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Samuel Wylie Crawford Papers, 1860-1892

Title: Samuel Wylie Crawford Papers 1860-1892

Physician and army officer. Diary, correspondence, memoranda, registers and returns of troops and artillery, sketches, photographs, and other items relating chiefly to events while Crawford was an assistant surgeon at Fort Sumter during the early months of 1861.

ArchivalResource: 400 items; 7 containers plus 1 oversize; 1.2 linear feet

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Guerin, Henry C. Henry C. Guerin papers, 1843-1905.

Title: Henry C. Guerin papers, 1843-1905.

Chiefly consisting of correspondence as chief of the Subsistence Bureau, Confederate States Army of South Carolina, re officer inefficiency, impressment, investigation into misappropriations, and difficulties in procuring supplies. Including list of personel, 1862-1863; letter, 11 Jan. 1863, Gen. Roswell Sabine Ripley to Brig. Gen. Thomas Jordan, re supplying deficiency in troops, protesting against relieving Capt. John S. Ryan of his command, and his endorsement of Guerin; report, Mar. 1863, re investigation of goods and produce bought by government agents and sold by Keating Simons. Three letters, 7 Dec., 14 Dec., and 28 Dec. 1863, Richmond, Va., Lucius Bellinger Northrop, to Gen. Samuel Cooper, and Guerin, re Gen. P[ierre] G[ustav] T[outant] Beauregard's charges and complaints against the Commissary Department and Guerin, advising Guerin on his defense, and a resolution introduced to Congress by James Lawrence Orr. Letter, 11 Jan. 1864, Richmond, Va., from J.L. Orr, re his views towards the Guerin investigation; letter, 8 Aug. 1864, Spartanburg, S.C., Means, to Guerin, re enforcement of the Impressment Act, and the incompetence of Congress; letter, 26 July 1864, Richmond, Va., Thomas Underwood Dudley, Jr., to H.C. Guerin, re rising price of rice, and requesting a supply be shipped to him from Charleston, S.C. Affidavit, 24 May 1865, Winnsboro, S.C., E.W. Oliver, re Guerin's deposition, and three boxes of materials re Guerin's official returns as Commissary in Confederate States of America, July 1861-Apr. 1865; letter, 9 Jan. 1871, Orangeburg, S.C., John F. Riley to Guerin, re lawsuit against Riley for lumber used by the Confederate States of America.

ArchivalResource: 103 items.

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Confederate officers photograph album, n.d.

Title: Confederate officers photograph album, n.d.

This collection contains one hundred ninety two cartes-de-visite photographs of officers who served in the Confederate army. The majority of the officers served as either major generals or brigadier generals in the Confederate forces. The collection includes the photographs of many lesser known officers, as well as the famous; such as Lee, Beauregard, Morgan, Jackson, and Stuart. The collection also includes photos of past American presidents and European royalty. Acid free photocopies have been placed in the original photograph album and the originals are in a separate container. Both copies have the subject's name on it. The cartes-de-visites were taken by photographers in Mobile, Nashville, and New York; and are roughly two by five inches.

ArchivalResource: .66 cubic ft. (2 archives containers).

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Ripley, R. S. (Roswell Sabine), 1823-1887. R. S. Ripley papers, 1846-1847.

Title: R. S. Ripley papers, 1846-1847.

