Rutledge family papers, 1889-1959.

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Rutledge family papers, 1889-1959.

Chiefly correspondence of Dr. Edward Rutledge (1870-1944). Correspondents include his mother Eleanor Middleton Rutledge (Mrs. Benjamin Huger Rutledge, Sr.), his brothers Oliver Rutledge and Benjamin H. Rutledge, Jr., his sister Alice Weston Rutledge (Mrs. Edwin Frost), Francis L. Lowndes, and Mary Helen Cadwallader, a cousin. Dr. Rutledge's papers include some letters and printed material concerning Francis Huger Rutledge (1799-1866), the first Episcopal bishop of Florida. Miscellaneous items include a note signed by Owen Wister, and lists of questions asked by the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners in 1896. There is also correspondence (1917-1927) of Mrs. Edward Rutledge ("Lily," née Eliza Huger Wells) concerning the deaths of her brothers Julian L. Wells and Edward L. Wells.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8076544

South Carolina Historical Society

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Wister, Owen, 1860-1938

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Epithet: American author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x000028 Born in Pennsylvania, raised in South Carolina, and educated at Harvard, Owen Wister travelled in the Western U.S. as a young man. Although he returned to the East and Harvard law school, he acted upon a friend's suggestion and began writing thrilling Western stories for Harper's. His well-researched stories, particularly The Virginian, he...

Wells, Edward L. (Edward Lawrence), 1886-1918

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Frost, Alice Weston Rutledge, 1865-1958

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Lowndes, Francis L.

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Rutledge, Oliver Middleton, 1862-1928

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Wells, Julian L., 1870-1917

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Rutledge, Benjamin Huger, 1861-1925

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Episcopal Church

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In 1982, the General Convention of the Church deleted the words "Protestant" and "in the United States of America" from the official title of the Church, making it the Episcopal Church. From the description of Records of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1823-1975 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152635 ...

Cadwallader, Mary Helen

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Rutledge, Edward, 1870-1942

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Rutledge family.

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Residents of Charleston, S.C. Dr. Edward Rutledge was a physician of Charleston. He was the son of attorney Benjamin Huger Rutledge, Sr. (1829-1893), and the father of Anna Wells Rutledge. From the description of Rutledge family papers, 1889-1959. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 71129862 ...

Rutledge, Eleanor Maria Middleton, 1831-1905

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Rutledge, Francis Huger, 1799?-1866

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Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Florida. From the description of Francis Huger Rutledge papers, 1854-1858. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 663975154 ...

Rutledge, Eliza Huger Wells, 1872-

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South Carolina. State Board of Medical Examiners

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