Letter to Charles A. Sumner, 1871 Feb. 18.

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Letter to Charles A. Sumner, 1871 Feb. 18.

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The collection consists of a letter from Governor Rufus B. Bullock to Charles A. Sumner dated Atlanta, Georgia, February 18, 1871. In the letter, Bullock urges the acceptance of Foster Blodgett as a duly elected U.S. Senator from Georgia; mentions criticisms of Blodgett; and discusses Blodgett's background, personal life, and political character.

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Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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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...

Sumner, Charles A. (Charles Allen), 1835-1903

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United States. Congress. Senate

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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...

Blodgett, Foster, 1826-1877

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Foster Blodgett (1826-1877), politician, born in Augusta, Georgia. From the description of Foster Blodgett papers, 1861, 1870-1871. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477933 ...