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Map of the property of H. S. Welles
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Unknown |
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Dates: |
circa 1871 |
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Map of the property of H. S. Welles comprising 131 4/10 acres bounded by the proprietors of the City of Brunswick, lands of
A. G. P. Dodge, and the Turtle River. Includes B & A Rail Road, M & B Rail Road, Bay Street, Town Commons, salt marsh.
Includes various property lines: line run by Dart and Postell by the deed from the commissioner to John Tiles dated 1798;
line run by Dart & Postell between Welles and Town Commons; line run by Wm. Hughes for the Planters Bank of SAvannah October
1852; and line run by William Hughes in January 1857.
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hmap1871b6 |
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Hargrett Map Collection |
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Arabella Clark Cleveland collection
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Dent family |
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1912-1973 |
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The collection consists of letters to Arabella Cleveland from the Dent family and a few other friends, although the majority
of the letters are from Ophelia. After their father's death, Miriam and Ophelia operated a dairy on the plantation, and the
letters describe daily life on the plantation including weather, the Hofwyl dairy, food, flowers, servants, family dogs and
poignant letters about their deaths, social events, travel, antiques, sewing and clothes. Ophelia often visited the Belins
at their home Evermay (Washington, DC) and the DuPonts at their estate Longwood (Kennett Square, PA). The Dents were friends
with the Haynes family at Ashantilly, the Huston family at Butler Plantation and the Phillips family in Savannah.
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ms3407 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Henry Pattillo Farrow family papers
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Farrow, Henry P. (Henry Pattillo), 1834-1907 |
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1855-1937 |
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The collection consists of papers of Henry Pattillo Farrow and Farrow family members from 1855-1937. The papers include correspondence,
letter books, newspapers, clippings, printed material, bills, receipts, account books, and photographs. The bulk of the collection
relates to Henry Pattillo Farrow and documents his involvement in Republican politics in Georgia during and after Reconstruction;
his positions as Georgia Attorney-General, U.S. District Attorney, collector of customs for the Port of Brunswick (Ga.), and
as postmaster of Gainesville (Ga.). Materials pertaining to Farrow's administration of the Porter Springs resort Queen of
the Mountains include hotel ledgers (1877-1896), account books (1886-1892), registers (1893, 1899), a cash book (1886-1889),
a memorandum book (1886-1904), and employees lists (1889-1891). From 1907-1937, the collection consists of business and family
correspondence of John A. Whitner (Farrow's son-in-law) and Henry F. Whitner mainly pertaining to the administration of the
Queen of the Mountains resort.
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ms94 |
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Hargrett Library |
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