| 1641 |
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Family Visitor account book
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Family Visitor (Firm : Madison, Ga.) |
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1849-1856 |
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The collection consists of an account book for the magazine Family Visitor from January 1849-December 1850. Each entry lists
the customer's name, service rendered, and price. Services include printing cards, handbills, and pamphlets, or placing advertisements.
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ms107 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1642 |
Title: |
Thomas Hubbard McHatton papers
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McHatton, Thomas Hubbard, 1883-1956 |
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Dates: |
1899-1933 |
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The collection consists of papers of Thomas Hubbard McHatton from 1899-1933. Includes correspondence, printed material, photographs,
drawings, and ephemera. Contains mainly material relating to McHatton's interest in the cultivation of pecan trees and his
association with the National Pecan Grower's Association. Records relating to the Association include correspondence (1927)
of John Byron Wight and a 47-page history of the organization. Also includes printed material relating to Spring Hill College
located in Mobile, Alabama.
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ms1070 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1643 |
Title: |
Athens Bobbin Mill account books
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Athens Bobbin Mill (Athens, Ga.) |
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Dates: |
1867-1877, 1887-1891 |
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The collection consists of two account books for the Athens Bobbin Mill and its predecessor the Athens Bobbin Works from November
1867 to December 1877 and April 1887 to December 1891. Volume one contains entries for customer or firm and includes the name,
date, items purchased or ordered, and price. Additional entries pertain to wages paid employees and list name, number of days
worked, and, in some cases, the amount paid. The first ledger also includes entries for letters received, answered, or sent
and include the person's or firm's name, date, and address.
Volume two includes entries recording employees, number of days worked, and taxes, charges for hauling services including
name, amount, and size; and orders from customers or firms containing the name, date, items purchased or ordered, and price.
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ms108 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1644 |
Title: |
Fleming scrapbook
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Unknown |
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Dates: |
1890 |
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A volume of pasted clippings on Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, and national history. It includes some of the sketches of
Athens, 1865-1875, which were printed in the local paper by A. L. Hill, who later published them as Annals of Athens. There
are other articles, some by George G. Smith on early Georgia history, much about the Revolution and national history, includes
a list of prisoners kept in Fort at St. Augustine by British in 1780, rolls of soldiers, 1775, from South Carolina, and some
articles concerning early Baptists.
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ms109 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1645 |
Title: |
Peter Early letters
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Early, Mr. (Peter), 1773-1817 |
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Dates: |
1814-1815 |
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The collection consists of a letter to Governor Peter Early from the Solicitor General of the Western District of Georgia
Thomas W. Cobb, dated October 31, 1814, which discusses court business and a letter from Early to Seaborn Jones, dated January
8, 1815, regarding land sales and the settlement of debts between Early and Jones.
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Identifier: |
ms1097 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1646 |
Title: |
Joseph E. Brown Letter to John B. Campbell
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Brown, Joseph E., (Joseph Emerson), 1821-1894 |
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Dates: |
1860 August 22 |
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The collection consists of a letter dated 22 August 1860, from Governor Joseph E. Brown to John B. Campbell, secretary of
the Quartermaster Department. The letter concerns the purchase of 250 horse artillery sabre belts, 250 holsters and 150 horse
artillery sabres. It also contains personal mention of Mrs. Campbell and her small child who are visiting with the Browns,
relaying her messages to her husband.
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Identifier: |
ms1098 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1647 |
Title: |
Robert M. Charlton legal briefs
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Charlton, Robert M. (Robert Milledge), 1807-1854 |
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Dates: |
1824-1831 |
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The collection consists of a volume of legal briefs and precedents written entirely in the hand of Robert M. Charlton from
1824-1831. The volume includes information on deed of marriage settlements, subpoenas, injunctions, calculating interest,
action for slander, mortgage foreclosures, etc. Also contains an index compiled by Charlton and several poems and other non-legal
annotations.
