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| dc.contributor.author | Thomasville History Center | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-09-04T16:07:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-09-04T16:07:27Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Merrill Papers, Documents 1978.32.0071-1978.32-0085. Community Archives: Thomasville History Center – Merrill Papers. Series 2, Box 1978-32. Folder 8. Items 71-85. Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. https://hdl.handle.net/10428/7263 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10428/7263 | |
| dc.description | 1 electronic record (PDF), 35 scans, 36 pages. 10023019 bytes. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | 1. ca003_001_f008_1978.32.0072_notice-note_1921 - Brief Description: A small piece of paper indicating of a 30 days notice to W. H. Platt and Gaudy Realty Co. The note was written on the back of form to Dr. Jaes W. Groover, clerk of the Thomas County Superior Court. 2. ca003_001_f008_1978.32.0073_lot-notes_c1860-1880 - Brief Description: Some miscellaneous lot notes on the inside of a ripped envelope. There are names, locations, and land sizes. These may be notes of a transaction. 3. ca003_1978_32_p006-007_lot-notes_c1840 - Brief Description: Some handwritten lot details, names, dates, and some transactions between parties. On the back there seems to be some typewriting testing with many different keys being pressed. 4. ca003_1978_32_p008-009_lot-transaction_1894 - Brief Description: Very short notes of a lot transaction between R. W. D. to S. A. M. There is a location and date listed. 5. ca003_1978_32_p010-012_transaction-notes_c1880 - Brief Description: Many small slips of paper with details of multiple transactions. The final page has a long description, one can assume describing the lots in question. All of the notes are written on the back of mercantile forms. 6. ca003_1978_32_p013-014_legal-letter_1898 - Brief Description: A letter to Honor Chas. P. Hansell talking about an enclosed paper. The letter was from Muras Zuley and M. A. Herdin. - Notes: The handwriting makes the paperwork difficult to fully understand. 7. ca003_1978_32_p015-016_loan-follow-up_1916 - Brief Description: A typewritten letter to Mr. J. M. Ricketson asking if he would like to continue talking about a loan he had mentioned. President Earl S. Hurst invites him to Thomasville to talk about said loan. There are handwritten notes about lots on the back. 8. ca003_1978_32_p017_transaction-notes_c1926 - Brief Description: A slip of paper with handwritten notes of lot transactions. They are on the back of an old newspaper clipping that talks about The Childs Welfare and Acts. 9. ca003_1978_32_p018-019_insurance-notes_c1880 - Brief Description: On a couple of fire insurance forms from the Factors & Traders Insurance Company of New Orleans, Louisiana are handwritten notes. - Notes: It is unclear if the written notes are related to the insurance form. 10. ca003_1978_32_p020-023_lot-details_c1800-1900 - Brief Description: Three pages of handwritten notes of specific details of lot transactions. There are names, locations, and size details written out. - Notes: There are no specific dates written, so a very general window was put down. 11. ca003_1978_32_p024_lot-transaction_c1916 - Brief Description: A page of handwritten notes that look to describe transaction details. There are amounts, names, parties, and calculations on the page. 12. ca003_1978_32_p025-026_lot-transaction-notes_c1918 - Brief Description: On the backs of Vernon Law Book Company's Any Law Book Published forms, are details of what look to be lot transaction notes. 13. ca003_1978_32_p027_miscellaneous-notes_c1831-1847 - Brief Description: Miscellaneous notes containing names and dates. There are also parties mentioned, like the State of Georgia. - Notes: The notes are so shorthand that it is difficult to know what was intended with the notes. May have been a transaction. 14. ca003_1978_32_p028-035_lot-notes_c1864-1891 - Brief Description: On multiple long slips of paper, there are details of multiple parties' lots, some more with more description than others. Each one has a name and most have a date. Some pages have calculations and drawings. 15. ca003_001_f009_1978.32.0086_abstract-deed-return_1927 - Brief Description: Louis S. Moore writes back to Mr. Horace A. Field explaining he has looked over the abstract and is returning it along with four deeds and a bill for recording three of them. There are pages following that are handwritten details of the transactions. | en_US |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf, image/jpg | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | CA003-002;008 | |
| dc.rights | © Thomasville History Center | en_US |
| dc.subject | Thomas County (Ga.) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Thomasville (Ga.) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Legal documents | en_US |
| dc.subject | Georgia--History--19th century | en_US |
| dc.subject | Georgia--History--20th century | en_US |
| dc.subject | Joseph Hansell Merrill (1862-1925) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Charles Paine Hansell (1844-1919) | en_US |
| dc.title | Thomasville History Center - Merrill Papers, Documents 1978.32.0071-1978.32-0085 | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | en_US |
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CA-003-02: Merrill Papers
Collection of legal documents pertaining to real estate transfers and likely other legal matters from Thomasville lawyer Joseph Hansell Merrill (1862-1925) and possibly the law firm of Hansell & Merrill, which consisted of Thomasville lawyers Charles Paine “Charlie” Hansell (1844-1919) and Joseph Hansell Merrill, and also the law firm of Merrill & Grantham, which consisted of Merrill and young lawyer Charles Pinckney Grantham, which operated simultaneously with Merrill’s partnership with Hansell and his solo practice.
