| 5621 |
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John Ray papers
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Ray, John, -1868 |
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1829-1868 |
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The collection consists of John Ray's day book, docket book, and plantation book. The day book records debts collected from
1831-1844, and contains some notes concerning land; and the docket book contains notes of proceedings and filings in court
cases in Coweta County, Georgia Superior Court from 1843-1865. The plantation book records names of enslaved people, and account
of their clothes, rations, and blankets; notes on legal decisions; and recipes for various illnesses, including heart disease,
measles, rheumatism, pneumonia, scarlet fever, and asthma. The collection also includes handwritten papers on heart disease;
promissory notes, deeds and indentures for land in Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia, a bill of sales for two "Negroes" (named
"Roland, 2 years old, and Randal, about 7 years old"); tax records; and records of White Oak Plantation (Coweta County, Ga.)
and an unidentified plantation. The plantation records record how much cotton was sold (cotton made at White Oak Plantation).
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| 5622 |
Title: |
Samuel B. Clark papers
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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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| 5623 |
Title: |
Hammond family papers
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Hammond family |
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Dates: |
1782-1921 |
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The collection consists of documents that primarily concern land transactions (and also transfers of enslaved persons) relating
to the Hammons / Hammonds and allied families of Walton, Wilkes and Oglethorpe County, Georgia. There is some Hammond and
Ellsbury family genealogy. Some names involved include: Josiah Amerson, Isaiah C. Brand, W.K. Hammond, Moses Jernigan, Green
H. Lirsey, Kinchin Rambo, and William Trammell.
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ms1523 |
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Hargrett Library |
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| 5624 |
Title: |
Peninah W. Thomas family papers
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Clinch, Batavia Thomas |
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Dates: |
1821-1959 |
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The collection consists of papers of Peninah W. Thomas and the Thomas family of Athens (Ga.) from 1821-1959. The papers include
correspondence, bills and receipts, account books, legal documents, and sermons (1890s) written by Robert Toombs DuBose.
The bills and receipts (1821-1910) contain several receipts for wages paid by Peninah W. Thomas to freedmen. The account
books (1834-1845) contain bank accounts of Stevens Thomas and lists of accounts and purchases.
The correspondence includes letters (1838-1870) between Peninah W. Thomas and her daughters Ella (Hull), Batavia (Clinch),
and Mary (Saffold). The letters mainly contain news of family or friends and social events, but of particular interest are
letters from Batavia living in Connecticut during the Civil War. The letters discuss the fall of Ft. Sumter and northerners'
inability to understand southern attitudes. Also included are letters from Thomas Reynolds and John Shannon discussing plantation
management, the cotton market, and other details of Thomas' business interests. From 1870-1941 letters are between Jennie
Stovall (DuBose) and Robert Toombs DuBose, mostly personal but also containing some information on Georgia land sales, his
ministry, and service in the Georgia House of Representatives.
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ms1738 |
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| 5625 |
Title: |
Lt. H. C. Baldwin copybook
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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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| 5626 |
Title: |
Rebecca Foy diaries
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Foy, Rebecca |
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Dates: |
1778-1864, 1933, 1936 |
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The collection consists of two diaries kept by Rebecca Foy consisting of handwritten accounts of marriages, births, deaths,
illnesses, and remedies for illnesses and nosebleeds. The earliest birth recorded is "Anne Dasher, born Sept. 21, 1778."
The final entry ("My ducks began to lay"), dated 1864. The collection also includes Book I – Vol. I, dated 1936, titled Fay
Family of Effingham County, Georgia. Assorted family papers include: Biography of Edward Edwin Foy (1842-1907), written by
Eloise Eugenia Foy Ward; one letter dated Jan. 31, 1933, addressed to Mrs. Ella Cordona, regarding a letter she had written
attempting to locate George Foy, who had enslaved Cordona; and miscellaneous handwritten accounts of births and deaths of
Foy family descendants.
The diaries mention the purchase of the following enslaved people: Reuben, 1853, age 9; Jake, 1853; Lawrence, 1855; Elbert,
1855, age 12; Monroe and Sam, 1856; Stephen, 1856, age 10; Sam, 1857; Lewis, 1857, age 12. There is also mention of a few
incidents of 'runaways' between 1858 and 1861.
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ms2787 |
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| 5627 |
Title: |
Jennie Smith letters
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Creator: |
Way, William |
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Dates: |
1852-1884 |
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The collection consists of correspondence written to Jennie (Emily Jane) Smith from family, friends, and soldiers in Maryland,
Pennsylvania and Georgia, from 1852-1884. Correspondence regards family news, social events, Quaker farm life, marriages,
and deaths. Some letters regard marriage proposals and matchmaking for Jennie. Smith's uncle, William Way, in Pennsylvania,
writes about his views on marriage, causes of the Civil War, slavery, and post-war problems.
