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Alexander H. Stephens family papers
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Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883 |
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1797-1977 |
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The collection consists of biographical information, correspondence, writings, financial papers, printed material, photographs,
and artifacts. Family letters are mainly among Alexander H. Stephens, his father Andrew Baskins Stephens, his brother Aaron
Grier Stephens, his nephew John Alexander Stephens, and his half-brother Linton Stephens. The letters discuss family matters
and politics. One group of letters concerns the imprisonment and parole of honor of Alexander H. Stephens at Fort Warren (Boston,
Mass.) in 1865. Correspondence between Alexander H. Stephens and various political figures includes Howell Cobb, Abraham Lincoln,
Ben Hill, and Robert Toombs. Stephens and Hill write about the possibility of a duel between them because of an argument over
politics. There is one letter from Clement Anselm Evans (1833-1911) to his wife, and three letters to him from John Brown
Gordon, Joseph Wheeler and James Longstreet. Among the financial papers are deeds, and the wills of Alexander H. Stephens
and his grandfather Alexander Stephens (d. 1813). An oversize folder contains a copy of an undated map of Confederate and
Federal lines around Petersburg, Virginia. Artifacts include a walking cane of Alexander H. Stephens, locks of his hair, and
a bloodletting tool.
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ms3828 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Baber-Blackshear family papers
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Baber-Blackshear family |
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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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ms11 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Alexander H. Stephens family papers
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Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883 |
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1818-1944 |
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The collection consists of correspondence, writings, printed material, photographs, financial papers, and scrapbooks. The
correspondence is divided into family and business with family letters mainly among Alexander H. Stephens, John A. Stephens
and Linton Stephens. They discuss family matters, politics and legal cases. Included is a letter from Alexander H. Stephens
describing his trip to Athens to take his entrance examination, in which he describes the university and town as well as the
countryside between Athens and Washington, Georgia. Business correspondence includes letters from Herschel Johnson, Howell
Cobb, Joseph E. Brown, and Joseph H. Lumpkin. There are also items relating to John Stephens' imprisonment at Johnson Island
(OH) during the Civil War. Letters during wartime included lists the members of the Stephens Rifles, flag design proposals,
petitions for military positions, and discussions on the release of a Union officer from Andersonville. There is a folder
of 1851 correspondence concerning a possible duel between Thomas W. Thomas and James M. Smythe, and materials regarding the
surveying of Michigan and Texas Territories. Printed material includes several speeches of Alexander H. Stephens. The scrapbooks
contain newspapers clippings about Alexander H. Stephens. Included is a plantation account book of the Simpson plantation,
in which are lists of enslaved people, a journal of daily farm work, printed rules for managing farms and slaves, and signed
contracts with freedmen.
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ms3823 |
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Hargrett Library |
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