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Richmond County (Ga.) warrant
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Richmond County (Ga.) |
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Dates: |
1827 May 3 |
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The collection consists of a Richmond County, Georgia warrant to apprehend three men in the Milledgeville Road area for gambling
with cards and swindling travelers out of their horses.
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Identifier: |
ms3588 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Henry P. Farrow affidavit
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Creator: |
Barrios, Peter |
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Dates: |
1865 December 6 |
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This collection contains an affidavit from Henry P. Farrow regarding a desk that was destroyed during the Civil War and his
promise for its safe keeping.
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Identifier: |
ms4489 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Franklin County, Georgia legal records
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Creator: |
Georgia. Inferior Court (Franklin County) |
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Dates: |
1812-1857 |
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The collection consists of one bound volume of handwritten legal records from the Inferior Court of Franklin County, Georgia,
dating 1812-1857. The volume was used as a scrapbook and many of the pages have been clipped or are missing.
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Identifier: |
ms1477 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Warrant for convict William Jackson
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Unknown |
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Dates: |
1748 January 15 |
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The collection consists of a writ from King George the Second commanding that William Jackson be convicted for debt.
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Identifier: |
ms3619 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Chatham County road book
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Chatham County (Ga.) |
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Dates: |
1906-1976 |
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Sixty-nine road maps from Chatham County, Georgia. Notes regarding the geographical location, creation, and dissolution of
roads included.
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Identifier: |
ms4395 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
John MacPherson Berrien letters to Littleton W. Tazewell
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Berrien, John MacPherson, 1781-1856 |
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Dates: |
1825-1849 |
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The collection consists of five letters from John MacPherson Berrien to Littleton W. Tazewell from 1825-1849. Correspondence
regards U.S. politics, congressional matters, and George Healy. Also included are two summonses signed by Berrien as Chairman
of the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate of the United States. The summonses, dated January 16, 1845, are addressed
to the Marshall of the United States for the Southern District of New York; and Abraham Asten, Jesse Oakley, Andrew Warner,
and James W. Metcalf.
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Identifier: |
ms784a |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Attorneys Barrow and Thomas document book
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Thomas, George Dudley, 1857-1895 |
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Dates: |
1892-1893 |
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Volume labelled "No. 2 Document Book. From Jan. 1, 1892 to Nov. 27, 1893. Barrow & Thomas." This document-book contains carbon
copies of legal documents from the practice of Middleton Pope Barrow and George Dudley Thomas, Athens, Georgia. Many of the
documents deal with the transfer, sale, or lease of land in Athens.
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Identifier: |
ms103 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Yazoo land sale documents
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Creator: |
Greenleaf, James, active 1796 |
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Dates: |
1796-1797 |
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The collection consists of three legal documents pertaining to payments by Zachariah Cox to James Greenleaf for Georgia and
Tennessee land transactions through the Georgia Land Company relating to the Yazoo land fraud.
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Identifier: |
ms1380 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Laws vs. Parker legal document
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Florida. Circuit Court (7th Circuit) |
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Dates: |
1908 April |
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The collection consists of a legal document declaring that P.D. Parker and the Volusia Lumber and Naval Stores Company must
pay William Laws for damages (with interest). The document is dated April 1908, Circuit Court, Seventh Judicial Circuit of
Florida, Volusia County.
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Identifier: |
ms1670 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
James H. Carter papers
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Carter, James H. (James Henry), 1822?- |
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Dates: |
1853-1861, 1889 |
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The collection consists of correspondence, receipts, promissory notes and legal documents of James H. Carter from 1853-1861,
and 1889. Several letters are from various law firms who are collecting debts for Carter. In a letter dated December 26, 1860,
Savannah, James H. Carter is introduced as "Druggist of this city who is on his way to Texas."
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Identifier: |
ms3044 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Harrison-Condit family papers
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Harrison family |
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Dates: |
1799-1900 |
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The collection consists of correspondence, genealogies, and documents relating to the Harrison and Condit families of New
Jersey. Papers include estate settlements, warranty deeds, bankruptcy discharges, debt bonds, mineral rights indentures, receipts
for payment, and additional legal judgements from the county of Essex, New Jersey.
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Identifier: |
ms3504 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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Robert Toombs order and Alfred Colquitt letter
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Creator: |
Colquitt, Alfred Holt, 1829-1894 |
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Dates: |
1838, 1886 |
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This collection contains a legal order and engraved portrait of Robert Toombs, and a letter from Alfred Colquitt to John E.
Brown and an engraved portrait of Colquitt.
