William Henry Fleming Papers, 1877-1882.

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William Henry Fleming Papers, 1877-1882.

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This collection consist of 32 letters and part of a 33rd letter written by Alexander H. Stephens to William "Willie" Henry Fleming. Stephens was serving in the House of Representatives when many of these letters were written, and politics is the topic of many of these letters, such as the nominations of Samuel Jones Tilden and General Ulysses S. Grant, and incident with General Gordon over a nomination, the Texas Pacific Railroad, and his own nomination as Governor of Georgia. The other letters include such topics as : Fleming's defense of Stephens in CHRONICLE & CONSTITUTION and Stephens' ailing health. They are arranged in chronological order with each letter being in a separate folder.

1 box, .25 cubic ft.

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7401958

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885

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Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant, April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio-died July 23, 1885, Wilton, New York) was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. As president, Grant was an effective civil rights executive who worked with the Radical Republicans during Reconstruction to protect African Americans, created the Justice Department, and reestablish the public credit. Promoted lieutenant-general, in 1864, Grant led the Union Army in winning the American Civ...

Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones), 1814-1886

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Texas Pacific Railroad.

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Stephens, Alexander H. Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883.

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Gordon, John Brown, 1832-1904

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John Brown Gordon (1832-1904), Confederate General, Georgia Governor (1886-1890), and U.S. Senator (1873-1880, 1891-1897), born in Upson County, Georgia. From the description of Letters to Henry F. Emery, 1901-1903. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38478315 One of Georgia's most renowned political and military figures of the nineteenth century, John Brown Gordon was born on a plantation situated along the banks of the Flint River in Upson County on February 6, 1832. As a child...

Fleming, William H. (William Henry), 1856-1944

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William H. Fleming was a lawyer, a member of the Georgia state legislature and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1897-1903). From the description of William H. Fleming Collection, 1906. (Vanderbilt University Library). WorldCat record id: 58734650 William "Willie" Henry Fleming, a lawyer from Augusta, Georgia, was a friend of Alexander H. Stephens, and he borrowed $100 from Stephens in 1874. The payoff of this loan is the first piece of correspondence in the col...