Name/Title
Life in Carolina and New England in the Nineteenth CenturyEntry/Object ID
92.5.17Description
Full title: Life in Carolina and New England During the Nineteenth Century: As Illustrated by Reminiscences and Letters of the Middleton Family of Charleston, South Carolina, and of the DeWolf Family of Bristol, Rhode Island.
Privately published, Bristol, RI.
Contents: A family record by Alicia Hopton Middleton -- Record by Nathaniel R. Middleton, Jr.-- Reminiscences by Nathaniel Russell Middleton -- Record of the Marston family from the reminiscences of Annie E. Marston DeWolf -- Appendices: Extracts from additional letters. Admiral Marston to the "Monitor" and "Merrimac". DeWolf and Hopton legends.
Includes fifty portraits and illustrations: Anna Elizabeth DeWolf -- Mrs. Henry DeWolf (Anna Eliza Marston) -- Henry DeWolf -- Charles DeWolf -- Summer house of Uncle Charles DeWolf -- Anna Elizabeth DeWolf -- Christodulus Leonidas Militades Evangeles -- Nathaniel Russell Middleton -- Hey Bonnie Hall -- Pringle-Norton group (Mrs. Pringle, Susan Pringle, Susan Alston, Edward Pringle, Mrs. Donald Mitchell, Grace Norton, Charles Eliot Norton, Tom Appleton) -- Arthur Middleton -- Mrs. Arthur Middleton (Alicia Russell) -- St. James Church -- Henry Middleton -- Arthur Middleton, Wife and Child -- Peter Manigault -- Thomas Middleton -- Henry Middleton -- William Frederick De Wolf -- Maria Middleton -- Mrs. Middleton -- Anna Elizabeth Middleton -- Charlotte Helen Middleton with nurse Lydia -- Hey Bonnie Hall drawing room in 1910 -- Drawing room at "The Mount" -- Bedroom at "The Mount" -- Hey Bonnie Hall from the Lawn (1906) -- Admiral John Marston -- Walter Izard Middleton -- Alicia Hopton Middleton -- Mrs. Nathaniel Russell Middleton -- Mrs. Middleton -- Nor'west John DeWolf -- Nathaniel Russell Middleton -- Carolina thoroughbred at Hayfield Gate -- Mirror Lake -- Remaining wing of house at Middleton Place -- Azalea Lake at Middleton Place -- Nathaniel Russell Middleton -- College of Charleston -- St. Andrew's Church, Ashley River -- Nathaniel Russell -- Russell House (Charleston, SC) -- Staircase in Russell House -- Col. John Marston -- Mrs. John Marston (Elizabeth Greenwood) -- John Marston II -- Mrs. John Marston II (Anna Randall) -- Middleton coat of arms -- DeWolf coat of arms.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation CollectionAcquisition
Accession
92.5.Source or Donor
Abbot, Mrs. HenryAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Gift of Mrs. Henry M. AbbotMade/Created
Artist
Middleton, Alicia Hopton, 1849-Date made
1929Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
BookNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Middleton family, DeWolf family, South Carolina--Social life and customs, New England--Social life and customsOther Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Other NumberOther Number
1166Location
Location
Room
301Building
Nathaniel Russell HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Condition
Overall Condition
PoorNotes
Many pages have separated from the binding and are frayed at fore-edge.General Notes
Note
Notes: Copy#-1 Edited by Alicia Hopton Middleton.
Inscribed (inside cover): "A gift from my precious cousin, the author S. Julien Dehon Abbot."
Inscribed on lining page: "To my dear cousin Julie Dehon Abbot from Alicia H. Middleton. 10 August 1933, see page 62."
Order form inserted at back cover. Inscribed: "She gave me her book - J.D. Abbot."
Originally recorded by Jill Beute Koverman (title, publisher, inscriptions only); catalog record enhanced by Karen Emmons, 3/24/2016.Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
July 23, 1998Updated By
museumsintern@historiccharleston.orgUpdate Date
July 21, 2025