<p>Typed letter, black text on white paper.</p>
<p>Payne Williams
Claire Towers
Columbia, South Carolina
January 10, 1963
Mr. James B. Myers
Superintendent
Gettysburg National Military Park
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Dear Mr. Myers:							Re D-66
It has not been possible until this time to make an adequate reply to your letter regarding the placement of a South Carolina memorial at Gettysburg.
The land which Representative May and I inspected and found appropriate was described by you as the “Rose Garden” tract of land on West Confederate Avenue.  After careful consideration by my committee, we found the price of $70,000.00 to be unrealistic with the property involved.
Recently it has come to our attention that Mrs. W. Aton Jones, in memory of her late husband, has presented to the battlefield in honor of General Eisenhower a tract of land which we believe, from the description, is the property we inspected.  If this is the case, we would now like to proceed with our original plan of placing the South Carolina memorial at a suitable point on the rise of hill where General Kershaw’s Brigade was encamped the night before Pickett’s charge.  If this is possible, we will appreciate hearing from you at your earliest convenience.
We realize now that the time is short and we can assure you our plans will be made immediately in order that we be adequately represented in time for your planned commemoration.
With very good wishes,
Sincerely yours,
Payne Williams, Chairman
South Carolina Committee
Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation
Association
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