Books with author William Peterfield 1862-1939 Trent

PREFACE.The following are the chief sources on which I have relied in the preparation of this biography: —1. About twenty pages of memoranda jotted down by Mr. Simms, probably forming the commencement of the "elaborate autobiography" to which Allibone refers.2. About one hundred and seventy-five letters addressed by Simms to Hayne, Beverley Tucker, John J. Bockie, W. H. Ferris, W. Porcher Miles, and others.3. More than one thousand letters addressed to Simms by correspondents from all parts of the Union, covering well the period from 1845 to 1870. These letters were given to Mr. W. Hawkins Ferris, of Brooklyn, N. Y., whose son and namesake kindly placed them at my disposal.4. Letters written to myseK by personal friends of Mr. Simms in answer to various questions.5. Notes of conversations had with descendants and friends of Mr. Simms.PREFACE.6. Biographical details extracted from Simms's own writings, from magazines and newspajiers, and from other printed sources too numerous to mention. As the plan of this series excludes a frequent use of footnotes, reference has been made to the above sources only when such reference seemed to be specially important.A word must be said with regard to those portions of this book which are concerned with Simms's environment rather than with the romancer himself. It may seem at first sight that I have too frequently dropped the role of the biographer in order to assume that of the historian. This may be the case, for a teacher of history is likely to seize every chance to magnify his office. But I have an excuse for my offense — if offense it be — in the fact that Simms was a typical Southerner, and that it would have been impossible to convey a full idea of his character without constant reference to the history of the Southern people during the first seven decades of the century. This history has been little studied and still less understood, hence an apparently disproportionate fullness of treatment has been required. It is not for me to say how far I have succeeded in throwing light upon the subject, or in treating it with fairness; but I may say thatPREFACE. the extended account I have given of Simms's political career was introduced with no desire to rake up dead issues or to say unpleasant things. I saw no way by which a conscientious biographer of Simms could avoid the mire of ante-bellum politics, so I waded in with very little hope that 1 should get through undraggled.In conclusion, I must return my thanks to the numerous persons who have kindly assisted me in the preparation of this volume. It is impossible to name all, but the following must be specially mentioned: Mrs. Edward Roach, of Charleston, and AVilliam Gihnore Simms, Esq., of Barnwell, S. C,—children of Mr. Simms, who have given every assistance in their power; Mrs. Paul H. Hayne; Dr. F. Peyre Porcher, Mr. Samuel Lord, Mr. W. Gibbes Whaley, Mr. Yates Snowden, of Charleston; Miss Pinckney, of the Charleston Library, and Miss E. L. McCrady for researches made in the same; Professor George F. Holmes, of the University of Virginia; Hon. W. Porcher Miles, of Louisiana; Mr. Charles W. Coleman, of Williamsburg, Va.; Mrs. John J. Bockie and Mr. W. H. Ferris, of Brooklyn, N. Y.; the authorities of the Virginia State Library, the Peabody Library, and the Congressional Library, especially Mr. David Hutcheson of the latter; and lastlyGeneral James Grant Wilson, of New York, for whose unsolicited and unstinted help my warmest thanks are due.W. P. Trent.Sewanee, Tenn., November 10. 1891.'Note. — I find that in the footnote on pa.ge 261 I have been misled into doing injustice to Col. C. H. Stevens, who devised the iron-clad battery at Cummings Point without sug-gestion from Mr. Simms.

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