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It is not necessary to analyze this Constitution, but it is proper to state, that, while it took as its basis, the Constitution of 1789, with the amendments of 1795, it is yet an independent structure, erected by the able
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hands, to whom was intrusted by the State the diffi- cult, yet honorable task.
The principal actors in the Convention were James Powell, of Liberty, the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole House; James Jones, and Dr. George Jones, of Chatham; General Jackson, then also occu- pying the Governor's chair ; Peter J. Carnes, of Jeffer- son ; Rev. Jesse Mercer, of Wilkes; Robert Watkins, of Richmond ; Benjamin Taliaferro, of Wilkes ; James Cochran, of Liberty; Jonas Fouche, of Green ; Wil- liam Stith, Jr., of Warren; William Barnett, of El- bert. Each of these gentlemen has the honor of having framed one or more sections of the Constitution.
That defining the territorial boundaries and declar- ing the contemplated purchases or sales of the Western Companies " constitutionally void;" as also the 1st Section of the 3d Article, defining and establishing the Judiciary, were written by General Jackson. The Article on the Executive power, was the production of Mr. James Jones.
That requiring self-purgation of all fraudulent at- tempts to secure election, to be made by Senators and Representatives, was by Mr. Robert Watkins.
That calling for a Digest of all State Laws and Or- dinances, within five years, was proposed by Mr. Jonas Fouche. That respecting freedom of the press, and trial by jury, honesty in office-holders, and security for honest debtors ; and that for the promotion of the arts and sciences, were suggested by Dr. George Jones. That prohibiting any further importation of slaves, was penned by Mr. Carnes; and that securing liberty of conscience, in matters of religion, was written by the Rev. Jesse Mercer.
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GEORGIA AN INDEPENDENT STATE.
To borrow the words of one of the most eminent jurists of Georgia, " The experience of sixty years has demonstrated the wisdom of the Constitution of '98. It has undergone but few changes, and these were rendered necessary by the changes in the condition of the country."" The great principles enunciated in that state paper are still preserved; and that Constitution, and the Judiciary Act of 1799, which was the fitting complement of the former, will long remain to evince the political sagacity, the judicial wisdom, and the elevated statesmanship of those Georgians who framed these memorable instruments.
Thus has been briefly traced the history of Georgia, from its discovery by Europeans to the adoption of the Constitution of 1798. This period seems to be a natu- ral terminus for the labors of the historian.
The events since that day are too closely interwoven with the transactions of more recent legislation, or too immature in their results, or too much connected with the statesmen of the present generation, to be ripe for the historic harvest.
The pathway along which we have travelled, in tracing this history, has been a devious one, but exceedingly interesting and instructive. It has led us into the far past, among French chieftains and Spanish hidalgoes; amid virgin forests and Indian tribes; now we have passed the prisons of the unfortu- nate debtors in London, or the homes of the persecuted Protestants of Salzburg; and now we have journeyed with them over the stormy ocean, landing with them on the bluff of Yamacraw, and following them in their
1 Letter from Hon. Joseph Henry Lumpkin.
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new homes in the colony, which mercy erected on these shores, that the poor and the unfortunate might find rest and peace.
The history of Georgia is the record of striking providences. The colony, based upon one of the great principles of Christianity, has been signally preserved amidst all vicissitudes; and though at times on the verge of ruin, has yet, by the interposing hand of God, been relieved, restored, and lifted up to its present high position.
We have seen the nursling of Charity become the foster-child of Royalty, and though chastened in youth by the scourge of war, for its leanings to liberty, we behold it at last standing erect and free in the man- hood of an independent State.
These changes in its corporate and political life, have been marked by events of deep interest, and of lasting importance; and the attempt has been made to arrange them in such a manner, and portray them in such colors as shall best develope the inner and outer life of the State, and give it a truthful and enduring biography. Once freed from Parliamentary shackles, the ravages of war, the depredations of Indian tribes, the intestine strifes consequent on imperfect legis- lation, and the conflicting interests of a people not yet fused into one homogeneous body politic, the young State rose gradually in all the elements of na- tional growth and prosperity. In proportion to its age and its population, it has furnished as staunch defen- ders of liberty, as distinguished soldiers in the field, as learned jurists on the bench, as eminent statesmen in Congress, as valuable members of the cabinet, as judi- cious ministers at foreign courts, and as patriotic citi- zens, as any colony of the Old Thirteen.
