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1 Title:   Seaborn Jones family papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Jones family  
  Dates:   1813-1966  
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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.
 
  Identifier:   ms3730  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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