Author: Henry Laurens
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 9780872495166
Category : South Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
The Papers of Henry Laurens
Author: Henry Laurens
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 9780872495166
Category : South Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 9780872495166
Category : South Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
Papers of Henry Laurens
Author: Henry Laurens
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 9781570034657
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 978
Book Description
The concluding volume of a prestigious documentary edition; This, the sixteenth and final volume of The Papers of Henry Laurens, covers the last ten years of the statesman's life. During this period, Henry Laurens spent a hectic twenty-two months as a peace commissioner traveling between Paris and London, conferring with British ministers and his colleagues on the peace commission. At the same time, Laurens was coping with the grief of losing his eldest son, John Laurens, in battle, family conflicts over a proposed marriage between his elder daughter and a French fortune hunter, and his own poor health. This mixture of public and private concerns continued throughout his stay in Europe, as the commissioners attempted to negotiate a final peace treaty and a trade agreement with former allies and foes. In January 1785, Laurens returned to South Carolina, where he devoted the remainder of his life to personal affairs. Despite encouragement to return to public service, Laurens remained a private citizen with an active interest in the progress of his state, In his later years he recommended an end to the importation of slaves and diversification of the economy. Laurens died on December
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 9781570034657
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 978
Book Description
The concluding volume of a prestigious documentary edition; This, the sixteenth and final volume of The Papers of Henry Laurens, covers the last ten years of the statesman's life. During this period, Henry Laurens spent a hectic twenty-two months as a peace commissioner traveling between Paris and London, conferring with British ministers and his colleagues on the peace commission. At the same time, Laurens was coping with the grief of losing his eldest son, John Laurens, in battle, family conflicts over a proposed marriage between his elder daughter and a French fortune hunter, and his own poor health. This mixture of public and private concerns continued throughout his stay in Europe, as the commissioners attempted to negotiate a final peace treaty and a trade agreement with former allies and foes. In January 1785, Laurens returned to South Carolina, where he devoted the remainder of his life to personal affairs. Despite encouragement to return to public service, Laurens remained a private citizen with an active interest in the progress of his state, In his later years he recommended an end to the importation of slaves and diversification of the economy. Laurens died on December
The Papers of Henry Laurens
Author: Henry Laurens
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 9780872493995
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 792
Book Description
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 9780872493995
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 792
Book Description
The Papers of Henry Laurens
Author: Henry Laurens
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Languages : en
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The Life of Henry Laurens
Author: David Duncan Wallace
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 628
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 628
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John Laurens and the American Revolution
Author: Gregory D. Massey
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 9781570033308
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Massey recounts the young Laurens's wartime record - a riveting tale in its own right - and finds that even more remarkable than his military escapades were his revolutionary ideas concerning the rights of African Americans."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 9781570033308
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Massey recounts the young Laurens's wartime record - a riveting tale in its own right - and finds that even more remarkable than his military escapades were his revolutionary ideas concerning the rights of African Americans."--BOOK JACKET.
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin
Author: Benjamin Franklin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780300061093
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Sponsored by the American Philosophical Society and Yale University, this edition of 'The Papers Of Benjamin Franklin' contains everything that Franklin wrote that can be found, and for the first time, in full or abstract, all letters addressed to him, the whole arranged in chronological order.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780300061093
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Sponsored by the American Philosophical Society and Yale University, this edition of 'The Papers Of Benjamin Franklin' contains everything that Franklin wrote that can be found, and for the first time, in full or abstract, all letters addressed to him, the whole arranged in chronological order.
The Papers of Henry Laurens
Author: Henry Laurens
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 9781570033070
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 9781570033070
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
The Papers of Henry Laurens
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 840
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 840
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South Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction Eras
Author: Michael Brem Bonner
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 1611176662
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
An anthology of important scholarship on the Civil War and Reconstruction eras from the journal Proceedings of the South Carolina Historical Association. Since 1931, the South Carolina Historical Association has published an annual, peer-reviewed journal of historical scholarship. In this volume, past SCHA officers of Michael Brem Bonner and Fritz Hamer present twenty-three of the most enduring and significant essays from the archives, offering a treasure trove of scholarship on an impressive variety of subjects including race, politics, military events, and social issues. All articles published in the Proceedings after 2002 are available on the SCHA website, but this volume offers, for the first time, easy access to the journal’s best articles on the Civil War and Reconstruction up through 2001. Preeminent scholars such as Frank Vandiver, Dan T. Carter, and Orville Vernon Burton are among the contributors to this collection, an essential resource for historical synthesis of the Palmetto State’s experience during that era.
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 1611176662
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
An anthology of important scholarship on the Civil War and Reconstruction eras from the journal Proceedings of the South Carolina Historical Association. Since 1931, the South Carolina Historical Association has published an annual, peer-reviewed journal of historical scholarship. In this volume, past SCHA officers of Michael Brem Bonner and Fritz Hamer present twenty-three of the most enduring and significant essays from the archives, offering a treasure trove of scholarship on an impressive variety of subjects including race, politics, military events, and social issues. All articles published in the Proceedings after 2002 are available on the SCHA website, but this volume offers, for the first time, easy access to the journal’s best articles on the Civil War and Reconstruction up through 2001. Preeminent scholars such as Frank Vandiver, Dan T. Carter, and Orville Vernon Burton are among the contributors to this collection, an essential resource for historical synthesis of the Palmetto State’s experience during that era.