Box 1
Container
Contains 3 Results:
Circular letter, August 1827
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: id162338
Scope and Contents
Circular letter transmitting memorials of the citizens of Columbia and Richland, South Carolina, to the legislature of South Carolina, and to the Congress of the United States, protesting against the protective tariff. Also includes the text of the memorials. Including letter from William C. Preston, Chairman, to William B. Giles, Governor of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, 2 Nov. 1827, explaining the attached circular. Also including a newspaper clipping of the proceedings of the...
Dates:
August 1827
Correspondence, 18 March 1836
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: id162339
Scope and Contents
Asks name of a lawyer practicing in section in which General Joseph S. Shelton of South Carolina lives. The estate of Gilmer's grandfather is being sued and General Shelton is the principal debtor.
Dates:
18 March 1836
Correspondence, 31 Jan. no year
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: id162340
Scope and Contents
Letter from Epes Sargent, New York, New York, to William C. Preston. Letter from Thomas W. Gilmer, Capitol, Richmond, Virginia, to William C. Preston, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. Sargent is associated with Park Benjamin in publishing the New World, a New York newspaper, and discusses his efforts to bring about an international copyright agreement.
Dates:
31 Jan. no year