Papers, 1841-1859.

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Papers, 1841-1859.

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Collection contains letters including one from Longstreet to James B. Longacre of Philadelphia concerning plans for a bank in Ga. and a letter from Longstreet's nephew, James, describing his children's education plans and life as an army officer in New Mexico.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7378097

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Longstreet, Augustus Baldwin, 1790-1870

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Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, lawyer, author, and college president, was born 22 September 1790, in Augusta, Georgia, and died 9 July 1870, in Oxford, Mississippi. His sketches of late eighteenth century Georgia life, GEORGIA SCENES, appeared in Georgia newspapers (1833-1836), but later writings were more political or religious. He was ordained a Methodist minister (1838) and became president of four Southern colleges: Emory College (1839-1848), Centenary College in Jackson, La. (1849), the Unive...