Papers, 1867-1914.

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Papers, 1867-1914.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33484613

This collection contains a farm record, account books, and daily diaries belonging to various members of the Kell family. The farm record belonging to John McIntosh Kell gives information regarding cotton crops and livestock for the Kell's farm in Sunny Side, Georgia, south of Atlanta, Georgia. The account books show the many different expenses the family had including the payment of the servants and the purchasing of household goods. The daily diaries were kept by Blanche Monroe Kell (1836- ) after Kell's death in 1900. The diaries include a few lines for each day and contain such information as the planting of vegetable gardens and many different flowers, the births, deaths and sicknesses of the various family members, and local news of Sunny Side, Georgia. The diaries also contain inventories of the many fruits which the family canned and tells what books Blanche Monroe Kell was reading and her impression of each book.

1 box, .5 cubic ft.

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7350900

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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Kell family.

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The Kell family lived in Sunny Side, Georgia near Griffin, Georgia. John McIntosh Kell was Captain of the Confederate ship, "Alabama." He was married to Blanche Monroe. They had six children, two sons and four daughters, who lived to adulthood. The Kell family was spread throughout Georgia, and letters were often written to Athens, Valdosta, Tifton, and Jessup. Beginning in 1881, Kell served as Adjutant General of Georgia. He kept this position until his death in 1900. Also beginning in 1881, Ke...

Davis, John Kell.

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Kell, John McIntosh, 1823-1900

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John McIntosh Kell (1823-1900), son of John and Margery Spalding Baillie Kell of Darien, Georgia, married Julia Blanche Munroe of Macon, Georgia. During the Civil War, Kell served as an officer in the Confederate Navy. After the war, he served as Georgia's Adjutant-General from 1886 until his death in 1900. From the description of Letter to Blanche Munroe Kell, 1859 Sept. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476234 From the description of John McIntosh Kell letters, 1861. (U...

Monroe, Blanche, 1836-

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Kell, Carrie.

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Kell Semmes.

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Kell, Hendley, 1869-

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