George Hunter McMaster papers, 1881-1952 (bulk, 1881-1892).

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George Hunter McMaster papers, 1881-1952 (bulk, 1881-1892).

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Chiefly family correspondence between McMaster and his wife, Louisa Penn Gregg McMaster; also including correspondence from Evander McIver Gregg, Ocala, Fla., re land and industrial development, railroads, and citrus industry; including letters, 24 Nov. 1881-21 Mar. 1889, from Louisa McMaster, Mars Bluff and Winnsboro, S.C., to her brother, Reese Cowan Gregg, re hiring white agricultural laborers. Letters, 18 Oct. 1885-12 Mar. 1892, from E.M. Gregg, Ocala, Fl., re economic prosperity in Florida, land sales, obtaining political office, railroad developments, real estate, Farmers' Alliance, yellow fever, and selling joint property; 2 letters, 14 Dec. 1891 and 30 Jan. 1892, from Reese Gregg, Mars Bluff, S.C., re economic conditions in Pee Dee and Winnsboro, S.C. and extension of his loan at Bank of Florence. Two travel journals, 21 Dec. 1853-28 Oct. 1854, by G.H. McMaster, re travels and observations in Europe including entry, 21 Dec. 1853, New York, N.Y., re watching production of "Uncle Tom's Cabin;" entries, 15 Jan. 1854-28 Feb. 1854, Paris, France, re social activities, appearance of Parisians, immoral behavior of foreign travelers and shopkeepers, and seeing Emperor Louis Napoleon in public. Entry, 12 Apr. 1854, Toulouse, France, re botanical garden and planning such gardens for S.C.; entry, 26 June 1854, Munich, Germany, re theatre depicting immigration to America; entries, 3 and 4 Aug. 1854, Amsterdam, Holland, re beauty of city and social activities in Holland. Entry, 20 Aug. 1854, London, England, re enjoying return to England due to religious and moral beliefs; entry, 29 Aug. 1854, Oxford, England, re architecture at Oxford and cost of sightseeing; entry, 19 Sept. 1854, Limerick, Ireland, re poverty near Dublin and Limerick; and entry, 22 Sept. 1854, re kissing the Blarney stone and level of poverty in Ireland.

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