- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Legal] petition of John Whiteside and Thomas Lebreton [on behalf of] Isaac Levy, [to] the King's most Excellent Majesty in Council
- Date of Original:
- 1750/1770
- Subject:
- Creek Indians--Land tenure
Indian land transfers
Bosomworth, Thomas
LeBreton, Thomas
Musgrove, Mary, 1700-1765
Levy, Isaac - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Ossabaw Island, 31.80105, -81.09455
United States, Georgia, Liberty County, Saint Catherines Island, 31.65689, -81.15149
United States, Georgia, McIntosh County, Sapelo Island, 31.39745, -81.27871 - Medium:
- petitions
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This undated document is an incomplete legal petition to the King of England from John Whiteside and Thomas Lebreton, agents on behalf of Isaac Levy. These two pages of the petition declare that Levy purchased the three islands of Ossabaw, Sapelo, and St. Catherine's from Thomas Bosomworth and his wife Mary (a.k.a. Mary Musgrove or Coosaponakeesa), to whom they had reportedly been granted by the Creek Indians. According to the petition, Levy settled on and began improving his newly acquired lands at a considerable expense. A complete version of this petition also appears as krc043.
Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. - Local Identifier:
- krc049
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_krc049
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_krc049#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_krc049/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Keith Read, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 2 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Keith Read, box 02, folder 76, document 01.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
To the kings most Excellent majesty in Council
The humble petition of John Whiteside & Thomas Lebreton of [illegible text] Court [illegible text] gentlemen agents for & on behalf of Isaac Levy formerly of broad street London Esqr. [Esquire] but now resident at Philada [Philadelphia] in America
Sheweth
That the Revd [Reverend] Thomas Bosomworth & Mary his wife otherwise called Consaponakesa ye princess & natural & Lawfull heires [Lawful heiress] of [unclear text: ye ] upper & lower creek indian [deleted text: Nation ] Countrys [Countries] in America being in England in the year
1754 Entered into a Treaty with Isaac Levy for [unclear text: ye ] sale of [illegible text] Moiety of the Islands St. Catherines, Useba & Sapala wch. [which] had been duly conveyed & granted by Opiya Mico, Emperor of [unclear text: ye ] Upper & Lower creek Nations on behalf of himself his Subjects & vassalls [vassals] unto the said Thomas Bosomworth & Mary his wife otherwise the princes [princess] consaponakesa & which grant had been duly ratified by Seven kinds of the creek Nations in their general assembly & the original Treatys [Treaties] entered into by Lieuten [document damaged: ant ] general Oglethorpe by virtue of yr. [your] majesty
Page: [2]
Authority on behalf of the Trustees for establishing your majestys Colony of Georgia in America having been [unclear text: produced ] together with such grants & conveyances with other authentick [authentic] evidences of the said Th. [Thomas] Bosomworth & Mary his wife, the said Is [Isaac] Levy agreed to their propo [added text: s ] als & advanced them Several sums of money thereupon
That by Articles of Agreement of
14 October 1754 the said Tho [Thomas] Bosomworth & Mary his wife covenanted & agreed to convey a moiety of [unclear text: ye ] said Islands to the said Is [Isaac] Levy his heirs & Assigns forever on or before the
18th. of the same October.
That in pursuance of such Articles of Agreement ye said Ths. [Thomas] Bosomworth & his wife by indentures of lease & release of [unclear text: ye ]
17 &
1 day of October 1754 & bargain & Sale Inrolled [Enrolled] conveyed a moiety of the said 3 Islands to [unclear text: ye ] said Is [Isaac] Levy his heirs & assigns forever
That the said Is [Isaac] Levy on obtaining this conveyance settled all his affairs in England & went to live in America & hath [unclear text: been ] at a great expence [expense] in improving his aforesaid acquisitions.
That the said Is [Isaac] Levy hath lately discovered that [unclear text: ye ] said Ths. [Thomas] Bosomworth some time since unknown to the said Isaac Levy entered into a Treaty [pages missing]