James Louis Petigru, the Willington Academy, and their enduring lessons for South Carolina : 2006 Jan. 24.

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James Louis Petigru, the Willington Academy, and their enduring lessons for South Carolina : 2006 Jan. 24.

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Essay re Willington Academy, founded 1803 in Abbeville District [at a site now in McCormick County, S.C.], by Rev. Moses Waddel, and its illustrious alumni, including John C. Calhoun and James Louis Petigru.

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Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850

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John Caldwell Calhoun (March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was an American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina who served as the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832. He is remembered for strongly defending slavery and for advancing the concept of minority states' rights in politics. He did this in the context of protecting the interests of the white South when its residents were outnumbered by Northerners. He began his political career as a nationalist, mo...

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Petigru, James Louis, 1789-1863

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Lawyer of Charleston, S.C.; Union Party supporter and opponent of nullification and secession; Attorney General of S.C., 1822-1830; unsuccessful Unionist candidate for the S.C. Senate, 1830; code commissioner, 1859-1863; graduate, S.C. College, 1809; son of William Pettigrew (1758-1837) and Louise Guy Gibert Pettigrew; husband of Jane Amelia Postell; father of artist Caroline Petigru Carson (b. 1820-1892). From the description of James Louis Petigru papers, 1822-1948. (University of ...

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Moses Waddel (1770-1840) was an educator, Presbyterian minister, and president of Franklin College (now the University of Georgia) in Athens, Ga. From the guide to the Moses Waddel Papers, ., 1798-1825, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Moses Waddel, 1770-1840, served as the president of the University of Georgia from 1819-1829. During his term as president he saw enrollment rise from seven students to over one hundred. H...