Papers, 1775-1843.

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Papers, 1775-1843.

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Personal, legal, political, and military papers. A number of letters are concerned with supplies for the militia, orders for troop movements, preventing a landing in Georgia of blacks from the West Indies, and trouble with the Indians. Political correspondence includes Jackson's announcement in 1795 of his candidacy for the state legislature; a letter explaining his refusal to accept the governorship of Georgia in 1788; a copy of the Yazoo Land Act of 1795; a letter referring to attempts to connect Jackson with the sale of western lands, and the testimony of John Guthrie showing the means used in securing passage of the act; and a letter from Abraham Baldwin concerning negotiations to settle Georgia's western boundaries. Legal papers pertain to cases, and include a letter to Joseph Clay protesting the filing of a judgment against Jackson, a letter commenting on William Few's supposed activities to exclude lawyers from Richmond County. Two letters from Jackson to Edward Langworthy relate to materials for a history of Georgia and contain comments on David Ramsay's history of South Carolina and the part played by Georgia in the Revolutionary War.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6971483

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Ramsay, David, 1749-1815

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David Ramsay (April 2, 1749 – May 8, 1815) was an American physician, public official, and historian from Charleston, South Carolina. He was one of the first major historians of the American Revolutionary War. During the Revolution he served in the South Carolina legislature until he was captured by the British. After his release he served as a delegate to the Continental Congress from 1782 to 1783 and again from 1785 to 1786. Afterwards he served in the South Carolina legislature until retiring...

Few, William, 1748-1828

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William Few, Jr. (June 8, 1748 – July 16, 1828) was a farmer, a businessman, and a Founding Father of the United States. Few represented the U.S. state of Georgia at the Constitutional Convention and signed the U.S. Constitution. Few and James Gunn were the first Senators from Georgia. Born in Baltimore County in the Province of Maryland asnd raised there and in Orange County, North Carolina, Few completed preparatory studies and studied law. Admitted to the bar, he commenced practice in Augu...

Baldwin, Abraham, 1754-1807

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Abraham Baldwin (November 22, 1754 – March 4, 1807) was an American minister, Patriot, politician, and Founding Father who signed the United States Constitution. Born and raised in Connecticut, he was a 1772 graduate of Yale College. After the Revolutionary War, Baldwin became a lawyer. He moved to the U.S. state of Georgia in the mid-1780s and founded the University of Georgia. Baldwin was a member of Society of the Cincinnati. Born in Guilford in the Connecticut Colony, Baldwin attended Gui...

Langworthy, Edward, 1738-1802

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Edward Langworthy (1738 – November 2, 1802) was an American Founding Father and teacher who was a delegate to the Continental Congress from Georgia. He signed the Articles of Confederation. Born in Savannah, Georgia, he was raised in the Bethesda Orphan House at Savannah and was educated in the school there. He later taught in that same school. Langworthy began working with Georgia's Committee of Safety and was their secretary when they became a revolutionary Council of Safety on December 11,...

Clay, Joseph, 1764-1811

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Jurist and clergyman. From the description of Deed fragment of Joseph Clay, 1798. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79891283 ...

Georgia. Militia

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Jackson, James, 1757-1806

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James Jackson (1757-1806), U.S. Senator and Georgia Governor (1798-1801) born in Moreton, England. From the description of Letters to Anthony Wayne, 1782. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38478045 U.S. senator from Georgia, 1793-1795, 1801-1806, and governor of Georgia, 1798-1801. From the description of Papers, 1775-1843. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19851544 James Jackson (1757-1806) was born in Devonshire, England. In 1772, he arrived ...

Guthrie, John T., 1942-

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