Forman, Bryan, and Screven families papers, 1797-1901.

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Forman, Bryan, and Screven families papers, 1797-1901.

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The collection is largely family letters and memorabilia of the family of Joseph Bryan, and his wife, Delia (Forman) Bryan. There are some business letters to General Thomas Marsh Forman in the collection. Family correspondents are: General Thomas Marsh Forman, Augusta Forman, Charles Forman, John Randolph Bryan, Thomas Marsh Forman Bryan (changed his name to Thomas M. Forman), Georgia Hannah Bryan (Mrs. James Proctor Screven), Virginia Sarah Bryan, Joseph Bryan [Jr.], M. Richardsone, Mrs. E.F. Chambers, Benjamin R. Daniell, Emily S. (Screven) Bond, James Proctor Screven, Colonel John Screven, Richard Bedon Screven, Thomas Forman Screven, Miss C.B. Screven, Sarah Ada (Screven) Henderson, the Reverend Matthew H. Henderson, William W.B. Henderson, Marion Henderson, Mrs. S.E. Van Bibber. Other correspondents are: John Barney, James Brown, James Brade, Timothy Barnard, Jr., Samuel Bradford, John Randolph of Roanoke, Mary Brown, Solomon Barrett, Thomas R. Buchanan, Augusta Bowers, Mary Howard, Julianna Miller, Sarah A. Minis, M.M. Gardner, C.C. Brown, Eliza Goldsborough, Aurora Greland, C. Lesly, Benjamin Tilghman, E. Macfarlane, Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. Of special interest are 7 letters from William Baldwin, the botanist, some of whose letters were published in Reliquae Baldwinanae, ed. by William Darlington (1843; reprinted 1969), to General Forman re plan specimens around St. Mary's, Georgia. The letter of Thomas F. Bryan to his sister, Georgia Hannah Screven, July 22, 1838, tells of the loss of their sister, Virginia Sarah (Bryan) Mackay and her children in the wreck of the steamer, Pulaski. Included are genealogical notes on the Forman and Bryan families and legal documents and a sketch re the Henderson family. The clippings are largely obituaries, tributes of respect, etc., of Colonel John Screven, Judge Thomas Screven and the Reverend Matthew H. Henderson. A few concern other members of the family.

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Georgia Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 8197066

Georgia Historical Society

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Pulaski (Steamship)

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Screven family.

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Bryan, Delia Forman, 1788-1825.

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Forman, Thomas Marsh, 1758-1845

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Bryan, Joseph, 1773-1812.

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Joseph Bryan (1773-1812) was the son of Jonathan Bryan (1708-1788). Joseph inherited his father's property on Wilmington and Whitemarsh Islands near Savannah, Georgia. Joseph studied law in the office of U. S. Attorney General Edmund Randolph and represented Georgia in Congress from 1803 until 1806. From the description of Joseph Bryan property records, 1801-1807. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477660 ...

Screven, James Proctor, 1799-1859

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Screven, Georgia Hannah (Georgia Hannah Bryan), 1807-1887.

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Baldwin, William, 1779-1819

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Zaccheus Collins was a merchant and botanist. From the guide to the Zaccheus Collins botanical correspondence, 1805-1827, 1805-1827, (American Philosophical Society) William Baldwin (1779-1819) was a physician and one of the first botanists to explore the American Southeast, especially Georgia and Florida. He also explored parts of Latin America and the West Indies. He was named botanist to the expedition of Stephen Long to find the headwaters of the Missouri River but died ...

Randolph, John, 1773-1833

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Randolph served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1799-1813, 1815-1817, 1819-1825, 1827-1829), the U.S. Senate (1825-1827), the Virginia Constitutional Convention (1829-1830), and as Minister to Russia (1830-1831). From the description of Letter of introduction, 10 July 1813. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 235133950 U. S. Congressman from Virginia. From the description of Letter [manuscript] : Liverpool, England, to Jacob Harvey, Cork Irela...

Bryan family.

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Joseph Bryan (1773-1812) of Wilmington Island, Savannah attended Princeton College, New Jersey, and Cambridge University in England. He married Delia Forman (1788-1825) in 1805;she was the daughter of General Thomas Marsh Forman (1758-1845) of Cecil County, Maryland. Bryan was close friends with John Randolph. He and Delia had five children together. From the description of Forman, Bryan, and Screven families papers, 1797-1901. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 775016...

Forman family.

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