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Governor John M. Slaton letters
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS746f
Scope and Content
This collection contains letters, some original and some copies, written by Governor John M. Slaton. Most of the correspondence concerns the Leo Frank court case, Slaton's commutation of Frank's death sentence, and his subsequent failure to be reelected. There is also one letter written by Lucille Selig Frank, the wife of Leo Frank, to Slaton.
Dates:
1902-1930, 1976
Joseph Mackey Brown papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS41
Scope and Content
This collection includes correspondence and ephemera of Joseph Mackey Brown, and also for his father, Georgia Governor Joseph Emerson Brown. The bulk of his correspondence relates to his tenure as governor, and includes pledges of support, congratulatory letters, and requests for patronage and jobs. Campaign correspondence relates to his failed gubernatorial campaign of 1910. In addition to his gubernatorial correspondence, agriculture and farming were frequent topics, as was the Georgia...
Dates:
1846-1926, undated; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1914
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- Agriculture -- Georgia 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- History 1
- Atlanta Campaign, 1864 1
- Elections -- Georgia 1
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- Georgia -- Politics and government 1
- Law -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Politicians -- Georgia 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns 1 ∧ less
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- Brown, Joseph E. (Joseph Emerson), 1821-1894 1
- Brown, Joseph M. 1
- Brown, Julius L., 1848-1910 1
- Frank, Leo, 1884-1915 1
- Frank, Lucille Selig, 1888-1957 1
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