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Copyright Notice

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Edward J. Harden Letterpress Copybooks, #3601, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Loaned by Nell S. Harden of Savannah, Ga., November 1962.

Additional Descriptive Resources

A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1a.

Sensitive Materials Statement

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• Confederate States of America--Politics and government.
• Harden, Edward J. (Edward Jenkins), 1813-1873.
• Harden, William, 1844-1936.
• Judges--Confederate States of America.
• Lawyers--Georgia--History--19th century.
• Levy, Samuel Yates, 1827-1888.
• Practice of law--Georgia--History--19th century.
• Presbyterian Church--Georgia--History--19th century.
• Savannah (Ga.)--History--19th century.

Edward Jenkins Harden (1813-1873) was a lawyer and judge, of Savannah, Ga. Harden was born in Bryan County, Ga., the son of Thomas H. and Matilda Baker Harden. He practiced law in Savannah for many years and was also sometime teacher at Chatham Academy, city attorney, and was judge of city court, 1845-1847; Confederate States district court judge, 1861-1865; and president of Georgia Historical Society, 1868-1873. He was active in the Presbyterian Church and the Democratic party. He married Sophia H. Maxwell in 1840. One of their children was William Harden.

William Harden (1844-1936) was a lawyer, librarian, and Cofederate soldier. He was admitted to the bar in 1873. He was a librarian at the Telfair Academy, the Savannah public library, and the Georgia Historical Society. He also edited the Georgia Historical Quarterly.

The collection includes tissue-press copies of letters written by Edward J. Harden in connection with his law practice and personal business, and in connection with his duties as a Confederate district judge and a Presbyterian clerk of sessions. Also included are letters of his son, William Harden, and of their law partner, Samuel Yates Levy (1827-1888).