D. Portraits of Noted Carolinians | History of SC Slide Collection

Portraits of noted Carolinians are listed alphabetically. 

This image courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.

John C. Calhoun | History of SC Slide Collection
John C. Calhoun | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 33

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John C. Calhoun (1782-1850) was educated at Moses Waddell's Academy and Yale College, from which he graduated in 1804. After studying law, he opened a law office in Abbeville. Calhoun's political...
John C. Calhoun | History of SC Slide Collection
John C. Calhoun | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 34

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In 1824, John C. Calhoun (1782-1850) was elected Vice President of the United States under John Quincy Adams, and again in 1828 under Andrew Jackson. (For Calhoun's career prior to 1824, see John C...
James H. Carlisle | History of SC Slide Collection
James H. Carlisle | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 35

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James H. Carlisle (1825-1909), president of Wofford College from 1850-1904, was responsible for the emergence of this Methodist school as an outstanding liberal arts college by the late 19th century...
Sir George Carteret | History of SC Slide Collection
Sir George Carteret | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 36

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Sir George Carteret ( -1680) was one of the original eight Proprietors of the Carolinas. An advocate of the Stuart monarchs during the English Civil War of 1640-1660, he governed the Isle of Jersey as...
King Charles II | History of SC Slide Collection
King Charles II | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 37

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Charles II (1630-1685) was the Stuart King of England, Scotland, and Ireland who awarded the province of South Carolina to the 8 Proprietors who settled a colony there. The name "Carolina" was adopted...
Mary Boykin Chesnut | History of SC Slide Collection
Mary Boykin Chesnut | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 39

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Mary Boykin Chesnut (1823-1886) was the wife of James Chesnut Jr., and a famous Civil War diarist. Born near Camden, she attended private schools; at Madame Talvande's School in Charleston she first...