Descriptive Summary | |
Repository: | Georgia Historical Society |
Creator: | Matlock, Timothy, d. 1829. |
Title: | Timothy Matlock letters |
Dates: | 1779-1781 |
Extent: | 0.05 cubic feet (1 folder) |
Identification: | MS 0550 |
Timothy Matlock (d.1829) was a Revolutionary patriot and state official in Pennsylvania. He was employed as an assistant to Charles Thomson (1729-1824), secretary of the Continental Congress, and it was in this capacity that he prepared the handwritten text of the Declaration of Independence. -- From Dictionary of American Biography (1961) VI, 409-410.
This collection contains two letters written by Timothy Matlock, Revolutionary patriot and state official in Pennsylvania. The first letter is a photocopy; the location of the original is unknown. The second letter was given to Georgia Historical Society by Arthur J. Funk, Savannah, Georgia ,circa 1959-1975.
Custodial History
Unknown.
Preferred Citation
[item identification], Timothy Matlock letters, MS 550, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
Acquisition information
Item 2, dated July 20, 1781, was a gift of Arthur J. Funk, Savannah, Georgia, 1963.
Collection is open for research.
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.
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1 | 1 | Item 1: Timothy Matlock to unknown recipient, dated April 8, 1779, Philadelphia. Negative photocopy, location of original not known. Letter praises the addressee, 1779 April 8 | |||||||||||
1 | Item 2: Timothy Matlock letter to 'Gentlemen', dated July 20, 1781, Philadelphia. Enclosing accounts of Archibald Lockry, 1781 July 20 | ||||||||||||