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 restrictions Use of digital surrogates encouraged when available. The collection has no restrictions unless the Special Collections Librarian or their representative deems otherwise due to preservation concerns. Copies can be made by flashless digital photography

Conditions Governing Use

Use/Rights: This work Letters to James Conquest Cross (J.C.C.) identified by University Libraries Augusta University is free of known copyright restrictions

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