Dooly County (Ga.)
Subject
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Untitled story describing a near-drowning incident, circa 1854
Item
Collection number: CA/005-f01-001
Description
Portion of a letter from John Stevens, approximately March 1854. Stevens recounts a "miraculous escape from drowning" while on a boat with Oliver W. Stevens, his son Eddie, and two African Americans, Primus and Alfred, in the area of St. Catherine's Sound, Bryan County, Georgia. Also includes a brief anecdote of Judge [Colonel John] Dooly, namesake of Dooly County, Georgia.
Dates:
circa 1854