Papers, 1877-1900 bulk 1880-1882.

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Papers, 1877-1900 bulk 1880-1882.

Letterpress copybook (17 p. used) consisting chiefly of letters, 1880-1882, to Col. J.W. Nelms, former Governor J.E. Brown, General J.B. Gordon, and Governor A.H. Colquitt, some of which solicit support for Featherston's possible nomination to the Georgia Superior Court and discuss the incumbent, Judge Buchanan. Other letters concern taxes and land owned by Featherston. The clipping, 1877, contains a letter Featherston wrote to the Editor of the NEWNAN HERALD about the homestead laws and other proposed alterations of the Georgia constitution.

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