United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026United States, Florida, 28.75054, -82.5001United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018United States, Georgia, Jones County, 33.02513, -83.56052United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027Cuyler, Telamon Cruger Smith, 1873-19511609/1942Series 1. Historical Manuscripts consists of manuscripts relating to Georgia history collected by Telamon Cuyler covering the period 1754-1905. The series includes correspondence; bonds; county records, particularly for Jones County (Ga.); court records; indentures; inventories; documents naming enslaved persons; land grants; newspaper clippings; and official Georgia government records for the office of the Adjutant General, Comptroller General, Governor, and Treasurer from 1754-1905 (with gaps). Topics documented within the collection include the Georgia militia; the Revolutionary War; Indian affairs in Georgia during the 1830s (particularly treaties); shipping (1770s-1780s); and boundary disputes between Georgia and Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The series also contains administrative records and correspondence pertaining to the activities of the Confederate government and the Georgia military troops during the Civil War. These records include materials of Ira R. Foster (Georgia Quartermaster General), H. H. Waters (Executive Secretary, Dept. of Georgia), Henry C. Wayne (Georgia Adjutant General), and Jared I. Whitaker (Georgia Commissary General).Telamon Cruger Smith Cuyler (1873-1951) was born in Rome (Ga.) to Captain Henry Hunter Smith and Estelle Cuyler Smith. He legally changed his surname from Smith to Cuyler in 1905. In 1893, he received a Bachelor of Law degree from the Univeristy of Georgia. In 1900, he married Grace Barton and they had two children. Between 1895 and 1905, he served as special counsel for the governements of Mexico, Brazil, Guatemala, and Chile. Cuyler authored sixty privately printed works on Southern, Confederate, and Georgia history. Upon his death in 1951, his large collection of historical documents and photographs were willed to the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library.For the rest of the Telamon Cuyler Collection MS 1170 at the Hargrett Library, see also: Series 2. Family Papers; Series 3. Personal Materials; Series 4. Correspondence; and Series 5. Writings, Notes, and Photographs.Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available online as part of America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia and Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842.image/jp2application/pdfhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Georgia. Adjutant-General's OfficeCherokee IndiansUnited States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783Georgia. Comptroller General's OfficeGeorgia. Office of the GovernorEnslaved persons--GeorgiaGeorgia. MilitiaBoundaries, StateIndians of North America--Southern StatesMilitary administration--GeorgiaMilitary administration--Confederate States of AmericaShipping--Southern StatesConfederate States of AmericaSlavery--Georgia--HistoryGovernors--GeorgiaCreek Indians--GeorgiaLand grants--GeorgiaGeorgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865Georgia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783Georgia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775Georgia--Boundaries--AlabamaGeorgia--Boundaries--FloridaGeorgia--Boundaries--North CarolinaGeorgia--Boundaries--South CarolinaGeorgia--Boundaries--TennesseeJones County (Ga.)Telamon Cuyler collection, series 1. historical manuscripts, 1609-1942Text