Zachariah Lamar papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Zachariah Lamar papers
Creator: Lamar, Zachariah, 1767-1834
Inclusive Dates: 1814-1858
Language(s): English
Extent: 0.2 Linear Feet (50 folders)
Collection Number: ms1341
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Zachariah Lamar (1767-1834) was a plantation owner and cotton farmer in Baldwin County, Georgia.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of papers of Zachariah Lamar, 1814-1858. Mainly pertaining to his business interests and plantation in Baldwin County, Georgia, the collection includes correspondence, plantation records, cotton records and sales, receipts, land bonds, and tuition records for Scottsboro Academy (Baldwin County, Georgia) and C. P. Beman's school at Mt. Zion (Hancock County, Georgia).

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged (primarily) in chronological order.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Zachariah Lamar papers, ms 1341. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2017.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Related Collections in this Repository

Related collections in this repository: Cobb/Irwin/Lamar family papers.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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Receipt, 10 January 1814

 

1

2

Letter, 6 August 1821

 

1

3

Letter, 11 May 1824

 

1

4

Letter, 14 May 1824

 

1

5

Letter, 7 June 1824

 

1

6

Receipt, 1 July 1824

 

1

7

Letter, 9 July 1824

 

1

8

Letter, 23 September 1824

 

1

9

Receipt, 27 June 1826

 

1

10

Letter, 12 March 1827

 

1

11

Receipt, 4 May 1827

 

1

12

Receipt, 1827

 

1

13

Receipt, 19 February 1828

 

1

14

Court document, 7 February 1828

 

1

15

Receipt, 28 February 1828

 

1

16

Receipt, 7 April 1828

 

1

17

Receipt, 1828

 

1

18

Receipts (1 document), 25 July 1828 / 24 August 1826

 

1

19

I. O. U., 17 September 1828

 

1

20

Letter, 12 December 1828

 

1

21

Receipt, 13 December 1828

 

1

22

Receipt, 19 December 1828

 

1

23

Receipt, 23 December 1828

 

1

24

Receipt, 24 December 1828

 

1

25

Receipt, 28 December 1828

 

1

26

Receipt, 1828

 

1

27

Receipt, 1 January 1829

 

1

28

Receipt, 26 January 1829

 

1

29

Receipt, 19 December 1829

 

1

30

Receipt, 2 February 1830

 

1

31

Letter/Bill of sales, 12 November 1831

 

1

32

Letter/Bill of sales, 6 January 1832

 

1

33

Receipt, 17 January 1832

 

1

34

Receipt, 3 February 1832

 

1

35

Receipt, 11 May 1832

 

1

36

Receipt, 11 September 1832

 

1

37

Receipt, 14 September 1832

 

1

38

Receipt, 20 November 1832

 

1

39

Receipt, 29 October 1832

 

1

40

Receipt, 3 December 1832

 

1

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Receipt, 24 December 1832

 

1

42

Receipt, 4 January 1833

 

1

43

Receipt, 23 January 1833

 

1

44

Receipt, 24 January 1833

 

1

45

Receipt, 25 January 1833

 

1

46

Receipt, 1 February 1833

 

1

47

Receipt, 16 March 1833

 

1

48

Letter, 15 May 1849

 

1

49

Letter, 9 May 1858

 

1

50

Documents, Undated