May 16, 1777: Button Gwinnett- Lachlan McIntosh Duel

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Suggested Readings

Harvey H. Jackson, Lachlan McIntosh and the Politics of Revolutionary Georgia (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1979).

Charles Francis Jenkins, Button Gwinnett: Signer of the Declaration of Independence (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1926)

Kenneth Coleman, The American Revolution in Georgia, 1763-1789 (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1958).

Patrick Fox, “Button Gwinnett signature fetches $722,500 at auction.” Atlanta Journal Constitution, April 15, 2010: http://www.ajc.com/news/gwinnett/button-gwinnett-signature-fetches-465176.html

“Button Gwinnett (1735-1777).” New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2543&sug=y

“Lachlan McIntosh (1727-1806).” New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-671

PBS American Experience: The History of Dueling in America (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/duel/sfeature/dueling.html)

Georgia Historical Society Georgia Day Honoree: Button Gwinnett

Button Gwinnett Historical Marker: http://georgiahistory.com/markers/1975

Gen. Lachlan McIntosh (1727- 1806) Historical Marker: http://georgiahistory.com/markers/3071

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May 16, 1777: Button Gwinnett – Lachlan McIntosh Duel Image Credits

Button Gwinnett Georgia Historical Society Rare Book Collection, E221 M62 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

Declaration of Independence Library of Congress Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-08314

Button Gwinnett Getty Images Getty Images, 98328045

Button Gwinnett Georgia Historical Society Georgia Historical Society Collection of Artifacts, A-1361-337 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

Button Gwinnett Georgia Historical Society Georgia Historical Society Collection of Artifacts, A-1361-337 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

American Revolution WikiMedia Commons 1923 William R. Shepherd, Category: Military Maps Courtesy of WikiMedia Commons

Declaration of Independence National Archives Courtesy of the National Archives

Button Gwinnett Sotheby's International Realty Courtesy of Sotheby's International Realty

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May 16, 1777: Button Gwinnett – Lachlan McIntosh Duel Image Credits

Button Gwinnett Georgia Historical Society Foltz Photography Studio (Savannah, Ga.) photographs, 1899-1960, 1360-18-02-13 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

McIntosh Gwinnett Duel Georgia Historical Society The signers of the Declaration of illustration Independence, by Robert G. Ferris and Richard E. Morris, E221 .F43 1982

Revolutionary War, Attack on Georgia Historical Society Georgia Historical Society Savannah collection of etchings, silhouettes, and other prints, MS 1361-PR, Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

Dueling pistols - Gwinnett Georgia Historical Society Dueling pistols from the Lachlan McIntosh duel McIntosh and Button Gwinnett duel on May 16, 1777, A-1673-, Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

St Catherine's Island scenic Georgia Historical Society St Catherine's Island, MS 1360, Foltz Photography Studio (Savannah, Ga.) photographs, Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

St Catherine's Island survey map Georgia Historical Society St Catherine's Survey Map, 1760 Georgia Historical Society collection of maps, MS1361MP, Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

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May 16, 1777: Button Gwinnett – Lachlan McIntosh Duel Image Credits

Revolutionary War Scrip Georgia Historical Society Revolutionary War Scrip, A-1361, Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

Slaves, picking cotton on a Library of Congress Library of Congress Prints and Georgia Plantation Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-76385

Portraits and Autographs of Library of Congress Library of Congress Prints and Signers of the Declaration on Photographs Division, Independence LC-DIG-pga-03858

Signing of the Declaration of Library of Congress Library of Congress Prints and Independence Photographs Division, LC-H8-CT-C01-063

Sothebys, New York Sothebys Courtesy of Sothebys

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