Lamartine Griffin Hardman Papers : Series II: Business, 1849-1953.

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Lamartine Griffin Hardman Papers : Series II: Business, 1849-1953.

Lamartine Griffin Hardman Papers, II. Business files consist of Governor Hardman's business and personal papers from 1880 to 1956. The Commerce Office files subseries include such topics as temperance, the 1904 Jackson County primary election returns, Hardman's campaign expenses for 1914, Georgia State College of Agriculture finances, dam and water mill specifications, land surveys, tuberculosis treatments, and monthly reports from the Hardman Roller Mills. The General correspondence files feature miscellaneous materials related to Hardman's multiple business and personal interests. Highlights include a petition for a wage increase by Harmony Grove Mills workers in 1917, papers documenting Hardman's medical experiments with Indian hemp (cannabis indica) as an anesthetic, and correspondence concerning the planning and subsequent dedication of a monument to Dr. Crawford W. Long. Finances includes cancelled checks, tax returns, and asset reports. The Ledgers subseries contains business ledgers for Harmony Grove Orchards, Lake Alcoyne Farm, the Hardman Estate, and the Hardman Plantation. The Lamartine Hardman, Jr. papers document his activities at Harmony Grove Orchards, personal correspondence, and minutes from the Sarepta Baptist Association. The J. N. Griffin files contain correspondence and bills relating to mutual business interests held by Governor Hardman and his father-in-law, Mr. J. N. Griffin.

106 boxes (54.25 linear feet)

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Harmony Grove Mills (Ga.)

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Long, Crawford Williamson, 1815-1878

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Crawford Long, a Georgia native, received his education at Franklin College (University of Georgia). He completed his medical training at the University of Pennsylvania in 1839. After a short time in New York, Dr. Long returned to Georgia and spent his entire career there as a physician and surgeon. He is credited with performing the first operation with ether anesthesia on Mar. 30, 1842. From the guide to the The first patient to whom Crawford Williamson Long administered s[ulphuric...

Hardman, Lamartine Griffin, 1856-1937

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Lamartine Griffin Hardman (1856-1937), physician, businessman, and politician, born in Commerce, Georgia. From the description of Lamartine Griffin Hardman gubernatorial papers, 1926-1933. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477049 From the description of Lamartine Griffin Hardman business papers, 1880-1950. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477047 From the description of Harmony Grove Cotton Mill records, 1902-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477052 From...

Sarepta Baptist Association

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Griffin, J. N.

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