Lt. H. C. Baldwin letterbook, 1866-1897.

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Lt. H. C. Baldwin letterbook, 1866-1897.

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The collection consists of a copy book which contains an index, letters, poems, and a business ledger. The separate letter, dated 16 February 1897, concerns a debt owed to Baldwin. Two letters included are signed, "Yankee" to the editor of The Signal newspaper in Dahlonega. The letters are sometimes tongue-in-cheek highlighting and rebuting animosity toward the Union occupation troops expressed in two published letters of locals. One particularly important section of the copy book is a detailed record of testimony in a dispute between a white man and two freed slaves. Seems that the white man took a cow and calf from a black man and held them, demanding payment of a $15 debt from another black. Baldwin tried to intervene, only to have the white man say, "You God damned Yankees have no business to take that cow ... your business is to take care of the Mint and let the other people's business alone." Baldwin patiently pointed out that he was under orders to assist the U.S. Freedman's Bureau [in enforcing the rights of freed blacks]. To this the white man angrily retorted and then threatened to shoot him.

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