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Eli Rushing will
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Rushing, Eli, 1783-1839 |
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1839 |
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Content Description
This collection contains the will of Eli Rushing, which was written March 15, 1839 in Crawford County, Georgia. The will provides
an inventory of Rushing's assets, which includes the value of an enslaved woman named Salley.
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ms4657 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Drury Murray property appraisement
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Murray, Drury, 1787-1862 |
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1864 December 21 |
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This collection consists of the appraisement of the personal property in the estate of Drury Murray done by J. F. Miller,
James Lasseter, J. F. Market, and Joseph Thomas. Appraisement lists 19 enslaved persons, their perceived monetary value, and
the name of the enslaver to whom they are being transferred. Names of enslaved persons as follows: Hamp, Amanda, Ann, George,
Cheny, Dick, Mary, Sally, Isaac, Eliza, Silva, Warren, Ada, Elizabeth, Marian, Lucinda, Rose, George Edmund, Martha
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ms3687 |
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Hargrett Library |
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John M. White shop book
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White, John M. |
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1882-1885, 1898 |
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The shop book contains accounts for customers (probably in DeKalb County, Georgia). It lists the customer name, date, cost,
and services (such as sharpening a plow or repairing a wagon wheel or garden hoe). The accounts for 1884-1885 concern cotton
sales. Also included are a few recipes from newspapers and an 1898 church program for the Mill District Sunday School Association
Clifton Church. There are modern day notebook pages taped over some pages in the book. On these are handwritten transcripts
of letters from an unidentified father to his son in Savannah, Georgia regarding the sale of enslaved people on a plantation.
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ms3698 |
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Hargrett Library |
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R.T. Trible diary and Bible
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Trible, Richard Thomas, 1822-1894 |
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Dates: |
1836-1865 |
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This collection includes a diary or planting journal of Richard Thomas Trible, and a Bible given to him with family information
in the back pages. The diary includes information on planting, activites of the enslaved population, visits to the Georgia
Factory, Col. Billups, Mr. Dearing, and Dr. Morton.
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ms4542 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Theodore G. Sledge estate document
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Sledge, Theodore G. |
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Dates: |
1864 October |
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The collection consists of documents pertaining to the estate of Theodore G. Sledge. Sledge died leaving behind six enslaved
men and women, Maria, Lucinda, Spencer, Hester, Minerva, and Francey, and fifteen hundred and thirty six dollars of Confederate
currency. Several family members sought legal action, but the case was dismissed in November 1864.
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ms4094 |
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Hargrett Library |
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William J. McCalley collection
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McCalley, William J., 1817-1877 |
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Dates: |
circa 1855-1860 |
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This collection consists of one document that outlines instructions for the care and maintenance of William J. McCalley's
plantation.
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ms4622 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Jacob Waldburg papers
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Waldburg, Jacob |
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1793, 1818, 1829 |
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The collection consists of three items: a list of enslaved people owned by the family of Jacob Waldburg of Chatham County,
Georgia (1793); a promissory note to Waldburg from John M. Harvey (1818); and a land grant to Waldburg for property in Lee
County, Georgia (1829).
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Identifier: |
ms1194 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Grace Lucas letter to Mary E. Johns
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Creator: |
Lucas, Grace |
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Dates: |
1843 July 22 |
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The collection consists of one letter: dated Athens, Georgia, July 22, 1843, to "My dear sister," Mary E. Johns, Davisborough,
signed Grace Lucas
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Identifier: |
ms1690 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Hankinson family papers
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Hankinson family |
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Dates: |
1824-1903 |
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The collection consists of papers of the family of Stephen Hankinson and Mary C. Speights from 1824-1903. Papers include a
marriage bond between Hankinson and Speights, the will of Hankinson, papers concerning the ownership of people who were enslaved,
and correspondence to Lee Starke Schieffelin and Corneille S. Schieffelin. The collection also includes a copy of The language
of flowers, "property of Marie Essie Hankinson," an autograph book presented to Marie Essie Hankinson, and two scrapbooks
containing newspaper clippings with poems and concerning current events.
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Identifier: |
ms196 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Decatur County liquor license
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Creator: |
Unknown |
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Dates: |
1849 October 2 |
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Contains a license for retailers to sell spiritous liquors in Decatur County for one year issued to Jared Z. Jones and James
D. Wooten. Restrictions on sale to enslaved and free persons of color is included
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ms4220 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Broadside collection
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Creator: |
Hargrett Library |
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Dates: |
1710s-2014 |
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This collection consists of broadsides and other printed ephemera that were purchased or pulled from Hargrett collections.
Topics include advertisements, acts and laws, theater, publishing, railroads, and economics.
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ms4299 |
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Hargrett Library |
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