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Ladies Memorial Association (Savannah, Ga.). Ladies Memorial Association papers, 1867-1897.

Title: Ladies Memorial Association papers, 1867-1897.

This collection contains the Ladies Memorial Association minute book, 1867-1897, including a unsigned note from Robert E. Lee that he regrets not being able to attend their meetings; an account book, 1867-1897, with information on the merger with the United Daughters of the Confederacy; a letter to the United Daughters of the Confederacy accepting the offer for a merger; a scroll containing a copy of a letter, 1879, from George Wymberley Jones DeRenne, presenting a bronze statue to the Association; and a letter from DeRenne to the Association, 1880, thanking them for the scroll and telling the origin of the statue.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder, 1 tube (.15 cubic feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/85845142 View

Georgia. General Assembly. Acts passed by the General Assembly of the Colony of Georgia, 1755-1774 : [autograph manuscript draft, 1881]

Title: Acts passed by the General Assembly of the Colony of Georgia, 1755-1774 : [autograph manuscript draft, 1881]

ArchivalResource: 864 p. ; 34 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/739097602 View

Georgia. Governor (1754-1757 : Reynolds). DeRenne family papers (oversize), 1735-1916.

Title: DeRenne family papers (oversize), 1735-1916.

The collection consists of miscellaneous documents, receipts, accounts, legal papers, and other materials related to the De Renne family, especially Noble Jones and George Wymberley Jones. Selections from this collection include: 1.) Land grant to Noble Jones, 9 December 1756, issued by Governor John Reynolds; 2.) Inventory and appraisal of property of Noble W. Jones, Jefferson County, 1819; 3.) Indenture, Noble W. Jones - George [Wymberley] Jones, 20 July 1796; and, 4.) Diploma, Doctorem in Arte Medica, University of Pennsylvania to G. Wymberley Jones, 8 April 1848.

ArchivalResource: 61 items (6.0 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/456089254 View

De Renne, George Wymberley Jones, 1827-1880. George Wymberley Jones De Renne family papers, 1732-1939.

Title: George Wymberley Jones De Renne family papers, 1732-1939.

The collection consists of papers of the George Wymberley Jones De Renne family of Savannah, Georgia from 1732-1939. The papers include account books, correspondence, deeds, genealogical materials, indentures, inventories, land grants, legal documents, newspaper clippings, printed material, and transcripts of historical documents pertaining to Georgia history. The materials document the activities of the De Renne family and contain information on land transactions in Georgia; estate or plantation management, particularly Wormsloe Plantation (Savannah, Ga.) and Popular Grove; the Buena Ventura Stock Company and Buena Ventura Ranch (1883-1884) in Tom Green County (Tex.); book and wine purchases for Wormsloe; and the De Rennes' involvement in the Georgia Historical Society and the Georgia Bicentennial (1933).

ArchivalResource: 25.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38477293 View

Map of the province of Georgia, 1772.

Title: Map of the province of Georgia, 1772. [1872]

ArchivalResource: 1 ms. map : linen ; 82 x 50 cm. on sheet 87 x 58 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/500879107 View

De Renne family. De Renne family papers, 1770-1986 (bulk 1873-1940).

Title: De Renne family papers, 1770-1986 (bulk 1873-1940).

The collection consists of papers of the De Renne family of Savannah, Georgia from 1770-1986. The papers include account books; correspondence, both business and personal; blueprints and maps of Wormsloe Plantation (Savannah, Ga.); a diary (1876) of Letitia De Renne documenting her daily activities; genealogical charts and materials relating to the Jones and allied families; scrapbooks; photographs; printed material; legal documents; receipts; collected historical documents and transcripts relating to Georgia history; wood blocks; and ephemera. The materials document the activities of the De Renne family and include information on the management and administration of Wormsloe Plantation; business ventures of the De Rennes; books and book collecting; and wine purchases including inventories. Correspondents include George Wymberley Jones De Renne, Wymberley Jones De Renne, Wymberley Wormsloe De Renne, Kentwyn De Renne, Augusta De Renne, Elfrida De Renne Barrow, and Charlton M. Theus.

ArchivalResource: 28 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38477296 View