29 ALS by Ripley to his parents Christopher and Julia Ripley, married sisters Mrs. A. B. James and Mrs. C. Shepard, and an unnamed cousin, with most letters written to his mother. The first four letters, from February to June 1846, were written while he was serving on the Coast Survey. The rest of the letters document his participation in the Mexican War, beginning with his departure from New York to his arrival in Mexico, and including the battles of Monterrey, Vera Cruz, and Cerro Gordo. His participation in the battles of Contreras, Churubusco, Molino del Rey, Chapultepec, and Mexico City are touched on only briefly in two letters of August and October, 1847. The last two letters describe his work as aide-de-camp to General Pillow in Mexico City at the end of 1847. Ripley's letters contain detailed descriptions of his regiment's movements, battles, as well as Mexico's countryside, customs, and people. A letter dated "March 26 or 7 1847" carries a detailed manuscript map of the defenses and placement of troops during the siege of Vera Cruz, and a letter of April 3, 1847 carries another small sketch of Vera Cruz. There are several instances where Ripley writes separate letters to his mother and sisters describing the same battle. Accompanied by two Texas land grants: one to P. G. Merritt, dated Oct. 21, 1846, and one to Samuel Slater, dated Jan. 29, 1847. A printed map of Texas entitled, "Map of the Richest Part of Texas with part of the Adjoining States and including therein the possessions of the Rio Grande and Texas Land Company," New York, n.d., is also present.

ArchivalResource: 0.4 linear ft. (1 box + 3 broadsides)

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Poston, Charles D. (Charles Debrille), 1825-1902. Charles Debrille Poston collection, 1847-1962 (bulk 1850-1895).

Title: Charles Debrille Poston collection, 1847-1962 (bulk 1850-1895).

Consists of copies of correspondence, journals and business documents of Charles D. Poston as well as biographical information. Also contains modern newsclippings about the Poston family silver, correspondence about the Poston inkwell, and research correspondence of the former Curator of the Arizona Historical Foundation, Bert Fireman.

ArchivalResource: .75 cu. ft. (2 boxes)

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Ripley, R. S. (Roswell Sabine), 1823-1887. Papers, 1862.

Title: Papers, 1862.

Correspondence between Ripley and Robert Bunch, British consul at Charleston, concerning the British citizenship of Bernard Connelly, who had joined and deserted the Sarsfield Light Infantry (probably the 7th Louisiana Regiment).

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

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Marshall, Jehu Foster, 1817-1862. Jehu Foster Marshall papers, 1862.

Title: Jehu Foster Marshall papers, 1862.

Letter book, 1862, Charleston and Sullivan's Island, S.C., and elsewhere, of Jehu Foster Mitchell, Commander of 1st Regiment Rifles, South Carolina Volunteers; including letters to Gen. Roswell Sabine Ripley, James Lawrence Orr, Jefferson Davis, and Gen. Maxcy Gregg, re defense of Charleston, S.C., troop movements, and progression of Civil War. Also including copies of letters from Jefferson Davis and F[rancis] W[ilkinson] Pickens, and letter to governor of Florida, re draft deferment for overseer of Marshall's two Florida plantations, Wetumpka and Silver Springs, Marion County, Fla.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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Roswell S. Ripley Paper, 1862

Title: Roswell S. Ripley Paper, 1862

Letter (1862) consisting of a report sent to Maj. J. W. Ratchford on the actions of Ripley's Brigade during the Seven Days' Battles (Peninsula Campaign).

ArchivalResource: 0.108 Cubic Feet, 1 item

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Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893. G.T. Beauregard papers, 1861-1893.

Title: G.T. Beauregard papers, 1861-1893.

