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Temperance -- Georgia

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Cornelius Hanleiter Papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS109
Scope and Content The collection includes five bound volumes of Cornelius Hanleiter’s war diary from 1861 – 1865, along with correspondence, including a letter from Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens. The collection also contains sketches of Hanleiter’s outpost in Savannah, and other documents relating to his service in the Army of the Confederacy. Also included are newspaper clippings pertaining to the careers of C.R. Hanleiter, Lemuel P. Grant, Colonel Tom Harvard, Anton L. Kontz, and Jonathan...
Dates: 1825-1944, undated, (bulk 1861-1865)

Georgia Woman's Christian Temperance Union collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS419
Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of materials pertaining to the Georgia Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Included in the collection is correspondence, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and programs. It also includes material from the national organization.

Dates: 1924-1957, undated

Thomas Maguire papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS145
Scope and Content The majority of the Thomas Maguire papers revolves around plantation records from 1834 to 1876. There are two ledgers Maguire kept from 1834-1838, and 1838-1839 with chronological lists of purchases of various quantities of supplies. An account book from 1883 to 1884 contains similar information. A third account book belonged to John E. and James H.C. and recorded shipments of goods in rleation to their mill from 1879-1890. Another account book from 1850 is almost completely in short hand....
Dates: 1829-1949, undated