1. William H. W. Barnwell (1806-1863) correspondence, 1826-1833

Letters of William H. W. Barnwell to family and friends, the earliest one being from him in Litchfield, Connecticut (1826), wanting to know of life in Beaufort, South Carolina. With later letters (1832-1833), many to Horace Day, Catskill, New York, re his religious conversion, temperance for slaves on his plantation, his religious life and thought, his progress in taking religious orders, being called as a minister to Pendleton, South Carolina, mentioning being "born again," freeing slaves from the bondage of sin being more important than freedom from bondage itself, Northern "brethren" who associate religion with insurrection, and related matters. With letters from Paul Trapier, N. Bowen and one from Sarah Dehon (1833), thanking for his aid to Female Missionary Society.