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1 Title:   Rembert Wallace Patrick The Reconstruction of the Nation typescript and galley proofs  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Patrick, Rembert W. (Rembert Wallace), 1909-1967  
  Dates:   circa 1967  
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The collection consists of an annotated typescript and galley proofs for Rembert Wallace Patrick's The Reconstruction of the Nation.
  
  Identifier:   ms315  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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2 Title:   Horace Greeley letter to James Dunn  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872  
  Dates:   1872 May 22  
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The collection consists of a letter from Horace Greeley to James Dunn dated May 22, 1872 in which Greeley discusses the flaws of Andrew Johnson's reconstruction policy and the dangers of the Ulysses S. Grant administration.
  
  Identifier:   ms1007  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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3 Title:   John A. Stevenson letter  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Stevenson, John A.  
  Dates:   1875-1890  
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The collection consists of a letter, dated March 17, 1875, written by John A. Stevenson in Savannah, Georgia to a relative in Pennsylvania. He recounts the events of his life since leaving Philadelphia in 1840, including his move to Charleston, South Carolina, where he married, to Savannah, where he became a slave trader. Accompanying the letter is a note from H. H. DeLeon from Charleston, SC, June 10, 1890, concerning property he purchased at auction.
  
  Identifier:   ms3810  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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4 Title:   O. W. Lowe letters  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Lowe, O. W.  
  Dates:   1860-1865  
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The collection consists of six letters, five written by O. W. Lowe as a Confederate soldier from 1860-1865. Lowe describes the regiment's march to Richmond, fighting in Pennsylvania, men killed, his scout duties, a fishing detail in Port Royal, and his recruiting duties in Virginia during 1864. Lowe's letter to his mother dated October 1, 1865, describes his time spent in prison, lack of food, his health, life after the war, how freed men are coping with life, and the need to forget the past war. One letter dated March 23, 1860 begins "Dear Cousin," and is signed "I remain your friend Mary C. Allison Miss M. Holland."
  
  Identifier:   ms655  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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5 Title:   Jennie Smith letters  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Way, William  
  Dates:   1852-1884  
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The collection consists of correspondence written to Jennie (Emily Jane) Smith from family, friends, and soldiers in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Georgia, from 1852-1884. Correspondence regards family news, social events, Quaker farm life, marriages, and deaths. Some letters regard marriage proposals and matchmaking for Jennie. Smith's uncle, William Way, in Pennsylvania, writes about his views on marriage, causes of the Civil War, slavery, and post-war problems.
  
  Identifier:   ms3155  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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6 Title:   Gordon-Erskine-LeConte family letters  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   LeConte family  
  Dates:   1870-1917  
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Two folders containing correspondence between the Gordon, Erskine, and LeConte families of Tennessee. Majority of the letters are between sisters Mary Gordon LeConte and Margaret Louisa Gordon Erskine. Margaret addresses Mary as "Mamie" and signs her letters as "your loving daughter," despite the fact that they are sisters. Other correspondence includes letters to George Washington Gordon, James Nisbet LeConte, Alexander O. Erskine, Bess Erskine, Albert Erskine, and Willie B. Gordon.
  
  Identifier:   ms4090  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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