Peggy Burton Collection
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- Deed for slave named Hannah
- Deed for Hannah
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- Family letter from Edward Shepherd
- Family letter to Martha Burns that discussed the travel activity of Lawrence Burns
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- Letter from E.L Burns to Edwin Wynn
- The letter provided an update of the health of the family, discussed plans to travel to Cuba.
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- Letter from E.L. Shepherd to Edwin Wynn
- The letter noted a complaint by E.L Shepard to her family that they are not writing often enough. Discussed injury of a family friend traveling from Columbus in severe weather, also discusses Mr. Shepherd's travels and church activity.
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- Letter from Martha Burns
- Letter discussed buying cherokee land
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- Letter from Mattie Moore to Edwin Wynn
- Discussed family updates, tone of being upset with the reconstruction government and ask if any of the former slaves remained with Edwin. Writers noted that Hannah remained as a cook. Other servants work on their father's land but do not work for the family. Writer discussed being married into the Shepherd family-one of the sons that fought in the Civil War
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- Letter from Mattie Moore to Edwin Wynn [typed transcript]
- Discussed family and agricultural updates. This letter noted that the crops were doing well. Related that Haywood (son or family friend) traveled to Northwest Texas. Noted that Hannah left the family last November.
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- Letter on land purchase
- Letter discussed the purchase of sixteen hundred acres of land and the plan to hire enslaved persons. This leter also discussed travel of friends and family and mailing of articles of clothing to fmaily
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- Letter to Aunt and Mother
- This letter discusses activties of neighbors, family updates, and the travels of Edward Shepard
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- Letter to Edward Shephard
- Thomas notes that he was in reasonable health but still discussed the coming of death and being satisified with the end of life. Discussed that the crops are doing well but the ground is dry and dusty.
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- Letter to Edward Shephard
- Discussed the deepest feeling of friendship with Edward [a dying letter]. Thomas fears that he would soon die and implored Edward to be an example to his children and maintain his christainity.
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- Letter to Edward Shepherd
- Discussed not having written in a while due to travels. Traveled through Decatur and Conyers with their servants. Discussed the development of a school in Florence.
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- Letter to Edward Shepherd
- Discussed the husband leaving the plantation for health reasons, discussed the ill-health of family members. Children eating too many of the apples from the apple tree which the apples were for the market. Discussed the sadness of being away from her husband and his being alone.
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- Letter to Edward Shepherd
- Discussed the selling of Frank, a "bad" servant and not wanting to be left alone with him. Discussing a family member moving to a better climate to get over an illness.
