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Notebook, ca. 1855-1860, inscribed on cover "T.W. Brevard," containing writings and speeches on government, politics, philosophy, law, and jurisprudence. Contains: "Is increase of Knowledge increase of happiness" (3 pp.); "Anniversary of the Birthday of Washington" (speech, 3 pp.); "That which was is, that which is will be" (6 pp.); "Speech delivered during the Canvass of 1856" (12 pp., incomplete); notes and thoughts on political parties and candidates (2 pp.); "Written in August 1860" (34 pp.); notes, names, and figures (6 pp.); "Political Data etc." (1 p.); "Political predjudice upon the Jury" and notes and thoughts on law and jurisprudence (15 pp.); "Collinson's Bill" (1 p.); thoughts on court appointment of receivers (2 pp.); notes for speech commemorating the Civil War (4 pp.); notes, mostly penciled (for speech?), on the war, politics, and Horace Greeley (7 pp.); more notes and thoughts on law and jurisprudence (3 pp.); notes for a court case (1 p.); thoughts on post-war race relations in the South (3 pp.); "Thoughts," including quotes, on various topics (9 pp.); "Know Nothingism" (1 p.); more notes and figures (2 pp.); draft of contract "between T. W. Brevard and the undersigned labourers" (2 pp.); titles of readings (3 pp.); thoughts on politics (2 pp., unbound fragment); and thoughts on jurisprudence (1 p., unbound fragment). |
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Notebook, ca. 1855-1860, inscribed on cover "T.W. Brevard," containing writings and speeches on government, politics, philosophy, law, and jurisprudence. Contains: "Is increase of Knowledge increase of happiness" (3 pp.); "Anniversary of the Birthday of Washington" (speech, 3 pp.); "That which was is, that which is will be" (6 pp.); "Speech delivered during the Canvass of 1856" (12 pp., incomplete); notes and thoughts on political parties and candidates (2 pp.); "Written in August 1860" (34 pp.); notes, names, and figures (6 pp.); "Political Data etc." (1 p.); "Political predjudice upon the Jury" and notes and thoughts on law and jurisprudence (15 pp.); "Collinson's Bill" (1 p.); thoughts on court appointment of receivers (2 pp.); notes for speech commemorating the Civil War (4 pp.); notes, mostly penciled (for speech?), on the war, politics, and Horace Greeley (7 pp.); more notes and thoughts on law and jurisprudence (3 pp.); notes for a court case (1 p.); thoughts on post-war race relations in the South (3 pp.); "Thoughts," including quotes, on various topics (9 pp.); "Know Nothingism" (1 p.); more notes and figures (2 pp.); draft of contract "between T. W. Brevard and the undersigned labourers" (2 pp.); titles of readings (3 pp.); thoughts on politics (2 pp., unbound fragment); and thoughts on jurisprudence (1 p., unbound fragment). |
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Scrapbook (1 of 32), "Political Record," coverboard; scrapbook consists mostly of post-war news clippings of poetry and sentimental thoughts pasted into a plantation account and record book; also draft speeches and notes on Democratic politics and accounts of freedmen laborers (1865-1867) with the Brevard family at Lake Jackson. |
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Scrapbook (2 of 32), "Political Record," illustrations from inside coverboard (1 of 2) |
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Scrapbook (3 of 32), "Political Record," illustrations from inside coverboard (2 of 2) |
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Scrapbook (4 of 32), "Political Record," manuscript concerning Florida party politics, n.d. (1 p.); newspaper clipping (photocopy) containing brief works of fiction, n.d. (2 pp.); and account with Jacob Alston, 1866 (1 p.). |
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Scrapbook (5 of 32), "Political Record," newspaper clipping (photocopy) containing brief works of fiction, n.d. (2 pp.); and manuscript page, n.d., with notes and figures and the phrase, "Dem. Review vol. 17 pp 153-154" (2 pp). |
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Scrapbook (6 of 32), "Political Record," brief manuscript notes, n.d. ("Adams, Slade and Fillmore run together") (1 p.); and newspaper clipping (photocopy) containing letters by or about Millard Fillmore, n.d. (1 p.). |
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Scrapbook (7 of 32), "Political Record," brief penciled note, n.d. (1 p.); and newspaper clipping (photocopy) entitled "Your Own Fillmore: Facts From the Record," n.d. (1 p.). |
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Scrapbook (8 of 32), "Political Record," newspaper clipping (photocopy) entitled "Mr. Fillmore's Past Career," n.d. (2 pp.). |
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Scrapbook (9 of 32), "Political Record," brief manuscript note, n.d., "Congl. Globe shows the following" (1 p.); and newspaper clipping (photocopy) entitled "Mr. Fillmore on the Compromise of 1850," n.d. (1 p.). |
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Scrapbook (10 of 32), "Political Record," newspaper clipping (photocopy) entitled "Mr. Buchanan in 1829: The Truth Vindicated," n.d. (1 p.); and brief manuscript note, n.d.: "The gentleman will tell you he is not opposed to Buchanan but what was the last [lost?] Canvass with the facts staring him in the face" (1 p.). |
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Scrapbook (11 of 32), "Political Record," newspaper clipping (photocopy), July 4, 1856, entitled "Buchanan on Slavery" (1 p.). |
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Scrapbook (12 of 32), "Political Record," newspaper clipping (photocopy), 1857, containing letters reprinted from the Charlottesville Jeffersonian (1 p.). |
