Diaries 1833-1877, 1833-1877 / John Hamilton Cornish.

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Diaries 1833-1877, 1833-1877 / John Hamilton Cornish.

John Hamilton Cornish was an Episcopalian minister who served in the Low Country of South Carolina, and the Sea Islands off of the Carolina coast, from 1840 to 1877. He recorded information concerning church matters, local society and customs, plantation life, slaves and slavery.

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Saint Thaddeus Episcopal Church (Aiken, S.C.)

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Cornish, John Hamilton, 1815-1878

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Episcopal clergyman, of Aiken, S.C. From the description of Papers, 1837-1886. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19490641 John Hamilton Cornish graduated from Washington College, Hartford, Conn., in 1839. He studied at the General Theological Seminary in New York City but was unable to complete his education. He became a tutor on an Edisto Island, S.C., plantation and later ran an academy there. Cornish was ordained in 1843 and served in many Sea Island and Low ...

Washington College (Hartford, Conn.)

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Episcopal Church. Diocese of South Carolina

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Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina was established in 1663 by charter which founded the colony of "Carolina"; the Episcopal Church in South Carolina divided into two separate dioceses because of population growth and the Upper Diocese of South Carolina was established. From the description of Records, [1599]-[ongoing]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70958915 The Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of South Carolina was created in 1785 to continue the work of the chur...

General Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.)

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Cornish family.

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