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E.A. Cutts papers

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

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.


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.


Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Account books.
Commission merchants -- Georgia -- Savannah.
Cotton trade -- Georgia.
Knights Templar (Masonic order)
Letter books.
Men -- Georgia -- Societies and clubs.
Naval stores -- Georgia.
Savannah (Ga.)
Secret societies -- Georgia.
Turpentine industry and trade -- Georgia.

Related Collections in this Repository

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


Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 
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11Ordering Book, 1886-1888
 
12Journal, 1887-1888
 
13Cash Book, 1887-1888
 
14Weights & Accounts, 1887-1888
 
15Journal, 1888-1891
 
16Ledger, 1888-1891
 
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1a1Invoices, 1888-1889
 
1a2Invoices, 1889-1890
 
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21Weight Book, 1889-1890
 
Accounts, 1889
 
Cash Book, 1889-1890
 
Weight Book, 1890
 
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31Bills, 1890
 
Claims, 1890-1891
 
Cotton Sales, 1890-1892
 
Receipts, 1890-1891
 
Receipts, 1890
 
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41Ins. Certificates, 1891-1892
 
Weight Book, 1891
 
Cash Book, 1890-1891
 
Accounts, 1891
 
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51Country Bills, 1891-1892
 
City Bills, 1891-1892
 
Cash Book, 1891-1892
 
Cash Book, 1891
 
Receipt Book, 1891-1892
 
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61Checking Book, 1891
 
Accounts, 1892
 
Invoices, 1892
 
Bills & Statements, 1892-1893
 
Cash Book, 1892-1893
 
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71Country Sales, 1892-1893
 
Receipts, 1893-1897
 
Country Sales, 1893-1894
 
Accounts, 1893-1894
 
Futures & Accounts, 1893
 
Account Book, 1893
 
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81Accounts, 1893-1895
 
Cash Book, 1893-1894
 
Weights & Prices, 1893-1895
 
Weights & Accounts, 1893-1894
 
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1a4Account Book, 1894-1896
 
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85City Sales Notes, 1894-1895
 
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91City Sales, 1894
 
Bills, 1894
 
Cash Book, 1894-1896
 
City Bills, 1894
 
Accounts, 1894-1895
 
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101City Bills, 1894-1895
 
City Bills, 1894
 
Loans, 1894-1897
 
Country Bills, 1894-1895
 
City Sales, 1895
 
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111Collections, 1895
 
Cash Book, 1895-1896
 
Claims, 1895-1896
 
City Bills, 1895-1896
 
Accounts, 1895-1896
 
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121Accounts, 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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1313Futures & Sales, 1896-1898
 
Records & Claims, 1896-1897
 
Weights & Prices, 1896-1897
 
City Bills, 1896-1897
 
City Bills, 1896
 
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141Ledger, 1896
 
Cash Book, 1896-1897
 
Accounts Book, 1896
 
Check Book, 1896
 
City Sales, 1896-1897
 
Cash Book, 1897-1898
 
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151City Sales, 1897-1898
 
City Bills, 1897-1898
 
City Sales, 1897
 
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161Country 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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171Weights & Prices, 1898
 
Cash Book, 1898-1899
 
City Bills, 1898-1899
 
City Sales Notes, 1898-1899
 
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181City Bills, 1898
 
Advices of Claims, 1898-1899
 
Country Sales, 1898-1899
 
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191Country Sales, 1898
 
Claims, 1899-1902
 
Claims, 1899-1900
 
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201Claims, 1899-1900
 
Loans, 1899-1900
 
Receipts/Bills Paid, 1899
 
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203Receipts, 1899-1900
 
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211City Bills, 1899-1900
 
212Country Sales, 1899-1900
 
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1a6Weights & Prices, 1899-1900
 
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213Bills, 1899
 
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221Advices of Claims, 1900-1901
 
Claims, 1900-1902
 
Country Claims, 1900-1901
 
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231City Bills, 1900
 
Orders & Claims, 1900-1901
 
Receipts, 1900-1901
 
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1a7Weights & Prices, 1900-1901
 
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234City Sale Notes, 1900-1901
 
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241City Sales, 1900
 
City Bills, 1900-1901
 
Cash Book, 1900
 
Cash Book, 1900-1901
 
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244Accounts, 1900-1901
 
Accounts, 1900-1905
 
Check Book, 1901
 
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251Sale Notes, 1901
 
Sale Notes, 1901-1902
 
City Bills, 1901-1902
 
Loan Book, 1901
 
Accounts, 1901-1907
 
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261Invoices, 1903
 
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1a8F.O.B. Sales, 1903-1904
 
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26Bills, 1903-1905
 
Sale Notes, 1903-1905
 
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1a9Accounts, 1904-1906
 
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26Sale Notes, 1904-1905
 
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271Sale Notes, 1905
 
Sale Notes, 1905-1907
 
Sale Notes, 1905-1906
 
Receipts, 1905-1911
 
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281Sale Notes, 1906
 
Sale Notes, 1906-1907
 
Sales, 1906-1908
 
Sales, 1907-1908
 
Accounts, 1907-1911
 
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291Sales Book, 1908
 
Bills, 1908-1912
 
Delivery Book, 1908
 
Checking Book, 1908-1910
 
Weights, 1908-1910
 
Checking Book, 1908
 
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301Sales, 1908-1909
 
Sales, 1908
 
Sale Notes, 1909-1910
 
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311Sale Notes, 1910
 
31Sale Notes, 1910-1911
 
Sale Notes, 1911
 
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321Pay Roll/Laundry, 1943
 
Pay Roll/Laundry, 1944
 
Misc. Accounts, n.d.
 
