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"The Rev. Francis Dill, Presbyterian Minister of Clough, in the county of Down, in connexion with the General Synod of Ulster, John Blackwood, John Anderson, and William Kennedy, on behalf of themselves and all the other members of said congregation... it prays that the said defendants may answer the premises, and that the trusts of the said lease of fee-farm grant of the 13th of May, 1736, be performed and carried into execution; and that it may be declared, that according to the true construction, intent, and meaning thereof, the said meeting-house, grave-yard, and other premises, comprised in the said grant were granted, and are now held in trust for the members of said congregation"--P. [5]-6.
Things New and Strange chronicles a research quest undertaken by G. Wayne Clough, the first secretary of the Smithsonian Institution born in the South. Soon after retiring from the Smithsonian, Clough decided to see what the Smithsonian collections could tell him about South Georgia, where he had spent most of his childhood in the 1940s and 1950s. The investigations that followed, which began as something of a quixotic scavenger hunt, expanded as Clough discovered that the collections had many more objects and documents from South Georgia than he had imagined. These objects illustrate important aspects of southern culture and history and also inspire reflections about how South Georgia has changed over time. Clough’s discoveries—animal, plant, fossil, and rock specimens, along with cultural artifacts and works of art—not only serve as a springboard for reflections about the region and its history, they also bring Clough’s own memories of his boyhood in Douglas, Georgia, back to life. Clough interweaves memories of his own experiences, such as hair-raising escapes from poisonous snakes and selling boiled peanuts for a nickel a bag at the annual auction of the tobacco crop, with anecdotes from family lore, which launches an exploration of his forebears and their place in South Georgia history. In following his engaging and personal narrative, we learn how nonspecialists can use museum archives and how family, community, and natural history are intertwined.