Lizzie Whitman letter
Scope and Contents
The item is apparently a draft of a report to the editor of the Mobile, Alabama, NEWS from a committee of judges for a contest of verses that commend Northerners for the contributions they had sent South during the epidemic of 1878. Lizzie, a poet herself and living in Burke County, Georgia, included a copy of the prize-winning poem by Maria L Eve of Augusta, Georgia, called "Conquered at Last. On the back at a later date is copied her own poem, "The Gypsy's Warning."
Dates
- ca. 1879
Creator
- Whitman, Lizzie, b. 1861 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Unrestricted
Biographical / Historical
Elizabeth (Lizzie) was born to Amanda Isabella Vallotton and Robert Goulshaw Whitman, a Burke County, Georgia, cabinetmaker from South Carolina. She later married Joseph M. Cox and lived in Augusta, Georgia. It is not known whether she knew Maria Lou Eve, daughter of Edward A. Eve and Sarah J. Railford of that same city.
Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Lizzie Whitman letter
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Georgia Archives Manuscript Collections Repository
5800 Jonesboro Rd
Morrow GA 30260 United States