Letters, 1780-1811.

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Letters, 1780-1811.

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Letters pertaining to Stephens' business and legal affairs, as well as a letter in which he complains to Governor Richard Howley about the lack of a jail in Augusta and the consequent lawlessness in the county. One letter to Abraham Mims in Newport, R.I., was written from the Stephens family vacation home in Providence.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Howly, Richard, 1740-1784

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Richard Howly (1740 – December 1784), sometimes spelled Howley, was an American planter and lawyer from Liberty County, Georgia. He served briefly as the Governor of Georgia in 1780, as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1780 and 1781, and as Chief Justice of Georgia in 1782 and 1783. Born in Liberty County in the Province of Georgia, Howly pursued an academic course, studied law, and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in St. John's Parish, Georgia and also engaging in the pl...

Howley, Richard Vincent, 1836-1912

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Mims, Abraham.

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Stephens, William, 1671-1753

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Epithet: banker, of Reading British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x00013d Epithet: of Add MS 25405 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x000142 Lawyer from Augusta and Savannah, Ga. From the description of Letters, 1780-1811. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32935257 Epithet: of Add MS 4...