Letter from Sidney Legendre to his wife, Gertrude Legendre, lamenting the difficulties they are having with the mail, discusses the bravery of the Marines in the Tarawa battle, and lapses into a description of the island.
A brief letter from Representative L. Mendel Rivers requesting the opportunity to appear in opposition to the Celler Civil Rights Bill when it reaches the House Rules Committee.
A letter congratulating Rivers on his speech before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Constitutional rights. Alfred is encouraged by Rivers' continued fight to protect states' rights.
A four-page letter written by John F. Grimke to his father, John Paul Grimke, regardng his arrival at Camp Purisburgh. Grimke describes the poor condition of the roads, the state of the militias in the Carolinas, and recruitment within "Continental Battalions." Grimke notes that unless more severe laws are passed regulating regional militias, it is probable that Americans would be forced to "submit to [their enemy's] Government."
Letter from James B. Heyward on behalf of his infirm grandfather, Nathaniel Heyward, to Francis D. Quash about an offer to invest his property in some unspecified manner. 2p. January 1, 1851.
