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Johnson, Herschel V. (Herschel Vespasian), 1812-1880. Letter, 1856.

Title: Letter, 1856.

Handwritten letter from Johnson, governor of Georgia, dated Milledgeville, Georgia, to John E. Ward and others, Savannah, Georgia.

ArchivalResource: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145786294 View

Johnson, Herschel V. (Herschel Vespasian), 1812-1880. Herschel Vespasian Johnson papers, 1832-1894.

Title: Herschel Vespasian Johnson papers, 1832-1894.

The collection consists of papers of Herschel Vespasian Johnson from 1832-1894. The papers include a copy of Johnson's autobiography, an album (dated 1832) containing poetry, writings, and drawings (some by Johnson), correspondence (1860-1894), and a few newspaper clippings. The autobiography, which was copied from the original manuscript in 1918, was written by Johnson in 1867. It covers his entire political career including his service as a U.S. Senator, Georgia Governor, unsuccessful bid as U.S. Vice-President, member of the Georgia succession convention, a Confederate States Senator, and a member of the Georgia Constitutional Convention of 1865. The correspondence is mainly from Johnson to his daughter Tallulah Horne and her husband Pearce, with several to his daughter Gertrude discussing primarily family matters.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38476559 View

Johnson, Herschel V. (Herschel Vespasian), 1812-1880. Herschel V. Johnson letter, 1868.

Title: Herschel V. Johnson letter, 1868.

The collection consists of a letter from Johnson in Sandy Grove, Jefferson County, Georgia (near Bartow, Ga.) to E. K. Hart, Albion, New York, complying with a request for an autograph and stating his views on politics, religion and philosophy. The letter is dated February 5, 1868.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (0. 1 linear feet).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/334655735 View

Jefferson Davis collection 1861-1865 Davis, Jefferson collection

Title: Jefferson Davis collection 1861-1865 Davis, Jefferson collection

The Jefferson Davis collection contains political and military correspondence of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America. Most of the letters are from congressmen, governors, cabinet officers, generals, and local politicians to Davis.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 linear feet

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-491dav?rgn=main;view=text View

Johnson, Herschel Vespasian, 1812-1880. Letter signed : Augusta, Ga., to A.H. Stephens, [n.d.].

Title: Letter signed : Augusta, Ga., to A.H. Stephens, [n.d.].

Recommending Col. O.P. Fitzsimmons as United States Marshal of Georgia.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270494992 View

Alexander H. Stephens papers, 1823-1954 (bulk 1823-1883)

Title: Alexander H. Stephens papers 1823-1954 (bulk 1823-1883)

Alexander H. Stephens (1812-1883) was a Georgia lawyer, politician and Vice President of the Confederate States of America. The collection includes a large amount of correspondence as well as bills/receipts, financial papers, legal papers, political papers, clippings and printed material. It ranges in date from 1823 to 1954, with the bulk covering 1823-1883.

ArchivalResource: 8.0 linear feet;, approx. 3,000 Items

http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/ahstephens/ View

Johnson, Herschel V. (Herschel Vespasian), 1812-1880. Johnson, Herschel Vespasian - letter, 1869.

Title: Johnson, Herschel Vespasian - letter, 1869.

The collection consists of an A.L.S. by Herschel V. Johnson, written at his plantation, Sandy Grove, in Jefferson County, Georgia. The letter deals with a suggested plan to accept claims "to refund every dollar taken from individuals, on account of cotton subscribed Conf. Govt. But not delivered at the time of Lee's surrender..."

ArchivalResource: 1 items (0.1 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/316221514 View

Mitchell, William L. (William Letcher), 1805-1882. William L. Mitchell family papers, 1819-1901.

Title: William L. Mitchell family papers, 1819-1901.

