Georgia Congressmen: correspondence - Lanman collection, 1826-1868.

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Georgia Congressmen: correspondence - Lanman collection, 1826-1868.

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The collection consists of a group of manuscripts containing biographical information on Georgia congressmen, both senators and representatives, assembled by Charles Lanman for his Dictionary of the United States Congress. The collection is made up of replies received by Lanman when he circularized all living past and present members of congress in the 1850s preparatory to issuing his book.The replies are mainly autobiographical and in the handwriting of the subject. The letters and manuscripts are from George Washington Crawford, Martin Jenkins Crawford, Nathaniel Greene Foster, Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell, Alfred Iverson, James Jackson, John William Jones, Thomas Graves Lawson, Peter Early Love, John H. Lumpkin, Charles Henry Prince, John William Henderson Underwood, Hiram Warner, C. P. Wellborn, Francis Willis, Augustus Romaldus Wright and Pierce Manning Butler Young. Other letters have been moved to their respective collections.

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Willis, Francis Thomas, 1816-1898

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Crawford, M. J. (Martin Jenkins), 1820-1883

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Lumpkin, John H. (John Henry), 1812-1860

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Representative from Georgia. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Rome [Ga.], to Caleb Cushing, 1854 Mar. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270591194 ...

Jones, John William, 1806-1871

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Warner, Hiram, 1802-1881

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Iverson, Alfred, 1798-1873

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Lawson, Thomas Graves, 1835-1912

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Underwood, John William Henderson, 1816-1888

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Wright, Augustus Romaldus, 1813-1891.

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Augustus R. Wright was a representative from Georgia; born in Wrightsboro, Ga., June 16, 1813; attended the public schools at Appling, Ga., the grammar school, Franklin College, and the University of Georgia at Athens; studied law at Litchfield (Conn.) Law School; was admitted to the bar in 1835 and commenced practice in Crawfordville, Ga., moving the following year to Cassville; served as judge of the superior courts of the Cherokee circuit from 1842 until he resigned in 1849 to resume the prac...

Jackson, James, 1819-1887

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James Jackson was a son of William H. Jackson and a grandson of General James Jackson. He was a lawyer, served in the Georgia House of Representatives and the U.S. House of Representatives, a judge of the Superior Court, Associate Justice, and Chief Justice of Georgia, 18789-1887. From the description of James Jackson letter, 1885. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 85450371 ...

Lanman, Charles, 1819-1895

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Charles Lanman, writer, journalist and amateur painter, was born in Monroe, Michigan, June 15, 1819. He spent much of his career working as a journalist in Monroe and Cincinnati, Ohio. He moved to Washington DC in 1848 and worked as a librarian in various branches of government, including the War Department, the Copyrights Division of the Department of State, the executive library of President Fillmore, and the Interior Department. He wrote several books in his career on topics of travel and wil...

Young, Pierce Manning Butler, 1836-1896

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Confederate Army officer; member of the U.S. Congress, 1868-1875; from Spartanburg (Spartanburg Co.), S.C. From the description of Papers, 1851-1894. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20505098 ...

Crawford, George Washington, 1798-1872

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U.S. secretary of war and representative from Georgia, and governor of Georgia. From the description of George Washington Crawford papers, 1849-1852. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450013 U.S. congressman, Secretary of War under Zachary Taylor, and governor of Georgia; from Milledgeville (Baldwin Co.), Ga. From the description of Papers, 1782-1847; (bulk 1837-1842). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19405733 George W. Crawford (1798-1872),...

Love, Peter E. (Peter Early), 1818-1866

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Foster, Nathaniel Greene, 1809-1869

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Gartrell, Lucius J. (Lucius Jeremiah), 1821-1891

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Lucius J. Gartrell, Confederate Colonel with the 7th Georgia Infantry Regiment. From the description of Lucius J. Gartrell papers, 1848-1866. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476590 ...

Wellborn, C. P.

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Prince, Charles Henry, 1837-1912

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