Letter, 4 March 1861, of John Belton O’Neall (1793-1863), written from Springfield, near Newberry, S.C., to his grandson William L[awrence] Mauldin, in Greenville, S.C.

O’Neall authorizes Mauldin to draw upon his scholarship and from the executor of Joab Mauldin whatever else was necessary to defray expenses at Furman University over and above his scholarship: “Present to Mr Judson my authority to enter University on my Scholarship....”