John Gill Shorter papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1267

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Scope and Contents

This collection contains copies of official papers, including correspondence, speeches, and miscellaneous materials. Included are approximately thirty items concerning the University of Alabama and the Alabama Corps of Cadets during the Civil War.

Dates

Creation: 1861-1872

Creator

Shorter, John Gill (Author, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

None

Biographical / Historical

John Gill Shorter was the seventeenth governor of of Alabama, from 1861 to 1863, during the Civil War. An attorney, he was born on 23 April 1818 in Monticello, Georgia, and died on 29 May 1872 in Eufaula, Alabama.

Extent

0.4 Linear Feet (109 items)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Copies of official papers, including correspondence, speeches, and miscellaneous materials, including approximately thirty items concerning the University of Alabama and the Alabama Corps of Cadets during the Civil War.

Provenance

Gift of Anne Kendrick Walker, 1958

General

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