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Atlanta business firms bills of sale
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P. & G.T. Dodd & Co. Wholesale Grocers and Provision Dealers |
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Dates: |
1871, 1912 |
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The collection consists of two bills of sale: P. & G. T. Dodd & Co. Wholesale Grocers and Provision Dealers, Atlanta, Georgia,
dated February 10, 1871; A. C. Miller & Co. Manufacturers of Wagons and Business Buggies, Atlanta, Georgia, dated December
5, 1912, for "repair auto spring" sold to Gov. Slaton.
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ms1177 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Dr. Joseph Milligan receipts
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Milligan, Joseph |
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Dates: |
1837-1842 |
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The collection consists of receipts and receipted bills of Dr. Joseph Milligan from businesses and people located in Augusta,
Georgia, dating 1837-1842. One receipt, dated Augusta, Georgia, November 10, 1838, is to C. E. Latimer for pew rent in Christ
Church.
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Identifier: |
ms677 |
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Hargrett Library |
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B.F. Coleman receipt for enslaved people
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Ayer & Harrison |
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Dates: |
1857 January 7 |
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The collection consists of one receipt: dated Columbus, January 7, 1857, for $810.00 paid by B.F. Coleman for the purchase
of two enslaved people, witnessed by C.S. Harrison for Burnett Ingram. The receipt is written on a printed form provided by
the firm of Ayer & Harrison.
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Identifier: |
ms3228 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Jake Brandt Joel papers
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Joel, Jake Brandt |
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Dates: |
1915-1919 |
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The collection consists of three personal letters to Jake Joel in Athens, Georgia, from 1915-1919. Also included is a business
letter and receipts addressed to Jake Joel from David B. Clarkson Company.
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Identifier: |
ms3334 |
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Hargrett Library |
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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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Identifier: |
ms660 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Ship Messenger business papers
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Messenger (Clipper ship) |
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Dates: |
1868-1873 |
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The collection consists of receipts and bills dated 1868 to 1873 from businesses in Savannah, Boston, Liverpool, North Shields
and Newcastle. Merchandize and cargo listed on the receipts included beef, copper, scrap iron, wood, sugar, cotton, and coffee.
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Identifier: |
ms2804 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Bills of sale for enslaved people, Pompey and Milly
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Georgia. Superior Court (Clarke County) |
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Dates: |
1848, 1850 |
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The collection consists of two bills of sale to John C. Greer: dated Clarke County, Georgia, January 4, 1848, for enslaved
man, Pompey, who belonged to the estate of James Jennings, for $185.00; dated Clarke County, Georgia, February 5, 1850, for
enslaved woman, Milly, sold to satisfy a mortgage claim of Edward P. Clayton on Philip Clayton, for $550.00.
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Identifier: |
ms535 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Dearing family papers
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Dearing family |
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Dates: |
1836-1898 |
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The collection consists of deeds, indentures, bills, receipts, and letters pertaining to the Dearing family. Several documents
concern the estate of William Dearing.
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Identifier: |
ms742 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Edwin R. Alberti papers
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Creator: |
Alberti, Edwin R., -1862? |
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Dates: |
1819-1863 |
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The collection consists of military papers, legal documents, and letters, pertaining to several aspects of the life and work
of Edwin R. Alberti, from 1819 to 1863. Military papers include a special order for a furlough, orders to appear for a Court
of Inquiry, an order signed by President John Quincy Adams' restoring Alberti to active duty after an inquiry into alleged
misconduct, and acceptance of Alberti's resignation from the 4th Artillery. There are numerous Chattel mortgages, bills of
sale, and deeds of gift for named enslaved women, men, and children, and legal papers regarding the distribution of people
enslaved to heirs of Henry R. Sadler. The collection also consists of papers relating to the sloop B.S. Newcomb.
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Identifier: |
ms3218 |
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Hargrett Library |
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John K. Mayes papers
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Creator: |
Mayes, John K., -1863 |
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Dates: |
1853, 1861-1863 |
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The collection consists of a letter written by John K. Mayes to his parents from Portsmouth, Virginia, and two copybooks in
which are drafts of letters and copies of statements about vacation, printing papers, and departure from school. Also included
is a bill of sale for "one negro man, Aaron, about thirty-three of yellow complexion" (1853) to Josiah Brinkley.
