Scope and Content

This collection consists of a letter dated 9 October 1852, from Mr. W. B. Ruggles to Miss Betty Lovejoy in Atlanta. In the letter, Mr. Ruggles seems to be breaking off his relationship with Miss Lovejoy because of unrequited love.

Scope and Contents This collection documents Wiley A. Cash’s finances, state records, legal contracts, and family correspondence. Financial records include household and business expenses, especially with Evens Implement Company, Wofford Oil Company, and C.P. Suber General Merchandise; legal records include documentation about a family dispute about estate inheritance and a land contract with neighbor George McIntosh. The collection also contains a genealogy of the Cash family and a 1928 Emory University...