Contents
- Descriptive Summary
- Conditions for Access
- Conditions Governing Use
- Preferred Citation
- Acquisition Information
- Biography or History
- Scope and Content
- Other Descriptive Data
- Indexed Terms
Collection Access
George Galphin papers
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- George Galphin papers
- Dates
- 1779 April-May
- Creator
- Galphin, George
- Creator
- Lincoln, Benjamin, 1773-1810, recipient
- Size
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2 items :
Autograph letter signed
- Language
- Material is in English unless otherwise noted.
Conditions for Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright may be retained by the creators of items, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law, unless otherwise noted.
Preferred Citation
Please cite this collection as George Galphin papers (Chicago History Museum) plus a detailed description, date, and box/folder number of a specific item.
Acquisition Information
3d Purchase$35.00[?]1779 May 10 item Gunther
Biography or History
Georgia Indian trader.
Scope and Content
Letter, from Georgia, [to Gen. Lincoln]. News from his plantation telling of raid there; disturbance between whites and Indians; distress among whites and Black people. (1779 April 7, Autograph letter signed, 2 pages); Letter [to Gen. Lincoln] Progress of war in Georgia and conditions among Indians. (1779 May 10, Autograph letter signed, 2 pages)
Other Descriptive Data
The George Galphin papers are part of the Chicago History Museum's alphabetically arranged Small Manuscripts collections.