James Mathews Griggs papers, 1836; 1892-1913 [manuscript].

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James Mathews Griggs papers, 1836; 1892-1913 [manuscript].

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Correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, and clippings. Much of the correspondence is with constituents, Georgia political leaders, and members of the judiciary and the press, and relates to public issues and activities in Congress during Griggs's term of office, 1896-1910, as U.S. representative from Georgia. Among the subjects discussed are elections and candidates, rural mail service, railroad rates, tariff reduction, national forests, farming, Prohibition, the Panama Canal, and appropriations for the Post Office Department and the Army. Also included is correspondence with overseers of Griggs's farm at Shellman, Ga.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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United States. Congress. House

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Teacher, lawyer, state circuit judge, political leader, and U.S. representative (1896-1910), from Dawson, Ga. From the description of James Mathews Griggs papers, 1836; 1892-1913 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 23470033 James Mathews Griggs (1861-1910) of Dawson, Ga., was a teacher, lawyer, state circuit judge, political leader, and United States representative (1896-1910). He served on the Post Office Committee, Ways and Means, and others. He also owned a farm at Shellman...