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In Commerce, Georgia takes rank among the States which employ the largest amount of tonnage. In Agri- culture, but few exceed her in the variety and value of her productions. In Manufactures, she is fast rising to eminence in the number of her mills and spindles. In Mining, she has nearly all the imbedded elements of mineral wealth. In Educational efforts, she has shown remarkable zeal and diligence in multiplying her Col- leges, Academies, and Schools. In religious privileges, there are but seven States which can show a larger number of church buildings and accommodations. In the industry and intelligence of her people, she has but few rivals.
In the good order of her internal government, in the law-abiding character of her citizens, in the freedom from those more shocking crimes which blot the fair fame of many other States, she presents herself for high commendation.
In the surgings of political opinion, which have unsettled for a time, other States, Georgia has held true to the Constitution. In the convulsions which have threatened sectional ruptures, Georgia has been ever on the side of Union. Her weight in the politi- cal scale has been fully recognized, and her position as a power-wielding State has been acknowledged by Executive favor and Congressional influence.
Such is her present position. God has bestowed upon her a territory, which for situation, fertility, and beauty, is unsurpassed. With an extended line of sea-coast, along the outside of which stand so many island-sentinels, from the Savannah to the St. Mary's, she is destined to possess a yet greater commerce than now fills her ports.
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With noble rivers, which give her a water-power rarely equalled, she will be enabled to increase her inland tonnage and her busy factories to an almost unlimited extent. With a climate ranging from the cold of the Alleghanies to the tropical heats of Florida, her soil easily brings forth the cereal grains of the North, the products of the Middle States, and the great staples of the South.
With a population rapidly increasing, her waste places will soon be filled with a busy yeomanry, and her mines and workshops with industrious artisans.
Her lines of railroads covering, with their iron tra- cery nearly every section of the State, will rapidly de- velope her mineral resources, her agricultural wealth, and her mechanical products. Her system of common schools, projected and soon to be introduced, which shall make it possible to give to every one the bene- fits of a common learning, will make her children edu- cated and enlightened. And above all this, and better than all this, with the legend of her Great Seal, " Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation," as her guiding motto; and with the smiles and protection of God, through whose favor the Colony was planted, and by whose care it has reached its maturity-Georgia shall more than realize the dreams of its founders, in all that gives to a State true greatness, and enduring glory.
INDEX.
ABERCORN, 186-319.
Acton ; list of members of the Provincial Congress of 1775, from the district of, 105, 319.
Acts of Assembly, affirmed by Provincial Con- gress of 1776, 293.
Acts of Attainder, 385, 386, 388, 389.
Adams, Mr .; prediction of, 142.
Address of the General Assembly to the King on the repeal of the Stamp Act, 51, 52. Of the Commons' House to the King, 66, 67. Of the Council of Safety to President Bulloch, 295, 296.
Admiralty Courts, 113.
Agnus, Mr., Stamp distributor ; arrival of, 45. Takes the oath, and leaves Savannah, 46.
Alabama, fort, intrigues of the French at, 18. Removal of French rule from, 26.
Alatamaha, the, 19, 29, 30, 55, 154, 163, 275, 276, 277, 459, 460, 461, 496.
Allen, Rev. Moses ; treatment of, 183.
"American Declaration," adopted and ap- proved, 108.
"American Treaty," between England and Spain, 488.
Anderson, Colonel Robert, 413.
Andrews, Benjamin, member and president of the Executive Council, 301.
Andros, Sir Edmund ; attempts at taxation by, 37.
Arbuthnot, Admiral, 240.
Armstrong, Colonel, regiment, 387.
Articles of Capitulation at Siege of Augusta, 264-267. Of Confederation and Perpetual Union, 365, 462. Revision of, 386.
Ash, General; defeat of, at Brier Creek, 194- 197. Remarks upon the conduct of, 187, 198.
Assemblies, circular letter addressed by Massa- chusetts to the provincial, 62, 63.
