William Campbell Preston (1794-1860) Glenn Springs, South Carolina to Nathaniel Beverley Tucker
- Containers:
- Box 46, Folder 4
- Scope and content:
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Letter reached him too late to do anything about his request. Knows of no one to recommend as successor to [Thomas R] Dew. Believes it must be a southerner. Does not approve of northern men teaching southern boys for chair of moral philosophy and evidence of Christianity, he has chosen [Henry Washington] Hilliard, of Alabama, now in Congress. Waters here beneficial to self and Harper. G. Thompson's son Butler married.
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