Scope and Contents The Bennet Collection preserves the personal papers, photographs, letters, memorabilia, and family histories of the Bennet family, early residents of Quitman and southern Georgia. Dating from 1826 to the late twentieth century, these digitized materials offer a window into the daily lives, travels, relationships, and experiences of several generations, including Oliver Winn Stevens, the Reverend William Baker Bennet, and Samuel Stevens Bennet. The collection includes letters, diary...

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Letter from Samuel Stevens Bennet to his nephew, Paul Hansell Bennet, and wife, May Beck (Mary Rebeca), sharing some of his memories after a recent visit to their house, where he grew up. His recollections include his brothers, Stanley Bennet, Matthew Bennet, and Joseph Bennet, as well as father, William Baker Bennet, and mother, Martha Jane Campbell.