De Renne family papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: De Renne family papers
Creator: De Renne family
Inclusive Dates: 1770-1986
Bulk Dates: 1873-1940
Language(s): English
Extent: 31.5 Linear Feet 22 document boxes, 6 half boxes, 9 cartons, 3 slide boxes, 1 card file box, 7 oversized boxes, 1 roll, 15 oversized folders
Collection Number: ms2819
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

George Wymberley Jones De Renne (1827-1880), planter and bibliophile, (son of George Jones (1766-1838), physician), was known for his collection of over 1300 volumes collected from 1844-1861; most of this collection pertained to Georgia history. He had three children with his wife Mary Wallace Nuttall De Renne: Wymberley Jones De Renne (1853-1916), Letitia De Renne (1860-1890), and Kentwyn De Renne (1862-1891), who continued their father's legacy of collecting and printing books related to Georgia's history. Wymberley Jones De Renne married Laura Norris and their children included Wymberley Wormsloe De Renne (b. 1891) and Elfrida De Renne (Barrow).

For more information, see the article De Renne Family in the New Georgia Encyclopedia.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of papers of the De Renne family of Savannah, Georgia from 1770-1986. The papers include account books; correspondence, both business and personal; blueprints and maps of Wormsloe Plantation (Savannah, Ga.); a diary (1876) of Letitia De Renne documenting her daily activities; genealogical charts and materials relating to the Jones and allied families; scrapbooks; photographs; printed material; legal documents; receipts; collected historical documents and transcripts relating to Georgia history; wood blocks; and ephemera. The materials document the activities of the De Renne family and include information on the management and administration of Wormsloe Plantation; business ventures of the De Rennes; books and book collecting; and wine purchases including inventories. Correspondents include George Wymberley Jones De Renne, Wymberley Jones De Renne, Wymberley Wormsloe De Renne, Kentwyn De Renne, Augusta De Renne, Elfrida De Renne Barrow, and Charlton M. Theus.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

De Renne family papers, ms2819, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2009 September 11.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Related Collections in this Repository

There are several De Renne collections in the Hargrett Library, including the following: ms1064 George Wymberly Jones De Renne family papers; ms1064 De Renne family papers; ms1120 De Renne family recipes and remedies; ms1135 De Renne Confederate manuscripts; ms1136 De Renne Historical manuscripts; ms1788 Wymberly Wormsloe De Renne family papers; ms2745 Wymberly Jones De Renne book lists; ms3605 Samuel A. Green to Wymberley Jones De Renne; ms3623 De Renne family catalogues.

Related audiovisual materials from this collection are housed in the Walter J. Brown Media Archive: http://purl.libs.uga.edu/brown/har-ms2819/bmac-coll

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

1. Correspondence
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1	1-11	Personal, 1873-1936
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2	1-2	Personal, 1937-1986
2	3	Personal - undated and fragments
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3	1-4	Business, 1871-1972
3	5	Business - undated
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4	1	Georgian magazine, 1910-1911
4	2	Requests for Savannah, Charleston pamphlets, 1929-1931
4	3-7	Wormsloe Library, books, manuscripts, 1898-1969
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5	1-18	Wine orders, 1790-1911
5	19	Wine orders - undated
5	20	Wine lists
5	21	Wine miscellany
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6	1-8	Legal Documents - Charlton M. Theus, 1938-1947
6	9	Charlton M. Theus - miscellany
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7	1-9	Receipts, Bank Statements, 1845-1970
			(Receipts for jewelry, statues, & silver)
7	10	Receipts, Bank Statements - undated

 

