<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:coverage>United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018</dc:coverage><dc:creator>Mossman, James</dc:creator><dc:date>1780-12-02</dc:date><dc:description>Petition of the merchants of Savannah and other inhabitants of Georgia to Governor James Wright requesting protection from seizures of goods and other depredations perpetrated by "French &amp; Rebels" particularly in respect to the waterways and shipping lanes along the Sea Islands Signed James Mossman, George Baillie, William Telfair, Samuel Douglass, Alexander J. Speirs, Owen Owens, George Ker, William Thomas, Henry Keall, Ross and McCricby, John Hood, David Zubly, Junr., John Storr, Benjamin Milson, Patrick Crookshanks, William Wallace, Thomas Tollemach, S.H. Jenkins, Alexander McGown, Henry Keall for William Struthers, John Wallace, John McIver, Thomas Mills, Alexander Gay, George Macaulay, James Belcher, James Herriot, Peter Henry Morel, John Morel, Peter Dean, William Jones</dc:description><dc:format>application/pdf</dc:format><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:rights>http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/</dc:rights><dc:source>Box 38e Folder 12, Telamon Cuyler collection, ms 1170, series 1. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries</dc:source><dc:subject>Governors--Georgia</dc:subject><dc:subject>Georgia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783</dc:subject><dc:subject>Shipping--Georgia</dc:subject><dc:subject>Seizure of vessels and cargoes--Law and legislation--Georgia</dc:subject><dc:subject>United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783</dc:subject><dc:subject>Merchants--Political activity--Georgia</dc:subject><dc:title>Georgia. Governor James Wright</dc:title><dc:type>Text</dc:type></oai_dc:dc>