Letter to Edward Telfair and John Milton


Descriptive Summary
Title: Letter to Edward Telfair and John Milton
Creator: Cox, Zachariah
Inclusive Dates: 1790 January 13
Language(s): English
Extent: 1 folder(s) (1 letter)
Collection Number: ms593
Repository: Hargrett Library

Collection Description

Historical Note

Zachariah Cox, land speculator, was involved in the Tennessee Land Company which purchased 4,000,000 acres of land in the region of Tennessee as part of the Yazoo land purchase in 1790.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a letter to Edward Telfair, Georgia Governor and John Milton, Secretary of State, from Zachariah Cox, dated January 13, 1790 regarding the Tennessee Land Company. The letter certifies that Stephen Heard, William Downs, Henry Candler, John F. Gardner, Daniel Gaines, Middleton Woods, William Cox, and Thomas Carr are associates in the Tennessee Land Company, an investment company which purchased Yazoo land.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Zachariah Cox letter to Edward Telfair and John Milton, ms593, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2014.

General Notes

Cataloged as part of the Georgia Archives and Manuscripts Automated Access Project: A Special Collections Gateway Program of the University Center in Georgia.

Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Correspondence.

Milton, John, -1824

Real estate investment -- 18th century.

Telfair, Edward, approximately 1735-1807

Tennessee Land Company