2. Assorted Items
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8	1	Account book, 1894
			(Wymberley Jones DeRenne)
8	2	Account book, 1895
			(Wymberley Jones DeRenne)
8	3	Account book, 1934
			W.W. DeRenne
8	4	Account book, 1938
			W.W. DeRenne
8	5	Account book, 1940-1941
			Kentwyn DeRenne
8	6	Address book
			Elfrida DeRenne
8	7-8	Address books
8	9	Album, 1847
			Letitia Jones
8	10	Army papers, 1917-1925
			W.W. DeRenne
8	11	Army papers, 1943
			Kentwyn DeRenne
8	12	Art
8	13	Autograph book, 1873-1876
			Letitia DeRenne
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9	1	Genealogical information
9	2	Birth certificate, U.S. citizen registration
			W.W. DeRenne
9	3	Book orders
			Kentwyn DeRenne
9	4	Calling cards
9	5	Certificates
9	6	Chinese miscellany
9	7	Coat of Arms
9	8	Confederate Currency
9	9	Confederate Constitution
9	10	Diary, 1876
			Letitia DeRenne
9	11-12	Empty envelopes, stamps
9	13	Georgia Bicentennial Celebration
9	14	Georgia documents
9	15	Georgia Hussars
9	16	Insurance papers
9	17	Inventories, lists
9	18	Juvenilia
9	19	Legal documents, 1848-1938
9	20	Medical information
9	21	Membership cards
9	22	Miscellany
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10	1	Notes
10	2	Passport
10	3	School papers
10	4	Will
10	5	Wormsloe-Building specifications
10	6	Wormsloe-Extract of title
10	7	Wormsloe-Memorandums
10	8	Wormsloe-Plans, maps
10	9	Wormsloe-Timber cruise
10	10	Wormsloe-Visitors Book, 1924-1938
10	11	Wormsloe Library-Book list (2 vols.)
10	12	Wormsloe Library-Catalog
10	13	Writings
10	14	Wormsloe Library - Description of drawings by John Le Conte, Turtles of Georgia and South Carolina

 

3. Card Files

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Books. A-J

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Books. K-Z

 

4. Historic Documents and Transcripts
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13	1	Cherokee type from the Phoenix Press
13	2	Cherokees (notes)
13	3	Confederate Army pass, 1862 June 6
13	4	Confederate Army pass, 1864 July 11
13	5	Floyd, John. Letter to Charles Harris, 1818 July 22
13	6	Greene, Nathaniel
13	7	Howe, Robert. Letter, 1778 December 30 (transcript)
13	8	Jones, Noble W. Accounts - John Conyers, 1777
13	9	Jones, Noble W. Land grants (Photostats)
13	10	Jones, Noble W. Letter to son, 1793 December
13	11	Jones, Noble W.; Read. James; Clay, Joseph. Letter to James Foley, 1777 November 6
13	12	Miscellany
13	13	Pierce, William. Letter to George Jones, 1787 November 12
13	14	Plat, 1821 September
13	15	Sheftall, Mordecai. Account of capture by the British, 1778 December 29 (transcript)
13	16	Spalding, James. Account statement re. John Jones, 1774 December 12
13	17	Stally, Joseph. Will, 1770 May 29 (transcript)
13	18	Telfair, Edward. Letter to Noble W. Jones, 1785 May 19
13	19	Telfair, Edward. Letter to George Jones, 1797 January 22
13	20	Twiggs, John. Letter to George Jones, 1795 January 16
13	21	Variola cases, 1899 February 22-May 15
13	22	Vatican visiting permit, 1867 April 5

 

