I happened to know something of the labor and carefulness with which you have accumulated the material of your book, and do not hesitate to say. your facts are entitled to the reliance which candid men bestow upon ascertained truth. With sincere regard Your friend, E. A. NISBET. I fully concur in the above sentiments of the Hon. E. A. Nisbet, and cheerfully add to the same what little influence my name may give to the enterprise. WASHINGTON POE. REV. GEORGE WHITE, DEAR SIR: MARIETTA, GEORGIA, June 27, 1853 It affords me much sincere pleasure to learn that you propose at an early day to publish your Historical Collections of Georgia. Having frequently had the pleasure of meeting you in various sections of the State whilst engaged in the collection of materials for it, and witnessed your energy and industry, and the access afforded you to the most reliable resources, I feel every confidence in the success of your enterprise. REV. GEORGE WHITE, DEAR SIR: Your friend and obedient servant, ANDREW J. HANSELL. MARIETTA, 20th January, 1854. I have given your Historical Collections of Georgia a hasty examination, and find in them much of value and interest which was before locked up in old records, &c. The work presents, in a condensed form, all that is valuable in a more diffusive history of the same matters, and places within the reach of the people a pretty satisfactory account of their own State from its first settlement to the present time. I recommend it to individual and public patronage, and have no doubt that the General Assembly, as the patron of Education and Literature, will gladly avail itself of the opportunity afforded by you, of distributing through the several counties a work which contains so much to interest every citizen of Georgia. Allow me to express a hope that you may be rewarded for the time, labor, and money you have expended, I may say in the public service. c HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF GEORGIA: CONTAINING THE MOST INTERESTING FACTS, TRADITIONS, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, ANECDOTES, ETC. RELATING TO ITS HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES, FROM ITS FIRST COMPILED FROM ORIGINAL RECORDS AND OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. ILLUSTRATED BY NEARLY ONE HUNDRED ENGRAVINGS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS, RELICS OF. ANTIQUITY, HISTORIO LOCALITIES, NATURAL SCENERY, BY THE REV. GEORGE WHITE, M. A. AUTHOR OF THE "STATISTICS OF GEORGIA," HONORARY MEMBER OF THE WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEW YORK: PUDNEY & RUSSELL, PUBLISHERS, No. 79 JOHN-STREET. 1855. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, BY PUDNEY & RUSSELL, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York. PUDNEY & RUSSELL, Printers and Stereotypers, No. 79 John-street, New York. ΤΟ JAMES HAMILTON COUPER, ESQ., HON. GEORGE R. GILMER, AND THE HON. JOSEPH H. LUMPKIN, WITH SINCERE ADMIRATION FOR THEIR VIRTUES AND TALENTS - This Book 18 RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR. |