E. Merton Coulter manuscript collection

Descriptive Summary
Title: E. Merton Coulter manuscript collection
Creator: Coulter, E. Merton (Ellis Merton), 1890-1981
Inclusive Dates: 1745-1942
Language(s): English
Extent: 6 Linear Feet (10 boxes, 1 oversize box, 8 oversize folders)
Collection Number: ms2018
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Ellis Merton Coulter (1890-1981) was an author, educator at the University of Georgia (1919-1958) and head of the History Department (1941-1958).

For more information, see the article E. Merton Coulter (1890-1981) in the New Georgia Encyclopedia.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of original source material including biographies of prominent Georgians, correspondence of individuals and families, court records from the Superior Court of Jackson County (Ga.), records relating to the Confederate States of America and the Civil War in Georgia, reports and lists of children attending impoverished schools in Clarke County (Ga.), and records relating to slavery in Georgia.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

E. Merton Coulter manuscript collection, ms2018, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2009 December 30.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Related Collections in this Repository

Other related collections include the E. Merton Coulter collection, ms2345.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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Adair, John, a biography

 

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Anderson, Sr. R.C., a biography

 

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Anderson, Jr., R.C., a biography

 

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Asbury, Samuel E., correspsondence received (typescripts), 1932

 

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Ballots, National and State-Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia

 

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Bank Checks, 1873-1921

 

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Barry, W.T., a biography

 

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Bedinger, G.M., a biography

 

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Bibb, G.M., a biography

 

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Bills of Lading, steamships, railroads and Express, 1835-1876

 

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Bills of Lading, 1896-1915

 

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Blackburn, Luke P., a biography

 

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Blackshear, J.W., typed copies of correspondence and memoranda

 

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Boyle, John, a biography

 

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Boyd, Lynn, a biography

 

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Bradley, William O., a biography

 

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Bramlette, Thomas E., a biography

 

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Breckinridge, John, a biography

 

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Breckinridge, John Cabel, a biography

 

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Breckinridge, Robert J., a biography

 

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Breckinridge, W.C.P., a biography

 

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Brown, John, a biography

 

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Brown, John Young, a biography

 

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Bryan, Ellen Newell, misc. layout maps, 1959

 

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Buckner, S.B., a biography

 

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Bullock, Rufus B., his name on a letterhead

 

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Butler, Edward, Diary (typed copy)

 

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Butler, William O., a biography

 

1	29	Cade, D.B. - Correspondence and ledger, 1880-1886
		Papers include correspondence, an account book, receipts, and invoices pertaining to his ownership of the Savannah Valley Flouring Mills (Overton, Elbert County, Ga.) and later to his business ventures in Mt. Carmel, South Carolina. The account book contains a record of days worked and accounts for workers at his mill or brickyard.

 

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Cade, D.B. - Correspondence and reciepts, 1887-1903

 

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Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850 , Calhoun, John - Letter to Wilson Lumpkin, 1847 April 6

The collection consists of a letter from John C. Calhoun to Wilson Lumpkin dated April 6, 1847. In the letter Calhoun discusses the war with Mexico, President James Polk's acquisition of land in the Northwest (Oregon Treaty), trade with Mexico, tariffs, U.S. politics, and the presidential candidates for the 1848 election.

John C. Calhoun (1806-1850), lawyer, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Cabinet official, and Vice-President of the United States, resided in South Carolina.

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Calhoun, Phinizy F., Atlanta doctor, expert on eye service-correspondence, 1912

 

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Calling Cards

 

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Carlisle, John G., a biography

 

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Census, United States, No. 10, 1880

 

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Chase, William H.-correspondence to, 1853

 

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Church, Alonzo, a biography

 

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Civil War - correspondence re: slavery

 

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Civil War - correspondence (typed copies)

 

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Civil War-Prison Diary,(typed copy)

 

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Civil War-Marsh, Solomon A., correspondence

 

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Civil war painting (print)

 

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Clarke, Elijah-correspondence about him, 1794

 

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Clark, John-Order for appointment, 1821

 

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Clay, Cassius M., a biography

 

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Clay, Green, a biography

 

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Clay, Henry, a biography

 

