Subject: Writings of Henry Augustus Middleton Smith From: Steve Coker Date: November 11, 1998 South Carolina Historical Society 100 Meeting Street, Charleston, SC 29401 Tel: 843-723-3225 FAX: 843-723-8584 http://www.schistory.org THE HISTORICAL WRITINGS OF HENRY AUGUSTUS MIDDLETON SMITH Pub. 1988. Reprinted from the South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, with an introduction and indexes by Alexander Moore 888 pp., 34 maps, intro., indexes ISBN 0-87152-423-6 LC 87-26623 $75.00, the set [1998 catalogue price] Henry Augustus Middleton Smith was a federal judge, attorney, scholar,. landowner, and successful planter who fostered historical studies of South Carolina through his own writings and through his position as vice president of the South Carolina Historical Society for twenty years. His studies of the towns, plantations, baronies, and river communities of the early colonial period are considered to be path-breaking in methodology and historical perception. Working from land records (colonial grants, inventories, memorials, wills, warrants, and plats), Smith traced ownership of land, constructed genealogies of the planter families, and devised an unusual series of large maps to illustrate his articles. "Using the skills of a lawyer, historian, and cartographer, Smith brought order to the mass of Carolina land records and drew from them a history of early South Carolina that is unmatched in usefulness and objectivity." Supplied with an introduction and new indexes, these three volumes provide a degree of access to Smith's writings that has not previously existed. The Reprint Company, Publishers 611 Perrin Drive, Spartanburg, South Carolina 29307 Post Office Box 5401, Spartanburg, South Carolina 29304 Telephone: 864-579-4433 Add $3.50 for postage and handling of the first Book. Add $1.25 for postage and handling of each additional book. 5% South Carolina sales tax. Payment by check, money order, VISA or Mastercard accepted. No C.O.D. orders. Shipments made by U.S. Postal Service 4th Class Book Rate. Allow 2 to 3 weeks for order processing and shipment. 30 day money back guarantee. Catalogue available upon request. Wholesale discount terms available. For more information contact the publisher. ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== Go To: #, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Main |