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Start Over Names Pickens, F.W. (Francis Wilkinson), 1805-1869
Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

David Flavel Jamison papers, 1860/1864

125 Item 1 Box, 10 folders

This collection includes correspondence while Jamison was Secretary of War of South Carolina, 1861; scattered letters and papers pertaining to the South Carolina Secession Convention of which he was president, and papers related to his tenure as presiding judge of the military court of Gen. Beauregard's Corps, 1862-1864. Robert Woodward Barnwell and Lawrence Massillon Keitt are among the correspondents.

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Correspondence, 1861 Box 1, Folder 3

Folder three contains correspondence from January 1861. The primary correspondence is to and from Jamison and include military application letters and reports on surveys, maintenance, and activity taking place within the forts of Charleston harbor. Some of these letters contain Confederate plans for attacking Fort Sumter, two of which propose poisoning the water and attacking directly by fortified raft. A highlight is a letter from Senator Henry M. Rice of Minnesota to South Carolina senator James Chestnut on South Carolina's secession and Rice's opposition to war. Another curious letter included in this folder explores the unique story of a civilian Irish laborer, Patrick Quinn, who was employed and living within Fort Sumter before its bombardment and his brother Thomas who was a member of the South Carolina militia and seeking to have his brother leave the fort.

Correspondence, 1861 Box 1, Folder 4

Folder four contains documents and letters from February 1861 as Confederate South Carolinians prepared for an attack on Fort Sumter. The folder includes a letter from General Arthur Manigault South Carolina's Ordnance Bureau urging that supplies be sent to the forts in Charleston harbor. Also included are numerous military reports related to the pending attack on Fort Sumter, placement of military regiments, and construction of forts and batteries. Other interesting contents from this folder include an application letter for South Carolina Confederate service from Columbus daVega, a Crimean war veteran; two letters pertaining to an enslaved man, Arthur or Thomas Lynch [also see folders three and five]; a letter from Laurence Keitt to David Flavel Jamison announcing the formation of the Confederate government.

Correspondence, 1861 Box 1, Folder 5

Folder five contains documents and correspondence from March 1861. Included is another letter concerning an enslaved man, Arthur or Thomas Lynch [see folders three and four]; a detailed letter to South Carolina's governor Francis Pickens from Lucius Quinton Washington, a distant relative of George Washington, from Washington DC on the national political situation in the wake of President Abraham Lincoln's inaugural speech and including strategy and intelligence on Fort Sumter and Pensacola harbor (FL); a letter from Ellison Capers to D. F. Jamison on military arms; and Jamison's report from South Carolina's war department to Governor Pickens.

Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

John C. Calhoun correspondence, 1818/1834

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This collection includes four letters written by John C. Calhoun between 1818-1834, including two official communications signed by him when he was Secretary of War in the James Monroe administration, dealing with Indian affairs. Those letters are dated September 11, 1818 and August 20, 1820. A letter dated August 24, 1831 to Francis W. Pickens alludes to Calhoun's reaction to his Fort Hill speech and discusses the upcoming presidential election. The June 20, 1834 letter to Col. Andrew Pickens contains comments on Congress and cabinet changes.

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John C. Calhoun correspondence, 1818/1834 0.01 Linear Feet 1 folder

Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell)

This collection includes four letters written by John C. Calhoun between 1818-1834, including two official communications signed by him when he was Secretary of War in the James Monroe administration, dealing with Indian affairs. Those letters are dated September 11, 1818 and August 20, 1820. A letter dated August 24, 1831 to Francis W. Pickens alludes to Calhoun's reaction to his Fort Hill speech and discusses the upcoming presidential election. The June 20, 1834 letter to Col. Andrew Pickens contains comments on Congress and cabinet changes.

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