Box 3

Scope and Contents Letters of Barnwell to family members describe his duties as a professor at South Carolina College, mention and describe James Louis Petigru and faculty members; a letter to Barnwell from friend George McWillie Williamson from Hawthorn Hill, Louisiana, refers to the democratic nature of Louisiana and his attempt to repudiate the aristocratic nature of South Carolinians. Moving to Charlottesville, Virginia, Barnwell describes the workings of a washing machine he has purchased for his mother,...