Read-Mossman ledger, 1765-1766.

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Read-Mossman ledger, 1765-1766.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43886816

This collection contains one ledger from Read-Mossman, two merchants in Savannah, Georgia. The 657 page book contains entries and detailed purchase information for goods and services. There is no name index, except in the marginalia on the back two pages which index listings for Button Gwinnett. Pasted into approximately 60 pages of the ledger are newspaper clippings from 1865, probably from Union newspapers, which include news about the Civil War, news from Europe, and miscellaneous poetry and prose. Ledger may not be photocopied.

1 volume (.12 cubic feet)

Georgia Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7535270

Georgia Historical Society

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Gwinnett, Button, c. 1735-1777

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Button Gwinnett (c. 1735 – May 19, 1777) was an English-born American Founding Father who, as a representative of Georgia to the Continental Congress, was one of the signatories (first signature on the left) on the United States Declaration of Independence. Born in the parish of Down Hatherley in the county of Gloucestershire, England, it is believed that he attended the College School, held in Gloucester Cathedral (now called The King's School) as did his older brother, but there is no survi...

Mossman, James, d. 1803.

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James Mossman (d. 1803) was a planter in Savannah, Georgia. He married his wife, Elizabeth (1730-1802) of St. Christopher Island in 1764. From the description of James and Elizabeth Mossman indenture, 1773. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 46764340 ...

Read, James, d. 1777.

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James Read (d. 1777) came to Savannah, Georgia from Charleston, South Carolina in 1759 where he was the proprietor of a ropewalk. In addition to being a business partner of James Mossman, Read served as a member of the Council of Georgia, as speaker of the Commons House of Assembly elected on May 25, 1764, as a warden for Christ Church in Savannah, and as a Commissioner for Pilotage for the Tybee Bar and Savannah River. James Mossman (d. 1803) was a merchant in the partnership Read-Mossman, a ta...