Joseph Francis Burke papers, 1832-1929.

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Joseph Francis Burke papers, 1832-1929.

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The collection consists of miscellaneous business, legal, and personal papers of J.F. Burke, a few personal items of Mrs. J.F. Burke, and a small group of papers of Mrs. Burke's father, D.G. Cotting. Most materials deal with Burke's Atlanta real estate at 233 Peachtree St., between Harris and Cain Streets, previously owned by Marie Bullock (Mrs. Rufus Bullock); other Atlanta real estate and business transactions (1867-1896) are also documented. Papers of Burke's wife, Louise Cotting Burke, include family correspondence, a will fragment, and two photographs of her; papers of her father, David G. Cotting, Georgia Secretary of State (1860-1873), include his correspondence with Alexander H. Stephens (1860-1867), two journals (diaries; 1832-1863), and his will (1874).

.25 linear ft. (1 box)

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6812187

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Bullock, Marie E. Salisbury.

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Cotting family.

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Gate City Guard (Atlanta, Ga.)

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Burke, Louise Cotting.

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Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883

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Former vice-president of the Confederate States of America. From the description of Letter, 1866 Dec. 26, Crawfordville, Georgia, to Henry Bradley Plant. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 260819402 Alexander Hamilton Stephens (1812-1883), lawyer, politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America. From the description of Alexander H. Stephens papers, 1844-1882. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476996 Lawyer, journalist, governor of Geo...

Cotting, David G.

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Burke, Joseph Francis, 1845-1927

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Joseph Francis Burke, businessman and commander of the Gate City Guard, was born 2 November 1845, either in Dublin, Ireland or in Charleston, South Carolina, where he spent his youth. In 1870, he married Louise Cotting of Washington, Georgia. She was the daughter of David G. Cotting, Georgia Secretary of State (1868-1873) and the granddaughter of John Ruggles Cotting, State Geologist of Georgia (ca. 1840). Burke went to Atlanta, Georgia, ca. 1870, and worked as a bookkeeper, president of the Geo...

Bullock, Rufus B. (Rufus Brown), 1834-1907

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Rufus Brown Bullock was born in Bethlehem, Albany Co., N. Y. He supervised building of telegraph line between N.Y. and the South and in 1859 was employed by the Adams Express Company (later Southern Express Company), and moved to Augusta, Ga. During the Civil War, he remained in Georgia, becoming a telegraph expert for the Confederacy. After the war he returned to Augusta and resumed his duties at Southern Express company and was also president of the Macon & Augusta Railroad. In 1868 he was...

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

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Mary Ann Lamar Cobb (1818-1889), wife of Gen. Howell Cobb (1815-1868). From the description of Letter to Mary Ann Lamar Cobb, 1888 Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476494 Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was born in Kentucky. He attended Transylvania University for a short time before enrolling at West Point in 1824, at the age of 16. He graduated in 1828 and immediately joined the First Infantry. His regiment was engaged in the Blackhawk War of 1831. In 1833, he became a...