James Longstreet Sibley Jennings, Jr. papers, 1777-1996.

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James Longstreet Sibley Jennings, Jr. papers, 1777-1996.

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This collection contains papers collected and regarding the work of James Longstreet Sibley Jennings from 1777 to 1996. Included within this collection are currency from the Revolutionary War era and Civil War era, correspondence, deeds from Lumpkin County and Baldwin County, scrapbooks and photograph albums regarding an ancestor's missionary work in Japan, as well as other photographs and scrapbooks featuring members of the Jennings, Couper, Sibley, and other related families. Also included are Jennings' research materials on the following: Josephine Sibley Couper; the 19th century painter. C. R. Parker; the Lockerly estate; the family bibles of Thomas Sully and John Neagle; the Georgia Dining Room; two centuries of architecture in Washington, D.C.; Georgians in the Congressional Cemetery; McMillan Reservoir & Park in Washington, D.C.; and the genealogy of Thomas Smith.

1 box (1.0 cubic feet)

Georgia Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7911554

Georgia Historical Society

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Smith, Thomas

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On August 21, 1775, the third revolutionary convention passed an ordinance establishing the office of state agent and commissary of stores to supervise the procurement, storage, and distribution of supplies needed by the army. William Aylett was appointed to the office. After he resigned in 1777 the office was divided, with Thomas Smith being appointed state agent and William Armistead commissary of stores. In 1776 assistant agents were appointed in Virginia, Europe, and the West Indies to overs...

Sibley family.

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Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872

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Artist Thomas Sully was born in London, although his actor parents soon emigrated to the United States. A trip back to England to study painting expanded his horizons, and upon his return to the United States he developed a reputation as a first rate painter. He specialized in portraits, especially portraits of women, and painted full-length portraits of many public and private figures. He is perhaps most closely associated with his portrait of Queen Victoria and for his painting, Washington cro...

Parker, C. R., 1799-1849.

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Jennings, James L., 1941-

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James Longstreet Sibley Jennings, Jr. is an architect who resides in Alexandria, Virginia and whose family has a long history in Milledgeville, Georgia. From the description of James Longstreet Sibley Jennings, Jr. collection of Georgia letters and accounts, 1758-1846. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 454140452 From the description of James Longstreet Sibley Jennings, Jr. papers, 1777-1996. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 641326745 ...

Couper family.

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Couper, Josephine Sibley, 1867-1957

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Jennings family.

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Neagle, John, 1796-1865

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John B. Neagle was a portrait painter. From the description of Notebooks, 1825-1850. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122616046 John Neagle was a portrait painter who lived and worked in Philadelphia in the mid nineteenth century. While serving as an apprentice to Thomas Wilson, a "coach and ornamental painter," he began to consider painting as a career for himself. He studied under Thomas Sully, and in 1818 ventured to Lexington, Kentucky, with ...