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Akehurst - Lines family papers
Descriptive Summary | |
| Title: Akehurst - Lines family papers | |
| Creator: Lines family | |
| Creator: Akehurst family | |
| Inclusive Dates: 1850-1914 | |
| Bulk Dates: 1858-1883 | |
| Language(s): English | |
| Extent: 1.5 Linear Feet (3 boxes) | |
| Collection Number: ms73 | |
| Repository: Hargrett Library | |
Collection Description
Historical Note
Jennie Akehurst and Sylvanus Lines married August 11, 1859. Their daughter Daisy was born August 7, 1864. Other family members include Anna Maria Akehurst, wife of Jennie's brother Joseph.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of correspondence and diaries of the Akehurst and Lines families from 1850-1914. The bulk of the correspondence contains letters between Jennie Akehurst, a teacher at Covington, Georgia and Sylvanus Lines of Fayetteville Georgia during their courtship (1857-1860) and married life (1861-1874). Topics discussed include family matters, life in Georgia, and news of relatives. Another portion of the correspondence consists of letters to and from Daisy Lines while teaching in Irvington, Georgia (1882-1898). Includes drafts of letters to and letters from Jerome Reneau, writing from Greene County, Alabama and Texas; correspondence to Jennie Lines; and correspondence from Daisy's aunt Anna Marie Akehurst Barham. Topics discussed include Reneau and Daisy's friendship, Reneau's farming in Alabama, social events, Daisy's teaching, and family news.
The diaries were written by Jennie Akehurst Lines (1859-1861 and 1861-1871) and Anna Maria Akehurst Barham (1861-1871). Jennie's diary entries prior to 1861 mainly concern financial hardships and personal matters. Beginning in 1860, entries discuss the political climate, the 1860 election, abolitionists, and slavery. For 1861-1866, the diary contains information on Georgia's succession from the union, social life and living conditions during the Civil War, problems with slaves, and freedmen. Entries for 1866-1871 again mainly focus on personal matters. The Barham diary contains entries pertaining to the Female Orphans' Asylum (Macon, Ga.), where she was matron, the South's reaction to the Battle of Bull Run, economic and living conditions in Georgia during the Civil War, problems with Confederate currency, cotton planting both during and after the war, and problems hiring and supervising freedmen.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in chronological order.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Akehurst - Lines family papers, ms73, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Kate L. Calhoun in 1969
Finding Aid Publication
Finding aid prepared on: 2009 March 18.
General Notes
Diaries also available on microfilm, FILM HQ1418 .A440 v. 2, r. 28, located in Main Library Basement Microforms.