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WALTON, GEORGE, Signer (Georgia) . Autograph letter signed ("Geo Walton") countersigned by Georgia Representative Thomas Savage of the Council of Safety, to William Shiphall(?), Philadelphia, 5 October 1782. 1 page, folio, 330 x 190 mm. (13 x 7½ in.), with integral address leaf in Walton's hand, evenly browned, laid in a morocco gilt slipcase . AN ALS OF A RARE SIGNER, ON THE PLIGHT OF CAROLINA AND GEORGIA WAR REFUGEES. Walton writes formally, giving instructions for transmission of a diplomatic letter through British lines: "With the enclosed pass from the Executive of Pennsylvania, you are requested to proceed to Elizabeth-town in New Jersey, for the purpose of conveying the letter...to Mr. Townshend in New York...Should his Excellency, Governor [William] Livingston be in...Elizabeth Town, you will please...wait upon him, and acquaint him with the object of your business...You will endeavor also to ascertain whether public Flags of truce] may be expected from New York soon to carry home the numerous and unfortunate people of Carolina and Georgia yet in this city, as they still depend on them..." Walton's ALSs are rare. Walton apparently writes on behalf of the Americans displaced from their homes in Georgia and South Carolina by the British successes in the Southern theater of the war. While the terms of a peace traty had been agreed, it would be some time before the British-held cities of Charleston, Savannah and others were evacuated.