The collection consists of papers of William Letcher Mitchell and the Mitchell family of Athens, Georgia from 1819-1901. The papers mainly contain correspondence, but also include reports (1875-1880) from the University of Georgia (UGA). The correspondence contains information on Mitchell's law practice; his tenure on the Board of Trustees at UGA; Georgia politics; as well as his involvement with the Athens Presbyterian Church, the UGA University High School (Athens, Georgia), and the Athens division of the Scottish Rite Masonic order. Correspondents include Herschel V. Johnson, Charles Colcock Jones, Andrew A. Lipscomb, John Letcher, Henry H. Tucker, and Boykin Wright. After Mitchell's death in 1882, the correspondence is addressed to Frances L. Mitchell.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38477298 View

Read, Keith M., 1880-1940,. Keith M. Read collection, 1732-1905.

Title: Keith M. Read collection, 1732-1905.

The collection consists of materials collected by Keith M. Read documenting the history of Georgia from 1732-1905. The materials include account books, correspondence, deeds, diaries, indentures, land grants, letter books, and minute books. Topics covered include the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, slavery, the Salzburgers, and Indian tribes in Georgia. The collection contains papers of John M. Berrien; William H. Crawford; John Forsyth; Williams Gibbons; Charles Harris; Herschel V. Johnson; James Wright; the Bosomworth, Habersham, and Houstoun families; as well as numerous other Georgians.

ArchivalResource: 16 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38477287 View

Graves family. Graves family papers, 1818-1939 (bulk 1836-1910).

Title: Graves family papers, 1818-1939 (bulk 1836-1910).

The Graves family papers consist of correspondence and related papers, financial and plantation records, personal items, photographs, drawings and prints, and printed material. Although the papers (1818-1939) span over one hundred years, the bulk is within the period 1835-1910. Earliest among them is an account book dated 1818; the most recent items are family correspondence, dated 1939.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80162661 View

Schley, Robert. Financial records, 1839-1871.

Title: Financial records, 1839-1871.

This collection contains receipts, bills and accounts of Robert Schley and miscellenous others.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28142804 View

Cobb, Howell, 1815-1868. Howell Cobb letters

Title: Howell Cobb letters

This collection contains two letters. The first letter, dated June 18, 1855, is from W. H. Hull to Howell Cobb regarding the gubernatorial campaign in Georgia. The second letter also discusses the election for governor. It is dated June 22, 1855 and is written from Howell Cobb in Dalton, Georgia to Governor Herschel Vespasian Johnson. Cobb predicts a favorable election outcome for the Democratic Party, reporting that "we will carry the district by between 2,500 and 3,000 majority."

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (.05 cubic feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/277049998 View

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers, 1784-1886, (bulk 1850-1883)

Title: Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers 1784-1886 (bulk 1850-1883)

Lawyer, journalist, governor of Georgia, member of both houses of Congress, and vice president of the Confederate States of America. Correspondence, telegrams, memoranda, legal documents, clippings, and an autobiography and journal reflecting Stephens’s career in government and politics.

ArchivalResource: 27,000 items; 116 containers; 29 linear feet; 57 microfilm reels

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010138 View

Herschel Vespasian Johnson papers, 1869-1973.

Title: Herschel Vespasian Johnson papers, 1869-1973.

The collection consists of genealogical information, correspondence of Herschel V. Johnson, photographs of the Johnson family, and other printed materials.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (2.0 linear feet).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/506277670 View

Johnson, Herschel V. (Herschel Vespasian), 1812-1880. Letter to Jefferson Davis, 1863 Dec. 11.

Title: Letter to Jefferson Davis, 1863 Dec. 11.

The collection consists of a letter from Herschel V. Johnson in the Confederate Senate on December 11, 1863 to President Jefferson Davis discussing the importance of Richmond (Va.) and Northwest Georgia to the Confederacy and the need to defend these areas at all costs.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38476587 View

John Johnston Parker Papers (#3464), 1920-1956

Title: John Johnston Parker Papers (#3464) 1920-1956

John Johnston Parker (1885-1958) of Charlotte, N.C., was a judge in the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit from 1925 to 1958. Papers include correspondence and other materials relating to legal practice; to jurisprudence in general, including judicial organization and international law; to the North Carolina and national Republican parties in which Parker was influential; to Parker's unconfirmed appointment to the United States Supreme Court in 1930 and other occasions on which he was considered for the Supreme Court; to the University of North Carolina, of which he was long an active trustee; and to many other personal, political, and civic matters and organizations. There are also papers relating to official duties, including informal memoranda of cases and decisions, among them labor and racial integration cases, and reports of annual conferences of circuit judges. Other papers relate to the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials, 1945-1946, at which he was an alternate judge on the International Military Tribunal from the United States, and to study committees of the American Bar Association.