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Identifier: |
ms1099 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1648 |
Title: |
Baber-Blackshear family papers
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Baber-Blackshear family |
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Dates: |
1796-1939 |
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The collection consists of the papers of the Baber, Blackshear, and Baber-Blackshear families from 1796-1939 and includes
correspondence, journals, ledgers, news clippings, invitations, programs, speeches, and newspapers. The early part of the
collection relates to Dr. Ambrose Baber and contains information on the 1802 William Hunter-David Mitchell duel (Savannah,
Ga.); Baber's term as Charge'd Affaires to Sardinia, including correspondence from John MacPherson Berrien (1842-1844); and
the establishment of the Montpelier Institute in Monroe County, Georgia.
The bulk of the collection falls after 1846. It contains correspondence and journals of George Francis Burleigh Baber during
his naval service on the John Adams, Germantown, Dale, and Porpoise. Also included is Civil War correspondence consisting
of letters from Joseph William Blackshear of Jackson's Artillery from Camp Brown, St. Simons Island, Georgia, as well as George
Dunbar Sweet Smith, who served in South Carolina and Virginia. The remainder of the collection consists of personal correspondence
between Marion and William Blackshear; their children Ella, Paul, Birdie, and Minnie Baber-Blackshear; relatives; and friends.
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Identifier: |
ms11 |
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| 1649 |
Title: |
1st Georgia Militia Regiment morning reports
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Creator: |
Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Militia Regiment, 1st |
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Dates: |
1863 |
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One volume of morning reports of the 1st Georgia Militia Regiment of the Confederate States of America Army, commanded by
Colonel Edward M. Galt, from February 25 - December 8, 1863. The inside cover lists the officers in the unit. Beginning entries
place company in Savannah, Georgia then later in Etowah, Camp Foster and give the troops strength. Written on the front of
the volume is the inscription "This book was captured at the Battle of Jonesboro, Ga. Augt. 31st, 1864. We made the Rebels
Dust."
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Identifier: |
ms110 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1650 |
Title: |
Georgia and other southern stereoscopic views
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Creator: |
Anderson, D. H. (David H.), 1827- |
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Dates: |
1870s |
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The collection consists of a grouping of twelve photographs mounted on stereoscope cards. There are seven Savannah, Georgia
views; Saint Augustine, Florida images; one Virginia; and one unlabelled. The Savannah views were photgraphed by J. N. Wilson.
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Identifier: |
ms1100 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1651 |
Title: |
Thomas Cole account book
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Cole, Thomas, active 1777-1778 |
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Dates: |
1777-1778 |
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The collection consists of an account book, kept by Captain Thomas Cole, from August 1777 - March 1778. The book concerns
the time between he fought in the Battle of Red Bank (Fort Mercer), NJ in October 1777 and the Battle of Rhode Island in August
1778. The volume gives a detailed account of supplies for Continental soldiers first at Peeks Kill, New York then Valley Forge,
Pennsylvania. Entries include information on wages paid as well as guns, bayonets, cartridge boxes, blankets, and clothing
issued to soldiers.
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Identifier: |
ms1101 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1652 |
Title: |
Pleasant Stovall letter to B. A. Stovall
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Creator: |
Stovall, Pleasant, 1793-1863 |
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Dates: |
1862 August 21 |
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The collection consists of one letter from Pleasant Stovall in Athens, Georgia addressed to his son Lt. B. A. Stovall in Chattanooga,
Tennessee. In the letter Pleasant replies to an earlier letter from the Lieutentant regarding investments including Georgia
Railroad and Union Bank stock, and discusses the future value of Confederate money and disposition of Confederate property.
He also writes about a family visit and the health of various family members, and makes general comments about the War.
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Identifier: |
ms1103 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1653 |
Title: |
Salzburger settlement at Ebenezer typescript
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Creator: |
United States. Federal Emergency Relief Administration |
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Dates: |
1937 |
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A typescript of an English translation of "The Beginning of the Salzburger Settlement Ebenezer in Georgia." It was translated
from German documents in the possession of the Georgia Salzburger Society, forwarded to them from Germany at the time of the
Salzburger Bicentennial Celebration in Prussia. The facts contained herein were gathered largely from the diaries of Boltzius,
Gronau, and others, published contemporaneously by Samuel Urlsperger, pastor of St. Ann's Church, Augsburg. The translation
from German here presented was prepared by FERA (WPA) workers on a project under the direction of the Savannah Historical
Research Association. Dated 14 September 1937, the typescript has the signature of Pearl R. Gnann, historian of the Ebenezer
community.
