Series 5
Memorabilia
Box 21; OP10-11
Scope and Content Note
This series is composed of three dimensional objects used by members of Featherston, Tompkins, or Wright families. The series includes a knife, used by Lucius H. Featherston during the Seminole Indian War (ca. 1840) and on his plantation in Heard County; a conch shell used to call the slaves on the Nicholas Tompkins plantation in Franklin, Georgia; Bishop Andrew's reading glasses, and a pen knife.
| Box | Folder | Content |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | 1 | Conch shell. Used ca. 1780-1860 |
| 21 | 2 | Reading (eye) glasses. Belonged to Bishop James O. Andrew, ca. 1860 (brother in law to John Wright), approx. 4" long (2 pair) |
| 21 | 3 | Knife in sheath used in Seminole Indian War, ca. 1840, and afterward on Featherston plantation (where point was broken) - wood, metal, leather, 14" including sheath |
| 21 | 4 | pen knife metal, bone, 3" long |
| 21 | 5 | Photographic frame (ornate) |
| OP1 | 4 | Lithograph: College Temple, Arcane Hall, Newnan, Georgia |
| OP1 | 5 | Featherston family tree [photocopy] |
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