Lebby family papers, 1826-1940.

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Lebby family papers, 1826-1940.

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Papers of Dr. Robert Lebby, Sr., and immediate family, re medical training, public health, quarantine in Charleston Harbor; also including business papers, family correspondence, and genealogical material; including bills of sale for named slaves, 1828-1844; "Dr. Ravenel's Views of Preservation of Fort Moultrie," 1837; overseer's contract, 1 Jan. 1840, between Robert Lebby and Benjamin J. Jenkins of St. Andrews Parish, for management of Lebby's James Island plantation. Contract, 1 Jan. 1840, with Capt. Alexander H. Bowman, U.S. Army, designating Dr. R. Lebby as assistant surgeon, U.S. Engineering Dept., Charleston; letter, 21 June 1844, Fort Johnson, S.C., Lebby to Dr. Johnson, Charleston, S.C., re Chief Osceola's arrival, treatment, and death at Fort Moultrie, S.C.; passport and certificate, 30 May 1851 and 1851, issued to William Lebby to represent S.C. Institute for Promotion of Art, Mechanical Ingenuity, and Industry in Crystal Palace at London world's fair. Letter, 13 June 1854, William Logan to Robert Lebby, re Lebby's election to Charleston Library Society; correspondence, 1858, between Robert Lebby and other physicians re medical ethics; assignment, 1 Dec. 1862, of Robert Lebby to Charleston Wayside Hospital and Chatham Light House; appointment, 4 Apr. 1863, of Robert Lebby to Provisional Army (C.S.A); pardon, 18 Aug. 1865, signed by Andrew Johnson; report, 13 Nov. 1865, of Robert Lebby, re reorganization of Medical Department of Charleston, S.C. Letters, 5 July 1875 and 14 July 1876, Charlotte, N.C., John Douglas to Dr. Robert Lebby, Jr., re friends at James Island Presbyterian Church, first shot fired on Fort Sumter, and visit to James Island and its spiritual status; also including resolutions and tribute, 2 Mar. 1887, Charleston, S.C., commemorating death of Dr. Robert Lebby, Sr. Also including "Maritime Sanitation at Ports of Arrival," 1891, Charleston, S.C., by Henry Buckingham Horlbeck; genealogy, "Nathaniel Lebby, Patriot, and Some of his Descendants, " 1967, by E. Detreville Ellis, re Lebby family and including transcriptions of Lebby family papers; also including biographical information re Robert Lebby with picture, and copies of official War Dept. records of Robert Lebby Sr., and Jr. as surgeons in the Confederate States Army.

1280 items and 2 v.

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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