Alexander and Hillhouse family papers, 1758-1976 [manuscript].

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Alexander and Hillhouse family papers, 1758-1976 [manuscript].

The papers consist of extensive family and personal correspondence, business correspondence, plantation accounts, physician's accounts, estate papers, travel journals, and genealogical materials. They document family, political, and religious life in Washington and Savannah, Ga., and in Connecticut and New York.

About 2000 items (3.5 linear ft.).

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Cumming, Harriet Virginia Alexander, b. 1828.

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Alexander, Louisa Frederika Schmidt, 1777-1846.

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Gilbert, Felix H., 1778-1813.

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Hillhouse, David Porter, 1791-1851

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David Porter Hillhouse, traveler, editor, and college trustee, was born 8 May 1791, probably in Washington, Georgia, was educated in the "North," and died 8 July 1851, in Augusta, Georgia. His father, David Hillhouse, ran a publishing and printing house and edited the Washington GAZETTE (became the MONITOR), a weekly newspaper which was edited by his mother, Sarah Porter Hillhouse, after her husband's death. David Hillhouse later edited the newspaper. He lived in Columbia, South Carolina, betwee...

Alexander, Edward Porter, 1835-1910

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Edward P. Alexander was Chief of Artillery, 1st Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia, Confederate States Army. He was the author of several books on the Civil War and railroads, including THE WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN, MILITARY MEMOIRS OF A CONFEDERATE, THE CONFEDERATE VETERAN, FIGHTING FOR THE CONFEDERACY, SKETCH OF LONGSTREET'S DIVISION--YORKTOWN AND WILLIAMSBURG, and RAILWAY PRACTICE. From the description of E.P. Alexander circular letter, 1866. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat ...

Hillhouse, Sarah Porter, 1763-1831

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Alexander, Sarah Hillhouse Gilbert, 1805-1855.

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Gilmer, Louisa Fredericka Alexander, 1824-1895.

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Hillhouse, David, 1756-1804.

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Alexander family.

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Alexander, Adam, 1758-1812.

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Hillhouse family.

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Gilbert, Sarah Hillhouse, 1782-1808.

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Alexander, Adam Leopold, 1803-1882.

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Lawton, Sarah Alexander, 1826-1897.

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