Rutledge family papers, 1796-1862.

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Rutledge family papers, 1796-1862.

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Chiefly family correspondence including letter, 11 Apr. 1799, Orangeburg, S.C., from Frederick Rutledge to his wife Harriott Pinckney Horry Rutledge, re working in court system; letters, 30 Jan. 1821-22 Sept. 1832, New York, N.Y., London, England, and elsewhere, from Edward Cotesworth Rutledge, to this mother H.P.H. Rutledge, re health; letter, 17 Jan. 1826, Tranquility Plantation, from Jacob Cohen, to Harriott Rutledge, re rice prices, mill conditions, need for plantation equipment, and problems with wooden chimneys. Letters, 1832-1839, Charleston, S.C., Pendelton, S.C., Philadelphia, Pa., and elsewhere, from Rebecca Motte Lowndes Rutledge, to her husband Lt. Edward Cotesworth Rutledge, Pensacola, Fl., Norfolk, Va., Havana, Cuba, and elsewhere; public opinion of 1832 election; discourse between Union and States Rights parties; correspondence between James Hamilton and John C. Calhoun, and James Louis Petigru and George McDuffie. Other topics include State Convention and Nullification Act; Andrew Jackson's proclamation; Henry Clay and nullification; drawing by Charles Fraser; death of Robert James Turnbull; social activity in Charleston, S.C.; Saint Cecilia ball; agriculture; traveling to Virginia springs resorts; and Joel Roberts Poinsett and Martin Van Buren. Letter, 13 Oct. 1832, from Harriott Pinckney Holbrook to Edward Rutledge, re nullification; letters, 1829-1838, Hampton Plantation, Charleston and Greenville, S.C., and Buncombe Co., N.C., from Frederick Rutledge to E.C. Rutledge, Hampton Plantation, Charleston, S.C., and New York, N.Y., re plantation news, seed rice, crop conditions, and plan to move slaves to Alabama. Also including journal, 16 July 1839, Saratoga, N.Y., of H.P.H. Rutledge; letters, 14 and 20 June 1862, Richmond, Va., from H.P. Holbrook, to E.C. Rutledge, Hampton Plantation, Charleston, S.C., re bombardment of Charleston, Ironclad Confederate war vessels, Daniel Harvey Hill's Division, and enemy encounters.

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Planters, of Hampton Plantation, South Santee River, Charleston County, S.C.; Frederick Rutledge (1769-1821) was husband of Harriott Pinckney Horry Rutledge (1770-1858) and father of Edward Cotesworth Rutledge (1798-1860), Frederick Rutledge (1800-1884), Henrietta Middleton Rutledge (1807-1842), and five other children; Lt. Edward Cotesworth Rutledge was husband of Rebecca Motte Lowndes Rutledge and father of Harriott Horry. From the description of Rutledge family papers, 1796-1862. ...

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