- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Receipt] for dray hire, 1807 July 16, Savannah, [Georgia] / [received by] Henry Cuningham
- Date of Original:
- 1807-07-16
- Subject:
- Five Civilized Tribes--Government relations
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 July 16, 1807 for thirty-two dollars paid by U.S. agent Levi Sheftall to Henry H. Cunningham for the use of his wagon (and horse ?) to transport goods that constitute part of an (unspecified) Indian annuity. A portion of the goods were also designated to be delivered to an unidentified garrison, probably on the Hiwassee River. Mordecai Sheftall also signed the receipt as a witness.
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:
- krc155
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_krc155
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_krc155#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_krc155/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 07.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Savannah
16th July 1807
Received of Levi Sheftall U. S. Agent thirty two dollars for dray hire of the goods for the Garrison & the Indian Anuitys [Annuities], also Eighteen Dollars, for portarage [porterage] of the Same, also Six Dollars for the hauling Six Useless Carages [Carriages] and Cutting out the Iron from them for which I have Signed duplicate receipts --
[Signed] Henry Cunningham his
[Signed] H mark
Witness
[Signed] Mor [Mordecai] Sheftall
Dray.
$32.00
$18.00
$6.00
$56.00
Page: [2]
Receipt Henry Cuningham
16th July -- 1807 No 2