Mary Nisbet Branham album, 1856-1866.

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Mary Nisbet Branham album, 1856-1866.

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The collection consists of an album titled "Memory's leaves" presented to "Miss Mary N. Branham by Emilie Czurda on Christmas Eve 1856" which contains manuscript poetry in several hands and ten holograph songs with music and lyrics by Vincent Czurda. Among the music are "Marche Funébre" noted as having been "composed at the request of Mr. Preston, President of the College in Columbia, S.C. for the funeral celebration of Hon. John C. Calhoun in 1849" and "What she brought me" composed in Macon in 1864 by Czurda with words by Harry Lynden Flash. Mary Branham and, for a time, the Czurdas lived in Eatonton, Georgia, and most of the entries are by people from that area. The marriage license of Mary Branham to Samuel Dunlap, Jr., is also included in this collection.

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Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850

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John Caldwell Calhoun (March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was an American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina who served as the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832. He is remembered for strongly defending slavery and for advancing the concept of minority states' rights in politics. He did this in the context of protecting the interests of the white South when its residents were outnumbered by Northerners. He began his political career as a nationalist, mo...

Preston, William C. (William Campbell), 1794-1860

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Lawyer and college adminstrator of South Carolina; member of S.C. House of Representatives, 1828-1834, and the U.S. Senate, 1833-1842; president of South Carolina College, Columbia, S.C., 1845-1851, and trustee, 1851-1857; an 1812 graduate of South Carolina College; studied law at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland; practiced law in Virginia and S.C.; formed law partnership with David J. McCord, 1832; founded the Columbia Antheneum; husband of Maria Coalter and Penelope Davis. Fro...

Czurda, Vincent.

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Czurda, Emilie.

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Mary Nisbet Branham lived in Eatonton, Georgia, and was the sister of Joel Branham, a prominent Eatonton citizen. On December 17, 1859, Mary Branham was married to Samuel Dunlap, Jr. Vincent Czurda was a musician, teacher, and composer. Harry Lynden Flash edited the Macon Telegraph and published a volume of poetry in 1860. -- Knight, Lucius Lamar. A standard history of Georgia and Georgians. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1917. p. 1751. John C...

Branham, Mary Nisbet.

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Flash, Harry Lynden, 1835-

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Dunlap, Samuel, Jr.

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