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Chattahoochee Brick Company (Atlanta, Ga.)

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Chattahoochee Brick Company convict flyers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS666f
Scope and Content This collection includes two convict flyers. Dated January 20, 1888, the first one offers a total reward of $450 for the return of two convicts and two mules to the Chattahoochee Brick Company in Atlanta, Georgia. The convicts of the Georgia Penitentiary escaped from the Chattahoochee Brick Company’s camp on the Chattanooga, Rome & Columbus (C. R. & C.) Railroad on January 19, 1888. Julius K. Ward, of Floyd County, had been sentenced to seven years for voluntary manslaughter, and...
Dates: 1888

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

Tucker Family Bills and Correspondence

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Collection number: ahc.MSS205
Scope and Content The majority of this collection includes monthly invoices, bills and other financial transactions initiated by Sarah Tucker after the death of her husband, Henry Holcombe Tucker. Almost all of the transactions involved businesses in downtown Atlanta. The collection provides insight into the lifestyle and monthly financial responsibilities of a wealthy widow in Atlanta during the 1890s. Included among Ms. Tucker’s purchases are groceries, dry goods, building supplies, labor, utility bills,...
Dates: 1877-1899, undated

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Convict labor -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
African American prisoners -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Brickmaking -- Georgia 1
Business enterprises -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Business records -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1