Langdon Cheves papers, 1819-1947.

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Langdon Cheves papers, 1819-1947.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/77487701

This collection contains papers mainly concerned with family matters; some are of Civil War interest. Included in the collection is a gold pin with a photograph miniature of L.A. Cheves while a student at VMI (Virginia Military Institute), with braided hair in the back, a gold medal awarded by the Howard Medical Corps to Dr. L.A. Cheves in recognition of his services in the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1878, during which epidemic he died; and an album of photographs of members of the family and friends.

6 folders, 1 volume (.35 cubic feet)

Georgia Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 8196415

Georgia Historical Society

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Cheves, Langdon, 1814-1863

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Son of Mary Elizabeth Dulles and Langdon Cheves (1776-1857); brother of author Louisa Susanna Cheves McCord (1810-1879); known as "Langdon Cheves, Jr." From the description of Letter, 1837 Dec. 2, Columbia, S.C., to P[ierce] M[ason] Butler. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 47112629 ...

Gourdin, Robert N., 1812-1894

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Robert Newman Gourdin, merchant, public official, and military officer, was born at Buck Hall Plantation, St. John's Parish, Berkeley County, South Carolina, 27 March 1812, and died 17 February 1894, in Charleston, South Carolina. Gourdin graduated from South Carolina College (1831); was admitted to the bar (1834); joined his brother Henry's mercantile firm, Gourdin, Mathiessen, and Company of Charleston (1837); was a public official in Charleston; signed the Ordinance of Secession of South Caro...

Cheves, Langdon, 1776-1857

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Langdon Cheves (September 17, 1776 – June 26, 1857) was an American politician, lawyer and businessman from South Carolina. He was a U. S. Representative from 1810 to 1815, served as Speaker of the House in 1814–1815, and was president of the Second Bank of the United States from 1819 to 1822. Langdon Cheves was born at Bull Town Fort, on the Rocky River in South Carolina. His father, Alexander, was a native of Scotland; his mother, Mary Langdon, was from Virginia. At the age of ten he went t...

Wilkins, Emma Cheves

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Habersham, Robert, 1783-1870

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Robert Habersham (1783-1870) was the son of Joseph Habersham (1751-1815) and worked as a merchant in Savannah, Georgia. From the description of Robert Habersham letters, 1839, 1867. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 436148185 Robert Habersham, a son of Joseph Habersham (1751-1815), was a merchant in Savannah. From the description of Robert Habersham papers, 1806-1864. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 80201921 ...

Cheves family.

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Langdon Cheves (1776-1857) was a Congressman and financier. His son, Langdon Cheves (d. 1863) was a planter. His son, grandson to the first Langdon Cheves, was Langdon Alexander Cheves (ca. 1854-1878), was a doctor. Langdon Alexander's sister, Emma Cheves, married Gilbert Wilkins. From the description of Langdon Cheves papers, 1819-1947. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 77487701 ...

Cheves, Langdon Alexander, ca. 1854-1878

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