1To Thomas Jefferson from the Georgia Delegates in Congress, 21 August 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
We have received your Letter wherein you mention that the Chevalier de Merceres, as Heir of the late General Oglethorp, claims land lying in Georgia which has been sold by virtue of an Act of the Legislature of that State. We have in consequence made every enquiry respecting this matter, and can inform you with certainty that no land or any other property has been sold in that State as...