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Description: The collection consists of the personal, family and business papers of Cave Johnson Couts (1821-1874) and his son, Cave Johnson Couts, Jr. (1856-1943). There is personal and business correspondence, army papers of Cave J. Couts (1837-1855), accounts, land papers, legal papers, survey correspondence and field notes of Cave J. Couts, Jr., family papers, photographs, ephemera, and 250 maps.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1870-1927
Call number: mssCT 2589 (1-5)
Creator: Couts, Cave Johnson (1821-1874)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Mrs. Ida Richardson, 1958.
Associated people: Bandini (Family) (1856-1943.); Couts, Cave Johnson, (1814-1882.); Couts (Family) (1816-1898.)

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