W. A. Hemphill letter, 1871, 1971.

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W. A. Hemphill letter, 1871, 1971.

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The collection consists of a letter dated September 19, 1871 from W. A. Hemphill, proprietor of the Atlanta Constitution, discussing another of his business enterprises -- that of running an undertaking establishment -- is written to the manager of his funeral parlour and concerns financial matters. Accompanying is a note of October 8, 1971 from Reg Murphy, the editor (in 1971) of the Atlanta Constitution to Gary L. Doster referring to Hemphill's letter.

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Hemphill, W. A.

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The Atlanta Constitution was founded when Carey Wentworth Styles and two partners, James H. Anderson and W. A. Hemphill bought the Atlanta Daily Opinion newspaper and renamed it The Atlanta Constitution, beginning publication on June 16, 1868. A charter subscription to this early paper cost $10 a year, $1 a month. Atlanta was still under martial law during the Reconstruction era. The founders advocated the return of a constitutional government as had existed before the Civil War, thus the name. ...

Murphy, Reg, 1934-....

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Doster, Gary L.

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