John Laffiteau Sutlive papers, 1959-1971.

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John Laffiteau Sutlive papers, 1959-1971.

This collection consists of photocopies of papers written by John L. Sutlive and read before the Cosmos Club in Savannah, 1959-1971. Subject include Pleasant A. Stovall and William G. Sutlive, society in Savannah as reported in the Savannah Evening Press, Rebecca Latimer Felton and Gen. John B. Gordon, the Congressional inquiry of Judge Emory Speer, society in Savannah as reported by Harriet Ross Colquitt, the last chapter of the Alvah Chapman-Mills Lane partnership in Savannah newspapers, reflections of books on Georgia, and Georgia politics. The original papers remained in his possession. The collection is arranged alphabetically by title.

9 folders (.20 cubic feet)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6906658

Georgia Historical Society

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Stovall, Pleasant A., 1857-1935

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Pleasant Alexander Stovall (1857-1935) was born in Augusta, Georgia. He attended a private boy's school in Augusta, where Woodrow Wilson was a classmate. In 1885, Stovall married Mary Ganahl also of Augusta. They moved to Savannah in 1891 where Stovall and David Robinson established the Savannah Press. Stovall represented Chatham County in the Georgia General Assembly from 1902 until 1906 and again 1912-1913. In June, 1913, President Woodrow Wilson appointed Stoval as minister to Switzerland, a ...

Sutlive, John Laffiteau, 1899-1979.

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John L. Sutlive was an editor for the Savannah Evening Press. From the description of John Laffiteau Sutlive papers, 1959-1971. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 163567228 ...

Speer, Emory

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Emory Speer was a representative from Georgia. He was born in Culloden, Monroe County, Ga., September 3, 1848. He graduated from the University of Georgia in 1869, entered the Confederate Army as a volunteer in the Fifth Kentucky Regiment, Lewis Brigade. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1869 and practiced law in Athens, Georgia. He was the solicitor general from 1873-1876 and later became the dean of Mercer Law School. He died in Macon, Georgia on December 13, 1918. From th...

Cosmos Club (Savannah, Ga.)

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