Research Catalog

Title

George Walton letter and documents, 1783-1796.

Author

Walton, George, 1749 or 1750-1804

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Jones, Seaborn, 1759-1815
• Emmet collection
• Ford collection
• Sabin collection

Subject

• Walton, George, 1749 or 1750-1804
• United States. Declaration of Independence > Signers
• Governors > Georgia
• Judges > Georgia
• United States > Politics and government > 1783-1809

Genre/Form

Legal documents.

Access (note)

• Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Source (note)

• Received as part of the Emmet, Ford and Sabin collections, and by purchase, 1897

Call Number

MssCol 4669

OCLC

903383253

Author

Walton, George, 1749 or 1750-1804.

Title

George Walton letter and documents, 1783-1796.

Description

.1 linear foot (1 folder)

Restricted Access

Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Summary

George Walton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was an American soldier, lawyer, and judge. He served briefly as a U. S. senator for Georgia in Congress, was Chief Justice of Georgia and also a justice of the Superior Court, and was twice governor of the state. A letter written to Augusta lawyer Seaborn Jones (1759-1815) while a senator at Philadelphia, 16-17 February 1796, discusses matters pending in Congress, including proposed legislation, relations with Native Americans, and foreign treaties. Also present are several legal documents, 1783-1791, signed by Walton as Chief Justice or Superior Court justice, and two clipped signatures.

Source

Received as part of the Emmet, Ford and Sabin collections, and by purchase, 1897

Occupation

Judges.

Lawyers.

Politicians.

Soldiers.

Statesmen.

Added Author

Jones, Seaborn, 1759-1815, recipient.

Emmet collection.

Ford collection.

Sabin collection.

Research Call Number

MssCol 4669