Chiefly correspondence re rations for troops, and orders re troops in Tennessee, Mississippi, and other Civil War operations and items re the military career of Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard in the United States Army and the Confederate Army. Invitation, 28 Mar. 1861, Charleston, S.C., to D[avid] Flavel] Jamison, re South Carolina Session Convention; letter, 10 Apr. 1861, Charleston, S.C. to Gen. Ro[bert] G[ill] M[ill]s Dunovant, Sullivan's Island, S.C., re preventing arrival of Union troop reinforcements to Fort Sumter, S.C., during the night, "Capt. Hartstein is going to light up the entrance of the Harbor with floating lightwood fires." Letter, 16 May 1861, Charleston, S.C. to F[rancis] W[ilkinson] Pickens, discussing a "list of the armament of the work already constructed for the defenses" of the S.C. coast, "from North Edisto to Broad River inclusive," an outline of plans for protection of Port Royal, S.C., expressing reservations about Beaufort's defenses, but states that existing works "will answer well against any naval expedition," and offering recommendations for garrisoning coastal defense installations. Letter, 9 Jan. 1862, "Near Centreville Virginia," to John A[lfred] Calhoun, Columbia, S.C., thanking him for his assistance "in setting me right before the people and convention," re defences of Port Royal, S.C., and impact its fall could have on his reputation, offering suggestions for defences intended to delay the advance of Union troops "for several months and compelled ... [the enemy] to fit out ... an expedition which cost ... over four millions of dollars," anticipating no attacks on Charleston or Savannah given the Union's sinking of "Stone fleets" that blocked the channels, anticipating small "marauding expeditions" and "attempt[s] ... to destroy the Rail Road between Charleston and Savannah," following the failure "to pass over us 'to Richmond' ... the plan ... may now be ... to cut ... communications." Proclamation, 31 Jan. 1863, issued from "Head Quarters Naval and Land Forces, Charleston," aannouncinga victory over the U.S. fleet by Confederate "Naval forces," and declaring "the blockade ... of Charleston to be raised ... after this ... day."; letter, 25 Apr. 1863, Charleston, S.C., to B. Duncan, Columbia, S.C., informing him that he did not have the authority to issue Mr. Marks a pass "which would be respected by conscript officers" and relating receipt of Lovell's correspondence, "I do not think the latter will injure him much in the estimation of all impartial minds." Letter, 22 Mar. 1863, Charleston, S.C., to Rev. Tho[mas] Symth, Charleston, S.C., crediting the Confederate military successes as equally due to both the "assistance & encouragement derived from the clergy & the Ladies as to the ability of our Generals & valor of our troops" and predicting that the end of "the bloody Drama of the Revolution" is near; later papers of 1880s discuss Civil War remembrances of the evacuation of Charleston, S.C., and Beauregard's economic circumstances. Letter, 25 July 1863, to Major Harris, with directions for locating "Rains' torpedos" [land mines] at Battery Wagner. Letter, 30 Nov. 1863, Summerville, S.C., from "Mr. Browning," reviewing a dispute with Capt. Zimmerman Davis about the impressment of Browning's horses for artillery service; letter, 14 Dec. 1864, Fort Sumter, Capt. T.A. Huguenin, to Col. A. Roman, report on conduct of Gen. [Roswell S.] Ripley while on a visit to the Fort. Two related letters discussing the deployment slave labor for construction of defenses, a plan unpopular among many citizens: letter, 27 Oct 1863, Columbia, S.C., from Gov. M.L. Bonham, and letter, 31 Oct. 1863, Charleston, S.C., from Col. D[avid] B[ullock] Harris to Gen. Thomas Jordan, discussing the "Negro Labor question" and complaints of "So many prominent and patriotic men" re impressment of slave labor, directed to Col. Harris with signed endorsements by Beauregard "for his information & action, also for ... remarks as will enable [me] to issue ... orders to correct ... the evils complained of ... Morris Island and Sumter were lost partly for the want of Slave Labor ... the City of Charleston may be lost also ... but negroes ... must be returned ... unless retained with the approval of their owners"; reporting on the number of slaves needed to complete the "works in progress, erect new ... and repair ... old ones ... "; suggesting changes in impressment procedures, with Beauregard's signed endorsement, " ... returned to ... Gov'r. Bonham for his information - the recommendation of Col Harris is approved ..." Letterpress copy of letter, 10 June 1872, New Orleans, La., to Gen. J[eremy] F[rancis] Gilmer of Savannah, Ga., requesting Gilmer to support Beauregard's recollection and writings re his activities in planning the defenses of Ft. Sumter in the summer of 1863, following a recent challenge to the veracity of those events by R[obert] B[arnwell] Rhett, Jr.; Beauregard recalls "the vital necessity of holding those ruins [i.e. Ft. Sumter] to the very last, until at least the inner harbour defenses should be completed, armed & equipped," followed by a detailed account of the situation within the Fort at that time. Resolution, 10 May 1893, re the creation of a bust in memory of P.G.T. Beauregard; and undated manuscript, Charleston, S.C., sent to P.G.T. Beauregard's family, re receipt of a sword signed by William A. Courtenay, William Porcher Miles, and others; and printed article, 1961, "The Beginnings of the Civil War," discussing the affair at Fort Sumter and Beauregard's part in it, including his General Order No. 14 of 11 Apr. 1861 and its significance as a military document.

