Timothy Green letters
Descriptive Summary
Repository:
Georgia Historical Society
Creator:
Green, Timothy.
Title:
Timothy Green letters
Dates:
1795-1806
Extent:
0.05 cubic feet (1 folder)
Identification:
MS 0934
Biographical/Historical Note
No biographical information is available.
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of letters written between Timothy Green at Boston, Massachusetts Worcester, Massachusetts,
and New York and Samuel Green, his brother, at Augusta, Georgia and Columbia, South Carolina. Other correspondents
are S. Nightingale, Thomas Fitzpatrick, Gardner L. Chandler, Aquila Scott, Charles Bridger, Fitch Hall, Gardner L.F. Tufts,
and W.B. Hilliard. Items 1-14 are correspondence concerning land speculation; various Yazoo companies are also
mentioned in this correspondence, including the Georgia Mississippi Company. Items 15-18 are all to Timothy Green and
are concerned with the shipment of peach stones, acorns, and produce, and with the disappearance of another brother of
Timothy Green at sea. Typed copies of items 15, 16, and 17 are filed with the original items.
Index Terms
Georgia Mississippi Company.
Green, Samuel.
Green, Timothy.
Land companies.
Land speculation.
Letters (correspondence)
Yazoo Fraud, 1795.
Administrative Information
Custodial History
Unknown.
Preferred Citation
[Item identification], Timothy Green letters, MS 934, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
Acquisition Information
Unknown.
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Georgia Historical Society. All requests for permission to publish or quote from
manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Division of Library and Archives. Permission for publication is given on
behalf of the Georgia Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Sponsorship
Encoding funded by a 2012 Documenting Democracy grant from the National Historical Publications and Records
Commission.
Container List
Fldr
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Letters, 1795-1806
Items 1-14 are correspondence concerning land speculation; various Yazoo companies are also
mentioned in this correspondence, including the Georgia Mississippi Company. Items 15-18 are
all to Timothy Green and are concerned with the shipment of peach stones, acorns, and
produce, and with the disappearance of another brother of Timothy Green at sea. Typed copies of
items 15, 16, and 17 are filed with the original items.