- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Receipt] for transportation of Cherokee an[n]uities, 1807 June 5, Savannah, Georgia
- Date of Original:
- 1807-06-05
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Government relations
Trading posts
Annuities - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- receipts (financial records)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This document is a receipt dated June 5, 1807 in the amount of twelve dollars and fifty cents from U. S. agent Levi Sheftall to Seth Kellam (?) for the transportation of Cherokee annuities, which probably included provisions and various utensils. The receipt is signed by George Kellam (?) on behalf of his father, Seth, and witnessed by Mordecai Sheftall. Also mentioned is Jonathan Halstead, U.S. factor at the Ocmulgee Old Fields factory.
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:
- krc153
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_krc153
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_krc153#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_krc153/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 25, folder 06, document 05.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Savannah
5th. June 1807
Received from Levi Sheftall United States agent twelve dollars and fifty cents for the transportation [added text: as [unclear text: pr. Rect. [per Receipt] ] to the ocmulgee old fields ] of five hundred and Six weight of Cherokee Anuities [Annuities] transported as pr [per] receipt Given to Atton Pemberton which is lost or mislaid, as pr. [per] Jonathan Halstead Esqr. [Esquire] Receipt or order -- U. S. Factors for which I have Signed duplicate receipts -- for my father Seth Kellam
[Signed] [unclear text: Geo. [George] ] Kellam
Witness
[Signed] Mor [Mordecai] Sheftall
Page: [2]
Seth Kellam
by his son
[unclear text: Geo. [George] ] Kellam
No. [Number] 2 --
1807