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to his brother

Miller has heard that there will be "a great battle to Come off soon" and that his brother may be slated to fight in it. "We have no news here all is uneasy as to the results of the coming Contest..." He also expresses some doubts about the war:...

GLC02691.11.015

to Private Hendrix

Leave of absence given by Miller to a private Hendrix.

GLC02691.11.048

[calculations]

Written on an auction house ledger. Several simple calculations fill the reverse.

GLC02691.11.075

[$75 dollars sent by way of the Southern Express Company to A.N. Wilson's collector's office in Savannah, Georgia]

GLC02691.11.090

[personal note]

Personal note on Miller's own stationary, which reads "Office of Miller A. Wright, Dealer in Clothing and Gent's Furnishing Goods. Cedartown, GA.,______189__." The note is titled "The Perfect Child of Destiny;" there are religious themes.

GLC02691.11.095

[financial statement]

Note on Miller's own stationary which reads "Miller A. Wright, Dr., Dealer in Dry Good, Clothing, Notions, Boots, Shoes and Hats." Financial statement. There are numerical quantities listed in the right margin, while text fills the rest of the page...

GLC02691.11.097

[14 newspaper clippings relating primarily to the Spanish-American War] [Decimalized .01- .14]

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I Guess We have Had Our Day

A poem about the unfurling of the confederate flag at a reunion of veterans.

GLC02691.12.04

[Personal and military correspondence and documents related to August or Miller Wright] [decimalized]

More than half of these items, to, from, or relating to Augustus or Miller Wright, are Civil War-period. Includes an 9 February 1864 autograph letter signed from Walter Herron Taylor, aide to Robert E. Lee, regarding General Lee's refusal to approve...

GLC02691.11