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William C. Towle letters
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Towle, William C., active 1830 |
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1865 |
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Two letters from Union surgeon William C. Towle written to his wife. First letter dates February 26, 1865 and details Towle's
time in Savannah with the army and the newly free enslaved people he has hired since arriving. "I am living well, I pay a
colored woman three dollars a month to cook for me, I have a man to take care of my horses and another to wait upon me..."
Second letter dates May 29, 1865 and details his time in Augusta, seeing Jeff Davis pass through the town, and his knowledge
of newly emancipated enslaved people who are told to "not consider the word Freedom as meaning Freedom from labor." Towle
ends his second letter by promising to send "a negro girl" to his wife.
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ms4092 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Rhind / Stokes family papers
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Rhind family |
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1788-1919 |
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The collection consists of papers of the Rhind / Stokes from 1788-1919. The papers include personal and business correspondence
and financial records of James Rhind (1848-1854), Colden Rhind (1884-1911), James Rhind Stokes and Sarah Gardner Stokes (1884-1949),
and J.R. Stokes (1906-1917). Bound volumes contain business accounts (1788-1811) from several merchants in Augusta (Ga.);
a cotton invoice book (1843-1848) and letter books (1843-1852) for James Rhind ? and several ledgers relating to Colden Rhind's
brokerage businesses (ca. 1886-1909). Of particular interest are records of H.T. Massingale, a Quartermaster for the Confederate
Army from 1861-1864. These records include requisitions and pay vouchers from Tennessee (1861-1862) and Atlanta (1862-1864)
and Augusta (1864) Georgia. Also includes burial lists of Confederate soldiers and Federal prisoners from various hospitals
mainly in the Atlanta area dated December 31, 1863.
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ms1305 |
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Hargrett Library |
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