South Carolina

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Letter with family news and talk of growing cotton in Alabama versus in South Carolina, as well as some genealogical information.

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Letter written by Caldwell, dated 5 September 1861, to James Simms of Charleston, South Carolina, inquiring about a note and asking for assistance in getting a secretaryship with the Confederate Commissioners being sent to Europe.

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Photocopies of various documents concerning the ancestry of members of the Cantelou family of South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama.

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Letters, newspapers, and miscellaneous documents from the Durst family. There is also a World War One era panoramic photograph and United Stated Service, or Blue Star Mother's flag.

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Correspondence dealing with Earle's tenure as a congressman representing South Carolina, and genealogical papers of Earle's grandson, Samuel M. Earle.

Scope and Contents This collection contains three letters of the Hemphill Family, who were based in South Carolina. The first letter is addressed to William R. Hemphill and was written in 1834, when he was studying to be a minister in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. It is from David, James, Eliza, and Bell Hemphill, William's siblings, who have written on separate sheets of the four-page document as well as in its margins. In addition to containing family news, it includes a record of responses to South Carolina's...

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A small collection of letters from Oregonia, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, to his cousin Hugh Robinson, Level Land, Abeville, South Carolina. The chief subjects are agricultural conditions and prices.

Scope and Contents The collection consists of a single four-page autographed letter dated November 16, 1868, written by James Anderson from Smith’s Turnout, South Carolina, to John Calvin Kirkman in Guilford City, North Carolina. Written in semi-literate English with irregular spelling and syntax, the letter offers firsthand commentary on Reconstruction-era labor practices, railroad work, and political discrimination. Anderson describes the arduous labor conditions faced by African American railroad workers,...

Scope and Contents This collction contains a letter between "Cousin Lou" and "Cousin Oliver," written in 1865 from Lou's perspective in Anderson, South Carolina, and addressed to Oliver in Atlanta, Georgia. Although it appears the primary purpose of the letter is to answer Oliver's marriage proposal, Lou's worries about the aftermath of the Civil War are evident in her comments on mail delays, the destruction of the local railroad, and her father's reluctant agreement to take an oath of allegiance to the U.S....

Scope and Contents This collection contains a letter from J. L. Snyder, a South Carolina farmer, to his uncle, E.L. Snyder, in New York. The letter discusses personal family matters, including information about J.L. Snyder's sons, and two recent storms that have devastated crops and destroyed homes. In addition to stating the effect of the storms on his own life, J.L. appeals to his uncle for financial assistance and donations to assist the Black population on Hilton Head Island. The letter notes that due to...

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This collection contains the originals, photocopy, and typed transcription of Tuomey's naturalization papers.

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Small rectangular photo album containing photographs of prominent African American family probably from around Washington, District of Columbia area.

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This collection consists of 534 photographs from World War I, a drawing, and a short narrative.

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A copy of a letter dated 23 June 1848, from Pickens County, Alabama, to his uncle Matthew Biggert Kirk, Lancaster Court House, South Carolina in which he tells of setting up his medical practice and recounts family news.

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The collection contains photocopies of transcribed letters written by Samuel N. Snow of Alabama and other documents relating to the family's history.

Content Description One print titled, “A [North West by North] View of Charles Town from on board the Bristol Commodore Sir Peter Parker Kn,,t &c. &c. taken in Five Fathom / Hole the day after the Attack upon Fort Sulivan by the Commodore & his Squadron, which Action continued 9 hours & 40 minutes.”, documents an attempt by the British to capture the city of Charleston in the Battle of Sullivan’s Island in 1776, but American forces were able to defend the port city. The print is dedicated to...

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Monthly return of ordnance and ordnance stores received and expended during the month of November 1864; muster roll of Bachman's company of the German Artillery Regiment of Hampton's Legion, August 31-October 31, 1864.

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This collection consists of 534 photographs from World War I, a drawing, and a short narrative.