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Mary Warren photographs of James Wright Evidences file (printed copies)

Mary Warren photographs of James Wright Evidences file (printed copies)

Descriptive Summary

Title: Mary Warren photographs of James Wright Evidences file (printed copies)
Creator: Warren, Mary Bondurant
Inclusive Dates: 2010
Language(s): English
Extent: 0.25 Linear Feet 1 box
Collection Number: ms3497
Repository: Hargrett Library

Collection Description

Scope and Content

The collection consists of printed copies of digital photographs of papers from Governor James Wright's Evidences file held at The National Archives in Kew, Surrey, England. Papers support Wright's loyalist claim; and concern plantations loyal to the Crown, and charges against the rebellious government of Georgia. Also included are (photographs of) correspondence and documents regarding land and property holdings. Papers are dated approximately 1762-1789, and the digital photographs of the papers were taken by Mary Warren in 2010.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Mary Warren photographs of James Wright Evidences file (printed copies), ms3497, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Conditions Governing Use

Photocopying is not permitted. If an individual or institution would like copies of the materials for commercial purpose, including online publication, please request them from the National Archives in Kew, Surrey, England.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2018.


Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Accounts.
American loyalists -- Georgia.
Appraisals (records)
Correspondence.
Wright, James, Sir, 1716-1785

Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 
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11Title page, 2010
 
12Pages 443-463. Memorial of James Wright; James Wright loyalist claims; Schedule of losses sustained by Sir James Wright, 1783-1789
 
13Pages 464-471. Accounts of new "Negroes" at the Savannah Plantations, the "Farm Plantation," "Cedar Hill Plantation," and "Laurel Grove Plantation", 1776-1783
 
14Pages 472-484. Charges against the Rebel government, 1776-1777
 
15Pages 485-488. List of lands purchased by Governor Wright, 1762-1770
 
16Pages 489-495. Papers regarding Wright's properties, 1776-1777
 
17Pages 496-501. Accounts of transportation, insurance, riced burned by the Revels , 1779-1782
 
18Pages 502-515. Letters written by Wright and James Moncrief, 1783-1784
 
19Pages 516-528. Appraisal of Wright's land and "Negroes", 1776-1783
 
110Pages 529-536. Letters written by Wright, 1783
 
111Pages 537-540. Opinions of the value of land in Savannah, Georgia, 1783
 
112Pages 541-543. Letter of John Graham, 1783
 
113Pages 544-545. List of Ogeechee Lands, 1783
 
114Pages 546-570. Letters written by Wright, 1783-1785
 
115Pages 571-580. James Wright, Jr. papers, 1787, 1780
 
116Pages 582-583. "A grant" containing a list of last names, undated
 
117Pages 584-603. Miscellaneous accounts and lists, 1777-1779