Miscellaneous Legal papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS-006

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection includes: slave bills of sale, Georgia land deeds; including Cherokee, Wilkes, Richmond, Columbia, Greene, Wilkinson, Jefferson, Burke, Screven, Washington, and Early Counties, and cities Augusta and Savannah, South Carolina land deeds; including Edgefield, Granville, Effingham, Barnwell, and Aiken Counties and Beech Island and Newberry District, Georgia Legal Papers, South Carolina Legal Papers, and Confederate and Military Papers

Dates

Created: 1732-1922
Other: Majority of material found in 1800-1893
Other: Date acquired: 02/14/1978

Conditions Governing Access

No current access restrictions on this collection. Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Augusta University Special Collections & Institutional Archives is the owner of the physical collection and makes reproductions available for research purposes only. Materials within the collection are subject to the copyright law of the United States and item condition. Augusta University Special Collections & Institutional Archives may or may not own the rights to materials in the collection. It is the researcher's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and obtain permission from the copyright holder before publication, reproduction, or display of the materials beyond what is reasonable under copyright law. Researchers may quote selections from the collection under the fair use provision of copyright law.

Biographical or Historical Information

It is assumed that these documents were transferred from the Museum of Augusta History sometime in the 1970’s. Documents have since been stored in no discernable order and are described here as found in the boxes. Number identification is retained and assumed to have been assigned by the Museum. Some of these items may also be identified as oversize Langdon Papers.

Note written by Carol Waggoner-Angleton

Extent

4.00 boxes

Language

English

Additional Description

Arrangement Note

Items are arranged in boxes by type of housing in numerical order. Boxes one and two contain items that are housed in file folders. Box 3 contains items that are housed in two-flap folders. Box 4 contains items that are housed in four-flap folders. Three items are housed in the map cases.

Source of Acquisition

Augusta Richmond County Museum

Method of Acquisition

This material was donated to Reese Library Special Collections, Augusta University by the Augusta Richmond County Museum on February 14, 1978. Acc# 1978.11