Scope and Contents Letters by brothers Charles C. (1863 - 1920), William D. (born 1865), and Jacob T. Collier (1867 - 1942) and other family members, most to their younger brother, Josiah B. (1871 - 1928), on his farm in Worth County, Georgia. Most of the letters are by Charles from Atlanta, Augusta, Georgia, and other towns as he traveled around the South selling candy and fruit on various trains. A few letters are by Jacob from Italy in Ellis County, Texas, where he was living in the 1890s. Topics include...

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Most of the letters in this collection are by or to Joseph Green Collier of Calhoun County, Georgia. Some are by his brothers in Texas or serving in the Confederate army. There are also three letters by William J. Hicks when he was in the army. Finally there are essays written by Viera Griffin while attending Wesleyan Female College and letters to her from school friends later in life.