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Size | 1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 6 items) |
Abstract | Edward Jenkins Harden (1813-1873) was a lawyer and judge, of Savannah, Ga. The collection includes tissue-press copies of letters written by Harden in connection with his law practice and personal business, and in connection with his duties as a Confederate district judge and a Presbyterian clerk of sessions. Also included are letters of his son, William Harden (1844-1936), and of their law partner, Samuel Yates Levy (1827-1888). |
Creator | Harden, Edward J. (Edward Jenkins), 1813-1873. |
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, July 2010; Nancy Kaiser, January 2021
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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Edward Jenkins Harden (1813-1873) was a lawyer and judge, of Savannah, Ga. Harden was born in Bryan County, Ga., the son of Thomas H. and Matilda Baker Harden. He practiced law in Savannah for many years and was also sometime teacher at Chatham Academy, city attorney, and was judge of city court, 1845-1847; Confederate States district court judge, 1861-1865; and president of Georgia Historical Society, 1868-1873. He was active in the Presbyterian Church and the Democratic party. He married Sophia H. Maxwell in 1840. One of their children was William Harden.
William Harden (1844-1936) was a lawyer, librarian, and Cofederate soldier. He was admitted to the bar in 1873. He was a librarian at the Telfair Academy, the Savannah public library, and the Georgia Historical Society. He also edited the Georgia Historical Quarterly.
Back to TopThe collection includes tissue-press copies of letters written by Edward J. Harden in connection with his law practice and personal business, and in connection with his duties as a Confederate district judge and a Presbyterian clerk of sessions. Also included are letters of his son, William Harden, and of their law partner, Samuel Yates Levy (1827-1888).
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Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
17 December 1883 |
Folder 2 |
Volume 1: Letterpress copy book, Edward J. Harden and William Harden, 1861-1881Includes letters, 1861-1864, of Edward J. Harden, including personal business letters, letters written by him as Presbyterian clerk of sessions and layman, and as district judge at Savannah, Ga. Letters, 1866-1872, are scattered and written by Edward J. Harden in realtion with Harden family property, his mother's estate, and Presbyterian Church matters. Letters, 1876-1879 and 1881, were written by William Harden, of Levy & Harden, about legal business. |
Oversize Volume SV-3601/2 |
Volume 2: Letterpress copybook, Edward J. Harden, 1858-1861Includes letters written by Edward J. Harden, some signed in the name of the firm Harden & Guerard and Harden & Lawton. Several letters are signed by John A. Guerard. |
Folder 3 |
Folder number not used |
Folder 4 |
Volume 3: Letterpress copybook, Harden & Levy, 1866-1867Includes letters written by Harden & Levy, some signed by Edward J. Harden individually. |
Folder 5 |
Volume 4: Letterpress copybook, Harden & Levy, 1867-1868Includes letters written by Harden & Levy, some signed by Edward J. Harden individually. |
Folder 6 |
Volume 5: Letterpress copybook, Harden & Levy, 1868-1870Include letters written by Harden & Levy. The volume contains letters signed by Edward J. Harden and by William Harden and Samuel Yates Levy. |
Folder 7 |
Volume 6: Letterpress copybook, Harden & Levy, 1870-1874 and 1879 |
Oversize volume (SV-3601/2)
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