Nathaniel Raines Mitchell family correspondence, 1837-1895 (bulk 1837-1855, 1866-1895).

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Nathaniel Raines Mitchell family correspondence, 1837-1895 (bulk 1837-1855, 1866-1895).

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Topics covered in letters are family relations, epidemics, elections and political parties, crime, railroads and canals, postal service, and travel; also included are the records of African-American sharecroppers.

15 folders.

Georgia Department of Archives and History Library

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Georgia Department of Archives and History Library

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Sheffield, Pliny, 1787-1856.

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Tison, John M.

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Mitchell, Nathaniel Raines, 1788?-1854.

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Nathaniel's daughters, Elizabeth and Ann, married Robert H. Hardaway, a cotton dealer, and John M. Tison, a merchant, respectively. Both families corresponded with Nathaniel. His youngest son, George, married into the Richard family of Florida and Georgia; George and Ginny Richard ran a Thomas County plantation in the second half of the 19th century. Nathaniel's daughter Mary married Pliny Sheffield (1787-1856), another plantation owner. From the description of Nathaniel Raines Mitch...

Hardaway, Robert H.

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