Duke University
Special Collections Department, William R. Perkins
Library
Durham, NC
Papers:
1786-1794, 22 items.
The papers of George Mathews include a bond for trustees of an estate, giving some information on the administration of confiscated estates; appointment of Philip Milledge as tax collector for Chatham and Richland counties, Ga.; land grants; letter, 1794, from James Gunn, U.S. Senator from Georgia, concerning the danger of a war with Great Britain; bill for the hire of a slave; and a copy of a dissent by Gov. Mathews to an act of the Georgia legislature for disposing of unappropriated territory of that state, 1794.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library
Williamsburg, VA
Microfilm:
1771-1775, 1 volume.
A daybook, 1771-1775, for the Greenbriar general store, owned and operated by George and Sampson Mathews, of Augusta County, Virginia. Records purchase accounts and payments for sales of liquor, tobacco, hides, dry goods, hardware, and weapons and ammunition. The daybook also contains notes that the Mathews brothers operated stores at Staunton and Calf Pasture.
Georgia Department of Archives and History
Atlanta, GA
Papers:
In the Georgia Governor's Office Executive Department, ca. 1789-1794, approximately 4 pages.
The papers include proclamations of Governor George Mathews.
Papers:
In the Georgia Governor's Office Executive Department, 1794-1795, 1 oversize folder.
The Governor's subject files contain correspondence of Governor George Mathews.
Georgia Historical Society
Savannah, GA
Papers:
1787, 1 item.
The collection consists of a letter, March 22, 1787, signed by John Houstoun, John Habersham, and Lachlan McIntosh and sent to Governor George Mathews. The letter advises Governor Mathews of their plans for communication, the appointment of their secretary (Dr. Sharpe), and the need for expense money.
Papers:
In the Thomas Dawson Land Grants, 1795, 94 items.
These grants were probably for land involved in the "pine barren fraud," a scandal in which Georgia's public domain was recklessly given away under the administration of Governor Mathews.
Library of Congress
Manuscript Division
Washington, DC
Papers:
In the Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection, 1793, 1 item.
Land grant of George Mathews, 1793.
New-York Historical Society
New York, NY
Papers:
May 28, 1781; September 26, 1794. 2 letters.
Official correspondence. Finding aid in repository.
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