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Size | 2 items |
Abstract | Allison Owen was the son of William Miller Owen, a Confederate officer who after the Civil War formed Longstreet, Owen and Company, a brokerage business, in partnership with General James Longstreet. The collection includes photostatted copies of two letters. One, 26 January 1866, is from Robert E. Lee to Longstreet, Owen and Company congratulating them on their new partnership. The other, 2 April 1885, is a draft of a letter from Jefferson Davis to N. Walker, giving his reasons for declining to prepare a criticism of General Grant's military career. |
Creator | Owen, Allison. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, April 2010
Updated by: Amelia W. Holmes, August 2016
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Allison Owen was the son of William Miller Owen, a Confederate officer who after the Civil War formed Longstreet, Owen and Company, a brokerage business in partnership with General James Longstreet.
Back to TopThe collection includes photostatted copies of two letters. One, 26 January 1866, is from Robert E. Lee to Longstreet, Owen and Company congratulating them on their new partnership. The other, 2 April 1885, is a draft of a letter from Jefferson Davis to N. Walker, giving his reasons for declining to prepare a criticism of General Grant's military career.
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