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| | New Georgia Encyclopedia: Thomas R. R. Cobb (1823-1862) |
 | | Cobb became the reporter for the state supreme court in 1849. | | | Cobb attended the University of Georgia, graduated at the top of his class, and was admitted to the Georgia bar in 1842. | | | After Georgia seceded from the Union on January 19, 1861, Cobb was elected to the Provincial Congress of the Confederate States of America in Montgomery, Alabama, and served on the committee that drafted the Confederate constitution. |
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http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2487
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| | American President |
| | Howell Cobb was born in 1815 in Cobbham (Jefferson County), Georgia. | | | Cobb resigned from Congress in 1851 and returned to Georgia, where he defended the compromise and became governor, a post he held from 1851 to 1853. | | | A year later, Cobb was serving as solicitor general of the Western Circuit Court of Georgia, a post he held until 1841. |
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http://www.americanpresident.org/history/jamesbuchanan/cabinet/SecretaryoftheTreasury/HowellCobb/email.html
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| | Cobb, Thomas Reade Rootes |
| | Cobb was admitted to the bar in 1842 and took the position of reporter for the state Supreme Court. | | | Early on Cobb was a Unionist in his political sentiments, though he vigorously defended slavery. | | | Elected to the Provincial Congress of the Confederate States of America, he served on the judiciary and printing committees, and the committee which drafted the Confederate Constitution, the original draft of which is thought to be in his handwriting. |
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http://www.wvu.edu/~lawfac/jelkins/lp-2001/cobb.html
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| | Howell Cobb |
| | COBB, Howell, statesman, born in Cherry Hill, Jefferson County, Georgia, 7 September, 1815; died in New York City, 9 October, 1868. | | | Cobb was not a member; but, having done his utmost to organize the opposition, he was withdrawn from civil office, not being a favorite with Jefferson Davis. | | | He was graduated at Franklin College, Athens, in 1834, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1836, and chosen an elector on the Van Buren ticket the same year. |
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http://www.famousamericans.net/howellcobb2
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| | cobb family genealogy |
| | Howell's sister, Laura, was married to Professor Williams Rutherford of Franklin College (University of Georgia). | | | Thomas Willis Cobb (1784-1830), who illustrated Georgia on the bench and in the Senate of the United States. | | | Thomas Addison Cobb, who settled in Columbia County, Georgia was the great uncle to John Addison Cobb, father of Governor Howell Cobb, who was Secretary of the Treasury under President James Buchanan. |
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http://www.georgiakellys.com/cobb.htm
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| | Howell Cobb, Georgia governor, Speaker of the House, Presidential candidate |
| | Cobb became a leader in the Unionist Party, which was opposed by a secession-favoring Southern Rights Party, which was recognized at the national level by the Democratic party. | | | Howell Cobb, Georgia governor, Speaker of the House, Presidential candidate | | | At the first meeting of the Confederacy's provisional Congress in Montgomery, Alabama Cobb, by obtaining votes of both Unionists and Southern Rightists, was elected its president. |
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http://ngeorgia.com/people/cobb.html
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| | TDGH - September 9 |
| | Lawyer and politician Howell Cobb born was born in Jefferson County, Georgia. | | | Cobb served as president of the provisional Confederate Congress, after which he raised a regiment and left for the battle front. | | | Cobb also became active in politics and in 1841 was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. |
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http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/tdgh-sep/sep09.htm
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| | U.S. Treasury - Biography of Secretary Howell Cobb |
| | When Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860, Cobb, a Southerner, believing that this justified secession, resigned from the cabinet urging his native state of Georgia to leave the Union. | | | As a congressman, Cobb supported the presidential campaign of James Buchanan, and the victorious Buchanan rewarded him with the appointment. | | | It was not until 1860, Cobb's last year in office, that Congress passed a bill to raise revenue through higher tariffs. |
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http://www.ustreas.gov/education/history/secretaries/hcobb.html
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| | COBB, Howell (1815-1868) Guide to Research Papers |
| | The papers concern the Georgia tax system, Whig and Democratic politics in Georgia, Howell Cobb’s work in Congress and as Secretary of the Treasury, disaffection with the Confederate government in Georgia, and military activities, including a letter from Robert Toombs in 1863 about raising a regiment for home defense. | | | Howell Cobb writes regarding the return of P. Vroom’s household and personal effects from Berlin where he resided as Minister to Prussia. | | | Howell Cobb writes concerning the political situation and cabinet possibilities. |
