February 15, 1878 Executive Department State of Georgia Signed order by Governor Alfred Colquitt.
Atlanta: 1878.
Document. Approx. 12.5" x 8" legal sized lined paper. 2 sheets. Executive order signed by Colquitt regarding John B. Woodlaw, Constable for the 530th District G. M. Fulton County. Illustrated mast head at top. State seal affixed to the second page.
Alfred Colquitt Colquitt, a Democrat, defeated the Republican nominee in 1876 becoming the first Democratic senator after Reconstruction in Georgia. He was a Confederate Captain in the Sixth Georgia Infantry during the Civil War. In 1883 Colquitt was elected to the United States Senate. He died in 1894 while still serving in the Senate. Very good. Item #33739
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