ArchivalResource: About 30,000 items (38.0 linear feet)

http://www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/p/Parker,John_Johnston.html View

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889. Autograph letter signed : Washington, D.C., to John Young Mason, n.p., 1848 Dec. 27.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Washington, D.C., to John Young Mason, n.p., 1848 Dec. 27.

Signers of the letter ask Mason to consider "the merits of Mr. Thomas B. Reed, who desires the warrant of a midshipman in the U. S. Navy." Signed by Davis and others, including Henry Stuart Foote, Albert Gallatin Brown, Winfield Scott Featherston, James Diament Westcott, Thomas Jefferson Rusk, Samuel S. Phelps, Benjamin Fitzpatrick, John Middleton Clayton, Thomas Corwin, Joseph R. Underwood, Andrew Pickens Butler, Herschell V. Johnson, Alpheus Felch, William King Sebastian, Stephen A. Douglas, James Murray Mason, Robert M. T. Hunter, David R. Atchison, Solon Borland, Edward A Hannegan, and Sam Houston.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81090448 View

Johnson, Herschel V. (Herschel Vespasian), 1812-1880. Papers, 1812-1880.

Title: Papers, 1812-1880.

Correspondence, manuscript autobiography (1867), speeches, essays, and newspaper clippings. The papers before 1865 are scattered and mostly concern politics, including the election of 1840, Johnson's campaign for the Vice-Presidency (1860), his opposition to secession, his role in the Confederacy, and his criticism of the Confederate administration. Later papers deal with Johnson's attempt to take his seat in the U.S. Senate after the war, his support of Andrew Johnson, his postwar legal practice, his opposition to the Federal tobacco tax, life in the South after the war, Percy Scott Flippin's biography of Johnson, and other matters. Includes ca. 1,000 copies of Johnson's letters (in letter books). The speeches are mainly political, and the essays relate to Johnson's interests, such as education and religion. Correspondents include William Alexander Graham, James K. Polk, and Alexander H. Stephens.

ArchivalResource: 861 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19933959 View

Robert E. Sherwood papers, 1917-1968 (inclusive), 1934-1955 (bulk).

Title: Robert E. Sherwood papers, 1917-1968 (inclusive), 1934-1955 (bulk).

Letters, compositions, and other papers of the American writer Robert E. Sherwood.

ArchivalResource: 78 boxes and 1 oversize vololume (27 linear ft.).

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00564/catalog View

Johnson, Herschel V. (Herschel Vespasian), 1812-1880. Papers, 1929-1953.

Title: Papers, 1929-1953.

Correspondence, speeches, press releases, newspaper clippings, and other papers documenting Johnson's career in the U.S. Foreign Service, including service as minister to Sweden (1941-1946); deputy U.S. representative on the U.N. Security Council (1946-1948); and U.S. ambassador to Brazil (1948-1953).

ArchivalResource: 12 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70944314 View

Johnson, Herschel Vespasian, 1812-1880. Autograph letter signed : Sandy Grove, Bartow P.O., Ga., to A.H. Stephens, 1877 Jan. 30.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Sandy Grove, Bartow P.O., Ga., to A.H. Stephens, 1877 Jan. 30.

Recommending Col. O.P. Fitzsimmons, as United States Marshal for Georgia.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270489656 View

Robbins, Henry Clay, 1836-. Papers, 1860-1885.

Title: Papers, 1860-1885.

