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Georgia -- Politics and government

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 44 Collections and/or Records:

William Henry Fleming letters

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS921
Scope and Content This collection consists of 32 letters and part of a 33rd letter written by Alexander H. Stephens to William "Willie" Henry Fleming. Stephens was serving in the House of Representatives when many of these letters were written, and politics is the topic of many of these letters, such as the nominations of Samuel Jones Tilden and General Ulysses S. Grant, an incident with General Gordon over a nomination, the Texas Pacific Railroad, and his own nomination as Governor of Georgia. ...
Dates: 1877-1882, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / William Henry Fleming letters

William Jonathan Northen papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS259f
Scope and Content

This collection includes telegrams, speeches, and research papers by William Jonathan Northen. Included are speeches on race relations in the South, the teaching profession, agriculture, religion, immigration, and other topics. Also included is a telegram from Booker T. Washington about a speaking engagement.

Dates: 1856-1907, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / William Jonathan Northen papers

William W. Brewton unpublished manuscript Mr. Atlanta: A Life Story of Robert F. Maddox

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS804f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a 19 chapter manuscript of the unpublished Mr. Atlanta: A Life Story of Robert F. Maddox, written by William W. Brewton. Of special note are handwritten edits throughout the manuscript and calculations of the cost of printing the book in 1956.

Dates: 1956, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / William W. Brewton unpublished manuscript Mr. Atlanta: A Life Story of Robert F. Maddox

Wilson Lumpkin letters

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS543f
Scope and Content

This collection contains four letters and transcriptions written to Annis Hopkins by Wilson Lumpkin during their courtship. In the letters Lumpkin discussed issues in the legislature and his ideas on marriage.

Dates: 1820
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Wilson Lumpkin letters