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Continental Congress collection
Descriptive Summary | |
| Title: Continental Congress collection | |
| Creator: United States. Continental Congress | |
| Inclusive Dates: 1773-1798 | |
| Language(s): English | |
| Extent: 1 folder(s) | |
| Collection Number: ms3315 | |
| Repository: Hargrett Library | |
Collection Description
Scope and Content
The collection consists of eight Georgia-related Continental Congress documents. Documents include: a document signed by Noble W. Jones and Joseph Clay, a printed certificate for the "sum of twenty-shillings, being issued for the purposes mentioned in an Act entitled 'An Act for granting to his Majesty the sum of Four Thousand Two Hundred and Ninety-nine Pounds,'" dated "Georgia, 1773"; a certificate for bounty of land, signed by General Samuel Elbert, March 15, 1785; document signed by Benjamin Andrew, Savannah, June 22, 1785; a document on commercial matters including the sale of salt, signed by Joseph Clay, Savannah, March 4, 1773; letter regarding the appointment of Tax Collector for Chatham County, signed by W. Gibbons, Joseph Clay, and US Senator George Jones, Savannah, March 12 [14], 1798; two receipts signed by William C. Houston, April 15, 1786, on verso of a bill for legal fees; and a bill for boat hire for the "use of the detachments doing duty on the Skidoway & Hoseba islands," signed by Joseph Wood, on verso of a bill rendered to Georgia by James DeVeaux, January 19, 1777.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Continental Congress collection, ms3315, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.