Lot 1027
McIntosh, Lachlan (1725-1806), Surveyor, soldier from Georgia, protégé of Oglethorpe, Brigadier General with Washington at Valley Forge. In 1777 became embroiled in a dispute with Button Gwinnett over command of Georgia's forces. Gwinnett, who thought command should be his, challenged McIntosh to a duel. Both men were wounded, Gwinnett mortally. Manuscript Document Signed, 3½ pages, 7½ x 12¼ Chatham County, Ga., no date. Ruling by the Inferior Court of Chatham County in favor of McIntosh, the petitioner, in a suit against one Harman Courter for not properly maintaining rented, in the sum of "four hundred pounds thirty like money…" The date of the original agreement between McIntosh and Courter is cited as June 22, 1786. Some browning and minor splitting of folds, still Fine with a bold McIntosh signature.
Estimate 500 - 750
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