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Hugh Lawson family papers
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Brown family |
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1801-1974 |
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The collection consists of papers of Hugh Lawson and Lawson family descendants from 1801-1974. The papers include correspondence,
indentures, and genealogical materials. Materials relating to Hugh Lawson include indentures (1801-1837, with gaps) and correspondence
(1837-1895). The correspondence includes letters (1837-1857) from Lawson to his daughters Sarah Penelope and Martha J. while
at school in Jeffersonville, Twiggs County, Georgia and later (1847-1857) to Sarah Penelope Oliver after her marriage. The
letters discuss family activities, the girls schooling, and some farm news. Correspondence (1868-1871) relates to the Brown
family and contains information on slave activities, schools, and family news. The bulk of the collection consists of genealogical
materials of Mary C.R. Davis relating to the Lawson family.
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ms1213 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Benjamin Perley Poore letter to Gorham Parsons
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Poore, Benjamin Perley, 1820-1887 |
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Dates: |
1840 February 18 |
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The collection consists of one letter: dated Coosawattee, Murray County, Georgia, February 18, 1840, to Gorham Parsons, Fatherland
Farm, near Newburyport, Massachusetts, regarding plantation activities, agriculture, slavery, and the status of the Cherokee
Indians.
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ms1222 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Champion family letters
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Unknown |
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1816-1869 |
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The collection consists of correspondence of the Champion family from 1816-1869. The bulk of the collection contains letters
written by Aaron Champion of Savannah (Georgia) or Moses Champion of Monticello (Georgia) to Dr. Reuben Champion, Jr. of West
Springfield (Massachusetts). The Champions comment on the social, political, and economic situations occurring in Georgia
during. The collection also contains an 1816 letter from H. Stebbins of Savannah to Dr. Reuben Champion, Jr. pertaining to
Savannah, the people, commerce, and slavery; three letters from Henry Champion of Montgomery (Alabama) to Dr. Champion discussing
the proposed statehood of what was then the western territory; and a series of letters written from Savannah during the Civil
War discussing the formation of the Confederacy, the progress of the war, and its effect upon the civilian population.
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ms1301 |
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Hargrett Library |
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John B. Lamar plantation book
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Lamar, J. B. (John Basil), 1812-1862 |
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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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ms131 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
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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Identifier: |
ms1497 |
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Hargrett Library |
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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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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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ms1629 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Grace Lucas letter to Mary E. Johns
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Lucas, Grace |
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Dates: |
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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Identifier: |
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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Dates: |
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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Identifier: |
ms196 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Tax list for Georgia counties
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Unknown |
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Dates: |
1900-1950 |
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The collection consists of a bound manuscript containing listings of taxes for Georgia counties. Counties included are Appling,
Baker, Bulloch, Carroll, Cherokee, Coweta, Decatur, Dooly, Early, Effingham, Emmanuel, Fayette, Franklin, Habersham, Houston,
Irwin, Jackson, Jefferson, Lee, Liberty, Lincoln, Lowndes, Meriwether, Montgomery, Muscogee, Rabun, Screven, Stewart, Tattnall,
Telfair, Thomas, Twiggs, Walker, Wayne, Ware and Wilkinson. The manuscript is seventy-seven pages, but pages 7-18 and 47-54
are missing.
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ms2134 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Battle family papers (Marion County, Ga.)
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Battle family |
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Dates: |
1818-1878 |
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The collection consists of documents related to the Battle family (Marion County, Georgia) including a promise of payments,
a list containing names of enslaved people, the will of Joseph J. Battle of Marion County, and two indentures.
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ms2677 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Dixon family papers
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Dixon family |
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Dates: |
1848-1863 |
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The collection consists of papers relating to the Dixon family of Meriwether County, Georgia including correspondence of John
L. Dixon at Collinsworth Institute, Joshua L. Render and his wife Mary Jane (Dixon) Render, and John Tillman Dixon. One letter
mentions the Charleston Convention (1860). Of particular interest are three letters from John Tillman Dixon, serving with
the 29th Georgia Infantry Regiment, to his sister Mary Jane, while stationed at Richmond during the Civil War. Includes an
1853 tax list that itemizes number of enslaved persons plus items of land, cattle, sheep, hogs, wagons, and carriage
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ms2739 |
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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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Title: |
Jennie Smith letters
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Creator: |
Way, William |
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Dates: |
1852-1884 |
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The collection consists of correspondence written to Jennie (Emily Jane) Smith from family, friends, and soldiers in Maryland,
Pennsylvania and Georgia, from 1852-1884. Correspondence regards family news, social events, Quaker farm life, marriages,
and deaths. Some letters regard marriage proposals and matchmaking for Jennie. Smith's uncle, William Way, in Pennsylvania,
writes about his views on marriage, causes of the Civil War, slavery and Abolitionism, and post-war problems.
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Identifier: |
ms3155 |
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Hargrett Library |
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John Rodgers Goldsborough letter to his wife Mary
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Goldsborough, J. R. (John Rodgers), 1808-1877 |
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Dates: |
1862 April 21 |
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The collection consists of one letter regarding a Confederate fort on Jekyll Island, plans to make Saint Simons Island a self-supporting
colony, enslaved persons, the Pierce Butler estate, the plantation of T. Butler King, the abandoned estate of James Hamilton
Couper, a visit to Frederica, and orders regarding Commander Sylvanus Godon.
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Identifier: |
ms3430 |
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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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Dates: |
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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