Letter from Elizabeth Barnwell to mother, Catherine Osborn Barnwell, describing her visit to Columbia where she is staying with her brother, Robert Woodward Barnwell. Elizabeth writes of homesickness and mentions the funeral of Col. Wade Hampton. February 16, 1858.
Birthday greetings from Robert Woodward Barnwell to sister, Elizabeth Barnwell. Barnwell describes several parties he has attended lately, including an elaborate one at John Preston's house where "$18,000 worth of silver was exposed!" February 8, 1849.
Letter from Elizabeth Barnwell to mother, Catherine Osborn Barnwell, describing her stay in Columbia with her siblings at their older brother's house. Barnwell writes of getting free tickets to see a performance of the "Lilliputian Band", a group of five "little negroes", and comments on her brother's kitchenware, including a description of a chafing dish heated with camphene. ca. 1857.
Elizabeth Barnwell writes to mother, Catherine Osborn Barnwell, with news from Columbia and South Carolina College. Barnwell describes the events surrounding the shooting death of a man by James H. Rion that probably prevented Rion from being elected a professor of mathematics at the college. November 24, 1857.
Esther Hutson Barnwell, Columbia, writes to sister, Catherine Osborn Barnwell. Barnwell tells Catherine of an upcoming "club" meeting where members take turns reading Byron's "Bride of Abydos" and describes a recent dance party she and their brother, William Finley Barnwell, attended. April 22, 1857.
Elizabeth Barnwell writes to an unknown correspondent about the social scene in Columbia and news at the South Carolina College, and describes a performance by musicians Sigismond Thalberg and Henri Vieuxtemps she attended in Columbia. 1858.
