Sanders family papers

Descriptive Summary
Repository:	Hargrett Library
Creator:	Sanders, Dickerson H., 1830?-1915
Title:	Sanders family papers
Dates:	1824-1915
Quantity:	1.3 Linear feet 3 document boxes, 1 oversized folder
Coll. Number:	ms2916

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Biographical/Historical Note

Dickerson H. Sanders (1830?-1915) lived in Greensboro, Georgia. He was the son of Rev. Billington McCarter Sanders (1789-1854) and Cynthia Holliday Sanders. He married Isabella Roberts in 1860 and, after her death in 1874, married Ella Lindsey Dickinson, the widow of Dr. John T. Dickinson of Albany, Georgia, in 1879.

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Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of correspondence, business papers, photographs, printed material, and a diary. There are many love letters written between D.H. Sanders and Ella Dickinson. The business papers include land grants and indentures, which pertain to land in Georgia counties. The 1870 diary belonged to Ella Dickinson.

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Index Terms

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation note

Sanders family papers, ms2916, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

1. Correspondence
Box	Folder
Request Box
1	1	1851-1859
	2	1860-1869
	3	1870-1877
	4	1878 January-October
	5	1878 November
	6	1878 December 2-15
	7	1878 December 19-31
	8	1879 January 4-17
	9	1879 January 21-31
	10	1879 February 3-10
	11	1879 February 11-27
	12	1879 March 3-12
	13	1879 March 14-27, October 3
	14	1880-1885
	15	1886-1889
	16	1890-1899
	17	1903-1914
	18	1915
	19	Undated
	20	Empty envelopes, letter fragments, loose postage stamps

 

2. Business Papers
Box	Folder
Request Box
2	1	Account books-Ella Dickinson, 1870-1876
	1	Account books-Ella Dickinson, 1877
	1	Account books-?, 1883
	2	Bills, 1838-1909
	3	Bills-C.A. Davis & Son, 1878-1879
	4	Bills-Seals, Armor & Co., 1891-1893
	5	Certificate-D. H. Sanders, Notary Public/Justice of the Peace, 1876
	6	Land documents-Georgia-Baker county, 1839-1854
	7	Land documents-Georgia-Decatur county, Baggs & Stephens legal case, 1862-1881
	8	Land documents-Georgia-Decatur county, Richard Ricks estate, 1858-1867
	9	Land documents-Georgia-Dooly county, 1851
	10	Land documents-Georgia-Dougherty county, 1869-1880
	11	Land documents-Georgia-Dougherty county, Seth Bolton estate, 1854-1859
	12	Land documents-Georgia-Early county, 1830
	13	Land documents-Georgia-Greene county, 1890-1904
	14	Land documents-Georgia-Henry county, 1825-1840
	15	Land documents-Georgia-Irwin county, 1824
	16	Land documents-Georgia-Miller county, 1875-1885
	17	Land documents-Georgia-Mitchell county, 1858-1868
	18	Land documents-Georgia-Richmond county, 1849
	19	Land documents-Georgia-Taliaferro county, 1886-1898
	20	Land documents-Mississippi-Sunflower county, 1876-1892
	21	Promissory notes, 1852-1888
	22	Receipts, 1859-1904

 

3. Personal/Family records
Box	Folder
Request Box
3	1	Bible-Family record (photocopy only)
	2	Calling cards
	3	Clippings, 1864-1897
	4	Diary-Ella Dickinson, 1870
	5	Memory book-Julia Dickinson, 1880

 

4. Photographs

Box

Folder

Request Box

3

6

Men

7

Women

8

Groups

9

Photograph mountings

 

5. Printed Material and Writings
Box	Folder
Request Box
3	10	Printed material
	11	Printed material-Knights of Honor
	12	Printed material-Royal Arcanum, American Legion of Honor
	13	Speeches, Writings, Sketches
	14	Tribute of respect-John T. Dickinson, 1872

 

6. Oversize Material

OS Folder

Request Oversized_Folder

1A

Land doucments-Georgia-Taliaferro county, 1877

Land documents-Mississippi-Sunflower county, 1888

Land documents-Georgia-Decatur county, 1854

Land documents-Georgia-Baker county, 1855

Land documents-Georgia-Dougherty county, 1855

Land documents-Georgia-Henry county, 1826