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.

Description

.1 linear foot (1 folder)

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.

Subjects

• Judges
• Judges > Georgia
• Lawyers
• Soldiers
• Walton, George, 1749 or 1750-1804
• Politicians
• United States > Politics and government > 1783-1809
• Legal documents
• Statesmen
• United States Declaration of Independence > Signers
• Governors > Georgia

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.

Restricted Access

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

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