James Conquest Cross Black Jr. correspondence

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: ARCHS-125

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

2 letters

Dates

Created: November 9, 1892, November 5,1926
Other: Date acquired: 05/16/1974

Conditions Governing Access

No current access restrictions on this collection. Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The Augusta Richmond County Historical Society is the owner of the physical collection and makes reproductions available for research purposes only. Materials within the collection are subject to the copyright law of the United States and item condition. The Augusta Richmond County Historical Society may or may not own the rights to materials in the collection. It is the researcher's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and obtain permission from the copyright holder before publication, reproduction, or display of the materials beyond what is reasonable under copyright law. Researchers may quote selections from the collection under the fair use provision of copyright law.

Biographical or Historical Information

These letters were donated to the Richmond County Historical Society on May, 16, 1974 by Mr. and Mrs. Heard Robertson of Augusta, Georgia. James Conquest Cross (J.C.C.) Black Jr.(July 15, 1873 - September 21, 1930) was elected as the United States Congressman for Georgia's 10th District in 1892 after a heavily contested election by his opponent the Populist Thomas E. Watson. After his career as a congressman, Black was a State Court Judge of Richmond County, Georgia from 1916 to 1930. The two letters in this collection are personal letters. One is dated November 9, 1892 from the Georgia historian Charles Colcock Jones Jr., congratulation Black on his election to the U.S. House of Representatives. The other, dated November 5, 1926 is from U.S. President and Supreme Court Justice William Howard Taft.

Note written by Carol Waggoner-Angleton