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Law

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Henry L. Benning-Seaborn Jones Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC 6
Scope and Contents The bulk of the collection deals with the financial transactions of (and especially debts owed to) Seaborn Jones, the records of his (and to a lesser degree Benning's) law practice, and the Civil War correspondence and records of Henry L. Benning. T he legal papers contain copies of suits and various estate proceedings for a wide variety of individuals; these items reflect other aspects of antebellum life in Georgia, particularly the institution of slavery. Jones's papers included a leather...
Dates: 1795 - 1845