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jonescharlescolcock Inventory of the Charles Colcock Jones Papers, 1757-1926 Processed by: Kimberly Sims; machine-readable finding aid created by: Kimberly Sims David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

Aleph Number: 000864976

Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: January 2010Processed by Kimberly Sims, January 2010; finding aid encoded by Kimberly Sims, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, January 2010 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS and local Style Guide Inventory of the Charles Colcock Jones Papers, 1757-1926 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

Descriptive Summary David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University Jones, Charles Colcock, 1831-1893 Charles Colcock Jones Papers, 1757-1926 Material in English approx. 4.5 Linear Feet approx. 920 Items For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Jones was a lawyer, collector, Confederate soldier and historian from Savannah, GA. Collection includes correspondence, journals, commonplace books, lecture notes, scrapbooks, autograph albums and other papers. The material ranges in date from 1757-1926. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Charles Colcock Jones Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University

Provenance

The Charles Colcock Jones Papers were acquired by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as between 1941-1958.

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Processed by Kimberly Sims, January 2010

Encoded by Kimberly Sims, January 2010

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Biographical Note

Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. was born October 28, 1831 in Savannah, GA to a Presbyterian Minister. He graduated from Princeton University in 1852 and received a law degree from Harvard University in 1855. That same year, Jones returned to Savannah and was elected mayor in 1860. Jones served in the Confederate army during the Civil War and moved to New York City after the war to rebuild his lost fortune. In 1877, Jones returned to Georgia where he began to write and publish books about Georgia's history and collecting historical materials. He died in 1893.

Collection Overview

The collections contains correspondence, journals, commonplace books, lecture notes on literature, natural philosophy, and physics, scrapbooks, addresses, autograph albums, and other papers, many dealing with the collecting of historical materials. Many letters from famous literary and civic figures are in acknowledgment of copies of Jones' books. Other subjects include Washington's Indian policy; hardships of travel to and life in California in the mid-19th century; Union volunteer generals of foreign birth; numbers of troops furnished to the U.S. Army by certain states (1861-1865); campaigns, battles, and conditions during the Civil War; manufacturing in Georgia; militia in Chatham Co., Ga., during the Revolution; slavery; and abolitionists. Includes records of the Harvard Law School Moot Court, and the manuscript texts of Jones' The History of Georgia (1883) and of The History of the Church of God (1867) by Jones' father, Charles Colcock Jones. There are also two manuscript maps with information on the Battle of Savannah (29 Dec. 1778) drawn by Jones for his books Siege of Savannah and The Life and Services of the Honorable Maj. Gen. Samuel Elbert, of Georgia.

Subject Headings

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Jones, Charles Colcock, 1831-1893 Harvard Law School. United States. Army--Officers. Abolitionists--United States. Historians--Southern States. Indians of North America--Government relations--1789-1869. Slavery--United States. Industries--Georgia. California--Description and travel. Chatham County (Ga.)--Militia. Georgia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. Savannah (Ga.)--History--18th century. South Carolina--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. Southern States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns. Related Material Edgar G. Dawson Papers, 1845-1889 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library; Duke University John Brown Gordon Papers, 1872-1949 (bulk 1877-1899) David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library; Duke University Bibliography Penn, Neil S.. Charles Colcock Jones Jr., Georgia Archaeologist, Collector and Historian. Master's Thesis (Durham, NC: Duke University, 1958). Contents of Collection Correspondence Series, 1775-1907, undated (3 boxes) 1Correspondence, 1775-1872 2Correspondence, 1873-1886 3Correspondence, 1887-1907, undated Clippings and Printed Material Series, 1760-1888 (1 box) 4Clippings, 1760-1888 Printed Material, 1877-1886 Addresses, Writings and Notes Series, 1807-1899, undated (5 boxes) 5Addresses and Writings (Miscellany), 1807-1899, undated Casimir Pulaski The Lovers of Ty-sing-pan 6Negro Myth from the Georgia Coast Told in the Vernacular 7Biographical Sketches of the Deligates from Georgia to the Continental Congress Volumes [?] 8Notes on the History of Georgia, 1730s-1770s Notes (Miscellany) 9Notes on the History of Georgia, 1780-1809 Other Papers and Oversize Series, 1757-1891, undated (1-2 boxes plus folders) 10Legal papers, 1757-1883 Financial papers, 1763-1891 Military reports, 1863-1864 Miscellany Pictures Volumes [?] 1Papers, 1764-1809 and manuscript maps of the Battle of Savannah (1778) 2Military reports 6th 17:CPapers, 1852 [doublecheck stacks on this material - not listed in catalog] 11Georgia Portfolio, II Volumes Series, 1850-1894 M-2005Address on Sergeant Jasper before Hibernian Society, 1881(53 pages)

Augusta, Ga.

L-2006Anicent Monuments of the Etowah Valley, read before Georgia Historical Society-A series, 1864-1865(79 pages)

Savannah, Georgia

M-2007Autograph album used for classmates and professors at Princeton University, 1852 M-2008Commonplace Book, 1852(309 pages)

Nassua Hall, Princeton, New Jersey

L-2010History of the Church of God (Vol. 1), 1854-1855(276 pages)

Augusta, Georgia

L-2011History of the Church of God (Vol. 2), 1855-1856(592 pages)

Augusta, Georgia

L-2012History of the Church of God (Vol. 3), 1856-1860(315 pages)

Augusta, Georgia

L-2013History of the Church of God (Vol. 4), 1856-1858(290 pages)

Augusta, Georgia

L-2014History of the Church of God (Vol. 5), 1858-1860(161 pages)

Augusta, Georgia

F-2015History of Georgia, 1883, Vol. 1 Part 1 F-2016History of Georgia (1883), Vol. 1, Part 2 F-2017History of Georgia (1883), Vol. 2 Part 1 F-2018History of Georgia (1883), Vol. 2, Part 2 S-2019Journal, 1879 June 4-July 5(150 pages)

Journal of a trip to Europe; description of journey from New York to Liverpool.

