The Atlanta Historical Bulletin, Volume 1Atlanta Historical Society., 1927 - Atlanta (Ga.) |
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Page 7 - Company, for and during the period of 20 years, with the privilege of renewal at the expiration of that time...
Page 9 - OFFICERS The officers of the society shall be a president, two vicepresidents, a secretary, a treasurer and a librarian.
Page 21 - ... given us the best Easter we have seen since Christ was risen from the dead. This moment finds its richest reward in the fact that we can light with sunshine the shortening end of a path that has long been dark and dreary. Georgians, countrymen, soldiers and sons of soldiers, and brave women, the light and soul and crown of our civilization, rise, and give your hearts voice, as we tell Jefferson Davis that he is at home among his people.
Page 37 - ... of the invariable and wise policy of the government, and the known views of the present administration in relation to the speedy settlement of these Territories, we may cheerfully confide our case to the consideration of Congress and the Executive, in the full assurance that justice will be done us. Resolved, That the chairman of this meeting appoint a committee of five to prepare a memorial to the President of the United States, setting forth the aforesaid facts, and soliciting such a modification...
Page 21 - ... let us teach the lesson in this old man's life, that defeat hath its glories no less than victory. Let us declare that this outcast from the privileges of this great government is the uncrowned king of our people, and that no Southern man, high or humble, asks a greater glory than to bear with him, heart to heart, the blame and the burden of the cause for which he stands unpardoned.
Page 6 - CEMETEKY, and by that name, style and title shall have perpetual succession, and be able and capable in law to have and use a common seal, to sue and be sued...
Page 10 - ... a son killed in the rebel army as it fell back before us somewhere near Cassville, and they wanted to obtain the body, having learned from a comrade where it was buried. I gave them permission to go by rail to the rear, with a note to the commanding officer, General John E. Smith, at Cartersville, requiring him to furnish them an escort and an ambulance for the purpose. I invited them to take dinner with our mess, and we naturally ran into a general conversation about politics and the devastation...
Page 17 - I do not remember the exact language. After that Atlanta was always called the Gate City, and it was never known as that before. I responded to this toast for Atlanta. It was given, I suppose, from the fact that this railroad had just been constructed through the...
Page 11 - That the restoration of peace and order cannot be intrusted to rebels and traitors who destroyed the peace and trampled down the order that had existed more than half a century in Georgia, a great and prosperous State.
Page 5 - Tharp, and their successors be, and they are hereby incorporated and made a body politic, under the name and style of the Trustees of Oak Hill Military Academy," in the county of Granville, with the usual rights, powers, privileges and duties of such corporations.