Sheftall family collection, 1733-1827.

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Sheftall family collection, 1733-1827.

Sheftall family collection, 1733-1827.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173482528

This collection consists of two rolls of microfilmed documents pertaining to the Sheftall family. Documents on the microfilm include legal papers, personal letters, and account statements. The first roll includes items in the Keith Read collection at the University of Georgia. The second roll includes family papers from the private collection of Marion Abrahams Levy. The papers on this roll of microfilm are divided into four series. The first contains legal documents, letters and statements of accounts (1758-1794) of the Sheftall (Sheftall, Mordecai, Moses, Francis) family of Savannah, including letters from James Gunn and Abraham Baldwin. Most of the items relate to the Revolutionary War and Constitutional Convention periods. Item 6 describes the battle for Savannah in 1780. The second series contains letters, legal documents, petitions, and accounts (1733-1810) relating to the Sheftall family of Savannah. Several letters relate to the Continental prisoners of war held at Antigua Island and Charles Town (1799-1781). Several other letters relate to the actions of the U.S. Congress on the petition of Mordecai Sheftall for expenses incurred during the Revolution. Correspondents include: Mordecai Sheftall; Sheftall Sheftall; Allen Campbell; and James Jackson. The third series contains a memorial of land, an extract of House of Assembly minutes, letters, a certificate of exchange of prisoners, a receipt, a lottery ticket, a Justice of the Inferior Court commission, and a Savannah Hospital and Poorhouse lottery ticket. The items in the third series are restricted from reproduction and publication. The fourth series contains correspondence, receipts, a bill of sale, the affidavit of David Rose, and a regimental order and certified copy of parole issued to Sheftall Sheftall. The collection was assembled by the Georgia Historical Society.

2 microfilm rolls

Georgia Historical Society