George Herbert Sass papers, 1859-1933.

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George Herbert Sass papers, 1859-1933.

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Personal and business correspondence between George Herbert Sass and his family, re family news, Reconstruction, southern culture, and Sass' literary work. Including letters, May-June 1859, Charleston, S.C., to his mother, re traveling North, school life and expenses, servants, and living conditions; letter, June 1866, Savannah, Ga., from John Barnwell Elliott, re book purchases and Savannah social life; letters, 1870-1873, Walterboro, S.C., and Bernham, Texas, from Peter Jehu Malone, re literary matters, legal affairs, and moving to Texas; letter, 10 Feb. 1876, Savannah, Ga., from Edwin Booth, re Sass' criticism of Booth's literary efforts while in Charleston. Letter, 31 Dec. 1881, Copse Hill, Ga., from Paul Hamilton Hayne, recommending Sass' poetry to a publisher; letter, 22 Mar. and 12 Apr. 1903, Eau Claire, Wis., from Charles L. James, re novels of George Payne Rainsford James; letters, 12 Jan. 1905 and 16 Jan. 1905, Princeton, N.J., from Henry Van Dyke, to John Pendleton Kennedy Bryan and G.H. Sass, re literary matters; letter, 28 Feb. 1904, Assouan, Egypt, from Daniel Henry Chamberlain, re reaction to Sass' work by German, English, and American readers. Letter, 11 Nov. 1907, Chillicothe, Oh., from John Bennett, re materials used in his biography; undated letter, Charleston, S.C., to Herbert Ravenel Sass, discussing writing styles, becoming a better writer, and family news; and articles, 11 Nov. 1933, re Reconstruction in Charleston and Cainhoy Riot [16 Oct. 1876] at which 6 men died following a speech in which Martin Delany endorsed Wade Hampton's bid for governor.

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