William Giles Harding Collection
1827 - 1872
Scope and Contents
This .42 linear feet collection is divided into three series:
Series I includes original, handwritten general correspondence sent to William Giles Harding primarily from Matthew Fontaine Maury,
1827-1872. The letters discuss Agricultural and Meterological Societies, importation of Llamas and Alpacas from South America to
Tennessee, the Civil War, and politics. It also includes an address by Matthew Fontaine Maury before the National Agricultural
Association, miscellaneous notes, and typed transcripts to selected letters. The series is arranged chronologically containing 28
file folders.
Series II includes original handwritten family correspondence from William Giles Harding's wife Elizabeth I. McGavock Harding;
daughter, Selene; daughter-in-law, Maggie; servant, Susanna; sister-in-law, Mary McGavock Southall; nephew, Randal McGavock Southall;
and, friends beginning in 1860 and continuing while he was in prison during the American Civil War and ending in1867. The letters
chronicle family life in Nashville during the Union occupation. There are typed transcripts for selected letters, and some typed
transcripts with footnotes. The series is arranged chronologically in 22 file folders, and includes two bound volumes of the same letters.
Series III contains two photographs, in two file folders.
Series I - General - 28 file folders
- Correspondence - Incoming
- February 6, 1827 - from Sam Houston
- October 7, 1827 - from G. E. Candway
- November 20, 1859 - from Matthew Fontaine Maury
- November 25, 1959 - to George G. Hobson from Matthew Fontaine Maury
- November 29, 1859 - to Matthew Fontaine Maury from George G. Hobson
- November 30, 1859 - to George G. Hobson from Matthew Fontaine Maury
- December 19, 1859 - to Harding from Matthew Fontaine Maury
- December 19, 1859 - to John R. Clay from Matthew Fontaine Maury
- January 11, 1860 - to Matthew Fontaine Maury from George G. Hobson
- January 13, 1860 - to Harding from Matthew Fontaine Maury
- May 7, 1860 - to Matthew Fontaine Maury from George G. Hobson
- May 8, 1860 - to Harding from Matthew Fontaine Maury
- July 12, 1860 - to Harding from Matthew Fontaine Maury
- July 30, 1860 - to Harding from Matthew Fontaine Maury
- September 14, 1860 - to Matthew Fontaine Maury from J. Randolph Clay
- September 27, 1860 - to Harding from Matthew Fontaine Maury
- October 24, 1860 - to Harding from Matthew Fontaine Maury
- December 20, 1860 - to Harding from Matthew Fontaine Maury
- July 3, 1861 - to 'my dear sir' from Matthew Fontaine Maury
- October 9, 1861 - to Harding from Matthew Fontaine Maury
- November 24, 1861 - to Harding from Matthew Fontaine Maury
- December 11, 1861 - to Harding from Matthew Fontaine Maury
- January 4, 1862 - to 'my dear uncle' from D. H. Maury
- January 5, 1862 - to Harding from Matthew Fontaine Maury
- March 26, 1872 - to W. H. Jackson from Matthew Fontaine Maury (with newspaper clipping)
- April 17, 1872 - to W. H. Jackson from Matthew Fontaine Maury
- April 29, 1872 - to W. H. Jackson from Matthew Fontaine Maury
- September 15, - to W. H. Jackson from Matthew Fontaine Maury
- Address
- May 27, 1872 - Matthew Fontaine Maury before the National Agricultural Association, St. Louis, Missouri
- Miscellaneous Notes
- Transcripts - from Incoming Correspondence [selected]
- February 6,1827
- October 7, 1827
- December 19, 1859
