Washington County, Georgia, land grant, 1793-1794.

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Washington County, Georgia, land grant, 1793-1794.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/575846549

The collection consists of a letter of attorney to Isaac Polock of Savannah from James Dawson to arrange the sale of 31,000 acres on the Ohoopee River in Washington County, Georgia, notarized at Augusta in 1793 and further notarized in Philadelphia under the request of Robert Morris and John Nicholson on May 7, 1794 by Clement Biddle.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7763053

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Morris, Robert, 1734-1806

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Robert Morris, Jr. (January 20, 1734 – May 8, 1806) was an English-born merchant and a Founding Father of the United States. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania legislature, the Second Continental Congress, and the United States Senate, and he was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution. From 1781 to 1784, he served as the Superintendent of Finance of the United States, becoming known as the "Financier of the Revolution...

Polock, Isaac, fl. 1793

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Dawson, James, fl. 1793.

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This tract of land on Tyger and Pendleton Creek off the Ohoopee opened up one of the largest single tracts to settlement in the 1790s. "Clement Biddle (1740-1814) was the second son of John and Sarah Biddle... He was born in Philadelphia and entered his father's shipping and importing business at an early age. Business was interrupted by the onset of the Revolutionary War, when in 1765, Clement and his brother, Owen, signed the non-importation agreement and pursued patri...

Biddle, Clement, 1740-1814

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Revolutionary patriot. From the description of Document signed : [n.p.], 1792 July 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874585 Army officer and merchant. From the description of Clement Biddle correspondence, 1786. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450649 Biddle informs Wharm that he is going to advertise in Washington and Philadelphia newspapers for a missing letter he sent to Wharm containing two certificates of transfer to General Pinckney. ...

Nicholson, John, 1757-1800

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Land speculator. From the description of John Nicholson papers, 1795 16 Feb.-10 Mar. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70953089 Financier and land speculator. From the description of John Nicholson family papers, 1786-1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981679 Pennsylvania state official and land promoter. From the description of ALS : to Thomas Mifflin, 1791 Nov. 8. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat reco...