- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- J.J. Toon letter, 1864 November 30
- Creator:
- Toon, Joshua J.
- Publisher:
- J. J. Toon letter, MS 3506. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.
- Date of Original:
- 1864-11-30
- Subject:
- Publishers and publishing--Georgia--Atlanta
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/x-djvu - Description:
- This collection consists of a letter from publisher J. J. Toon to General W. P. Howard that describes the damage to Atlanta after its destruction and burning at the hands of Yankee soldiers.
J. J. Toon (1818-1893) was a Confederate publisher. He worked in Atlanta for the Confederate government from May 1862 until July 1864, when he and other printers sent their machinery to safer quarters. He had a walking cane made from the shattered flag-staff from the bombardment of Fort Sumter by General Beauregard in April of 1861.
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_harg3506-001-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/harg/turningpoint/do:harg3506-001-001
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: J. J. Toon letter, MS 3506. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries., as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
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