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Board of General Officers minutes
Descriptive Summary | |
| Repository: | Georgia Historical Society |
| Creator: | Russell, Peter. |
| Title: | Board of General Officers minutes |
| Dates: | 1782 |
| Extent: | 0.05 cubic feet (1 folder) |
| Identification: | MS 0938 |
Biographical/Historical Note
No organizational information is available.
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains a photocopy of the minutes from a Board of General Officers meeting and is dated January 6, 1782. The meeting discusses the plan for the fortification and defense of Savannah, Georgia. The Board resolved to send 500 men to reinforce the city. The document is signed Peter Russell. The original is housed in the Huntington Library of San Marino, California.
Index Terms
Location of Originals
Original minutes housed in the Huntington Library of San Marino, California.
Administrative Information
Custodial History
Unknown.
Preferred Citation
[item identification], Board of General Officers minutes, MS 938, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Alexander A. Lawrence, 1964.
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
| Item 1: Board of General Officers minutes, 1782 January 6 ( 2.0 p. ) | |||||||||||||