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Edwin R. Alberti papers, 1819-1863

The collection consists of military papers, legal documents, and letters, pertaining to several aspects of the life and work of Edwin R. Alberti, from 1819 to 1863.

More About This Collection

Creator
Alberti, Edwin R., -1862?

Date of Original
1819/1863

Subject
United States. Army
Poetry
Legal documents
Bills of sale
Slave bills of sale
Accounts
Enslaved persons--Georgia
Slavery--Georgia--History

People
Alberti, Edwin R., -1862?

Location
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018

Medium
orders (military records)
correspondence

Type
Text

Description
The collection consists of military papers, legal documents, and letters, pertaining to several aspects of the life and work of Edwin R. Alberti, from 1819 to 1863. Military papers include a special order for a furlough, orders to appear for a Court of Inquiry, an order signed by President John Quincy Adams' restoring Alberti to active duty after an inquiry into alleged misconduct, and acceptance of Alberti’s resignation from the 4th Artillery. There are numerous Chattel mortgages, bills of sale, and deeds of gift for named enslaved women, men, and children, and legal papers regarding the distribution of people enslaved to heirs of Henry R. Sadler. The collection also consists of papers relating to the sloop B.S. Newcomb., Edwin R. Alberti was a 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Light Artillery. He married Mary Sadler, daughter of Henry Sadler of Camden County, Georgia. Alberti had power of attorney to handle the estate of Henry R. Sadler, and was administrator of the estate of Joseph D. Lauck.

Metadata URL
https://dlg.usg.edu/collection/guan_3218

Language
eng

Holding Institution
Hargrett Library

Rights