- December 20, 1860
- December 11, 1861
- January 4, 1862
- March 26, 1872
- April 17, 1872
- April 29, 1872
Series II - Family Letters - 22 file folders
- Correspondence - Outgoing
- September 24, 1862 - to his wife, Elizabeth
- July 5, 1867 - to daughter from mother
- Correspondence - Incoming
- March 30, 1860 - from wife, Elizabeth
- April 27, 1862 - from wife, Elizabeth
- May 2, 1862 - from wife, Elizabeth
- May 6, 1862 - from wife, Elizabeth
- May 8, 1862 - from daughter, Selene, and from wife
- May 11, 1862 - from wife, Elizabeth
- May 15, 1862 - from wife, Elizabeth
- May 18, 1862 - from William Hague and his wife, Elizabeth
- May 21, 1862 - from wife, Elizabeth
- May 23, 1862 - from nephew, Randal M. Southall
- May 25, 1862 - from daughter, Selene, and from wife, Elizabeth
- May 26, 1862 - from wife, Elizabeth
- May 31, 1862 - from wife, Elizabeth
- June 3, 1862 - from daughter, Selene
- June 8, 1862 - from wife, Elizabeth
- June 16, 1862 - from wife, Elizabeth
- June 20, 1862 - from sister-in-law, Mary M. Southall
- June 24, 1862 - from wife, Elizabeth
- June 29, 1862 - from wife, Elizabeth
- July 4, 1862 - from wife, Elizabeth
- July 10-12, 1862 - from daughter, Selene, and from wife, Elizabeth
- July 13, 1862 - from wife, Elizabeth
- July 13, 1862 - from nephew, Randal M. Southall
- July 17, 1862 - from wife, Elizabeth
- July 22-27, 1862 - from daughter-in-law, Maggie
- July 24, 1862 - from wife, Elizabeth
- July 27, 1862 - from wife, Elizabeth
- July 30, 1862 - from sister-in-law, Mary M. Southall
- August 4, 1862 - from nephew, Randal M. Southall
- August 5, 1862 - from wife, Elizabeth
- August 14, 1862 - from sister-in-law, Mary M. Southall
- August 17, 1862 - from Randal M. Ewing
- August 25, 1862 - from servant, Susanna (dictated to Randal M. Ewing)
- August 28, 1862 - from Randal M. Ewing
- August 29, 1862 - from wife, Elizabeth
- April 15, (18? ) - from W. E. Milton
- Transcripts - from Incoming Correspondence [selected]
- April 27, 1862
- May 2, 1862
- May 6, 1862
- May 11, 1862
- May 15, 1862
- May 18, 1862 - 2 letters
- May 21, 1862
- May 23, 1862
- May 25, 1862
- May 26, 1862
- May 31, 1862
- June 3, 1862 - 2 letters
- June 8, 1862
- June 16, 1862
- June 20, 1862
- June 24, 1862
- June 29, 1862
- July 4, 1862
- July 12, 1862
- July 13, 1862 - 2 letters
- July 17, 1862
- July 22, 1862
- July 24, 1862
- July 27, 1862
- July 30, 1862
- August 5, 1862
- August 14, 1862
- August 17, 1862
- August 25, 1862
- August 28, 1862
- August 29, 1862
- September 24, 1862
- March 9, 18 - no original letter
- Transcripts - with footnotes [selected]
- April 27, 1862
- May 2, 1862
- May 8, 1862
- May 11, 1862
- May 15, 1862
- May 18, 1862 - 3 letters
- May 21, 1862
- May 23, 1862
- May 25, 1862
- May 26, 1862
- May 31, 1862
- June 3, 1862
- June 8, 1862
- June 16, 1862
- June 20, 1862
- June 24, 1862
- June 29, 1862
- July 4, 1862
- July 12, 1862
- July 13, 1862
- July 17, 1862
- July 22, 1862
- July 24, 1862
- July 27, 1864
- July 30, 1862
- August 4, 1862
- August 5, 1862
- August 14, 1862
- August 17, 1862
- August 25, 1862
- September 24, 1862
- Transcripts - from Incoming Correspondence
- April 27, 1862 to September 24, 1862 - 2 bound volumes compiled by Alfred Leland Crabb in 1940
Series III - 2 file folders
- Photographs
- Carter, Susanna McGavock 'Mammy' (1)
- Unidentified (1)
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