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http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/guidedisplay.pl?index=C000548
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| | The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Howell |
| | Howell, D. — of Albion, Boone County, Neb. Republican. | | | Howell, Hugh — of Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga. Democrat. | | | Howell, Benjamin Franklin (1844-1933) — also known as Benjamin F. Howell — of New Brunswick, |
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http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howell.html
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| | COBB, Howell (1815-1868) Bibliography |
| | Howell Cobb, of Georgia, delivered in Concord, N.H., at a mass meeting of the Democratic Party of Merrimac County. | | | Cobb, of Georgia, delivered in the House of representatives, December 21, 1855. | | | Weller, Orr, Lane, and Cobb, delivered in Phoenix and Depot hall, Concord, N. H., at a mass meeting of the Democratic party of Merrimac County. |
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http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/bibdisplay.pl?index=C000548
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| | Eastern District of Texas Federal Court Practice: Judge Cobb cases |
| | Judge Cobb, 82, was appointed to the bench by President Ronald Reagan in 1985. | | | Eastern District of Texas Federal Court Practice: Judge Cobb cases | | | Posted by Michael Smith on April 22, 2005 at 04:30 PM in Judge Cobb cases |
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http://mcsmith.blogs.com/eastern_district_of_texas/judge_cobb_cases
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| | Howell Cobb Brewer descendants -- Family Tree page |
| | Howell Cobb Brewer was Justice of the Peace in Hawkins Co. Tn 1830-42, prob. | | | Howell P. Brewer b 1826 m Elizabeth Barger | | | Sarah "Sally" Brewer b 1823 m James Elrod |
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http://patriot.net/~crouch/tree/cobb.html
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| | Howell Cobb Brewer Biographical Story |
| | Howell and Joab's father Ambrose brewer was born in Burnswick, VA in 1753. | | | Howell Brewer, age 94, 9 months, 13 days was born in the state of North Carolina, Moore Co, Deep River in the year of our Lord, October 20, 1790. | | | Written by V.S. Brewer August 13, 1885 for Howell Brewer. |
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http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/print.cgi?brewer::3947.html
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| | Cobb won't step down from Wade case |
| | In October, Wade's attorney's filed motions alleging Cobb was prejudiced and had a personal bias against wade and was in favor of the former sheriff's conviction on federal drug charges. | | | U. District Judge Howell Cobb Monday declined to remove himself from future court proceedings involving former Orange County Sheriff James Wade. | | | Richardson said Cobb's decision did not surprise him. |
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http://rsrwlaw.lawoffice.com/CM/IntheNews/IntheNews370.asp
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| | AllRefer.com - Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb (Law, Biography) - Encyclopedia |
| | Admitted to the bar in 1842, he edited 20 volumes of the Georgia supreme court reports (1849–57), prepared A Digest of the Statute Laws of the State of Georgia (1851), and compiled (1858–61) a new state criminal code. | | | In the Georgia secession convention he was chairman of the committee that wrote a new state constitution (1861) and helped write the Confederate Constitution. | | | Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb 1823–62, American lawyer, b. |
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http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/C/Cobb-Tho.html
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| | Cobb County |
| | The Cobb County, Georgia chapter of the Libertarian party. | | | It is a campus of State University System of Georgia located in the heart Cobb County. | | | Cobb County GAGENWEB Genealogy & History Site - Maintained by Brenda Pierce - |
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http://roadsidegeorgia.com/links/places/county/cobb
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| | Courtroom closing complaint delivered |
| | Justice is chief judge of the Eastern Judicial District of Texas, which includes Cobb's' court, while Clark is chief judge of the Fifth Circuit if the federal judiciary. | | | Cobb's closing of his courtroom last week before hearing testimony from Hardin County Sheriff H. "Mike" Holzapfel was the subject of protest in the registered letters sent this week to Cobb and federal judges William Wayne | | | Letters of complaint about U. District Judge Howell Cobb's conduct of James Wade's drug trafficking trial have been sent to Cobb and two administrative judges by a journalists' organization. |
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http://rsrwlaw.lawoffice.com/CM/IntheNews/IntheNews389.asp