ArchivalResource: 41 items.

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Ripley, R. S. (Roswell Sabine), 1823-1887. Roswell Sabine Ripley papers, 1861-1863.

Title: Roswell Sabine Ripley papers, 1861-1863.

Six letters, 5 Feb.-2 Mar. 1861 (Fort Moultrie, S.C.), including letters to Captain George James, advising him to send no additional recruits pending preparation of adequate quarters; reporting on the condition of batteries on Sullivan's Island, S.C., specifying ammunition requirements; reviewing work of the engineers, stating, "I consider it due to the officers and soldiers who commence the cannonade that they should not be expected to achieve the task placed before them with such inadequate means as have been provided for the real work in hand"; and rejecting the view that Fort Sumter, S.C., could be forced to surrender within forty-eight hours and expressing his opinion that preparations should be made "for a continued cannonade and bombardment... if we hope to succeed in it." Confederate Army General Orders Number 36, dated 13 Aug. 1863, Headquarters, 1st Military District, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, a signed document sent to Charleston, S.C., arranging for delivery of rations to troops on Morris Island, S.C., and to those on outpost duty.

ArchivalResource: 7 items.

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Dunovant, R. G. M. (Robert Gill Mills), 1821-1898. Orders regarding Fort Sumter, 1861.

Title: Orders regarding Fort Sumter, 1861.

Extracts of orders from Headquarters of the Provisional Army of South Carolina to Col. R.S. Ripley and Major W. Gwynn directing them to accompany a detachment of artillery and engineers ordered to Fort Sumter and to make a report on the condition of the fort and its defenses. On the verso is pasted a letter (1888 Oct. 12) to B.H. Teague in Aiken (S.C.) from W. Gwynn forwarding this document.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Ripley, R. S. (Roswell Sabine), 1823-1887. Letter, 1885 March 3, New York [to] Capt. Ramsay.

Title: Letter, 1885 March 3, New York [to] Capt. Ramsay.

Letter discusses Civil War and related matters.

ArchivalResource: 3 p. ; 21 cm.

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Papers, 1801-1870.

Title: Papers, 1801-1870.

Business correspondence of Christopher Ripley, 1804-1850, concerns purchase of merchandise, lawsuits, wool sales, land transactions in Matildaville, lumber sales, roads, financial matters, and sawmills; correspondents include Palmer Cleveland, Jeremiah Drake, A.B. James, George Redington, Joseph Rosseel, and G.W. Soule. Personal correspondence includes letters from Christopher Ripley to his wife, Julia Ripley, 1831-1836, concerning travel and business affairs, news of friends, land sales, and family news; and letters to Christopher Ripley from Ralph, Bradford, and John Ripley and others concerning family news, land speculation in Indiana, jobs, and business affairs, 1801-1839. Miscellaneous correspondence includes family and personal letters to Julia Ripley, her letters to her son, Roswell Sabin Ripley, and letters concerning his appointment to West Point, 1803-1842.

ArchivalResource: 1.5 linear ft.

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G. T. Beauregard Papers 1844-1883 (bulk 1861-1865)

Title: G. T. Beauregard Papers 1844-1883 (bulk 1861-1865)

United States and Confederate Army officer, engineer, railroad executive, and public official. Correspondence, scrapbooks, and military papers, including letterbooks, headquarters records, telegrams and dispatches, orders, endorsements, and rosters. The bulk of the papers, 1861-1865, relate primarily to Beauregard's career as a general in the Confederate Army, especially at Fort Sumter and Charleston, South Carolina; Manassas and Petersburg, Virginia; Shiloh, Tennessee; Corinth, Mississippi; and Atlanta, Georgia. Other topics include Beauregard's work as an engineer, public official, and railroad executive in New Orleans and his service under General Winfield Scott in the Mexican War.