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Scrapbook (13 of 32), "Political Record," newspaper clipping (photocopy), ca. 1857, entitled "Hon. A. H. Stephens Address, From the Augusta Constitutionalist, To the Voters of the Eighth Congressional District" (1 p.); and fragment of another newspaper clipping (photocopy), n.d. (1 p.). |
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Scrapbook (14 of 32), "Political Record," newspaper clippings (photocopies), ca. 1856, concerning platforms of the Democratic and Republican parties (2 pp.); and manuscript page with crossed-out notes (n.d.), "I had rather be the meanest [illegible] that crawls on the face of the earth -- I had rather live in sin -- I had rather die in iniquity -- I had rather be a reproach and bye-word among my fellow men than to be one of John Westcott's followers. I speak the sentiments of my heart" (1 p.). |
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Scrapbook (15 of 32), "Political Record," newspaper clipping (photocopy), n.d., entitled "Our Revenue System" (1 p.). |
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Scrapbook (16 of 32), "Political Record," newspaper clipping (photocopy), ca. 1857, containing an article regarding politics and the presidential election of 1856 (1 p.); fragment of a newspaper clipping (photocopy), ca. 1856; (1 p.); manuscript concerning the Know Nothing Party, n.d. (1 p.); and brief account notes, n.d. (1 p.). |
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Scrapbook (17 of 32), "Political Record," manuscript, 1866, "Accounts with negroes for corn of 1865" (1 p.); manuscript, ca. 1865-1866, "Accounts with labourers for 1865 - amounts advanced" (1 p.); and draft letter (fragment), n.d., regarding transmission of papers and sale of land (1 p.). |
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Scrapbook (18 of 32), "Political Record," manuscript (fragment) concerning the post-war South, n.d.: ". . . they went to work with a will to bury the bloody past, and with[out] complaint or murmur, at the gigantic losses they had sustained, they renewed their allegiance to the Federal Government, and thenceforth yielded the fullest obedience to its laws, and even to the abnormal authorities to which they were subjected. . ." (1 p.). |
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Scrapbook (19 of 32), "Political Record," work production data of plantation laborers, 1865 (7 pp.). |
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Scrapbook (20 of 32), "Political Record," manuscript page containing the first line of a letter to "My Dear Mother," March 18, 1867, and a promissory note, December 9, 1867 (1 p.); and illustration (photocopy) of a mountain landscape scene, n.d., with the name "Jenna" (?) written on the back (2 pp.). |
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Scrapbook (21 of 32), "Political Record," work production data of plantation laborers, ca. 1865 (2 pp.); and newspaper clipping (photocopy), n.d., containing brief works of fiction (2 pp.). |
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Scrapbook (22 of 32), "Political Record," work production data of plantation laborers, ca. 1865 (3 pp.); and newspaper clippings (photocopies), n.d., containing brief works of fiction, Biblical commentary, and other items (4 pp.). |
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Scrapbook (23 of 32), "Political Record," draft contract, 1867, "between Theodore W. Brevard Jr. and the undersigned labourers" (1 p.); and newspaper clipping (photocopy) containing brief works of fiction and poetry, n.d. (2 pp.). |
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Scrapbook (24 of 32), "Political Record," manuscript concerning Florida party politics, ca. 1858 (1 p.); and newspaper clipping (photocopy), n.d., entitled "Southern Party," reprinted from the Caddo (Louisiana) Gazette (1 p.). |
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Scrapbook (25 of 32), "Political Record," account with Alfred Queen, 1866, and rough figures (2 pp.); and newspaper clipping (photocopy), n.d., containing brief works of fiction and poetry (2 pp.). |
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Scrapbook (26 of 32), "Political Record," account with Fred Douglass, 1866, and "Contra," n.d. (2 pp.); and newspaper clipping (photocopy) containing brief works of fiction, n.d. (2 pp.). |
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Scrapbook (27 of 32), "Political Record," list of laborers in "1 Class - $10.00" and "2d Class - $8.00," and account with "Contra," n.d. (2 pp.); and newspaper clipping (photocopy) containing brief works of fiction and poetry, n.d. (2 pp.). |
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Scrapbook (28 of 32), "Political Record," accounts with Frank Jenkins, York Nelson, and "Contra," 1866 (4 pp.); and newspaper clippings (photocopies) containing brief works of fiction, n.d. (4 pp.). |
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Scrapbook (29 of 32), "Political Record," account with Isaac Brown and "Contra," 1866 (2 pp.); and newspaper clipping (photocopy) containing a brief work of fiction (fragment), n.d. (2 pp.). |
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Scrapbook (30 of 32), "Political Record," accounts with Cuffee President, Harless Richardson, and "Contra," 1866 (4 pp.); and newspaper clippings (photocopies), n.d., containing poetry and an article on Passover (4 pp.). |
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Scrapbook (31 of 32), "Political Record," accounts with Helena Dyass, Matilda Ann Heath, and "Contra," 1866 (4 pp.).; and newspaper clippings (photocopies) containing brief works of fiction and poetry, n.d. (4 pp.). |
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Scrapbook (32 of 32), "Political Record," rough accounts of expenditures, n.d. (1 p.); and newspaper clipping (photocopy) containing brief works of fiction, poetry, and general interest information, n.d. (2 pp.). |
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