United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.500181781-06-24This is a receipt dated June 24, 1781 for horses bought by Colonel James Greirson (?) of Augusta on behalf of the Crown. The horses were the property of John Benge, Mathew Brewer and Thomas Cade, Cherokee traders, and the receipt itemizes the animals and their estimated value. This receipt was signed by Justices of the Peace Thomas Waters, John Levitt, William Simon, and James Proctor. There is a note at the bottom of the receipt signed by Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Brown stating that he lost the original bill of appraisement associated with this sale.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.text/htmlimage/jpegkrc144engMode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Keith Read, box 21, folder 19, document 01.Cherokee IndiansIndian tradersHorses[Receipt] for horses [bought] in Augusta, [Georgia] 1781 June 22 / sworn [to] by Thomas Waters, John Levitt, William Simon, James ProctorText