Henry Summer papers, 1837-1965.

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Summer, Henry, 1809-1869. Henry Summer papers, 1837-1965.

Henry Summer papers, 1837-1965.

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Chiefly correspondence re Henry Summer's law practice; including diary, 4 Feb. - 23 Mar. 1837, kept by Summer describing travel from Newberry, S.C. to Charleston, S.C., by train and then by boat to St. Augustine, Fla., during second Seminole War; topics include local sights, social activities, churches attended in Charleston; and comment on his use of the train, "What a triumph of art is this mode of travelling"; mention of his companions Judges [John Belton] O'Neall and [Andrew Pickens?] Butler; mention of national politics and progress of the war; description of St. Augustine and the Fort; and deaths of his brothers, "Both...were buried with military honors."; and return to Newberry. Letter, 18 Mar. 1842, Washington, D.C., P.C. Caldwell, to Henry Summer, re possibility of war; 6 letters, 10 Nov. 1847-21 July 1848, Columbia, S.C., Andrew Wallace, to Henry Summer, Newberry, S.C., re claims against Wallace's lands and possibility of a law suit. Speech, 15 June 1855, delivered by Henry Summer before the Pulaski Lodge, Fraternal Order of Freemasons, re principles and nature of freemasonry; biographical information, 1965, collected by John H. Moore, re Henry Summer.

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