Linton / Hull family papers, 1799, 1824-1873.

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Hull family. Linton / Hull family papers, 1799, 1824-1873.

Linton / Hull family papers, 1799, 1824-1873.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38478017

The collection consists of papers of the Linton and Hull families from 1799, 1824-1873. The bulk of the collection contains correspondence from William Henry Waddel, stationed in Alabama and Georgia probably with the 9th Georgia Infantry, to Julia Hull of Athens, Georgia (1861-1864) in which Waddel discusses military officers, camp drills, living accommodations, his health, seeing sick and wounded Confederate soldiers, seeing Union prisoners of war, visiting relatives in Montgomery, Alabama, news from home, and his plans for teaching after the war. Two letters from John S. Linton to his wife Lucy Ann Hull Linton (1853 and 1858) detail Linton's business in New York, buying machinery, opinions of Boston, Massachusetts, and visits with friends. Additional correspondence includes a letter to Howell Cobb from Asbury Hull (1848) in which Hull discusses candidates for president and suggests Zachary Taylor; a letter from George G. Hull to his sister in Athens, Georgia (1849) detailing poverty in Pennsylvania and how much better their slaves live; and a letter to John Linton from Alexander Stephens (1873) pertaining to attempts by Linton to recoup financial losses on cotton destroyed as enemy property. The collection also contains a 1799 copy of a 1784 land grant, an 1826 land grant, and indenture documents (1824).

29 items.

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