| 1801 |
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Wilson Lumpkin reminiscences
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Lumpkin, Wilson, 1783-1870 |
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1852 |
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The collection consists of reminiscences of Wilson Lumpkin, written entirely in his hand, in 1852. The reminiscences mainly
highlight his political career including service as a U.S. Representative; Governor of Georgia; United States Bureau of Indian
Affairs, Commissioner to execute the Cherokee Treaty of 1835; and U.S. Senator. Besides the personal reminiscences, the volumes
include copies of official correspondence as Governor and Commissioner, and speeches and remarks as U.S. Senator. The reminiscences
describe state and national political matters and include extensive information regarding the native American Indians, particularly
the Cherokees, and their subsequent removal to the West.
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ms1047 |
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| 1802 |
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Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad Company letter book
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Selma, Rome, and Dalton Railroad Company |
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Dates: |
1868-1871 |
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The collection consists of the letter book of Eugene LeHardy, chief engineer for the Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad Company
from April, 1868 - October, 1871. The letters are mainly addressed to the railroad's officers including E.G. Barney, George
M. Chapman, J. H. Delano, and D. S. Printup and discuss the building of the railroad and other rail and civic business in
northwest Georgia and Alabama.
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ms1048 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1803 |
Title: |
Eugene Henry Hinton reports Augusta and Macon trade and transportation
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Hinton, Eugene Henry |
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1912 |
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The collection consists of two typewritten reports, "A historical sketch of the evolution of trade and transportation at Augusta,
Ga." and "A historical sketch of the evolution of trade and transportation at Macon, Ga.," were presented by E. H. Hinton,
chairman, The Southeastern Freight Association, at the meeting of executive officers, 17-18 January 1912, at the Hotel Belleview,
Bellair, Florida. The reports chronicle in great depth the development of commercial interests in these two Georgia cities.
Each report also contains "A synopsis of the rate adjustment from the East."
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ms1049 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1804 |
Title: |
J. L. Stevens missionary record book
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Stevens, J. L. |
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1869-1870 |
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The collection consists of one record book, produced by the American Sunday-School Union, in which J. L. Stevens recorded
daily details of his missionary work near Charleston, South Carolina from 1869-1870. Daily entries discuss who he visited,
where he preached, and includes many references to meeting with African American preachers. Also contains monthly reports
listing name of Sunday school, location, number of teachers and students, and name of superintendent; and account current
which details expenses incurred, books sold, and donations.
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ms105 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1805 |
Title: |
Emma Hamilton Bulloch poems
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Bulloch, Emma Hamilton |
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1910 |
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The collection consists of galley proofs of an earlier work by Emma Hamilton Bulloch, author of The Marshes of Georgia and
Other Poems (Washington, [D.C.] : W. F. Roberts Company, 1913), titled (in ink) on the first page simply "Poems." One poem,
"The Cathedral Woods," does appear in both works -- at the beginning of "Poems" and at the conclusion of The Marshes of Georgia.
"Poems" contains numerous manuscript corrections and notations, both printer's marks and textual changes. In the upper right
corner of page one of the galley is the stamp of Seaman's Advertising Agency. Seaman's Printing House in Durham, North Carolina,
was actively involved in job book work during the immediate pre-World War I period and very possibly was handling the publication
of "Poems" for Emma Hamilton Bulloch.
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ms1050 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1806 |
Title: |
Twiggs family genealogy
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Duncan, Alexander McC. |
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Dates: |
1910 |
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The collection consists of a two-page genealogical table of the Twiggs family (descendants of Thomas Twiggs, died in Virginia
circa 1614) was compiled by Alexander Mc C. Duncan about 1910 from records furnished him by Eugenia Washington. It covers
the years 1608 to the late eighteenth century listing five generations of descendants. Although not a complete record, it
does chronicle much of the early history of this prominent Georgia family. Also included is a note to Duncan from F. F. Screven
pertaining to the genealogical table.
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ms1052 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1807 |
Title: |
European tour pressed flower book
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Unknown |
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Dates: |
1894, 1903 |
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The collection consists of a small scrapbook filled with pressed flowers acquired on European tours in 1894 and 1903. There
are brief notes giving place and date flower was added to the collection. Included also are two tickets to the Carlyle's House
Memorial Trust and several well-preserved four leaf clovers.
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ms1053 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1808 |
Title: |
Katherine Dearing sewing book
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Dearing, Katherine G. |
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1914 |
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The collection consists of a notebook from the model sewing class of the State Normal School that was kept by Katherine G.
Dearing of Athens during the fall of 1914. It contains many notes and outlines on procedures, stitches, styles, and methods
as well as examples of cloth and particular stitches.