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Identifier: |
ms3485 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Georgia miscellany collection
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Creator: |
Schindlers |
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Dates: |
1812-1889 |
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The collection consists of various bills, receipts and notes, poem To a Lady by a Female Maniac, and a copy of First Consolidated
Mortgage of the Savannah & Western Railroad Co. to the Central Trust Co. of New York (1889).
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Identifier: |
ms861 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Parkin family papers
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Unknown |
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Dates: |
1687-1772 |
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The collection consists of legal documents from England dated 1687-1772. Documents include bank papers, the will of John Parkin,
a bill of land sale signed by Kennyon Parker, a printed form concerning a debt which is signed by William Parkin, and papers
concerning land transfers by John Bright and the Bright family.
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Identifier: |
ms3333 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Cash-Pittman collection
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Cash, Noah B. |
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Dates: |
1845-1956 |
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Contents: |
The collection consists of letters, bills, indentures, programs, invitations, poems, minutes of Cobb Co. musical convention,
pamphlets, business cards, newspaper articles pertaining to the family of Dr. Noah B. Cash of Athens and Atlanta, Ga. and
his descendants. There is some genealogy in the 1950-56 folder.
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ms35 |
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Hargrett Library |
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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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Identifier: |
ms659 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Andrew Maybank Jones family papers
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Jones, Andrew Maybank |
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Dates: |
1803-1874, 1939 |
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The collection consists of papers of Andrew Maybank Jones and Jones family members from 1803-1874. Materials relating to Andrew
Maybank Jones include correspondence, reports of the University of Georgia, bills of sale, promissory notes, a prayer book,
and an account book of Jones' plantations. Further correspondence are between Charles West and Joseph Jones, Joseph Jones
and Charlton Hines, W. Fleming and Captain Joseph Jones, and Mrs. Electra Dodge and Mary Ann Dodge. The collection also includes
records of cotton sales for Joseph Jones, Confederate States of America money, and newspaper clippings concerning the Confederacy.
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Identifier: |
ms1289 |
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Hargrett Library |
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James Hamilton papers
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Hamilton, James, 1763-1829 |
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Dates: |
1785-1868 |
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The collection consists of papers of James Hamilton from 1785-1868. Papers concern mostly business matters relating to the
Hamilton's merchant/factory businesses of McCredie & Hamilton and Hamilton & Couper of Charleston, South Carolina. Records
include receipts, shipping records, accounts for sales, and invoices. The collection also includes correspondence from Paris,
Liverpool, Rotterdam, Stockholm, Savannah, Baltimore, Embden, St. Simons, Tybee, Palmetto Grove, Wilmington, N.C., Georgetown,
and various inlets. Several letters report on conditions of Hamilton's plantation, including crops and people who are enslaved.
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Identifier: |
ms1611 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Fountain family papers
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Fountain family |
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Dates: |
1820-1955 |
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This collection contains the papers of the Fountain and McCants families of Georgia. A large portion of the collection is
comprised of the correspondence and financial records of Jonathan Jackson "Jack" McCants, Sr. (1845-1920) of Butler, Georgia.
Also included are land deeds, titles, surveys, recipts, insurance policies, tax information, and printed material from the
Fountain and McCants families, as well as a few letters from the McCrary family.
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Identifier: |
ms4315 |
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Hargrett Library |
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William J. Northen family papers
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Northen, William J. (William Jonathan), 1835-1913 |
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Dates: |
1790-1959 |
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Contents: |
The collection consists of genealogy, land documents, correspondence, financial papers, writings, photographs, artifacts,
and printed material. The correspondence includes letters to William J. Northen regarding the establishment of the town of
Fitzgerald, Georgia; letters regarding an apparent scandal involving the Farmers' Alliance and Leonidas Livingston; William
J. Northen's letters home as he traveled around Georgia in 1907 promoting racial harmony; and two Civil War letters from brothers
William and John Henry Neel of the 15th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Company K. The writings contain a journal by
William J. Northen in which he writes of his trip to Tallulah Falls, speeches at Mercer University, his 21st birthday, death
of his brother, and a letter to his sister regarding conditions at the end of the Civil War. Farm accounts are also included
in the journal.
Also of interest are slave documents and bills of sale; receipts from Mercer University and the Georgia Baptist Convention
when Peter Northen was treasurer; Ruth Northen's photo album containing University of Georgia photographs from 1911-1912 and
other travel photographs; and an 1801 indenture between the Catawba Indians and Thomas Neel for land in York County, South
Carolina. The following items were separated from the collection: walking cane without the handle and one square back wooden
chair with cane seat is housed in Organic storage.
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ms3327 |
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