Rau, Charles, 1826-1887

"Known as the "Macaulay of the South," Charles C. Jones Jr. was the foremost Georgia historian of the nineteenth century. Also a noted autograph and manuscript collector and an accomplished amateur archaeologist, Jones in later years became a prominent memorialist of the Lost Cause and critic of the New South." - "Charles C. Jones Jr." New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org (Retrieved August 21, 2008)

Charles Rau was a staff member at the Smithsonian Institution and an archaeologist of note.

From the description of Charles Rau letter, 1882 September 16. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 311081157