Scarborough, William Kauffman. <br/><br/>
The Allstons of Chicora Wood  wealth, honor, and gentility in the South Carolina lowcountry /  [electronic resource] : 
William Kauffman Scarborough. 
 - Baton Rouge :  Louisiana State University Press,  2011. 
 - xii, 204 p. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>The early years : West Point and return to Carolina -- Politics and marriage, 1828-1840 -- Constructing a plantation empire -- Church and school : Robert Allston's religious and educational contributions -- Politics and family : Senate president, the Nashville Convention, and Ben at West Point, 1840-1855 -- Governor and the approach of Armageddon, 1856-1861 -- War and defeat : the deaths of James L. Petigru and Robert F.W. Allston, 1861-1865 -- Postbellum travails : Adele's school, return to Chicora Wood, Bessie as woman rice planter -- Appendix A.  The Allston and Petigru families -- Appendix B. The Allston plantations -- Appendix C. The public career of Robert F.W. Allston. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2011. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Allston, Robert F. W. 1801-1864. <br/>Alston family.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Plantation life--History--South Carolina--19th century.<br/>Rice--Planting--History--South Carolina--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>South Carolina--History--1775-1865.<br/>Chicora Wood Plantation (S.C.)
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F273.A6  / S28 2011eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>975.7/03