| 5081 |
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Forbes family collection
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Forbes family |
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1876-1970 |
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The collection consists of papers of the Forbes family from 1876-1970. Papers of Walter T. Forbes, Sr. concern his invention
of a process for tanning leather, his formula for the treatment of Ramie fiber, and his job as a sales representative; and
include correspondence, handwritten processes, newspaper articles, and Ramie fiber samples. Papers of Helen Forbes Ross include
correspondence, newspaper clippings, and photographs pertaining to Ross' marriage, theatrical career and charitable work,
most notably the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. The collection also includes photographs and newspaper clippings of George
Lester Forbes, Walter T. Forbes II, Walter T. Forbes III, and Chef Carson Gulley.
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ms640 |
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| 5082 |
Title: |
Diamond family papers
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Diamond family |
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Dates: |
1831-1891 |
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The collection consists of correspondence of the Diamond family of DeKalb County, Georgia and Rusk or Grayson County, Texas
from 1831-1891. Topics discussed include family members' migration to Texas, descriptions of life before and after the Civil
War, an 1867 yellow fever epidemic in Texas and the resulting deaths of several family members, weather, crops, the health
of family members, proposed visits between the families, and religion. The majority of the correspondence is written by Diamond
family members living in either Henderson, Rusk County, Texas or Grayson County, Texas. Major correspondents include Catherine
Diamond Crow; Amanda J. Diamond, wife of James J.; George Washington Diamond; and Lizzie Towles Diamond, wife of William Wingfield.
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ms641 |
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| 5083 |
Title: |
D. T. Singleton report cards
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Singleton, David Terrell, 1831- |
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1849 August, November |
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The collection consists of two University of Georgia report cards, dated August and November 1849, of D. T. Singleton. Listed
on the report cards are grades for studies, fines for various offenses, absences from prayers, church, recitation, and rooms,
and of the number of students in his class, how many have been more regular in their attendance. A handwritten summary
at the bottom of page 3 (November 1849) states that Singleton is "inattentive to college duties & negligent in his studies."
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ms642 |
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| 5084 |
Title: |
Alexander C. Farrington letter to Stephen Hills
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Farrington, Alexander C. |
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1835 December 26 |
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This collection consists of a letter dated December 26, 1835, from Alexander C. Farrington of New York, to Stephen Hills,
of New York. Farrington responds to Hills' inquiry regarding 100,000 acres of timber lands in Georgia. He talks about the
quality of the land and timber, the market for timber, transporting the timber on a soon-to-be completed canal from Savannah
to the Altamaha River, and the history of ownership of the land. Names mentioned include: Joseph Grezard, Joseph Eden, Metcalf
Eden, Samuel Abbott, Jemima Abbott, Samuel K. Abbott, Charles Abbott, Nicholas Abbott, Henry P. Abbott, and Ann Eliza Abbott.
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ms643 |
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| 5085 |
Title: |
Henry County land grant
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Finnel, Ann |
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Dates: |
1821 August 19 |
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The collection consists of one grant of 202 1/2 acres of land in Henry County, Georgia, to Ann Finnel (or Finnell), widow,
of Columbia County, Georgia. The grant is dated August 19, 1821.
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ms644 |
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| 5086 |
Title: |
Mary Moncrief land grant
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Moncrief, Mary |
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1784 July 23 |
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The collection consists of a land grant dated July 23 1784, to Mary Moncrief in Richmond County, Georgia with a seal appended;
signed by John Houstoun, governor of Georgia. The document is in poor condition.
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ms645 |
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| 5087 |
Title: |
Sidney Lanier letter
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Lanier, Sidney, 1842-1881 |
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Dates: |
1879 December 5 and circa 1924 |
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The collection consists of a reproduction of a copy of the remarks of Sidney Lanier, at the meeting of the Macon Bar Association
(undated) to receive the resolutions of the committee upon the death of Judge E. A. Nisbet, and two explanatory notes. Accompanying
glossy print of a portrait of Judge Nisbet has been relocated to the Georgia Photograph File, ms3705. The collection also
includes one sheet of paper with the word "Clover" and Lanier's address, and one letter from Sidney Lanier to William F. Gable,
533 Penn St., Reading, Pa., dated December 5, 1879. Lanier provides Gable with the address of a photographer in Baltimore,
Maryland.
