Ravenel Family Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0393
The ten letters contained in this collection are as follows:
1. From William H. Parker to Mrs. Thomas Parker (Later Mrs. Samuel Prioleau Ravenel) lamenting the death of her first husband. June 27, 1962
2. From Daniel Ravenel to Misses Anne and Charlotte Cripps offering him the use of his house in Charleston once he makes repairs. September 30, 1865
3. From Mrs. R. A. Wilkinson to Mr. Daniel Ravenel asking for a $600 loan to return home. July 16, 1865
4. Daniel Ravenel's answer to Mrs. Wilkinson informing her of his lack of funds and inability to make her requested loan. July 21, 1865
5. From Mrs. A. R. Young to Daniel Ravenel with birthday greetings. October 26, 1865
6. From Mary C. Ravenel to Daniel Ravenel with family news and a request to send or safely store her "package". September 25, 1865
7. Death notice of Andrew Pickens Calhoun and his daughter, Mary Lucretia Calhoun on March 16, 1865. July 17, 1865
8. An invitation to Margaretta Fleming to the Military Ball of the Washington Light Infantry commemorating the Battle of Cowpens. January 17, 1843
9. Note from S. P. Ravenel. 1865
10. Draft of answer from Mrs. S.E.R. to Probate Court.
This collection is open to the public without restriction.
Daniel Ravenel was the father of Henry Edmund Ravenel (1824-1863). Henry Edmund Ravenel owned Seneca Plantation near Fort Hill and Pendleton, S.C. His father, came to Seneca from Charleston at some time during the Civil War. At the end of the war Captain Samuel Prioleau Ravenel came also. While Captain Ravenel was at Seneca he met Mrs. Margaretta Fleming Parker, sister of Mrs. Robert Adger. Mrs. Parker's first husband had been killed at the Battle of Secessionville. The couple were married in December 1865. The father "was one of 8 men trying to get the railroad through to the West" and had a connection with the building of Stumphouse Mountain Tunnel.
.05 Cubic Feet
English
A collection of 10 letters primarily to and from Daniel Ravenel and members of his immediate family. The dates of the letters span from 1843 to 1865. Along with the letters is an explanatory paper with biographical information and a list of the letters and their topics.
Collection processed by Nicholas Byers in June 2023.
Part of the Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives Repository