Cohen-Phillips papers, 1795-1949

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Cohen-Phillips papers, 1795-1949

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/76789977

The papers in this collection include deeds; a bond; a bill of sale for a slave; appointment by John Tyler of Octavus Cohen as Navy Agent for the port of Savannah. Also included are an appointment by John C. Breckinridge of Clavius Phillips as lieutenant in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States and Phillip's acceptance and oath of loyalty to the Confederate States; letter of introduction written by General W.B. Hazen presenting Octavus Cohen to Post Commandant, Savannah, 1865; presidential pardons given to Octavus and Henrietta Cohen and an acceptance of the pardon; and correspondence to Henrietta Cohen from Varina Howell Davis, wife of Jefferson Davis.

2 folders (.1 cubic feet)

Georgia Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 8176985

Georgia Historical Society

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Cohen family

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62g6k9m (family)

This collection contains papers relating to Octavus Cohen (1814-1876); his wife, Henrietta Yates Levy Cohen (c.1819-1915); and his son-in-law, Clavius Phillips (b.1838), who was married to Georgina Bryant Cohen. Octavus Cohen, a Savannah businessman, was the brother of Solomon Cohen. He was in the auction and commission business and a steamship agent, forming a partnership with Benjamin W. Fosdick. In 1854, after the death of Fosdick, he formed Octavus Cohen and Company, in which his son-in-law ...

Phillips, Clavius, b. 1838

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Cohen, Henrietta, c. 1818-1915

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Cohen, Octavus, 1814-1876

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Davis, Varina, 1826-1906

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Second wife of Confederate States of America president Jefferson Davis. From the description of Letter and article: New York [N.Y.], 1905 Oct. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 29417912 First Lady of Confederacy. From the description of Letter: Montgomery [Al.], 1863 March [1]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122415155 Author; wife of Jefferson Davis [1808-1889], president of the Confederacy. From the description of V...