Letter to Mary Ann Lamar Cobb, 1888 Oct. 2.

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Letter to Mary Ann Lamar Cobb, 1888 Oct. 2.

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The collection consists of a letter from Jefferson Davis, Beauvoir, Mississippi to Mrs. Mary Ann Lamar Cobb of Athens, Georgia dated October 2, 1888 in which Davis asks for information regarding supplies that Gen. Howell Cobb sent from his plantation to Andersonville Prison in order to help feed prisoners held there during the Civil War.

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Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Cobb, Howell, 1815-1868

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Howell Cobb (September 7, 1815-October 9, 1868) was an American lawyer and diplomat. He served as congressman (1843-51; 1855-57), Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1849-51), governor of Georgia (1851-53), and secretary of the treasury (1857-60). Following Georgia's secession from the Union in 1861, he served as president of the Provisional Confederate Congress (1861-62) and a major general of the Confederate army. Cobb was born in Jefferson County on September 7, 1815, the eldest ...

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

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Mary Ann Lamar Cobb (1818-1889), wife of Gen. Howell Cobb (1815-1868). From the description of Letter to Mary Ann Lamar Cobb, 1888 Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476494 Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was born in Kentucky. He attended Transylvania University for a short time before enrolling at West Point in 1824, at the age of 16. He graduated in 1828 and immediately joined the First Infantry. His regiment was engaged in the Blackhawk War of 1831. In 1833, he became a...

Andersonville Prison

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Cobb, Mary Ann Lamar, 1818-1889.

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Mary Ann Lamar Cobb (1818-1884) wife of Howell Cobb, of Athens, Georgia. From the description of Mary Ann Lamar Cobb account book, 1850-1858. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38478286 ...