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Botsford Family Papers, 1769-1869

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Collection Summary

Title Botsford Family Collection
Span Dates 1769-1869
Accession Number 1981-146
Creator Botsford, Edmund, 1745-1819
Fort, Catherine "Caty" McIver Botsford, 1792-1883
Botsford, Edmund Park, ca. 1800-1819
Extent 2.09 linear feet (4 boxes)
Language English
Processing History Andrew L. Feight initially processed the collection in 1992. Allie Bolton did further processing in 2018 and Julia A. Cowart revised the finding aid in 2020.
Collection Summary Correspondence, sermons, diary and manuscripts from Edmund Botsford, Baptist clergyman of Georgetown, S.C., along with correspondence with his daughter, Catherine “Caty” McIver Botsford Fort, and his son, Edmund Park Botsford.