Richard Wayne Stites correspondence and other material, 1809-1828.

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Richard Wayne Stites correspondence and other material, 1809-1828.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38477936

This collection consists of correspondence and papers of Richard Wayne Stites from 1809-1828. They concern legal matters, the estate of his grandfather Richard Wayne, accounts and estate records of his father Richard Montgomery Stites and a levy on the estate of Daniel Van Slyke.

3 folders (. 15 cubic feet)

Georgia Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7404603

Georgia Historical Society

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Wayne, Richard, ca. 1741-1809.

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Van Slyke, Daniel

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Stites, Richard Montgomery, 1777-1813.

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Stites, Richard Wayne, 1802-1877

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Richard Wayne Stites was born in Savannah. Georgia in 1802, the son of Richard Montgomery and Mary (Wayne) Stites. He received his education in New Jersey. He married Elizabeth Cook of Connecticut on August 31, 1824. They had four children together. Stites was admitted to the Bar in Savannah in 1824 and practiced law until 1832. He gave up law because of his health and returned to Morristown, New Jersey with his family. Stites died in 1877. His father, Richard Montgomery Stites (1777-1813) was b...