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Size | About 150 items. |
Abstract | MICROFILM AND PAPER: All but one item (speech of Carrie Hunter) are microfilm of originals in private hands at time of filming. Miscellaneous papers of two families, the Cobbs of Georgia and the Hunters of Alabama, united in the marriage of James Edward Cobb of Thomaston Ga., and Liberty Tex., and Caroline ("Carrie") Elizabeth Hunter of Tuskegee, Ala. The collection includes fragments of a young man's diary of a journey, 1819, from Georgia to Cahaba, Ala., to locate new lands; a book of William A. Cobb of Georgia, father of J. E. Cobb, with memoranda of dealings with overseers and notes on his experiences while a volunteer officer in the 1836 Creek War; Carrie Hunter's extensive diary, 1860-1868, at Tuskegee; letters of Carrie's brothers, James (d. 1863?) and Hope, who joined the Confederate Army, and her speech to their company upon presenting them with a flag sewn by the ladies of Tuskegee; J. E. Cobb's diary, 1862-1864, as a Confederate officer in the 5th Texas Regiment serving in Virginia, and his letters from federal prisons, 1864-1865, to a young lady from Baltimore; the diary and memoranda, 1863, of Captain D. U. Barziza of the 5th Texas Regiment, during the Gettysburg Campaign; and other items. |
Creator | Cobb (Family : Cobb, James E. (James Edward), 1835-1903)
Hunter (Family : Tuskegee, Ala.) |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
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All but one item (speech of Carrie Hunter) are microfilm of originals in private hands at time of filming. Miscellaneous papers of two families, the Cobbs of Georgia and the Hunters of Alabama, united in the marriage of James Edward Cobb of Thomaston Ga., and Liberty Tex., and Caroline ("Carrie") Elizabeth Hunter of Tuskegee, Ala. The collection includes fragments of a young man's diary of a journey, 1819, from Georgia to Cahaba, Ala., to locate new lands; a book of William A. Cobb of Georgia, father of J. E. Cobb, with memoranda of dealings with overseers and notes on his experiences while a volunteer officer in the 1836 Creek War; Carrie Hunter's extensive diary, 1860-1868, at Tuskegee; letters of Carrie's brothers, James (d. 1863?) and Hope, who joined the Confederate Army, and her speech to their company upon presenting them with a flag sewn by the ladies of Tuskegee; J. E. Cobb's diary, 1862-1864, as a Confederate officer in the 5th Texas Regiment serving in Virginia, and his letters from federal prisons, 1864- 1865, to a young lady from Baltimore; the diary and memoranda, 1863, of Captain D. U. Barziza of the 5th Texas Regiment, during the Gettysburg Campaign; and other items.
Back to TopReel M-1745/1 |
Family papers |
Folder 1 |
Speech by Carrie Hunter, 1861 |