Townes family papers, 1784-1967.

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Townes family papers, 1784-1967.

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Chiefly papers of George Franklin Townes, business and land papers, family letters, genealogical material, and correspondence of Henry H. Townes, Samuel A. Townes, George Franklin Townes, and William Augustus Townes, re politics, nullification, and plantation management; including letter, 1 May 1824, Pittsylvania County, Va., William A. Townes, to his brother Samuel Townes, Greenville, S.C., re birth of his son, moving to [old] Southwest, and national economic conditions and politics. Letter, 27 Mar. 1831, Benlomond, Calhoun's Mills, Abbeville County, S.C., Dr. Henry H. Townes, to his brother, George F. Townes, Greenville, S.C., re smallpox, death of slave, and smallpox in Calhoun household among family members and slaves; letter, 2 Dec. 1832, Benlomond, S.C., Henry H. Townes, to George F. Townes, Greenville, S.C., re McDuffie's view of nullification and militant attitude among nullifiers. Letter, 7 Dec. 1833, Marion, Ala., G.F. Townes and S.A. Townes, to their mother, Rachael Townes, Greenville, S.C., re renting land, plans of Samuel and John to move to Alabama, and making preparations for slaves for remainder of year; letter, 22 June 1834, Marion, Ala., S.A. Townes to George F. Townes, Greenville, S.C., re his plantation in Alabama, satisfaction among slaves with relocation, and soliciting advice on farming. Letter, 6 May 1835, Columbia, S.C., Henry H. Townes, to Rachael Townes, Greenville, S.C., re committing John Townes to the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum in Columbia and encouraging his mother to be optimistic about his treatment; letter, 3 Dec. 1841, Washington, D.C., John C. Calhoun, to George Franklin Townes, re Senate's acceptance of Calhoun's views despite efforts of Henry Clay; letter, 18 Oct. 1842, Richmond, Va., William Townes to John Townes, re travels in Va. and S.C., including Charleston. Letter, 23 Mar. 1846, Marion, Ala., S.A. Townes, to H.H. Townes, Greenville, S.C., re appointment as postmaster of Marion and publishing a newspaper; letter volumes, 1829-1854, Abbeville, Greenville, Pendleton, and Columbia, S.C., and elsewhere, re political, social, and cultural matters; plantation account book, 1873-1888, Greenville District, kept by George F. Townes. Letter, 1 Dec. 1885, Benjamin Tillman to George F. Townes, re observations on higher education in S.C., and plans for institution that became Clemson University; and Ellen Hard Townes, c.1950, "Genealogy of the Townes Family."

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