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Grace Lucas letter to Mary E. Johns
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Lucas, Grace |
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1843 July 22 |
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The collection consists of one letter: dated Athens, Georgia, July 22, 1843, to "My dear sister," Mary E. Johns, Davisborough,
signed Grace Lucas
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ms1690 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Hankinson family papers
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Hankinson family |
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1824-1903 |
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The collection consists of papers of the family of Stephen Hankinson and Mary C. Speights from 1824-1903. Papers include a
marriage bond between Hankinson and Speights, the will of Hankinson, papers concerning the ownership of people who were enslaved,
and correspondence to Lee Starke Schieffelin and Corneille S. Schieffelin. The collection also includes a copy of The language
of flowers, "property of Marie Essie Hankinson," an autograph book presented to Marie Essie Hankinson, and two scrapbooks
containing newspaper clippings with poems and concerning current events.
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ms196 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Thomas Carr family papers
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Carr family |
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Dates: |
1730-1891 |
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The collection consists of the papers of Thomas Carr and his son, William A. Carr of Columbia County, Georgia from 1730-1891.
Includes correspondence, bills, receipts, land grants, court records, bonds, and slave records. Materials mainly related to
late 18th and early 19th century land speculation in Camden County (Ga.), Yazoo purchase, and northeast Georgia. Also includes
some material relating to William Low (Mrs. Carr's grandson by her first husband).
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ms21 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Kell family papers
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Kell, Carolyn |
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Dates: |
1857-1945 |
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The collection consists of papers of the Kell family from 1857-1914, 1945. The papers contain the manuscript of John McIntosh
Kell's book RECOLLECTIONS OF A NAVAL LIFE; an untitled manuscript by Kell's daughter Evelyn Kell d'Antignac regarding the
friendship of slaves for their masters; correspondence from Kell and his wife, Blanche to their daughter Carolyn Kell at Fauquier
Institute in Virginia and between other family members and friends; a diary (1907-1908) of Blanche Kell; photographs of family
and shipmates of Kell; and a biographical sketch of Kell.
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ms2917 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Ernestine Strong Alberti family letters
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Alberti, Ernestine Strong, 1811- |
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1840-1845 |
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The collection consists of letters from Ernestine Strong Alberti and her husband, Edwin R. Alberti, to their family members
in Binghamton, New York. Correspondence describes their lives in Georgia, including the acquisition of enslaved people to
labor on their newly acquired plantation and mill. The collection also includes letters from Cyrus Strong, Jr., Ernestine's
brother, and her husband's business partner, to John Clapp.
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ms3539 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
"Some Observations of Plantation Life in Coastal Georgia Before and After the Civil War" by Olin Talley McIntosh
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McIntosh, Olin Talley, 1881-1996 |
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Dates: |
1963-1965 |
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The collection consists of the transcript of an oral expository by Olin Talley McIntosh. The narrative discusses the history
and fortunes of the McIntosh family in McIntosh County, Georgia during the Colonial, Civil War, and post-Civil War periods.
Topics include the influx of corrupt Carpetbaggers, apologist accounts of slavery and the advent of the Klu Klux Klan (sic),
and the harsh conditions of poverty and rampant joblessness in the South directly following the Civil War.
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ms3652 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
William C. Towle letters
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Towle, William C., active 1830 |
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Dates: |
1865 |
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Two letters from Union surgeon William C. Towle written to his wife. First letter dates February 26, 1865 and details Towle's
time in Savannah with the army and the newly free enslaved people he has hired since arriving. "I am living well, I pay a
colored woman three dollars a month to cook for me, I have a man to take care of my horses and another to wait upon me..."
Second letter dates May 29, 1865 and details his time in Augusta, seeing Jeff Davis pass through the town, and his knowledge
of newly emancipated enslaved people who are told to "not consider the word Freedom as meaning Freedom from labor." Towle
ends his second letter by promising to send "a negro girl" to his wife.
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Identifier: |
ms4092 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Decatur County liquor license
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Unknown |
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Dates: |
1849 October 2 |
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Contains a license for retailers to sell spiritous liquors in Decatur County for one year issued to Jared Z. Jones and James
D. Wooten. Restrictions on sale to enslaved and free persons of color is included
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Identifier: |
ms4220 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
James M. Adams family history scrapbook
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Adams, James Monroe, 1849-1931 |
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Dates: |
1911-1931 |
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This collection contains a scrapbook of the Adams family history written by James M. Adams of Monroe, Georgia in 1911. The
scrapbook includes a lengthy and detailed autobiographical manuscript describing his life, transcriptions of family letters,
newspaper clippings, a genealogical chart, and detailed biographies of numerous individual family members that include births,
deaths, marriages, and anecdotes.
