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Margaret Branch Sexton letter
Descriptive Summary | |
| Repository: | Georgia Historical Society |
| Creator: | Sexton, Margaret Branch, approximately 1875- |
| Title: | Margaret Branch Sexton letter |
| Dates: | circa 1879-circa 1975 |
| Extent: | 0.05 cubic feet (1 folder) |
| Identification: | MS 0720 |
Biographical/Historical Note
Margaret Branch Sexton (b. ca. 1875) was born in Savannah, Georgia to Hamilton McDevitt Branch and Marie Eugenie Dickerson. She married James Lester Sexton and lived in Athens, Georgia, during the early 1960s.
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of a letter from Margaret Sexton to Dr. Wilson. In the letter Sexton explains in detail, at the request of W.J. DeRenne, that is was her father, Hamilton M. Branch, and not A.S. Bacon who was the model for the bronze statue of the Confederate soldier on top of the Confederate Monument in Forsyth Park. The location of the original letter is unknown.
Index Terms
Administrative Information
Custodial History
Unknown.
Preferred Citation
[Item identification], Margaret Branch Sexton letter, MS 720, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
Acquisition Information
Unknown.
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Georgia Historical Society. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Division of Library and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Georgia Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.