Scope and Content

This collection contains business correspondence, financial records, reports and surveys of land, minutes of meetings, letters to stockholders, brochures about Georgia mining, and a newspaper clipping.

Scope and Contents This manual was compiled from newspaper articles written for Northerners interested in moving to Georgia or Florida. It provides guidance on establishing oneself in the Southern industries of sheep-husbandry, gold mining, and orange-growing. Specifically, it includes government statistics, interviews with workers, starting costs, and profit analysis on each industry. At the end of the manual there are advertisements for Georgia tourist attractions, such as resorts, hotels, and railroads. The...

Scope and Content This collection mainly consists of legal interrogatories used in Georgia Superior Courts from 1859-1866. One of the interrogatories, dated March 8, 1852, concerns Shands and Co., a partnership represented by Wier Boyd, which filed suit against Andrew Howell and Andrew Mullinax to recover damages for gold stolen from a mine. The suit was initially brought to court in Greenwood Township, El Dorado County, California, and later in Lumpkin County, Georgia, and was tried three times before a...