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Mary Boatwright Collection of James Merrill Papers consists of correspondence, manuscripts, ephemera, and realia.

Consists of correspondence, manuscripts, ephemera, and realia

Biographical and genealogical information re James Boatwright (1773-1857), an owner of a cotton gin in Columbia, S.C., and his descendants, written ca. Sept. 1901, by Louise S. Boatwright

The collection consists of correspondence, appointment books, business records, music manuscripts, sound recordings, photographs, and ephemera documenting the activities of Duke Ellington and the management of Tempo Music, Incorporated. There is a small amount of material relating to the Ellingotn family.

Scrapbooks, research notes, historical essays, genealogical information, 1949-1989 and 2000s, on the Boatwright family of Johnston (Edgefield County, South Carolina) and Columbia (Richland County, South Carolina), compiled by Benjamin Boatwright, Jr. (1944-2015)

Photographic portraits of President Richard Nixon by Arnold Newman, President Dwight D. Eisenhower by George Tames of New York Times and reproduced by U.S. Army Signal Corps, and a matted portrait of Senator James F. Byrnes. Signed card accompanies Nixon photograph; Byrnes and Eisenhower photographs signed on bottom for Ben Boatwright of Columbia, S.C.

This series contains the following records: Act Authorizing Payment of Expenses, 1825, 1 item; Correspondence, 1824, 3 items; Vouchers, 1824-1825, 2 in. Correspondence is from Robert G. Scott to Dr. Jesse Cole, Oct. 7, 1824, regarding Cole's payment of $1,000 for workers; W. Boatwright to H. Butler, Oct. 11, 1824, regarding a servant Boatwright sent to assist at General Nelson's house, and James Warrell to Gov. James Pleasants, Oct. 24, 1824, asking for payment. The vouchers are principally from William Boatwright, agent for the Military Committee of Superintendance for the event

Daguerreotypes and ambrotypes of John Glass and Julia Sarah Susanna Arthur Ancrum Glass, John Glass II with walking stick, Elizabeth Christina Boatwright Tradewell (Mrs. James D. Tradewell), Peter Bryce Glass at age 12, age 16 by J.T. Zealy, and age 19, Ella Rebecca Tradewell at age 19, Peter Bryce Glass and Ella Rebecca Tradewell Glass when married in 1856, James G. Glass at age 3 years, Alester G. Tradewell in uniform and housed in union case by S. Peck & Co

Photocopies of two petitions from free black men in Charleston and Columbia (S.C.). A petition dated January 10, 1861, is addressed to the mayor of Columbia, J.H. Boatwright, and is signed by twenty-three men of mixed race in that city including James Bampfield, offering their services in the defense of South Carolina to the governor (Francis W. Pickens). The second petition is addressed to the South Carolina governor by "Free men of the City of Charleston" who offer to "assist in preparing the State for a defence, against any action which may be taken against her.".

Photographs of sampler by Martha Gallman (Mrs. John Moseley), worked 1820 and whitework coverlet; Saluda County, S.C.: Bethel Church, Peter & Helen Lamkin plot in church cememtery, junction of Double Branches in front of church, Wade Holstein house & Hiram Holstein house near church, Zedekiah Watkins house near Colemans Crossroads & headstone in Mt. Ebal Church cemetery, and Rev. A.W. Asbill house & headstone in Holstein cemetery