Georgia -- Politics and government
Found in 46 Collections and/or Records:
Union Democratic Convention proceedings
This collection contains the printed proceedings from the Atlanta Intelligencer in a Special Edition. The content concerns an attempted reconciliation in Georgia between the Union wing of the Democratic Party and the Southern Rights wing of the Democratic Party proposed by the Union Democratic Convention held in Atlanta Sept. 17, 1852. This was an attempt to unify the Democratic Party in Georgia behind Franklin Pierce in the presidential election of 1852.
Western and Atlantic Railroad report
This collection consists of one published report, a United States Senate version of an 1837 survey report by Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Harriman Long (1784-1864), Chief Engineer of the W&A. The survey includes detailed maps of north Georgia and information about construction costs.
William Henry Fleming letters
William Jonathan Northen papers
This collection includes telegrams, speeches, and research papers by William Jonathan Northen. Included are speeches on race relations in the South, the teaching profession, agriculture, religion, immigration, and other topics. Also included is a telegram from Booker T. Washington about a speaking engagement.
William W. Brewton unpublished manuscript Mr. Atlanta: A Life Story of Robert F. Maddox
This collection contains a 19 chapter manuscript of the unpublished Mr. Atlanta: A Life Story of Robert F. Maddox, written by William W. Brewton. Of special note are handwritten edits throughout the manuscript and calculations of the cost of printing the book in 1956.
Wilson Lumpkin letters
This collection contains four letters and transcriptions written to Annis Hopkins by Wilson Lumpkin during their courtship. In the letters Lumpkin discussed issues in the legislature and his ideas on marriage.