Papers of Harry Stillwell Edwards, 1898-1921.

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Papers of Harry Stillwell Edwards, 1898-1921.

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Collection 8128 contains a letter, dated April 3, 1921, to Mary Nesbet Robertson in which Edwards comments on the popularity and sale of Eneas Africanus, accepts praise of friends in Clarksburg, W. Va., and mentions a reading given to the Colonial Dames in Augusta, Georgia. Collection 8128-a contains verse from "The Vulture on my shadow and I."

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Robertson, Mary Nesbet,

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National Society Colonial Dames of America in the State of Georgia

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The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America (NSCDA) was founded in 1891 and is composed of women who are descended from an ancestor who resided in an American Colony before 1750 and whose services were rendered during the Colonial Period. The NSCDA actively promotes the heritage of the United States through historic preservation, patriotic service, and educational projects and is made up of 44 Corporate Societies with over 15,000 members. The NSCDA in the State of Georgia headquarters ...

Edwards, Harry Stillwell, 1855-1938

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Harry Stillwell Edwards was born in Macon, Ga. in 1855. He studied law and passed the bar but never practiced because of his passion for writing. Edwards had become owner and editor of the Macon Telegraph, where he published a regular column called 'What Comes Down My Creek.' This column was very popular and he continued publishing it for the rest of his life. But Edwards' most popular work was a story called 'Eneas Africanus, ' which first appeared in the Macon Evening News (of which he was als...