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James Henry Hammond papers
Collection
Identifier: LG-30
Scope and Contents
The James Henry Hammond papers consists of microfilm containing correspondence, diaries, plantation account books and manuals, scrapbooks and manuscript and printed copies of Hammond's speeches reflecting South Carolina and national politics in the decades before the Civil War. Topics include state's rights, slavery, state banks, the Southern Convention at Nashville, Tennessee (1850), secession, nullification, and the tariff. The plantation books give detailed lists of holdings...
Dates:
1774 - 1875
Orlando Barnes papers
Collection
Identifier: 00010
Scope and Contents
The material in the Barnes collection encompasses the period 1846 to 1899. Barnes graduated from the University of Michigan in 1850 and settled in Lansing to practice law. After establishing his reputation, he became attorney for the Jackson, Lansing, and Saginaw Railroad. He also assumed a promotional position with the Railroad, and eventually became its secretary and general manager.Barnes was philosophically minded and frequently wrote on various social matters. The bulk of...
Dates:
1846 - 1899
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- Barnes, O. M. (Orlando Mack), 1825-1899 1
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- Brisbane, A. H. (Abbott Hall), 1804-1861 1
- Butler, Pierce Mason, 1798-1847 1
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- Chandler, Zachariah, 1813-1879 1
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- Felder, John Myers, 1782-1851 1
- Gadsden, James, 1788-1858 1
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- Hammond, James Henry, 1807-1864 1
- Hayne, Isaac W. (Isaac William), 1809-1880 1
- Hayne, Robert Young, 1791-1839 1
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- Preston, William C. (William Campbell), 1794-1860 1
- Quattlebaum, Paul, 1812-1890 1
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