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ms646 |
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| 5088 |
Title: |
Joseph LeConte letter
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LeConte, Joseph, 1823-1901 |
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Dates: |
1852 September 10 |
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The collection consists of one letter from Joseph LeConte to Judge Eugenius A. Nisbet, dated September 10, 1852, Milledgeville,
Georgia. LeConte desired to apply for Dr. Jones' professorship at the University of Georgia, as Dr. Jones was resigning.
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ms647 |
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| 5089 |
Title: |
Georgia State Militia order
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Jones, Edwin Thomas, 1831-1867 |
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Dates: |
1864 November |
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The collection consists of an order, dated November 1864 [per official records], signed by Lt. Col. Edwin Thomas Jones of
the Georgia State Militia addressed to the people of Lee County, Georgia stating that all men of the county are liable to
militia duty under the call of Governor Joseph E. Brown and should join a company and be ready to march by next Sunday or
Monday or be arrested. This call was to provide troops during the Atlanta Campaign, 1864.
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ms649 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 5090 |
Title: |
Edward Stevens Henry papers
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Henry, Edward Stevens, 1836-1921 |
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Dates: |
1858-1921 |
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The collection consists of the papers of Edward Stevens Henry from 1858-1921. The papers include correspondence (1886-1921),
account books (1858-1862), letter books (1898-1904), and a scrapbook of newsclippings (1900-1901). The correspondence and
letterbooks document Henry's service as a Connecticut legislator, State Treasurer, Mayor of Rockville, and as a U.S. Congressman.
Includes correspondence with constituents, fellow legislators, and government departments. The account books, probably from
Henry's dry-goods business in Rockville (Conn.), include name of customer, list of items purchased, and price.
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ms65 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 5091 |
Title: |
Leo Liberthson letter and poem
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Liberthson, Leo |
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Dates: |
1946 July, August |
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The collection consists of a letter from Leo Liberthson, 88 Lexington Ave., New York, to Philip Stern. The letter, dated
Aug. 1, 1946, concerns the poem "Thoughts around a Rorschach Analysis" and Liberthson's book If There are Pits as Deep....
The poem is enclosed in the letter and is dated July, 1946.
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ms650 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 5092 |
Title: |
Jordan family Bible record
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Jordan family |
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Dates: |
1794-1891 |
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The collection consists of four pages from the family record section of the Jordan family bible. These pages were removed
from the bible, which was left by Mrs. Ilah Dunlap Jordan Little on instructions from the director of the Libraries, Mr. W.
P. Kellam. The bible, itself, being in extremely poor condition, was not retained. These pages contain birth, death, and marriage
records of the Jordan family. These were the only records in the bible.
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ms651 |
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| 5093 |
Title: |
Henry W. Longfellow letter to Andrew A. Lipscomb
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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882 |
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Dates: |
1853 July 4 |
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The collection consists of a letter from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to Andrew A. Lipscomb dated Cambridge, July 4, 1853. Longfellow
discusses his view of slavery "the meanest form of tyranny," the influence of newspapers upon public opinion, and his future
meeting with Lipscomb.
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ms653 |
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| 5094 |
Title: |
Myron G. Love letters to Rachel Love
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Love, Myron G. |
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Dates: |
1861-1862 |
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The collection consists of correspondence from Myron G. Love as a soldier with the 38th Illinois Infantry Regiment during
the Civil War, to his sister, Rachel Love of Willow Springs, Greene County, Ohio, from January 1861 - September 1862. Love
describes, in detail, his regiment's marches through Missouri and Arkansas including information on the local geography; plants,
flowers, and trees; plantations and farms; buildings; farming practices; types of crops; local reaction to Union troops; foraging
for food, hunting, and fishing; Confederate prisoners; difficulty of moving wagons in the rain; the weather; and his health.
