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Felix Hargrett collection

Collection of University of Georgia alumnus Felix Hargrett (graduated in 1924) that consists primarily of letters, but also includes materials dating from 1758 to 1844 that document the colony of Georgia and slavery.

More About This Collection

Date of Original
1758/1844

Subject
University of Georgia
Book collectors--Georgia
Endowments--Georgia
Georgia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Indians of North America--Arkansas
Indians of North America--New York (State)
Mines and mineral resources--Georgia
Missionaries--United States
Missions, Spanish--Arkansas
Registers of births, etc.--Arkansas
Slave trade--Georgia
Slavery--Georgia--History
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Universities and colleges--Georgia

Location
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794

Medium
indentures
letters (correspondence)
receipts (financial records)
bonds (legal records)
summaries
accounts
certificates
depositions

Type
Text

Metadata URL
https://dlg.usg.edu/collection/guan_0302

Language
eng

Original Collection
Felix Hargrett collection, ms302, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries

Holding Institution
Hargrett Library

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Subject Slavery--Georgia--History

1. Clarke County, Georgia. Indenture between Alonzo Church and the UGA Trustees selling land to Asbury and Henry Hull [includes survey]

Date of Original:: 1844
Collection:: Felix Hargrett Collection
Holding Institution:: Hargrett Library

2. Clay, Joseph. Savannah. Letter to Edward Telfair regarding the estate of Mrs. Elbert

Date of Original:: 1792
Collection:: Felix Hargrett Collection
Holding Institution:: Hargrett Library

3. Thurman vs. Zachary, Washington Co., Depositions concerning a despute in making surveys at the fork of the Oconee River and four enslaved people named Poll and her three children

Date of Original:: 1792
Collection:: Felix Hargrett Collection
Holding Institution:: Hargrett Library

4. Depriest, John - Bond between Depriest, Daniel Perrow, and Thomas Jefferson of Albemarle, Virginia

Date of Original:: 1791
Collection:: Felix Hargrett Collection
Holding Institution:: Hargrett Library

5. Oswald, Joseph. Savannah. Certificate. refugee entitled to 250 acres of land

Date of Original:: 1784
Collection:: Felix Hargrett Collection
Holding Institution:: Hargrett Library

6. McIntosh, John, Sr. accounts with George Troup for indigo, rice, and two unnamed enslaved people

Date of Original:: 1783/1786
Collection:: Felix Hargrett Collection
Holding Institution:: Hargrett Library

7. Creighton, Alexander. Savannah. Bond between Creighton and Thomas Johnston and James Thompson

Date of Original:: 1782
Collection:: Felix Hargrett Collection
Holding Institution:: Hargrett Library

8. Wereat, John. Letter to Lachlan McIntosh regarding war, prisoners, and confiscated estates. Letter to William Bingham regarding purchasing land on the Alatamaha River and nearly 4000 enslaved people from Town being confiscated by the enemy

Date of Original:: 1782
Collection:: Felix Hargrett Collection
Holding Institution:: Hargrett Library

9. McIntosh, Lachlan. Letter to John Wereat regarding the treatment McIntosh received from the Govenor and Council

Date of Original:: 1780
Collection:: Felix Hargrett Collection
Holding Institution:: Hargrett Library

10. Cowper & Telfairs. Savannah. Receipt for shipping including an enslaved woman named Molly from Charles Town

Date of Original:: 1775
Collection:: Felix Hargrett Collection
Holding Institution:: Hargrett Library