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William Starr Basinger collection
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Basinger, William Starr, 1827-1910 |
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Dates: |
1889-1932 |
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The collection consists of four manuscript volumes titled Personal reminiscences, created by William Starr Basinger, dated
1889-1896. The four volumes of handwritten reminiscences include histories of the Basinger and Starr families; involvement
of William Elon Basinger in Dade's Battle of the 2nd Seminole War in Florida; going to college at the University of Georgia;
and the law profession. Volumes also contain details of Basinger's involvement in the Savannah Volunteer Guards (later the
8th Georgia Battalion) during the American Civil War. Basinger was stationed in Ft. Screven, Savannah, Ft. Boggs and Ft. Wagoner
in Charleston, and near Richmond, VA, where he was captured and sent to prison on Johnson's Island, OH. Basinger also discusses
his activities after the war including his move to Dahlonega, Georgia and his presidency at the North Georgia Agricultural
College. The fifth volume in the collections, Savannah Volunteer Guards, is a composite typescript, taken in part from Basinger's
Personal reminiscences.
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ms138 |
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Repository: |
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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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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