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Hall, Lyman (1724-1790) Certificate of 600 acres of land for Capt. William McIntosh

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00184.14 Author/Creator: Hall, Lyman (1724-1790) Place Written: Savannah, Georgia Type: Document signed Date: 09 September 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 12 x 21 cm. Order a Copy

[Title continued] in two warrants of 300 acres each. Signed as Georgia governor.

Savannah 9th September 1783
Georgia

This is to certify that Captain William McIntosh of the Geogia Line, is entitled to three hundred acres of Land as a bounty from this State; and also to three hundred acres, by resolution of Congress of the September 16th 1776
Lyman Hall
To any bounty for granting Lands [illegible] with this state

Hall, Lyman, 1724-1790
McIntosh, William, fl. 1789

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