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Anna L. Drake letters (photocopies)
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Drake, Anna L., 1842-1886 |
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1859-1865 |
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The collection consists of photocopies of Civil War letters written to Anna L. Drake from 1859-1865. Letters are written from
soldiers in South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, and New York. Also included are photocopies of poems and Confederate currency.
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ms3046 |
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Hargrett Library |
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H. H. Davis letters
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Davis, H. H. |
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Dates: |
1864 |
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The collection contains two letters from H. H. Davis, a member of the 20th Georgia Infantry Regiment, dated 1864. One letter
is dated June 23 from Petersburg, Virginia to his brother, the other dated July 24 to his family regarding his intended instructions.
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ms3959 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Private R.F. Crutchfield letter
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Crutchfield, R.F. |
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Dates: |
1864 |
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This collection contains one letter from R.F. Crutchfield to his brother and sister written from Proctor's Pointe, South Carolina
in April of 1864. The letter describes the dire situation for provisions in camp, as well as possible desertions.
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ms4137 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Private Willis Virgil Wells letter
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Wells, Willis Virgil |
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Dates: |
1863 |
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This collection contains one letter from Willis Wells and his parents of Stone Mountain, Georgia to his brother George regarding
his extension of leave due to illness.
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ms4139 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Private J.N. Nash letter
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Nash, J. N. |
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Dates: |
1863 |
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This collection contains one letter to his Army unit reporting on his furlough status due to his injuries. He addresses his
friends and commander regarding his being reported absent without leave erroneously.
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Identifier: |
ms4140 |
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Hargrett Library |
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William Batts letters
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Batts, William, -1862 |
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1861-1862 |
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The collection consists of correspondence from William Batts to his family from 1861-1862. Batts writes from Richmond, Green
Brier, Camp Allegany, and Waynesboro, Virginia. Correspondence regards troop locations, rumors, battles, orders, and wounded
soldiers.
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Identifier: |
ms3344 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Albert O. Brown letters
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Brown, Albert O., 1847-1865 |
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Dates: |
1864 |
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The collection consists of letters between Albert O. Brown and his family in Williamson, South Carolina in the midst of the
Atlanta Campaign.
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ms3895 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Private Willis W. Pitts letters
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Pitts, Willis W. |
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Dates: |
1860-1863 |
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This collection contains correspondence between Private Willis W. Pitts and his wife Elizabeth "Betty" Pitts during his service
in the Confederate Army from 1862 until his death in the Battle of Missionary Ridge in 1863. Pitts served in Company I, of
the Georgia 37th Infantry. Also included is a letter from Mary A.A.C. Wates to Betty Pitts from 1860.
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Identifier: |
ms4138 |
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Hargrett Library |
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George W. Griffin letter to Samuel Lucy
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Griffin, George W. |
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1864 August 26 |
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This collection contains an 1864 letter from George W. Griffin, of the Georgia 53rd Infantry Regiment, to Samuel Lucy inquiring
into the whereabouts of his personal servant that became seperated when Mr. Griffin was wounded in battle and sent to a hospital,
and then home.
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Identifier: |
ms4260 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Camden Evans letters
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Evans, Camden, 1838?-1864 |
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Dates: |
1862-1864 |
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The collection consists of letters Camden Evans wrote to his wife and her father in Columbus (Ga.) from 1862-1864. He wrote
from numerous camps in towns including Tupelo (Miss.), Murfreesboro (Tenn.), and Ringgold and Dalton (Ga.). In his letters
he complained about how badly privates were treated and the lack of food and clothing. He asked Mr. Laney to bring him a boy
to wash his clothes and forage for food, and he constantly tried to arrange for a furlough or a substitute. He gave his opinions
of Generals Grant, Johnson, Bragg and Hardee. By May 22, 1864 he was near Atlanta and described having no clean clothes for
three weeks, and being on picket duty for 24 hours without relief. By July 12, 1864 he had learned of his son Bobbie's death.
His last letter is dated July 17, 1864. There is one letter from Emma to her husband and several letters from her after the
war to her mother. In these she mentioned her second husband Steve Smith, her daughter Daisy, and a move to Birmingham (Ala.)
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ms3756 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Samuel Mosely letters
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Mosely, Samuel |
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Dates: |
1853-1861 |
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The collection consists of eleven letters written by Mosely betweeb 1853 and 1861, addressed to various family members, primarily
his mother and wife, Olympia C. Mosely. The collection also contains a small, cloth pouch embroidered "S. M." that may have
been made by Mosely's wife. Mosely's war letters to his wife date from 1861, sent from Tennessee, reporting on his health,
his travels and duties with the infantry, camp life, and discussing other relatives and mutual acquaintances. Mosely's letters
to his mother and siblings date from the 1850s and discuss family members, health, crops, and his life in Arkansas after moving
from Georgia.
