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Manuscripts
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- Margaret Davis Cate Collection, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library. University of Georgia Libraries. Athens, Georgia.
- Account Book of Stephen Habersham, Grove Plantation Near Savannah, 1858. Georgia Historical Society. Savannah, Georgia.
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