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Ellen Buchanan Screven My biography
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Screven, Ellen Buchanan, 1841- |
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Dates: |
1915 |
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The collection consists of My biography by Ellen Buchanan Screven, written in 1915. The manuscript contains information on
growing up in Annapolis, Maryland, the outbreak of the Civil War, social life in Mobile, Alabama, during the war, the 1876
yellow fever epidemic in Georgia, the death of her husband, raising her children alone, and the relationship between her family
and the black slaves or servants. The collection contains one bound manuscript, and two typescripts.
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ms369 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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Susanna Cummings (Ship) records
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Susanna Cummings (Ship) |
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Dates: |
1840-1846 |
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The collection consists of papers relating to the ship Susanna Cummings (Portsmith, N.H.) including correspondence, bills,
receipts, vouchers, freight lists, inventories, cargo manifests, custom house receipts, disbursements, and accounts. The materials
document the ship's commercial voyages between the United States and England, and detail cotton and commodity prices, ship
damage due to a storm off England and the settlement of claims.
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ms2809 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Minerva Winstead Sayre papers
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Sayre, Minerva Winstead |
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Dates: |
1838-1858 |
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The collection consists of correspondence between Minerva in Athens (Ga.) and Milton Sayre of Mobile (Ala.), written before
and after their marriage. The collection also includes the will of Milton Sayre, some deeds, a return for the estate of Alexander
Winstead, and slave bills of sale.
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ms2849 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Enoch Silsby shipping business papers
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Creator: |
Silsby, Enoch |
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Dates: |
1810-1829 |
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The collection consists of business correspondence regarding the buying, selling, and shipping of cotton and other commodities
mainly from merchants in Savannah (Ga.), Mobile (Ala.), and New York (N.Y.) to Boston, Massachusetts.
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ms2932 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Southern ports import-export record book
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Unknown |
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Dates: |
1855-1878, 1886-1888 |
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An import-export record book documenting trade of cotton, rice, and lumber from the ports of Charleston (S.C.), Mobile (Ala.),
New Orleans (La.) and Savannah (Ga.) to Spain or the West Indies from 1855-1878, 1886-1888. Each entry gives the date of arrival,
name and type of ship, name of the captain, port of origin, date of departure, and destination.
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Identifier: |
ms731 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Godfrey Barnsley family papers
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Barnsley, Godfrey, 1805-1873 |
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Dates: |
1806-1903 |
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Contents: |
The collection consists of papers of Godfrey Barnsley and the Barnsley family from 1806-1903. The papers consist mainly of
correspondence, letter books, and financial records. The correspondence (bulk 1828-1873) and letter books (1837-1873, with
gaps) pertain to personal and business matters relating to Barnsley's occupation as a cotton factor and merchant. Correspondents
include Barnsley's business partners John Day, William D. Duncan, John R. Gardner, Edmund M. Sager, and James Sager and family
members including his wife Julia Scarborough Barnsley, his uncle George Barnsley of Liverpool, and his children. Many of the
family letters were written from Woodlands Plantation in Bartow County, Georgia to Barnsley while he attended to business
in Savannah (Ga.), Mobile (Ala.), and New Orleans (La.) and discuss family and plantation matters. Some of the correspondence
relates to his position with the Port of Savannah as vice consul and interim of the Netherlands and vice consul for the Kingdom
of the Two Sicilies. The collection also contains transcripts of much of the correspondence.
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Identifier: |
ms1737 |
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Hargrett Library |
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