Joseph E. Brown papers, 1823-1895

Summary

Creator:

Brown, Joseph E., (Joseph Emerson), 1821-1894, Brown, Elijah A. (Elijah Alexander), 1857-, and Brown, Franklin P.

Date:

1823-1895

Extent:

5 Linear Feet (10 document boxes)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Joseph E. Brown papers, ms95, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of papers of Joseph E. Brown from 1823-1895 and includes correspondence, letter books, tax returns, speeches, and diaries. It contains official correspondence and letterbooks (1858-1863) as Governor of Georgia which are particularly strong in information regarding Georgia's secession and involvement in the Civil War and includes such correspondents as Howell Cobb, Alexander H. Stephens, and other Confederate government officials. Also included are an 1864 speech of Howell Cobb, a speech (1868) made by Brown regarding Reconstruction politics, and a manuscript copy (1864) of Brown's pamphlet concerning Benjamin H. Hill's notes on Reconstruction. The collection also contains diaries of Franklin P. Brown (1868), Joseph Mackey Brown (1867, 1874, 1876), and Elijah A. Brown (1882, Jan. only).

Much of this collection is transcribed with full transcripts in boxes 7-10.

Biographical / historical:

Joseph Emerson Brown (1821-1894), lawyer, Georgia Governor (1857-1865), son of Mackey and Sally Rice Brown, married Elizabeth Grisham, daughter of Joseph and Mary L. Grisham. Parents of Julius L. Brown, Mary Virginia Brown, Joseph M. Brown, Franklin P. Brown, Elijah A. Brown, Charles M. Brown, Sally Eugenia Brown, and George M. Brown.

For more information, see the article Joseph E. Brown (1821-1894) in the New Georgia Encyclopedia and his congressional biography.

Acquisition information:

Donated by Felix Hargrett in 1965

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Georgia -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
Secession -- Georgia.
Governors -- Georgia.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Georgia.
Slavery -- Georgia -- History.
Enslaved persons -- Georgia
Letter books.

Names:

Confederate States of America
Hill, Benjamin H. (Benjamin Harvey), 1823-1882
Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883
Cobb, Howell, 1815-1868
Brown, Joseph M., 1851-1932

Places:

Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Georgia -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865.

Preferred citation:

Joseph E. Brown papers, ms95, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.