Papers, 1795-1909.

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Papers, 1795-1909.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122507500

The bulk of this collection is composed of handwritten manuscripts of Kate Cummmings work, including "Gleanings from Southland," The Bostonians," and "Rose of Elgin." Some of her essays included in this collection include "Moral Training in Public Schools," "Tale of the South," and "Sir Walter Scott." The collection also includes correspondence dating from 1795 to 1908 concerning subjects such as shipping, family genealogy, family matters, the Civil War, and Reconstruction matters. Of particular interest are letters from Mary Randolph Custis Lee, discussing her views of the Southern cause and atrocities committed during the war. Mrs. Lee's letters also discuss the struggle of finding a photograph of her husband, General Robert E. Lee and his health. There is also one letter from Jefferson Davis thanking Kate for her book. Additional correspondents include General Steven D. Lee, Silas McBee, Dr. L. H. Stout (former surgeon for the Hospital of the Army of Tennessee), and General Marcus Wright. There are also a few letters written to Kate from family members living in Australia. The collection also contains Cumming family financial records and some Confederate material and ephemera. The collection also has diaries of Kate, her family and others, dating from 1844-1900. These tend to be rather sketchy in the information provided in them. There is also an arithmetic book (1813) which belonged to Kate's father, David.

3.33 cubic feet (2 records center cartons, 1 archives box, 1 oversized box).

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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SNAC Resource ID: 6740798

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Bush, L. W.

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Cumming, James M.

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Cumming, Kate, 1835-1909

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Cumming, David, 1846-1922

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Confederate States of America. Army of Tennessee

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Macleod, Agnes.

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Macleod, Jessie.

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Radcliffe, Mary Anne, active 1790?-1809

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Wright, Marcus J. (Marcus Joseph), 1831-1922

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Newnan Hospital (Newnan, Ga.)

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Watson, Wilson.

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Macleod, Charles.

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Lee, Stephen D. (Stephen Dill), 1833-1908

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McBee, Silas, 1853-1924

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Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

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Stout, L. H., Doctor.

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Cumming, Thomas

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Hubbard Bros. & Co., New York.

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