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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Bennet family assorted memorabilia , circa 1886-1985

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Collection number: CA/005-f08
Description

Includes Quitman High School Monthly, Term, and Annual Reports for Mildren Bennet (1919-1921); an 1886 In Memoriam address for Reverend Edward Abiel Stevens; Hattie Steven's copy of a "Glimpse of Heaven"; a film processing receipt for W.J. Barnes; and a 1985 newspaper article on the resoration of the former Bennet house in Quitman, Georgia.

Dates: circa 1886-1985

Letter and poetry to Miss Hattie, 1887 May 16, 1887-05-16

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Collection number: CA/005-f05-001
Description

A letter from W.B. (William Baker) Bennet to Harriet ("Hattie") L. Stevens, dated May 16th, 1887, in Quitman, regarding a recent visit in which he expressed romantic feelings which she did not reciprocate, and promising to honor her request to be "friends." He includes some poetry which he wrote immediately after the visit describing his despair at the change in feelings.

Dates: 1887-05-16