Descriptive Summary | |
Repository: | Georgia Historical Society |
Creator: | American Jewish Archives. |
Title: | American Jewish Archives collection on Georgia history |
Dates: | 1727-1779 |
Extent: | 0.05 cubic feet (1 folder) |
Identification: | MS 1157 |
The American Jewish Archives was founded by Dr. Jacob Rader Marcus in 1947. It is located on the Cincinnati Campus in Ohio of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.
This collection consists of photocopies of documents pertaining to Georgia's colonial history. Included are items of Fort King George, the charter for incorporating the colony, Thomas Christie's notes on the voyage of the first settlers to Georgia, a petition by Thomas Stephens on behalf of the people of Georgia, a treasury report on payments of troops, a first-hand account of the siege on Savannah, and an undated interview with Native Americans regarding their friendship with the English rather than the French. Also included is a report on the mutiny at Fort Andrews that documents in detail the attempt of several soldiers to kill Gen. James Oglethorpe. Philip Minis is mentioned in a number of the documents.
All of the papers in this collection are photocopies; unless otherwise noted, the originals are in the Essex Record Office in London.
Original documents in the Essex Record Office, London; the Library of Congress; B.F. Steven's Facsimiles; Zeitung de Judenthums, 1844.
Custodial History
Material was acquired from collecting body.
Preferred Citation
[item identification], American Jewish Archives collection on Georgia history, MS 1157, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
Acquisition Information
Gift of the American Jewish Archives, 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 | Item 3: Thomas Christie to unknown recipient, undated ( 6.0 p. ) | ||||||||||||
Encloses his Journal of the voyage of the first settlers to Georgia, 1732-1733. | |||||||||||||
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1 | Item 4: James Oglethorpe to Thomas Tower. Jekyl Sound, 1738 September 19 ( 3.0 p. ) | ||||||||||||
Report on the colony: stores, agriculture, finances. | |||||||||||||
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1 | Item 5: James Oglethorpe to Robert Walpole. Frederica in Georgia, 1738 November 20 ( 4.0 p. ) | ||||||||||||
Regarding finances for the colony. | |||||||||||||
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1 | Item 10: Zeitung des Judenthums, p. 153, 1844 | ||||||||||||
A brief history of the Jews in Georgia, 1733-1741. The book is in German; a typed translation is attached to it. | |||||||||||||