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Sir Patrick Houston letter
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Houston, Patrick, Sir |
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1773 April 28 |
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The collection consists of a handwritten, signed letter by Sir Patrick Houston, dated April 28, 1773, concerning land surveys.
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ms2585 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Belfast newsletter transcript
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Belfast news-letter |
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Dates: |
circa 1953 |
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The collection consists of one typescript from Belfast News-letter, dated 1763-1776, containing information regarding families
who immigrated to Georgia from Ireland.
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ms539 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Wilkes County land grant
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Telfair, Edward, approximately 1735-1807 |
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1791 April 12 |
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The collection consists of a land grant to John Taber of 400 acres of land in Wilkes County, Georgia, signed by Governor Edward
Telfair.
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ms754 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Wylly-Cowper papers
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Wright, James, Sir, 1716-1785 |
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1767, 1775 |
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The collection consists of two documents pertaining to the settlement of coastal Georgia. The crown land grant to Alexander
Wylly gives him "two small islands of marsh situate and being in the river Savannah between Onslow Island and Argyle Island
in the parish of Christ Church." It is signed by James Wright as governor, Charles Watson as secretary, and Henry Yonge as
surveyor general; the document includes the plat drawn by deputy surveyor B. Romant, and is dated 1 December 1767. The second
document is a loyal indenture on transfer of land between Richard and Mary Wylly and Basil Cowper of Savannah. This piece,
legible but quite fragile, is dated 23 June 1775.
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ms1204 |
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Hargrett Library |
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George Wymberley Jones De Renne family papers
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University of Pennsylvania |
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Dates: |
1735-1916 |
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The collection consists of miscellaneous documents, receipts, accounts, legal papers, and other materials related to the De
Renne family, especially Noble Jones and George Wymberley Jones. Selections from this collection include: Land grant to Noble
Jones, 9 December 1756, issued by Governor John Reynolds; Inventory and appraisal of property of Noble W. Jones, Jefferson
County, 1819; Indenture, Noble W. Jones - George [Wymberley] Jones, 20 July 1796; and, Diploma, Doctorem in Arte Medica, University
of Pennsylvania to G. Wymberley Jones, 8 April 1848.
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ms1064a |
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Hargrett Library |
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Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. family papers
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Jones family |
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Dates: |
circa 1749-1930 |
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The collection consists of papers of the Rev. Charles Colcock Jones family of Liberty County, Georgia from ca. 1749-1909.
The early letters (1850-1861) are between Charles Colcock Jones and Mary Jones in Liberty County, Georgia and their son, Charles
Jr., while at school in Princeton and Harvard and later in Savannah (Ga.) where he set up his law practice. The letters discuss
social and family life, plantation life, politics and government, religious philosophies, and events leading up to the Civil
War. From 1861-1865, Charles Jr.'s letters chronicle his involvement as an officer in the Chatham Artillery stationed along
the Georgia coast near Savannah, then Charleston and James Island (S.C.), and Jacksonville (Fla.). After the war, the personal
correspondence is mainly between Charles Jr., his mother Mary Jones, his wife Eva Eve Jones, and his brother Joseph Jones.
There is also a smattering of correspondence regarding his law practice.
The collection also contains two volumes of letters Eva Eve Jones wrote to family describing her travels through Europe in
1879, manuscripts of Charles Jr.'s writings on Georgia history, Charles Jr.'s speeches including an 1861 speech to the Chatham
Artillery, and addresses (1886-1892) he gave before the Confederate Survivors Association. Also included is a copy of the
original manuscript for William Bartram's book Observations on the Creek and Cherokee Indians attributed to Ephraim G. Sqier
(1821-1888). The manuscript contains tracings of Bartram's drawing of prehistoric mounds, Creek towns, and Cherokee and Creek
structures not found in the published work.
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ms215 |
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Hargrett Library |
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