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200 years of Charleston cooking

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Description: Traditional South Carolina recipes with anecdotes of Charleston's social life and conditions. Mentions the St. Cecelia Society, the coastal islands, the death of Aaron Burr's daughter, Ralph Bennett (the honey man), William Deas (the Rhett's butler), Dr. E.C. Adams, Mme. de Genlis, Leize Dawson owner of Villa Margherita, and includes several references African American street vendors and their wares and songs.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1934]
Call number: 641176
Creator: Rhett, Blanche Salley(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 20 cm
Associated people: Gay, Lettie, (1901-); Woodward, Helen, (1882-1960); Cranston, Anne M.,; Callahan, Elanne C.,

200 years of Charleston cooking

Rare Books

Traditional South Carolina recipes with anecdotes of Charleston's social life and conditions. Mentions the St. Cecelia Society, the coastal islands, the death of Aaron Burr's daughter, Ralph Bennett (the honey man), William Deas (the Rhett's butler), Dr. E.C. Adams, Mme. de Genlis, Leize Dawson owner of Villa Margherita, and includes several references African American street vendors and their wares and songs. Recipes are accompanied by many photographs of people and architectural details of the Charleston area.

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Aaron Burr and Louis Le Guen correspondence

Manuscripts

A collection of letters and legal documents of Aaron Burr, Louis Le Guen, and Thomas Ludlow Ogden, chiefly regarding the loan granted by Le Guen to Burr in 1799 and settling of accounts from 1805 to 1820. Also included are a few items pertaining to the Le Guen vs. Gouverneur and Kemble court case, including Burr's letter to Alexander Hamilton (November 15, 1803), and another case handled by Burr on Le Guen's behalf. Other correspondents include Cadwallader R. Colden, Charles Leggett, and Le Guen's wife, Mary Hylton Le Guen.

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Aaron Burr and Louis Le Guen correspondence

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South Pasadena, general

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Contains photographs depicting residences, including those of the Reverend A. Moss Merwin, Carolyn W. Dobbins, and Margaret Collier Graham's Wynyate; gardens and landscaping; El Centro School and students (Items 54-61, approximately 1888-1890); Hotel Marengo (Item 64, 1887) and Hermosa Vista Hotel (Item 65); a church; Adobe Flores; and Diaspora Villa. Also contains views of hiking parties and picnickers, including one photograph of the Keith family with the family of Aaron F. McReynolds (Item 52).

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"Ah [----] my Chinese cook for 25 years"

Manuscripts

HM 81548: The first volume, written in ink, consists of miscellaneous reports prepared by Frank West. The volume begins with a report about a transportation march from Camp Supply, Indian Territory to Fort Clark, Texas in 1873. West meticulously details the journey of the cavalry including length of travel, rivers crossed, and personal remarks. "Our wagon was [?] in the quick sand at the crossing of the Red River men were disseminated and applied to ropes attached to the wagon and it was drawn out" (p. 2). The total distance of their march was 1,371 miles, which took 74 days. The next two reports are about the murder of Jacob Dilsey in 1873. Other reports include number of utility poles erected in Arizona and confidential statements and endorsements about various Army personnel. Also included are briefs from Fort Niobrara, Nebraska and Fort Myer, Virginia. The last portion of the volume appears to be excerpts from a history book concerning Europe, Asia, and the Middle East during the 19th century. The endpapers have miscellaneous notes and account information written on them.

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Deeds: Hants., Whitchurch: Indentures for a Bargain and Sale for a year and a Release of a Messuage…by Deward Filby to John Cooke

Manuscripts

The collection consists of personal letters among the Townshend family members, business correspondence, land papers and deeds, financial accounts, bonds, receipts, Government and political material, legal briefs and court opinions, literary material including epitaphs, poems, prayers and travel accounts, military material, wills, marriage settlements, family account books and diaries. Significant correspondents include George III, George IV, William IV and Victoria, as well as many members of the Royal family. Political correspondents include 1st Earl of Chatham, W.E. Gladstone, George Grenville, Lord Palmerston, Sir Robert Peel, Spencer Perceval, William Pitt, the Duke of Wellington, and John Wilkes. Important note: although this material includes the years 1769-1865 there is only one letter which refers slightly to the American Revolutionary War and no letters or other material deal with the American Civil War.

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