5. Photographs
	People
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14	1		Agostin?, J.
14	2		Anderson, Luther
14	3		Barrow, Craig Jr. & Elfrida
14	4		Blacks
14	5		Blodgett, Mrs. Samuel (Rebecca)
14	6		Bostwick. E.B.
14	7		Bowles, W.A.
14	8		Brouson?, F.
14	9		Brown, Jan
14	10		Bulloch, J.G.B.
14	11		Caldwell baby
14	12		Caldwell, Mrs. Henry (Frances Floyd) & Becky
14	13		Carson, Pauline R.
14	14		Clauden?, Ernst
14	15		Coerr; Virginia, Fredrica, & Wymberly
14	16		Crisfield, Josephine & Lillie
14	17		Cuyler, Telamon (baby) & Grace
14	18		de Veh, Minnie
14	19-23		DeRenne, Audrey
14	24-25		DeRenne, Augusta Floyd
14	26		DeRenne, Eldrida (Mrs. Craig Barrow)
14	27		DeRenne, Everard
14	28		DeRenne, G.W.J.
14	29		DeRenne, Mrs. G.W.J. (Mary Nuttall)
14	30		DeRenne/Jones Families. Group pictures
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15	1		DeRenne, Kentwyn
15	2		DeRenne, Kentwyn
15	3		DeRenne, Kentwyn (Overseas-New Hebrides?)
15	4-7		Re. DeRenne, Kentwyn, 1939-42
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15	8-10		Re. DeRenne, Kentwyn, 1939-42
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15	11		DeRenne, Laura C. (Norris)
15	12		DeRenne, Letitia
15	13-14		DeRenne, Wymberley Jones
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16	1		DeRenne, Wymberley W.
16	2-8		DeRenne, Wymberley W. (as a child)
16	9		DeRenne, Wymberley W. (as a child with others)
16	10		DeRenne, Wymberley W. (military photographs)
16	11		DeRenne, Wymberley W. (with others)
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17	1-19		DeRenne (Wymberley W.) Children
17	20		DeRenne (Wymberley W.) Children
17	21		DeRenne (Wymberley W.) Family. Group photographs
17	22		DeRenne (Wymberley W.) Family. Group pictures
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18	1		Dickson, Evelyn White?
18	2		Dockhora?, Gertrud
18	3		Duncan, William
18	4		Floyd, John
18	5		Floyd, (Renaldo?)
18	6		Gamble, Thomas
18	7		Georgia Hussars
18	7A		Georgia Rifle Team
18	8		Gray, Horace
18	9		Hampton, Wade
18	10		Herbert, Louis
18	11		Hill, Benjamin H.
18	12		Hoynes, Thomas M.
18	13		Huger, Benjamin
18	14		Indians
18	15		Jackson, Andrew
18	16		Jackson, Henry Rootes
18	17		Jackson, Thomas J.
18	18		Jones, George
18	19		Jones, George Noble II
18	20		Jones, Mrs. George Noble
18	21		Jones, Inigo
18	22		Jones, Josephine
18	23		Jones, Mary Savage
18	24		Jones, Noble Wimberley
18	25		Jones, Noble W. II
18	26		Jones, Noble Wimberly III
18	27		Jones, Wallace Savage
18	28		Knaush, Percival
18	29		Latrobe, Elizabeth
18	30		Latrobe, Letitia Gamble
18	31		Lee, Robert E.
18	32		Leith?, Albert H.
18	33		Lovell, Mansfield
18	34		Lumpkin, Wilson
18	35		Marmaduke, John S.
18	36		Moore, Mrs. William
18	37		Norris, Charles Camblos
18	38		Noynes?, Mary
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19	1		Oglethorpe, James
19	2		Owens, George W.
19	3		Owens, May
19	4		Pennington, E.L.
19	5		Percival, Earl of Egmont
19	6		Pershing, John
19	7		Polk, Leonidas
19	8		Price, Sterling
19	9		Pringle, S. Duncan
19	10		Roebling, Bob (baby pictures)
19	11		Roebling, Eudora DeRenne
19	12		Roulet, Charles
19	13		Smith, Eliza
19	14		Smith Family child
19	15		Smith, George Washington
19	16		Smith, Gustavius W.
19	17		Smith, H.B.
19	18		Spalding, Isham
19	19		Spinney?, Dorothea
19	20		Stevens, Martha
19	21		Stuart, J.E.B.
19	22		Taliaferro, W.B.
19	23		Talmadge, Eugene
19	24		Taylor, Thomas
19	25		Theus, Mrs. C.T.
19	26		Townsend, John J.
19	27		Vysefry?, Thomas A.
19	28		Williams, G.S.
19	29		Wilson, Claudius C.
19	30		Woffard, William T.
19	31		Wormsloe-Workers
19	32		Wright, Marcus J.
19	33-36		Unidentified people
19	37		Unidentified people
19	38		Unidentified people
19	39		Unidentified people
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20	1		Cased Images - DeRenne, Audrey?
20	2		Cased Images - DeRenne, Audrey and Elfrida?
20	3		Cased Images - DeRenne Family-Group pictures
20	4-6		Cased Images - DeRenne, Mrs. G.W.J.
20	7-9		Cased Images - DeRenne, Mrs. G.W.J. and dog
20	10		Cased Images - DeRenne, Mrs. G.W.J. and son
