Letter to Hannah Tift, 1869 Apr. 24.

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Letter to Hannah Tift, 1869 Apr. 24.

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The collection consists of a letter from Nelson Tift to Hannah Tift dated April 24, 1869. Written on a broadside containing an address by Tift discussing Georgia's reconstruction politics and Governor Rufus Bullock's administration, the letter focuses on news of family and friends.

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Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7403352

Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Tift, Nelson, 1810-1891

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Nelson Tift (1810-1891) businessman, Georgia House of Representatives and U.S. Representative (1868-1869), resided in Albany, Georgia. From the description of Letter to Hannah Tift, 1869 Apr. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476506 ...

Georgia. Governor (1868-1871 : Bullock)

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Atlanta University, founded in 1865, by the American Missionary Association, with later assistance from the Freedman's Bureau, was, before consolidation, the nation's oldest graduate institution serving a predominantly African-American student body. By the late 1870s, Atlanta University had begun granting bachelor's degrees and supplying black teachers and librarians to the public schools of the South. In 1929-30, it began offering graduate education exclusively in various liberal a...

Tift, Hannah.

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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...