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Identifier: |
ms4267 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Broadside collection
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Hargrett Library |
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Dates: |
1710s-2014 |
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This collection consists of broadsides and other printed ephemera that were purchased or pulled from Hargrett collections.
Topics include advertisements, acts and laws, theater, publishing, railroads, and economics.
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ms4299 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Oaths to restrict liquor sales to enslaved and free persons of color
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Unknown |
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Dates: |
1853-1854 |
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This collection contains two documents from Dooly County, Georgia with four signed oaths from merchants to restrict the sales
of liquor to any enslaved person or free person of color without the owner, overseer, employer, or guardian's consent.
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ms4559 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Seaborn J. Mays papers
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Mays, Seaborn J., d. 1883 |
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Dates: |
1824-1879 |
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The collection consists of receipted bills, promissory notes, and tax receipts of Seaborn J. Mays,including a bill of sale
for an enslaved man named Phil, purchased from Thomas R. R. Cobb by Mays, and an enslaved woman named Caroline. A fi fa against
William Moon for a dept owed to Mays. Also included is a record book of the Athens Benevolent Society.
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Identifier: |
ms803 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Noble Jones family papers
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Jones, Noble Wimberly, 1723-1805 |
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Dates: |
1754-1838 |
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The collection consists of papers of the Noble Jones family of Savannah, Georgia from 1754-1838, bound in volume.
The last will and Testament of Noble Jones includes the bequest of Wormslow [Wormsloe] and enslaved people.
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Identifier: |
ms1127 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Inventory of people enslaved by Henry Bourguin
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Unknown |
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Dates: |
1779 December 11 |
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The collection consists of a handwritten estate inventory created December 11, 1779, by Henry Bourguin's daughters. The inventory
includes a list of the people enslaved by Bourguin, including name with approximate preceived monetary value, and is divided
into three columns showing the division of his estate by his three daughters.
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Identifier: |
ms1205 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
John B. Lamar plantation book
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Lamar, J. B. (John Basil), 1812-1862 |
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Dates: |
1847-1880 |
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The collection consists of a plantation book of John B. Lamar, for his plantation in Sumter County, Georgia, from 1847-1880.
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Identifier: |
ms131 |
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Title: |
William Cooke plantation book
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Cooke, William |
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Dates: |
1861-1868 |
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The collection consists of "Mr. William Cooke's plantation book, Creighton Island," containing handwritten entries dating
1861-1868. Entries include allowance lists for enslaved people on Creighton Island, and information regarding the number of
persons assigned to a job. The volume also includes description of the weather, local news and events, and entries and accounts
concerning Charles Harris Spalding's probate of his father Thomas Spalding's estate.
Many of the early entries discuss the enslaved population on the plantation including their roles laboring in the field, cooking,
nursing, attending the horses, and blacksmithing
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Identifier: |
ms1570 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Johnston family papers
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Johnston family |
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Dates: |
1836-1862 |
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The collection consists of papers of the Malcolm Johnston family. Included are correspondences; two small account books; and
Certificate no. 2457, for the purchase of a tract of land in Montgomery, Alabama, by Arthur B. Davis of Muscogee, Georgia.
The collection also includes documents concerning enslaved people perceived to be property of the Johnston family: bill of
sales for enslaved persons received by Richard Johnston; wills of Malcolm Johnston and E. L. Johnston; "List of property belonging
to M. Johnston," listing 800 acres of land, and the name, sex, age, and monetary value of enslaved people
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Identifier: |
ms1629 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Samuel B. Clark papers
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Clark, Samuel B., 1812-1865 |
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Dates: |
1787-1869 |
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The collection consists of papers of Samuel B. Clark, from 1787-1869. Included are indentures, a land survey, legal documents,
and a plantation journal (1841-1869) containing business records pertaining to the Richmond County homestead, the Burke County
(Georgia) farm, and land in Dooly County (Georgia). Entries include information on slave values, outlays for crops and household
supplies, tax returns for Richmond and Burke counties, financial reports on building the McBean canal, and cotton sales.
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ms1497 |
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