Grant, Lemuel Pratt, 1817-1893
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1817 - 1893
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Antebellum and Civil War Collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS645
Scope and Contents of the Records
This is a collection of documents, most of which chronicle the history of the American Civil War, particularly the Atlanta Campaign. In addition, there are several documents which reflect the history of the Antebellum South, including African American slavery. The collection includes letters, diaries, special orders, pardons, requisitions, poems, pamphlets, newspapers, personal narratives, biographies, circulars, broadsides, muster rolls, currency, bibles, research papers, and other private...
Dates:
1832-1935, undated
Bomar-Killian family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS760
Scope and Content
These papers consist of correspondence, legal documents, and scrapbooks.
Dates:
1837-1926, undated
Confederate States of America Quartermaster Department, Atlanta Depot records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1274
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the records are requisitions for clothing, accoutrements, forage, and other quartermaster supplies sent to the Army of Tennessee before, during, and after the Atlanta Campaign of 1864. Also included are payment records for military officers and purchases of services and provisions from civilian contractors in Atlanta, Georgia; Augusta, Georgia; Knoxville, Tennessee; and Richmond, Virginia. Most of the records were approved and signed by Quartermaster Henry Thomas Massengale...
Dates:
1859-1865, undated
Joseph Clayton Logan papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS137
Scope and Content
This collection contains genealogical research, records of the Atlanta Chapter of the Associated Charities, manuscripts on a myriad of topics, and newspaper clippings. There is genealogical research on the Grant and Logan families gathered by Margaret Laing for her book, The Ten Years, 1905-1915, a history of the Atlanta Branch of the Associated Charities. Also included is correspondence that Laing received regarding her research from family members and...
Dates:
1903-1949, undated
Lemuel P. Grant papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS100
Scope and Content
This collection contains letters to and from Grant regarding construction of railroads in Pennsylvania and throughout the southeastern United States; the defense of Atlanta during the Civil War; and personal matters. Other items in the collection include Grant’s personal diaries from 1843, 1844, and 1845, as well as account books covering railroad land transactions; railroad costs; and cash accounts. Additional items include a report on the condition of railroads around Atlanta, Georgia,...
Dates:
1838-1869
Van Buren Colley Photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS149
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection of photographs includes pictures of Atlanta and rural areas in the metropolitan Atlanta region, including Adamsville, and Alpharetta, and other areas of Fulton County. Included are street scenes in downtown Atlanta, and private residences, such as the interior of the home of Civil War collector Beverly DuBose on 2737 Peachtree Street, the home of Lemuel P. Grant in Grant Park, and farmland on Dunwoody Road. The collection is comprised of photographs of churches, including the...
Dates:
circa 1873-1970, undated, bulk 1953-1970
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Atlanta Campaign, 1864 3
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- History 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 2
- 10th Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Adamsville (Ga.) 1
- Aerial views -- 1930-1940 1
- Alabama Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Alpharetta (Ga.) 1
- Augusta (Ga.) -- History 1
- Bounty hunters -- Georgia 1
- Broad Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Central Avenue (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Chattanooga Railroad Expedition, 1862 1
- Community development -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Confederate States of America -- Armed Forces -- Equipment 1
- Confederate States of America -- Armed Forces -- Officers 1
- Confederate States of America -- Armed Forces -- Uniforms 1
- Dunwoody Road (Fulton County, Ga.) 1
- Edgewood Avenue (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Enslaved persons -- Confederate States of America 1
- Farms -- Georgia -- Fulton County 1
- Five Points (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Frankfort (Me.) 1
- Georgia -- Genealogy 1
- Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
- Hunter Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Knoxville (Tenn.) -- History 1
- Marietta Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Money -- Confederate States of America 1
- Monuments & memorials -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Peachtree Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Police vehicles -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Prisoners of war -- Georgia -- Andersonville 1
- Quartermasters -- Confederate States of America. 1
- Railroad companies -- Georgia. 1
- Railroad engineering -- Georgia 1
- Railroads -- Employees 1
- Railroads -- Georgia 1
- Railroads -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Railroads -- Surveying 1
- Religious institutions -- Georgia 1
- Requisitions, Military 1
- Slavery 1
- Slavery -- Georgia -- History -- 19th century 1
- Slaves -- Georgia -- Fulton County 1
- Slaves -- Social conditions 1
- Soldiers -- Georgia -- Correspondence 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Equipment and supplies 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 1
- Washington Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- West Peachtree Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Women -- History -- 20th century 1 + ∧ less
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