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| | Cobb, Howell -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | Cobb was born into the antebellum plantation elite and grew up in Athens, Ga. He was graduated from the University of Georgia in 1834, studied law for two years, and in 1836 was admitted… | | | Georgia politician who championed Southern unionism during the 1850s but then advocated immediate secession following the election of Abraham Lincoln. | | | Cobb, Irvin S. journalist and humorist Irvin S. Cobb was known for his colloquial handling of familiar situations with ironical, penetrating humor. |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9024529?tocId=9024529
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| | Search Results for howell - Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | Jackson, Howell E. American lawyer and associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1893–95). | | | Georgia politician who championed Southern unionism during the 1850s but then advocated immediate secession following the election of Abraham Lincoln. | | | city, seat (1858) of Howell county, south-central Missouri, U.S. It is situated in the Ozark Mountains, near the Arkansas state line. |
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http://www.britannica.com/search?query=howell&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT
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| | Howell Cobb Moss, b: 1773 - |
| | Born: BET 1720 AND 1721 - Sussex or Surrey County, Virginia Married: - Elizabeth Cobb Died: 7 DEC 1791 - Granville County, North Carolina | | | Born: 1724 - Breuton Parish, York County, Virginia Died: 5 JAN 1780 - Granville County, North Carolina Father: Robert Cobb Mother: Crosia Howell Other Spouses: | | | Born: BET 1720 AND 1721 - Sussex or Surrey County, Virginia Marr: - Died: 7 DEC 1791 - Granville County, North Carolina Father: William Moss Mother: Elizabeth Martin Other Spouses: |
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http://home.triad.rr.com/wesleyhudson/gp385.htm
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| | 16th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry |
| | COBB, Lamar -- Enlisted as a private in Co. B, 2nd Battn, Ga. Inf. | | | Promoted to Brigadier General Feb. 13, 1862; Major General (to rank from Sept. 9, 1863), Jan. 25, 1864, and served as such to close of war. | | | and Aide-de-Camp to General Howell Cobb (to rank from Sept. 27, 1862), Nov. 10, 1862; Captain & A.A. General June 25, 1863; Major & A.A. General Dec. 14, 1863. |
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http://www.geocities.com/r_leddy/cw/rosters/16ga1.html
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| | Howell Cobb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | He served as a Congressman and in the Presidential Cabinet of James Buchanan and then in the civic and military service of Civil War-era Georgia and the Confederate States of America. | | | Howell Cobb (September 7, 1815–October 9, 1868) was an American political figure. | | | U.S. Treasury - Biography of Secretary Howell Cobb |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howell_Cobb
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| | Jefferson Davis, only president of the Confederate States of America |
| | He sucessfully ran for the U. House of Representatives, only to resign in 1846 to join his former father-in-law in Texas preparing for the Mexican-American War. | | | Davis was a compromise candidate who was chosen in secrecy. | | | In 1845 Davis married Varina Howell, the daughter of a Mississippi aristocrat and plantation owner. |
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http://ngeorgia.com/people/davisj.html
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| | USRC Howell Cobb |
| | As a congressman, Cobb supported the presidential campaign of James Buchanan, and the victorious Buchanan rewarded him with the appointment. | | | Howell Cobb was appointed the 22nd Secretary of the Treasury. | | | His term in office began on March 7, 1857, and he served until December 8, 1860. |
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http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/WEBCUTTERS/Cobb_RC_1857.html
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| | HOWELL COBB - LoveToKnow Article on HOWELL COBB |
| | From the close of the war until his death he vigorously opposed the Reconstruction Acts. | | | To properly cite this HOWELL COBB article in your work, copy the complete reference below: | | | HOWELL COBB - LoveToKnow Article on HOWELL COBB |
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http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/C/CO/COBB_HOWELL.htm
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| | MSN Encarta - Search Results - Leach Bernard Howell |
| | Cobb, Howell (1815-1868), American lawyer, political leader, and Confederate general in the American Civil War (1861-1865). | | | How well did we match your search term? | | | Leach, Bernard Howell (1887-1979), British potter and ceramist, who pioneered a new 20th-century pottery style based on Oriental traditions. |
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http://encarta.msn.com/Leach_Bernard_Howell.html
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| | Letter from Henry Benning to Howell Cobb |
| | This is the text of a letter that Georgia judge and future Confederate general Henry Benning wrote to Howell Cobb in the summer of 1849. | | | Until a day or two ago I thought I should be in the convention for the nomination of Governor on the 11th of this month. | | | The text was taken from the book, The Toombs, Stephens, Cobb Correspondence, published by the American Historical Association in 1913. |
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http://members.aol.com/jfepperson/benning.html
