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Benjamin Perley Poore letter to Gorham Parsons
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Poore, Benjamin Perley, 1820-1887 |
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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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Samuel Meeker letter to General James Winchester
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Meeker, Samuel, 1763-1832 |
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Dates: |
1804 December 27 |
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The collection consists of a letter from Samuel Meeker writing to General James Winchester of Cragfont, Tennessee.
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ms1271 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Champion family letters
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Creator: |
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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Creator: |
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.
The book includes lists containing names of enslaved people; a diagram of crop rotation for cotton, corn, oats, and rye; a
map of the plantation; an inventory of plantation items; tax accounts; and food supplies. During the Civil War, entries become
less comprehensive. From 1867-1872, entries list the date, employee's name, and item charged to the account, primarily food.
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ms131 |
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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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Hargrett Library |
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William Cooke plantation book
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Creator: |
Cooke, William |
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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 who works in the field, cooks, nurses,
attends to the horses, and serves as blacksmith.
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ms1570 |
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Hargrett Library |
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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 owned by the Johnston family: bill of sales for a slave
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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Grace Lucas letter to Mary E. Johns
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Creator: |
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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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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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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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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Slave trade documents
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Creator: |
Richardson, John L. |
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Dates: |
1843, 1865 |
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Two documents related to enslaved people owned by John L. Richardson, including a bill of sale and a sharecropping agreement
with freed Blacks.
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ms3241 |
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Hargrett Library |
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John Rodgers Goldsborough letter to his wife Mary
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Creator: |
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 Rebel fort on Jekyll Island, plans to make Saint Simons Island a self-supporting
colony, slaves, the Pierce Butler estate, the abandoned estate of James Hamilton Couper, a visit to Frederica, and orders
regarding Commander Sylvanus Godon.
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ms3430 |
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Ernestine Strong Alberti family letters
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Creator: |
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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John Hall family papers
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Creator: |
Hall, John |
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Dates: |
1806-1958 |
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The collection consists of correspondence, wills and deeds, and accounts of various family members. There are numerous accounts
of the settlement of the John Hall estate, of which James M. Hall was executor. Of special interest are the bills of sale
for enslaved people, freedmen contracts, and plantation overseer accounts. The accounts show the growth of the plantation,
including purchase of enslaved people and supplies and land, operation of a sawmill, sales of cotton, and labor dealings with
the Georgia Penitentiary after the Civil War. There is also a Civil War letter from John W. Shinholster on April 23, 1863
from his camp near Port Hudson, Louisiana.
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ms3667 |
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