Augustin Clayton Businessmen--Georgia--Athens Textile industry--Georgia--Athens Cotton textile industry--Georgia--Athens Men--Georgia--Athens Legislators--United States Lawyers--Georgia--Athens Businesspeople--Georgia--Athens Clayton, Augustin S. (Augustin Smith), 1783-1839 Image of a painting of Augustin Clayton. He is depicted in a suit and white shirt with a high collar. At the end of the 1820s, Clayton, a lawyer who lived in Athens, Georgia, constructed a cotton mill near his hometown, hoping to prove the protective tariff that subsidized northern industry at the expense of southerners unnecessary. New Georgia Encyclopedia Hargrett Library Paintings (visual works) Black-and-white photographs http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Multimedia.jsp?id=m-2336 Georgia Photo File, Neg. 117, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, GA http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1018 Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia Athens (Ga.) Clarke County (Ga.) Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries If you wish to use any Hargrett Library Materials (whole or in part) for publication in electronic or any other form, you must obtain the specific written permission of both the owner of the physical property and the holder of the copyright.