Papers, 1840-1878.

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Papers, 1840-1878.

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Correspondence, largely between Absalom and wife Susan Millsaps Dantzler, especially while he was in the legislature and in the Confederate Army. Dantzler's letters reflect state legislative procedure of the secession period and the first years of the war, and give information on camp life and the battles of Iuka and Corinth. Susan Dantzler's letters concern home and family matters, with occasional remarks about discontent within the local black community. One of the early letters, 1849, describes conditions in California during the gold rush; another, 1855, analyzes the platform of the Know-Nothing Party and discusses immigration. Includes a number of addresses given by Dantler while at Centenary College in Louisiana.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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