James Hamilton papers, 1820-1859.

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James Hamilton papers, 1820-1859.

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Correspondence with Petit DeVillers, Stephen Decatur Miller, and Patrick Noble re taxes, nullification, S.C. General Assembly, and election in Abbeville, S.C.; letter, 17 Apr. 1824, Washington, D.C., to Charles K. Gardner, re War of 1812, controversy between Hamilton, John Tod, and newspaper, National Intelligencer; letter, 21 Mar. 1829, Charleston, S.C., to DeVillers, Savannah, Ga., re masonry work. Letter, 12 May 1831, Charleston, to DeVillers, re rice sales; letter, 25 June 1831, Charleston, to S.D. Miller, Camden, S.C., re State Rights party; 3 letters, 2 Jan. and 24 Nov. 1831, 19 Dec. 1833, Pennyworth Island [Savannah River, now Jasper County], to DeVillers, re selling land, shipping rice to New York; letter, 6 May 1832, Pendleton, S.C., to William C. Preston, Columbia, S.C., re nullification, possible Southern Convention, and Unionist rhetoric; letter, 3 June 1829 written from Philadelphia to Thomas Young (Savannah, Georgia), re the sale of rice and "an order in your favor for the seed rice" and an undated note requesting that Colonel Preston come "at 7 oc this Evg." as "We are going to hold a consultation on an important matter." Four letters, 8 June, 16 July, and 31 Aug. 1832 and 9 Oct. 1859, Pendleton, Charleston, and Bluffton, S.C., to Waddy Thompson, Greenville, S.C., and Col. Seabrook re meeting at Hamburg, S.C., Perry-Bynum duel, politics, Hamilton's departure for Texas, and Gov. James Henry Hammond; nullification broadside, 22 Oct. 1832, Gov. J[ames] Hamilton, Jr., "Governor's message: fellow citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives," re convention to debate S.C.'s response to Tariff Act of 1832. Letter, 28 Dec. 1832, Augusta, Ga., to W.C. Preston, Columbia, S.C., re party unity and Preston's work for party; letter, 10 Apr. 1834, Charleston, S.C., to James H. Causten, Washington, D.C., re French spoliation claims, and businessman in Philadelphia; letter, 4 Oct. 1835, New York, to David J. McCord, Columbia, S.C., requesting McCord introduce Francis Lieber to Thomas Cooper. Letter, 14 Oct. 1835, Norfolk, Va., to "Gentlemen", re nullification period, Virginia's influence in South and the Union, and wealth of South and economic place in the world; letter, 16 Jan. 1836, Charleston, to William Kemble, West Point, N.Y., re specifications, price, and shipping date of steam engine for Hamilton's mill, national politics, and possible war with France; biographical sketch, 1858, by Lewis Cruger.

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