John S. Dobbins papers, 1834-1916 [microform].

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John S. Dobbins papers, 1834-1916 [microform].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173862950

The collection consists of microfilm copies of letters (1849-1918) to and from Dobbins and related family members (some in South Carolina and Alabama), friends, and business acquaintances. Topics discussed include agriculture and farming, slavery and freedmen, education, family, transportation and communication, politics, economics, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. Letters (1861-1862) of William Henry Dobbins were written from camps in Virginia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. There are also some letters written before the Civil War (1861) and during Reconstruction (1866) by former slaves of the Dobbins family; letters mentioning a relative jailed on suspicion of being a "KluKlux;" and letters (1862-1863) from a friend in the Confederate Army. Legal and business documents include bills, accounts, receipts (for slaves, taxes, purchases), land lottery certificates, agreements (for businesses, hiring of slave labor, apprenticeship) insurance papers, leases, and a certificate of registry for a free man of color (1860). Correspondence, legal papers, and business papers arranged in chronological order except the following: Page 2 of the letter of A. S. Erwin to John S. Dobbins, October 26, 1862; page 3 of the letter of Eli Burkett, October 2, 1866; and page 6 of the letter of Mamie Starr, March 1, 1877. These items are at the end of Reel 1.

2 microfilm reels.

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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