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1841 Title:   Joseph Wheaton papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Wheaton, Joseph, 1755-1828  
  Dates:   1805-1808  
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The collection consists of papers of Joseph Wheaton pertaining to the development of the U.S. postal route from Washington D.C. to New Orleans, Louisiana from 1805-1808. Correspondence and legal dispositions regard misuse of federal funds against Wheaton and the U.S. Post Office under Postmaster Gideon Granger. Materials also document the development of the road, the frontier postal system, problems with mail delivery, and descriptions of the territory from "Coweta Town to the Tombigby" river, the "high Shoals of Appalachy River on the frontier of Georgia" to Fort Stoddert and the Athens, Georgia vicinity.
  
  Identifier:   ms1124  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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1842 Title:   John Groth collection of Gone with the Wind illustrations  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Groth, John, 1908-1988  
  Dates:   1963-1973  
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The collection consists of Gone with the Wind illustrations from the 1960s and 1970s. John Groth was commissioned by the Heritage Press to illustrate a new edition of Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the wind; prints of these drawings are included in this collection. There is a large mounted ink sketch of protagonist Scarlett from Gone With the Wind and other in a wagon pulled by an ox. In addition, there is an original sketch of horse and rider dated "Athens 2/20/73" dedicated "To Special Collections Dept. University of Georgia Libraries." Three prints of Eskimos, two exhibition brochures, and two photographs of Groth on his visit to the University of Georgia are also present. Collectively, there are 32 sketches depicting horses, street scenes, and parties.
  
  Identifier:   ms1125  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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1843 Title:   Edward P. Bishop daybook  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Bishop, Edward P., -1881  
  Dates:   1852-1895  
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One daybook of Edward P. Bishop from 1852, 1858-1865, containing accounts, recipes, and memoranda; telling of work done, when crops and/or gardens were planted and harvested, when and where hens were set, and when hogs were killed. Several pages in center of book were used as scratch paper for arithmetic and algebra problems. The volume also contains a few diary entries of his daughter, Mary Carleton Bishop Talmadge (1895).
  
  Identifier:   ms113  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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1844 Title:   United States Army horse and mule records  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   United States. Army  
  Dates:   1865-1868  
  Contents:  
The collection consists of a ledger containing detailed records from the government corrals at Doctortown and Savannah, Georgia operated by the Federal Army of Occupation, Sub-District Altamaha. Chiefly in the handwriting of Lieutenant A.B. Godwin, the ledger lists names of drivers, teamsters, and wagon masters; amounts of grain issued and received; blacksmithing; miscellaneous supplies; and the condition of horses and mules with notes on purchases.
  
  Identifier:   ms1132  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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1845 Title:   John Vanderen land patent  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Vanderen, John  
  Dates:   1776  
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The collection consists of one patent for land, dated October 1776, presented by John Vanderen and signed by John Penn of Pennsylvania. It relates to land in Westmoreland County and the manor of Pittsburgh. The partially printed document on vellum also retains the elaborate colonial seal of Pennsylvania.
  
  Identifier:   ms1133  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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1846 Title:   William Bacon Stevens letters  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Stevens, William Bacon, 1815-1887  
  Dates:   1847-1848  
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The collection consists of nine letters of William Bacon Stevens to either George F. Telfair Jones or George Wymberly Jones from 1847-1848 (the letters do not specify which recipient is intended). Letters pertain to Stevens' and Jones' studies or works on Georgia history and document Stevens' source materials. Stevens delineates problems in interpretation of historical events, discusses historical concepts, and comments on Georgia history and literature.
  
  Identifier:   ms1134  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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1847 Title:   De Renne Confederate States of America collection  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Alexander, Edward Porter, 1835-1910  
  Dates:   1844-1915  
  Contents:  
The collection consists of miscellaneous correspondences and photographs collected by the De Renne family that pertain to a variety of individuals who were active participants in the cause of the Confederacy. The collection includes some correspondence written during the civil war, but the majority is letters of reminiscence and anecdotes from the post-war period. Correspondences are from: Edward Porter Alexander, William J. Hardee, Benjamin Harvey Hill, James Longstreet, Alexander Hamilton Stephens, and Robert Toombs.
  
  Identifier:   ms1135  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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1848 Title:   De Renne Historic Georgia Manuscripts collection  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   De Renne, Wymberley Jones, 1853-1916  
  Dates:   1746-1918  
  Contents:  
The collection consists of miscellaneous correspondences, notes, and documents collected by the De Renne family pertaining almost wholly to historical figures important in the development of Georgia as a colony and state.
  
