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  Gainesville History Materials, photos, 1956 - 2000

  This folder contains newspaper clippings, essays, papers, photographs of J.W. Judd in various events, correspondence regarding the auctioning of furniture, and a note regarding the contents or people on a steamboat.
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  Correspondence from William M. Sturgen to Edwin D. Burwell Jr. forwarding Form 3a for his personal 201 file.

  The correspondence includes a card.
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  Query Letter Concerning Brannon/Agee, to Roberts, Frances C., 1956

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  Query Letter Concerning Jones, John Rison to Roberts, Frances C., 1957

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  Letter to James M. Adams, C. C. Clay, and William Acklen from Abner Tate.

  This letter, written on September 4, 1855, contains information regarding several murders the occurred at the [sic] House between 1841 and 1846, as reported by D. H. Bingham. He further details the arrest and imprisonment of a Mr. John Gordon in relation to the murders, and his appearing in court. Possible information regarding the burial of the murdered men are offered in the letter as well. The letter ends with Abner Tate discussing the validity of certain confessions as many "delight" in "destroying the reputations of others."
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  Note to Moore's Statement.

  The Note to Moore's Statement was signed A.T., alluding to the possibility that Abner Tate wrote this. The note discusses the testimony of Mrs. Willis and Colonal Sheid regarding a search for Sawyer, one of the murdered men. It traces Sawyer's known whereabouts prior to him going missing. The note claims that A.T. had never heard of Sawyer or Rein, the second victim, until August 1855.
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  Depositions to Routt vs. Tate (1 of 14)

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  Special Orders for combined field training in the Carolina Maneuver Area.

  These orders from the 1147th Engineer Combat Group called for Major Edwin D. Burwell Jr. and five other men to make "necessary reconnaissance and preliminary arrangements in connection with combined field training" in the Carolina Manuever Area.
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  Correspondence concerning the "POM Eligibility of Officer Recently Returned From Overseas Theatre."

  In this correspondence, 1st Lieutenant Wallace M. Telford writes to the commanding general at Fort McPherson in Georgia about Edwin D. Burwell Jr. He requests information on the eligibility of returning Major Burwell, who has recently returned from the Italian Campaign, to service overseas within six months of his return.
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  Special Orders for Major Edwin D. Burwell granting a leave of absence.