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Identifier: |
ms3782 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Conrad Chester Pearman letters
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Pearman, Conrad Chester, 1830-1863 |
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Dates: |
1859-1863 |
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The collection consists of 24 letters written by Conrad Chester Pearman to his wife Emily, written from 1861-1863. Most of
them were written from various camps in Virginia and the subject matter deals with family, health, and camp life. Accompanying
the letters is a typewritten guide edited by Mary Frances Thomas Bryan, Conrad's great granddaughter. This guide, compiled
in 1961, gives transcriptions, an inventory of the letters with dates and locations, a genealogy, an alternate spelling guide,
information on Pearman's company, an index, and a bibliography. The collection also contains a copy of a Hart County jury
duty summons for Mr. Pearman from 1859.
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Identifier: |
ms3805 |
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Hargrett Library |
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William Gaston Deloney papers
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Deloney, Rosa Huguenin |
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Dates: |
1830s-2017 |
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This collection contains correspondence, genealogical research, photographs, and assorted papers from the Deloney and Huguenin
families.
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Identifier: |
ms4082 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Atkins family papers
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Atkins, Thomas Washington, 1835-1863 |
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1856-1864, 2006 |
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The collection consists of a manuscript, letters and diaries. The manuscript was edited by Joseph Henry Hightower Moore and
is titled "Oak Lawn: War-Time Letters of the Atkins Family and the Plantation Diary of James Lewis Adams." Part One of the
manuscript contains transcriptions of all the letters and detailed information about the letter writers and their relationship
to Thomas Washington Atkins. There are also chapters on Atkins family history, Oak Lawn plantation, and antebellum Henry County
society, culture, and politics. Part Two contains transcriptions of the diaries of James Lewis Adams and includes chapters
on his family, his neighbors, and Oak Lawn plantation. Only the months of January, April, June and September are transcribed.
The letters, dated 1856 to 1863, are to Thomas Washington Atkins from his family, friends, and fellow soldiers. Early family
letters mention health, social events,and political views, especially regarding secession. War-time letters mostly concern
the health and situations of family and friends. Later war-time letters often show weariness at the loss of life and continuation
of the war. The following soldiers exchanged letters with Atkins: William Parks Phillips, Samuel P. Shaw, John L. Giles, Fleming
Parks, C. B. Bledsoe, Samuel D. Nutt, William C. Nutt, Lewis O. Niles, and brother-in-law Nehemiah G. Andrews.
Taking place after the death of Atkins and Andrews, the correspondence from 1864 is that of Eliza Jane Atkins writing her
husband, Robert M. Walker, a soldier guard duty at Andersonville Prison, as General Sherman invaded Georgia.
The two original diaries of James Lewis Adams are dated January -November 1886 and include details of his health, work on
Oak Lawn plantation and an earthquake on August 31, 1886.
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ms3710 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Clayton family papers
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Clayton, Augustin S. (Augustin Smith), 1783-1839 |
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Dates: |
1812-1922 |
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The Clayton family papers consist of genealogical research, correspondence, and legal materials. Included are deeds and accounting
papers, Civil War soldiers' letters, funerary mementos, a letter describing an 1829 trip to Tallulah Falls, and letters from
Peru describing Consulate duties during the 1870s.
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Identifier: |
ms3977 |
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Hargrett Library |
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John Thomas Mercer family research files
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Sherman, David |
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Dates: |
1820s-2000s |
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This collection contains correspondence, land records, wills, photographs, military orders, and research notes about the Mercer,
Tift, Wooten, and Sherman families. Included are a series of photographs from the Tift Farm in Albany, Georgia, stock certificates
from railroad and banking companies, miltary orders from the Confederate States, and correspondence from the late 1850s American
West, and throughout the South during the Civil War.
The audiovisual materials related to this collection are housed in the Walter J. Brown Media Archives.
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ms4059 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Edwards family papers
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Edwards family |
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Dates: |
1851-1888 |
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The collection consists of correspondence, programs and other printed material, receipts, newspaper clippings, and broadsides.
The correspondence is mainly business letters to Leroy Summerfield Edwards about his work. Much of the Association of the
Army of Northern Virginia correspondence concerns the 1878 yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans and the request for aid by
the Regiment of the Orlean Artillery. There are several family letters, some written to Edwards from his parents while he
served in the Civil War (12th Virginia Infantry, Co. E), and one written by Edwards while he was a prisoner at Elmira (NY)
Prison Camp. The other material in the collection relates to the Association of the Army of Northern Virginia, YMCA, Civil
War, Randolph-Macon College, Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity, Piedmont and Arlington Life Insurance Company, and politics.
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Identifier: |
ms2938 |
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Hargrett Library |
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John M. Phillips family papers
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Phillips family |
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Dates: |
1857-1949 |
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The collection consists of photographs, correspondence, financial papers, diaries, deeds, genealogies, certificates, and other
materials related to John M. Phillips, the Phillips family, the Acree family, and the Isbell family.
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ms3178 |
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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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Dates: |
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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