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Johnston, George. State of Georgia act, 1806.

Title: State of Georgia act, 1806.

Act, 1806, is an amendment titled "An Act for ordering and governing slaves within this province and for establishing a jurisdiction for the trial of offenses committed by such slaves and other persons therein mentioned and to prevent the inveighing and carrying away of slaves from their masters, owners, or employers". The Act was signed by Benjamin Whitaker, Speaker of the House of Representatives and Edward Telfair, President of the Senate, and was approved by Ga. Governor Jared Irwin.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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James Furgerson land grant, 1807.

Title: James Furgerson land grant, 1807.

The collection consists of a land grant for 202 1/2 acres of land in Baldwin County, to James Furgerson of Oglethorpe County. Dated February 2, 1807, signed by Jared Irwin.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (0.1 linear feet).

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Twiggs, John, 1750-1816. John Twiggs papers, 1781-1812.

Title: John Twiggs papers, 1781-1812.

This collection consists of an order book (including a typed index of names), 1792-1812, correspondence, and other papers. Many of the papers concern the Georgia Militia, Native American fighting and the political situation in Georgia. Correspondents include Samuel Stirk, Nathanael Greene, Thomas Galphin, John Habersham, John Watts, George Handley, Joel Meriwether, John Appling, Edward Telfair, Jared Irwin, William Glascock, George Mathews, J. Evans Lunt, James McNeel, Jonas Fauche, John McKenzie, and John Car Smith. Many of these letters are photocopies. Also included is "A plan of operations to be carried out against the Creek Indians;" the document is unsigned.

ArchivalResource: 3 folders (.25 cubic feet)

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Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Volume 14, Miscellany, 1784-1860

Title: Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Volume 14, Miscellany, 1784-1860

Portraits, prints, letters, documents, and printed material tipped into Volume 14 of the extra-illustrated quarto edition of Washington Irving's Life of George Washington (New York: G.P. Putnam & Co., 1855-1856) (Rare E 312 I72 ++ 1898) Portraits: Washington Irving, James McHenry, Rufus King, Andres Jackson (3), Thomas Jefferson, Lafayette (2), Charles Cotesworth Pickney (2), James Monroe, Elbridge Gerry, Charles Maurice Talleyrand Perigord (2), Oliver Ellsworth, William Richardson Davie, J. K. Paulding, Martha Washington, Benjamin West, George III, Antonius Canova, Guissepe Ceracchi, James Thatcher, John Trumbull, Thomas Crawford, Lawrence Washington, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington. Prints: Residence and Tomb of Washington, Mount Vernon, on the Potomac; Washington's House, Mount Vernon; The Chamber of Deputies; High Street from the Country Market Place, Philadelphia, with the Commemoration of the Death of General Washington; The Tomb of Washington, Mount Vernon. Letters: ALS, George Palmer Putnam to S. Montgomery Bond, October 23, 1856; ALS, Timothy Pickering to Joseph Anderson, et al., March 24, 1800;ALS, Edmund Randolph to Mr. Vanuxen [with extract of AL to Mr. LeNormand], [April 25, 1791], on verso of which ALS, Joseph Anderson to John Sevier; ALS, James McHenry to Governor of Tennessee [John Sevier], August 1, 1797; A[part. aman.]LS, Pierre Auguste Adet to Governor of Massachusetts [Samuel Adams], June 26, 1795; ALS, Thomas Pinckney to Grimke, August 17, 1787; ALS, Jacob Bache to Smith Thompson, June 16, 1827; ALS, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney to Thomas Pinckney, June 27, 1793; ALS, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney to Mr. Petit de Villers, June 10, 1814; ALS, Andrew Jackson to Isaac Shelby, December 31, 1818; A[aman.]LS, Thomas Jefferson to Governor of Connecticut [Samuel Huntington], April 26, 1793; ALS[copy], Charles Cotesworth Pinckney to LeRoy and Bayard, May 31, 1794; ALS, U.S. Congress. House of Representatives. Committee of Representatives to Governor of Georgia [with signatures fo Elbridge Gerry, W. Smith, and J. Parker], May 9, 1789; ALS, Elbridge Gerry to Colonel Peabody, March 5, 1784; ALS, James McHenry to Governor of Georgia [Jared Irwin], October 24, 1796; ALS, Timothy Pickering to Anthony Wayne, October 17, 1795; ALS, Henry Knox to James Lloyd, Jr., August 11, 1806; ALS, Henry Knox to Henry Jackson, August 31, 1796; ALS, Patrick Henry to Governor of Georgia [Edward Telfair], February 23, 1786. Letters (continued): ALS, Henry William Saussure to John Trumbull, January 23, 1800; ALS, Henry Theodore Tuckerman to Messers. Morris & Willis, September 27, 1860; ALS, Jean Antonin Houdon to John Trumbull [concerning a proposed statue of Washington], August 19, 1805; AL[draft], John Trumbull to Mr. King "respecting a monument to Gen. Washington," February 1800; ALS, John Trumbull to [?], February 28, 1800; AL, John Trumbull to Inhabitants of the City of New York [concerning a monument to General Washington], [n.d.]; ALS[init.], John Trumbull to Charles Bulfinch, June 12, 1800; ALS, James Hillhouse to John Trumbull, June 29, 1806; ALS, John Trumbull to Joseph Hall, July 26, 1799; ALS, [John Trumbull] to Mr. Clancy, [n.d.]; ALS, John Trumbull to Thomas Sergent, July 17, 1820; AL[draft]S, John Trumbull to [?], May 8, 1793; AL[draft]S, John Trumbull to Antonio C. Poggi, May 25, 1793; ALS, Dorothy Payne Todd Madison to James Laurie, August 11, 1836. Documents: ADS, Tennessee. Militia. Muster Roll [with signatures of Andrew Jackson and Robert Hays], December 19, 1812; A[aman.]DS, U.S. House of Representatives. Motion, signed by John Beckley, May 3, 1789. Printed: George Washington, the Most Illustrious Patriot of the Annals of Modern History Record.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume (68 items).

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Twiggs, John. Papers, 1781-1786.

Title: Papers, 1781-1786.

Collection contains Twigg's papers including a letter, 1781, to Twiggs from James Jackson (possibly the general) concerning an attack on the British near Ogeechee, Ga.; a letter from Twiggs to a merchant concerning clothing for his slaves; and a letter, 1786, to Twiggs from Jared Irwin, asking for help against the Creek Indians along the Oconee River.

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39537437 View