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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Charles F. Mills Books, #511, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received prior to 1940.

Additional Descriptive Resources

A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1a.

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• Account books.
• Augusta (Ga.)--History.
• Bankers--Georgia--History--19th century.
• Banks and banking--Georgia--History--19th century.
• Cotton trade--Georgia--History--19th century.
• Georgia--Commerce--History--19th century.
• Marine Bank of Georgia (Savannah, Ga.)
• Merchants--Georgia--History--19th century.
• Mills, Charles F., fl. 1835-1859.
• Muscogee Railroad.
• Railroads--Georgia--History--19th century.
• River steamers--Georgia--History--19th century.
• Savannah (Ga.)--History.
• Shipping--Savannah River (Ga. and S.C.)--History--19th century.
• Transportation--Georgia--History--19th century.

Charles F. Mills (fl. 1835-1859) was president of the Marine Bank of Georgia and a merchant of Savannah, Ga.

The collection includes accounts of the operation of a line of steamers operating on the Savannah River between Augusta and Savannah, Ga.; accounts, bills of lading, and invoices related to the export of cotton and other goods from Savannah; and a letterpress copybook, 1851-1859, concerning business affairs of Charles F. Mills as a shipping merchant of the Marine Bank of Georgia, of which he was president, and of the Muscogee Railroad.