Robert Young Hayne papers, 1808-1839.

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Robert Young Hayne papers, 1808-1839.

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Pamphlets, correspondence, legal documents, and speeches, including letter, 19 May 1826, Washington, D.C., to Gales & Seaton, re Hayne's speech on bankruptcy bill and Florida Canal; letter, 7 Feb. 1833, Charleston, S.C., to W[illia]m C[ampbell] Preston, Columbia, S.C., re mission of [Benjamin Watkins] Leigh from Virginia and nullification; letter, 20 June 1834, Philadelphia, Pa, to Condy Raguet, re S.C. reaction to nullification. Three letters, 15 Sept. 1816, 13 Jan. 1826, and 20 May 1836, Charleston, S.C. and Washington, D.C., to Mat[he]w Carey, Philadelphia, Pa., Gen. Charles T. Mercer, and Gov. W[illiam] Schley, re sketch of Dr. David Ramsay; publishing Ramsay's "History"; [African] Colonization Society; and Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad survey of Georgia mountains; letter, 24 Nov. 1820, requesting that J.L. Coward, a representative of the Pension Office, "examine the enclosed and inform me wether the heirs of Col. Williams have any claim on the government." Letter, 4 October 1816, written by Rob[er]t Y[oung] Hayne from Charleston, S.C., to Matthew Carey, Philadelphia, points out that he had been unable to collect additional subscriptions to David Ramsay's History of the United States. Published posthumously in 1816 by Carey, sales of the History were promoted by Hayne, who had promised in his eulogy of Ramsay that the proceeds from the edition would benefit the education and support of the physician and historian's eight children. Letter, 25 Sept. 1827, Charleston, to Warren [Ransom] Davis, Pendleton, S.C., re South's dependence on the rest of U.S. and Europe for economic and cultural developments, establishment of "Southern Quarterly Review," financial assistance to operate magazine, and help in securing subscriptions; letter, 25 June 1828, Summerville, S.C., from Isaac W[illia]m Walter, re Hayne's election as commander of 4th Brigade, operation of the militia, and default of military duty; letter, 1830, signed by Hayne concerns his subscription to the National Intelligencer newspaper. Letter, 26 Jan. 1831, Washington, D.C., to S[tephen] D[ecatur] Miller, re campaign of Judge [William] Smith for vice-president and his appearance on both party tickets, [Martin] Van Buren, [John Caldwell] Calhoun, and breach between Calhoun and [Andrew] Jackson; letter, 25 Aug. 1835, Charleston, S.C., to Alexander B. McLeod, Fayette, Miss., re Martin Van Buren, Tariff of 1828, doctrine of State's Rights, and Van Buren's role in getting the tariff of abominations through the Senate. Letter, 19 Jan. 1835, Charleston, S.C., from [Benjamin] Silliman, offering Hayne presidency of South Carolina College; letter, 21 Sept. 1835, Charleston, to P[atrick] Noble, re S.C. College and professors [Richard] Furman and [Basil] Manly; letter, 26 Apr. 1836, Abbeville, S.C., from Patrick Noble, re appointment of Col. [James] Gadsden, chief engineer of the Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad. Bound volume, 1808, of four pamphlets, "War in Disguise," "Hints to both Parties or Observations on the Proceedings in Parliament," "An Inquiry into the Causes and Consequences of the Orders in Council," and "The Speech of Henry Brougham, Esq."; Hayne's bookplate on endpapers.

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