ArchivalResource: 6,500 items; 54 containers; 5.6 linear feet; 9 microfilm reels

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Nagel, Percy. Percy Nagel papers, 1852-1864; (bulk, 1861-1864).

Title: Percy Nagel papers, 1852-1864; (bulk, 1861-1864).

Consisting of letters and receipts to Nagel's mother, Mary P. Nagel, chiefly re military service in or near vicinity of James Island, Pocotaligo, and Charleston, S.C., Madison, Fla., and various places. Also including letter, 25 Mar. 1859 [Charleston], to Mother, Summerville, [S.C.], re his dissatisfaction with relatives who required his attendance at dancing school, and an account of a large number of people attending the public hanging of a man for burglary, including a strong contingent of the Charleston Riflemen and the police. Civil War items include letter, 14 Jan. 1862, re camp life at James Island and meeting Gen. [Clement Anselm] Evans; letter, 12 Mar. 1862, Pocotaligo, S.C., re health conditions in the area, enjoying a satisfying diet, purchasing "capital pork from the country negroes" at ten cents per pound, and using "ground parched cow pease" in place of coffee. Letter, 20 Mar. 1862, re news of the draft in Charleston, an order from Richmond, Va., that substitutions would no longer be allowed among recruits, and the order's anticipated effect on troop morale; 14 May 1862, re Gens. [Roswell Sabine] Ripley and [States Rights] Gist and the Steamer Planter affair. Letter, 17 July 1863, re battle of Morris Island, including a diagram showing positions of Preston's Battery and location of the Pawnee, a Federal gunboat on the Stono River; and 31 May 1864, Secessionville [S.C.], re the improbability of a speedy end to the war in the face of the Union's extensive resources and manpower, and expressing doubts about the efforts of Confederate officials to obtain the support of European powers, because of the slavery issue.

ArchivalResource: 89 items.

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Dunovant, Richard G. M., b. 1821. Papers, 1861.

Title: Papers, 1861.

Official papers, Jan. 2-Apr. 30, 1861, pertaining mostly to the fortification, provisioning, and garrisoning of the forts and batteries around Charleston harbor. Includes copies of general and special orders from the Adjutant and Inspector General's offices, construction reports, requisitions, and lists of officers and men. Correspondents include George T. Andrews, Ellison Capers, States Rights Gist, Maxcy Gregg, Walter Gwynn, David Flavel Jamison, David R. Jones, Stephen Dill Lee, Junior Mitchel, James Johnson Pettigrew, J.J. Pope, Jr., Roswell S. Ripley, and Francis Wilkinson.

ArchivalResource: 145 items.

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Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay), 1809-1885,. Washington Family papers, 1770-1883.

Title: Washington Family papers, 1770-1883.

