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Folder 4: Reade Manuscript-Scrapbook, 1956
File — Box: 3, Folder: 4
Collection number: Folder 4
Scope and Contents
Frank Reade's 'book' "Ride Boldly, Ride" on his grandfather Frank Smith Robertson CSA Wonderful family history.
Reade, Frank R. "Ride Boldly, Ride," 1956. Manuscript. Frank R. Reade Papers (UA-2-1-3), Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10428/1167
Dates:
1956
Reminiscences of a bank employee and his travels along the coast of Georgia, 1826
Item
Collection number: CA/005-f02-001
Description
Reminiscences (dated 1826) of an employee of the Bank of the State of Georgia in Savannah, about his business travels to Darien, Augusta, and Athens, with stops in Washington, Cherokee Corner, and Wassaw sound, by stage and by sea vessel. He recounts the people he met along the way and stories from his journeys, including an anxious trip by sea from Darien to Savannah while safeguarding $175,000 of the banks's money.
Dates:
1826