Joseph E. Brown papers, 1843-1883.

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Joseph E. Brown papers, 1843-1883.

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The collection consists of papers of Joseph E. Brown from 1843-1883. The papers contain mostly personal and business correspondence. The personal correspondence is between Brown and his mother, Sallie Rice Brown and his wife, Elizabeth Grisham Brown. The business correspondence relates mainly to political matters in the state of Georgia. Of particular interest are materials relating to the state's involvement in purchasing a ship for cotton trading to run the coastal blockade during the Civil War, a report (1865) on the condition of the state-owned Western and Atlantic Railroad, and letters pertaining to Reconstruction politics. Correspondents include John Pope, Rufus B. Bullock, Joseph Henry Lumpkin, John Sherman, Joshua Hill, Simon Cameron, Benjamin H. Hill, and William D. Kelley. The collection also includes a scrapbook containing newspapers and photographs pertaining to the life and death of Brown.

1 linear ft.

Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7403104

Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889

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Sherman, John, 1823-1900

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Kelley, William D. (William Darrah), 1814-1890

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An organizer of the Republican Party in Pa. and delegate to the 1860 National Convention. Kelley served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, 1861-1890. From the description of Letter, 1863 November, 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122433968 Representative from Pennsylvania. From the description of Document signed : Washington, 1888 Apr. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270494602 William Darrah Kelley was an influential...

Georgia. Governor (1857-1865 : Brown)

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Western and Atlantic Railroad Company

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In 1836, the Georgia State Legislature approved bonds to finance the creation of a rail line to open Georgia to the trade of the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys. Initially called the State Road, the line began in an area of north Georgia that would become Atlanta, and ran 137 miles to Chattanooga, Tennessee. Competed in 1851, it was the first publicly financed railroad in the United States. It was operated by the State of Georgia until 1870, when the Georgia legislature leased the railroad to Western...

Hill, Joshua, 1812-1891

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Joshua Hill (1812-1891), U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Georgia. From the description of Letter to President Ulysses S. Grant, 1869 May 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476199 ...

Brown, Joseph E. (Joseph Emerson), 1821-1894

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Joseph Emerson Brown (1821-1894), governor of Georgia and U.S. senator. From the description of Joseph E. Brown papers, 1858-1930 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 45894384 U.S. senator and governor of Georgia. From the description of Joseph E. Brown correspondence, 1862-1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451938 Governor of Georgia and U.S. Senator. From the description of letter signed : Atlanta, unaddressed, 1877 Apr. 7. (Unknown). Worl...

Bullock, Rufus B. (Rufus Brown), 1834-1907

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Rufus Brown Bullock was born in Bethlehem, Albany Co., N. Y. He supervised building of telegraph line between N.Y. and the South and in 1859 was employed by the Adams Express Company (later Southern Express Company), and moved to Augusta, Ga. During the Civil War, he remained in Georgia, becoming a telegraph expert for the Confederacy. After the war he returned to Augusta and resumed his duties at Southern Express company and was also president of the Macon & Augusta Railroad. In 1868 he was...

Brown, Sallie Rice.

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Lumpkin, Joseph Henry, 1799-1867

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Joseph Henry Lumpkin (1799-1867), lawyer and judge, born in Oglethorpe County, Georgia. From the description of Joseph Henry Lumpkin family papers, 1780-1903 (bulk 1820-1856). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38478312 "Joseph Henry Lumpkin served on the Supreme Court of Georgia from 1846 until his death in 1867. One of three justices elected by the Georgia legislature after the supreme court's creation in 1845, Lumpkin was elected to successive terms without opposition. He was...

Hill, Benjamin H. (Benjamin Harvey), 1823-1882

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American statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Atlanta, to Gen. James Longstreet, 1877 Jul. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270465780 From the description of Autograph letter signed : "U. S. Senate" Washington, to President Hayes, 1877 Oct. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270473781 A presence in Georgia state politics for more than three decades, Benjamin Hill was by turns a prosperous lawyer, opponent of secession, ardent supporter of t...

Pope, John, 1822-1892

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Brown, Elizabeth Grisham, 1826-1897.

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