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Box 4239.001

 Container

Contains 1 Collection or Record:

Correspondence from Family, Friends, and Others to Joel and Andrew Berry, 1852, 1857-1858

 File — Box: 4239.001, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains letters primarily written to and by members of the Berry family of Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia. Many of the letters were addressed to Joel Berry from his father, Judge Andrew Berry; his brothers Thomas and William Berry; and other individuals. Several letters were sent to Joel while he was at Georgetown College in Washington, DC, in the late 1850s, and discuss subjects such as cotton crops and town news. One such letter from William, in March 1858, relates a criminal...
Dates: 1852, 1857-1858