E. Merton Coulter manuscript collection I, [ca. 1745-1942].

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E. Merton Coulter manuscript collection I, [ca. 1745-1942].

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The collection consists of original source material collected by E. Merton Coulter which dates from ca. 1745-1942. The materials include biographies of prominent Georgians, correspondence of individuals and families, court records (1864-1869) from the Superior Court of Jackson County (Ga.), records relating to the Confederate States of America and the Civil War in Georgia, reports and lists of children (1846-1870) attending Poor Schools in Clarke County (Ga.) and records relating to slavery in Georgia.

5 linear ft.

Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Georgia. Superior Court (Jackson County)

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Confederate States of America

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During the Civil War, the Confederate States of America issued their own currency notes. These circulated like cash, but were technically bills of credit. At the beginning of the war, they circulated widely, but by the end of the war they had lost nearly all their value. Many of the bills remained in private hands after the war and became collectible as memorabilia. Other bills, which the Union Army had confiscated, were in the hands of the United States War Department; it transferred them to th...

Coulter, E. Merton (Ellis Merton), 1890-1981

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Ellis Merton Coulter (1890-1981), author, educator at the University of Georgia (1919-1958), and head of the History Dept. (1941-1958), resided in Athens, Georgia. From the description of E. Merton Coulter manuscript collection II, [ca. 1754-1920]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477251 Ellis Merton Coulter (1890-1981), author, educator at the University of Georgia (1919-1958) and head of the History Dept. (1941-1958), resided in Athens, Georgia. From the descri...