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Cobb, Howell-correspondence bank checks, reciepts, 1868-1871

 

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Cobb, Howell Jr.-correspondence to, 1896-1898

 

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Cobb, T.R.R.-correspondence to, 1854-1860

 

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Cofer, M.H., a biography

 

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Commissions, given by Georgia Governors, 1823-1883

 

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Confederate States of America-Archives after the War, correspondence to General Patrick, 1865

 

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Confederate States of America-Appomatox, copies of orders, 1865

 

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Confederate States of America-Appomatox, R.E. Lee surrender orders no. 9 with facsimile

 

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Confederate States of America-Arsenals

 

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Confederate States of America-Bank Checks, cancelled

 

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Confederate States of America-Bond Certificates, 1863-1864

 

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Confederate States of America and Georgia - Bonds, 1862-1868

 

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Confederate States of America-Conscription Papers

 

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Confederate States of America-correspondence, miscellaneous

 

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Confederate States of America-Cotton

 

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Confederate States of America-Court procedures relative to Confederate debts, postwar

 

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Confederate States of America-Deserters, correspondence

 

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Confederate States of America-Discharge of Soldiers

 

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Confederate States of America-Election of Military Officers

 

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Confederate States of America-Exemption from Conscription, discharge from the Army

 

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Confederate States of America-Express Co.

 

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Confederate States of America-Flag designs

 

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Confederate States of America-Forms (blank)

 

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Confederate States of America-Generals, postwar

 

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Confederate States of America-Impressment

 

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Confederate States of America-Invalid Corps

 

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Confederate States of America-Maps (C.W.)

 

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Confederate States of America-Medical, hospitals

 

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Confederate States of America-Miscellaneous

 

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Confederate States of America-Oath of Allegiance to U.S.A. and Confederate States of America, 1861-1865

 

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Confederate States of America-Pardons, after the War

 

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Confederate States of America-Paroled Soldiers

 

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Confederate States of America-Pensions, after the War

 

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Confederate States of America-Provost Marshall, passports

 

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Confederate States of America-Post Office Department

 

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Confederate States of America-Prisoners of War, correspondence

 

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Confederate States of America-Fort Pulaski, correspondence regarding the capture, 1862

 

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Confederate States of America-Relief Activities

 

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Confederate States of America-Reunion, Atlanta Battlefield, 1900

 

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Confederate States of America-Taxes

 

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Confederate States of America-Telegraph Company - Telegrams

 

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Confederate States of America-Veterans, 1896-1898

 

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Confederate States of America-Voting in the Army, Civil elections

 

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Confederate States of America-Whiskey, distillation of

 

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Confederate States of America-Work details, correspondence

 

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Coolidge, Calvin-correspondence with signature, 1928

 

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Cooper, Hamilton-document concerning warrants, 1860

 

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Correspondence, miscellaneous I, 1810-1913

 

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Coulter, E.M.-Journal read to the Newtonian Literary Society

 

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Counterfeit Bills, with correspondence, 1839-1855

 

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Courts, Superior of Georgia I, Cases with U.S. Revenue Stamps, 1864-1869

 

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Courts, Supreme of Georgia, 1815-1887

 

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Courts, Supreme of North Carolina, 1806

 

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Courts, Supreme of Tennessee, 1852-1855

 

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Courts, Supreme of Virginia, 1815-1822

 

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Court Documents, miscellaneous, 1821-1867

 

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Crittenden, George B., a biography

 

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Crittenden, John J., a biography

 

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Crittenden, Thomas L., a biography

 

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Cuyler, Telamon-miscellaneous

 

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Davenport, Harbert Files I, typed copies of correspondence

 

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Davis, Garret, a biography

 

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Davis, Winnie-correspondence, 1887

 

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Desha, Joseph, a biography

 

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"The Devil in the Wolf-pen", a story of frontier life on the Ocmulgee River

 

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Edwards, John, a biography

 

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Envelopes, blank, some post marked

 

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Ernest, D.L., Physics Professor in State Normal School, Athens, Georgia-postcard, 1899

 

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Faucheraud, John, Senior Judge in S.C.-Court document, 1818

 

4	16	Flournoy, J. Jacobus, letters to Howell Cobb, 1836-1868
		The collection consists of letters from John J. Flournoy to his cousin Howell Cobb from 1836-1868. The letters discuss political matters, government involvement in the California gold mines, and the Cave Springs Deaf and Dumb School (Floyd County, Ga.)
	John Jacobus Flournoy (1800?-1879), eccentric and reformer, resided in Jackson County, Georgia.

