Scope and Contents Letter from Abe Conger, Jr. (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) to Dr. Spright Dowell (Macon, Georgia) regarding his application to Harvard University’s medical school and asking for a letter of recommendation, November 10, 1939; Letter from Abe Conger, Jr. (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) to Dr. Spright Dowell (Macon, Georgia) thanking Dowell for his letter of recommendation, assuring him that a $58 debt to the University would be paid immediately, and praising his service as president of Mercer...

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Diary of A. F. Cooledge while he was a Mercer student, September 30, 1872

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Confederate States of America note from the Provost Marshal of the War Department (Richmond, Virginia) giving Louis Crawford permission to make a trip and pledge by Crawford to serve the Confederacy, June 4, 1863; Letter to L. G. Crawford from R. M. Baker (LaFayette, Georgia) in reply to Crawford’s recent correspondence, May 31, 1872

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Biographical sketch of James M. Cross, covering his ministry through the 1870s

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Letter from J. L. Dagg to Professor B. O. Peirce in response to Peirce’s inquire about books the library needed, February 19, 1848; Letter from J. L. Dagg, S. P. Sanford, P. H. Mells, J. E. Willet, and N. M. Crawford (Penfield, Georgia) on plans for B.O. Pierce (professor of natural history and chemistry) to travel throughout the state collecting volumes for the Mercer University library, February 21, 1848

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Letter from The Christian Index editor Louie D. Newton to trustee W. H. Davis concerning the issue of fundamentalist objections to teachings at Mercer, February 5, 1926; Letter from Macon Mayor Wallace Miller to E. S. Davis regarding stadium land, February 15, 1926; Speech by E. S. Davis to assembled students and faculty on “Ideas,” September 21, 1945

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Statement of account of A. J. Dennis and handwritten note from W. E. Godfrey, April 5, 1918; Receipt from W. E. Godfrey for twenty dollars, June 20, 1918

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Letter from J. Howard DeVotie (Penfield, Georgia) to his parents regarding life at Mercer University, November 8, 1857

Scope and Contents Receipt for a slave, James Gates (Manuscripts – James Gates); Blue receipt for a slave, Louisa Gates (Manuscripts – Louisa and Seth Gates); Letter from Eugene Mitchell to Chloe Lewis, original and transcript (Personal Papers – Eugene S. Mitchell Papers); “Kennedy for President” brochure (Griffin B Bell Collection, Box 5, Folder 7); “Would a Catholic President Put America First?” brochure (Griffin B. Bell Collection, Box 5 Folder 7); Telegram from James M. Hill to John Kennedy (Griffin B....

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Letter to Ivy W. Duggan from George W. Underwood regarding an historical sketch of Black Springs church in the Washington Association, September 8, 1913