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ms1054 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1809 |
Title: |
Thomas Smith family papers
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Smith, Thomas, 1745-1809 |
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Dates: |
1767-1912 |
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This collection includes legal documents related to Letitia Vandexen (sic) Smith, Thomas Smith and Frances Sophia Smith. The
Thomas Smith letterbook mainly consists of correspondence between members of the Thomas Smith family from 1767-1841. The earliest
letters (1767 and 1784) are from Smith to his mother Elizabeth Lawrence in Aberdeenshire, England. A group of 21 letters between
Smith and his cousin Dr. Peter Smith of Aberdeenshire discuss the American lifestyle, medical schools and practices, and the
judicial system. Another group of letters to Judge Jasper Yeates and Governor Thomas Mifflin refer to legal decisions and
court procedures. Other correspondents include Dr. Philip Physick and Smith's brother Charles of London, England. Also included
in the letterbook are two proclamations awarding judgeships to Smith, legal documents pertaining to the settlement of Smith's
estate (1816), and documents relating to land sales or mortgaged property (1826 and 1841). Series 2 contains typescripts of
letters between Thomas Smith and soon-to-be U.S. President George Washington in 1785-1786, in which Smith was acting as Washington's
attorney for some land suits in Philadelphia. The typescripts were made by Burton Alva Konkle in 1902. Finally, Series 3.
contains letters between Thomas Smith scholar Burton Alva Konkle and Wymberly Jones De Renne regarding the Thomas Smith collection.
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ms1055 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1810 |
Title: |
Dr. William Duncan papers
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Duncan, William |
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1861-1873 |
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The collection consists of correspondence, military appointments, receipts, orders of Dr. William Duncan relating to his service
in the 10th Georgia Infantry Regiment in Virginia (1861-1862) and later as a surgeon in the Savannah area. Of particular interest
is a list of medicines and hospital stores received at Thunderbolt Battery, Dr. Duncan's Oath of Pardon, and a request for
travel to Europe in 1865. Other items included in the collection are notes and orders signed by T. J. Charlton or George P.
Harrison, Jr. and one letter from Michael L. Cass.
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ms1056 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1811 |
Title: |
Sheftall family memorabilia
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Sheftall, Mordecai, 1735-1797 |
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Dates: |
1774-1942 |
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The collection consists of a requisition for salt, dated 20 October 1774 and signed by John Newdigate, Stephen Maddox, and
Mordecai Sheftall (in frame); three issues of Georgia continental paper money ($4 and $5 Spanish milled and $5 Continental)
for 1776 and 1777; late eighteenth century Masonic apron with hand-drawn illustrated cover belonging to Levi Sheftall, member
of Solomon's Lodge, Savannah; newspaper account (Beaumont, Texas Journal, 3 March 1942) of three items and other Sheftall
memorabilia and a Xerox of a biographical sketch of Cooper Sheftall.
The Masonic apron is housed in the vault.
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ms1057 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1812 |
Title: |
Athens, Georgia artifacts
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Unknown |
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Dates: |
1840s-1920s |
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The collection consists of ephemera and memorabilia related to Athens, Georgia. The collection includes: an acorn from the
Spanish Oak at the Botanical Garden, developed by University of Georgia Professor Mathus Ward near Finley Street in Athens;
gavel made from baluster of the Crawford W. Long House, Waddell Street, in Athens; badge celebrating the 47th Annual Session
of the Georgia Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias meeting in Athens 17-18 May 1916; green glass grape from lamp in the Costa
building; wooden shingle from the roof of the present Garden Club of Georgia Headquarters, formerly Phi Mu House and home
of Mary Lyndon, first dean of women at the University of Georgia.
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ms1059 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1813 |
Title: |
Tariff Bill of 1888 clippings
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Unknown |
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Dates: |
1888 |
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One volume of pasted clippings about the Tariff Bill of 1888. There are 19 numbered pages with a partial index written in
front.
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ms106 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1814 |
Title: |
Nineteenth century handcraft artifacts
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Hargrett Library |
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1800-1899 |
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The collection consists of miscellaneous examples of handcraft from the nineteenth century and includes the following: quilt
and drapery scraps from "Woodlands," the Godfrey Barnsley estate in Bartow County, Ga.; primitive painting on paper of shepherdess
and animals; paper doll souvenir of the reunion of the Continental Guards, New Orleans, 1885; flower made of straw; handwritten
valentine with a sprig of rosemary; needlework done on paper by M. A. Honeywell by using her mouth; decorative paper work;
three patterns for embroidery; and embroidered collar, lace and thread.
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ms1060 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1815 |
Title: |
United Confederate Veterans/United Daughters of the Confederacy artifacts
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United Confederate Veterans |
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Dates: |
1898-1988 |
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The collection consists of 1. a poem on cork and leaflet "Confederate Cross of Honor" ; 2. metal dress hate badge of United
Confederate Veterans, Macon, Ga. ; 3. three reunion buttons (two with ribbons) for 1898 and 1909 conclaves and five associated
ribbons ; 4. United Daughters of the Confederacy small oval framed painting of Confederate flags, 1900 ; 5. souvenir poster
of the 44th annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans ; 6. gavel made of native cedar given to the U.D.C. president
general by the State of Arkansas ; 7. gavel made of wood from the home of Alexander H. Stephens and presented to the U.D.C
by Robert R. Gunn with typed sheet stating these facts.
