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Solomon Beckcom land grant
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Beckcom, Solomon |
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Dates: |
1793 May 11 |
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Collection consists of one land grant for Solomon Beckcom, signed by Governor Edward Telfair on May 11, 1793. The land grant
is for one thousand acres in Washington County, Georgia. Includes details of exact location and original seal.
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ms4197 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Ku Klux Klan collection
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Ku Klux Klan (19th cent.) |
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circa 1865-1961 |
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The collection consists of materials relating to the Ku Klux Klan circa 1865-1921. Early materials include one Ku Klux Klan
notice (Union County, Georgia, circa 1865), decorated with coffins, daggers and rifles, mentioning the "ghosts of the martyred
dead" avenging their death on the living; two handwritten warnings (circa 1870, unsigned) stating "Beware!", and "dead men
tell no tales"; and reproductions of three warning letters addressed to B.D. Evans, Col. Evans, and one not addressed (Headquarters,
Ogeechee, Georgia, circa 1871), signed KKK and U.S. KK, promising death to radicals, and that radicals involved in Governor
Bullocks politics will not survive in Washington County, Georgia. Also includes an Invisible Empire of the Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan of Atlanta, Georgia application form, circa 1921; an article titled "A Nightgown Tyranny", written by William
G. Shepherd ("Leslie's Weekly, Sept. 10, 1921") discussing the re-emergence of the KKK; a reprint of an article titled "Protest
Under the Cross: The Ku Klux Klan Presents its Case to the Public, 1960" by Donald E. Williams; and a pamphlet titled "The
Attitude of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Toward the Jew" by H. W. Evans, Imperial Wizard Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
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ms582 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Washington County (Ga.) Board of Commissioners for Roads, Public Property and Finance record book
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Washington County (Ga.). Board of Commissioners for Roads, Public Property and Finance. |
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1894-1904 |
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The collection consists of a record book containing minutes and financial accounts of the Washington County (Ga.) Board of
Commissioners for Roads, Public Property and Finance from January, 1898 - October, 1904. The minutes describe the meetings
of the board and pertain to activities of the Home for the Poor, the jail, and other public institutions; aid to indigent
confederate veterans; the building of public roads or utilities; and appointment of board members. The financial accounts
are included with the minutes and contain accounts audited, approved, paid and the names of the payees; poll taxes paid, general
taxes paid; and the names of any loan defaulters.
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ms223 |
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Hargrett Library |
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William Henry Fleming papers
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Fleming, William H. (William Henry), 1856-1944 |
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Dates: |
1875-1912 |
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The collection consists of the papers and scrapbooks of William Henry Fleming from 1875-1912. The bulk of the collection contains
scrapbooks (1875-1899) of clippings documenting Fleming's activities, speeches, and political career. The correspondence (1902,
1910-1912) pertains to the contested Tenth District election of 1902 between Fleming and Thomas W. Hardwick, and the stolen
fi fas (tax executions) from the Office of the Washington County Ordinary. Correspondents include James Barrett, T.J. Holmes,
and Thomas E. Watson.
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ms77 |
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Hargrett Library |
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