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...

Scope and Contents The papers consist of correspondence, lists, and copies of information concerning Dr. Cabell and his newspapers. The letters are addressed to Dr. Cabell or The Jeffersonian and cover a variety of topics such as property rental, Swedenborgianism, the river toll on salt, the sale of Dr. Cabell's tobacco crop and current politics. One letter is from Andrew Jackson following his election to the Presidency, declining an invitation to visit Dr. Cabell in Lynchburg on his way to Washington. The...

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The papers consist of 240 letters mostly concerning politics in Virginia and the South during 1818-1856. Some of the material relates to and complements the papers of John C. Calhoun and Thomas G. Clemson.