Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Purvis” in chapter 60 of Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12.:

...The affair took place on the night of the 8th. He could not have heard of it before the next day. Instead of going himself, as a Governor should have done, he sent Stover, his Attorney-General, and Purvis , his chief military officer. These men probably reached Hamburg on the 10th, conversed with such persons as they casually saw, found the coroner's inquest at work, and made their report on the 12th...
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Entity Corpus Doc Corpus Doc  
Purvis 21 2 11 0 0 user votes
Robert Purvis 76 0 0 0 0 user votes
E. D. Purvis 6 0 0 0 0 user votes
George Purvis 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
J. R. Purvis 4 0 2 0 0 user votes
G. E. Purvis 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
George E. Purvis 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
I. Purvis 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
J. P. Purvis 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Joseph L. Purvis 1 0 1 0 0 user votes

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