Masters of Ashley Hall, a biographical study of the Bull family of colonial South Carolina, 1670-1737, by M. Eugene Sirmans, Jr
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Masters of Ashley Hall, a biographical study of the Bull family of colonial South Carolina, 1670-1737, by M. Eugene Sirmans, Jr
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
resource.dissertationNote
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Princeton University, 1959.
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illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Masters of Ashley Hall
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
3460564
Responsibility statement
by M. Eugene Sirmans, Jr
Sub title
a biographical study of the Bull family of colonial South Carolina, 1670-1737
Summary
"This thesis attempts to re-examine, through a family biography, the formative years of colonial South Carolina, from the first settlement in 1670 to the late 1730's, when the colony's political, economic, and social institutions were beginning to assume definite and enduring forms"--Abstract
Table Of Contents
English background: the family and the proprietors -- Stephen Bull on the Carolina frontier, 1670-1695 -- The beginning of prosperity and the passing of the first generation, 1695-1703 -- William Bull, planter and politician, 1704-1712 -- William Bull and the overthrow of the proprietors, 1712-1719 -- The royal councillor, 1720-1730 -- William Bull and the expansion of South Carolina, 1731-1737 -- The governor, the family, the colony: South Carolina in 1737 and after
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