- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter with enclosed] account for printing charges due by the state of Georgia to J. and N. Johnston, 1791 Oct. 6, Savannah, [Georgia] / Ja[me]s Johnston
- Creator:
- Johnston, James,1738-1808
- Date of Original:
- 1791-10-06
- Subject:
- Georgia--Politics and government
Creek Indians--Crimes against
Printing--Accounting - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
accounts - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a letter from James Johnston to an unknown recipient enclosing an account for payment to be made by the state of Georgia to his printing company, J. and N. Johnston, for services rendered from March 11 through October 14, 1790. The most notable charges are those for printing proclamations regarding an attack on an unnamed chief of the Cusseta Creek Indians. A note on the document indicates that the funds to pay Johnston were to be drawn from the state contingent fund.
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:
- tcc862
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc862
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc862#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc862/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Telamon Cuyler, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 5 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 73, folder 03, document 03.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Savannah
6th Oct 1791 --
Sir
Mr Watts having informed me that you would audit the accounts of myself and Son against the Public provided they were attested I have taken the liberty to send them for that purpose. Col. Habersham, (who was on of the Committee of Accounts) would have brought down Certificates for the amount at the breaking up of last Assembly had the accounts been audited -- Provision for payment was made by the appropriation Act -- Should you have any doubts remaining respecting the matter I dare say they can be easily removed by Mr Seaborn Jones who was also on the Committee --
I am Sir Yours respectfully
[Signed] Jas [James] Johnston
Page: [2]
a/c [account]
J & N Johnston
Order taken
7 November 1791.
Page: [3]
State of Georgia
To J & N Johnston Dr.
1790
Mar. 11 To Publishing Col. Fishbourn's Regimental Orders 3 weeks -- £1 1 ~
Apr. 1 " 3 weeks publishing Orders of the Governor respecting Lumber shipped from Savannah ~ 14 ~
June 3 " 3 weeks publishing Proclamation respecting Meeting of the General Assembly ~ 17 6
" 3 Ditto - ditto - respecting qualifying Inferior Officers &c [et cetera] 1 4 6
10 " 12 weeks publishing Auditor's Notice & Extracts from an Act respecting British Debts 11 17 6
July 22 " 7 weeks publishing another Notice of the Auditor's respecting British Debts. - ~ 18 ~
" 3 weeks publishing Notice of the Judges respecting the Roads (
1st April 1790)- ~ 10 6
29 " Publishing Presentments of Grand Jury of Glynn County -- 1 2 6
" Publishing Presentments Grand Jury of Liberty County -- 1 2 6
Aug. 12 " Publishing Presentments of Grand Jury of Chatham County 1 4 ~
19 " 6 weeks publishing Proclamation respecting the firing at a Cussitah Chief 1 16 ~
26 " Publishing Presentments Grand Jury of Effingham County -- ~ 19 6
Amot. Carrd. [Amount Carried] Over -- £23 7 6
Page: [4]
1790 Amt. Brot. [Amount Brought] Over -- £23 7 6
Oct. 14 To 4 weeks publishing Proclamation respecting Cussitah Chief murdered and another Wounded -- 2 9 ~
£25 16 6
45 0 8
70 17 2
The foregoing account, amounting to Twenty five Pounds Sixteen Shillings and Six pence being Printing Charges, due by the State of Georgia, to the Deponent, and provided for by appropriation Act, to be just and true
Sworn to, this
4th day of October 1791. before
[Signed] Justus H. Scheuber J.P. [Justice of the Peace]
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Acct.
State of Georgia
with
J & N Johnston
Provision made by the appropriation Act for the payment of these accounts out of the the Contingent Fund