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Legal instruments -- Georgia

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Alfred Austell papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS29
Scope and Content These papers consist of various business and legal documents related to Alfred Austell's numerous business ventures. Included are land deeds, bookkeeping notes, checks, property insurance policies, bills, receipts, and photocopies of pages from Austell's letter book dealing with banking business, sale of cotton, and property acquisition and payment of personal notes. This collection also contains two pocket files, which are listed by month. The contents of these files have been left in...
Dates: 1833-1962; Majority of material found within 1833 - 1889
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Alfred Austell papers

Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1023
Scope and Content

The collection is primarily comprised of materials generated to promote the painting and solicit attendance. Also included is correspondence and invitations to special events hosted at the Atlanta Cyclorama site. There are other materials related to reports generated in advance of the restoration project and rededication of the painting and presentations in relation to interpretation at the site.

Dates: 1886-1980, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama collection

Benning family papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS60
Scope and Content

These papers consist of correspondence between various members of the Benning family, personal documents, genealogy of the Benning family, and business papers from Hong Kong, New York and Atlanta.

Dates: 1862-1963, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Benning family papers

C. Mortimer Mason papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1054
Scope and Content The bulk of the personal papers of C. Mortimer Mason pertain to a cotton claim owned by the descendants of Thomas J. and Richard R. Holmes of Hinds County, Mississippi. The collection also contains geneological research materials gathered by Newel Mason to show lineage for entry into the Daughters of the American Revolution, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Colonial Dames. Lastly, there is a small amount of personal letters, newspaper clipping, and legal certificates and...
Dates: 1891-1960, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / C. Mortimer Mason papers

Chattahoochee Brick Company records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS83
Scope and Content The Chattahoochee Brick Company documents contain business records that show the daily operation of the company through its financial, production, legal, and management operations. Most papers date to the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Financial documents include cash journals, reports, record books, accounts, and ledgers. Production documents include inventories, reports, and a catalogue. Legal materials include land grands, deeds, and indentures that relate to land...
Dates: 1821-1941, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Chattahoochee Brick Company records

DuBose family collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1020
Scope and Content This collection contains the personal and professional papers of the DuBose family and the historical Civil War items they collected. The personal papers pertain to geneaology, correspondence, and DuBose Jr.'s military service in the United States Navy. Also included are manuscripts and presentations written by members of the DuBose family as well as many collected from others about the Civil War.These papers document the DuBose family's interest in the Civil War. There is...
Dates: 1782-2001, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / DuBose family collection

Fulton, Gwinnett, and Walton County legal documents

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS128f
Scope and Content

This collection includes property deeds, abstracts of title, warranty deeds, loan deeds, bonds, resident petitions, claims court cases, wills, and insurance documents presented in the courts of Fulton, Gwinnett, and Walton counties in Georgia.

Dates: 1860-1948
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Fulton, Gwinnett, and Walton County legal documents

Gatins Family Papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1005
Scope and Content This collection contains correspondence, diaries, obituaries, newspaper clippings, financial records, and official United States government documents pertaining to Gatins family members. Included among the latter are files from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), court records, passport application files, and INS records. The collection also contains birth, baptism, marriage, school and death records for various family members. Also included is secondary research on significant...
Dates: 1848-2010, undated, bulk 1999-2008; Majority of material found within 1999 - 2008
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Gatins Family Papers

H.A. Godby papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS57
Scope and Contents

These papers include court cases from his years as a Justice of the Peace and some correspondence.

Dates: 1899-1926
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / H.A. Godby papers

Harry Winster Ligon papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS823
Scope and Content

This collection contains patents, diagrams, papers, and correspondence related to inventions by Harry W. Ligon between 1908 and 1930. These papers include petitions and patents with accompanying diagrams for cotton ginning machines and related valves. Also included is a petition for a game or amusement device.

Dates: 1908-1930, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Harry Winster Ligon papers

Kirkpatrick family papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS779
Scope and Content

This collection contains personal letters written by and to the Kirkpatrick family, mainly Nettie Kirkpatrick and her sister Keren Kirkpatrick Lindley. Also included are many death notices for the immediate Kirkpatrick family. Tax records from the 1860s are included. Bill of sales for several slaves are also included. There are several newspaper clippings on various subjects along with several books and pamphlets.

Dates: 1778-1920, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Kirkpatrick family papers

Mitchell and Mitchell real estate records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS448
Scope and Content This collection contains real estate records used by the Mitchell and Mitchell law firm. The bulk of the collection are abstracts of title that track a property's legal history. Most of the abstracts are for Fulton County residences, but some document businesses; railroads; churches and cemeteries; streets; and neighborhoods. In addition to Fulton County, there are abstracts from Cobb, DeKalb, Bartow, Campbell, Cherokee, Clayton, Clinch, Floyd, Gwinnett, and Milton counties. The collection...
Dates: 1849-1958, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Mitchell and Mitchell real estate records

Walter McElreath Papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS154
Scope and Content This collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, certificates, manuscripts, handwritten notes, and pamphlets. The bulk of the collection contains McElreath's writings; research; rough drafts; a play for the Atlanta Centennial celebration; manuscripts of books and articles; and newspaper notices about his publications. Also included are notes and articles about Gertrude Stein and George Bernard Shaw. Newspaper clippings cover topics such as the Atlanta Centennial in 1948; the...
Dates: 1879-1963, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Walter McElreath Papers