E.A. Cutts papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: E.A. Cutts papers
Creator: Cutts, E. A.
Creator: Butler, Stevens & Company (Savannah, Ga.)
Inclusive Dates: 1886-1914
Extent: 36 Linear Feet 66 boxes, 9 oversize boxes
Collection Number: ms1160
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Earnest A. Cutts, cotton broker of Savannah, Georgia.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of papers of E.A. Cutts pertaining to his cotton brokerage in Savannah, Georgia from 1886-1914. The collection includes account books, bills, cash books, records of cotton sales, cotton weights and prices, claims, receipts, and letter books. The letter books detail Cutts' business transactions as well as some personal correspondence and correspondence concerning the Knights Templar (a masonic order).

Also contained in the collection are account books, bills, receipts, and letter books of Butler, Stevens & Company, a Savannah cotton factor. The materials document the firm's cotton business and the establishment of an Exporting Dept. in 1886 for naval stores and pine lumber. The company dealt with firms in the United States, South America, and Spain.

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged in chronological order.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

E.A. Cutts papers. MS 1160. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2010 March 2.

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

Subject Terms

Related Collections in this Repository

Related collections in this repository: Knights Templar (Masonic order), Grand Commandery (Ga.) records.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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Ordering Book, 1886-1888

 

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Journal, 1887-1888

 

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Cash Book, 1887-1888

 

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Weights & Accounts, 1887-1888

 

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Journal, 1888-1891

 

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Ledger, 1888-1891

 

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Invoices, 1888-1889

 

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Invoices, 1889-1890

 

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Weight Book, 1889-1890

 

Accounts, 1889

 

Cash Book, 1889-1890

 

Weight Book, 1890

 

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Bills, 1890

 

Claims, 1890-1891

 

Cotton Sales, 1890-1892

 

Receipts, 1890-1891

 

Receipts, 1890

 

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Ins. Certificates, 1891-1892

 

Weight Book, 1891

 

Cash Book, 1890-1891

 

Accounts, 1891

 

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Country Bills, 1891-1892

 

City Bills, 1891-1892

 

Cash Book, 1891-1892

 

Cash Book, 1891

 

Receipt Book, 1891-1892

 

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Checking Book, 1891

 

Accounts, 1892

 

Invoices, 1892

 

Bills & Statements, 1892-1893

 

Cash Book, 1892-1893

 

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Country Sales, 1892-1893

 

Receipts, 1893-1897

 

Country Sales, 1893-1894

 

Accounts, 1893-1894

 

Futures & Accounts, 1893

 

Account Book, 1893

 

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Accounts, 1893-1895

 

Cash Book, 1893-1894

 

Weights & Prices, 1893-1895

 

Weights & Accounts, 1893-1894

 

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Account Book, 1894-1896

 

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City Sales Notes, 1894-1895

 

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City Sales, 1894

 

Bills, 1894

 

Cash Book, 1894-1896

 

City Bills, 1894

 

Accounts, 1894-1895

 

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City Bills, 1894-1895

 

City Bills, 1894

 

Loans, 1894-1897

 

Country Bills, 1894-1895

 

City Sales, 1895

 

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Collections, 1895

 

Cash Book, 1895-1896

 

Claims, 1895-1896

 

City Bills, 1895-1896

 

Accounts, 1895-1896

 

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Accounts, 1895-1896

 

Country Misc., 1895-1896

 

F.O.B. Sales, 1895-1896

 

Sales Notes, 1895-1896

 

Checking Book, 1895-1898

 

Accounts, 1896-1897

 

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Futures & Sales, 1896-1898

 

Records & Claims, 1896-1897

 

Weights & Prices, 1896-1897

 

City Bills, 1896-1897

 

City Bills, 1896

 

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Ledger, 1896

 

Cash Book, 1896-1897

 

Accounts Book, 1896

 

Check Book, 1896

 

City Sales, 1896-1897

 

Cash Book, 1897-1898

 

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City Sales, 1897-1898

 

City Bills, 1897-1898

 

