Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. literary and historical manuscripts

Descriptive Summary
Title: Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. literary and historical manuscripts
Creator: Jones, Charles C. (Charles Colcock), 1831-1893
Inclusive Dates: 1867-1889
Language(s): English
Extent: 5.25 Linear Feet 19 boxes
Collection Number: ms1066
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Known as the "Macaulay of the South," Charles C. Jones Jr. was the foremost Georgia historian of the nineteenth century. Also a noted autograph and manuscript collector and an accomplished amateur archaeologist, Jones in late years became a prominent memorialist of the Lost Cause and critic of the New South.

See also the article, "Charles C. Jones Jr. (1831-1893)" in the New Georgia Encyclopedia.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of the bound manuscript volumes written by Charles Colcock Jones, Jr., noted Georgia historian and literary figure. Several of the volumes are extra illustrated by Jones. These writings form much of the corpus of Jones' published works and are, for the most part, the author's own final manuscript copies, although there are some corrections and annotations.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. literary and historical manuscripts, ms 1066. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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Addresses of Charles C. Jones, Jr., L.L.D., 1880-1885 ( 1 volume(s) )

 

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Addresses of Charles C. Jones, Jr., L.L.D., 1886-1889 ( 1 volume(s) )

 

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Antiquities of the Southern Indians

Three volumes of manuscript and one volume of plates (1873).

 

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Antiquities of the Southern Indians

 

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Antiquities of the Southern Indians

 

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Antiquities of the Southern Indians

 

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Casimir Pulaski: Historical address

Extra illustrated volume of speech before the Georgia Historical Society (1871)

 

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Pulaski: An Historical Oration - manuscript, 1859

Delivered before the Liberty County Historical and Library Society, and an address to the officers of the Rifle Corps

 

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Confederate Monument in Augusta, Georgia. Oration of Col. C. C. Jones, Jr.

Extra illustrated volume (1878).

 

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Dead towns of Georgia

Corrected manuscript (1878).

 

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Historical sketch of the Chatham Artillery

Corrected manuscript with clippings laid in (1867).

 

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The Siege of Savannah in 1779. Prepared for and published in the Savannah Daily Morning News of 9 October 1879

Manuscript copy bound with slight corrections.

Manuscript copy bound with slight corrections.

 

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Life and services of Ex-Governor Charles Jones Jenkins

Manuscript with copy of the pamphlet bound in (1883-1884).

 

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Life and services of Commodore Josiah Tattnall

Extra illustrated volume (1878).

 

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Miscellaneous tracts, etc.

Eight addresses and tracts bound together with contents at the front of the volume (1877-1880).

 

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Memorial of Jean Pierre Purry in behalf of colonization of South Carolina

Manuscript translation with printed copy bound in (1880).

Manuscript translation with printed copy bound in (1880).

 

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Siege of Savannah in 1779

Manuscript volume with notes (1874).

 

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Siege of Savannah in December 1864

Corrected manuscript (1874).

Corrected manuscript (1874).

 

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Sergeant Wiliam Jasper, an Address

Corrected manuscript with clippings laid in (1876).

 

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Centennial Celebration of the capture of Fort Galphin Access Online

Corrected proof and manuscript with numerous extra illustrations including maps and manuscripts of the Galphin family (1881).

Corrected proof and manuscript with numerous extra illustrations including maps and manuscripts of the Galphin family (1881).

 

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An address delivered before the Confederate Survivors Association, in Augusta, Georgia, at its Second Annual Meeting, on Memorial Day, April 26th, 1800

Corrected manuscript copy with printed pamphlet bound in (1880).

Corrected manuscript copy with printed pamphlet bound in (1880).

 

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An address delivered before the Confederate Survivors Association, in Augusta, Georgia, at its Third Annual Meeting, on Memorial Day, April 26th, 1881

Corrected manuscript copy with printed pamphlet bound in (1881).

 

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An address delivered before the Confederate Survivors Association, in Augusta, Georgia, at its Fourth Annual Meeting, on Memorial Day, April 26th, 1882

Manuscript and mounted clippings with printed pamphlet bound in (1882).

Manuscript and mounted clippings with printed pamphlet bound in (1882).

 

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Military lessons inculcated on the coast of Georgia during the Confederate War. An address delivered before the Confederate Survivors Association in Augusta, Georgia at its Fifth annual meeting on Memorial Day, April 26th, 1883

Corrected manuscript and mounted clippings with printed pamphlet bound in (1883).

Corrected manuscript and mounted clippings with printed pamphlet bound in (1883).

 

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Military lessons inculcated on the coast of Georgia during the Confederate War. An address delivered before the Confederate Survivors Association in Augusta, Georgia at its Fifth annual meeting on Memorial Day, April 26th, 1883

Uncorrected manuscript.

Uncorrected manuscript.

 

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[General Sherman's march from Atlanta to the coast.] An address delivered before the Confederate Survivors Association in Augusta, Georgia, at its Sixth annual meeting, on Memorial Day, April 26th, 1884

Heavily corrected manuscript, annotated mounted printed sheets, and mounted clippings with printed pamphlet and additional pamphlet, "In Memoriam. The Confederate Survivors Association to their late comrade, Lewis DeSaussure Ford, M.D., L.L.D., surgeon in the Army of the Confederate States" (Augusta, 1884) bound in (1884).

 

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The Battle of Honey-Hill. An address delivered before the Confederate Survivors Association, in Augusta, Georgia, at its seventh annual meeting, on Memorial Day, April 27th, 1885

Manuscript and annotated mounted printed sheets with printed pamphlet bound in (1885).

Manuscript and annotated mounted printed sheets with printed pamphlet bound in (1885).

 

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The necessity for increasing the salaries of Judicial Officers in Georgia. An address delivered before the Georgia Bar Association at its annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, on the 14th of August, 1884

Corrected manuscript with printed pamphlet, extra illustrated with plates and documents bound in (1885).

 

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Historical sketch of Tomo-chi-chi-Mico of the Yamacraws

 

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Anniversary address delivered before the Georgia Historical Society in Hodgson Hall, on the 14th of February, 1881

 

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Monumental remains of Georgia