Wilson Lumpkin papers, 1828-1869, 1908-1969, bulk 1828-1869

Summary

Creator:
Lumpkin, Wilson, 1783-1870
Date:
1828-1869, 1908-1969, bulk 1828-1869
Extent:
2 folder(s)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Wilson Lumpkin papers, ms659, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of papers of Wilson Lumpkin from 1828-1869. The papers consist mainly of personal correspondence (1828-1859) from Lumpkin to his wife, Annis Hopkins Lumpkin, and children written from Washington, D.C. while he was serving as a U.S. Representative and Senator and during his involvement with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The collection also includes a "memorandum" notebook (1838-1869) in which Lumpkin recorded a few diary entries, genealogical notes, recollections of his childhood and political career, and lists of slave births. The collection included a broadside, Letter from Ex-Governor Lumpkin (BRO 1860 L4), which has been added to the broadside collection.

Biographical / historical:

Wilson Lumpkin (1783-1870), politician, U.S. Representative (1815-1817, 1827-1831), Georgia Governor (1831-1835), United States Commissioner to execute the Cherokee Treaty of 1835, and U.S. Senate (1837-1841).

For more information, see the article Wilson Lumpkin (1783-1870) in the New Georgia Encyclopedia and his congressional biography.

Arrangement:

Correspondence predominantly arranged in chronological order.

Access and use restrictions

Preferred citation:

Wilson Lumpkin papers, ms659, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.