- Collection:
- Columbia Theological Seminary Manuscript Collection
- Title:
- Letters from J. Leighton Wilson to James Woodrow, 1864-1865
- Creator:
- Wilson, J. Leighton (John Leighton), 1809-1886
- Date of Original:
- 1864
1865 - Subject:
- Agriculture--Confederate States of America
Bonds--Confederate States of America
Drafts
Food supply
Money--Confederate States of America
Presbyterians--Georgia
Presbyterians--South Carolina
Presbyterian Church--Georgia--Newspapers
Presbyterian Church--South Carolina--Newspapers
Taxation--Confederate States of America
Southern Presbyterian (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1847-1908
Southern Presbyterian review. [Columbia, S.C.]
Axson, I. S. K. (Isaac Stockton Keith), 1813-1891
Bayard, Nicholas James, 1799-1879
Gregg, Maxcy, 1814-1862
Porter, A. A. (Abner Addison), 1817-1872
Wilson, J. Leighton (John Leighton), 1809-1886--Personal correspondence
Wilson, Joseph Ruggles, 1822-1903
Woodrow, James, 1828-1907--Personal correspondence
Columbia (S.C.)
Georgia
Mayesville (S.C.)
South Carolina
Talladega (Ala.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 - Location:
- United States, South Carolina, 34.00043, -81.00009
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
personal correspondence - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Letters from John Leighton Wilson to James Woodrow obliging Woodrow to pay him $500 in four percent bonds ($100 bonds each) and may ask for more, discusses potential change in taxes, and mentions an article he is writing about Northern Baptists and Methodists taking possession of Southern people, Mayesville (S.C.), March 16, 1864; returning endorsed checks and makes mention of previous letter and mentions concerns about sending money to Mr. Lafferty [Mayesville (S.C.)] March 17 [1864]; hoping Woodrow has fulfilled previous payment requests, mentions that he has requested that his brother send Woodrow bacon, later amends the letter to mention that the bacon will be sent with Joseph as his brother is unable to fulfill the request, Mayesville (S.C.), March 18, 1864; discusses the food items he is preparing to send to Woodrow, mentions the scarcity of potatoes and that he has covered the extra cost of bacon, Mayesville [S.C.] January 9th 1865.
Institution: C. Benton Kline, Jr. Special Collections and Archives, John Bulow Campbell Library, Columbia Theological Seminary - Metadata URL:
- http://cdm17323.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17323coll7/id/5832
- IIIF manifest:
- https://cdm17323.contentdm.oclc.org/iiif/2/p17323coll7:5832/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 8 pages
- Original Collection:
- James Woodrow papers, 1808, 1836-1916 [bulk 1850-1867]
- Holding Institution:
- Columbia Theological Seminary
- Rights:
-
