James Louis Petigru papers, 1822-1948.

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James Louis Petigru papers, 1822-1948.

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Chiefly correspondence re Petigru's political views and legal practice; including letter, 8 July 1822, Charleston, S.C., Petigru to Richard Leake, Savannah, Ga., re legal case; inventory, 31 July 1823, Charleston, S.C., for estate of Benjamin Guerard; letter, 18 Nov. 1830, Charleston, S.C., to "Pope," re nullification and soliciting support for Hugh Swinton Legare; letters, 29 Oct. 1832 and 15 July 1833, Charleston, S.C., and Washington, D.C., Petigru to Hugh Swinton Legare, Brussels, re nullification. Letters, 1834-1843, Charleston, S.C., Petigru to Hugh Swinton Legare, re political events in S.C., including nullification, Union Party, and political leaders, including John C. Calhoun, Joel Roberts Poinsett, and James Henry Hammond; and Legare's career in Washington, D.C.; letter, 2 Oct. 1840, Bennettsville, S.C., Barnabus Kelet Henagan, to Petigru, re pardoning a slave, inability to visit Charleston, S.C., and inviting Petigru to visit. Letter, 5 Apr. 1842, Petigru to attorneys Howard and Read, Baltimore, Md., re emancipating a slave in Maryland; letter, 1 Jan. 1859, Charleston, S.C., Petigru to John Belton O'Neall, re O'Neall's book, lack of enforcement of laws against kidnapping African-Americans, and recommending C.B. Northrop for a position. Letter, 30 Mar. 1861, Petigru to Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard, re invitation to dinner to be attended by ex-Gov. [John Lawrence] Manning and Col. Drayton; petition, 4 Mar. 1862, to the President of the U.S., re consideration of Petigru for the office of Associate Justice of the U.S.

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