Maria McKinne Winter Robertson reminiscences, circa 1894-1932.

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Maria McKinne Winter Robertson reminiscences, circa 1894-1932.

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The volumes consist of anecdotal accounts about her own and related families. Topics focus primarily on her life in Georgia and include education, travel, agriculture, family events, business affairs, and natural disasters. Robertson describes Georgia citizens, residences, and social customs; and she discusses antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction historical events. Some specific topics include formation of the Ku Klux Klan in Georgia; descriptions of late 19th-century women's apparel; the scarcity of dolls during the Civil War; family visits to New York and Boston for medical, educational, and social reasons; the 1888 flood of the Savannah River; and the Charleston earthquake of 1886.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Robertson family.

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Winters family.

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Robertson, Maria McKinne Winter, 1854-1932.

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Maria McKinne Winter Robertson was born on Fairview Plantation, Georgia. She lived in Augusta, Georgia, and later New Orleans, Louisiana. From the description of Maria McKinne Winter Robertson reminiscences, circa 1894-1932. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 122505694 ...

McKinne family.

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