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Wilson Lumpkin papers
Descriptive Summary | |
| Title: Wilson Lumpkin papers | |
| Creator: Lumpkin, Wilson, 1783-1870 | |
| Inclusive Dates: 1828-1869, 1908-1969 | |
| Bulk Dates: 1828-1869 | |
| Language(s): English | |
| Extent: 2 folder(s) | |
| Collection Number: ms659 | |
| Repository: Hargrett Library | |
Collection Description
Historical Note
Wilson Lumpkin (1783-1870), politician, U.S. Representative (1815-1817, 1827-1831), Georgia Governor (1831-1835), United States Commissioner to execute the Cherokee Treaty of 1835, and U.S. Senate (1837-1841).
For more information, see the article Wilson Lumpkin (1783-1870) in the New Georgia Encyclopedia and his congressional biography.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of papers of Wilson Lumpkin from 1828-1869. The papers consist mainly of personal correspondence (1828-1859) from Lumpkin to his wife, Annis Hopkins Lumpkin, and children written from Washington, D.C. while he was serving as a U.S. Representative and Senator and during his involvement with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The collection also includes a "memorandum" notebook (1838-1869) in which Lumpkin recorded a few diary entries, genealogical notes, recollections of his childhood and political career, and lists of slave births. The collection included a broadside, Letter from Ex-Governor Lumpkin (BRO 1860 L4), which has been added to the broadside collection.
Organization and Arrangement
Correspondence predominantly arranged in chronological order.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Wilson Lumpkin papers, ms659, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
Finding Aid Publication
Finding aid prepared on: 2014.
General Notes
Cataloged as part of the Georgia Archives and Manuscripts Automated Access Project: A Special Collections Gateway Program of the University Center in Georgia.