Thomas S. Grimke correspondence, 1831-1832

A letter (1831) of Grimke to Rev. Louis Dwight, Boston, replies to a printed questionnaire, giving his approval to the idea of abolishing imprisonment for debt, and a letter of Nathaniel Sargent (1831) informs Grimke of his election as Vice President of the American Lyceum, noting other officers and essay topics assigned to them. With correspondence (1831) among Grimke, President of the South Carolina Temperance Society, J. F. Heilman, President of the Charleston Temperance Society and the corresponding committee of the newly formed Temperance Society of 'F' Company, 2nd Regiment of Artillery, stationed at Ft. Moultrie. 1832 correspondence includes a letter from Grimke to the Belfast Natural History Society offering copies of his publications and his thoughts on the influence of Christianity on the United States and the need for biblically influenced education over classical and mathematical education; a letter from Lewis Cass, Secretary of War, noting receipt of Grimke's address before the Connecticut Peace Society; a letter from the Erodelphian Society of Miami University, Ohio, notifying him of his election to honorary membership, and a letter from Grimke to Philadelphia bookseller Thomas Kite, asking his opinion of Mr. Price, an attorney, but also giving details on military preparations and a fear of violence over the nullification issue in Charleston. With a brief note from another correspondent.