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[Identification of item], in the James Hamilton Papers, #1489, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Original finding aid is filed in folder 1a.

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Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Finding aid updated in June 2010 by Kathryn Michaelis for digitization.

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The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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• Governors--South Carolina--Biography.
• Hamilton, James, 1786-1857.
• Hamilton, Joseph Gregoire de Roulhac, 1878-1961.
• Hamilton, Samuel Prioleau.
• South Carolina--Biography.
• South Carolina--Politics and government--1775-1865.
• Tennessee--Politics and government--To 1865.
• Texas--Biography.
• Texas--Politics and government--1836-1846.

James Hamilton was a nullification governor of South Carolina and a diplomat of the Texas Republic.

The collection consists of materials gathered by J.G. de Roulhac Hamilton, historian, in contemplation of a biography of Hamilton. Included are 50 original 19th-century manuscripts of Hamilton, mostly letters written by him; 30 manuscripts of his sons in Texas and the Confederate Army; many copies of Hamilton manuscripts in other repositories; notes, correspondence, and unpublished writings of J.G. de Roulhac Hamilton about James Hamilton; and microfilm copies of Hamilton family letters and writings of Samuel Prioleau Hamilton about his father, James. Original letters concern politics and private business in South Carolina, and diplomacy, finance, politics, and private business in Texas.

• Pictures (PF-1489/1)
• Microfilm (M-1489/1)