Documents of a suit against the estate of Button Gwinnett, 1786-1788, Savannah, Ga.

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Documents of a suit against the estate of Button Gwinnett, 1786-1788, Savannah, Ga.

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Dickinson sued Gwinnett's estate to recover an unpaid debt, which included a year's rent of a house and land. The collection consists of a petition, signed by Dickinson's attorney David Rees, for the court to order Lyman Hall, Gwinnett's executor, to appear in court; a subpoena for Hall, with the jury's finding for the plaintiff and Hall's signed acknowledgement on the verso; an attested copy of the bill due Dickinson from the estate; and Rees's formal statement of the settlement and Hall's release.

4 items (4 l.) ; 33 cm. or smaller.

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Gwinnett, Button, c. 1735-1777

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Button Gwinnett (c. 1735 – May 19, 1777) was an English-born American Founding Father who, as a representative of Georgia to the Continental Congress, was one of the signatories (first signature on the left) on the United States Declaration of Independence. Born in the parish of Down Hatherley in the county of Gloucestershire, England, it is believed that he attended the College School, held in Gloucester Cathedral (now called The King's School) as did his older brother, but there is no survi...

Dickinson, Jeremiah, fl. 1767-1788,

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Rees, David, active 1786-1788

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Hall, Lyman, 1724-1790

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Lyman Hall (April 12, 1724 – October 19, 1790) was a Founding Father of the United States, physician, clergyman, and statesman who signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia. Hall County is named after him. He was one of four physicians to sign the Declaration of Independence, along with Benjamin Rush, Josiah Bartlett, and Matthew Thornton. Born in Wallingford, Connecticut, Hall graduated from Yale College in 1747 and was called to the pulpit of Strat...

Chatham County (Ga.). Superior Court.

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