Research Catalog
Francis Porteus Corbin papers, bulk (1789-1884).
- Title
- Francis Porteus Corbin papers, 1716-1899, bulk (1789-1884).
- Author
- Corbin, Francis Porteus, 1801-1876.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- 3 linear feet (7 boxes).
- Subjects
- Hamilton, James, -approximately 1828 > Estate
- Merchants
- Charleston (S.C.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States > Social life and customs > 19th century
- Europe > Social life and customs > 19th century
- Confederate States of America > History
- Southern States > History > 1865-1877
- United States > Politics and government > 19th century
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns
- Secession
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
- Slaves > Social conditions
- Antislavery movements > United States
- Presidential candidates > United States
- Political parties > United States
- Plantations > Louisiana
- Plantations > Georgia
- Cooper family
- Corbin family
- Cadwalader family
- Corbin, Francis Porteus, 1801-1876
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Source (note)
- Barke, P.
- Biography (note)
- Francis Porteus Corbin (1801-1876) was an American businessman of Philadelphia and Paris.
- Processing Action (note)
- Surveyed
- Cataloging updated
- Call Number
- MssCol 671
- Author
- Corbin, Francis Porteus, 1801-1876.
- Title
- Francis Porteus Corbin papers, 1716-1899, bulk (1789-1884).
- Restricted Access
- Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Summary
- Collection consists of Corbin's correspondence, financial and legal papers, and printed matter. Personal and financial correspondence concerns politics, presidential candidates and political parties, ca. 1840-1870; management of Corbin's plantations in Georgia and Louisiana; Civil War matters such as secession, abolitionists, antislavery party, Charleston, S.C., at the outbreak of the war, the Confederacy, and Reconstruction; and references to notable people of the day in Europe and the United States. Also, family correspondence, letters of introduction, commissions to buy household and other goods in Paris for Americans, and papers dating back to 1716, relating to the estate of James Hamilton.
- Biography
- Francis Porteus Corbin (1801-1876) was an American businessman of Philadelphia and Paris. He owned property in Georgia and Louisiana and was interested in political affairs in the U.S. and Europe.
- Finding Aids
- Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Merchants.
- Added Author
- Commack, H. C.Couper, J. Hamilton (James Hamilton), 1794-1866.Macalester, Charles, 1798-1873.Rawle, Edward.Woodruff, George.
- LCCN
- ms 72001014
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 671