 

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Frank, Leo-postcard and correspondence with signature, 1899

 

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Gayarre, Charles, author and Secretary of State for Louisiana.-Government documents, 1850

 

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Georgia, Colonial Documents-Establishment of, 1745

 

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Georgia, Colonial Documents, 1768

 

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Georgia, Colonial Documents-Inventory of Thomas Peacock Estate, 1772

 

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Georgia, Colonial Documents-land, miscellaneous, 1763-1781

 

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Georgia, Colonial Documents-Trustees, 1756-1760

 

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Georgia, Colonial Documents- Meeting of the Trustees, 1772

 

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Georgia Indentures, 1807

 

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Georgia-memorandum, bill, 1878-1890

 

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Georgia, University of - "The Caldron", Vol. 3, No. 1 , 1848

 

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Georgia, University of-correspondence, typed and handwritten, 1826-1925

 

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Georgia, University of-correspondence, re Phi Kappa and Demosthenian, typed copies, 1833-1901

 

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Georgia, University of-Invitations to Phi Kappa oratories, 1889-1900

 

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Georgia, University of-Land Documents, 1808-1824

 

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Georgia, University of-miscellaneous, (photograph, envelopes, exams, programs, invitations)

 

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Georgia, University of-Session Reports on Howell Cobb, William Mitchell, 1830-1857

 

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Georgia, University of-Tuition receipts from William Mitchell, 1822-1825

 

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Gilmer, George-printed correspondence and Memorial Program, 1829-1883

 

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Gold in California - Court cases, 1855-1856

 

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Gold in California - Court cases, 1857-1858

 

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Gold in California - Gold mines and correspondence, 1855-1859

 

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Greenup, Christopher, a biography

 

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Gresham, John J.-correspondence to, 1843-1846

 

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Hardin, Ben, a biography

 

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Hardin, Martin, a biography

 

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Harod, James, a biography

 

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Historical Highway markers

 

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Hopkins, Samuel, a biography

 

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Horse trading, 1815-1816

 

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Houston, William, a biography

 

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Howard, Benjamin, a biography

 

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Jackson, Joseph, in state Auditor's Office, Richmond Va.-copies of Rev. War Documents

 

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Jackson, Joseph I-correspondence, 1805-1830

 

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Jackson, Joseph II-correspondence, 1832-1865

 

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Jackson, Joseph III-ledgers and receipts

 

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Jackson, Stonewall, a biographical sketch

 

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Jacob, Richard Taylor, a biography

 

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Jett, Thomas-Affidavit, 1811

 

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Jones, Noble Wymberley, a biography

 

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King, John Pendleton, a biography

 

5	22	King, Thomas Butler - correspondence to, 1827-1829
		The collection consists of correspondence to Thomas Butler King which documents King's law practice and business concerns. Of particular interest is a letter (October 25, 1830) discussing land surveys in Georgia, land lotteries, bills before the General Assembly, and gold mining in North Georgia. Correspondents include John R. Stanford, John M. Gray, and W. Pemberton.
	Thomas Butler King (1800-1864) was a planter, lawyer, and politician who resided in Glynn County, Georgia.

 

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King, Thomas Butler - correspondence to, 1830-1840

 

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King, Thomas Butler, a biography

 

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Lamar, Zachariah-correspondence, 1810

 

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Lampley, Benjamin-correspondence to Howell Cobb, A.H. Stephens, Robert Toombs, 1856

 

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Land Documents-Kentucky, 1832

 

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Land Documents-South Carolina, 1839

 

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Lawton, James - Presidential Pardon , 1866

 

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Legal Documents-Ohio, re Citizenship, 1841

 

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Legal and Land Documents-Alabama, 1854-1857

 

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Legal and Land Documents-North Carolina, 1846

 

