Farmer's Hardware Co. records

Descriptive Summary
Title: Farmer's Hardware Co. records
Creator: Farmer's Hardware Co. (Madison, Ga.)
Inclusive Dates: 1876-1962
Language(s): English
Extent: 6.5 Linear Feet 10 document boxes, 1 oversized box
Collection Number: ms2460
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Farmer's Hardware Store in Madison, Georgia was opened sometime in the mid 1850's. Originally called the Carbine Hardware Store, it was named for the man who owned and operated it, Mr. P.V. Carbine. In 1907, John L. Moore called a meeting of all stockholders and bought the Carbine Hardware Company and renamed it Farmer's Hardware Company. It is now owned by Ace Hardware.

Scope and Content

This collection includes correspondence, receipts, orders, printed material, ledgers, and miscelleaneous papers.

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Administrative Information

Custodial History

Gift of Neta P. Peppers, Peppers & Assc., Madison, Ga., 1986.

Preferred Citation

Farmer's Hardware Co. records, ms2460, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, the University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2009 November 13.

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Related Materials and Subjects

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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Correspondence, 1889-1905

 

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Correspondence, 1905-1907

 

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Correspondence, 1907-1913

 

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Correspondence, 1913-1937

 

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Correspondence Fragments

 

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Receipts, 1876-1905

 

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Receipts, 1906-1962

 

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Receipts - undated

 

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Account Books

 

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Blank Stationary and Envelopes

 

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Capital Stock, 1908

 

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Confederate currency

 

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Contracts

 

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Family Tree

 

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Indictment, 1912

 

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Insurance Policies--Southern Mutual

 

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Knights of Pythias--Circulars, 1904

 

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Knights of Pythias--Phoenix Lodge--Application for Rank of Knighthood, 1901-1904

 

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Knights of Pythias--Phoenix Lodge--Arrearage Notice, 1906

 

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Knights of Pythias--Phoenix Lodge--Dispensation, 1894-1903

 

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Knights of Pythias--Phoenix Lodge--Envelope

 

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Knights of Pythias--Phoenix Lodge--Receipts, 1901-1904

 

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Knights of Pythias--Phoenix Lodge--Semi-Annual Reports, 1901-1903

 

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Knights of Pythias--Phoenix Lodge--Transfer Cards, 1902-1903

 

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Knights of Pythias--Phoenix Lodge--Pythian Convention, 1904

 

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Licenses--Business, 1910-1917

 

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Licenses--Tax, 1910-1916

 

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List of Legal Tax Payers, 1904

 

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Madison Buggy Co. Records, 1908

 

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Madison City--Town Papers, 1931

 

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Military Records, 1901-1903

 

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Orders, 1889

 

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Orders, 1890-1895

 

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Orders, 1896

 

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Orders, 1896

 

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Orders, 1905-1908

 

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Newspaper Clippings, 1963

 

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Petitions, 1922-1925

 

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Printed Material

 

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Printed Material

 

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Printed Material

 

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Printed Material

 

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Summons, 1913

 

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Account Books