Special Collections and Archives

Essie Boggs Collection (Hester Prince Boggs Collection)

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Mss-0106

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

A card memorializing William Pinckney Starke who died October 12, 1886 and a typed copy of "Reminiscences of Mrs. Prince ... March 9, 1928".

Dates

1886-1928

Creator

Prince, Jane (other_unmapped, Person)

Biographical Note

Hester (Essie) Prince was the daughter of Jane Prince, housekeeper at Fort Hill for Thomas G. Clemson from 1882 until his death April 6, 1888. She and her mother were devoted to Clemson and lived at Fort Hill until 1893. Essie married Harold Boggs, Calhoun, South Carolina, and her mother lived with them in her old age.

Extent

2 item(s)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Ownership and Custodial History

Mrs. Harold Boggs, Calhoun, South Carolina, gave these to Alester G. Holmes, 1934.

Immediate Source of Acquisiton

Alester G. Holmes gave these items to the library in 1934.

Related Materials

This accession included a copy of The Illustrated London Reading Book (1850), now cataloged PE1120.I45 1850. The endpaper is inscribed "Essie Prince Ft Hill" and the flyleaf is inscribed "Given to Hester Prince by T.G. Clemson January 24th 1887".