Civil War related papers of Dr. Henry Clay Robbins, Assistant Surgeon, 101st Regiment, Illinois Infantry; including an autobiography primarily concerning experiences while on Sherman's march; service documents; a poem by Robbins; two letters to H.V. Johnson which Robbins found on the battlefield, one from August Belmont in New York, Nov. 22, 1860, and one from Alexander Stephens, Vice President of the Confederacy, April 18, 1864; and four 1884-1885 letters from General W.T. Sherman discussing the Stephens letter and the value of its description of the Confederacy in 1864.

ArchivalResource: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145790402 View

Johnson, Herschel V. (Herschel Vespasian), 1812-1880. Truman Library documents [microform], 1945-1956.

Title: Truman Library documents [microform], 1945-1956.

Selected letters concerning foreign affairs and the Truman doctrine, 1945-1953, including concerns about Greece, Palestine, Puerto Rico, European postwar reconstruction, the International Labour Organization, labor unions, and Latin America; from the papers of Philip M. Kaiser, Joseph M. Jones, Jr., Herschel V. Johnson, and the White House Official File.

ArchivalResource: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/465073242 View

Fort, Tomlinson, 1787-1859. Family papers, 1808-1882.

Title: Family papers, 1808-1882.

Correspondence, chiefly between family members, relating to family affairs, Fort's medical practice in Milledgeville, Ga., political events, and War of 1812; military papers (chiefly 1861-1865) relating to Fort's sons, George Washington Fort (1828-1866), Tomlinson Fort, Jr. (1839-1910), and John Porter Fort (1841-1917), and including material relating to 1st, 9th, and 28th Georgia infantry regiments, and references to the 1st and 2nd battles of Bull Run, and financial records. Correspondents include John MacPherson Berrien, John C. Calhoun, William Capers, Herschel V. Johnson, Wilson Lumpkin, William Schley, and George Michael Troup.

ArchivalResource: ca. 600 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28419230 View

Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876. Braxton Bragg correspondence, 1861-1864.

Title: Braxton Bragg correspondence, 1861-1864.

The collection consisits of four letters (1861-1864) written to Gen. Bragg during the Civil War. One leter suggests the use of capsicum (a pepper) as a chemical agent in bombs thrown in order to take Ft. Pickens. Another is a resolution of thanks for Bragg's part in the Battle of Chickamauga; another letter mentions the use of hypnotism on nervous disorders.

ArchivalResource: .25 linear ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122576325 View

Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883. Letters, 1860, 1861, and 1872.

Title: Letters, 1860, 1861, and 1872.

Letter to William Epler, December 24, 1860, giving Stephens's perception of Northern attitudes; letter to Herschel V. Johnson of June 14, 1861 discussing Stephens's coming speaking tour in July and the death of Stephen A. Douglas; and letter to William C. Fowler of June 19, 1872 about getting a copy of a publication.

ArchivalResource: 3 items

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/436775737 View

Cobb family. Cobb family papers, 1837-1913.

Title: Cobb family papers, 1837-1913.

The collection consists of business and personal papers of the Cobb family of Athens, Georgia from 1837-1913. Includes correspondence to Howell Cobb from Harry Lynden Flash, Herschel Vespasian Johnson, and John E. Ward; Cobb's parole; prison release; and a receipt from General Croxton to Mary Ann Cobb for use of the Cobb's Macon (Ga.) home by Federal troops. Contains correspondence to Howell Cobb, Jr., John A. Cobb, Sarah Spalding Cobb, Thomas R.R. Cobb, William McKinley Cobb, Carlisle Cobb, and Carolyn Cobb. Also includes papers of John Basil Lamar, Andrew A. Lipscomb, and William McKinley.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38477945 View

Johnson, Herschel V. (Herschel Vespasian), 1812-1880. Truman Library documents [microform], 1945-1956.

Title: Truman Library documents [microform], 1945-1956.

Selected letters concerning foreign affairs and the Truman doctrine, 1945-1953, including concerns about Greece, Palestine, Puerto Rico, European postwar reconstruction, the International Labour Organization, labor unions, and Latin America; from the papers of Philip M. Kaiser, Joseph M. Jones, Jr., Herschel V. Johnson, and the White House Official File.

