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George T. Whitworth ledgers
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Unknown |
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1850-1923 |
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This collection includes ledgers and documents regarding the farm operations of George T. Whitworth of Colbert, Georgia.
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ms4532 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Zachariah Lamar papers
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Lamar, Zachariah, 1767-1834 |
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1814-1858 |
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The collection consists of papers of Zachariah Lamar, 1814-1858. Mainly pertaining to his business interests and plantation
in Baldwin County, Georgia, the collection includes correspondence, plantation records, cotton records and sales, receipts,
land bonds, and tuition records for Scottsboro Academy (Baldwin County, Georgia) and C. P. Beman's school at Mt. Zion (Hancock
County, Georgia).
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ms1341 |
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Hargrett Library |
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William J. Dickey diaries
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Dickey, William J. |
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1858-1859, 1879-1889 |
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The collection consists of seven diaries kept by William J. Dickey, from 1858-1859, and 1879-1889. Entries discuss agricultural
matters (planting and harvesting of cotton and corn); killing hogs; weather conditions; and family matters. The collection
also includes a plat of Dickey Plantation (later known as Birdsong Plantation), located in the Rare Books vault, hmap1871j3.
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ms47 |
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Hargrett Library |
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D. Dickson letter to D. C. Barrow and broadside (photocopy)
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Dickson, David, 1809-1885 |
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1854, 1855 |
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The collection consists of one letter regarding payment for five bushels of cottonseed. Also included in the collection is
a photocopy of a broadside advertising, "Boyd's Extra Prolific Cotton, introduced by D. Dickson." The original broadside,
Highly improved cotton! Boyd's extra prolific!, (BRO 1854 H5) has been added to the broadside collection.
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ms2622 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Akehurst - Lines family papers
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Lines family |
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1850-1914 |
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The collection consists of correspondence and diaries of the Akehurst and Lines families from 1850-1914. The bulk of the
correspondence contains letters between Jennie Akehurst, a teacher at Covington, Georgia and Sylvanus Lines of Fayetteville
Georgia during their courtship (1857-1860) and married life (1861-1874). Topics discussed include family matters, life in
Georgia, and news of relatives. Another portion of the correspondence consists of letters to and from Daisy Lines while teaching
in Irvington, Georgia (1882-1898). Includes drafts of letters to and letters from Jerome Reneau, writing from Greene County,
Alabama and Texas; correspondence to Jennie Lines; and correspondence from Daisy's aunt Anna Marie Akehurst Barham. Topics
discussed include Reneau and Daisy's friendship, Reneau's farming in Alabama, social events, Daisy's teaching, and family
news.
The diaries were written by Jennie Akehurst Lines (1859-1861 and 1861-1871) and Anna Maria Akehurst Barham (1861-1871). Jennie's
diary entries prior to 1861 mainly concern financial hardships and personal matters. Beginning in 1860, entries discuss the
political climate, the 1860 election, abolitionists, and slavery. For 1861-1866, the diary contains information on Georgia's
succession from the union, social life and living conditions during the Civil War, problems with slaves, and freedmen. Entries
for 1866-1871 again mainly focus on personal matters. The Barham diary contains entries pertaining to the Female Orphans'
Asylum (Macon, Ga.), where she was matron, the South's reaction to the Battle of Bull Run, economic and living conditions
in Georgia during the Civil War, problems with Confederate currency, cotton planting both during and after the war, and problems
hiring and supervising freedmen.
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ms73 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Shields-Ethridge Heritage Farm records
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Shields-Ethridge Heritage Farm (Jefferson, Ga.) |
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Dates: |
1774-1969 |
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This collection contains land grants, legal papers, farm records, photographs, correspondence, and artifacts documenting the
history of the farm on which the Shields and Ethridge families ran from Colonial settlement through the 20th Century. Included
are plats of the farm as it grew, photographs of daily operations, business receipts reflecting the changing times, and a
variety of manuals and catalogs of farm implements as the farm became more mechanized. There are many identified photographs,
mainly from the 1920s, recording family trips, farm operations, and portraits.
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ms4274 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Alexander H. Stephens family papers
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Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883 |
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1818-1944 |
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The collection consists of correspondence, writings, printed material, photographs, financial papers, and scrapbooks. The
correspondence is divided into family and business with family letters mainly among Alexander H. Stephens, John A. Stephens
and Linton Stephens. They discuss family matters, politics and legal cases. Included is a letter from Alexander H. Stephens
describing his trip to Athens to take his entrance examination, in which he describes the university and town as well as the
countryside between Athens and Washington, Georgia. Business correspondence includes letters from Herschel Johnson, Howell
Cobb, Joseph E. Brown, and Joseph H. Lumpkin. There are also items relating to John Stephens' imprisonment at Johnson Island
(OH) during the Civil War. Letters during wartime included lists the members of the Stephens Rifles, flag design proposals,
petitions for military positions, and discussions on the release of a Union officer from Andersonville. There is a folder
of 1851 correspondence concerning a possible duel between Thomas W. Thomas and James M. Smythe, and materials regarding the
surveying of Michigan and Texas Territories. Printed material includes several speeches of Alexander H. Stephens. The scrapbooks
contain newspapers clippings about Alexander H. Stephens. Included is a plantation account book of the Simpson plantation,
in which are lists of enslaved people, a journal of daily farm work, printed rules for managing farms and slaves, and signed
contracts with freedmen.
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ms3823 |
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Hargrett Library |
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