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Robert Cannady research material on George Mathews
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Cannady, Robert Bruce |
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1954-1957 |
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The collection consists of research material used by Robert Bruce Cannaday to write his Master's thesis titled The public
life of George Mathews in Georgia, in 1957. Materials include photocopies of proclamations and correspondence signed or written
by George Mathews, Georgia Bounty Land Grants by Alex M. Hitz, and Cannaday's biographical research notecards on Mathews.
The collection also includes correspondence addressed to Cannady from the Georgia Historical Society, Office of Ordinary of
Richmond County, Virginia State Library, and Virginia Historical Society. Correspondence regards Cannaday's request for information
concerning George Mathews.
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ms33 |
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Hargrett Library |
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State of Georgia v. Ulysses S. Grant et al
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Jenkins, Charles Jones, 1805-1883 |
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1867-1868 |
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The collection consists of the Supreme Court Bill The State of Georgia against Ulysses S. Grant, George G. Meade, Thomas H.
Ruger, and Charles F. Rockwelll (1868), which presents ousted Georgia Governor Charles J. Jenkins' case against the defendents
for illegally seizing the office of the governor and state property. The bill is in the form of a ten page booklet, accompanied
by a two page handwritten summons and a handwritten testimony certifying "that the foregoing [bill] is a true copy." Also
included is a letter from Charles J. Jenkins, Milledgeville, 1868 January 17, to Thomas Ruger regarding his removal as governor.
Another letter by Jenkins, written 1868 January 29, is addressed to all defendents informing them of his plans to file a bill
with the Supreme Court.
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ms3776 |
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Hargrett Library |
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R.W. McCormick letter
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McCormick, Robert Warnock, 1828-1879 |
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1855 November 20 |
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Consists of one letter written by R.W. McCormick at Oglethorpe University and sent to his friend "Rachel." McCormick writes
about the inauguration of Governor Herschel V. Johnson on November 7, 1855 in Milledgeville, Georgia. He writes that many
in attendance represented the "beauty and chivalry of the Empire State of the South." The letter also describes that the number
of women in attendance was "so numerous that they occupied most of the seats so that the legislators were obliged to stand."
At the end of the letter, McCormick also gives a detailed and unflattering description of Robert Toombs and Alexander Stephens,
who were both in attendance.
The author of the letter is probably Robert Warnock McCormick, who attended Oglethorpe University at this time according to
Allen P. Tankersley's 1951 book College Life at Old Oglethorpe. McCormick was a pastor, who lived from 1828-1879, according
to the Necrological Reports and Annual Proceedings of the Alumni Association of Princeton Theological Seminary, Volume 1 by
the Princeton Theological Seminary in 1891.
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ms4181 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Charles W. Hubner papers
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Hubner, Charles W. (Charles William), 1835-1929 |
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1835-1929 |
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The collection consists of correspondence, writings, and other information pertaining to Charles W. Hubner. Hubner's correspondents
in this collection include Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), Oliver Wendell Holmes, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Alexander Stephens.
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ms1985 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Howell Cobb family papers
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Cobb family |
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1793-1932 |
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The collection consists of papers of Howell Cobb and the Cobb family from 1793 to 1932. The bulk of the collection is correspondence,
mostly addressed to Howell Cobb, dating from 1839 to 1868. There is a large amount of correspondence between Howell Cobb,
his wife Mary Ann Lamar, and her brother John B. Lamar. The letters discuss politics in both Georgia and the United States,
the Confederate States of America including its formation and administration, and information on Cobb's business interests,
especially his plantations (and the lives of enslaved persons therein). After Cobb's death in 1868, the remainder of the correspondence
is between other family members including John A. Cobb, Howell Cobb, Jr., Alexander Erwin, and Mary Erwin discussing family
and social news, business interests, and legal cases. While the correspondence primarily documents the Cobb, Lamar, Erwin,
and Barrow faimilies, there is also a large amount of correspondence from the Jackson, Hull, Rootes, Lumpkin, King, Pope,
Rutherford, Prince, and Nisbet families.
The earliest material includes indentures and land grants (1793-1829) relating to Zachariah Lamar's business interests.
The clippings do not focus on Howell Cobb, with the very rare exception. These seem to have been donated by family but are
very general in nature. The journals and diaries are from family members and friends.
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ms1376 |
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Hargrett Library |
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