John Twiggs papers, 1781-1812.

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John Twiggs papers, 1781-1812.

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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.

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Habersham, Joseph, 1751-1815

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Joseph Habersham (July 28, 1751 – November 17, 1815) was an American businessman, Georgia politician, soldier in the Continental Army, and Postmaster General of the United States. Born in Savannah, Georgia, he attended preparatory schools and Princeton College and became successful merchant and planter. Habersham was a member of the council of safety and the Georgia Provincial Council in 1775 and a major of a battalion of Georgia militiamen and subsequently a colonel in the 1st Georgia Regime...

Telfair, Edward, 1735-1807

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Edward Telfair (1735 – September 17, 1807) was a Scottish-born American Founding Father and politician who served as the Governor of the state of Georgia between 1786 and 1787, and again from 1790 through 1793. He was a member of the Continental Congress, and one of the signers of the Articles of Confederation. Born on his family's ancestral estate in western Scotland, Telfair graduated from the Kirkcudbright Grammar School before acquiring commercial training. He immigrated to America in 175...

Irwin, Jared, 1768-1818

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Twiggs, John, 1750-1816.

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John Twiggs (1750-1816) of Burke County, Ga., major general during the American Revolution, married Ruth Emanuel and was the father of David Emanuel Twiggs (1790-1862). From the description of John Twiggs papers, 1943 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 46350541 John Twiggs (1750-1816) moved to Georgia from Maryland. He was a Revolutionary War soldier and a Major-General of the Georgia Militia. In 1783 he brokered a treaty commission in Augusta for the State of Georgia with th...

Georgia. Militia

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Stirk, Samuel, 1756-1793

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Samuel Stirk (1756-1793) was an attorney in Savannah, Georgia and later Attorney General of Georgia. During the Revolutionary War he was a Lt. Colonel of the Georgia Militia. Stirk was a member of the Executive Council in 1777 and a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1781, but he did not attend the meeting. From the description of Samuel Stirk deed and letter, 1783-1784. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477966 ...

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

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Revolutionary War officer. From the description of Papers, 1778-1786. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19593641 Army officer. From the description of Nathanael Greene papers, 1775-1785. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979865 Nathanael Greene was a major general in the Continental Army. He was promoted to Quartermaster General in 1778. From the description of Papers, 1778-1780. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat ...

Mathews, George, 1739-1812

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Army officer, governor, and U.S. representative of Georgia. From the description of Land grant of George Mathews, 1793. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452870 Member of the U.S. Congress, 1789-1791, and governor of Georgia, 1793-1796. From the description of Papers, 1786-1794. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20030137 George and Sampson Mathews, sons of John Mathews, were men of prominence in Augusta County, Virginia. Sampson Mathews rose ...

Handley, George

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Revolutionary soldier, governor of Georgia, from Augusta (Richmond Co.), Ga. From the description of Papers, 1783-1788. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19657433 ...

Glascock, W. N. (William Nugent), 1787?-1847

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