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Lot of 24, including: Georgia, Elijah Clark (1742-1799). Revolutionary War Hero. DS, 1p, land bounty for a Thomas Smith Signed while serving in the state assembly, which paid him through commission on confiscated estates, Wilkes City, GA, January 1, 1785. Tennille, Francis (1747-1819). Lieutenant Colonel in the American Revolution. DS, 1p, survey map of 1000 acres of land in Washington County, GA. April 4, 1791. Richmond County Superior Court document for the case of Ipse Brayn seeking money owed to him by Malachi Howell. 1p, Richmond County, GA, October 7, 1811. A promissory note on the State of Georgia stationary regarding Andrew Harrison petitioning Peter Donaldson to pay his debts of $25.60. Richmond County, GA, September 13, 1816. Longstreet, Augustus Baldwin (1790-1870). Author of the book, Georgia Scenes, which highlighted Georgians of every class. DS, 1p, court document making Longstreet and James Harrison "formally bound" to pay Alexander McKenzie $7,709. Signed by Longstreet and Judge Augustin Smith Clayton (1783-1839), the same judge who presided over the trial that ousted the Cherokee in Georgia. Richmond County, GA, June 8, 1833. Crawford, George W. (1798-1872). Secretary of War (1849-1850), Governor of Georgia (1843-1847), and Georgia Congressman (1843). DS, 1p, court document charging James Ball with assault and battery. Signed as Attorney General pro temp of Georgia. Augusta, GA, November 19, 1826. Additional legal documents include: court summons for William P. Bagley to answer for his debts. Richmond County, GA, February 7, 1827; court action of debt for $195 to be collected from Archer Herndon. Signed by John T. Stuart and E.D. Taylor. GA, August 16, 1830; Jenkins, Charles (1805-1883). Governor of Georgia (1865-1868). DS, 1p, court document calling in the debts of Joseph(?) Thompson, signed by Jenkins while working as an agent for Frederick Weed. Richmond County, GA, June 28, 1833; court document petitioning Hays Boudu/Bouden(?) to pay Samuel Hale $594. Richmond County, GA, October 1, 1839; promissory note and superior court document ordered by the courts that William Terry will pay Benjamin Buchanan $70. Forsyth County, GA, August 9, 1839; court document bounding Thomas May to the governor of Georgia, Joseph E. Brown for the sum of $1000. Augusta, GA, July 25, 1858; 1901 Richmond County superior court document concerning John Milledge and Abraham Baldwin; Richmond County court document for the case George E. Evans vs. Robert Y. Harris, 1844; Stuart, John. 1p, ALS, legal letter. Written as the guardian at letter for Josiah Griffin; 1p legal letter concerning a John Currier in Richmond County, GA. D'Lagnel, Julius A. (1814-1840). Officer in the US 2nd Artillery. ALS, 1p, to W.H. Betts, the commanding officer of the Augusta arsenal, discussing the delivery of rifles and 1000 copper flasks. Written while captain. Black Creek, July 30, 1837. Cummings, Henry (1799-1866). Conceived the idea for the Augusta Canal location. DS, 1p, court document signed by Cummings as the plaintiff's attorney. January 5, 1840. Accompanied by: hand drawn map drafted by surveyor Hansford R. Owens for David Sheppard created on October 26, 1856 for 325 acres of pine land in Scriven County, VA; certified copy of a deed for land garden lot number ten from the Atlantic & Gulf Railroad Company, 1886; 2 TLsS by Georgia Senators, the first signed by Dick Russel as Chairman of the Armed Services Committee, 1966, and Herman Talmadge, 1968. Condition: Most are in good condition with typical folds, some separated portions at the folds.