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Box 4: Alapaha General Store Manifest, 1851

 Box — Box: 4
Collection number: Box 4

Scope and Contents

The Alapaha Store manifest is a handwritten accounting of the goods and customers that visited the Alapaha Store, a post road general store in Lakeland, Georgia, (which used to be called Alapaha. Alapaha became Milltown, which became Lakeland) between January - December, 1851. The manifest was repurposed as a scrapbook around 1870 and features newspaper clippings from national and regional papers with excerpts of poetry, bible sermons, and stories.  This item has been digitized on Vtext.

Dates

  • 1851

Creator

  • From the Collection: Unknown (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 4.00 Boxes

From the Collection: 4 Digital links

Language

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Valdosta State University Archives, Odum Library
1500 N. Patterson St.
Valdosta GA 30601 United States
7063728116
229-259-5055 (Fax)