Manuscript Collection

James H. Carlisle Speech - Accession 139 - M66 (81)

James H. Carlisle Speech - Accession 139 - M66 (81)

James H. Carlisle

Scope and Content Note

The James H. Carlisle Speech consists of a typescript copy of a speech delivered by James H. Carlisle concerning the "Great Falls" of the Catawba River as well as the establishment of Mount Dearborn, a federal military arsenal in the early 1800s in Chester County, South Carolina. The title of the speech is "What Might Have Been: An Almost Forgotten Page of South Carolina's History".