Harden family papers 1772-1940

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Harden family papers 1772-1940

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Collection includes correspondence, diaries, account books, daybooks, and legal and other papers, of Edward Harden, planter, lawyer, and politician, of Athens, Ga.; of his son, Edward Randolph Harden, lawyer and politician; and of other members of their family. The material concerns U.S. and Georgia politics, Cherokee Indian affairs (1840s), military recruitment in the Civil War, the 44th Georgia Infantry, military operations in the Confederacy, Reconstruction and economic conditions, the Republican Party in the south, social life and customs, genealogy, and other matters. Also includes a diary kept by Evelyn Harden Jackson during the last months of the war referring to the general alarm preceding Sherman's activities in Georgia.

4.0 linear feet; 6 boxes, 2,531 items including 27 volumes.

David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6359544

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Harden, Edward, 1784-1849

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Edward Harden was a planter, lawyer, state senator, Alderman of Savannah, Georgia, justice of the inferior Court of Chatham County, General in the Georgia State Militia, and trustee of the University of Georgia. He lived in Savannah until 1830, then in Athens, Georgia. From the description of Edward Harden letter, 1846. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 84841467 Edward Harden (1784-1849) from Athens, Georgia, was a farmer, lawyer, soldier, and Senator for the...

Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )

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The Republican Party is a national political party in the United States, and was founded in 1854. In the 1864 election, the party took the name National Union Party to allow the participation of Democrats. From the description of Republican Party tickets, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 496362231 From the guide to the Republican Party tickets, 1864, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 44th

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Confederate states of America. Army

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...

Harden, Mary Ann Elizabeth, (Randolph), 1794-1874

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Harden, Mary Elizabeth Greenhill, 1811-1887

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Harden family

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Edward Harden (1784-1849), was a planter and politician in antebellum Georgia. He managed a rice plantation near Savannah called Silk Hope. He moved to Athens, Georgia, where he conducted a law school after 1830. During his career he served as counsel for the Cherokee Indians, U.S. marshal in Georgia, 1843, and collector of the port of Savannah, 1844. Mary Ann Elizabeth (Randolph) Harden (1794-1874) was his second wife. Their son, Edward Randolph Harden (1815-1884), attended the University of Ge...

Harden, Edward Randolph, 1815-1884.

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Cherokee Indians.

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