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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05850 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1870s |
| Title | Linton S. Ingrahm writes to his former master, Alexander Hamilton Stephens |
| Date | 5 November 1876 |
| Author | Ingrahm, Linton S. (b. ca. 1856) |
| Recipient | Stephens, Alexander Hamilton |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Ingrahm writes as a student at the University of Atlanta to Stephens, his former master. Saw Barner Shelgrin yesterday, as he promised Stephens he would, noting that Shelgrin is still on crutches and will be for seven or eight months. Of life as a student, writes, "I have to saw wood every morning, after breakfast one hour we have to work one hour evry day and two hour evry Saturday. we get tolerably fare eating up here not the findest [finest] and not worst... The class what Studies Latin will not commece [commence] until Chrismas..." Mentions Fannie and Ginny. |
| Subjects | Reconstruction African American History Injury or Wound Education Literature and Language Arts Slavery Freemen |
| People | Stephens, Alexander Hamilton (1812-1883) Ingrahm, Linton S. (b. ca. 1856) Shelgrin, Barner (fl. 1876) |
| Place written | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Theme | Reconstruction; African Americans; Education; Health & Medicine; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | Stephens was a U.S. Representative from Georgia 1843-1858 and 1873-1882. During the Civil War, he served as Vice President of the Confederacy. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
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