ms_1736.xml Finding Aid to the D. G. Duncan and William Duncan letters to Godfrey Barnsley, 1850-1851 Written by Lynette Stoudt Georgia Historical Society.
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 Encoded by Lynette Stoudt, October 2007 Description is in English Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard MS 1736 D. G. Duncan and William Duncan letters to Godfrey Barnsley 1850-1851 1 folder (.05 cubic feet) Duncan, D.G. Duncan, William Collection materials are in English Georgia Historical Society
, Savannah, Georgia.
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 Subject headings

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Barnsley, Godfrey, 1805-1873 Duncan, D.G. Duncan, William Letters (correspondence) Biographical information

The authors of the letters, D. G. Duncan and William Duncan, both wrote the letters from Savannah, Georgia. Godfrey Barnsley, cotton factor and merchant, married Julia Henrietta Scarborough of Savannah and lived and worked in Savannah and New Orleans. Barnsley settled on a North Georgia plantation known as Woodlands and later as Barnsley Gardens (Adairsville, GA).

 Scope and content note

This collection contains two letters to Godfrey Barnsley from D. G. Duncan and William Duncan. Letter topics include Woodlands, the cotton crop, and an impending trip to Liverpool, England. The collection also includes transcripts of the letters created by the donor of the collection.