Box 3

Scope and Contents Barnwell's letters detail his preparation for a trip to Europe, including a physical description of himself and his cousin Nathaniel Barnwell Fuller, as noted in their passports; their time abroad, especially Robert's studying of Hebrew and theology in Berlin, where he compares American women and German women, Beaufort women and Berlin women (May 7, 1855) and notes his sorrow for how hard the German women have to work without servants, with some information on his European travels. Upon his...

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,...

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Undated letters of Barnwell to his family on social, family and religious topics, including a description of tension between Baptists and Episcopalians in Beaufort. With undated envelopes, a printed one claiming "Intemperance is the Curse of the World," and notes from a volume on God's government.

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Barnwell's letters to family describe his schooling in a private school in Charleston (1844) and later at South Carolina College, Columbia, South Carolina, where he discusses school discipline, a fire in the Chapel, playing a guitar, giving up dancing, and sample questions used by Dr. Francis Lieber in his lectures. With two monitor's invoices (1850) from the College.

Scope and Contents 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...

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Barnwell's letters to his family describe life in Charleston working for a commissions merchant Mr. Hubert, mentioning social engagements, 4th of July celebrations and a hurricane in September.

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Barnwell's letters describe buying a horse, mention Thackeray's lecture in Charleston (1856) and detail events on his trip to Europe, where he is seeking purchasers for sea-island cotton in France. He sees Napoleon III (1857), describes the cuisine, the beauty of the women there, etc. and then goes to Venice. A letter (circa 1861) refers to the military duties of his friends and a letter (1872) notes the loss of his hair and his contemplation on wearing a wig.

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Undated letters describe college and social life, and give farming instructions involving guano.

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One letter (1857) from Stephen to his mother includes a note by Edward Barnwell. Letter (1863) from Camp Beaufort details military engagements and express Barnwell's wish to become an officer. A letter from James Island (1865) refers to talk about the fall of the Confederacy and a later letter of that year details Barnwell's escape from Union troops who captured Jefferson Davis, whose entourage included Barnwell. The final letter (1869) details his life at Annandale, North Santee.

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Letters from Barnwell to her parents re housekeeping, illnesses and family life, with a note in one of her letters from her brother Charles. With a letter to her from a cousin Henrietta in Walterboro.