Papers, 1815-1929.

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Papers, 1815-1929.

Personal correspondence and other papers (chiefly 1842-1909), referring to politics, politicians, education in the U.S., agriculture in the South, and Jones' historical research and work as historian of the Confederate Survivors Association of Augusta, Ga. Correspondents include Herbert Baxter Adams, Charles E.A. Gayarré, C.E. Phelps, and Joseph Wheeler.

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Gayarré, Charles, 1805-1895

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Charles-Étienne Arthur Gayarré (January 9, 1805 – February 11, 1895) was an American historian, attorney, slaveowner and politician born to a Spanish and French Creole planter family in New Orleans, Louisiana. A Confederate sympathizer and a writer of plays, essays, and novels, Gayarré is chiefly remembered for his histories of Louisiana and his exposé of US Army general James Wilkinson as a Spanish spy. Born on his grandfather's plantation just outside the city limits of New Orleans (now Aud...

Phelps, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1833-1908

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Charles E. Phelps was a Union army colonel during the Civil War. He served in Congress as a Representative from Maryland, 1865-1869, and later became a Baltimore city judge and law professor. From the description of Charles E. Phelps letter, 1867 December 3. (University of California, Santa Barbara). WorldCat record id: 746072399 ...

Wheeler, Joseph, 1836-1906

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Confederate and U.S. Army general, and U.S. congressman from Ala. From the description of Letters, 1900-1905. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49377355 Confederate general. From the description of Joseph Wheeler photograph album, 1865-1866. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 241305535 Army officer. From the description of Joseph Wheeler correspondence, 1898-1901. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981347 ...

Jones, Charles Edgeworth

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Lawyer and historian, of Augusta, Ga. From the description of Papers, 1815-1929. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19933030 From the description of Papers, 1881-1928. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 41631284 Dr. Joseph Jones was born in Liberty County, Ga. the son of Rev. Charles Colcock and Mary Jones. Brother of historian C.C. Jones. Served as a chemistry professor at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. C...

Confederate Survivors Association

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"The Confederate Survivors Association of Augusta, Georgia, was regularly organized on May 3, 1878 but had its beginning in an older organization known as the Cavalry Survivor=s Association, Augusta, Georgia, in 1866. This may have been one of the earliest Confederate veterans organizations. Captain William B. Young was the president of the Cavalry Survivors Association for twelve years until merged with the Confederate Survivors Association in 1878. The Confederate Survivors Association was a b...

Adams, Herbert Baxter, 1850-1901

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Historian; one of the founders of the American Historical Association (1884); resident of Baltimore, Md. From the description of Papers, 1891-1913; (bulk 1891-1902). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19105170 Historian; one of the founders of the American Historical Association (1884). Resident of Baltimore, Md. From the description of Papers, 1888-1901. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32305539 Biographical Note: Herbert Baxte...