Assembly of 1760, 19. Of 1761, 19, 20. Chief Justice Grover's intrigues with, 23. Pro- ceedings of Commons' House of, 41, 42. Governor Wright's address to, 49, 50. Pro- ceedings of, 58, 59. Punishment of, 60. Issue of bills of credit by, 60, 61. Acts of, for or- dering and governing the negroes, and en- couraging settlers, 61. Tendencies of, to independence, 62. Difficulties in the way of the legislation of, 62. Instructions from, to Dr. Franklin, 64. Address of, to the King, 66, 67. Dissolution of, 68. Action of, with reference to taxation, 70. Struggles of, with Governor Wright, in regard to the speaker- ship, 70-73. Meeting of, 83-90. Prorogued,
95. Action of, with reference to plundering, 241. Report of the Committee of, 279. Acts of, affirmed by Provincial Congress, 293. Powers of, 298. Proceedings of, 303. Re- ferences to, 305, 306. Royal, of 1780, 317- 321. Called to consider the defenceless state of the Province, 321, 322. Called by friends of George Walton, 323. Proceedings of, 324. Action of, denounced by subsequent Legislature, 325. Reins of Government re- sumed by, 326. Preamble and resolutions concerning the Council of State of 1779, 326, 327. Confers upon the Governor, or Presi- dent and Council, power to act when out of the limits of the State, 327, 328. Requests the Governor to order the embodying of one- half the militia, 328. Censures General Lin- coln for the removal of the Continental troops, 328. Removes the seat of govern- ment from Augusta to Heards' Fort, 328, 329. Pronounces the proceedings of the Su- preme Executive Council illegal, 329. Pre- sented by the grand jury of Richmond County, 329, 330. Convened at Augusta, 1780, 1782, 335. Address of Governor Martin to, 335, 336. Adjourns for want of provi- sions, 336. Meets at Ebenezer, and removes to Savannah, 336. Backwardness of, to tax their constituents, 344, 345. Royal, 351. Struggles in, 352. Order of, respecting "re- fugee certificates," 358. Act of, for the more full and complete establishment of a public seat of learning, 362-362. Decides upon a permanent site for, 363. Orders issue of bills of credit, 374-376. Report of the Committee of, on Governor Sevier's letter, 380. Chooses James Jackson, Governor, and George Hand- ley, on his declining, 383. Action of, 389, 390. Organic changes in constitution of, 391. Minutes of, 443. Governor Telfair's message to, 392. Attends divine service on day of thanksgiving, 406. Change in time of meet- ing of, 407-409. General, 455. Change of public opinion as to the measures pursued by, 485. Reference to, 493. Vide also Com- mons' House of Assembly, General Assembly, House of Assembly, Legislature, Royal As- sembly.
Assembly of New York; resolution of, con- cerning taxation, 38.
Assembly of Massachusetts, 58.
Assembly of Virginia; adopts resolves of non- importation, 70.
Astrolabe, the ship, 228.
Athens, 363.
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Auditors' certificates, 375.
Augusta, 19. Congress with the Indians held at, 27-30. Rangers stationed at, 55. Meet- ing of Creeks and Cherokees at, 83. Land Courts at, 84, 93, 160, 179. Taken, 187, 189, 191, 192. Abandoned, 193, 202, 220. Siege of, 240. Abandoned, 241. Occupied by the Tories, 243, 247, 267, 268, 270, 273, 299. Seat of government removed to, 305. Informal meeting of the Assembly at. 306, 320. Mi- litia ordered to rendezvous at, 328. Seat of government removed from, 328-331. Meet- ing of friends of George Walton at, 323. Recovered from the enemy, 335. Seat of government removed to, 342, 343. Land Court established at, 354. Guard required by the President and Executive Council in journeying to, 354, 355. Scenes at, on the delivery of the land-warrants, 355-358. Meeting of the Trustees of the University at, 362. Convention to ratify the Federal Constitution meets at, 386. Meeting of Con- vention for revising the Constitution at, 389, 390. Visit of President Washington to, 396, 397. Seat of government removed from, 407, 414, 415, 429, 435, 436, 454.
Bacon, John, Sr., member of the Provincial Congresss of 1775, 106.
Bacon, William, Jr., member of the Provincial Congress of 1775, 106.
Bader, Julia, 234.
Bahamas, the, 447, 448.
Baillie, Robert, returned a member of the Com- mons' House of Assembly of 1780, 319.
Baird, Sir James, 173, 175, 176, 195, 196.
Baker, Captain, 135. Colonel, 157. Wounded, 170. Major, 199.
Baker, Colonel John, ordered to disperse the banditti on the southern frontier, 359, 360.