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Identifier: |
ms1105 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1654 |
Title: |
Athens : American guide series typescript
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Creator: |
Georgia Writers' Project |
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Dates: |
1938 |
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A typescript of Athens: American Guide Series, compiled by the Athens and Augusta units of the Federal Writers' Project (WPA)
and incorporates much of the research preformed by the WPA writers in county archives and personal interviews. The typescript
has numerous manuscript notations and attempts an historical, social, and economic overview of the Athens community from its
beginnings until the date of the research (1935-1938).
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Identifier: |
ms1106 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1655 |
Title: |
James M. Crawford papers
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Crawford, James Mack, 1925- |
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Dates: |
1974-1975 |
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The collection consists of materials related to Studies in Southeastern Indian Languages (Athens : University of Georgia Press,
1975), including a proof copy, typescripts, notes, and other material relating to researches on various topics, development
of the printed book, various drafts of the essays included, some relevant correspondence, and production notes. Studies in
Southeastern Indian languages is the outgrowth of a series of symposia on the subject in the early 1970s. James M. Crawford
of the University of Georgia headed the efforts to produce this volume of essays and the task was completed under his editorship.
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Identifier: |
ms1107 |
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| 1656 |
Title: |
Daniel Decatur Emmett - Dixie land
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Emmett, Daniel Decatur, 1815-1904 |
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Dates: |
1899 February 22 |
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The collection consists of an autograph manuscript copy of Dan Emmett's song "Dixie land," which was written on 22 February
1899 at Conshocton, Ohio. The recto comprises voice and chorus for the minstrel arrangement while the verso lists the lyrics
for five stanzas. This copy has words only; there is no musical notation. (21 1/2 X 26 1/2 cm.) Accompanying the sheet
is the quill pen used to make the copy. In addition, the collection contains clippings, off-prints, brochures, and photocopies
of other materials relating to Emmett and his famous work. There is also an early recording of "Dixie" by Mabel Garrison
and the Victor Male Quartet for Victoria Records.
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Identifier: |
ms1109 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1657 |
Title: |
Confederate Army war figures scrapbook
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Unknown |
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Dates: |
1865 |
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The collection consists of one volume containing newspaper clippings and typescript. The book is seventy-seven pages long,
though most are blank and pages 16-24 are missing.
Several newspapers printed articles, contemplating war figures, at the war's end. The volume has several of these, including
ones entitled "Resources of South in War: Comparative Strengths of the Belligerents," "The Men Who Fought for the South in
1861-1865," and "Relative Numbers." Other typed lists show the analysis more clearly. One in particular titled "Strength of
the Confederate Army (At the close of the War)" details those surrendered, killed, and wounded. Slight comparisons with the
Union are made. These were made in the early years after the war before reconciliation and Reconstruction.
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Identifier: |
ms111 |
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| 1658 |
Title: |
Washington County, Georgia, land grant
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Polock, Isaac, active 1793 |
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Dates: |
1793-1794 |
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The collection consists of a letter of attorney to Isaac Polock of Savannah from James Dawson to arrange the sale of 31,000
acres on the Ohoopee River in Washington County, Georgia, notarized at Augusta in 1793 and further notarized in Philadelphia
under the request of Robert Morris and John Nicholson on May 7, 1794 by Clement Biddle. Accompanied by a map.
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ms1112 |
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| 1659 |
Title: |
Albert B. Saye collection related to the Georgia Constitution
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Saye, Albert Berry |
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Dates: |
1973, 1976 |
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The collection consists of various stages of Saye's revisions to the state constitution of Georgia and a letter from Governor
George Busbee pertaining to the matter under study. Saye's annotations are particularly important to show the emendations
and changes he deemed necessary in the reworking of the state constitution.
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Identifier: |
ms1113 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1660 |
Title: |
Nineteenth Century Physician's reference collection
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De Renne family |
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Dates: |
1844-1894 |
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The collection consists of prescription reference book for early pharmaceuticals, loose prescription notes, and a physician's
visiting list. The reference book is inscribed with the name "DeRenne".
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ms1114 |
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