Name/Title
The Allstons of Chicora Wood: Wealth, Honor, and Gentility in the South Carolina LowcountryEntry/Object ID
2011.002.070Description
Chronicles the history of a South Carolina planter family from the opulent antebellum years through the trauma of the Civil War and postwar period, focusing on Robert R.F.W. Allston, his wife Adele Petigru Allston, and their daughter Elizabeth Allston Pringle Scarborough.
Contents: The early years: West Point and return to Carolina -- Politics and marriage, 1828-1840 -- Constructing a plantation empire -- Church and school: Robert Allston's religious and educational contributions -- Politics and family: Senate president, the Nashville Convention, and Ben at West Point, 1840-1855 -- Governor and the approach of Armageddon, 1856-1861 -- War and defeat: the deaths of James L. Petigru and Robert F.W. Allston, 1861-1865 -- Postbellum travails: Adele's school, return to Chicora Wood, Bessie as woman rice planter -- The Allston and Petigru families (App. A) -- The Allston plantations (App. B) -- The public career of Robert F.W. Allston (App. C).
xii, 204 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation LibraryAcquisition
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2011.002.Source or Donor
New Library Catalog Records (2011)Acquisition Method
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Allston, Robert F. W. (Robert Francis Withers), 1801-1864, Chicora Wood Plantation (Georgetown, S.C.), Plantation life--South Carolina--History--19th century, Rice--Planting--South Carolina--History--19th century, South Carolina--History--1775-1865Book Details
Author
Scarborough, William KauffmanPublisher
Louisiana State University PressDate Published
2011Call No.
F273 .A6 S28 2011ISBN
9780807138434LCCN
2011010145Location
Location
Room
Granville RoomBuilding
Missroon LibraryCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Relationships
Related Entries
Notes
2006.002.0241, 2011.002.049, 2012.010.090, 2013.001.04, CHICORA.1, CHICORA.2a-i, CHICORA.3a-d, CHICORA.4a-eGeneral Notes
Note
Notes: By William Kauffman Scarborough.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-196) and index.
Copy provided to HCF per terms of Permission to Publish (2 photos of NRH, portrait of RFW Allston).Created By
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October 20, 2011Updated By
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April 5, 2023