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The collection consists of a picture of a quilt made by Harriet Powers which is now housed in the Smithsonian. Also included is a Xerox letter written by Jennie Smith describing the quilt as well as giving a key to the individual squares. Smith intended to exhibit the quilt in the Colored Building at the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta.

The collection consists of a letter from Richard Henry Wilde to Dr. William Bacon Stevens discussing possible sources of manuscripts in Georgia history found while doing research in Italy, as well as two photographs of Wilde.

The collection consists of one letter and three photographs related to Mary Day Lanier. The letter, dated September 4, 1850 to "My dearest Bannie" [Julia Blanche Munroe Kell] was written while both were at Lamar Hall, Montpelier Institute, and is filled with girlish enthusiasm. Two of the photographs are of Mary Day Lanier, one dated 1874 and signed "For my boy Semmes from Aunt Mary" and the other an undated tintype. The third photograph (a postcard from Mary Lanier, circa 1900), of more recent vintage, shows four children at play.

The collection consists of one letter to Colonel Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. regarding Toombs' health, and the Trustees of the University of Georgia. Also included is an engraved portrait of Toombs.

The collection consists of one letter (and a transcript of the letter): dated Philadelphia, January 21, 1809, to "Mr. Petit de Villers," signed "P. Butler," regarding Mr. Spaulding, Mr. King, and damage done to one of Butler's extensive holdings in Georgia.

The collection consists of a letter from Ray Clarke at St. Mary's, Georgia, dated March 3, 1813, to his father Ethan Clarke. Clarke discusses the taking of Nathaniel Pendleton's testimony, visiting the plantation of Nathanael Green, the cargo of a captured French ship which was brought to St. Mary's, and the activities of U.S. troops in Florida against the Seminole Indians. Also included is a typescript and cast of characters as they appear in the letter.

The collection consists of one letter (and transcript of the letter) regarding the public outrage stemming from his congressional proposal to fix the salaries of senators and congressmen, and Bibb's ideas concerning the successor to Col. Benjamin Hawkins, who served as Indian Agent, mentioning Genl. McIntosh as a possibility.

The collection consists of one letter (and transcript of the letter) regarding actions that need to be taken in a matter concerning Cherokee Indians and a treaty.

The collection consists of one letter (and transcript of the letter) regarding several of Eve's surgeries and his speculation that Rome will become a "large place."

The collection consists of one letter written on "The Cunard Steamship Company Limited" and "R. M. S. Lusitania" letterhead: dated December 18, "My dear Paul," from "Mary," wishing him a happy Christmas and four drawings of ships and flags. Handwriting implies the letter was written by a child.