Baker, John, Jr., member of the Provincial Congress of 1775, 106.
Baker, William, Sr., member of the Provincial Congress of 1775, 106.
Baldwin, Abram, appointed Trustee of the State College, 352, 353, 362. Resigns presi- dency of the Board of Trustees, 363. Ap- pointed to select a new site, 363, 364. Dele- gate from Georgia to the Federal Convention, 386, 387. Elected representative to Congress, 394. United States Commissioner, 496.
Ball, Edward, member of the Provincial Con- gress of 1775, 106.
Barclay, Captain, 129, 132, 135.
Barnard, John, member of the Provincial Con- gress of 1775, 105.
Barnett, William, member of the Convention for revision of the Constitution, 501.
Barnwell, Captain John, 103.
Bear Creek; negro encampment on, 375, 466, 475, 476.
Beaufort, 103, 208, 210, 223, 385, 462. Beaulieu, 202, 214.
Bentalon, Captain, 217, 235, 236.
Berrier, Captain John, 158.
Bethizy, Vicomte de, 219.
Bethlehem (Pa.), 233.
Big Elk, leads attack on Sherrall's Fort, 84. Bill of Rights, adopted and approved, 109.
Bills of credit, issued, 20, 21, 60, 130, 131, 374, 375.
Blackstocks, 252.
Black Swamp, 194.
Blount, William, Agent of the State of North Carolina at the Indian Congress at Hope- well, 418, 421.
Board of Commissioners, appointed to treat with the Creeks and Cherokees, 338.
Board of Trade, applied to, to allow emission of bills of credit, 21. Concur in suspension of Chief Justice Grover, 23. Disapprove of Mr. Rolles's proposals for colonizing the newly acquired Indian lands, 30. Proposals of direct taxation of the colonists trans- mitted to, 38, 39. Letter of Governor Wright to, 43, 44. References to, 83, 460.
Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia ; appointment of, 362. Proceedings of, 362, 363.
Board of Visitors of the University of Georgia; organized, 362. Proceedings of, 363, 364.
Boone, Thomas, Governor of South Carolina, 27.
Boston, 77, 78, 80. Merchants suggest suspen- sion of commercial intercourse with Great Britain, 69, 70. Contributions from Georgia sent to, 100. British driven from, by means of powder furnished by Georgia, 104. Arri- val of troops from, 127, 131.
Boston Port Bill, 73, 113, 116. Bourbon County, 462.
Boussole, the ship, 228.
Bowen, Captain, 103, 104, 135, 152. Commo- dore, 163, 165. Member of the Provincial Congress of 1775, 104. Member of the Coun- cil of Safety, 126.
Bowles, William Augustus, sketch of, 446, 453, 454.
Boyd's defeat and death, 189-192,
Box, Philip, member of the Provincial Con- gress of 1775, 105.
Bradley, E., President of the Committee of Safety in Clarke's settlement, 403.
Brewton's Hill, 173, 174.
Brier Creek ; battle of, 194-198, 241.
Brisbain, Adam Fowler, member of the Pro- vincial Congress of 1775, 105.
British Legion, at siege of Savannah, 203. British Rangers, 192.
Browne, Governor, 460.
Brown, Colonel Thomas, 153, 186, 203. Takes possession of Augusta, 243, 244. Besieged at Augusta, 247-251, 255. Again besieged, 256-267, 274, 276. Defeat of, 280-282, 285, 320.
Brown, William. compiles table of progressive commerce of Savannah, 332.
Brownson, Dr. Nathan, member of the Provin- cial Congress of 1775, 106, 149. Elected Go- vernor, 335. Appointed Trustee of the State College, 352, 353, 362. Chosen President of the Senate, 391.
Bryan County, formed, 399, 406, 485.
Bryan, Hugh, member of the Provincial Con- gress of 1775, 105.
Bryan, Hon. Jonathan, chairman of meeting at Savannah in favor of non importation. 70. Displaced from the Council by order of the King, 70. Member of the Provincial Congress of 1775, 104. Member of the Coun- cil of Safety, 126, 133, 144, 155, 149. County named for, 399.
Bryan, William, member of the Provincial Congress of 1775, 104, 105.
Brydie, Dr. David, 124.
Bugg, Lieutenant William, 127.
Bull, Colonel Stephen, 133, 141, 142.
