4. Edward Barnwell (1832-1908) correspondence, 1851-1853

Barnwell's letters detail student life at South Carolina College; he gives advice to his sister on how to become an old maid; mentions a petition (1851) from students at the University of Virginia to join a Southern Rights Association, Dr. James Henley Thornwell's sermons, the strictness of the school, his resumption of dancing, and devil fishing home in Beaufort. Transferring to the University of Virginia, he details student life there, the difference between grading there and South Carolina College, the shooting of a student, meals, etc. Other letters describe travels with his father for his health to places like Niagara Falls, New York, Canada, etc.