Tucker Family Bills and Correspondence
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, subscriptions, coal, ice, insurance policies, a tombstone, and a horse-drawn carriage. Ms. Tucker’s financial records bear the logos and advertising of dozens of Atlanta businesses. Correspondence in the collection consists of four letters written by both Henry and Sarah Tucker to family and friends.
Dates
- 1877-1899, undated
Creator
- Tucker family (Family)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. All requests to publish, quote, or reproduce must be submitted through the Kenan Research Center.
Administrative/Biographical History
Henry Holcombe Tucker (1819-1889) was born in Camak, Georgia on May 10, 1819. He received a B.A. from Columbian College in 1838, and practiced law and taught before becoming a Baptist minister in 1851. He served as President of Mercer University in Macon, Georgia from 1866-1871, Chancellor of the University of Georgia in Athens from 1874-1878, and editor of the Christian Index from 1878-1888. The town of Tucker, Georgia is named after him. Tucker was married twice. His first wife, a Miss West of Savannah, Georgia, died early in life. He married Sarah Stevens of Massachusetts, and the couple had two children. The Tuckers moved to Atlanta around 1880, and lived on Capitol Avenue. Through inheritance and accomplishment, Henry Tucker amassed an estate estimated at between $100,000 and $125,000.
Extent
1.25 linear ft.
Language
English
System of Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically by company name.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Mr. Honour, Cathcart Storage Company, 1968 (1968.146)
General Physical Description note
Extent: 1.25 linear ft. (3 document cases)
Description Control
Processed in 2007
- Atlanta Gas Light Company
- Atlanta Lumber Company (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Atlanta Machine Works (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Atlanta Marble Works (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Atlanta Water Works (Ga.)
- Barker and Holleman (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Burns Manufacturing Company (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Carter and Gillespie (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Chamberlain, Johnson and Company (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Chattahoochee Brick Company (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Cole and Gentry Electric Company (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Constitution Publishing Company (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Dohme and Corrigan Grocery Company (Atlanta, Ga.).
- Dry-goods -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Elkin, Watson Drug Company (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Fitten-Thompson Hardware Company (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Forest View Dairy Farm (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Fruitland Nurseries (Augusta, Ga.)
- George Muse Clothing Company (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Guimarin, Engles and Stockton (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Insurance policies -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- J. C. Bridger Coal Company (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Joint Stock Grocery Company (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Keely Company (Atlanta, Ga.)
- King Hardware Company (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Lawyers -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- M. Rich and Bros. (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Phoenix Planning Mill (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Plumbers -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Potts-Thompson Liquor Company (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Public utilities -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Purity Ice Works (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Rauschenberg Market Company (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Second Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Southern Express Company (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Southern Mutual Insurance Company (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Standard Ice Company (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Stocks Coal Company (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Stores, Retail -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Tucker, Henry H. (Henry Holcombe)
- Tucker, Sarah
- Valley Hill Jersey Farm (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Westview Cemetery (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Widows -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Women -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Title
- Tucker Family Bills and Correspondence: ahc.MSS 205
- Subtitle
- An Inventory of Their Papers at the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
- Author
- Inventory prepared by Paul Crater
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository