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Du Bose Family collection
Descriptive Summary | |
| Repository: | Georgia Historical Society |
| Creator: | Du Bose family. |
| Title: | Du Bose Family collection |
| Dates: | 1851-1897 |
| Extent: | 0.05 cubic feet (1 folder) |
| Identification: | MS 0224 |
Biographical/Historical Note
In 1860, Mary R. du Bose (b. 1811) lived with her five children and son-in-law Robert W. Campbell (b. 1838) in Fernandina, Florida. Mary's husband, Maitland Soutter, was in the 2nd Florida Cavalry Regiment, Confederate States Army, during the Civil War. The du Bose family is related to the Miller family of Augusta, Georgia.
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of materials concerning the Campbell, du Bose, and Miller families. Included are an indenture for a lot in Fernandina, Florida; poetry; Robert W. Campbell's will; an autograph book; and notes on the genealogy of the Miller family of Augusta.
Index Terms
Administrative Information
Custodial History
Material was acquired from descendant of collecting family.
Preferred Citation
[item identification], Du Bose family collection, MS 224, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Ella Wingard Weiner, 1970.
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Georgia Historical Society. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Division of Library and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Georgia Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Sponsorship
Encoding funded by a 2012 Documenting Democracy grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.Container List
| Item 2: Poems by Maitland Soutter, husband of Mary du Bose, 1859-1865 | |||||||||||||
| Dated November 8, 1859-August 17, 1865; February 14, 1861-December 7, 1863, both Fernandina, Florida. | |||||||||||||
| Item 3: Will of Robert W. Campbell, husband of Martha (Mattie) du Bose, Nassau County, Florida, 1861 September 27 | |||||||||||||
| Item 4: Poem for Lizzie du Bose, Savannah, 1871 May | |||||||||||||
| Item 6: Typed notes on the Miller family of Augusta, Georgia, 1851-1897 | |||||||||||||
| By John B. Miller, Andrew J. Miller, and Frank H. Miller. Some loose papers are inserted. | |||||||||||||