Letters, 1848-1875.

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Letters, 1848-1875.

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Primarily the letters of Hugh B. Martin, of Memphis, Tenn., to his cousin William B. Gordon, in Columbia, Tenn., describing his love affairs in detail; his progress while studying law; his experience with conditions practicing law in Richmond, Louisiana; his repentence and conversion to Christianity in 1861; and, briefly, politics and the effects of the Civil War and reconstruction. Other letters are from Gordon's cousin Julia while she was a student at the Young Ladies Model School in Somerville, Tenn.; one to Mary G. LeConte from her mother describing the Federal regime and the behavior of Negroes in Macon, Georgia; and a letter concerning a Whig mass meeting.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7425204

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Young Ladies Model School (Somerville, Tenn.)

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Gordon, William B.

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Lawyer. From the description of Letters, 1848-1875. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 40329069 ...

LeConte, Mary G.

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Martin, Hugh

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