South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Address to the Electors of Pendleton District Upon the Subject of the Two Last Elections of Members to the Legislature from the Said District
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Mss-0176
Scope and Contents
The address was printed for the author by Wm. Conover, No. 4, Broad Street, Charleston, SC, in 1803. In his address, Anderson is questioning the process of electing candidates by the Electors of the Pendleton District.
Dates:
1803
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Letter
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Mss-0177
Scope and Contents
The letter in this collection is a typed copy made by Mary Stevenson of the original letter in the Charleston Library Society--Manuscript Collection #59. The letter is written by Charles Cotesworth Pinckney to General Andrew Pickens from Charleston on December 1, 1809. In the letter General Cotesworth is acknowledging the receipt of rent from property belonging to him. He also discusses the state of his health and politics.
Dates:
1809
John C. Calhoun Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss-0200
Scope and Contents Note
The papers consist of correspondence and other materials documenting the career of Calhoun, the Calhoun and Clemson families, and United States politics during the early to mid-nineteenth century. Included are agreements, articles, clippings, correspondence, lists, notes, maps, microfilm, photographs, poems, receipts, speeches, statements, a survey book, an autograph draft and a photocopy of the South Carolina Exposition and other material.Most of...
Dates:
1784 - 1980; 1802 - 1850
Secession scrapbook
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: Mss-0187
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings; most appear to be from Charleston newspapers such as the Courier, the Evening News, the Mercury and the Southern Standard, although there are reports from other South Carolina newspapers and articles from the Washington, D.C. Southern Press. The clippings present both sides of the debate over secession for the period...
Dates:
1851 - 1875; 1851 - 1852
William J. Grayson Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Mss-0319
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a small scrapbook or journal consisting of poems, letters and miscellaneous writings of Grayson's, plus numerous clippings he glued directly onto the pages of the scrapbook. The clippings range from short quotes to extensive articles from newspapers and religious tracts dating from the period 1831 to 1861. The earliest hand-written entry is also dated 1831. The loose sheets are a collection of letters, poems, sheets with handwritten entries and articles glued directly...
Dates:
1831-1861