S-2020Journal, 1879 July 6-15(125 pages)

Journal of a trip to Europe; London and its vicinity.

S-2021Journal, 1879 July 16- 26(152 pages)

Journal of a trip to Europe; Northern England and Scotland.

S-2022Journal, 1879 July 27-Aug. 5(152 pages)

Journal of a trip to Europe; Scotland, Belgium, Germany.

S-2023Journal, 1879 Aug. 16-17(152 pages)

Journal of a trip to Europe; Germany, Austria, Italy.

S-2024Journal, 1879 Aug. 18-23(151 pages)

Journal of at rip to Europe; Italy, Switzerland.

S-2025Journal, 1879 Aug. 24-Sept. 3(121 pages)

Journal of a trip to Europe; Switzerland, France.

S-2026Journal, 1879 Sept. 4-16(131 pages)

Journal of a trip to Europe; France.

S-2027Journal, 1879 Sept. 18-Oct. 15(115 pages)

Journal of a trip to Europe; France, England, Homeward.

M-2028Lecture notes (Literature), 1850(236 pages)

Princeton University, New Jersey

L-2029Lecture notes (Natural Philosophy), 1851(300 pages)

Princeton University, New Jersey

L-2030Lecture notes (Physics), 1851(400 pages)

Princeton University, New Jersey

M-2031Letter Press Copy Book, 1864(500 pages)

Savannah, Georgia

L-2032Letter Press Copy Book, 1864-1867(1024 pages)

Location unknown, note on card says pages shattered.

L-2033Letter Press Copy Book, 1867-1869(974 pages)

Wall Street, New York

L-2034Letter Press Copy Book, 1869-1870(951 pages)

Augusta, Georgia; Missing

L-2035Letter Press Copy Book, 1870-1872(994 pages)

Wall Street, New York

L-2036Letter Press Copy Book, 1872-1874(999 pages)

Wall Street, New York

L-2037Letter Press Copy Book, 1874-1876(995 pages)

Augusta, Georgia; pages shattering

L-2038Letter Press Copy Book, 1876-1877(976 pages)

Augusta, Georgia

L-2039Letter Press Copy Book, 1877-1878(708 pages)

Augusta, Georgia

L-2040Letter Press Copy Book, 1877-1881(552 pages)

Augusta, Georgia

L-2041Letter Press Copy Book, 1878-1880(696 pages)

Augusta, Georgia

L-2042Letter Press Copy Book, 1880(708 pages)

Augusta, Georgia

L-2043Letter Press Copy Book, 1881(708 pages)

Augusta, Georgia

L-2044Letter Press Copy Book, 1881-1883(701 page)

Augusta, Georgia

F-2045Letter Press Copy Book, 1881-1883(500 pages)

Augusta, Georgia

F-2046Letter Press Copy Book, 1883(702 pages)

Augusta, Georgia

F-2047Letter Press Copy Book, 1883-1884(697 pages)

Augusta, Georgia

F-2048Letter Press Copy Book, 1884-1885(700 pages)

Augusta, Georgia

F-2049Letter Press Copy Book, 1884-1885(991 pages)

Augusta, Georgia

F-2050Letter Press Copy Book, 1885-1886(998 pages)

Augusta, Georgia

F-2051Letter Press Copy Book, 1885-1889(697 pages)

Augusta, Georgia

F-2052Letter Press Copy Book, 1886(994 pages)

Augusta, Georgia

F-2053Letter Press Copy Book, 1886-1887(989 pages)

Augusta, Georgia

F-2054Letter Press Copy Book, 1887-1888(999 pages)

Augusta, Georgia

F-2055Letter Press Copy Book, 1888(1000 pages)

Augusta, Georgia

F-2056Letter Press Copy Book, 1888-1889(997 pages)

Augusta, Georgia

F-2057Letter Press Copy Book, 1889-1890(697 pages)

Augusta, Georgia

F-2058Letter Press Copy Book, 1889-1890(996 pages)

Augusta, Georgia

F-2059Letter Press Copy Book, 1890(999 pages)

Augusta, Georgia

F-2060Letter Press Copy Book, 1890-1891(995 pages)

Augusta, Georgia

F-2061Letter Press Copy Book, 1890-1893(698 pages)

Augusta, Georgia

F-2062Letter Press Copy Book, 1891-1892(997 pages)

Augusta, Georgia

F-2063Letter Press Copy Book, 1892-1893(998 pages)

Augusta, Georgia

F-2065Letter Press Copy Book, 1893-1894(1004 pages)

Augusta, Georgia

M-2066Occasional Addresses, 1882-1883; newspaper clippings(130 pages)

Savannah, Georgia

M-2067Records of Harvard Law School Moot Court, 1853-1854(144 pages) M-2068Scrapbook; Antiquities of Georgia, 1877-1878(75 pages)

Augusta, Georgia

F-2069The Private Soldier of the Present Revolution, 1864(47 pages)

Savannah, Georgia

ff-756Autograph letters and portraits of the signers of the Constitution of the Confederate States, collected by Charles Colcock Jones, Jr.(151 pages) ff-775Original roster of general officers, War Dept.-Adjutant General's office, [1861-1865?](65 pages)