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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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ms1690 |
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Hargrett Library |
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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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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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Title: |
Agenoria (ship) records
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Agenoria (Brig) |
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Dates: |
1797-1798 |
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The collection consists of records of the slave ship Agenoria, 1797-1798. The volume records the sale of sixty-seven enslaved
people brought from Africa to Savannah, Georgia, and includes the number and gender of enslaved people sold, to whom they
were sold, price paid, and the auction of remainder. Additional entries contain itemized accounts of expenses for food, clothing,
nursing, and selling the enslaved people.
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ms2114 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Affidavits regarding importation and sale of enslaved people
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Savannah (Ga.) |
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Dates: |
1801 July 3, August 26 |
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The collection consists of two affidavits regarding the importation and sales of enslaved people. Sworn and sealed July 3,
1801, Camden County, Georgia, signed "David Garvin", the first affidavit respects the sale of six enslaved people (delivered
in the year 1799) to John Kinnard [sic]. The second affidavit (3 pages in length) dated August 26, 1801, Savannah, consists
of testimony of Savannah slave traders Hector Mitchell and Mr. Gairdner, who swore that "sometime in the year [1797] a parcel
of [thirty-six enslaved people] was picked up at sea." Mitchell and Gairdner, agents for John and James McBurney, the fugitives'
owners, had the runaways put in jail; an ordinance of the Savannah city council arranged their sale to David Garvin. This
statement goes on to mention that John Kinnard is now the legal owner of six of the [thirty-six enslaved people] named in
the earlier affidavit of July 3.
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ms2599 |
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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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Title: |
Kell family papers
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Creator: |
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: |
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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"Some Observations of Plantation Life in Coastal Georgia Before and After the Civil War" by Olin Talley McIntosh
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Creator: |
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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Creator: |
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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ms4092 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Decatur County liquor license
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Creator: |
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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ms4220 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
James M. Adams family history scrapbook
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Creator: |
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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ms4267 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Broadside collection
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Creator: |
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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Creator: |
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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Bills of sale for enslaved people, Pompey and Milly
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Georgia. Superior Court (Clarke County) |
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Dates: |
1848, 1850 |
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The collection consists of two bills of sale to John C. Greer: dated Clarke County, Georgia, January 4, 1848, for enslaved
man, Pompey, who belonged to the estate of James Jennings, for $185.00; dated Clarke County, Georgia, February 5, 1850, for
enslaved woman, Milly, sold to satisfy a mortgage claim of Edward P. Clayton on Philip Clayton, for $550.00.
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Identifier: |
ms535 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Letter -- J. Young to Jonathan Burroughs
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Creator: |
Young, J. |
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Dates: |
1836 September 3 |
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The collection consists of one letter from J. Young to Jonathan Burroughs
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Identifier: |
ms594 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Newsom deed and farming journal
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Creator: |
Newsom family |
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Dates: |
after 1838 |
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The collection consists of two items: a journal entitled "Plan. Experience of Farming of N. J. Newsom, 1885," pertaining to
labor, fertilizer, fencing, mules, wages, and equipment involved in farming; deed signed in Washington County, Georgia, stating
Joeday Newsom leaves two lots of "negroes" to his children, dated 1838. The reverse side contains valuation of the two lots
of "negro slaves," and is dated 1843.
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Identifier: |
ms630 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Seaborn J. Mays papers
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Creator: |
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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Noble Jones family papers
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Creator: |
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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