Papers, 1825-1979.

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Papers, 1825-1979.

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Papers (1827-1886) relating to Featherston's law practice, activities as judge (1850-1883), landowner, and slaveholder, and Reconstruction efforts by Methodist Church to colonize former slaves; personal and business records of Featherston's son-in-law, George Washington Peddy (1834-1913), relating to his service as Confederate surgeon and as physician in Newnan; and correspondence, diaries, legal and financial papers, genealogical materials, photos, and other papers of the Featherston, Peddy, and Wright families. Topics include family life, westward settlement in Arkansas, Civil War activities including service in 7th and 56th Georgia Infantry regiments, education of women at College Temple in Newnan (1873-1874), Lucy Cobb Institute, Athens, Ga., and Hollins College, Va. (1901-1903), and education of men in Georgia public schools, and at Emory College (1858-1859) and Atlanta Medical College (1890s). Correspondents include Joseph E. Brown, Alfred Holt Colquitt, Lemuel Pratt Grant, and Benjamin H. Hill.

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Emory University, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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Emory University, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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Featherston, Lucius Horace, 1814-1886

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Lucius Horace Featherston (1814-1886), lawyer, judge, and landowner, of Newnan, Ga. From the description of Lucius Horace Featherston papers, 1825-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863337 Lawyer and judge. From the description of Papers, 1877-1900 bulk 1880-1882. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 18116555 Lawyer, judge, and landowner, of Newnan, Ga. From the description of Papers, 1825-1979. (Emory University). WorldCat rec...