Papers, 1845-1889.

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Papers, 1845-1889.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39100635

Collection contains mainly personal and business letters, and bills and receipts relating to Dawson and his family. At least two items relate to the Civil War. One letter mentions the recent death of Mrs. Elizabeth (Patterson) Bonaparte, first wife of Jerome; and one mentions President Benjamin Harrison. Other topics include Peruvian guano, debts in Ga., cotton, and St. Mark's School in Mass. Three personal letters were written by Eva Eve Jones; and several are from Charles Colcock Jones, Jr., to whom Dawson had given power of attorney. Other items include Dawson's pardon papers; some financial papers; and a labor agreement between Dawson and some former slaves.

85 items.

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7411114

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Eve, Eva, 1841-1890

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Owner and collector of music binder's volumes....

Confederate states of America. Army

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...

Jones, Charles C. (Charles Colcock), 1831-1893

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"Known as the "Macaulay of the South," Charles C. Jones Jr. was the foremost Georgia historian of the nineteenth century. Also a noted autograph and manuscript collector and an accomplished amateur archaeologist, Jones in later years became a prominent memorialist of the Lost Cause and critic of the New South." - "Charles C. Jones Jr." New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org (Retrieved August 21, 2008) From the description of Charles Colcock Jones letters, 1866-1...

St. Mark's School

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Bonaparte, Elizabeth Patterson, 1785-1879

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Dawson, Edgar G.

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Confederate Army major and a leading financier of the Confederacy. After the Civil War, Dawson farmed in Ga. and Ala. From the description of Papers, 1845-1889. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 39100635 ...