This collection contains approximately 19 manuscripts ranging from 1770 to 1827. These papers consist of land grants, legal documents, government appointments, letters concerning the military, a shipping ledger and permit, and a liquor license. The authors of these documents are some of Georgia’s early leaders:
Benjamin Andrew – Delegate, Continental Congress, 1780
Samuel Elbert – Governor, 1785
John Habersham – Major - Continental Army; Delegate, Continental Congress, 1785
John Houstoun – Governor, 1778, 1784; First mayor of Savannah, 1790
Richard Howly – Governor, 1780; Delegate, Continental Congress, 1780, 1781
James Jackson – Governor, 1798-1800
George Mathews – Governor, 1787-88
Laughlin McIntosh – Major General - Continental Army; Delegate, Continental Congress, 1784
Nathaniel Pendleton – Major - Continental Army; Delegate, Continental Congress, 1789
Edward Telfair – Governor, 1789-93
John J. Zubly – First minister of Independent Presbyterian Church, Savannah (1760 - 1781); Delegate, Second Continental Congress, 1775