Correspondence to McCord from Francis Lieber, William Campbell Preston, George McDuffie, Thomas Cooper, Edward Ruffin, James Henry Hammond, and John C. Calhoun, and regarding tariff, affairs in South Carolina and personal matters [manuscript] 1820-1849.

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...

Ruffin, Edward.

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Cooper, T. T. (Thomas Thornville), 1839-1878

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Epithet: Bishop of Winchester British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001219.0x000371 Estate papers for a Thomas Cooper who died intestate were filed in Burlington County, New Jersey, in 1793. From the description of Ledger, 1768-1792 (inclusive) 1768-1785 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122477830 Land agent, Northern Pacific Railroad Company. Tacoma, Washington. From the descrip...

McDuffie, George, 1790-1851

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Governor of South Carolina, U.S. senator of South Carolina and U.S. representative of South Carolina. From the description of Letter of George McDuffie, 1835. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452248 George McDuffie (1790-1851) served in the U.S. Congress from South Carolina in 1821-34. From the description of Letter, 1822 February 28, to John Randolph. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122497973 Lawyer and U.S. Representative and Senator from South Carolina...

McCord, David James, 1797-1855

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Author and editor of the Columbia Telescope (Columbia, S.C.), an outspoken newspaper that favored Nullification. From the description of Letter, 1831 June 29 (Columbia, S.C.), to David Bailie Warden (Paris, France) (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 191703383 Stephen Decatur Miller, Governor of S.C. From the description of Letters to Stephen Decatur Miller, Governor of South Carolina, Moses Benbow, and J.M. Adams, regarding nullification in South...

Preston, William C. (William Campbell), 1794-1860

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Lawyer and college adminstrator of South Carolina; member of S.C. House of Representatives, 1828-1834, and the U.S. Senate, 1833-1842; president of South Carolina College, Columbia, S.C., 1845-1851, and trustee, 1851-1857; an 1812 graduate of South Carolina College; studied law at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland; practiced law in Virginia and S.C.; formed law partnership with David J. McCord, 1832; founded the Columbia Antheneum; husband of Maria Coalter and Penelope Davis. Fro...

Hammond, J. H. (James Henry)

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Lieber, Francis, 1800-1872

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Political scientist and author; born in Berlin, settled in U.S. 1827. From the description of ALsS : to George Mifflin Dallas, 1846. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122365122 Political scientist and educator. From the description of Letter, 1865 July 28, New York, to Dr. C[harles?] D[aniel?] Drake, St. Louis, Missouri [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647806353 Francis Lieber: German American political phil...