The papers consist chiefly of correspondence and documents related to the Washington family residing near Winchester, Virginia. The papers include household account, 1770-1772, of Ann Washington; a petition, 1 June 1784, of landowners in Lexington, Va., for a year's extension to complete construction of buildings delayed by the Revolutionary War; a letter, 22 October 1784, to Benjamin Stoddert, Georgetown, D.C., regarding shipping concerns; and correspondence, 1787-1791, of William Fleming, regarding the settlement of a friend's estate, including a letter from Caleb Wallace. There are also miscellaneous papers, 1784-1842, of the Washington family, regarding financial matters; trade between the United States and Great Britain; household accounts, including rent due to George William Fairfax; claims for military service; and land for sale near Red Sulphur Springs, Va. (i.e., W. Va.). The collection also contains papers, 1790-1805, of William Augustine Washington, including accounts for household supplies and shipping costs, and a receipt; an appointment, 19 February 1791, signed by Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, of Arthur Simkins as judge for Edgefield County, S.C.; a letter, 22 March 1794, to Bushrod Washington, regarding the disputed ownership of a slave; and a letter, 2 October 1795, to Etienne Dutilh, Philadelphia, Pa., regarding cargo shipments from London. The papers also contain a waxen seal, 1799, of the State of Georgia; a letter, 18 December 1800, from George S. Washington to James Madison, regarding the impact of the Hessian fly on wheat crops; a letter, 23 December 1800, from David Holmes, Washington, D.C., regarding the election of Thomas Jefferson as President of the United States; and a letter, 26 June 1803, from Henry Lee while at Botetourt County, Va., regarding business matters. Also an unsigned letter 27 July 1814, regarding campaigns around Buffalo, N.Y. during the War of 1812; a letter, 1 February 1819, to Samuel McDowell Reid, Lexington, Va., regarding legislation to improve navigation on the James River; a letter, 1 June 1820, from William H. Cabell, Richmond, Va., regarding financial matters; papers, 1826-1828, regarding 202 acres land in Troup County, Ga., granted to John McDowl; and a letter, 4 November 1837, from George Corbin Washington, regarding financial matters. Also a letter, 29 December 1837, from F.W. Pickens to his father, regarding Southern politics, family matters, and the health of his slaves; a letter, 3 April 1839, from David Campbell, Richmond, Va., to William C. Rives, Albemarle County, Va., regarding appointing an agent to secure foreign loans for the James River and Kanawha Company; and aletter, 30 September 1841, to A.P. Upshur, Washington, D.C., soliciting a naval appointment. Also a letter, 13 August 1842, from Thomas Clayton, Washington, D.C., regarding President Tyler; a letter, 5 November 1843, from James McDowell, Richmond, Va., regarding financial matters; a legal opinion, 4 December 1844, signed by George Corbin Washington, regarding lands abandoned under the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819; and a letter, 13 January 1845, from Edmund W. Hubard, Washington, D.C., to Winfield Scott, regarding possible changes to the militia system. Also a letter, 26 July 1845, from William Smith, Washington, D.C., to James K. Polk, soliciting a promotion in the U.S. Department of the Treasury for his brother James; and a letter, 17 November 1845, to John Randolph Tucker, Winchester, Va., regarding deeds issued to his father, Henry St. George Tucker. Also a letter, 8 December 1847, from Gideon J. Pillow, Mexico City, Mexico, to his wife, regarding a painting of the Battle of Chapultepec, the court of inquiry initiated against him by Winfield Scott, and family matters; aletter, 6 July 1848, from James McDowell, Washington, D.C., regarding a visit to Stauntan, Va.; and a letter, 24 October 1857, from T.S. Arthur, Philadelphia, Pa., accompanying a shipment of a volume of his works. Also a letter, 20 December 1857, from Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Washington, D.C., regarding financial matters; a note, 19 December 1858, from John Letcher, Washington, D.C., complying with an unspecified request; and a military bounty, 10 March 1860, signed by James Buchanan, for eighty acres land in Hudson, Wis., granted for service in the War of 1812. Also notes, 13 May 1861, from F.W. Pickens to R.S. Ripley to Edward Manigault, authorizing the transfer of a "twelve pounder" cannon from the Citadel; a pay certificate, 1863, for a Confederate soldier killed in the Battle of Sharpsburg; a letter, 22 February 1864, to David D. Porter, regarding the fitting of naval vessels; and a detail pass, 5 August 1864, for William A. Pierce to oversee work on a plantation in Jefferson County, Ga. Also a letter, 20 March 1876, from Fitzhugh Lee, Stafford County, Va., answering a request for an autograph letter from Robert E. Lee; an autograph, n.d., of G.T. Beauregard, from a letter addressed to Robert E. Lee; a letter, 2 May 1878, from Jefferson Davis, New Orleans, La., to G.T. Beauregard, regarding an invention to manufacture inexpensive gas; and a decree, 19 February 1883, of Alexander Hamilton Stephens, calling for a runoff election for the coroner of Columbia County, Ga.

ArchivalResource: 50 items.

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