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Letter From John C. Calhoun Requesting Robert Oliver Gibbes Be Listed As An Applicant For Midshipman, December 3, 1844., John C. Calhoun
Letter From John C. Calhoun Requesting Robert Oliver Gibbes Be Listed As An Applicant For Midshipman, December 3, 1844., John C. Calhoun
Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection
John C. Calhoun, at the time of writing U.S.Secretary of State, requests that Robert Oliver Gibbes, the son of a "highly respectable citizen of Carolina," be listed as an applicant for Midshipman. Dated December 3, 1844.
Patrick Calhoun Letter To His Father John C. Calhoun, From Iowa Territory, June 29, 1844., Patrick Calhoun 2nd Lieutenant
Patrick Calhoun Letter To His Father John C. Calhoun, From Iowa Territory, June 29, 1844., Patrick Calhoun 2nd Lieutenant
Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection
Letter from Patrick Calhoun at Fort Madison to his father John C. Calhoun. 24 July, 1844
John B. Magruder Letter To John Earle & Co., John Bankhead Magruder
John B. Magruder Letter To John Earle & Co., John Bankhead Magruder
Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection
Magruder, travelling under orders fromt he U.S. Army, in 1844, requests Earle "send up my clothes if possible tonight" as he must leave the following morning for Providence.
Slave Trade Ledger Of William James Smith, 1844-1854, William James Smith
Slave Trade Ledger Of William James Smith, 1844-1854, William James Smith
Local History
This ledger meticulously details the prices paid and received for scores of human beings (as slaves; only first names are recorded), as well as the expenses incurred by Smith in undertaking this business venture, such as feeding, clothing, sheltering, and nursing the people he purchased and sold. The details of the book illustrate that Smith took several "trips" between 1844 and 1854 to buy and sell slaves: detailed records of purchases and sales of "Negroes" exist for all of the years between 1844 and 1854. The listing of expenses for the year of 1844 (the most complete account) indicate that …