Oliver Hillhouse Prince papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Oliver Hillhouse Prince papers
Creator: Prince, Oliver Hillhouse, 1782-1837
Inclusive Dates: 1810-1871
Language(s): English
Extent: 0.5 Linear Feet 1 document box
Collection Number: ms2327
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Oliver Hillhouse Prince (1782-1837) was both a Georgia and U.S. senator, lawyer, Georgia Railroad Company director, and editor of the Milledgeville (Ga.) newspaper Georgia Journal. He was born in Connecticut, moved to Wilkes County, Georgia in 1796, eventually retiring to Athens, Georgia. Both he and his wife died in a shipwreck off the coast of North Carolina.

For more information, see the article Oliver H. Prince in the New Georgia Encyclopedia.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of correspondence, small account books, legal documents, and other miscellaneous items. The correspondence includes letters to and from Prince and his wife, Mary H. Prince, and their children; letters from family and friends including David P. Hillhouse, Thomas Hillhouse, and David Buel; and letters from Jane Green in Louisville (Ga.) to her husband Dr. William M. Green. Some of the Prince correspondence pertains to his involvement with the Georgia Journal, and some discuss Georgia politics.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Oliver Hillhouse Prince papers, ms2327, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2009 October 16.

General Notes

Cataloged as part of the Georgia Archives and Manuscripts Automated Access Project: A Special Collections Gateway Program of the University Center in Georgia.

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Related Materials and Subjects

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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Correspondence, 1800-1810

 

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Correspondence, 1813 September 9

 

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Correspondence, 1818 October 9

 

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Correspondence, 1819 March 9

 

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Correspondence, 1819 July 5

 

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Correspondence, 1819 July 12

 

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Correspondence, 1819 July 27

 

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Correspondence, 1819 August 25

 

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Correspondence, 1819 September? 22

 

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Correspondence, 1819 November 16

 

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Correspondence, 1828 October 29

 

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Correspondence, 1830 September 10

 

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Correspondence, 1830 December 30

 

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Correspondence, 1832 March 17

 

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Correspondence, 1832 March 26

 

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Correspondence (Letter of attorney), 1833 August

 

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Correspondence, 1834 February 6

 

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Correspondence, 1834 July 15

 

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Correspondence, 1834 July 20

 

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Correspondence, 1834 August 5

 

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Correspondence, 1835 January 18

 

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Correspondence, 1835 April 13

 

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Correspondence, 1835 June 18

 

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Correspondence, 1835 August 23

 

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Correspondence, 1836 March 28

 

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Correspondence, 1836 April 20

 

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Correspondence, 1837 May 23

 

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Correspondence, 1837 June 10

 

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Correspondence, 1843 June 21

 

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Correspondence, 1844 June 12

 

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Correspondence, 1844 July 17

 

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Correspondence, 1846 May 13

 

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Correspondence, 1848 June 23

 

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Correspondence, 1853 March 13

 

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Correspondence, 1853 November 3

 

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Correspondence, 1861 May 29

 

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Correspondence, 1864 September 26

 

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Correspondence, 1868 December 28

 

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Correspondence, 1871 April 5

 

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Correspondence, undated

 

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Account books

 

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Court records, 1810, 1856

 

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Empty envelopes

 

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Indenture, 1835

 

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Indenture, 1850 May 16

 

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Land grant, 1838

 

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Military document, 1865 January 23

 

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Plat, 1832 June 27

 

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Printed material

 

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Will of Washington Poe, 1824

 

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Writings by Washington Poe

 

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Writings by William A. Poe