Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of eight maps of the Augusta Canal.

Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of a single large black and white photograph of a factory on the Augusta Canal.

Abstract Original letters, beginning with business letters to Thomas Cumming, first intendant (mayor) of Augusta, letters from his children through several generations. There is a large group of letters from Julien Cumming from a prison camp during the Civil War. Julien later died there. Thomas Cumming (1765-1834), businessman, married Anne Clay (1767-1849), resided in Augusta, Georgia and had eight children. Their children included Joseph (1790-1846) and Henry Harford (1799-1866) who married Julia...

Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of the records of King Mill in Augusta, Georgia. The materials include a record book of meeting minutes, as well as photographs of the mill and the John P. King Company baseball team, as well as floor plans of King Mill.