Robert Hunt family papers, 1878-1940.

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Hunt, Robert, 1843-1903. Robert Hunt family papers, 1878-1940.

Robert Hunt family papers, 1878-1940.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43896655

This collection consists of various papers from the Robert Hunt family of Savannah, Georgia, spanning from 1878 to 1940. It includes an 1882 family Bible, which contains birth, death, and marriage dates for many of the members of Robert Hunt's family as well as for members of the Blackwell family. The pages of the Bible with this genealogical information have come loose from the book and have been placed in the oversized folder. Other materials in the oversized folder include certificates for membership in the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) and the Confederate Veterans Association (CVA). Folder 1 contains papers of Robert Hunt, including an 1888 letter to him from E. E. Baldwin of Jackson, Mississippi regarding membership in the CVA and an 1887 letter from Robert Hunt to Jefferson Davis in which Hunt asks Davis to vouch for his service in the CSA Navy in order for Hunt to become a member of CVA. Jefferson Davis reply is at the bottom of this two-page letter. There are also three copies of a memorial to Robert Hunt from the CVA, Camp 756 dated November 3, 1903. It gives a good summary of Hunt's life and activities during the Civil War. Folder 2 includes a poem, a UDC notice, and grade school annual certificates for two of the Hunt children from Savannah public schools. Folder 3 contains loose newspaper clippings, which deal with topics such as the deaths of Jefferson Davis and Henry W. Grady in 1889, violence between whites and blacks, the Hunt family, and Robert Hunt's reminisces of the Civil War. Only some of the clippings are dated, but most appear to be about 1889. There is an 1887 Badge Book for the City of Savannah which lists names and amounts paid for "badges," which appear to be licenses required for street peddlers and dog owners. This ledger has been used as a scrapbook and newspaper clippings relating to Jefferson Davis and his wife are pasted in it. The clippings are not dated and it is not known from which newspaper they came (although most are probably from Savannah papers). There is one page of clippings dealing with Robert Hunt's funeral and obituary. The clippings only cover a small portion of the book so it is still possible to read part of the ledger. On some of the first pages of the ledger, the clippings have been removed. Prior to this, all the clippings in the ledger were photocopied, and these photocopies are in the oversized folder. Also included is one photograph of an unidentified woman. The folder containing the photograph is noted as "VM" (visual materials) in the collection inventory.

2 volumes, 4 folders, 1 oversize folder (.50 cubic feet)

Georgia Historical Society