Lucius Horace Featherston papers, 1825-1979.

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Lucius Horace Featherston papers, 1825-1979.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173863337

Papers (1827-1886) relating to Featherston's law practice, activities as judge (1850-1883), landowner, and slaveholder, and Reconstruction efforts by Methodist Church to colonize former slaves; personal and business records of Featherston's son-in-law, George Washington Peddy (1834-1913), relating to his service as Confederate surgeon and as physician in Newnan; and correspondence, diaries, legal and financial papers, genealogical materials, photos, and other papers of the Featherston, Peddy, and Wright families. Topics include family life, westward settlement in Arkansas, Civil War activities including service in 7th and 56th Georgia Infantry regiments, education of women at College Temple in Newnan (1873-1874), Lucy Cobb Institute, Athens, Ga., and Hollins College, Va. (1901-1903), and education of men in Georgia public schools, and at Emory College (1858-1859) and Atlanta Medical College (1890s). Correspondents include Joseph E. Brown, Alfred Holt Colquitt, Lemuel Pratt Grant, and Benjamin H. Hill.

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Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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