Manuscript Collection

How the Wallace House Met in Carolina Hall - Accession 1252 - M604 (657)

How the Wallace House Met in Carolina Hall - Accession 1252 - M604 (657)

Files

Identifier

Accession 1252 - M604 (657)

Inclusive Dates

1913

Restrictions

Open under the rules and regulations of the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections

Collection Size

2 pieces

Language

English;

Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of a booklet titled, How The Wallace House Met In Carolina Hall: Member of Famous Body Describes Struggle For Possession of Legislative Branch of Government in 1876. Two Contesting Houses at One Time Meeting in Same Chamber—The Ultimate Success of the Democrats published in 1913. This booklet is a memoir of Confederate Veteran and Member of the Wallace House, John Gabriel Guignard (1832-1913), describing the struggle for possession of the legislative branch of the South Carolina government by Democrats in 1876 during the last years of Reconstruction following the American Civil War.

Provenance

Transferred from Special Collections.

Copyright

For information concerning copyright please contact the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections at Winthrop University.

How the Wallace House Met in Carolina Hall - Accession 1252 - M604 (657)

LC Subject Headings

South Carolina. General Assembly; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--South Carolina

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