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The collection consists of biographical information, correspondence, legal papers, financial papers, writings, photographs,
printed material and artifacts. The correspondence includes family, personal, business letters, and several Civil War Letters.
There are also letters and notes from tenants who worked on the Jones' plantations, which included Ogeechee, Crab Apple, and
Canaan. Legal matters consist of cases the firm handled, deeds, estate papers, fi fas, bonds for title, wills, contracts,
and guardianship papers. The firm John J. Jones & Son served as counsel for the Central of Georgia Railway, and these lawsuits
against the railroad often involved the killing of cows and pigs on the tracks. There is material about the Ideal Theatre
built by Seaborn Jones in Waynesboro (GA) for a movie theater. Financial papers include bills and receipts from various stores
and receipts from cotton sales. Writings include information on the history of Canaan plantation and a diary by John James
Jones about his trip to Europe in 1926.
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