Joseph Brevard Kershaw papers, 1766-1931 (bulk, 1766-1888).

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Joseph Brevard Kershaw papers, 1766-1931 (bulk, 1766-1888).

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Chiefly correspondence, papers, and records, 1766-1888 and 1915-1931 and 1960, re trade with Catawba Indians during 18th century and Civil War items re battle reports, military orders, and letters of States Rights Gist, Francis Wilkinson Pickens, Milledge Luke Bonham, James D. Nance, and Pierre Gustav Toutant Beauregard, letters, 28 July 1861 - 11 Oct. 1861, to J.B.K., re orders, battle reports, and troop movements; letter, 17 Dec. 1863, Bean's Station, Tenn., to Mrs. E[lebert] R. Bland, Edgefield, S.C., condolence on the death of her husband; letter, 25 July 1865, oath of allegiance to U.S. Government. Items of colonial and early national periods include letters, 1766-1784, of Joseph Kershaw (ca.1727-1791) re travels among Catawba Indians; Indian policies of the S.C. government; sums of money given to Catawba Indians; letter 1 Mar. 1766, William Bull to "Mr. Kerhaw, Merchant at Pinetree Hill" re Catawba Indians then visiting in Charleston and ordering Kershaw to supply them with gunpowder, lead, and rum and charge expenses to "the Public"; letter, 13 May 1784, account of goods distributed to Catawba Indians; letter, 8 Sept. 1801, from Jo[seph] Brevard, to James Kershaw, re transportation of produce; letter 12 Jan. 1846, Montgomery, [Alabama], from Keith S[tuart] Moffatt, to JBK, re condition of troops, desertions, and plans to continue to Mexico with Palmetto Regiment. Letter, 2 Dec. 1847, Camden, S.C. to Dr. Tho[ma]s R, Gary, S.C. House (Columbia, S.C.), re debt owed Gary, " ... I have no objection to your instructing Mr. Chesnut to sue, which would certainly bring the money ... but you know it is necessary for a man who is forced to live on credit to keep up his credit at home & this is the only reason you have never been paid"; letter, 11 Dec. 1849, Camden, S.C., to T. & J.W. Johnson re ordering volumes for his law library from a member of the bar. Five items, 1846, 1851, and 1872, document a real estate transaction with William E. Johnson, an estate return for M. Kershaw, and correspondence of J.P. Carroll, an attorney in Columbia, South Carolina, who writes to Kershaw for help in collecting fees incurred with two lawsuits referred to him by Kershaw, ultimately concluding in his letter of 19 July 1872 that "Perhaps ... I have overestimated my services." Letter, 8 Oct. 1879, Theological Seminary, Columbia, S.C., W[illia]m S[wan] Plumer, to S.E. Welch, Charleston, S.C., recommending S.W. Newall; letter, 19 July 1880, Camden, S.C., to Rev. John O. Wilson, Greenville, S.C., discussing different interpretations of the A[nti] D[uelling] Society pledge, how Wilson's opinion would operate in relation with the Cash-Shannon duel, and naming several people who would be affected; 3 letters, 7 Jan. 1882 and undated, re legal matters addressed to John McPherson DeSaussure, Thomas Boone Fraser, and R.E. Wall; letter, 17 June 1882, Camden, S.C. to Waring Mikell, Charleston, S.C., re actions prior to capture of two Confederate disivions of at [Saylers] Creek (Prince Edward County, Virginia). Letter, 13 Apr. 1887, Aiken, S.C., to Col. C.C. Jones, declining invitation to attend meeting of The Survivors, as he would be attending unveiling of statue of John C. Calhoun in Charleston; 26 Jan. 1888, Camden, S.C., to Gen. E[vander] M[cIvor] Law, enclosing money for copies of Century War book, "the book is valuable & fair ..." although he added that "all history is a lie ... satisfied of its truth ... Alll ... have but one object ... to glorify themselves"; letter, 12 May 1888, Camden, S.C., J.B.K., re the circumstances of Gen. [Maxcy] Gregg's death in 1862; letter, 17 July 1888, Savannah, Ga., L[afayette] Mclaws, to JBK, re his articles on battles of Civil War, and limited vision of certain writers. Undated speech [c. 1895], delivered to Camp Hampton, United Confederate Veterans [possibly by John Doby Kennedy], re J.B.K.'s military history; letter, 1 Sept. 1931, genealogical information on Kershaw Family; newspaper articles, 3 Oct. 1960, re proposed Project Southland Confederate memorial to Kershaw's Brigade at Gettysburg National Memorial Park, Pa. (a monument later completed in cooperation with the Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association) showing positions occupied by Kershaw's Brigade and its movement during the battle, and envelope with image of artist's conception of the battle; and undated biographical sketch of JBK.

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Pickens, F. W. (Francis Wilkinson), 1805-1869

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Willson, John O. (John Owens), 1845-1923

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Johnson, William E. (William Eugene), 1862-1945

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Law, Evander McIver, 1836-1920

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