Armistead Burt papers, 1759-1933

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Summary

Creator:
Burt, A. (Armistead)
Abstract:
Armistead Burt (1802-1883) was a planter, lawyer, and U.S. Representative from Abbeville, S.C. Collection contains political and legal correspondence of Armistead Burt (1802-1883), South Carolina planter and member of U.S. Congress. The political correspondence deals largely with the policies of John C. Calhoun and the question of secession. After 1860 the material relates chiefly to Burt's law practice, especially to the management of estates of Confederate soldiers, and the Calhoun estate. Other matters referred to include the political corruption and economic conditions in postwar South Carolina. Among the correspondents are Armistead Burt, Pierce M. Butler, Henry Toole Clark, Thomas Green Clemson, T. L. Deveaux, James H. Hammond, A. P. Hayne, Reverdy Johnson, Hugh S. Legare, Augustus B. Longstreet, W. N. Meriwether, James L. Petigru, Francis W. Pickens, Robert Barnwell Rhett, Richard Rush, Waddy Thompson, and Louis T. Wigfall.
Extent:
3.6 Linear Feet (9 boxes; 5,675 items)
Language:
Materials in English
Collection ID:
RL.10107

Background

Scope and content:

Collection includes the political and legal correspondence of Armistead Burt (1802-1883), South Carolina planter and member of U.S. Congress.

The political correspondence deals largely with the policies of John C. Calhoun and the question of secession. After 1860 the material relates chiefly to Burt's law practice, especially to the management of estates of Confederate soldiers, and the Calhoun estate. Other matters referred to include the political corruption and economic conditions in postwar South Carolina. Among the correspondents are Armistead Burt, Pierce M. Butler, Henry Toole Clark, Thomas Green Clemson, T. L. Deveaux, James H. Hammond, A. P. Hayne, Reverdy Johnson, Hugh S. Legare, Augustus B. Longstreet, W. N. Meriwether, James L. Petigru, Francis W. Pickens, Robert Barnwell Rhett, Richard Rush, Waddy Thompson, and Louis T. Wigfall.

Biographical / historical:

Armistead Burt (1802-1883) was a planter, lawyer, and U.S. Representative from Abbeville, S.C.

Acquisition information:
The Armistead Burt Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library in 1934 and 1940.
Processing information:

Processed by: Rubenstein Library Staff, date unknown

Arrangement:

Collection is organized into the following series: Correspondence, Legal Papers, Financial Papers, Other Writings

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects

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Subjects:
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- South Carolina
Secession
Names:
Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850
Places:
South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950

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