Subject: [SCROOTS-L] Sullivan's Island, SC
Resent-Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 21:56:12 -0800 (PST)
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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 00:56:47 -0500
From: Steven Coker 
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South Carolina's Independence Day.

Source: http://www.historic.com/schs/battle.html
        http://www.historic.com/schs/carolina.html

On the 28th of June 1776 the battle of Sullivan's Island was the first victory
of the Patriot cause. A sizeable British fleet and army had been drubbed in a
decisive way and British pride was seriously wounded. Word was rushed to
Congress in Philadelphia bya single horse-borne messenger in a manner
reminiscent of the battle of Marathon. The importance to American morale cannot
be overstated; as news spread throughout the nation, there was rejoicing
everywhere.

     For generations, the gallant defense of Sullivan's Island was commemorated
with festivities which recalled our nation's struggle for liberty and the
blessing resulting from it. To Carolinians, the 28th of June was Independence
Day.

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Source: http://www2.Citadel.edu/otherserv/schs/indexmss.html

Izard, Ralph, 1785-1824.
Letter : Charleston, [S.C.], to Mrs. Alice Izard, Philadelphia, [Pa.], 1822 Oct.
9.  1 item.
Request #: 43/520

South Carolina plantation owner and naval officer. Ralph Izard was the son of
U.S. Senator Ralph Izard (1741/2-1804) and Alice Delancey Izard.

Letter to his mother concerns the property damage and loss of lives caused by a
hurricane on September 28, 1822 at Sullivan's Island and Charleston, South
Carolina. Izard relates how several persons were killed during the storm
including Elizabeth Morris (wife of Col. Lewis Morris) and Mary Middleton
(Izard's niece), and describes minor damage to the Elms, the plantation of his
brother, Henry Izard.

Typewritten transcript available in repository.

Formerly part of Miscellaneous Manuscripts Series I.

Cite as: Izard, Ralph, 1785-1824. Letter : Charleston, [S.C.], to Mrs. Alice
Izard, Philadelphia, [Pa.], 1822 Oct. 9. (43/520) South Carolina Historical
Society.

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Alexander, George W., fl. 1895.
Reminiscences, ca. 1895.
1 item.
Request #: 43/078

South Carolina soldier.

Reminiscences (handwritten ms.) of duty in a "Rifle Regiment" [Calhoun Guards?]
on Sullivans Island (S.C.) in 1861 on the eve of the Civil War. There are
mentions of the Moultrie House hotel, Fort Moultrie, and the bombardment of Fort
Sumter. Reminiscences are written in a notebook which includes French language
exercises.

Attributed to George W. Alexander.
Formerly in Miscellaneous Manuscripts Series I.
Cite as: Alexander, George W., fl. 1895. Reminiscences, ca. 1895. (43/78) South
Carolina Historical Society.

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Hering, M.
Letter : to Mrs. Henry Middleton, Middleton Place, S.C., 1800 January 8.
1 item.
Request #: 43/550

Wife of Julines Hering of Bath (England) and mother of Mary Helen Hering, who
married Henry Middleton (1770-1846) of South Carolina in 1794.

Letter from Mrs. Hering to her daughter, Mary Hering Middleton, referring to
Mary Middleton's recent difficult voyage to Carolina, the malignant fever, the
"abominable insects" of which she had apparently written, and the "uncouth"
people on [Sullivan's] Island, "like your countrymen the West Indians." Mrs.
Hering mentions the forthcoming marriages of two Middleton sisters-in-law
(Septima Sexta and Anna Louisa Middleton), news of weddings at Bath, a ball at
Tyson with descriptions of gowns, jewels, and coiffures. The letter also refers
to her daughter's approaching period of confinement before the birth of her son,
John Izard Middleton (who was born on February 4, 1800).

Cite as: Hering, M. Letter : to Mrs. Henry Middleton, Middleton Place, S.C.,
1800 January 8. (43/550) South Carolina Historical Society.

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Parker family.
Papers, 1799-1965.
0.25 linear ft. (ca. 300 items).
Request #: 1267.00

In part, photocopies.

Residents of Charleston, S.C.

Correspondence, social diary (1882), accounts, marriage settlements, recipe
book, receipt book, photos, genealogical material, and legal papers, including
title searches (1860) concerning Parker family plantations. Topics include life
on Sullivan's Island, civilian life in Alabama and South Carolina during the
Civil War, and family matters. Persons represented include Louis D. DeSaussure
(b. ca. 1820), Josiah Clark Nott (1804-1873), Amelia Nott Parker (1824-1892),
her husband, William McKenzie Parker (1825-1861), sons, William McKenzie Parker
(1848-1865), DeSaussure Davis Parker (1851-1876), and Henry Nott Parker
(1853-1902), and her daughter, Sarah Peronneau Dehon (b. 1849).

Described in: South Carolina Historical Magazine 86 (July 1985): 251-252.
Cite as: Parker family. Papers, 1799-1965. (28/604) South Carolina Historical
Society.

---------------More on Sullivan's Island---------------

About Sullivan's Island
http://www.sciway.net/city/sullivansisland/sullivansisland.html

Fort Moultrie, Sullivan's Island
http://www.nps.gov/frontpage/indexfiles/fomo/index.htm

Burial Place of Chief Osceola
http://www.nps.gov/fosu/sb/osceola/index.htm

Edgar Allen Poe on Sullivan's Island
http://www.nps.gov/fomo/eastern/charlestonbooks.htm

Sullivan's Island Lighthouse
http://www.ipl.org/exhibit/light/ATL/Charleston.html

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