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Georgia. Governor. William Ham land grant 1843-1847

Title: William Ham land grant 1843-1847

This collection contains a portion of a land grant to William Ham. The grant was given by Georgia Governor George W. Crawford (1798-1872) and was for 124 acres of land in Bryan County, Georgia. The bottom portion of the land grant is missing.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (.05 cubic feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/166504152 View

Ham, William. Commissions, 1795, 1804.

Title: Commissions, 1795, 1804.

These two items are military commissions for Ham, signed by Washington and Jefferson.

ArchivalResource: 4 leaves.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122609358 View

Brown, Moses, 1742-1827. Moses Brown papers, 1750-1845 (inclusive), 1790-1803 (bulk).

Title: Moses Brown papers, 1750-1845 (inclusive), 1790-1803 (bulk).

The papers date from 1750 to 1845, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1790 to 1803. Included is correspondence, business papers consisting of financial papers, shipping papers, and legal papers, and distillery house orders for rum. Correspondence includes letters mostly written to Moses Brown by ship captains, merchants, and domestic and foreign agents. The letters relate to the price of goods, cargo purchased and sold, updates on voyages cities in the southern United States, the West Indies, and Europe, and shipping details. Business papers include shipping papers consisting of bills of lading, sailing orders, crew lists, ship manifests, and ship account books; financial papers including receipts, bills, invoices for sales and cash disbursements, account statements, and prices current; and legal papers such as contracts, agreements to purchase real estate, and cases involving the illegal seizure of ships owned by Brown. Also included are distillery house orders for rum. Correspondents include William Bartlet, Stephen Holland, William Ham, Martin Parry, Joseph Winthrop, William Wyers, Jr., and the Amsterdam merhcant firm Lange & Bourne. Collection also includes two letters written by Juan Stoughton, Spanish Consul to the United States.

ArchivalResource: 6.5 linear ft. (9 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/669993217 View