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1738221273London: Printed for James Hutton at the Bible and Sun without Temple-Bar 1738. First edition w/o half-title. viii 23 1 pp. Printed by William Bowyer; his records show 1000 copies printed. 1 vols. 8vo. Removed. Fine. First edition w/o half-title. viii 23 1 pp. Printed by William Bowyer; his records show 1000 copies printed. 1 vols. 8vo. Disagreeing with some of the Moravian Ceremonies. Whitefield was leader and founder of the Calvinistic Methodists having followed Wesleys to Georgia and was made Minister for Savannah. He spent years travelling in Europe and America and speaking soliciting funds and evangelizing. He was a follower of Wesley but separated over predestination. He constructed an orphanage in Savannah which was converted into Bethedsa College. Sabin 103511; ESTC T33528 Printed for James Hutton at the Bible and Sun without Temple-Bar unknown books
1794WRCAM53655Augusta Ga. 1794. Two printed forms completed in manuscript the first approximately 13 x 13 inches the second approximately 12 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches. Large wood and wax seal of Georgia attached with ribbon. Folded. Light tanning and foxing. Very good. An impressive printed land grant completed in manuscript for 1000 acres of land in Washington County Georgia granted by Gov. George Mathews to Richmond Dawson. The document is signed by Mathews as well as the surveyor George Weatherby who has included a sketch of the land in question. The land is described as "on the waters of Choopee River bounded South West and South East by said Dawson's Land and on all other sides by Vacant Lands." <br> <br> Governor Mathews had an eventful career first as a Revolutionary soldier including a stint as colonel of the Virginia troops in Greene's Carolina campaign then as governor of Georgia and finally as a special agent leading "irregular" activities in attempts to wrest Florida from Spain in 1810-12. In the end the U.S. government repudiated Mathews' Florida actions and he died in Augusta a bitter old man. "By his demise the authorities at Washington escaped the consequences of his threat that he'd 'be dam'd if he didn't blow them all up' and he carried to the grave much evidence that might explain his debatable conduct" - DAB. A handsome Georgia document and unusual early imprint. unknown books
1795WRCAM839Hartford 1795. 64pp. Gathered signatures stitched as issued. Lightly tanned. Tear in upper margin of final two leaves affecting four words of text else very good. Untrimmed and partially unopened. One of the pamphlets relating to the Yazoo Claims problem. The controversy was a result of the granting of lands by the state of Georgia in the area of present-day Alabama and Mississippi touching on the course of the Yazoo River. This pamphlet was issued by the Georgia Mississippi Company to defend their rights to the lands they were offering for sale in Georgia Alabama and Mississippi. The lands were granted to the Company by the Georgia legislature after extensive bribes changed hands and the case quickly became a major scandal. Georgia rescinded the grant the following year although the case dragged on in court until 1814. According to Everitt Wilkie this was printed in Hartford not Philadelphia as stated in Evans. HOWES G126 "aa." EVANS 28745. STREETER SALE 1158. DE RENNE I p.270. VAIL 1027. COHEN 7867. SABIN 27112. DAH V p.503. REESE FEDERAL HUNDRED 51. unknown books
1798WRCAM13370New York 1798. Title2pp. Dbd. Slight foxing else very good. "Favors compensation to Georgia for cession of Talassee county to Creeks by the Treaty of New York August 7 1790" - De Renne. Evans 34784 lists a very similar printing. DE RENNE I p.286. unknown books
1797WRCAM31626Philadelphia: John Fenno 1797. 4pp. Self-wrappers. Old stab holes in left margin. Minor edge wear. Very good. A firm statement by the Senate affirming the United States' legitimate claim to Yazoo lands west of the current state of Georgia despite appeals to the contrary by Spain and Great Britain. The report also appoints three commissioners to oversee land claims in the region requests that the United States perform a census to determine the number of inhabitants there and proposes that if the State of Georgia does not object and if the census figures show that such action is warranted a territorial government be established. The entire issue was born of rampant land speculation and fraud in the Yazoo territory. The attribution to Fenno is made by Evans. Rare. Not on OCLC. ESTC W25358. EVANS 32968. John Fenno unknown books