Misc. Accounts, n.d.
 
Misc. Accounts, n.d.
 
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331Freight Receipts, n.d.
 
Cash Book, n.d.
 
Letterbooks
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341Letterbook Number 162, 1886-1889
342Letterbook Number 163, 1886
343Letterbook Number 164, 1886-1887
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351Letterbook Number 165, 1887
352Letterbook Number 166, 1887-1888
353Letterbook Number 167, 1887-1888
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361Letterbook Number 168, 1888-1889
362Letterbook Number 169, 1889-1890
363Letterbook Number 170, 1889
364Letterbook Number 171, 1889
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371Letterbook Number 172, 1890
372Letterbook Number 173, 1890-1891
373Letterbook Number 174, 1890
374Letterbook Number 175, 1890-1891
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381Letterbook Number 176, 1891
382Letterbook Number 177, 1891
383Letterbook Number 178, 1891
384Letterbook Number 179, 1892
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391Letterbook Number 180, 1892
392Letterbook Number 181, 1893
393Letterbook Number 182, 1893
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401Letterbook Number 183, 1893-1894
402Letterbook Number 184, 1893
403Letterbook Number 185, 1894
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411Letterbook Number 186, 1894
412Letterbook Number 187, 1894
413Letterbook Number 188, 1895
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421Letterbook Number 189, 1895-1897
422Letterbook Number 190, 1895
423Letterbook Number 191, 1896
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431Letterbook Number 192, 1897
432Letterbook Number 193, 1897
433Letterbook Number 194, 1897
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441Letterbook Number 195, 1897-1898
442Letterbook Number 196, 1897
443Letterbook Number 197, 1897
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451Letterbook Number 198, 1897-1898
452Letterbook Number 199, 1898
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461Letterbook Number 200, 1898
462Letterbook Number 201, 1898-1899
463Letterbook Number 202, 1898
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471Letterbook Number 203, 1899-1900
472Letterbook Number 204, 1899-1900
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481Letterbook Number 205, 1899
482Letterbook Number 206, 1899
483Letterbook Number 207, 1899
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491Letterbook Number 208, 1900-1901
492Letterbook Number 209, 1900
493Letterbook Number 210, 1900
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501Letterbook Number 211, 1900
502Letterbook Number 212, 1900
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511Letterbook Number 213, 1900-1903
512Letterbook Number 214, 1900
513Letterbook Number 215, 1901
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521Letterbook Number 216, 1901
522Letterbook Number 217, 1901-1902
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531Letterbook Number 218, 1902
532Letterbook Number 219, 1902-1903
533Letterbook Number 220, 1902-1903
534Letterbook Number 221, 1903
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541Letterbook Number 222, 1903-1904
542Letterbook Number 223, 1903
543Letterbook Number 224, 1903
544Letterbook Number 225, 1904-1905
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551Letterbook Number 226, 1904
552Letterbook Number 227, 1904
553Letterbook Number 228, 1905
554Letterbook Number 229, 1905
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561Letterbook Number 230, 1905
562Letterbook Number 231, 1905
563Letterbook Number 232, 1905-1907
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571Letterbook Number 233, 1905-1906
572Letterbook Number 234, 1906
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581Letterbook Number 235, 1906
582Letterbook Number 236, 1906
583Letterbook Number 237, 1906
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591Letterbook Number 238, 1907
592Letterbook Number 239, 1907
593Letterbook Number 240, 1907
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601Letterbook Number 241, 1907-1908
602Letterbook Number 242, 1908-1909
603Letterbook Number 243, 1908
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611Letterbook Number 244, 1908-1909
612Letterbook Number 245, 1908
613Letterbook Number 246, 1908
614Letterbook Number 247, 1909
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621Letterbook Number 248, 1909
622Letterbook Number 249, 1909
623Letterbook Number 250, 1909-1910
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631Letterbook Number 251, 1910
632Letterbook Number 252, 1910
633Letterbook Number 253, 1910
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641Letterbook Number 254, 1910
642Letterbook Number 255, 1910-1911
643Letterbook Number 256, 1911
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651Letterbook Number 257, 1911
652Letterbook Number 258, 1911
653Letterbook Number 259, 1911
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661Letterbook Number 260, 1911
662Letterbook Number 261, 1911
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67Letterbook Number 262 Accounts, 1909-1914
 
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1a9Index, n.d.
 
Check Book
 
Textile Manufacturer's Directory, 1886
 
Miscellaneous Loose Pages
 
Ledger
 
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1Unknown Ledger book(s)
 
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2Unknown Ledger book(s)
 
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3Unknown Ledger book(s)
 
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4Unknown Ledger book(s)
 
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5Unknown Ledger book(s)
 
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6Unknown Ledger book(s)
 
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7Accounts file #124, 127, 157, 101, circa 1900