- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- Joseph Emerson Brown letters and engraving circa 1860-1870
- Creator:
- Georgia Historical Society
- Publisher:
- [Identification of item], Joseph Emerson Brown letters and engraving, MS 94, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
- Date of Original:
- 1860/1870
- Subject:
- Arsenals--Georgia--Savannah
Cotton--Georgia--Savannah
Savannah (Ga.)--History - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
- Medium:
- engravings (prints)
letters (correspondence) - Type:
- Text
Still Image - Format:
- application/pdf
image/x-djvu - Description:
- This collection consists of two letters of Governor Joseph E. Brown concerning Savannah, Georgia in the Civil War. Item one, dated May 11, 1861, is an executive order by Governor Brown announcing the appointment of Ira R. Forten, Special Agent to examine munitions at the State Arsenal in Savannah, Georgia. The second item, dated January 29, 1866, is a letter from Joseph E. Brown to Charles J. Jenkins recommending George Hillyer to prosecute claims against the U.S. for cotton burned at Savannah. Alexander H. Stephens adds his endorsement to this letter. This collection also contains an engraving of Governor Joseph E. Brown, dating from circa 1860-1870. The folder containing the engraving is noted as "VM" (visual material) in the collection inventory.
Joseph Emerson Brown (1821-1894) was the governor of Georgia during the Civil War, Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court, 1868-1870, and a U.S. Senator from Georgia for two terms in 1880.
Items 2 and 3 purchased from Mary R. Benjamin of New York.
America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia received support from a Digitizing Historical Records grant awarded to the Atlanta History Center, Georgia Historical Society, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and the Digital Library of Georgia by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_turningpoint_ghs0094-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ghs/turningpoint/do:ghs0094-001
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright has not been assigned to the Georgia Historical Society. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Division of Library and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Georgia Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [Identification of item], Joseph Emerson Brown letters and engraving, MS 94, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia, as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Historical Society
- Rights:
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