Mordecai Sheftall letter and payroll, 1780, 1782-1793.

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Mordecai Sheftall letter and payroll, 1780, 1782-1793.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/630133074

This collection contains a photocopy of the letter Mordecai Sheftall wrote on 11 April 1780 asking William Matthew Burt, the governor of Antigua, to grant him parole and allow Sheftall to be released as a prisoner of Antigua and to be returned to New York. The original of this letter is currently in a private collection. Also included is a typed transcription, compiled by Carrie Price Wilson, of the auditor's payroll of Mordecai Sheftall from 1782 to 1793.

1 folder (.10 cubic feet)

Georgia Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7882755

Georgia Historical Society

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Sheftall, Mordecai, 1735-1797

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Mordecai Sheftall (1735-1797) was born in Savannah, a son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Sheftall who emigrated to Georgia in 1733. He served as magistrate of Chatham County and as Deputy Commissioner of Issues for the Continental troops in Georgia. He and his son, Sheftall Sheftall, were taken prisoner in 1779, but exchanged and released in 1780. From the description of Mordecai Sheftall papers, 1780-1796 (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 76945104 Mordecai Shefta...