Lewis M. Ayer papers, 1768-1870.

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Lewis M. Ayer papers, 1768-1870.

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Chiefly business correspondence re cotton markets and embargo, and political correspondence, c.1790-c.1820, of Lewis Malone Ayer, Lewis Malone Ayer, Jr. as a Confederate congressman, and land documents; also includes correspondence of Richard Creech, Darling Peeples, Mordecai Cohen, William Stephen, Tarleton Brown, Alfred Proctor Aldrich, Robert Barnwell Rhett, James Henry Hammond, Robert E. Lee, James Chesnut, Jr., D.H. Jacques, and other individuals, and the firms of Walton and Pagan, Lee and Theus. Including letter, 3 Apr. 1797, from M. Lazarus, Charleston, S.C., to Lewis M. Ayer, Salt Ketchers [Salkehatchie?], re sending an ill slave to stay at Ayer's plantation; letter, Dec. 1802, from Darling Peeples, to Lewis M. Ayer, Little Saltcatcher, re actions of S.C. Legislature, election of constitutional officers, and importation of slaves; letter, 2 Oct. 1812, from Cohen and Lazarus, Charleston, S.C., to Lewis M. Ayer, Barnwell, S.C., re cotton market, affect of war on cotton prices, and death of Ayer's daughter. Letter, 10 Feb. 1863, Redcliffe, Aiken, S.C., from James Henry Hammand, to Lewis M. Ayer, Jr., Richmond, Va., re Confederate export taxes, import duties, and Ayer's plan for financing the war; inventory, 24 Sept. 1863, Barnwell District, S.C., of estate of Lewis Malone Ayer; and letter, 16 July 1864, Pinelands, from Lewis Malone Ayer, Jr., to Mr. Fairey, re inquiries on behalf of Elizabeth P. Carr for money due from the Confederate government.

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Lewis M. Ayer (1821-1895) was a lawyer, planter, minister, and teacher of Barnwell, S.C., and the Lewis Malone Ayer (1769-1863); member, S.C. House, 1848-1852; graduate, S.C. College, 1839, University of Virginia, 1841, and Harvard, 1842; Brigadier-General, 3rd Brigade, S.C. Militia, 1853; member, Confederate House; during Reconstruction worked as cotton merchant in Charleston, S.C.; returned to Barnwell County, S.C., in 1868, to farm land with tenant labor; Lewis Malone Ayer, Jr., ...

Hammond, James Henry, 1807-1864

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Peeples, Darling, 1774-1850

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Ayer, Lewis M.

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Lewis Malone Ayer (1769-1863) was a planter of Barnwell District, S.C.; member of S.C. House, 1806-1815; member of S.C. Senate, 1818-1821; member of Nullification Convention, 1832-1833; son of Thomas Ayer and Sarah Francis Malone Ayer; husband of Sarah Nunnary Ayer, Ann Kirkland Ayer, and Rebecca Erwin Ayer; father of Lewis M. Ayer, Jr., (1821-1895) and at least eight other children. From the description of Lewis M. Ayer papers, 1768-1870. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat rec...

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