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ms1062 |
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| 1816 |
Title: |
Works Progress Administration, Georgia records survey
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Georgia Historical Records Survey |
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Dates: |
1935-1940 |
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The collection consists of typescripts and notes made by researchers for the Works Progress Administration recording various
Georgia historical data. Included are the following types of material: 1) transcripts of WPA survey of Federal Archives in
Georgia, including Federal District Courts at Savannah and Augusta, various post offices, Custom's House, government warehouses,
etc. ; 2) workers education reports, instructional guides, survey handbooks, clippings, and correspondence relating to the
WPA activities in Georgia ; 3) life histories and reminiscences of World War I era and the Depression ; 4) Georgia educational
institutions-- records and data sheets ; 5) Georgia bibliography survey. The Federal Archives transcripts include shipping
records, patents, postal data, and detail repositories with condition and dispensation of material. Administrative papers
and guidelines of WPA give background on the Georgia survey and show format and style of the study. Data sheets, historical
background notes, and lists of alumni cover numerous Georgia educational institutions, many no longer extant. The Georgia
bibliography survey contains hundreds of index cards with information about works on Georgia history and literature.
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ms1063 |
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| 1817 |
Title: |
George Wymberley Jones De Renne family papers
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Smith, Julianna |
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Dates: |
1732-1939 |
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The collection consists of papers of the George Wymberley Jones De Renne family of Savannah, Georgia from 1732-1939. The
papers include account books, correspondence, deeds, genealogical materials, indentures, inventories, land grants, legal documents,
newspaper clippings, printed material, and transcripts of historical documents pertaining to Georgia history. The materials
document the activities of the De Renne family and contain information on land transactions in Georgia; estate or plantation
management, particularly Wormsloe Plantation (Savannah, Ga.) and Popular Grove; the Buena Ventura Stock Company and Buena
Ventura Ranch (1883-1884) in Tom Green County (Tex.); book and wine purchases for Wormsloe; and the De Rennes' involvement
in the Georgia Historical Society and the Georgia Bicentennial (1933).
The collection also contains correspondence and other materials pertaining to the George W. Smith family, the Campbell and
Stewart families, and accounts and correspondence (1867-1880) with Thomas A. Biddle & Company (Philadelphia, Pa.). Other
correspondents include Letitia De Renne, Wymberley Jones De Renne, Wymberley Wormsloe De Renne, William Drayton, George Jones,
Inigo Jones, Noble Wymberley Jones, Alva Konkle, Mary Wallace Savage Nuttall, and Julianna Smith.
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ms1064 |
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| 1818 |
Title: |
George Wymberley Jones De Renne family papers
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University of Pennsylvania |
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Dates: |
1735-1916 |
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The collection consists of miscellaneous documents, receipts, accounts, legal papers, and other materials related to the De
Renne family, especially Noble Jones and George Wymberley Jones. Selections from this collection include: Land grant to Noble
Jones, 9 December 1756, issued by Governor John Reynolds; Inventory and appraisal of property of Noble W. Jones, Jefferson
County, 1819; Indenture, Noble W. Jones - George [Wymberley] Jones, 20 July 1796; and, Diploma, Doctorem in Arte Medica, University
of Pennsylvania to G. Wymberley Jones, 8 April 1848.
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ms1064a |
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| 1819 |
Title: |
Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. literary and historical manuscripts
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Jones, Charles C. (Charles Colcock), 1831-1893 |
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Dates: |
1867-1889 |
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The collection consists of the bound manuscript volumes written by Charles Colcock Jones, Jr., noted Georgia historian and
literary figure. Several of the volumes are extra illustrated by Jones. These writings form much of the corpus of Jones' published
works and are, for the most part, the author's own final manuscript copies, although there are some corrections and annotations.
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ms1066 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 1820 |
Title: |
Rufus K. Reaves family papers
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Reaves family |
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Dates: |
1838-1941 |
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The collection consists of papers of Rufus K. Reaves and the Reaves family of Athens, Georgia from 1838 to 1941. Includes
correspondence, maps, reports, legal documents, accounts, receipts, and tax information pertaining to business and mining
activities of Reaves and the Loud Hydraulic Hose Gold Mining Company (White County, Ga.), purchased by Reaves in the 1880s.
The collection also contains materials pertaining to business and legal activities of Rufus K. Reaves, Jr., as well as indentures
and deeds. Also included are the related papers of George W. Center and the Edward Lilly estate.
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ms1068 |
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