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177934736London: Printed by R. Haswell 1779. First Edition. Newspaper. Fair. Newspaper. 18" x 12". Folded. 4 pages. Removed from a larger gathering with edge wear to the spine. Pages separated. Light toning to the single issue. Fair condition. <br /> <br /> Contents include an article titled "Philip Stephen Esq. Extract of a Letter from Captain Henry Senior Officer of his Majesty's ships in Georgia to Sir George Collier Savannah May 23 1779". The article details the British army movements against Charleston. "Charleston has offered to capitulate if they might remain neuter neutral which was refused: Our army is in possession of several flats and canoes on Ashley River." Other articles include population numbers of American States; a reprinted article "From Rivington's Royal Gazette printed at New York" also covering American Revolution news; several advertisements; a poem titled "Stanzas in the Grand Fleet on their last sailing from Portsmouth; and more. Printed by R. Haswell unknown
178836781Boston: Benjamin Russell 1788. First Edition. Newspaper. Good. Newspaper. Single issue removed from larger gathering. Paper measures proximately 15" x 9.5". 4 pages. Stitched holes on the left margin. Scattered brown spots. Light toning to the paper.<br /> <br /> Contents include the latest "American Intelligence". Including the front page news article titled: "Augusta Georgia January 5. We have the pleasure to announce to the publick that on Wednesday last the Convention of this State unanimously ratified the Federal Constitution in the words following viz. <br /> <br /> State of Georgia. In Convention Wednesday January 2 1788. We the Delegates of the people of the State of Georgia in Convention met having taken into serious consideration the Federal Constitution agreed upon and proposed by the Deputies of the United States in General Convention held in the city of Philadelphia on the 17th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven Have assented to ratified and adopted and by these presents do in virtue of the powers and authority to us given by the people of the said State for the purpose for and in behalf of ourselves and our constituents fully and entirely assent to ratify and adopt the said Constitution which is hereunto annexed under the great seal of said State. Done in Convention at Augusta in the said State on the second day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand and seventy eight and of the Independence of the United States the twelfth." <br /> <br /> Other items from the paper includes news from Charleston S. C.; Wilmington Delaware; Philadelphia; New York; Massachusetts; and Europe. Much of the Massachusetts news concerns the newly adopted Constitution. [Benjamin Russell] unknown
176434339Paris: Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1764. Map. Very good. Approx. 9" x 7" map. Light foxing. Map shows Saint Augustine; Savannah Georgia; Georgia Islands; Port Royal parts of South Carolina; Augusta Georgia; Florida boundry etc. No date provided but published in 1764. Jacques Nicolas Bellin unknown
17936592Washington County Georgia 1793-1794. Acceptable. 2 leaves with pendant wax seal. Georgia Land Office grant 33 cm x 33cm signed by Governor George Mathews countersigned by Edward Watts and docketed by Secretary of State John Milton. Attached surveying document 17cm x ~28cm with manuscript plan of property and surveyor's warrant signed by surveyor George Wetherby and endorsed by T. McCall naing chain carriers H. Holley and J. Coleman <br /><br />1000 acres granted to Richmond Dawson by the governor who would in the succeeding years mastermind the Yazoo Land Fraud selling large tracts of land at bargain basement prices to political insiders. The grant for 1000 acres in Washington County is to Richmond Dawson. unknown
1733319970London: Thomas Baskett 1733. pp. 2 443-455 1 blank. Woodcut seal on the title. Folio. Disbound. Foxing trimmed. pp. 2 443-455 1 blank. Woodcut seal on the title. Folio. This Parliamentary Act authorized a grant of £10000 "for establishing the colony of Georgia in America to be applied toward defraying the charges of carrying over and settling foreign and other Protestants in the said colony" p. 448. The act further authorizes the application of £500000 from the sinking fund to pay off one million South Sea annuities. Not in Sabin Howes Rich Church Streeter or De Renne. Thomas Baskett unknown
177835493Paris 1778. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. 1 158 pages. Frontispiece engraving of D' Estaing. Text printed in French. Contemporary green vellum covered boards. Small leather title label on the spine. Light chip head of spine. Boards are bowed. Front joint is cracked and the rear joint is partly cracked. Page 38 numbered 37. <br /> <br /> Author unknown. The writer likely served as an officer in Estaing's squadron and is highly critical of his commander's conduct. Contents describe operations of the French fleet during the American Revolution 1778-1779. Narrative includes various encounters with the British fleet and the attack on Savannah Georgia.<br /> <br /> Howes E-198; De Renne I:224; Streeter II: 803; Clark I 234. hardcover
1734377785London: Printed by M. Downing 1734. First edition. 472pp. 8vo. Modern panelled calf. Extensive paper restoration largely at margins of title and terminal leaf. First edition. 472pp. 8vo. The first edition of an account of a journey undertaken in 1734 by a group of exiled Salzburgers from England to Charleston South Carolina and then to Georgia. <br /> <br /> The pamphlet consists of extracts of journals maintained by von Reck the leader of the journey and Bolzius one of the ministers of the settlement. Upon arriving in the new colony of Georgia the exiles were settled by James Oglethorpe at a location on the Savannah River to be known as Ebenezer. The account describes life in 18th-century Georgia providing details regarding geography farming and developing towns such as Savannah. "There are good observations on Indians land and scenery morals and religion" Clark. <br /> <br /> The first printing of two first-hand accounts documenting the settlement of Georgia in the mid-18th century. Scarce. Howes R104 "b"; Sabin 68369; Church 917; De Renne p.52; Clark I:136 Printed by M. Downing unknown
