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Private Papers and Publications, 1832 – 1935, undated

 Series
Collection number: Series 3

Scope and Contents note

This series features personal papers of Georgia citizens and other individuals and published documents. Private papers include an estate appraisal, a receipt, and an indenture, all of which document the ownership of slaves. Also included are pieces of Confederate currency and poems. Publications mostly include pamphlets containing reprinted speeches and letters by Alexander Stephens, General Joseph Hooker, Ulysses Grant, Abraham Lincoln, William Tecumseh Sherman, Joseph E. Brown, Jefferson Davis, and Howell Cobb. Also included is a published diary from a Confederate soldier, pamphlets created for reunions of Joseph Wheeler’s Cavalry unit, Civil War sheet music, a soldiers pocket bible, and biographies of Confederate soldiers.

Dates

  • 1832 – 1935, undated

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

55 item(s)

Language

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository

Contact:
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Atlanta GA 30305
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