One letter, dated April 16th, begins "Dear Friend," and is signed "John." Also included are transcriptions of the letters
along with genealogical information.
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ms654 |
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| 5095 |
Title: |
O. W. Lowe letters
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Lowe, O. W. |
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Dates: |
1860-1865 |
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The collection consists of six letters, five written by O. W. Lowe as a Confederate soldier from 1860-1865. Lowe describes
the regiment's march to Richmond, fighting in Pennsylvania, men killed, his scout duties, a fishing detail in Port Royal,
and his recruiting duties in Virginia during 1864. Lowe's letter to his mother dated October 1, 1865, describes his time spent
in prison, lack of food, his health, life after the war, how freed men are coping with life, and the need to forget the past
war. One letter dated March 23, 1860 begins "Dear Cousin," and is signed "I remain your friend Mary C. Allison Miss M. Holland."
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ms655 |
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| 5096 |
Title: |
Katharine Du Pre Lumpkin letter to Ewing C. Baskette
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Lumpkin, Katharine Du Pre, 1897-1988 |
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1944 August 24 |
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The collection consists of one letter dated August 24, 1944, from Katharine D. Lumpkin, Research Director, Institute of Labor
Studies, Northampton, Massachusetts, to Mr. Ewing C. Baskette, Reference Librarian, University of Georgia Library, Athens,
Georgia. In the letter, Lumpkin asks about newspapers being published in Oglethorpe County during the post-bellum period.
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ms657 |
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| 5097 |
Title: |
Samuel P. Lumpkin letter
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McGarity, Abner Embry, Dr., 1832- |
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Dates: |
1863 December 5 |
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The collection consists of one letter from A. E. McGarity, Surgeon 44th Georgia to Mr. J. C. Johnson, dated Headquarters,
44th Georgia Regiment near Morton's Ford, Virginia, December 5, 1863. The letter regards $50 owed to Dr. McGarity by the late
Col. Samuel P. Lumpkin.
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ms658 |
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| 5098 |
Title: |
Wilson Lumpkin papers
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Lumpkin, Wilson, 1783-1870 |
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Dates: |
1828-1869, 1908-1969 |
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The collection consists of papers of Wilson Lumpkin from 1828-1869. The papers consist mainly of personal correspondence (1828-1859)
from Lumpkin to his wife, Annis Hopkins Lumpkin, and children written from Washington, D.C. while he was serving as a U.S.
Representative and Senator and during his involvement with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The collection also includes a "memorandum"
notebook (1838-1869) in which Lumpkin recorded a few diary entries, genealogical notes, recollections of his childhood and
political career, and lists of slave births. The collection included a broadside, Letter from Ex-Governor Lumpkin (BRO 1860
L4), which has been added to the broadside collection.
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ms659 |
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| 5099 |
Title: |
Alfred Holt Colquitt scrapbooks
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Colquitt, Alfred Holt, 1829-1894 |
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Dates: |
1853-1894 |
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The collection consists of eleven volumes of scrapbooks relating to Alfred Holt Colquitt, mainly compiled by Colquitt's secretary
Isaac Wheeler Avery, from 1853-1894. The scrapbooks include clippings, with a few letters, primarily pertaining to Colquitt's
terms as Governor (1876-1882), but also containing obituaries of Colquitt and letters of condolence.
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ms66 |
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| 5100 |
Title: |
John W. McCalla General Store (Heardmont, Ga.) bill
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John W. McCalla General Store (Heardmont, Ga.) |
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Dates: |
1888 November 29 |
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The collection consists of a bill (receipted) to J. L. Adams from the firm of John W. McCalla General Store in Heardmont,
Georgia, November 29, 1888. Purchases include food, clothing, tools, feed for stock, etc. for the year 1888. This one item
gives a good idea of what people bought in a small town at that period.
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