Iveson L. Brookes papers, 1817-1888 and undated
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Summary
- Creator:
- Brookes, Iveson L., 1793-1865
- Abstract:
- Collection includes correspondence of a Baptist preacher, landholder, and enslaver in South Carolina and Georgia and his family and descendants. Topics include the administration of cotton plantations, tariff and the nullification controversy, missionary work among enslaved people, student life in Washington, D.C., and a student's view of antebellum politics. Also discussed are diseases, health, and remedies, Baptist doctrine and doctrinal disputes, the impact of the Civil War on civilian life, the work of aid societies, destruction of Rome, Georgia, by Union troops, and wartime economic problems along with Brookes' family genealogy and his sermon notes.
- Extent:
- 1.5 Linear Feet (3 boxes, 720 items (inc. 11 volumes))
- Language:
- Materials in English
- Collection ID:
- RL.10104
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection contains correspondence of Iveson L. Brookes, a Baptist preacher and landholder in South Carolina and Georgia and his family and descendants. Topics include the administration of cotton plantations; tariff and the nullification controversy; transportation conditions; banking; missionary work among enslaved people; student life in Washington, D.C., and a student's view of ante-bellum politics; diseases, health, and remedies.
His later correspondence also discusses Baptist doctrine and doctrinal disputes, religious revivals, the impact of the Civil War on civilian life, the work of aid societies, the destruction of Rome, Georgia, by Union troops, and wartime economic problems. Correspondence by descendants includes mining near Potosi, Missouri, race relations in marriage and religion, politics in South Carolina in 1877, Columban College in Washington, D.C.; Brookes' family genealogy, and his sermon notes.
- Biographical / historical:
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Iveson L. Brookes (1793-1865) was a Baptist clergyman, plantation owner, and enslaver of Hamburg (Aiken County), South Carolina.
- Acquisition information:
- The Iveson L. Brookes papers were acquired by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library in 1956 and 1959.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Rubenstein Library staff.
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- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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- Subjects:
- Baptists -- South Carolina
Baptists -- Clergy
Cotton growing -- South Carolina - Names:
- Brooks family
- Places:
- South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950
Southern States -- Race relations
Rome (Ga.) -- History
Confederate States of America -- Social conditions
Washington (D.C.) -- Description and travel
Southern States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865
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