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[Identification of item], in the Whitemarsh B. Seabrook Papers #2180, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Film purchased from the Library of Congress by Marjorie Mendenhall and given to the UNC Library in July 1936. Other papers lent for filming by Mrs. Paul H. Seabrook of Savannah, Ga., in July 1940.

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• >Southern States--History--1775-1865.
• Edisto Island (S.C.)--History--19th century.
• Elmore, F. H. (Franklin Harper), 1799-1850.
• Governors--Southern States--History--19th century.
• Gregg, William, 1800-1867.
• Hamilton, James, 1786-1857.
• Industries--Southern States--History--1775-1865.
• Moseley, William Dunn, 1795-1863.
• Quitman, John Anthony, 1798-1858.
• Saint Luke's Parish (S.C.)--History--19th century.
• Seabrook, Whitemarsh B. (Whitemarsh Benjamin), 1795-1855.
• Slave bills of sale--South Carolina.
• Slave records--South Carolina.
• Towns, George W.

• Archibald Hamilton Rutledge Papers (#2672).

Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook (1795-1855) was governor of South Carolina and president of the state Agricultural Society.

Letters, 1849-1852, to and from Whitemarsh Seabrook written mainly during his terms of office as South Carolina governor; most of the letters are marked "Private and Confidential." Included are letters of governors W. D. Moseley of Florida, George W. Towns of Georgia, and J. A. Quitman of Mississippi, in answer to a circular letter sent Setpember 1850 calling for organized resistance to the North. There are also letters from F. H. Elmore regarding the work of the central committee; on the eligibility of General James Hamilton for U.S. senator; and from William Gregg on manufacturing in Southern states. Also included are bills for slaves and deeds relating to Edisto Island, S.C., and St. Luke's Parish, S.C., 1840 and 1854-1859.