R.W. McCormick letter, 1855 November 20

Summary

Creator:

McCormick, Robert Warnock, 1828-1879

Date:

1855 November 20

Extent:

0.1 Linear Feet

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

R.W. McCormick letter, ms4181, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

Consists of one letter written by R.W. McCormick at Oglethorpe University and sent to his friend "Rachel." McCormick writes about the inauguration of Governor Herschel V. Johnson on November 7, 1855 in Milledgeville, Georgia. He writes that many in attendance represented the "beauty and chivalry of the Empire State of the South." The letter also describes that the number of women in attendance was "so numerous that they occupied most of the seats so that the legislators were obliged to stand." At the end of the letter, McCormick also gives a detailed and unflattering description of Robert Toombs and Alexander Stephens, who were both in attendance.

The author of the letter is probably Robert Warnock McCormick, who attended Oglethorpe University at this time according to Allen P. Tankersley's 1951 book College Life at Old Oglethorpe. McCormick was a pastor, who lived from 1828-1879, according to the Necrological Reports and Annual Proceedings of the Alumni Association of Princeton Theological Seminary, Volume 1 by the Princeton Theological Seminary in 1891.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Students -- Correspondence.
College students -- Georgia -- Correspondence.
Governors -- Georgia -- History.
Governors -- Georgia.
Inaugurations.

Names:

Oglethorpe University (Atlanta, Ga.)
Johnson, Herschel V. (Herschel Vespasian), 1812-1880
Toombs, Robert Augustus, 1810-1885
Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883

Preferred citation:

R.W. McCormick letter, ms4181, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.