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Collection Reference Number GLC00496.224.01
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1850 
Title William Gilmore Simms to William Campbell Preston
Date ca. 2 March 1850
Author Simms, William Gilmore (1806-1870)  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Attaches petition for copyright law hoping recipient's political connections can help Simms' interests. Attached to GLC00496.224.02.
Subjects Law  Literature and Language Arts  Poetry  Government and Civics  Politics  
People Preston, William C. (William Campbell) (1794-1860)  Simms, William Gilmore (1806-1870)  
Place written Midway, South Carolina
Theme Government & Politics; Arts & Literature; Law
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information Simms was a novelist, essayist, and poet laureate of South Carolina. Preston was a lawyer, a State Legislator and was twice elected to the U. S. Senate.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
Related documents To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States