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Identifier: |
ms4305 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Mayo G. Livingston Jr. collection of land and legal records
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Creator: |
Livingston, Mayo G., Jr. |
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Dates: |
1823-2020 |
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This collection contains land grants, legal and estate documents, correspondence, inventories and receipts. The majority of
records concern land in Early County, Bainbridge and Cyrene, Georgia.
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Identifier: |
ms4486 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
McIntosh County, Georgia bill of exceptions
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Georgia. Supreme Court |
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Dates: |
1848 |
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A bill of exceptions in the Supreme Court of Georgia, at Savannah, January Term, 1848, for the recovery of three African American
enslaved people "named Judy, Bella, and John her son...that were the property of Ann Cunningham," in the case Ann Grigg vs.
Charles Spalding.
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Identifier: |
ms2198 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Richard M. Johnston legal document
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Johnston, Richard Malcolm, 1822-1898 |
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Dates: |
1859 |
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The collection consists of a legal document transferring property from Richard M. Johnston of Hancock County, Georgia, to
Willie Edwards Bonner. Personal property includes an enslaved woman named Modina (36) and her children Horace (14), Charlotte
(5), Amy (2), and Caroline (16). It also lists Caroline's children Sidney (2) and Abram (3 months). Other items of property
include a piano, spectacles, and personal items.
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Identifier: |
ms2391 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Noble Wimberly Jones petition
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Creator: |
Howly, J. |
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Dates: |
1778 |
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The collection consists of a petition of Noble Wimberly Jones to the Honourable George Walton of Chatham County, Georgia,
that a suit is brought against Thomas Gibbons, Sr. for lack of payment to Jones.
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Identifier: |
ms2322 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Lewis LeConte collection
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Creator: |
LeConte, Lewis |
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Dates: |
1848-1849 |
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The collection consists of a Georgia Railroad & Banking Company stock share, a petition on behalf of Sarah E. Nisbet, now
Mrs. Martin L. Smith, and a notice of appointment of "Louis Le conte [sic] and "Thomas C. Nisbet" as attorneys for "Sarah
E. Smith [formerly Sarah E. Nisbet]."
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Identifier: |
ms2795 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
John Forsyth papers
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Forsyth, John, 1780-1841 |
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Dates: |
1824-1839 |
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The collection consists of correspondence from John Forsyth executing his duties as Secretary of State: dated December 30,
1834, to "Consul of the United States at Port Au Prince," concerning a leave of absence for a consul in Haiti; dated July
6, 1838, "Thomas Jefferson Smith, appointed Consul of the United States for the Port of Cette, France;" dated October 19,
1839, "Hoyt, Collector of Customs, New York," authorizing payment to "George Grismold" as a share of claims made against
the Dutch government. Other items included in the collection are autographs and sentiments from Forsyth, a legal document
attesting to a constituent's residency in Georgia, and a third person letter to Gales & Seaton in Washington, D.C., asking
them to make a correction to their reporting of his participation in a U.S. House of Representatives debate.
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Identifier: |
ms3453 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Thomas L. Snead papers concerning Georgia bonds
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Snead, Thomas L. (Thomas Lowndes), 1828-1890 |
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Dates: |
1871-1882 |
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The collection consists of documents attempting to collect interest on discredited Georgia bonds dating 1871-1877. Commencing
with two correspondences (March 19 and 25, 1872), one on Executive Department letterhead and the other signed by Georgia Secretary
of State David G. Cotting, engaging Thomas L. Snead to act in its behalf on the matter. Of particular interest are drafts
for legal documents by Snead, relating to various aspects of his work on the case, Western Union telegraphs, three from Gov.
James M. Smith, instructing Snead and forwarding payment for services, and example of Snead's printed letter informing potential
clients that he has completed work with the "Public debt of Georgia." The collection also includes two related newspaper clippings,
and correspondence signed by E.A. Fletcher from Brunswick, Georgia, outlining various details of railroad bonds held by "J.
Milbank and Pierpont Morgan."
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Identifier: |
ms3454 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Lumpkin County gold mining court case documents
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Sims, Henry L. |
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Dates: |
1847 |
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The collection consists of two legal documents prepared and signed by Henry L. Sims, in Lumpkin Superior Court, 1847, involving
a possible gold scam in Lumpkin County, Georgia. Johnson Ledbetter sued Martin Roberts, Jeptha Scott, and Jonas Bedford, charging
them with a conspiracy to sell him land in Lumpkin County that included gold deposits when they knew there were none. The
documents include Scott's answer, disavowing all knowledge to the specifics of Ledbetter's charges, and an interrogatory from
Sims to a witness, asking for information concerning gold mining activity on the land, and with Ledbetter's counter-interrogatories
appended.
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Identifier: |
ms3458 |
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