Scope and Content This collection contains the manuscript and research for Allen C. Smith's thesis, The Republican Party in Georgia, 1867-1871. It was completed as part of his master's degree from Duke University in 1936. Also included are essays by Smith entitled The Union League in Georgia, The Secession Fight in Georgia, and Aggressive Slavocracy in Georgia, as well as...

Scope and Content This collection contains printed copies of an address to the Constitutional Union Party of Georgia and a letter from John William Augustine Sanford Jr. to a "Dr. L. F. W. Andrews." The address to the Constitutional Union Party of Georgia was written by the executive committee, announcing the dissolution of the party. It stated that the political goals of the party had succeeded, and therefore the party no longer had a purpose. Members of the executive committee urged party members to support...

Scope and Content This collection consists of two letters sent to Ketchum about Georgia's Ordinance of Secession. The first is from an unidentified individual who has travelled from Alabama to Georgia in order to sway the vote of the state legislature. His letter praises the passage of Alabama's Ordinance of Secession, and discusses the nobility of the cause. The second letter, from R. Campbell, is strongly opposed to secession. Campbell urges Ketchum to read a newspaper article entitled "South Carolina...