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Inventory of people enslaved by Henry Bourguin
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Unknown |
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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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ms1205 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Samuel Meeker letter to General James Winchester
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Creator: |
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: |
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.
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ms131 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
William Cooke plantation book
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Creator: |
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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Creator: |
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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Title: |
Samuel B. Clark papers
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Creator: |
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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Lt. H. C. Baldwin copybook
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Creator: |
Baldwin, Herbert C. |
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Dates: |
1866, 1897 |
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The collection consists of one copybook kept by Lieutenant H. C. Baldwin, containing financial ledgers and account, drafts
of correspondence, and legal documents, many from the Town of Beacon Falls. Included is a testimony in a dispute between a
man and two freed persons in Dahlonega, Georgia. The collection also includes a letter (written on the reverse side of a document
with header: "Form of application for, and order of commital of indigent insane persons, and insane paupers to the Conn. Hospital
for the Insane") concerning a debt owed to Baldwin.
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ms2749 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
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 persons.
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Identifier: |
ms3241 |
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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 accounts of plantation overseers [enslavers]. 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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Identifier: |
ms3667 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Jones County slave trade documents
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Creator: |
Kitchens, Bose |
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Dates: |
1854-1863 |
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The collection consists of documents regarding slave trade. One letter documents the sale of a enslaved man named Amos from
Boze Kitchens of Sumter County to John Humphries of Jones County, Georgia. A group of three documents details the dispute
of a transfer of slaves from Jones County, Georgia to Mississippi in the settlement of a debt. Included is a letter from A.H.
Broach to his brother Calvin asking him to take care in the sale or resale of his former enslaved man, Peter.
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ms4010 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Dugas du Vallon family document
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Creator: |
Dugas family |
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Dates: |
Unknown |
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The collection consists of a detailed inventory of: land owned in Saint-Domingue (present day Haiti), family papers, a list
of revenues, debts in Saint-Domingue and France, and a list of property and assets, including enslaved people considered personal
property of the family. Although the document is not dated, it is believed to have originated after 1807, the year that Louis
Rene Adrien Dugas de Vallon died.
The document is handwritten in French.
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ms4245 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Mayo G. Livingston Jr. collection of land and legal records
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Creator: |
Livingston, Mayo G., Jr. |
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Dates: |
1823-2020 |
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This collection contains land grants, legal and estate documents, correspondence, inventories and receipts. The majority of
records concern land in Early County, Bainbridge and Cyrene, Georgia.
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ms4486 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Ebenezer Kellogg diary
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Creator: |
Kellogg, Ebenezer, 1789-1846 |
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Dates: |
1817-1818 |
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The collection consists of the diary of Ebenezer Kellogg from 1817-1818 written to Chester Dewey, Professor of Mathmatics.
Kellogg describes his journey from Williamstown, Massachusetts to Charleston, South Carolina, Savannah, Georgia, and towns
along the Georgia coast. Most of the entries pertain to Georgia and discuss the people and towns Kellogg visited. Kellogg
writes about plantations and farming practices, particularly cotton and rice; and slavery, including how enslaved populations
lived, their treatment, and religious instruction.
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ms516 |
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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 Confederate fort on Jekyll Island, plans to make Saint Simons Island a self-supporting
colony, enslaved persons, 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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Hargrett Library |
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Agreement between Angus McQueen and Ellen
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Creator: |
Ellen |
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Dates: |
1864-1865 |
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The collection consists of a bill of sale from Savannah, Georgia for the purchase of an enslaved woman, Ellen, and her child,
Caroline, and an agreement made between Ellen and Angus McQueen. The bill of sale shows that Jackson Hodges paid $3,700 dollars
to Samuel Hauser. The bill of sale also notes that Ellen has a burn.
A year later after the end of the Civil War, an indenture agreement was made between Angus McQueen of Montgomery County, Georgia
and the "now freed woman," Ellen. In the agreement, Ellen agrees to continue working on McQueen's plantation. McQueen "promises
and agrees to feed, clothe, and give medical attention to" Ellen and her child. These terms are considered to be Ellen's "just
compensation for the labor performed." McQueen agrees to these terms as long as Ellen "will obey all orders" and "will be
respectful, submissive, and obedient."
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ms4146 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
Malcolm Bell's Major Butler's Legacy papers
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Creator: |
Bell, Malcolm, 1913-2001 |
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Dates: |
1974-1997 |
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This collection contains research notes, drafts, illustrations, and correspondence regarding Malcom Bell's publication of
his book Major Butler's Legacy.
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Identifier: |
ms4170 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Carhart and Roff letterpress copybook
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Creator: |
Carhart, Elijah H., 1827-1885 |
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Dates: |
1853-1886 |
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This collection contains one letterpress copybook of the Carhart and Roff merchant company containing business correspondence
between March 25th and September 1st, 1858, as well as two original letters dated March 8, 1853 and September 6, 1886. The
letters discuss shipments, payments, and remittance of goods traded around Georgia and Savannah in particular. In addition
a few letters to plantations mention enslaved people.
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ms4337 |
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Hargrett Library |
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C. Mildred Thompson papers
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Creator: |
Thompson, C. Mildred (Clara Mildred), 1881-1975 |
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Dates: |
1786-1838, 1937-1938 |
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The collection consists of papers collected by Clara Mildred Thompson. Early papers include correspondence and depositions
relating to Native American depredations in Georgia from 1786-1838. Letters, addressed mainly to Georgia governors, are from
citizens who discuss Native American raids and violence to settlers. Correspondents include Joshua Inman, John Twiggs, Caleb
Howell, Jared Irwin, Elijah Clarke, Benjamin Hawkins, John Clark, Stephen Hawkins, and C. Stephens. Depositions are of Abram
Mordecai, John Burnett, Owen Bowen, Henry Carvel, Nathaniel Howell, and Isaac Green.
The collection also consists of letters from Margaret Mitchell to C. Mildred Thompson from 1937-1938. Letters discuss Mitchell's
admiration of Thompson's "Reconstruction of Georgia," her desire to meet the author, and Thompson's request for information
about the Ku Klux Klan.
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Identifier: |
ms606 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Hillyer family papers
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Creator: |
Hillyer family |
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Dates: |
1805-1990 |
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The collection consists of the papers of the Hillyer family from 1805-1990 with the bulk between 1805-1874. Materials from
the early years (1805-1819) pertain to Shaler Hillyer and consist of a letter and account book describing Petersburg, Elbert
County, Georgia. The collection contains a memoir written by Junius Hillyer describing life on his family's plantation, slavery,
the family's move to Athens, Georgia (1821), Junius' attendance at grammar school, descriptions of and activities at Franklin
College (University of Georgia). Also includes photocopies of letters from William Dickerson and Peter Wellborn Martin, friends
of the Hillyers; materials pertaining to the publication of THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JUDGE JUNIUS HILLYER; and dedication of
a marker at the Freeman Hillyer homeplace in Popular Grove, Georgia.
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Identifier: |
ms76 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Isaiah T. Irvin, Sr. will
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Creator: |
Irvin, Isaiah T., Sr. |
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Dates: |
1856 October |
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The collection consists of the last will and testament of Isaiah T. Irvin, Senior of Wilkes County, Georgia
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Identifier: |
ms859 |
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Hargrett Library |
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