United States Customhouse (St. Marys, Ga.) -- District of St. Marys

Scope and Contents Customs Records from the Port of St. Marys, and the subordinate customs house along the Great Satilla. The customs house in St. Marys was in use from the late 1700s until 1913 when the customs house was moved to Fernandina, Fla. These records were slated to be thrown into a dumpster in 1987. When a local citizen heard about the plans he rescued the documents.Most of the loose records consist of correspondence dealing with fees, taxes, reports: statistics, seizures, fines,...

Description Communications authorizing distributions of funds, stubs of "Certification of Tonnage", stubs of receipts for duties and fees, "abstracts of tonnage duty," and a letter requesting a "statement of fees on American and Foreign shipping".J. Mason Rice – Collector of Customs Thomas Foster Black – Collector of Customs C.W. Robbins – Deputy Collectore of Customs Capt. Mitchelle (Angelia) A. Freeman Christian Peters "Auguste Fritze" (German vessel) "Kinigin Augustus" (German vessel)...

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence, family records, photos, and artifacts from Beatrice Lang. Corresondence includes personal and business-related matters. The bulk of the collection cosists of biographical materials on various Lang family members. It should be noted, that the Mary Givens Bryan collection was held and donated by Beatrice Lang, but is considered a seperate collection.