John Hammond Moore, Research Materials in South Carolina (1967).
Resources (13)
Beaufort Taylor Watts (d. ca. 1869)
Papers, 1822–79, 283 items. Secretary of legation to Russia when his fellow South Carolinian Henry Middleton was minister. He arrived in St. Petersburg in January 1829. His letters, ca. 10 items, 1828–30, document his disputes with Middleton and reply to the latter's criticisms He served only briefly. These papers contain little information about Russia directly.
Edwin Grenville Seibels (1866-1954)
Cotton insurance agent. Seibels visited Russia in 1911. On 18 February 1933 he delivered a talk to the Kosmos Club in Columbia, South Carolina, called "The Great Experiment," in which he recalled his 1911 trip and his association with a Russian insurance company. The manuscript is in a bound volume.
Francis Kinloch (1755-1826)
Papers, 1787–1819, 8 items. U.S. congressman. AL, 15 November 1804, from Kinloch, traveling in Europe, to Dr. Levi Myers, in part about the possibility of war between France and Russia.
Henry Middleton (1770-1846)
Minister plenipotentiary to Russia, 1820–30. Miscellaneous items, including letter, 2 February 1820, from him to John Quincy Adams expressing his willingness to become minister to Russia although ignorant of the language, and his hope that his duties would not entail private expenditures for him; also indicates his acceptance of Charles Pinckney as secretary of legation, photostatic copy. Letter, 3 September 1829, to Martin Van Buren discusses the Russo-Turkish War.
Joel Roberts Poinsett (1779-1851)
Papers, 1804–51, 60 items. Minister to Mexico, 1825–29, and secretary of war, 1837–41. Includes a letter to James Monroe, 8 August 1816, expressing his concern over "Russian settlements on the N.W. Coast, and... the utility of establishing a line of demarcation with that power."
Josef Hofmann (1877-1957)
Papers, 1893–1957, 60 items. Concert pianist, toured Russia in the early 20th c. (accompanied by his wife). In several letters to his wife Hofmann gives his views of World War I in Europe. His wife's diary for 1907–10, 4 vols., contains concert itineraries and accounts of Russian tours with observations about the people, the food, accommodations, cultural life, and travel conditions. (The entire collection is on microfilm.)
Manigault Family
Papers, 1750–1900, 1,411 items. Includes correspondence and other papers of Mrs. Ralph Izard (Alice DeLancey), Margaret Izard Manigault, and Georgina Smith (Mrs. Joseph Allen), from ca. 1800–23, pertaining to Russians in the United States (especially Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Washington) and to events in Russia. References also to Joseph Allen Smith's interest in Russia based on several years spent there in the early 1800s. Unpublished calendar.
McCrady Family
Papers, 1821–1907, 262 items. Includes letter of William Henry Trescot, on a diplomatic mission to China, which relates rumors of a war between China and Russia, 12 August 1880. Unpublished calendar (NUCMC 62–1608).
Milledge Luke Bonham (1815-1890)
Papers, 1771–1940, 4,402 manuscripts. Lawyer, army officer, and statesman. Includes 10 letters to Bonham from Francis W. Pickens, minister to Russia, 1859–60. Pickens tells his close friend of his reaction to U.S. political developments and describes Russian court life. In part, copies. Unpublished calendar (NUCMC 67–945).
Pickens Family
Papers, 1781–1929, 284 items. Largely correspondence and other papers of Francis Wilkinson Pickens (1806–1869), U.S. representative from South Carolina, minister to Russia, and Confederate governor. Ca. 20 letters, 1858–60, to his wife, Lucy Holcomb Pickens, discuss Russian court life, customs, and U.S. political events. Account books also contain some Russian-related material. Some letters are copies. (NUCMC 66–1375)
Pinckney Family
Papers, 1735–1922, 315 items and 7 vols. Includes some papers of Charles Pinckney (1757–1824), statesman and governor of South Carolina. ALS from him to James Monroe discusses "our having formed an alliance with Russia [and the] sensation here as it was not believed before," Spain, February 1805. (NUCMC 67–953)
William Joseph Holt (d. 1881)
Papers, 1799–1910, 118 items. Physician and military surgeon who served with the Russians during the Crimean War. In letters, diaries, and other papers, Holt discusses the war and the role of American doctors in the Russian army. The collection also includes pencil sketches of (presumably) the Crimea and a map of the same; some material is in French and Russian. (NUCMC 62–1132)
William Lowndes (1782-1822)
Papers, 1818–42 and 1901, 7 items. Diplomat. AL, 9 April 1818, from President James Monroe offers him the post of ambassador to Russia or minister to Constantinople, whichever he chooses, because of the "confidence which I repose in your ability and merit."
