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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(GEORGIA.) Fraudulent pine barrens deed signed by George Mathews, with seal. Two partially printed Documents Signed, joined by ribbon and the 3 1/4-inch round paper-covered wax seal of Georgia. First document: warrant with manuscript plat map, signed by Thomas McCall and other officials, 12 x 7 3/4 inches, short tears at folds. Second document: deed signed by George Mathews as governor, 13 x 13 inches, slight loss at intersection of folds. Washington County, GA, 4 June and 28 October 1794
George Mathews would seem to be one of the worst governors in American history. He is best known for his role in the Yazoo Land Scandal, in which he sold off vast tracts of Mississippi wilderness which he and his cronies had acquired illegally. This deed is from a similar bit of weaselry known as the Pine Barrens Speculation, in which Mathews sold worthless land in central Georgia, often granting the same vaguely platted lands multiple times. This grant conveys 1000 acres of land in Washington County, GA on the Ohoopee River to Richmond Dawson, surrounded on two sides by other land granted to Dawson and on the other two sides by "vacant" land. Provenance: William Reese Company catalogue 246:75, circa 2006.
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