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A. G. Smith letters, 1870-1871
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A. G. Smith wrote 9 letters to his sister, Mernie Smith Cone of Groton, Connecticut, while traveling to and living in Georgia and South Carolina from 1870-1871. As Smith and a companion had traveled south to restore their health, he commented on Southern life, African Americans, and fellow Northern travelers.
A. G. Smith wrote 9 letters to his sister, Mernie Smith Cone of Groton, Connecticut, while traveling to and living in Georgia and South Carolina from 1870-1871. Smith discussed his health and the health of his companion, "Sands," and reported on fellow Northerners, particularly in Aiken, South Carolina. He described his experiences on an Atlantic Ocean steamer from New York City to Savannah, Georgia, and on a river steamer from Savannah to Augusta, Georgia. He also mentioned aspects of Southern life such as the weather and food, recorded encounters with black Southerners, and noted white Southerners' attitude toward the United States government and, more specifically, northern politicians. See the Detailed Box and Folder Listing for more information.
. A. G. Smith ALS to Mernie Cone; Savannah, Georgia., 1870 December 7
8 pages
Box 27, Small Collections, Folder 9
Steamboat journey from New York to Savannah. Boarding houses and prices. Savannah's layout and lingering economic difficulties. Visits to a rice mill and cotton compression factory.
. A. G. Smith ALS to [Mernie Cone]; Augusta, [Georgia]., 1870 December 21
7 pages
Box 27, Small Collections, Folder 9
Savannah's cost of living. Travel from Savannah to Augusta on a river steamer. Descriptions of riverboat landings and loading and unloading cotton and other goods. African Americans driving wagons along riverbanks. Accommodations in Augusta and improved health. African Americans traveling to Augusta for an election, with "men on horseback to tell them how to vote." Presumed illiteracy of black voters and sympathy with whites "for not liking to be ruled by such a set."
. A. G. Smith ALS to Mernie Cone; Augusta, Georgia., [1871] January 18
8 pages
Box 27, Small Collections, Folder 9
Sands's health problems and attempted remedies. Intention to travel to Aiken. Dislike of Southern living. Southern attitudes toward United States government, African Americans, and northern Democrats. Confederate veteran's opinion on Democrats and Republicans.
. A. G. Smith ALS to [Mernie Cone]; Aiken, South Carolina., 1871 January 29
4 pages
Box 27, Small Collections, Folder 9
Travel between Augusta and Aiken. Sands's improving health and benefits of Southern climate. Cousin Welcome's arrival and health. Favorability of Aiken to Northerners. Distaste for Southern cooking and fondness for locally grown foods. Possibility of Mernie coming South to improve her health.
. A. G. Smith ALS to [Mernie] Cone; Aiken, South Carolina., 1871 February 6
2 pages
Box 27, Small Collections, Folder 10
Boarders' fondness for receiving mail. Increasing number of boarders. Smith's daily schedule. Complaint about churches' requests for donations.
. A. G. Smith ALS to Mernie [Cone]; Aiken, South Carolina., 1871 February 19
4 pages
Box 27, Small Collections, Folder 9
Recent rainy weather and spring blooms. Descriptions of other Northern boarders and their ailments. Things done "in the northern style."
. A. G. Smith ALS to Mernie Cone; Aiken, South Carolina., 1871 March 3
3 pages
Box 27, Small Collections, Folder 9
Response to news from Connecticut. Death of a boarder from Brooklyn. Rainy weather and possibility of good peach and plum harvests. Possibility of staying at Voluntown before returning home. Style of Southern chimneys.
. A. G. Smith ALS to [Mernie Cone]; Aiken, South Carolina., 1871 March 19
4 pages
Box 27, Small Collections, Folder 9
Complaints about black postmaster. Intention to return home after a brief stay in Charleston. Reaction to news of a man from home heading west.