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ms3155 |
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| 5628 |
Title: |
Edwin R. Alberti papers
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Alberti, Edwin R., -1862? |
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Dates: |
1819-1863 |
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The collection consists of military papers, legal documents, and letters, pertaining to several aspects of the life and work
of Edwin R. Alberti, from 1819 to 1863. Military papers include a special order for a furlough, orders to appear for a Court
of Inquiry, an order signed by President John Quincy Adams' restoring Alberti to active duty after an inquiry into alleged
misconduct, and acceptance of Alberti's resignation from the 4th Artillery. There are numerous Chattel mortgages, bills of
sale, and deeds of gift for named enslaved women, men, and children, and legal papers regarding the distribution of people
enslaved to heirs of Henry R. Sadler. The collection also consists of papers relating to the sloop B.S. Newcomb.
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ms3218 |
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| 5630 |
Title: |
Slave trade documents
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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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| 5631 |
Title: |
Ashantilly Press papers
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Haynes family |
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Dates: |
1742-2001 |
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Correspondence forms the largest portion of the collection: letters among Haynes family members, letters between the Haynes
family and their friends, and business letters of the Haynes family. The business correspondence is mainly with William G.
Haynes, Jr. concerning his Ashantilly Press and his environmental interests. Most of the publications by Ashantilly Press
are represented in the collection either by unbound copies, manuscript proofs, printing expenses, or illustrations. Subjects
include Ida Hilton Public Library in Darien where Frances and Natalie worked, Pape School in Savannah where Anne Lee worked
as an art teacher, Florida State University where Frances worked as a librarian, First Presbyterian Church where the family
attended and Bill printed the bulletins, Hofwyl-Broadfield plantation where the Dent family (friends of the Haynes') lived,
other private presses, historic sites and houses in the Darien area, and the Altamaha River and its preservation. Collection
also contains information concerning enslaved persons, including bills of sale
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ms3395 |
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| 5632 |
Title: |
William H. Bonner papers
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Bonner, William H., 1831-1917 |
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Dates: |
1860-1879 |
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The collection consists of one handwritten letter: dated near Calhoun, Gordon County, Georgia, May 1, 1873, "Col. Jordan,"
signed "William B.," regarding the purchase of several enslaved people. The collection also includes a handwritten bill of
sale for enslaved people sold to William H. Bonner.
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ms3558 |
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| 5633 |
Title: |
Harden-Pruitt family papers
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Harden family |
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Dates: |
1814-1960 |
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The collection consists of genealogy including photocopies of Bible records and a compilation of Harden descendants of William
Harden (1720-1760). Letters are written by various people, including Marion Antoinette Harden, and are addressed to Dr. R.
R. Harden, William Preston Harden, Willis N. Harden, and Mrs. Ada Harden. The collection also contains accounts, deeds (including
bills of sale for enslaved persons), and photographs of family members.
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ms3573 |
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| 5634 |
Title: |
John Hall family papers
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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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ms3667 |
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| 5636 |
Title: |
Jones County slave trade documents
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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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| 5637 |
Title: |
Theodore G. Sledge estate document
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Sledge, Theodore G. |
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Dates: |
1864 October |
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The collection consists of documents pertaining to the estate of Theodore G. Sledge. Sledge died leaving behind six enslaved
men and women, Maria, Lucinda, Spencer, Hester, Minerva, and Francey, and fifteen hundred and thirty six dollars of Confederate
currency. Several family members sought legal action, but the case was dismissed in November 1864.
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ms4094 |
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| 5638 |
Title: |
Dugas du Vallon family document
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Dugas family |
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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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| 5639 |
Title: |
Hand family and business records
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Hand, Judson Larrabee, 1851-1916 |
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Dates: |
1872-1985 |
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This collection contains the business and personal records of the Hand family of Pelham, Georgia and reflects the status of
South Georgia's agricultural economy from the end of Reconstruction to the early 1980s. Initial success in land speculation,
farming, and timber and turpentine production during the late 19th to early 20th centuries led Judson Larrabee (J. L.) Hand
to establish the Hand Trading Company, a company that would become southwest Georgia's largest mercantile business and spur
his expansion into banking, railroads, textiles, and fertilizer manufacture.
The collection is comprised of the deeds, financial records, and correspondence of the Hand family's many businesses; political
papers relating to Frederick Barrow Hand, Sr.'s terms in the Georgia General Assembly from 1933 to 1955 and his 1954 gubernatorial
primary campaign; photographs of J. L. Hand's businesses, employees, and home, as well as Fred Hand, Sr.'s political career;
and Fred Hand, Sr.'s genealogical records.
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ms4248 |
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| 5640 |
Title: |
Documents related to slavery in Georgia and Virginia
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Unknown |
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Dates: |
1761-1864 |
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This collection contains legal documents related to slavery including estate appraisals and inventories, legal orders, and
judgements from Georgia. It also includes a tax statement from Virginia.
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ms4259 |
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