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21	1		Cased Images - DeRenne, Kentwyn
21	2		Cased Images - DeRenne, Letitia and Wallace
21	3		Cased Images - DeRenne, W.J.
21	4		Cased Images - DeRenne, Wymberley Wormsloe
21	5-11		Cased Images - Unidentified
	Places, Miscellany
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22	1		Art
22	2		Art-Flower prints
22	3		Art-Postcards
22	4		Athens, Georgia. DeRenne Residence (Hill St.)
22	5		Automobiles
22	6		Beaver dam
22	7		Bethesda College
22	8		Buena Ventura Ranch (Concho Co., TX)
22	9		Buffalo, NY-Postcard
22	10		Cemeteries (Bellview & Fairfield)
22	11		Chapel Hill, NC-Postcard
22	12		Charleston, SC
22	13		Charleston, SC-Postcards
22	14		Chatham Co., GA. Thunderbolt School
22	15		Documents, manuscripts, etc. (photographic reproductions)
22	16		Dogs
22	17		Europe-Postcards
22	18		Europe-Unidentified places
22	19		Fort Sumter
22	20-24		France-Biarritz. Fldrs. 1-5
22	25		France-Various places
22	26		Georgia. University. Campus views
22	27		Germany
22	28		Great Britain
22	29		Horses
22	30		Jones (Noble Wymberly) medical kit
22	31		Maps (photographic reproductions)
22	32		Military training-Postcard
22	33		Niagara Falls
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23	1		Savannah, Georgia. Arwood Apartments
23	2		Savannah, Georgia. Avalon (R.J. Travis Home)
23	3		Savannah, Georgia. Beacon light
23	4		Savannah, Georgia. Bonaventure
23	5		Savannah, Georgia. Buildings-Unidentified
23	6		Savannah, Georgia. C&S Bank
23	7		Savannah, Georgia. Candler (Warren) Hospital
23	8		Savannah, Georgia. Chamber of Commerce
23	9		Savannah, Georgia. Christ Church
23	10		Savannah, Georgia. Churches-Unidentified
23	11		Savannah, Georgia. City Hall
23	12		Savannah, Georgia. Confederate Statue
23	13		Savannah, Georgia. Cunningham (Eva C.) Memorial Bench
23	14		Savannah, Georgia. DeRenne Apartments
23	15		Savannah, Georgia. DeSoto Hotel
23	16		Savannah, Georgia. Forsyth Park
23	17		Savannah, Georgia. Gordon Monument
23	18		Savannah, Georgia. Greene (Nathaniel) Monument
23	19		Savannah. Georgia. Happy Inn
23	20		Savannah, Georgia (vicinity). Hermitage Plantation
23	21		Savannah, Georgia. Hotel Savannah
23	22		Savannah, Georgia. Houses (unidentified)
23	23		Savannah, Georgia. Jasper Monument
23	24		Savannah, Georgia. Johnny Harris Restaurant
23	25		Savannah, Georgia. Low (Juliette) House
23	26		Savannah, Georgia. Montgomery Rural School
23	27		Savannah, Georgia (vicinity) Oglethorpe (James) Monument
23	28		Savannah, Georgia. Palms Tourist Home
23	29		Savannah, Georgia. Postcards
23	30		Savannah, Georgia. Pulaski Monument
23	31		Savannah, Georgia. River front
23	32		Savannah, Georgia. Savannah Sugar Refinery
23	33		Savannah, Georgia. Second Presbyterian Church
23	34		Savannah, Georgia. Sundial
23	35		Savannah, Georgia. Sundown Lodge
23	36		Savannah, Georgia. Telfair Academy
23	37		Savannah, Georgia. Thomas House
23	38		Savannah, Georgia. Tomo-Chi-Chi Memorial Stone
23	39		Savannah, Georgia Views and unidentified places
23	40		Schrom Lake, New York
23	41		Steamships
23	42		Switzerland
23	43		Tybee Island, Georgia
23	44		Wadley, Georgia. Postcard
23	45		Westport, New York. Westport Inn
23	46-47		Unidentified places
23	48		Unidentified places
	Wormsloe
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24	1		Art
24	2		Centennial, 1932
24	3		Cuyler's (Telamon) visit, 1909
24	4		Dairy building
24	5		Dock and water views
24	6		Gate, driveways, etc.
24	7-8		House
24	9		Library
24	10		Library
24	11		Maps, plans, etc.
24	12-13		Postcards
24	14		Slave houses
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25	1-20		Grounds
25	21-25		Grounds
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26			Lantern Slides
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27		Glass Negatives
	Oversized Photographs
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28			People
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29			Wormsloe, Virginia, and Japan
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30		Photograph Albums

