1. William H. W. Barnwell (1806-1863) correspondence, 1847-1859

Mostly letters to Barnwell from other ministers on religious topics. Christopher G. Memminger writes regarding church affairs; James McCabe refers to building a church in Abington, Virginia; Jarvis Buxton does the same for Rutherfordton, North Carolina, as does Reverend William Passmore regarding Brownsville, Texas. Reverend B. Johnson mentions Lutherans, blacks, and poor whites in Ft. Motte, South Carolina, and John Fielding mentions legal problems. A letter from historian Francis L. Hawks notes his reading of Barnwell's letter in the Mercury re historian William J. Rivers' account of Barnwell's ancestor, "Tuscarora John" Barnwell (1671-1724). Barnwell's letters to his wife center on family and church issues; with one letter (1853) from Philadelphia mentioning 4th of July fireworks and "torpedoes." With materials documenting Barnwell's cotton accounts.