Robert Toombs order and Alfred Colquitt letter, 1838, 1886

Summary

Creator:

Colquitt, Alfred Holt, 1829-1894 and Toombs, Robert Augustus, 1810-1885

Date:

1838, 1886

Extent:

2 folder(s) 4 items

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Robert Toombs order and Alfred Colquitt letter, ms4305, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains a legal order and engraved portrait of Robert Toombs, and a letter from Alfred Colquitt to John E. Brown and an engraved portrait of Colquitt.

Biographical / historical:

Robert Toombs (1810-1885) was a lawyer, U.S. Senator (1844-1861), and Confederate General. For further information, see the article Robert Toombs (1810-1885) at New Georgia Encylopedia.

Alfred Holt Colquitt (1829-1894) was born in Walton County, Georgia. Colquitt was a lawyer, Confederate officer, U.S. Representative (1852-1854), Georgia Governor (1876-1882), and a U.S. Senator (1883-1894). For more information, see the article Alfred H. Colquitt (1824-1894) in the New Georgia Encyclopedia and his congressional biography.

Related

Other descriptive data:

The items in this collection was tranferred from the University of Georgia School of Law and removed from their frames.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Portraits -- Georgia.
Legal documents.
Politicians -- Georgia -- Correspondence.

Names:

Colquitt, Alfred Holt, 1829-1894
Toombs, Robert Augustus, 1810-1885

Preferred citation:

Robert Toombs order and Alfred Colquitt letter, ms4305, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.