Letter, 1862 [ca. May], Charleston, S.C., to William James Rivers, Columbia, S.C.

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Letter, 1862 [ca. May], Charleston, S.C., to William James Rivers, Columbia, S.C.

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Letter, [ca. May 1862], from W[illiam] Gilmore Simms to South Carolina College professor William James Rivers, extends condolences to Rivers upon the death of his son, William James Rivers, Jr., who had died of scarlet fever on 8 May 1862. Simms thanks Rivers for the "kind offer touching my Library," states that he did not consider Charleston to be in imminent danger, and advises, "Our people, by this time, have a sufficient knowledge of what the tender mercies of the Yankees are, and of what they will be, in the case of South Carolina, should we be so terribly deserted of God as to fall into their power." Thanking Rivers again for his offer to store Simms' library at the college, the writer advises that it was more likely that he would place manuscripts in Rivers' hands at some time in the future.

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Rivers, William J. (William James), 1822-1909

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