Papers, 1808-1889.

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Papers, 1808-1889.

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Letters concerning business transactions of the society, including a letter from Charles C. Jones, Jr., accepting an invitation to speak and a resolution of thanks to him; a letter relative to the formation of a Ladies Literary and Art Society; a memorial to the Georgia legislature containing a brief history of the society; a letter by Governor Henry D. McDaniel on the fiftieth anniversary of the society; and clippings giving accounts of the society's activities.

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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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Georgia Historical Society

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In the spring of 1839, three Savannahians—Episcopal divine William Bacon Stevens, renowned autograph collector Israel K. Tefft, and educator, scientist, and American Medical Association founder Dr. Richard D. Arnold—hatched the idea of an organization whose mission would be to “collect, preserve, and diffuse the history of the State of Georgia in particular, and of America generally.” In May of that year they held the first meeting of what was christened the Georgia Historical Society, the te...