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Washington, Georgia photographs
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Unknown |
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after 1890 |
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The collection consists of sixteen photographs of people and places in the Wilkes County, Georgia area. Also included are
views of tornado damage in Lincolnton, 1942.
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ms1593 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Eliza Jane Arnett diary
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Arnett, Eliza Jane, 1843-1915 |
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Dates: |
1864 |
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The collection consists of a diary of Eliza Jane Arnett from January 12 - June 30, 1864. Diary entries discuss family and
home life, visits and visitors, and social life in and around Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia. The collection also contains
a transcript of the diary and some genealogical notes.
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ms2831 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Robert Toombs papers
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Toombs, Robert Augustus, 1810-1885 |
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1850-1883, 1939 |
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The collection consists of correspondence of Robert Toombs from 1850-1883. Toombs writes to Julia Ann Toombs while serving
in the U.S. Senate in Washington, D.C., and while serving in the Civil War. Correspondence concerns family matters with some
political matters mentioned. Of particular interest are several letters from Alexander Stephens to Mrs. Toombs discussing
political and family matters. The collection also includes letters to George Walker Crawford, and his son-in-law, Samuel W.
Mays, regarding lands owned by Toombs in Tarrant County, Texas.
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ms618 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Robert Toombs letters to Julia Ann DuBose Toombs
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Toombs, Robert Augustus, 1810-1885 |
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Dates: |
1850-1867 |
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The collection consists of correspondence from Robert Toombs to his wife, Julia Ann DuBose Toombs in Washington, Wilkes County,
Georgia from 1850-1867. During 1850-1859 his letters come from Washington, D.C. while he served in the U.S. Senate. During
the Civil War, he wrote from Virginia (1862) and Atlanta, Georgia (1864). Following the war, letters are written from Paris
(1866-67) while he was in exile. The correspondence generally discusses current events; his land holdings in South Georgia,
Alabama, and Texas; people; other soldiers; and his wish to be with his wife and family.
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Identifier: |
ms1785 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Boyd family papers
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Mattox, Mary E. Turner, 1828-1903 |
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Dates: |
1810-1986 |
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This collection contains Anne Boyd's genealogical notes on the Boyd family as well as letters, postcards, deeds, receipts,
and photographs of related families in Georgia during the 19th and 20th centuries.
The bulk of this collection contains the papers of Minnie Branham Stonestreet, a writer for the Works Progress Administration's
Federal Writers' Project during the Great Depression. It includes her notes and drafts for a guidebook of Washington, Georgia;
oral histories; and some notes on her work as a genealogist. Also of note are the papers of Luke and Eliza Turner, parents
of Mary Mattox. Luke Turner served as a state representative of Wilkes County from 1838-1839.
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Identifier: |
ms4296 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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