William King Easley papers, 1830-1871.

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William King Easley papers, 1830-1871.

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Chiefly militia speeches, political speeches, and jury addresses made by William King Easley; including jury address, 1854, establishing insanity of Jabes Gilreath at time of writing his will; speech, 1856, re Kansas-Nebraska Act.; letter, 14 Feb. 1857, Aiken, S.C., Caroline Sloan Easley to her husband, W.K. Easley, re local news, weather, and asking him not to run for Congress to protect his ill health. Addresses include speech, 22 Feb. 1858, delivered to Butler Guards, re George Washington's birthday; speech, Dec. 1860, re S.C.'s right to secede; jury address, 1860, defending a man accused of distributing Hinton R. Helper's "The Impending Crisis"; speech, c. 1868, re S.C.'s Reconstruction government. Speech, 22 Feb. 1871, honoring George Washington and Robert E. Lee; undated address, delivered before the Philosophian and Adelphian [Literary] Societies [at Furman Institution]; undated address, comparing Roman Catholicism and Protestantism.

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Easley, William King, 1825-1872.

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Lawyer of Greenville and Pickens County, S.C.; member, S.C. Legislature; 1st Adjutant General, S.C. Militia; signer of Ordinance of Secession; major, 3rd S.C. Cavalry Regt. in Confederate Army; directory and solicitor for Air Line Railroad; town of Easley, Pickens County, S.C., named in his honor; son of John Allen Easley, I and Elizabeth King Easley (1800-1871); husband of Caroline Sloan. From the description of William King Easley papers, 1830-1871. (University of South Carolina). ...

Helper, Hinton Rowan, 1829-1909

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American writer and diplomat. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to A.H. Rathbone, 1893 Aug. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270470872 Author and diplomat. From the description of Letters of Hinton Rowan Helper, 1860-1901. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450859 Hinton Rowan Helper, born December 27, 1829 in Davie County, North Carolina, was a Southern critic of slavery whose books inflamed the South. His objection to the syst...

Easley, Caroline Sloan

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Washington, George, 1732-1799

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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...