Diary of Lt. General Manton S. Eddy from December 12, 1942 through January 5, 1943, which were in an envelope from the Miehle Publishing Company addressed to Mrs. M.S. Eddy at Hardaway Hall, c/o Benjamin Hardaway and postmarked March 2, 1943. Also included is a note from the Chef du Territoire de Port-Lyautey to General Eddy dated January 1, 1943.

Correspondence to and from BHH III as well as some newspaper and magazine clippings relating to the activities of his units in the war.

Hardaway’s re-establishment his civilian life, including his hunting, his ownership of a Ford dealership in Columbus, coping with an ulcer, and his engineering work. There are also newspaper clippings which mention BHH III and family.

Appointment to the Muscogee County School Board; his growing involvement with Saint Paul’s Methodist Church; hunting; and horses, and horse shows.

A letter written by PD. Christian, Jr on November 9, 1970, recommending that BHH III meet a Lt. Mason H. Lampton of Louisville, Kentucky who was stationed at Fort Benning. Lampton was frequently playing polo in Atlanta. Mason Lampton eventually became Ben Hardaway’s so-in-law. The folder also documents his continuing involvement with Saint Paul’s Methodist Church; fox hunting events; the breeding, gifts and purchase of hounds; and engineering work for the School District.