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Brooks County (Ga.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

The Bennet Collection (Electronic Records)

 Digital Collection
Collection number: 9695D111-0B46-B181-4B86-8801D4DB9D17
Dates: 1826 - 1986
Found in: Community Archives Digitization, Access, and Preservation Program

Untitled story describing a near-drowning incident, circa 1854

 Item
Collection number: CA/005-f01-001
Description

Portion of a letter from John Stevens, approximately March 1854. Stevens recounts a "miraculous escape from drowning" while on a boat with Oliver W. Stevens, his son Eddie, and two African Americans, Primus and Alfred, in the area of St. Catherine's Sound, Bryan County, Georgia. Also includes a brief anecdote of Judge [Colonel John] Dooly, namesake of Dooly County, Georgia.

Dates: circa 1854
Found in: Community Archives Digitization, Access, and Preservation Program / CA-005, Bennet Collection / Folder 1: Early 1800s