Bulloch, Archibald, 63. Elected Speaker of the Assembly, 73. Signs call for a meeting to sympathize with the Bostonians, 77. Chosen President of the Provincial Congress of 1775, 104, 129. Elected delegate to Continental Congress, 114, 117. Attends and takes his seat, 119, 125. Dr. Zubly's letter to, 120. Letter of instructions to delegates to Con- gress, 129, 130. Answers letter of Sir James
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Wright, proffering peace, 132. Commands detachment of troops sent to Great Tybee Island, 136. Character of, 142. Modesty and republicanism of, illustrated, 143. De. sired to take upon himself the whole execu- tive powers of government, 155. Death of, 155. Estimate of character, 155, 156, 291. Elected President and Commander-in-chief of Georgia, 294. Address of the Council of Safety to, 295, 296. Reply of, 296. Procla- mation and circular letter of, 297, 300.
Bulloch, James, member of the Provincial Congress of 1775, 105, 368-370.
Bulloch, the galley, 161, 162.
Bunker Hill ; powder sent from Georgia used at, 100. Battle of, 219.
Burbeck, Captain U. S. A., 434.
Burke County, 186, 187, 245, 269, 270. Esta- blished by the Constitution, 299. Required to furnish a guard for the escort of the Pre- sident and Executive Council, 355. Proceed- ings of the representatives of, 306, 310, 389, 394, 399, 400, 485, 500, 501.
Burke, Edmund, 69, 138-140. County named for, 299.
Burney, Andrew, member of the Provincial Congress of 1775, 105.
Burns, Andrew, member of the Provincial Congress of 1775, 105, 415.
Burton, Thomas, member of the Provincial Congress of 1775, 105.
Butler, Colonel, member of the Provincial Con- gress of 1775, 105.
Butler, Elisha, member of the Council of Safety, 101.
Butler, James, returned as member of the Commons' House of Assembly of 1780, 318.
Butler, Joseph, member of the Provincial Con- gress of 1775, 105. Declines taking his seat, 106,107.
Butler, Pierce, appointed Commissioner for South Carolina on the boundary disputes, 385.
Byron, Admiral Lord, 227.
Caldwell, Lieutenant, 154.
Call, Richard, elected Surveyor-General, 340. Canada, American expedition against supplied with powder from Georgia, 104.
Cambray, Colonel, 201.
Camden, Lord Chancellor of England ; county named for, 300.
Camden County, constituted out of the pa- rishes of St. Thomas and St. Mary, 299, 300. Proceedings of the representatives of, 306- 310, 389, 394, 406, 455, 485.
Cameron, Captain, 174. Colonel, 428.
Campbell, Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald, com- mands expedition against Georgia, 170. Cap- ture of Savannah, 172-178. Takes Ebenezer, 181. Issues proclamation, 181, 182. Plans capture of Sunbury, 183, 184. Takes Au- gusta, 187, 189. General, 447.
Campbell, John, Crown-Agent for Georgia ; publishes tract on the taxation of the colo- nies, 42.
Carnes, Peter J., 403, 501.
Carolina, 160, 161. Secret committees of, 163, 181. Reward offered for apprehension of patriots from, 182, 183, 222, 225, 268, 273, 312, 313. Frontiers of, endangered, 314, 315, 330, 331, 334, 458, 466. Vide North and South Carolina.
Carolina Light-Horse, 203
Carolina Regiment, 154. Carolina Troops, 141, 157. Carr, Captain Patrick, 276. Carr's Fort, 188.
Carr, Thomas, Collector of the Port of Sun- bury, 21.
Catawba Indians, 27, 29, 377. Chambis, Chevalier de. 209.
Charleston, 48, 74, 77. Committee of Safety at, intercept letters of Governor Wright, 102, 103, 133, 141, 142, 144, 148, 154, 198, 202, 215, 217, 223, 235, 236, 241. Fall of, 243, 255, 268, 313. Results of the capture of, 330, 430, 438, 466.
Charlton's (T. U. P.) Life of James Jackson, 383.
Chase, Judge, of Maryland, 120.
Chata, speeches of the Tassel and War Woman of, 420-423.
