P U Correspondence Series. 1849-1940, bulk 1890-1899 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:The P.U. series consists of primarily incoming correspondence from the period 1890-1899. Within this period there are major gaps, with no correspondence from 1891 and little for 1892 and 1893. This series also includes a few early documents and some items spanning Tillman's later career in the U.S. Senate. The series includes correspondence with state and national political leaders, family members, and a wide variety of individuals seeking to influence Tillman or obtain favors from him. Among the subjects of the correspondence are populism and agrarian radicalism, efforts to inflate the currency, race relations, Clemson and Winthrop Colleges, the South Carolina Dispensary system for the regulation of the sale of alcohol, the Spanish-American War, and Tillman's campaigns to be elected governor of South Carolina, U.S. Senator, and President of the United States. There is approximately two cubic feet of correspondence related to the national reaction to Tillman's January 29, 1896 speech, "Bi-Metalism or Industrial Slavery."