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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Iverson Louis Harris Papers #900, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Thomas M. Hall of Milledgeville, Ga., in Augsut 1944, and from Mrs. D. W. Sullivan of Atlanta, Ga., in December 1947.

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• Families--Georgia--Social life and customs.
• Gardens--Georgia--History--19th century.
• Georgia--Social life and customs.
• Hansell, Susan.
• Harris, Iverson Louis, 1805-1876.
• Judges--Georgia--History--19th century.
• Lawyers--Georgia--History--19th century.
• Orchards--Georgia--History--19th century.

• Charles Haynes Andrews Papers (#2849)
• Iverson Louis Harris Papers, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University

Iverson Louis Harris (1805-1876) of Milledgeville, Ga., was a justice of the Georgia superior court, 1859-1865, and of the Georgia supreme court, 1865-1876.

The collection consists of papers of Iverson Louis Harris (1805-1876), including two volumes of law notes, 1830s-1840s; a letter book, 1840-1843, with copies of letters from Harris about his legal and financial transactions; an orchard and garden record, 1870-1872; and three letters, 1844-1866, to his sister, Susan Hansell (Mrs. William Y. Hansell), about family matters.