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Lottery Tickets and other lottery leaflets, found in the old William H. Crawford house near Crawford,Georgia

 

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Lumpkin, J.H., lawyer, Justice of Georgia Supreme Court-correspondence, 1895-1911

 

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Magoffin, Beriah, a biography

 

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Marshall, Humphrey, a biography

 

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Marshall, Humphrey, a biography

 

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Marshall, James Markham, a biography

 

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Marshall, Louis, a biography

 

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Marshall, Thomas Alexander, a biography

 

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Martin Institute - Court documents about William D. Martin, 1816-1855

 

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Martin Institute - Court documents about William D. Martin, 1855-1856

 

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Mell, Patrick Hues, a biography

 

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Miscellaneous material

 

6	5	Godfrey Barnsley papers, 1834-1870
		The collection consists of printed bulletins pertaining to shipping and the import and export of commodities, especially cotton, in Augusta and Savannah (Ga.), Mobile (Ala.), Charleston (S.C.), and New Orleans (La.), as well as letters to Godfrey Barnsley regarding crop production, cotton trade, and local news of Savannah or Macon.
	Godfrey Barnsley (1805-1873) was a cotton factor and merchant, resided in Savannah (Ga.), New Orleans (La.), and North Georgia.

 

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Mitchell, David B.-correspondence, typed, 1793-1818

 

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Mitchell, William L.-correspondence to C.J. Jenkins., 1878

 

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Moore, R.D.-written note

 

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Mclver, Charles D.-correspondence, 1905

 

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McPherson, J.H.T.-correspondence, 1938-1942

 

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Newspapers-leaflets and broadsides, 1844-1859

 

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Newspapers-receipts, 1816-1888

 

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Oconee Hill Cemetery by Charlotte Thomas Marshall

 

6	14-16	Oliver Family Papers - miscellaneous papers, notebook, 1812-1894
		The collection consists of correspondence from Shelton Oliver to his wife Martha W. Oliver while he was tending a sick uncle in Mandarin, Florida and letters from John T. Oliver to his wife Lizzie Gilmore Oliver, while serving in Company B of the 9th Mississippi Battalion near Dalton (Ga.) during the Atlanta Campaign.

 

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Orr, Gustavus J., a biography

 

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Overby, B.H., candidate for Governor of Georgia in 1855 on Temperance Party ticket-correspondence, 1856

 

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Patterson, A.H.-Courtesy Card

 

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Peale, Rembrant-Ticket to his lecture on "Washington and his Generals"

 

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Peters, Richard, a biography

 

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Phinizy, Ferdinand, a biography

 

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Plantation supplies and foreclosures, 1879-1899

 

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Poe, Washington-correspondence, 1826

 

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Post Cards, used and unused

 

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Post Offices in Georgia, 1846 1849

 

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Powell, L.W., a biography

 

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Preston, William, a biography

 

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Price Current Sheets, 1830-1870

 

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Proctor, John Robert, a biography

 

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Promissory notes, and barter note, 1803-1915

 

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Promissary notes with U.S. Rev. imprints, 1801

 

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Promotion letter, Georgia Militia, 1825

 

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Quillian, M.P.-correspondence to, 1835-1849

 

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Railroads, 1844-1905

 

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Receipts, miscellaneous

 

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Reconstruction, 1865

 

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Ritchie, Thomas-correspondence, 1851

 

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Robertson, George, a biography

 

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Rowan, John, a biography

 

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Schools, Georgia-Agreement to teach school, 1819-1820

 

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Schools, Georgia-Clarke County - miscellaneous, 1860-1863

 

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Schools, Georgia-Clarke County Poor Schools, 1846-1870

 

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Schools, Georgia - Indictment on Poor School Fraud, 1829

 

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Schools, Georgia-Clarke County - Reports, 1861-1863

 

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Schools, Georgia - correspondence, 1851-1858

"deaf mutes", school payments, "poor school fund"

 

8	2	Schools, Georgia - correspondence with transcripts, 1829-1858
		Poor school fund; letters from Henry F. York writing from Sheltonville mentions the Know-Nothings and Roman Catholics

 

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Schools, Georgia-correspondence, John Forsyth to Thomas King regarding poor school fund, 1829

