Papers of M. L. Patterson of Columbus, Ga., chiefly concerning business and legal matters. There are a number of letters from Patterson's nephew in Eufaula, Ala. Topics include the settlement of debts, the destruction of financial records by Sherman's army, the suspension of writ of habeas corpus in nine upstate South Carolina counties following race riots over the lynching of black militiamen by Ku Klux Klan members in that state, and a race riot in Alabama after the 1874 election. Other items include financial agreements, the dispensation of the family estate, business conditions in Chattanooga, Tenn., and a letter from parents to their son, a student at Spring Hill College near Mobile, Ala.