 

6. Oversized Materials

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Wormsloe Material:

Artwork

Book listCertificatesPlat-Isle of HopePrinted material

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Genealogy Charts (3)

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Blueprints & Maps, 1897-1955

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Blueprints & Maps

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Blueprints and maps (continued), 1896-1955

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Scrapbooks

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Scrapbooks

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Wormsloe estate- home- 2 identical mounted photographs, 1901

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Wormsloe estate- lake- 4 identical mounted photos, 1901

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Wormsloe estate- lake - mounted photos

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Mounted photographs of trees (3 sets of 2-3 identical sepia images), possibly Wormsloe estate

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Mounted photographs of trees (3 sets of 2-3 identical sepia images), possibly Wormsloe estate

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Mounted photographs of trees (3 sets of 2-3 identical sepia images), possibly Wormsloe estate

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9B

3 mounted photographs: Wormsloe water tower; 2 lake images, possibly from Wormsloe estate

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Mounted portrait of a woman (3 copies) , circa 1900

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Printed engravings of famous men (approx. 10)

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Indentures for church pew

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Peter Gordon map of ; Savannah newspaper; Confederate Constitution signatures (facsimiles); poster of painting- "Les Halles D'Ypres"

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Misc. Art

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Misc. Art

 

7. Printed Materials
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36		Subject Files
			Clippings re. Cuyler, Telamon
			Clippings re. DeRenne Family, Wormsloe, etc.
			Clippings re. Georgia-People, places, etc.
			Clippings, Miscellaneous
			Georgia Bicentennial Calendar
			Re. Georgia Bicentennial publications
			Georgia Bicentennial stamps
			Georgia. Map. Georgia from the Latest Authorities
			Georgia. Map Index, 1959
			Re. Georgia Sesquicentennial
			Re. Georgian
			Golden Street Society & West End Aid Social Society by-laws
			The Isle of Hope Weekly
			Miscellany
			Re. Printing by Kentwyn DeRenne
			Programs, etc.
			Tourilli Fish and Game Club. Annual Report (24th)
			Re. Wine
			Re. Wormsloe
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36A		The Blue Print
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37		Book Plates
	Travel Brochures
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38	1		Alabama
38	2		Atlantic Coastal Highway map
38	3		Cuba
38	4		Georgia-Allatoona Dam & Reservoir
38	5		Georgia-Augusta
38	6		Georgia-Coast
38	7		Georgia-Dahlonega
38	8		Georgia-Map
38	9-10		Georgia-Savannah. Fldrs. 1-2
38	11		The Gimlet
38	12		Louisiana
38	13		New Hampshire
38	14		North Carolina
38	15		Old Spanish Trail
38	16		South Carolina
38	17		Southeastern States
38	18		Tennessee
38	19		Virginia
38	20		Washington, D.C.
	Writings
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39	1		Bassett, Anna Stowel. "Some Georgia Records of John Abbot, Naturalist"
39	2		Coulter, E. Merton. "William Bacon Stevens, etc."
39	3		DeRenne, W.W. English Grammar
39	4		DeRenne, W.W. "The International Races at Savannah"
39	5		Duncan, Wilbur H. "Preliminary Reports on the Flora of Georgia"
39	6		Heath, Milton S. "Laissez Faire in Georgia, 1732-1860"
39	7		Melish, J. Howard. "George Foster Peabody"
39	8		Range, Willard. "The Agricultural Revolution in Royal Georgia, 1752-1775"
39	9		Range, Willard. "P.J. Berckmans: Georgia Horticulturist"
39	10		Wormer, John R. Van. "An Island on the Georgia Coast"
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40			Printed Material: Miscellaneous Duplicates
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41			Printed Material: Duplicate Wormsloe Material

 

8. Miscellaneous

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Woodblocks

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Artifacts

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Artifacts

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Canvas Roll: Signal Flags, 62nd Brigade