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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00771 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | Howell Cobb to Henry L. Benning requesting Supreme Court reports and discussing legal property cases during Reconstruction |
| Date | 25 December 1866 |
| Author | Cobb, Howell (1815-1868) |
| Recipient | Benning, Henry Lewis |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Cobb, former President of the Confederate Provisional Congress, requests Supreme Court reports from Benning, Confederate General and former Georgia State Supreme Court Justice. Bitterly discusses legal property cases during reconstruction, claiming that Radicals in Congress are attempting to force the District Attorney "to account for their failure to prosecute such cases. I am inclined to the opinion that the Radicals have abandoned blood and turned their attention to plunder." |
| Subjects | Reconstruction Confederate General or Leader Land Transaction Finance Law Supreme Court Economics Politics |
| People | Benning, Henry Lewis (1814-1875) Cobb, Howell (1815-1868) |
| Place written | Macon, Georgia |
| Theme | Reconstruction; Government & Politics; Law |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | Cobb served as Governor of Georgia 1851-1853, Secretary of the Treasury 1857-1860, and as a Major General in the Confederate army. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
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