- Collection:
- Continental Congress collection
- Title:
- Continental Congress collection
- Creator:
- Andrew, Benjamin, 1730-1799
Clay, Joseph, fl. 1773
DeVeaux, James
Elbert, Samuel, 1740-1788
Gibbons, William, 1750-1800
Houstoun, William, 1755-1813
Jones, George, 1766-1838
Jones, Noble Wimberly, 1723-1805
Telfair, Edward, ca. 1735-1807
Wood, Joseph, fl. 1777 - Date of Original:
- 1773/1798
- Subject:
- Correspondence
Generals--Georgia--Autographs
Governors--Georgia--Autographs
Legislators--Georgia--Autographs
Legislators--Georgia--Correspondence
Politicians--Georgia--Autographs
Politicians--Georgia--Correspondence
Real property--Georgia
United States. Continental Congress - People:
- George, III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820--Finance, Personal
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- legislative records
certificates
receipts (financial records)
signatures (names) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Eight Georgia-related Continental Congress pieces. The pieces are: 1.) D.s. by Noble W. Jones and Joseph Clay, a printed certificate for the "sum of twenty-shillings, being issued for the purposes mentioned in an Act entitled 'An Act for granting to his Majesty the sum of Four Thousand Two Hundred and Ninety-nine Pounds,'" dated "Georgia, 1773"; 2.) D.s. by General Samuel Elbert, March 15, 1785, certificate for bounty of land; 3.) D.s. by Benjamin Andrew, Savannah, June 22, 1785; 4.) A.L.s. by Joseph Clay, Savannah, March 4, 1773, on commercial matters including the sale of salt; 5.) L.s. by W. Gibbons, Joseph Clay, and US Senator George Jones, Savannah, March 12 [14], 1798, regarding the appointment of Tax Collector for Chatham Co.; 6.) D.s. by Edward Telfair, April 6, 1784, regarding land warrants; 7.) Two autograph receipts, signed by William C. Houston, April 15, 1786, on verso of a bill for legal fees; 8.) D.s. by Joseph Wood, on verso of a bill rendered to Georgia by James DeVeaux, January 19, 1777, bill is for boat hire for the "use of the detachments doing duty on the Skidoway & Hoseba islands."
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:guan_3315_harg3315-001-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:guan_3315_harg3315-001-001
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