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| | cwp2003003636/PP |
| | Annotation from negative, scratched on emulsion: 65, Brady, N.Y. Forms part of Brady Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). | | | Howell Cobb C.S.A. cwpb-06717 (digital file from original neg.) |
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http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpb.06717
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| | William Brewer m. Elizabeth Cole & Polly Neely: Family Tree page |
| | It is more believeable for it to be a sister, as William started having his children in the 1850s, while his father Howell Cobb Brewer started his family before 1815. | | | Also, Howell once said he and his first wife had twelve children, but only the names of 11 are known. | | | William Brewer also allegedly had a daughter -- or perhaps a sister -- named Crystal, who was kidnapped by Indians when she was very young. |
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http://patriot.net/~crouch/tree/cole.html
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| | Holding the extreme right, the Cobb Legion Infantry was quickly surrounded and nearly annihilated by the New Jersey Brigade. | | | Contrary to popular misconception, the Cobb Georgia Legion was not raised by Gen. Howell Cobb, rather by his brother, Col. Thomas R.R. Cobb, later killed in action at | | | By holding on to the last possible moment Lamar bought time for Howell Cobb to assemble a last-ditch stand in the gap, further forestalling Union penetration into Pleasant Valley where it would compromise Gen. Robert E. Lee’s tenuous hold on South Mountain and with it the Confederate expedition into Maryland. |
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http://home.earthlink.net/~tjreesecg/id22.html
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| | Old Governors' Mansion History Lesson Plan |
| | The following documents are from the papers of Governor Howell Cobb, who was in residence in the Governorís Mansion from 1851 to 1853 and Governor Joseph Brown who lived with his family in the mansion from 1857 to 1865. | | | Lockjaw, the common cause of death from tetanus, is discussed in the letter from S. Cobb, mother of Governor Howell Cobb, Feb, 1, 1849. | | | Remind students that refrigeration, pasteurization and canning practices were limited or did not exist. |
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http://www.faculty.de.gcsu.edu/~jcturner/OldGovMansion/5.html
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| | The "Sallie Craig" of the Troup Artillery |
| | Sallie Craig was born September 18, 1844 in Fort Jesup, Louisiana. | | | was the son of Howell Cobb, ex-Georgia Governor and later a major general. | | | Olivia Newton would marry Lamar Cobb on July 30, 1861, and become daughter-in-law of Mary Ann Lamar Cobb and Colonel Howell Cobb. |
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http://www.troupartillery.com/sallie.html
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| | Summary description of Thomas Read Rootes Cobb Letters, Mss. Dept., UNC-Chapel Hill |
| | Chiefly letters, 1858, from Cobb to William Letcher Mitchell (1805-1882), Georgia lawyer, educator, and engineer, written while Cobb was on a trip to New Orleans, up the Mississippi River, to New York City, and south through Virginia. | | | COPYRIGHT: Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. | | | Also included is an undated letter from Robert E. Lee to Cobb's brother, Major Gen. Howell Cobb, on the death of T. Cobb, who was killed at the Battle of Fredericksburg. |
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http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/c/Cobb,Thomas_Read_Rootes.html
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| | Cobb Surname DNA Project |
| | Minnie Ann Murphy was born Feb 28, 1873 in IL. | | | In 1770, John Cobb received a grant of 100 acres on the Saluda River, in South Carolina. | | | James Harrison and Minnie Ann Cobb were in Indian Territory until at least Apr 1898, then appear in Hartford, Sebastian County, Arkansas, for the 1900 Census, and in Star, Haskell County, Oklahoma, for the 1910 Census. |
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http://www.clanlindsay.com/cobb_surname_dna_project.htm
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| | Hargrett Library Broadside Collection: 1850-1859 |
| | BRO 1853 P6 Presented to the Member of the Senate [Georgia] by N.W. Wanslee, (Door Keeper Senate) Calhous, Gordon; and to the members of House of Representatives by Jesse Oslim, (Messenger of the House), Roswell, Cobb. | | | Howell Cobb, the Candidate of the so-called Union Party, asks your suffrages--before you vote, read the facts below | | | Sir, The Tammany Society; or Columbian Order, in accordance with their ancient usages, will celebrate the 77th Anniversary of our National Independence |
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http://www.libs.uga.edu/hargrett/rarebook/broadside/1850.html
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| | Joseph Henry Lumpkin family papers, 1821-1862 (bulk 1852-1857) |
| | I must say however that I felt both his appointments very kindly | | | Howell Cobb's plans for Christmas entertainment and a trip to Kentucky taken by Colonel Fulton and his bride, Virginia, in order to pay a visit to Fulton's brother. | | | Cobb and John to the latter place where he will attend the Governors levee this night week and then go on He promised you know to spend the Christmas holidays with the Barnards if left to his choice -- he would I verily |
