ms_2270.xml Finding Aid to the Christmas Moultrie photograph and article, 1979, undated Written by Elizabeth Delmage Encoding funded by a 2008 Archives-Basic Projects grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Georgia Historical Society.
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 Encoded by Elizabeth Delmage, March 2010 Description is in English Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard MS 2270 Christmas Moultrie photograph and article 1979 1 folder (.05 cubic feet) Moultrie, Christmas, 1857-1956. Collection materials are in English. Georgia Historical Society
, Savannah, Georgia.
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 Subject headings

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Moultrie, Christmas, 1857-1956. Allen, Ward, 1856-1931. Duck Shooting--Georgia. Articles. Photographs. Biographical information

Christmas Moultrie was born a slave on 25 December 1857 on the Mulberry Grove Plantation, west of Savannah, Georgia. He died on 23 April 1956 and is buried in the Cherokee Hill Cemetery in Port Wentworth, Georgia.

 Scope and content note

This collection contains an undated photograph of Christmas Moultrie and a 1979 article written by John Eugene Cay, Jr. entitled, Ducks, Dogs, and Friends, which describes the hunting adventures and relationship between Moultrie and Ward Allen, a professional duck hunter and gentleman from Savannah, Georgia.