Box 7: Short Collection

Scope and Contents Bolling Hall, Ellerslie, [Ga.] to the Hon. Charles Tait, Washington, D.C. March 16, 1818. Reports news of: Indians wars, army supply situation and Georgia militia, Gen. Scott's arrival at Ft. Scott; comments on lack of news since Jackson took command; describes Indian depredations; is interested in purchasing lands in Alabama, particularly at the mouth of the Cahaba (which he thinks will be the "seat of Government"); comments on navigability of Cahaba and Alabama rivers; gives news of...

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William Smith, City of Washington, to The Hon. Judge Tait, Claiborne, State of Alabama, March 26, 1830. Notifies Tait of the passage of the "Act...for the relief of the purchasers of public lands" and elaborates briefly on the "preemptive right to all whose lands have been forfeited."

Scope and Contents Copy, 12 pages. Apparently written shortly after Broun's death. Dr. Petrie relates his coming to Auburn in 1887 shortly after the fire had demolished the College building and the makeshift arrangements until the new building was completed. He describes Dr. Broun on first meeting him, recounts incidents and examples that reflect his qualities as a man and as a teacher as Dr. Petrie knew him through the years. Also included is a biographical sketch of Dr. Broun, including his early years,...

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A paper read by George Petrie at the 50th Anniversary of the Light Horse Harry Lee Chapter of the DAR in Auburn, Alabama, April 9, 1946. Recounts Mrs. Mell's founding the Auburn Chapter of DAR and the group's early activities and programs, among which were poetry readings, recitations, reports of conventions, presentations of historical papers, exhibitions of historical curios. Dr. Petrie also includes personal observations on Mrs. Mell. Printed matter. 7 pages.

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An address by George Petrie before the Lion's Club, Auburn, Alabama, Feb. 1926. 5 pages. Ms copy. Recounts incidents, but primarily presents a character sketch of Dr. Crake who was for more than fifty years both college doctor and private physician.

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Typed copy, ca. 1910, similar to but briefer than Miss Reese's history but also includes mainly persons, legends, etc. Some later persons considered and mentions Civil War briefly.

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Typed copy of manuscript, ca. 1900. Stories and reminiscences on Auburn's early settlers naming of town, early churches, schools, stories, professional men, quotations from newspaper clippings, legends, etc. 14 pages. Original, handwritten copy of the manuscript can be found in the Mary E. Reese Papers, RG 117.

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Typed copy, no date. Similar to Reese and Frazer's Auburn histories (6 pages). Miss Alicia Melton was the niece of the Flanagan who named Auburn.

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This accession includes typed copies of three early histories of Auburn, three talks prepared by Dr. George Petrie, a Bolling Hall letter (1818), and a William Smith letter (1830).