John Houstoun petition, 1783.

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John Houstoun petition, 1783.

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The collection consists of a partly printed document signed, one and a half pages, legal folio, undated, which details a petition brought against William McIntosh by John Houstoun, the Governor of Georgia. As the Chief Justice of Georgia, George Walton signs a document in which "William McIntosh the Younger... became bound to the... Government of the State... in the penal Sum of three hundred and fifty pounds..."

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Houstoun, John, 1744-1796

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John Houstoun (August 31, 1744 – July 20, 1796) was an American lawyer and statesman from Savannah, Georgia. He was one of the original Sons of Liberty and also a delegate for Georgia in the Second Continental Congress in 1775. He was the Governor of Georgia, from 1778 to 1779 and again from 1784 to 1785. Born in St. George's Parish, near modern Waynesboro, in the Colony of Georgia, Houstoun was educated in Savannah and read law there. He was admitted to the bar and started a law practice in ...

Walton, George, c. 1749-1804

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George Walton (c. 1749 – February 2, 1804), a Founding Father of the United States, signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia and also served as the second Chief Executive of Georgia. Born in Cumberland County, Virginia, Walton was a studious, self-taught young man. After completing an apprenticeship as a carpenter under his uncle, he moved to Savannah, Georgia to study law. Admitted to the bar in 1774, by the eve of the American Revolution, he was on...

McIntosh, William, d. 1794.

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