Excerpt from The History of South Carolina
William Gilmore Simms, the editor's grandfather, wrote in 1840 for his children and for use in the schools "The History of South Carolina from Its First European Discovery to Its Erection into a Republic." In 1860 the third edition of the history was published in which Simms brought the narrative down to that date. The editor offers in the present volume a revised and enlarged edition of the third edition of the work, intended primarily for use as a textbook in the schools of South Carolina.
Since William Gilmore Simms gave his history of the State to the public, the researches of historians have brought to light many new facts about South Carolina's stirring past. In consequence, the editor has been obliged to make numerous changes in many places in the original text to bring it into accord with views accepted comparatively recently but of unquestioned soundness. Other changes have seemed desirable and have been made in the interests of clarity of style and simplicity of diction. The editor trusts that these deviations from the text have not marred its graphic force nor sacrificed its virile interest.
On the other hand, in this edition of Simms' "History of South Carolina," the editor has tried to preserve faithfully certain aims set forth by the author in his preface to his second edition. Chief among these the author said was to present such a history, "suited to the unprepared understanding and the ardent temper of the young" ... "as will enable them to satisfy their own curiosity and the inquiries of others."
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