 

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Schools, Georgia - Free School, Jackson County, 1827

 

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Schools, Georgia - Jones County Poor School Fund Records, 1829-1837

 

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Schools, Georgia - Law - Jackson County Poor School; Jefferson school districts, 1859

 

8	7	Schools, Georgia-miscellaneous
		Includes tuition bills, notes, teacher survey, number of Poor Children assessed to each county, poor school fund

 

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Schools, Georgia - Mison Academy, 1816-1817

 

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Schools, Georgia - Orr, Gustavus, J. witness for a trust, 1848

 

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Schools, Georgia-Teacher Certification, 1859-1863

 

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Schools, Georgia-Trustees of Common School, 1839

 

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Schools, Georgia - Testimony given at the trial of Thomas Carr for whipping a child, 1844

 

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Schools in Georgia (lists of teachers), 1832-1835

 

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Segregation, in railroad cars, 1899

 

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Shipp, J.E.D., lawyer and book dealer, author of The Life of William H. Crawford-correspondence, 1900

 

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Simmons, Thomas J., a biography

 

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Simmons, William E., a biography

 

8	17	Slavery - bills of sale, 1774, 1829 Access Online
		Sale of "negro man slave named Ishmael" from Alexander Wylly of Christ Church Parish to Charles Wiliam Mackinon of Skidaway for 100 pounds (1774). Sale of "a negro man named Charles" from John Dews to Mary Ansley of the City of Savannah for $400 (1829)

 

8	18	Slavery-Confederate States of America, bills of sale, requisitions, receipts Access Online
		Includes receipts for arresting and delivering "runaway negro (teamster) in the employ of Capt. N. A. Birge"; fee for crossing over the tall bridge at Big Cypress Bay on Jefferson with ox teams, mules, "30 negroes" and horsemen; hire of "negro named Austin"; "services of 1 negro boy named Dave"; hire of wagons and "negroes named Israel, Dick, Smith, Alfred, and Joe"; "hire of negro man Elick"; "Received of Mr. W. A. Carr two negroes slaves, Ephram, Cobb Reuben"; "Received of Wm. A. Carr the following named Negroes Dave + Frank... for Government employ"; and Act of Sale by J. W. B. Edwards of Troup County to Susan Montgomery of Franklin County, Arkansas, "a mutto girl slave for life named Anna aged about eighteen... a good seamstress + hairdresser + chamber maid"

 

8	19	Slavery - correspondence from enslaved person, freedom, 1846-1854 Access Online
		Letter from Charles [Covey?] regarding his freedom status, he was registered as free at the Clerks Office in Milledgeville, but has been recently sold back into bondage. He states "the men that came after me took me to [Memphis] Tenessee and after whipping me untill my back was raw from my [?] to the back of my neck they then sent me to this place and sold me." Impressment receipts for enslaved men named Carter, Alec, Daria, and impressment notice to W. A. Carr to provide 5 "able bodied male slaves". Order that John Davis be appointed guardian of Thomas Jefferson Early a person of color. Character reference for John Lee. State vs. Thompson Mcquire, offence of misdemeanor for assaulting Francis Allen a free woman of color.

 

8	20	Slavery, hiring of, 1819-1838 Access Online
		Includes hiring receipts for enslaved labor including these named people: Joe, Sandy, and Ransom.

 

8	21	Slavery, importation of - indictments, permission note, and petition, 1787, 1820 Access Online
		Importation of 5 slaves from Connecticut (1787); case against William Anderson (and subsequent case against John Burgan) for importing into Georgia the enslaved people Chaney, Aley, Sally, Roger and George (1820)

 

8	22	Slavery - Isuardi, Francis, copy of Will (Barnwell District, South Carolina), 1819 Access Online
		Includes the bequest of thsee enslaved people: Carolina and her child Clito; mulatto boy Washington; all other enslaved people at the plantation in the Barnwell district, SC. Also it provides for the freedom of the enslaved woman America and provides her with the enslaved child Ronna, the house and kitchen furniture, cloths, and money.