  Identifier:   ms1136  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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1849 Title:   Charlotte Newton collection of Reverend Groves H. Cartledge historical sketches  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Newton, Virginia  
  Dates:   1939-1967  
  Contents:  
The collection consists of typescripts, manuscript notes, proof sheets, and correspondence concerning "Sketches of the early history of Madison County" and "Autobiography of Rev. Groves H. Cartledge." Reverend Groves Harrison Cartledge made great efforts towards cataloging the history of Madison County, Ga., and the struggles of the pioneer 18th century minister Reverend John Newton of Hopewell Presbytery. Historical sketches mention many early Georgia families, Presbyterian churches in Northeastern Georgia, and include comments on such varied subjects as depredations by th Indians, soil conservation, difficulties of pioneer life, etc. Jessie Mize, Virginia and Charlotte Newton, and the Rev. Samuel Cartledge compiled this collection. The correspondence sheds further light on the publishing history and the background research performed by this dedicated group. Also included is a sizable amount of genealogical material on the Cartledge family and allied families of the Madison County area.
  
  Identifier:   ms1137  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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1850 Title:   Adolph Rosenberg photograph collection  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Rosenberg, Adolph  
  Dates:   1880-1890  
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This photograph collection consists of family albums from the early 1880s to the 1890s, containing mostly gelatin type prints. There are also a few ferrotypes. Most of the albums contains pictures of women, men, and children. Two of the albums contain reprints of National Archives negatives taken during the Civil War, including pictures of battle fields and of destruction in Georgia, and one album is a collection of pictures of Civil War generals, including an index for reference.
  
  Identifier:   ms1138  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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1851 Title:   Right Rogers account book  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Rogers, Right  
  Dates:   1835-1837  
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The collection consists of an account book for shoemaker Right Rogers of Athens, Georgia from January, 1835 - July, 1837. Entries include the date, customer's name, service rendered or item purchased, and amount charged. Often the entries list who the shoes were for - a servant, child, or wife.
  
  Identifier:   ms114  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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1852 Title:   Bridge tally cards  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Unknown  
  Dates:   early 20th century  
  Contents:  
The collection consists of three different designs of bridge tally cards from the turn of the century.
  
  Identifier:   ms1140  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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1853 Title:   Unsigned love letter  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Unknown  
  Dates:   1859 February 14  
  Contents:  
One romantic love letter to an unidentified girl from Edwin----, in Island Creek, Georgia, dated February 14, 1859.
  
  Identifier:   ms1141  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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1854 Title:   Photographs of Civil War sites  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Spencer, Thomas  
  Dates:   1920-1950  
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The collection consists of 460 photographs, collected or photographed by Thomas Spencer, of buildings and other sites which possess some connection to the Civil War. The majority of the photographs were taken in Georgia, with some from Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Many of the buildings depicted in the photographs served as headquarters of one or both armies.
  
  Identifier:   ms1142  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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1855 Title:   Stereographic tour of the world  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Keystone View Company  
  Dates:   circa 1930  
  Contents:  
The collection consists of 600 stereographic cards with scenes of the world, plus two stereoscopes. Views of various countries are depicted as well as views of different occupations.
  
  Identifier:   ms1143  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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1856 Title:   George Foster Peabody family collection  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Unknown  
  Dates:   1894-1951  
  Contents:  
The collection consists of mainly unidentified photographs and a scrapbook, including some photographs of the George Foster Peabody family. Papers transferred from the Georgia Room Vertical files (in 1984) include correspondence from George Foster Peabody; memorial programs for Katrina Trask, and Elvira Canfield Peabody; and photographs.
  
  Identifier:   ms1144  
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1857 Title:   Dr. Max Morris lecture notes  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Dillard, Erasmus Reynolds  
  Dates:   1917  
  Contents:  
The collection consists of one bound volume containing lecture notes of Dr. Max Morris written by E. R. Dillard, January 3, 1917-April 3, 1917. The detailed notes provide an interesting look into the pharmacy curriculum of that era.
  
  Identifier:   ms1145  
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1858 Title:   Athens-Clarke County tax records  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Athens (Ga.)  
  Dates:   1857  
  Contents:  
The collection consists of one 206-page bound volume containing hand written tax records of Athens, Clarke County, Georgia for the year 1857. Categories included are for stock and trade, horses, wagons, street intrusions, town property, slaves, carriages, and poll with notes and a column of total taxable income. Most familiar Athens residents are listed with entries for the Billups, Cobb, Hoyt, Hull, Talmage, Thomas, and hundreds of other area families.
  
  Identifier:   ms1146  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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1859 Title:   Legal commonplace book  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Unknown  
  Dates:   after 1770  
  Contents:  
The collection consists of one bound commonplace book (undated) containing a handwritten index of categories of legal points and methods. Listed are cases, legal precedents, and other points of law to correspond to the categories of interest. The volume is not fully detailed in each area, but does give a considerable amount of information on the legal system operable in Georgia during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
  
  Identifier:   ms1147  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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1860 Title:   Julius Caesar LeHardy papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   LeHardy, J. C.  
  Dates:   1879-1897  
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The collection consists of papers and correspondences of Dr. Julius Caesar LeHardy from 1879-1897. Material included relates to LeHardy's work on yellow fever and quarantine. Correspondences are to Dr. Felix Formento of New Orleans, Louisiana, regarding participation in the Quarantine Conference held in New Orleans in 1880, and to mayor Herman Myers of Savannah, Georgia, regarding the disposal of sewage in the river.
  
  Identifier:   ms1148  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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