Box 1
Contains 7 Results:
T. Taylor, Oxford, England, to George Frederick Holmes, 1842 December 31
Congratulates Holmes on his recent articles for the Southern Quarterly Review and comments on the superiority of an English education.
Cotesworth Pickney, Walterborough, S.C., to George Frederick Holmes, Orangeburg, S.C., 1844 October 19
States that he has never dissected Negroes and whites to determine the differences between the races; informs Holmes that others who have researched the question "do not class the negro in the lowest scale of moral and intellectual beings."
William Campbell Preston, Columbia, S.C., to George Frederick Holmes, Richmond, Va., 1846 October 13
Informs Holmes that Holmes' election (to the faculty of South Carolina?)] is "very doubtful."
An envelope in Holmes' handwriting addressed to His Excellency Governor J.B. Floyd, Richmond, Va., undated
The cover is dated simply as April 13.
William Campbell Preston, Columbia, S.C., to Professor George Frederick Holmes, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va, 1860 January 4
Discusses his plan to purchase "Mr. Holcombe's house"; describes a commencement speech given at South Carolina College that "was disgusting even to the fire-eaters."
Charles Minnigerode, Richmond, Va., to George Frederick Holmes, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., 1887 February 3
Comments on newspaper articles unfavorable to both Holmes and Minnigerode; notes that one of the articles quoted Holmes as saying "I have learning enough for 3 men in this country."
Edward Robinson Squibb, Brooklyn, N.Y., to William Howard Perkinson, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., 1898 May 5
Notes that advanced age and ill health will prevent Squibb from attending the inauguration of new buildings at the University on 14 June 14, 1898.