George Augustus Gordon family papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: George Augustus Gordon family papers
Creator: Gordon family
Inclusive Dates: 1676-1895
Language(s): English
Extent: 0.5 Linear Feet 1 box
Collection Number: ms1667
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Scope and Content

The collection consists of papers of George Augustus Gordon and the Gordon family from 1676-1895. Materials from the early years relate to Gordon's ancestors in Maine and New Hampshire and mainly contain receipts, tax records, and genealogical records. Materials concerning the United States Civil War consist of passes, orders, commissions, and a few letters relating to Gordon's duties as Assistant Quartermaster General of Georgia.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

George Augustus Gordon family papers, ms 1667, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2020.

General Notes

Papers in the collection were in a scrapbook. The scrapbook was disassembled for preservation purposes.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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Accounts , 1769-1770, undated

 

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Appointment to the offce of Justice of the Peace, Lincoln, Maine, 1853 March 29

 

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Commission of George A. Gordon as Assistant Quartermaster, 1863 April 18

 

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Commission of George A. Gordon as Assistant Quartermaster, 1865 April 18

 

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Civil War correspondence, Swift Island, 1863 January 27

 

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Civil War correspondence, 1863 August 7

 

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Order for mule wagons, Office of Quartermaster-General, Milledgeville, 1865 April 11

 

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Civil War correspondence, 1865 May 19

 

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Confederate States of America, Military pass, 1862 October 11

 

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State of South Carolina, Pass, 1862 November 3

 

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Invoice of Transportation, 1865 April 17

 

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Commission of Georga A. Gordon, a Commissioner in the State of Massachusetts, 1885 January 1

 

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Court Order, 1755 April 14

 

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Deed, 1698 March 7

 

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Deed, New Hampshire, 1764 September 20

 

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Estate settlement Nathaniel Gorden, 1760 April 16

 

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Estate Settlement, 1815 November

 

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Geneology, undated

 

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Commission of Nathaniel B. Gordon, 1813 September 22

 

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Guardianship paper of John Smith, son of Nathaniel Smith, 1779 March 31

 

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Indenture, 1730 March 25

 

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Legal document, 1795 May 25

 

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George A. Gordon jury notice, 1862 February 18

 

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Marriage certificate of George Gordon and Ann Gordon, 1857 October 16

 

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Miscellaneous, 1875-1891, undated

 

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Photographs, undated

 

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Recipe, undated

 

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Receipts, 1754-1890

 

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School excercises, undated

 

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Programs from school events, 1839-1846

 

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George Gordon's school records from District School, No. 2; Dover Landing School; Franklin Academy, 1837-1843

 

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Receipts of Nathaniel Gordon, 1768-1770

 

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Letter to "All Christian People"; promissory note; will, 1676, 1742, undated

 

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Certificate; receipts, 1827-1895

 

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Settlement, 1787 February 1

 

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Taxes list, Rockingham, New Hampshire, John Gordon, 1829 April 25

 

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Tax notices, Salisbury, Nathaniel Gordon, 1798-1842