Chatham County, 121. Established by the Constitution, 299. Superintendent of Public Buildings in, elected, 303. Proceedings of the representatives of, 306-310. Inhabitants of, recommended by the Legislature to choose Church Wardens and Vestry. 342, Re- quested to furnish a guard for the escort of the President and Executive Council, 355. Controversy respecting the records of, 368- 371. Justices of, suspended, 369, 370, 389, 394, 399, 406, 480, 485, 501.
Chatham, Earl of, 69, 75.
Chattahoochee River, 412, 413, 414, 461, 470, 495.
Cherokees, the, 18, 24, 27, 29. Propose to liquidate the traders' claims by a cession of lands, 83. Number of gunmen of, 93. At- tacks of, on the frontiers, 144, 249, 266, 274, 275. Expedition against, 283. Commis- sioners appointed by Congress to treat with, 365, 399. Congress with, 415. Treaty with, 415, 429, 440. Washington's treaty with, 454.
Cherokee County, 411, 438.
Cherokee Hill, 181, 221.
Chescoenwhee; speech of, at the Hopewell In- dian Congress, 424, 425.
Cheweg, 283.
Chickasaws, 27, 29. Number of gunmen, 93, 274, 275.
Chimney-Top Mountain, 421.
Chisholm, Thomas, member of the first Exe- cutive Council, 300. Elected Surveyor-Ge- neral, 383.
Choctaws, 27, 29. Number of gunmen, 93. Choti, 283.
Christ Church Parish, 88. Name of, changed to Chatham County by the Constitution, 299, 318, 319.
Christie, Colonel, 144, 421, 422, 427.
Church of England ; ministers of, side with the mother country, 341. Burial service of, read over General Greene, 373.
Church-wardens and vestrymen; choice of, re- commended by the Legislature to the inha- bitants of Chatham County, 342.
Clark, Colonel Gibson, member of the first graduating class of the University of Geor- gia, 364.
Clark, Captain John, wounded at Musgraves' Mills, 246.
Clark County, 363.
Clark, Lieutenant, 173.
Clarke, Brigadier-General, 453.
Clarke, Colonel Elijah, wounded, 164, 190, 191, 198. Siege of Augusta, 245-250. Retreats to northern edge of Georgia, 252, 255, 257, 283, 356. Settlement on Indian reservation, 400, 406. Expedition against Waters, 412- 414. Expedition against the Creeks, 416, 417, 446, 451, 453, 454.
Clay, Joseph, 80. Member of the Council of Safety, 101, 121. Member of the Provincial
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Congress of 1775, 105, 106, 128. Empowered to act as member of the Executive Council, 308. Appointed trustee of the State College, 352, 353, 362. Signs letter defending the re- tention of the records, 368. Suspended from office, 369.
Clayton, Hon. Augustine T., member of the first graduating class of the University of Georgia, 364.
Clergymen, declared ineligible to seats in the Legislature, by the Constitution, 299.
Clinton, Governor, 441.
Clinton, Sir Henry, plans expedition against Georgia, 169, 170, 181, 189, 240.
Clymer, George, appointed Commissioner for holding treaty with the Creeks, 455.
Cochran, Lieutenant James, 127, 500, 501.
Cochran, Jonathan, member of the Provincial Congress of 1775, 105.
Cockspur Island, fortified, 21. Stamps sent to, for security, 46, 47, 132, 141, 292.
Coleman, John, member of the first Executive Council, 300.
Coleraine, 455, 456.
Columbia County, 406. Inhabitants of, sign an address for convening the Legislature, 408, 409, 477, 485.
Colville, Lord, 47.
Combined Society, the, 462, 463.
Commerce of Savannah, 332.
Commerce of Georgia, 333.
Commercial Statutes of 1760, 53, 54.
Commissioners, appointed to check the massa-
cres on the Florida frontier, 337. Board of, appointed to treat with the Creek and Che- rokee nations, 338. Board of, appointed to carry out provisions of the Act of Attainder, 345-347. Appointed by Congress to treat with the Cherokees, 365, 382. Appointment of, to settle boundary disputes between South Carolina and Georgia, 385, 386, 462. Parliamentary, loyalist claims upon, 350. Appointed by Congress and by Georgia to treat with the Creeks, 417. Journal of the proceedings of, at the Congress at Hopewell, 417-429. Subsequent efforts of, 432-434. Mission of, fruitless, 435-437. Success of, 455. Protest of Georgia Delegates against the action of, 455, 466. Appointment of, for the transfer of western lands, 495. 496.
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