Adam Leopold Alexander incoming letters
Scope and Contents
This collection includes an 1829 letter from Nathaniel Jocelyn, a portrait painter, writing from New York about portraits of Adam and his wife, Sarah Hillhouse Gilbert Alexander, that Jocelyn was shipping to Washington, Georgia. The portraits were still in the Alexander house in 1972. The collection also includes an 1847 letter from John P. King, president of the Georgia Railroad Company, concerning the coming of the railroad to Wilkes County, Georgia.
Dates
- 1829 and 1847
Creator
- Alexander, Adam Leopold, 1803-1882 (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Adam Leopold Alexander was born in 1803 in Sunbury, Libery County, Georgia, to parents Adam Alexander and Lousia Fredrika Alexander. He was a resident of Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia and worked as a banker. Later in life he lived in Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia in a house at the corner of Telfair and Washington streets.
Adam Alexander is buried in the Alexander Family Cemetery in Wilkes County, Georgia.
Extent
2 items
Language of Materials
English
Physical Description
Available only as photocopy.
- Title
- Adam Leopold Alexander incoming letters
- 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