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http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/hargrett/lumpkin/jhl0077.php
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| | Eastern District of Texas Federal Court Practice |
| | Friday morning the judges and attorneys met separately. | | | Thursday night was the usual reception and dinner, this year at the Aquarium, including a brief ceremony recognizing the life of the late Judge Howell Cobb, followed by a lengthy stay at the hotel bar by a number of the attendees, and various activities and stories that none of us want to be reminded of. | | | I'll be posting the Power Point presentations for the two speakers Thursday and one speaker Friday as I get them. |
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http://mcsmith.blogs.com/eastern_district_of_texas
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| | Infoplease Search: howells |
| | (Biographies - U.S. Congress) HOWELL, Edward (1792—1871) HOWELL, Edward, a Representative from New York; was born in... | | | (Encyclopedia) Howells, William Dean, 1837–1920, American novelist, critic, and editor, b. | | | (Biographies - U.S. Congress) HOWELL, Elias (1792—1844) HOWELL, Elias, (father of James Bruen Howell), a Representative... |
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http://www.infoplease.com/search.php3?query=Howells&in=all
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| | Howell Cobb |
| | This was vital service at a time when rail traffic north of Washington had been cut off by riots in Baltimore. | | | Her first commanding officer was Acting Master's Mate A. Frank. | | | Howell Cobb was actively employed on the Potomac River as a convoy ship, assisting the Army to insure smooth movement of supplies. |
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http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/h8/howell_cobb.htm
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| | Cobb-Hall Insurance Agencies - Performance through Commitment |
| | Michael Hall, president and David Cobb, vice president have owned the company since the late 1980s and have guided it through a period of rapid growth. | | | Twenty employees serve a customer base of 4,000 individuals and more than 700 businesses. | | | Members of the agency's leadership council are members of the Howell, Brighton, and Milford Rotary Clubs, and are active in the Chambers of Commerce for all these communities. |
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http://www.ismi.net/cobbhall/about_us.html
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| | Selected Papers of Lemuel Cobb |
| | William Headley to Lemuel Cobb, March 2, 1816 | | | Surveying documents of Lemuel Cobb and Elisha Boudinot, 1753;1797 | | | Surveying document of Elisha Boudinot and Lemuel Cobb, June 5, 1824 |
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http://libweb.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/aids/cobb.html
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| | Joseph Henry Lumpkin family papers, 1821-1862 (bulk 1852-1857) |
| | While in Milledgeville, he visited a few of his friends from school, stayed with Colonel John B. Lamar, and attended Governor Howell Cobb's levee. | | | Cobb looked very handsome indeed -- I did not see either the old gentleman or lady -- Will was there -- he had been here two or three days before -- staying at Dr. Whites | | | summary: James M. Lumpkin, son of Joseph Henry Lumpkin, writes a letter dated December 12, 1851 to his sister Callie, Joseph Henry Lumpkin's daughter, describing his journey to Milledgeville with John Cobb and John Cobb's mother. |
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http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/hargrett/lumpkin/jhl0084.php
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| | Howell Cobb Stamp |
| | The stamps were all engraved, carmine in color, and portrayed former U.S. Secretaries of the Treasury. | | | To prevent reuse, the revenue stamps were reissued each year with an overprint indicating the year. | | | The larger denominations (including the Cobb stamp shown above) were issued annually from 1940 to 1958, with the above example part of the initial 1940 series. |
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http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/cobbstamp.htm
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| | 16th Georgia Volunteer Infantry |
| | Its colonel, Howell Cobb, became a major-general in the army of the Confederate States, and his successor, Goode Bryan, a brigadier-general, being succeeded as colonel by James S. Gholston. | | | The Sixteenth regiment Georgia volunteers was organized as follows: Col. Howell Cobb; Lieut.-Col. Goode Bryan; Maj. Henry P. Thomas; Adjt. | | | When Bryan was promoted to colonel, Henry P. Thomas became lieutenant-colonel, and being killed in action was succeeded by B. Stiles. |
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http://www.nwinfo.net/~jagriffin/16th.htm
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| | Historic Structure Report for the Howell Cobb House |
| | This document is a reformatted copy of the Historic Structure Report for the Howell Cobb House. | | | The figures and photographs are copies of copies of the originals and are difficult to use in some cases. | | | Historic Structure Report for the Howell Cobb House |
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http://www.emmanuel-athens.org/Data/Documents/Cobb_historic
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