Untitled story describing a near-drowning incident, ca. 1854
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Authors
Issue Date
1854
Type
Text
Language
en
Keywords
Brooks County (Ga.) , Quitman (Ga.) , Letters , Dooly County (Ga.)
Alternative Title
Abstract
Portion of a letter from John Stevens, exact date unknown, approximately March 1854 or after. Stevens recounts a "miraculous escape from drowning" while on a boat with Oliver W. Stevens, his son Eddie, and two African Americans, Primus and Alfred, in the area of St. Catherine's Sound, Bryan County, Georgia. Also includes a brief anecdote of Judge [Colonel John] Dooly, namesake of Dooly County, Georgia.
Description
1 electronic record, PDF document and 3 JP2 image scans.
Citation
[Untitled story describing a near-drowning incident]. (ca. 1854). In Early 1800s [Folder]. Valdosta State University Community Archives: Bennett Collection (CA-05), Box 1, Folder 1. Valdosta, Georgia. Retrieved from https://vtext.valdosta.edu/xmlui/handle/10428/7015.
Publisher
Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections
License
All rights reserved by Paul C. McLane.