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Yazoo land sale documents
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Greenleaf, James, active 1796 |
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Dates: |
1796-1797 |
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The collection consists of three legal documents pertaining to payments by Zachariah Cox to James Greenleaf for Georgia and
Tennessee land transactions through the Georgia Land Company relating to the Yazoo land fraud.
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ms1380 |
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Hargrett Library |
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William McKissak land grant
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Mathews, George, 1739-1812 |
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1795 April 17 |
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The collection consists of a State of Georgia document from Governor George Mathews dated April 17, 1795, granting 1,000 acres
in Montgomery County, Georgia, to William McKissak. A pencilled note later written on the document states: "Probably one of
the fraudulent land grants which disposed of about 7,430,000 acres illegally in 1974. See Report Secy. of State 1910 p. 15-17."
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ms2866 |
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Hargrett Library |
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New England Mississippi Land Company records
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New England Mississippi Land Company |
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1785-1826 |
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The collection consists of records of the New England Mississippi Land Company dating 1785-1826. Records include correspondence,
minutes, resolutions, notes, receipts, and lists of holdings documenting land transactions in Georgia, particularly Yazoo
land speculation. Many of the documents pertain to Perez Morton and his involvement in the company.
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ms945 |
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Hargrett Library |
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James Wilson Yazoo land document
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Jones, Seaborn, 1788-1864 |
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Dates: |
1794 |
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A four-page manuscript memoranda of James Wilson (1742-1798) and others relating to the Yazoo Land sales. The manuscript includes:
1. Power of attorney from James Wilson to Matthew McAllister and Seaborn Jones, authorizing them to act for him in buying
land in Georgia - dated November 20, 1794; 2. Receipt of Matthew McAllister and Seaborn Jones to James Wilson for $25,000;
3. Receipt of Seaborn Jones to Matthew McAllister for $25,000 "in bank bill, which the Honourable James Wilson hath placed
in his & my hands ..." - dated November 20, 1794; 4. Record of release by Matthew McAllister "as a grantee," to Colonel Wade
Hampton of South Carolina, giving answerable bond [transcribed from the Washington (Georgia) Monitor of September 24, 1803];
5. Page of memoranda referring to "Pamphlet."
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ms1042 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Thomas Carr family papers
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Carr family |
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Dates: |
1730-1891 |
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The collection consists of the papers of Thomas Carr and his son, William A. Carr of Columbia County, Georgia from 1730-1891.
Includes correspondence, bills, receipts, land grants, court records, bonds, and slave records. Materials mainly related to
late 18th and early 19th century land speculation in Camden County (Ga.), Yazoo purchase, and northeast Georgia. Also includes
some material relating to William Low (Mrs. Carr's grandson by her first husband).
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Identifier: |
ms21 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Yazoo Land Fraud document
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Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813 |
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Dates: |
1795 March 3, 1795 July 28 |
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The collection consists of two documents related to the Yazoo Land Fraud. The first piece, dated March 3, 1795, is the enrolled
copy of the congressional resolution authorizing "that the President of the United States be, and hereby is requested to give
directions to the Attorney General, to collect, digest, report to the next Congress, the Charters, treaties and other documents
relative to, and explanatory of the title to the land situate in the south-western parts of the United States, and claimed
by certain companies, under a law of the State of Georgia...". Accompanying it is a manuscript circular letter dated July
28, 1795, signed by Edmund Randolph as Secretary of State to Thomas Pinckney, Minister Plenipotentiary in London discussing
the resolution.
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Identifier: |
ms1457 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Abraham Baldwin papers
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Creator: |
Baldwin, Abraham, 1754-1807 |
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Dates: |
1770-1808 |
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The collection consists of correspondence, remarks about and copies of legislation, financial documents, and writings by Abraham
Baldwin.
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Identifier: |
UA97-092 |
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Repository: |
University of Georgia Archives |
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