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Alston family

 Family

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Alston family coats of arms

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-168
Collection Overview This collection consists of three versions of the Alston family coat of arms. Two smaller crests are attributed to W. Alston of Clifton, S.C. and Charles Alston of Fairfield, S.C. A third coat of arms, belonging to John Ashe Alston, is centered on a larger piece of paper upon which the history of the Alston family coat of arms, written by Alston Deas, is printed in pencil. Next to an illustration of an estoile, Alston Deas notes that this is the correct star to place upon the Alston family...
Dates: undated
Found in: Special Collections

Theodosia Burr Alston collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-159
Collection Overview

This collection contains items related to Theodosia Burr Alston and includes articles, genealogies, correspondence, photographs, and other miscellaneous and biographical materials.

Dates: 1814, 1861, 1954-1994
Found in: Special Collections

William Algernon Alston papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-157
Collection Overview

This collection consists of items related to William Algernon Alston and includes miscellaneous biographical, genealogical, and primary sources.

Dates: 1800s, 1963, 1971, undated
Found in: Special Collections

Fairfield Plantation papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-140
Collection Overview

This collection consists of items related to Fairfield Plantation and includes maps, photographs, correspondence, a handwritten list of the property's slaves, and other miscellaneous and primary materials.

Dates: 1839-1963
Found in: Special Collections

Vincent P. Lannie collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0077
Abstract Materials collected by Vincent P. Lannie relate to writer Elizabeth Waties Allston Pringle, Allston and Vanderhost family members and their enslaved people, Confederate imprints, a broadside advertisement for a rice planting device, Civil War ships USS Monitor and Keokuk, a Revolutionary era parole, and a letter of John Rutledge. Also includes letters to George N. Shuster, former president of Hunter College and editor of...
Dates: 1733-1974
Found in: Special Collections

Oaks Plantation papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-171
Collection Overview

This collection consists of items related to Oaks Plantation and includes miscellaneous genealogical, biographical, and primary sources.

Dates: approximately 1964-approximately 1984
Found in: Special Collections

Rose Hill Plantation papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-170
Collection Overview

This collection consists of items related to the history of Rose Hill Plantation and includes a map, photographs, clippings, and other miscellaneous materials.

Dates: 1842-approximately 1964
Found in: Special Collections
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