City Sales, 1897

 

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Country Sales, 1897-1898

 

F.O.B. Sales, 1897-1898

 

Loans, 1897-1899

 

Accounts, 1898-1899

 

Journal, 1898-1899

 

Claims & Accounts, 1898-1900

 

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Weights & Prices, 1898

 

Cash Book, 1898-1899

 

City Bills, 1898-1899

 

City Sales Notes, 1898-1899

 

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City Bills, 1898

 

Advices of Claims, 1898-1899

 

Country Sales, 1898-1899

 

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Country Sales, 1898

 

Claims, 1899-1902

 

Claims, 1899-1900

 

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Claims, 1899-1900

 

Loans, 1899-1900

 

Receipts/Bills Paid, 1899

 

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Receipts, 1899-1900

 

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City Bills, 1899-1900

 

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Country Sales, 1899-1900

 

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Weights & Prices, 1899-1900

 

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Bills, 1899

 

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Advices of Claims, 1900-1901

 

Claims, 1900-1902

 

Country Claims, 1900-1901

 

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City Bills, 1900

 

Orders & Claims, 1900-1901

 

Receipts, 1900-1901

 

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Weights & Prices, 1900-1901

 

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City Sale Notes, 1900-1901

 

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City Sales, 1900

 

City Bills, 1900-1901

 

Cash Book, 1900

 

Cash Book, 1900-1901

 

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Accounts, 1900-1901

 

Accounts, 1900-1905

 

Check Book, 1901

 

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Sale Notes, 1901

 

Sale Notes, 1901-1902

 

City Bills, 1901-1902

 

Loan Book, 1901

 

Accounts, 1901-1907

 

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Invoices, 1903

 

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F.O.B. Sales, 1903-1904

 

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Bills, 1903-1905

 

Sale Notes, 1903-1905

 

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Accounts, 1904-1906

 

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Sale Notes, 1904-1905

 

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Sale Notes, 1905

 

Sale Notes, 1905-1907

 

Sale Notes, 1905-1906

 

Receipts, 1905-1911

 

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Sale Notes, 1906

 

Sale Notes, 1906-1907

 

Sales, 1906-1908

 

Sales, 1907-1908

 

Accounts, 1907-1911

 

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Sales Book, 1908

 

Bills, 1908-1912

 

Delivery Book, 1908

 

Checking Book, 1908-1910

 

Weights, 1908-1910

 

Checking Book, 1908

 

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Sales, 1908-1909

 

Sales, 1908

 

Sale Notes, 1909-1910

 

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Sale Notes, 1910

 

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Sale Notes, 1910-1911

 

Sale Notes, 1911

 

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Pay Roll/Laundry, 1943

 

Pay Roll/Laundry, 1944

 

Misc. Accounts, n.d.

 

Misc. Accounts, n.d.

 

Misc. Accounts, n.d.

 

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Freight Receipts, n.d.

 

Cash Book, n.d.

 

