Sanders family papers, 1824-1915

Summary

Creator:

Sanders, Dickerson H., 1830?-1915

Date:

1824-1915

Extent:

1.3 Linear Feet 3 document boxes, 1 oversized folder

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Sanders family papers, ms2916, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of correspondence, business papers, photographs, printed material, and a diary. There are many love letters written between D.H. Sanders and Ella Dickinson. The business papers include land grants and indentures, which pertain to land in Georgia counties. The 1870 diary belonged to Ella Dickinson.

Biographical / historical:

Dickerson H. Sanders (1830?-1915) lived in Greensboro, Georgia. He was the son of Rev. Billington McCarter Sanders (1789-1854) and Cynthia Holliday Sanders. He married Isabella Roberts in 1860 and, after her death in 1874, married Ella Lindsey Dickinson, the widow of Dr. John T. Dickinson of Albany, Georgia, in 1879.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Persons -- Photographs.
Land tenure -- Georgia.
Land grants -- Georgia.
Deeds -- Georgia.
Love-letters -- Georgia.
Land grants.
Deeds.
Diaries.
Correspondence
Love letters.

Names:

Saunders family -- Correspondence
Sanders, Dickerson H., 1830?-1915 -- Correspondence

Preferred citation:

Sanders family papers, ms2916, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.