Lease, 1871 Jan. 12

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Lease, 1871 Jan. 12

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61178647

Lease for one year by Cowper to William Thomson of Savannah, Ga., of the plantation "The Grange," as well as a tract of land on Onslow Island. Witnessed by William Telfair and James Robertson. The ownership of the tracts leased and the surrounding land is traced in the document; other names mentioned include Thomas Palmer, William Francis, Peter Sliterman, James Port, Joseph Gibbons, Edward Telfair, Isaac Young, Alexander Wylly, and Charles Oddingsell. Items were originally folded and sealed. The seals were broken in order to undertake preservation treatment to repair tears in the document.

2 items (0.10 lin. ft.)

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7793520

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Telfair, Edward, 1735-1807

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wb6281 (person)

Edward Telfair (1735 – September 17, 1807) was a Scottish-born American Founding Father and politician who served as the Governor of the state of Georgia between 1786 and 1787, and again from 1790 through 1793. He was a member of the Continental Congress, and one of the signers of the Articles of Confederation. Born on his family's ancestral estate in western Scotland, Telfair graduated from the Kirkcudbright Grammar School before acquiring commercial training. He immigrated to America in 175...

Robertson, James K.

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Young, Isaac

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Isaac Young was a butcher in Irvington, New Jersey in 1807. From the description of Isaac Young daybook, 1807. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 53922313 Epithet: Chief Sanitary Inspector Battersea British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000574.0x000322 ...

Palmer, Thomas

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Thomas Palmer, surveyor, was of Balston Spa, New York. From the description of Survey map of Marlborough, Ulster County, New York, 1767. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122459038 This collection was donated by Doctor thomas W. Palmer of Montevallo, Alabama, August 20, 1907. From the description of Alabama Girls Industrial School [photograph]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122562681 Thomas Palmer, a physician who lived most of his life in Ply...

Gibbons, Joseph

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Wylly, Alexander.

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Port, James.

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Sliterman, Peter.

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Thomson, William O. (William Orville)

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Oddingsell, Charles.

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Cowper, Basil.

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Resident of Savannah (Chatham Co.), Ga. From the description of Lease, 1871 Jan. 12 (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 61178647 ...

Francis, William W., 1952-

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Telfair, William.

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