James Edward Colhoun diaries
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Mss-0055
This manuscript is a photocopy of a typescript version of parts of a series of diaries kept by James Edward Colhoun between 1823-1830. There are major gaps in the narrative. The periods covered are July 30-August 21, 1823; 1825-1826; and 1829-1830. The 1823 entries narrate Colhoun's activities during a survey expedition in Minnesota and North Dakota under the direction of Colonel Stephen H. Long. The 1825-26 entries recount activities at his plantation and his travels in Kentucky and North Carolina. The 1829-30 entries record travels to New England and back to South Carolina with descriptions of places, manners and people visited.
The donor retains copyright.
Only limited portions of the diaries may be photocopied for "fair use" purposes.
James Edward Colhoun, (1796-1889), son of John Ewing Colhoun created these diaries between 1823 and 1830. Colhoun was related to John C. Calhoun through the marriage of his sister and maintained a plantation in the Abbeville district of South Carolina.
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English
Copies of the diaries were donated to Clemson by Edwin B. McDill in 1979.
South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. USA
Photocopy.
Part of the Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives Repository