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The collection consists of genealogy, land documents, correspondence, financial papers, writings, photographs, artifacts,
and printed material. The correspondence includes letters to William J. Northen regarding the establishment of the town of
Fitzgerald, Georgia; letters regarding an apparent scandal involving the Farmers' Alliance and Leonidas Livingston; William
J. Northen's letters home as he traveled around Georgia in 1907 promoting racial harmony; and two Civil War letters from brothers
William and John Henry Neel of the 15th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Company K. The writings contain a journal by
William J. Northen in which he writes of his trip to Tallulah Falls, speeches at Mercer University, his 21st birthday, death
of his brother, and a letter to his sister regarding conditions at the end of the Civil War. Farm accounts are also included
in the journal.
Also of interest are slave documents and bills of sale; receipts from Mercer University and the Georgia Baptist Convention
when Peter Northen was treasurer; Ruth Northen's photo album containing University of Georgia photographs from 1911-1912 and
other travel photographs; and an 1801 indenture between the Catawba Indians and Thomas Neel for land in York County, South
Carolina. The following items were separated from the collection: walking cane without the handle and one square back wooden
chair with cane seat is housed in Organic storage.
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