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Copy of Master's Thesis awarded, 2005, by University of Virginia, titled: Measures Not Men: South Carolina and the Election of 1848, a work for which Nalty spent time researching in the collections of South Caroliniana Library; and cover letter, 15 Jan. 2006, to Henry Fulmer re his favorable experience researching at the Library.

Excerpt from Some Historic Families of South Carolina The sketches forming this little book were written when the author was a student in the High School of Atlanta. Since that time they have been revised and enlarged to some extent, but the general plan and even most of the phraseology have remained unchanged. The book itself does not aspire to be classed as a genealogy; it is merely an account of the lives of the author's own ancestors and will be of interest only to his immediate family and kinsmen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Colonial History of the Heyward Family of South Carolina, 1670-1770: Together With an Abbreviated Genealogy, 1770-1870 No apology is offered for this work, for without pride of ancestry posterity is an accident. Those who may not emulate ancestors are poor creatures, and those who contemn such aspirations lack the essence of "that virtue which makes all men true and leal, all women pure." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.