Savannah (Ga.) -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Cornelius Hanleiter Papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS109
Scope and Content
The collection includes five bound volumes of Cornelius Hanleiter’s war diary from 1861 – 1865, along with correspondence, including a letter from Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens. The collection also contains sketches of Hanleiter’s outpost in Savannah, and other documents relating to his service in the Army of the Confederacy. Also included are newspaper clippings pertaining to the careers of C.R. Hanleiter, Lemuel P. Grant, Colonel Tom Harvard, Anton L. Kontz, and Jonathan...
Dates:
1825-1944, undated, (bulk 1861-1865)
Henry A. Alexander, Sr. papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1142
Scope and Content
This collection contains personal and professional correspondence, legal documents, and political writings, including text of speeches and letters to the editor of local newspapers that reflect Henry Alexander's activism in the Republican Party during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Legal and professional documents include Alexander’s affiliation with the American Bar Association, correspondence to the General Assembly and with the Fifth District of the Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs. ...
Dates:
1900-1973, undated
James Smith statement
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS317f
Scope and Content
This collection consists of a statement originating in Savannah, Georgia from L. J. B. Fairchild to James Smith, Esq. executor of the estate of Mrs. Sapialo Evans, regarding dispositions from the estate.
Dates:
1854
King family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS753
Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence between various members of the King family and payment receipts on the accounts of many of the family members.
Dates:
1858-1918