 

8	23	Slavery - Jones, William, estate of, re: medical records, 1843-1866 Access Online
		Includes expenses of medical visits and prescriptions for the family and enslaved people including attending women in labor. Also, includes a list of the enslaved and their ages in 1850 and undated list of 32 field hands.

 

8	24	Slavery - Jones, William, bills of sale, receipts, 1832-1867 Access Online
		Includes bills of sale for enslaved men and women including: Henry, York, Stepney, William (age 15), Logan (carpenter, age 30), Moses (age 30), Bob (age 50), Ned (age 30), Ulysses (age 27), Sally (age 27), Daniel (age 10), Maria (age 8), Harriet (age 5), Milly (age 3), Judy (age 22) and her child Charlotte, Hannah (age 21) and her child Roy, Priss (age 17) and her child Margaret, Sylva (age 15) Daphne (age 13), Henry (age 24), Louisa (cook, age 24), Alceay [?] (age 19), Tom, Sauney, Abraham (age 50-60), Blanch (age 16), Morniny [?], Ruel, Jane (age 20) and son William, Betsy, Mary and her child Betsy, Winney and son Isaac, Jim (age 18), Amy, Frank, Jack, Dave (age 13), Catty (age 12), Edmund (age 13), Louisa (age 22), Isaac, John, Tom, Henry, Phill (age 22), Overton, Mary (age 35-40), Lorenzo, Taylor, Frank (age 60). 1855 receipt for 66 pairs of "Negro" brogans and boys shoes.

 

8	25	Slavery - Jones, William, correspondence, 1841-1842 Access Online
		Includes receipt for advertisment "runaway negro" and letter regarding runaways; letters regarding purchasing or selling enslaved men and women. One letter from Pleasant Stovall discusses a house servant named Iris, "her temper is the only objection, which I am unwilling to attempt to curb by whipping in an servant"

 

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Slavery - William Jones and Isham Keith, bills of sale for enslaved people: Bill Strut, Judy, Eliza, Tom, Charlotte, Rachel, and George; Cynthia, Susan, Mordicai, Dread, Jonna, Rose, Martha, Jack , Mildred, Chaney, Melinda, Lucy, Chilley, Elizabeth, Clarissa, Isabella, 1841-1842

 

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Slavery - Keith, Marshall, medical records, sales records and correspondence, 1815-1850 Access Online

Estate papers related to enslaved men and women: Jack (age 20), Lewis (age 14), Malinda (age 22) and her children Aggy and Mildred, Bob, Ned, Ulysses, Sally and her children Daniel, Marial Harriet, Milly, Judy and child Charlotte, Hannah and child Roy, Pris Margaret and Sylvia, Dappe. List of sold enslaved people sold along with prices. List of familes including husbands, wives and children. Letter regarding Daniel who ran away from William Jones and was caught. Receipts for medical treatment for enslaved people.

 

8	27	Slavery - miscellaneous Access Online
		Includes receipt for medical services rendered the "negroes of [William] Dunn" and others. Receipts for the purchase of enslaved people: Henry (age 8), Amy (age 16), Curnby [?], Silvia. Reimbusement for burying "a drowned negro man Stewart - McElhannon's saw mill".

 

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Slavery - Oglethorpe County record book, 1818-1846 Access Online

 

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Slavery - Permit to travel for Albert Simez on a steam boat , 1855 Access Online

 

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Slavery - Petition, re: removal of slaves to Africa, 1850 Access Online

 

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Slavery - Prices for taxation, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, 1830-1839 Access Online

 

8	32	Slavery - Slave trials, 1797-1853 Access Online
		Includes documents regarding enslaved Abraham (Abram), belonging to Nathan Atkinson, sentenced to death for stealing and letters of character requesting mercy. State of Louisiana vs. Slave Gilbert for "attempt to commit rape on the person of a white women". State vs. Slave Frank, property of F. Hardy, warrent of Execution. State of La. vs. G. Carny, "negro man named Isaac tried and convicted" and sentenced to lashes on bare back and to wear irons for six months.

