JOHN HAMILTON CORNISH PAPERS, #1461, 1833-1966
This collection consists of a diary, writings, correspondence, sermons, and records of
Cornish, Episcopal minister of Aiken, South Carolina. The diary records Cornish's experiences
and thoughts on teaching and preaching in the South Carolina low country. He includes his
observations of plantation life and the treatment of slaves as well as of the black
community's attendance of church services in Charleston and on Edisto Island, both in South
Carolina, and mentions services held specifically for blacks. The collection also includes a
register of black members of an Episcopal Church on the North Santee River (1843). Microfilm available (in part).
