Moses L. Barron letter to Alexander Hamilton Stephens, 1834 June 30

Summary

Creator:

Barron, Moses L.

Date:

1834 June 30

Extent:

1 folder(s)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Moses L. Barron letter to Alexander Hamilton Stephens, ms3144, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of one letter dated Athens, June 30, 1834, to Alexander H. Stephens in Crawfordville, Georgia, signed M. L. Barron. Barron, a student at the University of Georgia, writes of other students, college president Dr. Alonzo Church, and the sectarian difficulties plaguing the college. The last portion of the letter is dated July 2, after Barron has graduated. He writes, "The scene has very much changed (...) I retract most of what I have said in the first part of this letter."

Biographical / historical:

Moses L. Barron graduated from the University of Georgia in 1834. (retrieved from Catalogue of the trustees, officers, alumni and matriculates of the University of Georgia, at Athens, Georgia, from 1785 to 1906, pg. 32)

Indexed terms

Subjects:

College students -- Georgia -- Athens.
Correspondence

Names:

University of Georgia -- History--19th century--Sources
Barron, Moses L. -- Correspondence
Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883 -- Correspondence
Church, Alonzo, 1793-1862

Preferred citation:

Moses L. Barron letter to Alexander Hamilton Stephens, ms3144, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.