Papers, 1761-1847.

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Papers, 1761-1847.

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Legal and personal correspondence and other papers, chiefly concerned with cases and suits in Georgia courts. Includes material on the patent for Eli Whitney's cotton gin (1799-1801), a female educational society in Liberty Co., Ga. (1838), the Siege of Savannah (1779), activities of the American forces, and property damage done by the British durig the Revolution. Correspondents include Thomas P. Carnes, Joseph Clay, Wade Hampton, Robert Goodloe Harper, James Jackson, John Macintosh, Horatio Marbury, John Milledge, William W. Seaton, and George Walton.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Clay, Joseph, 1764-1811

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Jones, Seaborn, 1788-1864

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Macintosh, John, 1853-

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Seaton, William Winston, 1785-1866

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Marbury, Horatio, -1820

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Jackson, James, 1777-1867

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Harper, Robert Goodloe, 1765-1825

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Carnes, Thomas Petters.

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