Benjamin H. Saxon papers, 1830 Apr. 10-1832 Aug. 11.

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Saxon, Benjamin H. Benjamin H. Saxon papers, 1830 Apr. 10-1832 Aug. 11.

Benjamin H. Saxon papers, 1830 Apr. 10-1832 Aug. 11.

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Family and business correspondence addressed to Col. Benjamin H. Saxon, Columbia, S.C., chiefly discussing agricultural conditions, including yield of peaches and apple crop, business transactions, the health of family, and concerns over the spread of smallpox and other infectious diseases. Correspondents include Saxon's children, Benjamin M. Saxon, Jane Noble Saxon, M.W. Saxon, and R.H. Saxon; his father, John Saxon; his nephews, Franklin Harper Elmore and J.H. Saxon; his niece, M. Louisa Crenshaw; and others: William Calhoun, James H. Hammond, James J. Pennall, James Taggart, and Moses Taggart. Places represented include The Orchards, Calhouns Mills, Willington, White Hall, Laurens, and Silver Bluff, S.C.; and Dale Town, Wilcox County, and Prairie Bluff, Ala. Letters include 30 June 1831, from M.W. Saxon, Calhoun Mills, S.C., discussing dental problems and treatments; 5 June 1832, from James H. Hammond, Silver Bluff, S.C., describing his search for "snake root plant" requested by Saxon and seeking the latter's assistance in releasing Hammond from a bond; 24 July 1832, from R[obert] H. Saxon, The Orchards, discussing the onset of his mental and emotional instability. Letter, 1 Aug. 1832, from R[obert] H. Saxon, The Orchards, further discussing his mental health, abandonment of his practice as a physician in Georgia, and efforts to reestablish himself in S.C.; and 11 Aug. 1832, from J.H. Saxon, Dale Town, [Ala.], noting that he had received a request from James C. Calhoun that he assist Saxon's son Robert and offering to help him reestablish himself as a practicing physician in Alabama.

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