ArchivalResource: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/301358308 View

Fort, Tomlinson, 1787-1859. Tomlinson Fort family papers, 1808-1882.

Title: Tomlinson Fort family papers, 1808-1882.

The collection consists of the papers of Tomlinson Fort papers from 1808-1882. The papers consist of general correspondence, financial papers, Civil War records and professional documents of both Tomlinson Fort and his family. Typed copies of many of these items are also included in the collection. Correspondence, chiefly between family members, relating to family affairs, Fort's medical practice in Milledgeville, Ga., political events, and War of 1812; military papers (chiefly 1861-1865) relating to Fort's sons, George Washington Fort (1828-1866), Tomlinson Fort, Jr. (1839-1910), and John Porter Fort (1841-1917), and including material relating to 1st, 9th, and 28th Georgia infantry regiments, and references to the 1st and 2nd battles of Bull Run, and financial records. Correspondents include John MacPherson Berrien, John C. Calhoun, William Capers, Herschel V. Johnson, Wilson Lumpkin, William Schley, and George Michael Troup.

ArchivalResource: .75 linear ft. (2 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173863335 View

Johnson, Herschel Vespasian, 1812-1880. Autograph letter signed : Milledgeville, Georgia, to President Pierce, 1853 Jun. 25.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Milledgeville, Georgia, to President Pierce, 1853 Jun. 25.

Recommending Col. Alexander C. Morton for an office.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270488478 View

Robert E. Sherwood papers, 1917-1968 (inclusive), 1934-1955 (bulk).

Title: Robert E. Sherwood papers, 1917-1968 (inclusive), 1934-1955 (bulk).

Letters, compositions, and other papers of the American writer Robert E. Sherwood.

ArchivalResource: 78 boxes and 1 oversize vololume (27 linear ft.).

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00564/catalog View

Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883. Alexander Hamilton Stephens papers, 1834-1872.

Title: Alexander Hamilton Stephens papers, 1834-1872.

Microfilm items consist primarily of correspondence, 1861-1862, between Alexander H. Stephens and his brother, Linton Stephens, who was a lieutenant colonel of the 15th Georgia Regiment, C.S.A.; with some additional correspondence, mostly relating to family matters and involving H. H. Cumming, James Gardner Jr., and Herschel V. Johnson. Other items include a letter, 18 March 1850, from A.H. Stephens recommending Lucien W. Dawson, son of William Crosby Dawson, for an appointment as a midshipman in the U.S. Navy; a letter (photocopy), 1861, to Stephens from Thomas O. Moore, governor of Louisiana, certifying that the eight electors for President and Vice President of the Confederacy had been elected, and had voted for Davis and Stephens unanimously; and a letter (photocopy), 5 December 1862, from members of the Georgia legislature asking Stephens to address them on the present crisis.

ArchivalResource: About 3000 items, including microfilm, photocopies, 1 original letter.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26380318 View

William L. Clements Library. Jefferson Davis collection, 1861-1865.

Title: Jefferson Davis collection, 1861-1865.

The Jefferson Davis collection contains political and military correspondence of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America. Most of the letters are from congressmen, governors, cabinet officers, generals, and local politicians to Davis.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/758450164 View

Cuyler, Telamon Cruger Smith, 1873-1951. Papers, 1847-1967.

Title: Papers, 1847-1967.

Correspondence (1937-1950) between Cuyler and Ruth Blair; transcripts (typewritten) of Confederate and Georgia Militia general and special orders, including orders relating to Resaca and Savannah, Ga.; miscellaneous materials on the Civil War; and other papers. Includes letter (1847) from Alexander Hamilton Stephens and letter (1859) from Richard Randolph Cuyler to Herschel V. Johnson.

ArchivalResource: .25 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28420907 View

Johnson, Herschel V. (Herschel Vespasian), 1812-1880. Papers of Herschel V. Johnson, 1847-1877.

Title: Papers of Herschel V. Johnson, 1847-1877.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79423920 View