Fort Hill Plantation (S.C.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Richard Wright Simpson Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Mss-0096
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the legal, financial, personal, and family affairs of Richard Wright Simpson, Thomas Green Clemson, Anna Calhoun Clemson, and Gideon Lee, for his deceased wife Floride and their daughter, Isabella Lee, who was Clemson's only grandchild. The Lee's contested Clemson's will. The papers, and original documents, are resources Simpson and other legal representatives used to prepare for the court cases and estate settlement following Thomas Greene Clemson's death on April...
Dates:
1981 and 2015;
Bulk 1864-1910
Thomas Green Clemson Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss-0002
Scope and Content Note
Thomas Green Clemson's papers reflect his intellectual interests in mining, geology, scientific agriculture and the promotion of education; his cultured back-ground as an artist, art collector, linguist and diplomat; and his personal life as a plantation owner, businessman, husband and father. A pocket journal, 1832-1837, is the first piece of Clemson's writing in this collection. Mr. Charles R. Clemson of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, donated this brief journal and its typed transcription to...
Dates:
1786 - 2000; 1844 - 1888