 

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Smith, Birdie Cobb-correspondence, 1902-1912

 

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Smith, Jennie, from the Lucy Cobb Institute-correspondence, 1894

 

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Social Amenities-invitations, 1850-1859

 

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Sosnowski, C.-correspondence, 1892

 

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The Southern Cultivator-correspondence, 1896-1907

 

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Southern Farm and Home-correspondence, 1870

 

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Speed, James, a biography

 

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Speer, Emory-correspondence, 1894-1912

 

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Starnes, H.N., Professor of Agriculture at University of Georgia - correspondence, 1902

 

8	42	Stephens, Alexander H. - correspondence with typed copies, 1844-1875
		The collection consists of letters from Stephens in Washington, D.C. to his brothers discussing his activities in Congress, the disputed Texas boundary, and problems between the North and South as well as letters to William L. Mitchell pertaining to the University of Georgia law school and Stephens' activities as a Trustee. The bulk of the collection consists of typescript copies of letters from Stephens to William H. Fleming. The letters mainly focus on U.S. politics including legislation before Congress; Stephens' opinion of Samuel Tilden, Ulysses S. Grant, and James Blaine; fraud in the 1872 Louisiana Governor's election; the Republican Party; railroad construction in the South; attacks upon Stephens in the newspapers; and Stephens' nomination (1882) for Georgia Governor.
	Alexander Hamilton Stephens (1812-1883), lawyer, politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America.

 

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Stephens, Alexander H. - copies of correspondence, originals owned by William Fleming, 1877-1882

 

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Stephens, Alexander H. - miscellaneous

 

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Stevenson, John W.-a biography

 

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Stock Certificates, Georgia Railroad and Banking Co., 1842-1874

 

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Switzerland Legation-correspondence to Hoke Smith, 1922

 

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Tax, Cotton, 1865

 

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Tax, U.S. Direct and Internal Revenue, 1866-1867

 

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Telfair, Edward, a biography

 

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Thompson, Mrs. Jacob-calling cards and correspondence

 

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Thomson, Charles, Secretary of Continental Congress-3 documents with signatures, 1785

 

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Tuck, H.C., Athens lawyer and judge-correspondence, 1890-1908

 

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Underwood, J.R., a biography

 

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Vrooman, Carl, publicist-correspondence, 1925

 

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Washington, Booker T.-correspondence, 1905

 

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Welch, R.H., founder of John Birch Society-correspondence, 1914

 

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White, George, a biography

 

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White, W.N., a biography

 

9	11	Wilcox, C.P.-correspondence, 1893
	Cyprian P. Willcox, professor of modern languages at the University of Georgia.

 

9	12	Wilcox, C.P.-typed copy of diary, 1852
		The first diary (1844-1845) describes a trip Willcox made from up north to Columbus, Georgia. He discusses the voyage from New York to Savannah, his overland journey, and extensive details regarding the social life in Columbus. The 1852 diary was written during an European trip and describes the people, places, and social life he encountered.

 

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Wilcox, C.P.-Diary, miscellaneous, 1850

 

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Wilcox, C.P.-Diary

 

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Wilcox, C.P.-Diary, typed copy, incomplete

 

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Willingham Family Papers I, 1829-1877

 

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Willingham Family Papers II, 1879-1901

 

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Wilson, James H. - correspondence, 1912

 

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Yazoo Land Fraud Petition with signatures, 1796

 

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York, John G.-correspondence to, 1830-1855

 

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Barrow, Lucy-composition book

 

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Account Book, 1917-1919

 

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Pocket Diary, 1856

 

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Notebook, 1850-1859

 

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Notebook

 

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Library Record Book, 1904-1912

 

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Book of Orders, Provost Marshals Office, 1864

 

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Notebook

 

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Notebook, 1850-1859

 

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Ledger, 1859-1862

 

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Deed Book, 1830-1839

 

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Account Book by L. Schevenell and Co., Athens, Georgia, 1875-1876

 

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Account Book by an Athens, Georgia Business Firm, 1876 1877

 

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Store Account Book, 1826-1827

 

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Store Account Book, 1836-1845

 

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Bench Docket, 1799-1803

 

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Church seating chart and House plan

 

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Printed poster of "The General" steam engine

 

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Topographical and railroad maps (1 of 2)

 

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Topographical and railroad maps (2 of 2)

 

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Miscellaneous documents