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to Miller A. Wright
January 20, 1863
Wright, Augustus Romaldus, 1813-1891
Augustus sends Miller a large sum of money for the purpose of settling his finances back home.
GLC02691.11.035
February 24, 1863
Augustus warns Miller about the promotion process in the military. He urges Miller to make sure that he will be better qualified than other officers, for even if some were of lower rank, they could still be promoted over his head. To this end, he...
GLC02691.11.037
23 July 1863
Augustus had planned on visiting Atlanta, but decided against it. He inquires as to Miller's wellbeing,and warns him to be careful. He says that Miller in a "place of great danger," and urges him to watch what he says around other people. Again...
GLC02691.11.041
February 7, 1864
Writes from Alabama. "[G]reat scarcity in the land…we are where we hear nothing & know nothing. I have tried to keep as unobserved as possible…It now takes $100 to buy a bunch of thread…Charlie has been made clerk of Wheeler's ordnance he writes it...
GLC02691.11.054
22 April 1864
Augustus is returning from Richmond, where he is a confederate legislator. He mentions a conscription bill (related to #60). Augustus says that he approved it very bitterly. According to his account, it had been amended a great deal since it was...
GLC02691.11.062
29 April 1865
Augustus discusses the fate of the prisoners the North has made of many Southern soldiers.
GLC02691.11.084
[draft of a contract]
23 June 1865
Draft of a contract. The purpose of the contract is to right wrongs caused in the sale of some Wright family cotton during the Northern occupation.
GLC02691.11.088
Subsequent draft of the contract referred to in item No. 87. Also signed by Alex J. Harper, and Miller A. Wright.
GLC02691.11.089
February 15, 1869
Written on the stationary of the law firm Wright and Featherspoon, of which Augustus is a partner.
GLC02691.11.092
[lease agreement]
10 August 1871
Also signed by Miller Wright. Lease agreement between Augustus and Miller concerning a tract of farmland. Miller will lease Augustus' farm on the border of Alabama as of the following January.
GLC02691.11.093
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