		Letterbooks
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34	1		Letterbook Number 162, 1886-1889
34	2		Letterbook Number 163, 1886
34	3		Letterbook Number 164, 1886-1887
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35	1		Letterbook Number 165, 1887
35	2		Letterbook Number 166, 1887-1888
35	3		Letterbook Number 167, 1887-1888
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36	1		Letterbook Number 168, 1888-1889
36	2		Letterbook Number 169, 1889-1890
36	3		Letterbook Number 170, 1889
36	4		Letterbook Number 171, 1889
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37	1		Letterbook Number 172, 1890
37	2		Letterbook Number 173, 1890-1891
37	3		Letterbook Number 174, 1890
37	4		Letterbook Number 175, 1890-1891
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38	1		Letterbook Number 176, 1891
38	2		Letterbook Number 177, 1891
38	3		Letterbook Number 178, 1891
38	4		Letterbook Number 179, 1892
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39	1		Letterbook Number 180, 1892
39	2		Letterbook Number 181, 1893
39	3		Letterbook Number 182, 1893
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40	1		Letterbook Number 183, 1893-1894
40	2		Letterbook Number 184, 1893
40	3		Letterbook Number 185, 1894
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41	1		Letterbook Number 186, 1894
41	2		Letterbook Number 187, 1894
41	3		Letterbook Number 188, 1895
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42	1		Letterbook Number 189, 1895-1897
42	2		Letterbook Number 190, 1895
42	3		Letterbook Number 191, 1896
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43	1		Letterbook Number 192, 1897
43	2		Letterbook Number 193, 1897
43	3		Letterbook Number 194, 1897
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44	1		Letterbook Number 195, 1897-1898
44	2		Letterbook Number 196, 1897
44	3		Letterbook Number 197, 1897
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45	1		Letterbook Number 198, 1897-1898
45	2		Letterbook Number 199, 1898
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46	1		Letterbook Number 200, 1898
46	2		Letterbook Number 201, 1898-1899
46	3		Letterbook Number 202, 1898
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47	1		Letterbook Number 203, 1899-1900
47	2		Letterbook Number 204, 1899-1900
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48	1		Letterbook Number 205, 1899
48	2		Letterbook Number 206, 1899
48	3		Letterbook Number 207, 1899
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49	1		Letterbook Number 208, 1900-1901
49	2		Letterbook Number 209, 1900
49	3		Letterbook Number 210, 1900
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50	1		Letterbook Number 211, 1900
50	2		Letterbook Number 212, 1900
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51	1		Letterbook Number 213, 1900-1903
51	2		Letterbook Number 214, 1900
51	3		Letterbook Number 215, 1901
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52	1		Letterbook Number 216, 1901
52	2		Letterbook Number 217, 1901-1902
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53	1		Letterbook Number 218, 1902
53	2		Letterbook Number 219, 1902-1903
53	3		Letterbook Number 220, 1902-1903
53	4		Letterbook Number 221, 1903
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54	1		Letterbook Number 222, 1903-1904
54	2		Letterbook Number 223, 1903
54	3		Letterbook Number 224, 1903
54	4		Letterbook Number 225, 1904-1905
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55	1		Letterbook Number 226, 1904
55	2		Letterbook Number 227, 1904
55	3		Letterbook Number 228, 1905
55	4		Letterbook Number 229, 1905
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56	1		Letterbook Number 230, 1905
56	2		Letterbook Number 231, 1905
56	3		Letterbook Number 232, 1905-1907
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57	1		Letterbook Number 233, 1905-1906
57	2		Letterbook Number 234, 1906
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58	1		Letterbook Number 235, 1906
58	2		Letterbook Number 236, 1906
58	3		Letterbook Number 237, 1906
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59	1		Letterbook Number 238, 1907
59	2		Letterbook Number 239, 1907
59	3		Letterbook Number 240, 1907
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60	1		Letterbook Number 241, 1907-1908
60	2		Letterbook Number 242, 1908-1909
60	3		Letterbook Number 243, 1908
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61	1		Letterbook Number 244, 1908-1909
61	2		Letterbook Number 245, 1908
61	3		Letterbook Number 246, 1908
61	4		Letterbook Number 247, 1909
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62	1		Letterbook Number 248, 1909
62	2		Letterbook Number 249, 1909
62	3		Letterbook Number 250, 1909-1910
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63	1		Letterbook Number 251, 1910
63	2		Letterbook Number 252, 1910
63	3		Letterbook Number 253, 1910
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64	1		Letterbook Number 254, 1910
64	2		Letterbook Number 255, 1910-1911
64	3		Letterbook Number 256, 1911
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65	1		Letterbook Number 257, 1911
65	2		Letterbook Number 258, 1911
65	3		Letterbook Number 259, 1911
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66	1		Letterbook Number 260, 1911
66	2		Letterbook Number 261, 1911
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67			Letterbook Number 262 Accounts, 1909-1914

 

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Index, n.d.

 

Check Book

 

Textile Manufacturer's Directory, 1886

 

Miscellaneous Loose Pages

 

Ledger

 

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Accounts file #124, 127, 157, 101, circa 1900