefly letters written to Stephen Decatur Miller and James Chesnut, re state and national politics, War of 1812, nullification and tariff questions, Miller's candidacy for governor, the establishment, financing and operation of Williams' cotton factory, his ventures in cottonseed oil mill, crops, and news of family and friends.. Two typescript volumes consisting of copies of letters written by D.R. Williams to Col. James Chesnut and Stephen Decatur Miller (vol. one: 16 Jan. 1815-12 Mar. 1835, and vol. two: 11 Oct. 1828-26 Jan. 1829). letter, 7 Feb. 1813 (Washington, D.C.), to Commissary General of the U.S, Callender Irvine (Philadelphia, Penn.), acknowledging his reply re "supply of clothing for the Southern troops" and informing him that no supplies had been received at Charleston, S.C.; Letter, 2, 6, and 22 Dec. 1815, re resolutions adopted by the S.C. Legislature requesting the Governor to call on U.S. President James Madison to furnish arms for equipping the state militia; and letter, [ca. 1815], Gov. Williams to President James Madison enclosing and expressing his approval of the resolution, with blandishments calling Madison's attentions to his "good fortune... to preside over & direct the energies of a free people triumphantly through a tremendous conflict... I can conceive of no measure so well calculated to consumate your glory, as to put them [i.e. the people] in possession of the means that, will always prove adequate to the defence of their rights." Printed broadside, 26 Nov. 1816, D.R. Williams' "Message No. 1" addressed to both branches of the S.C. General Assembly, discussing governor's accomplishment of the legislature's recommended actions [published in Niles' Weekly Register (1 Feb. 1817)]; and several statements and accounts, ca. 1829-1830, of Col. James Chesnut's account with Williams' textile factory. Receipt, 7 July 1824 (Society Hill, S.C.), re funds from the Superintendent of Public Works for work done on the Pee Dee River in Darlington District, S.C., signed by Williams and David Gregg; letter, 22 Oct. 1826, to Col. James Chesnut, near Camden, S.C., discussing news of mutual friends and relatives, the health of the Williams family, their return home from a summer resort in the mountains identified only as "the Springs," European travels of individuals identified as "Nick" [the writer's son, Nicholas Williams, surviving spouse of Esthur Serena Chesnut (1797-1822), daughter of the recipient of this letter] and "Mr. Randolph," and recent elections in which "Darlington ... elected Mitchell & turned out [John Dick] Witherspoon."

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