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William Herrick letter
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Herrick, William |
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1864 September 18 |
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The collection consists of a letter from William Herrick to his wife, "Dot". The letter is dated Camp Prospect, Carrolton,
September 18, 1864. In the letter, he tells his wife that he misses her - to put it mildly.
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ms873 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Robert Toombs letter to General Gustavus W. Smith
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Toombs, Robert Augustus, 1810-1885 |
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1865 March 25 |
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The collection consists of one letter: dated Washington, Georgia, March 25, 1865, "Dear General," signed "R. Toombs," regarding
a militia bill, Union operations and strategies, a march to capture Savannah while Sherman is operating outside the state,
and the ousting of President Jefferson Davis to save the Confederacy.
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ms1163 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Wright family papers
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Richardson, Gilbert M. |
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1861-1865 |
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The collection consists of a diary and correspondence of the Wright family of Georgia for 1861 and 1865. Included is a diary
of Gilbert M. Richardson, a farmer near Lumpkin, Stewart County, Georgia from March to the following February. The entries
discuss work on the farm - planting, plowing and picking cotton, wheat, corn, and vegetables; hauling and splitting logs;
and building outbuildings. Also mentions visits to friends and relatives, trips to town to buy supplies (lists what was purchased
and price), and attending church meetings. The correspondence consists of a letter from George W. Wright dated Manassas Junction,
August 18, 1861 to his brother William D. Wright. The letter discusses camp life, weather, health, rumors of battles and peace,
hopes for a furlough, complaints of the post office, and lists clothes he needs. The second letter is from James W. Wright,
dated near Augusta, Georgia, March 11, 1865, to his brother William W. Wright and mentions troop movements and rumors of a
battle victory.
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ms592 |
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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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Francis Marion Coker papers
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Coker, Francis Marion, 1827-1905 |
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1861-1866 |
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The collection consists mainly of detailed correspondence from Francis Marion Coker to his wife, Sarah Alice Reid Coker (Sallie
Coker), during his service as a Confederate soldier from 1861-1865. Includes descriptions of camp life, prices, food, clothing,
marches, sickness, and foreign intervention. Describes the Seven Days Battle before Richmond and discusses camp politics,
conduct of officers and doctors. Comments on fighting around Fredericksburg and the battlefield, Petersburg, Sherman and the
march through Georgia. Also contains some correspondence from Sallie Coker to Francis Coker and a few business letters.
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ms15 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Robert Toombs letters to Julia Ann DuBose Toombs
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Toombs, Robert Augustus, 1810-1885 |
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1850-1867 |
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The collection consists of correspondence from Robert Toombs to his wife, Julia Ann DuBose Toombs in Washington, Wilkes County,
Georgia from 1850-1867. During 1850-1859 his letters come from Washington, D.C. while he served in the U.S. Senate. During
the Civil War, he wrote from Virginia (1862) and Atlanta, Georgia (1864). Following the war, letters are written from Paris
(1866-67) while he was in exile. The correspondence generally discusses current events; his land holdings in South Georgia,
Alabama, and Texas; people; other soldiers; and his wish to be with his wife and family.
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ms1785 |
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Hargrett Library |
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John Brown Gordon family papers
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Haralson, Hugh Anderson, 1805-1854 |
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circa 1841-1979 |
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The collection consists of papers of John Brown Gordon and the Gordon family from ca. 1841-1979. Papers relating to John
Brown Gordon include correspondence, writings, photographs, and scrapbooks. The correspondence (1861-1930) consists of letters
written to his wife, Fanny Haralson Gordon, mainly while Gordon was serving in the Confederate Army in the states of Virginia,
Pennsylvania, and Maryland; letters (1864-1870) from Robert E. Lee; and correspondence to and from his family while he was
serving as a United States Senator in Washington. Other Gordon family members represented in the papers include Hugh Haralson
Gordon, Caroline Lewis Gordon, and Lewis Gordon. The collection contains an interesting set of letters (1941-1948) to and
from Rev. John Dawson Gordon, whose parents were enslaved by, and later, servants of the Gordon family from 1854 until they
moved to California in the 1890s.
The collection also contains papers relating to the Haralson family, consisting mainly of correspondence (1841-1851) between
Hugh A. Haralson, while serving in the U.S. Congress, and his wife, Caroline Lewis Haralson, and their daughters Elizabeth,
Fanny, and Caroline. Mrs. Haralson's letters to her husband provide an indepth look at her management of their plantation
in LaGrange, Troup County, Georgia, while her husband was away from home. The collection also contains genealogical materials
relating to the Gordon, Haralson, Hodgson, Howard, and Lewis families.
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ms1637 |
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Baber-Blackshear family papers
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Baber-Blackshear family |
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Dates: |
1796-1939 |
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The collection consists of the papers of the Baber, Blackshear, and Baber-Blackshear families from 1796-1939 and includes
correspondence, journals, ledgers, news clippings, invitations, programs, speeches, and newspapers. The early part of the
collection relates to Dr. Ambrose Baber and contains information on the 1802 William Hunter-David Mitchell duel (Savannah,
Ga.); Baber's term as Charge'd Affaires to Sardinia, including correspondence from John MacPherson Berrien (1842-1844); and
the establishment of the Montpelier Institute in Monroe County, Georgia.
The bulk of the collection falls after 1846. It contains correspondence and journals of George Francis Burleigh Baber during
his naval service on the John Adams, Germantown, Dale, and Porpoise. Also included is Civil War correspondence consisting
of letters from Joseph William Blackshear of Jackson's Artillery from Camp Brown, St. Simons Island, Georgia, as well as George
Dunbar Sweet Smith, who served in South Carolina and Virginia. The remainder of the collection consists of personal correspondence
between Marion and William Blackshear; their children Ella, Paul, Birdie, and Minnie Baber-Blackshear; relatives; and friends.
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