Letter, 1837 Dec. 2, Columbia, S.C., to P[ierce] M[ason] Butler.

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Letter, 1837 Dec. 2, Columbia, S.C., to P[ierce] M[ason] Butler.

Letter, 2 Dec. 1837, recommending J[oseph] W. Lesesne for the vacant professorship of Belles Lettres at South Carolina College and stating that the appointment would enable him "to return to his native State which he has been compelled reluctantly to leave, from pecuniary necessity."

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Cheves, Langdon, 1814-1863

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Son of Mary Elizabeth Dulles and Langdon Cheves (1776-1857); brother of author Louisa Susanna Cheves McCord (1810-1879); known as "Langdon Cheves, Jr." From the description of Letter, 1837 Dec. 2, Columbia, S.C., to P[ierce] M[ason] Butler. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 47112629 ...

South Carolina College

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Lesesne, Joseph W., d. 1856.

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Joseph W. Lesesne (died 1856), a South Carolina native, was a lawyer and judge in Mobile, Ala. Lesesne supported states' rights and in the 1840s was identified with the Whigs. He was the son-in-law of Thomas Cooper (1759-1839). From the guide to the Joseph W. Lesesne Papers, ., 1833-1848, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

Butler, Pierce Mason, 1798-1847

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South Carolina banker, U.S. Army officer, and South Carolina governor. Pierce Mason Butler spent much of his military service at Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, and in 1838 was named agent to the Cherokees. From the description of Letter : Fort Gibson, Okla., to J.C. Spencer, Washington, D.C., 1842 Dec. 27. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32144186 Governor of South Carolina and army officer. From the description of Pierce Mason Butler papers, ...