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Committee of Correspondence of the Commons' House of Assembly, ordered to lay before the House the communications of their Agent, 42.
Committee of Correspondence, authorized by the Provincial Congress to inspect entries of the Custom House, 112.
Committee of Intelligence, appointed, 121.
Committee or Assemblyman, reward offered for, 182.
Commons' House of Assembly ; conduct of the Speaker of, 41. Answer to speech of Go- vernor Wright, 50. Unite in address to the King, 51, 52. Zeal of, for their prerogative, 59. Obedience to the Mutiny Act required of, by the King, 59, 60. Action of, with re- ference to the Massachusetts letter, 64-66. Address to the King on their being dissolved by the Governor, 66, 67. Struggle with re- ference to the Speakership. 71-73. Proceed- ings of, 1775, 89, 90. Prorogued by the Go- vernor, 90, 95. Convened by Sir James Wright, 318. List of members of, returned, 318, 319. Proceedings of, 319, 320. Address of Governor Wright to, 320, 321. Final ad- journment of, 322.
Congress (district) of St. Andrew's Parish; proceedings of, 86-88.
Congress, Indian, held at Augusta by com- mand of the King, 26, 27. List of members present at, 27. Held with the Creeks and Cherokees in 1773, 83. Treaty with the Che- rokees concluded at, 415. Journal of the, held at Hopewell, 417, 429. At Shoulder- Bone Creek, 429.
Congress of 1776, 156. Vide Continental Con- gress.
Congress of the United States ; Governor How- ley takes his seat in the, 243. Expenses at, 243. Pamphlet issued by the delegates of Georgia in, 331-333. List of delegates to, from Georgia, 1781, 335. Proposition of, for the cession of unappropriated lands, 378. Action of North Carolina with reference to the proposal of, 378, 379. Petition of South Carolina to, for settlement of boundary dis- putes with Georgia, 384. Action of, with re- ference to the boundaries, 384-386. Calling of a Convention for the revision of the Arti- cles of Confederation, by, 386, 387. Letter of President Wereat to the, 388. Resolution of, 389. Appointment of a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, by the, 393, 394. Reflections on the action of, 400, 419, 420, 422, 425, 426, 428, 429, 441, 457. The "Old," 463. Pass amendment to the Constitution, 466, 467, 479. Act of, for the settlement of the limits of Georgia, 495, 496.
Congress (Provincial) of Georgia. Vide Pro- vincial Congress.
Congressional Districts; State divided into, 394.
Connecticut, laws of, relating to the Tories, 348.
Conway, Secretary, circular of, 47, 56. Cook, Captain, 228.
Cooper, Captain, 192.
Coosa River, 431, 474.
Coosa Town, 283.
Conklin, Captain, 243.
Constitution of the State of Georgia; the first, ratified at Savannah, 1777, 298. Synopsis of, 298, 299, 300, 305, 307, 308, 311, 324. Revi- sion of, 327, 329, 330, 342, 365, 368. 388-391, 392, 394, 397, 406, 407, 488, 497, 498. Revi- sion of, 1798, 499-502.
Constitution of the United States; the Conven- tion called for framing, 386. Delegates from Georgia, 387. Acceptance of, by the States, announced, 388, 391-397. Amendment to, 466, 467.
Continental Association, the, 90, 91. Com- mittee chosen to enforce, 101, 111, 112, 113, 122, 123.
Continental certificates, 358, 375.
Continental Congress, the; approval of the course of, by the District Congress of St. Andrew's Parish, 86. Appointment of dele- gates to, urged by the same body, 87. Reso- lution of thanks to the members of, 90. Delegates elected to, 91. Address of, to the Parish of St. John, referred to, 92. Hesi- tancy on the part of the other parishes to adopt all the measures of, 93. Permit Dr. Hall to take his seat, 96. Letter of the Georgia delegates to the President of, 96-98. Instructions of the Earl of Dartmouth with reference to, 99. Solicits powder from Geor- gia, 104. Day of fasting and prayer set apart by, 106. Measures and recommendations of, adopted by Georgia, 109. Delegates elected to, 114, 117. Committee appointed to see that the resolutions of, be observed, 117. Attendance of Georgia delegates on the ses- sions of, 118, 119. Purposes and plans of, betrayed by Dr. Zubly, 120. Georgia com-
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mitted to the measures of, 122. Receives notice of the acceding of Georgia to the Ge- neral Association and the appointment of delegates, 123. Delegates from Georgia attend, 125. Georgia battalion raised by order of, 127. Delegates to, chosen, 129, 139, 140, 141, 145, 146, 147, 150. Enlistment of two additional battalions for Georgia, or- dered by, 151, 156, 158, 180, 182, 220, 243, 286, 291, 292, 293, 297, 308, 309, 323. Letter of Walton's Council to the President of, 324, 325. Governor Howley requested to take his seat in, 329, 331, 332, 334, 335, 347, 349, 351, 359, 386.
Continental Currency, 243, 375.
Continental Troops, 168. Ordered from South Carolina to defend Savannah, 173, 179, 185. Convention of Georgia, 151.
Convention (National) for revision of the Ar- ticles of Confederation, 386-388.
Convention (State) ratifies the Federal Consti- tution, 387, 388. Proceedings of, appointed to revise the Constitution, 388-391, 406-408, 480, 485, 497-501.
Cornwallis, Lord, 247, 330.
Council of Safety (at Charleston), 141.
Council of Safety appointed, 101, 291. Full power conferred upon, 121. Address let- ter to Governor Wright, 123. All legislative and executive power vested in, 126. Names of members of, 126, 127. Order the arrest of Governor Wright and others, 127, 128. Resolution of, concerning importation of gunpowder, &c., 130. Vigilance of, 132. Resolution of, concerning burning the city, 133. Resolution of, concerning burning the vessels, 135. Put under arrest the mem- bers of the Royal Council, 136. Send troops to Great Tybee Island, 136, 137. President Rutledge's letter to, 144. Committee of, ap- pointed to confer with General Lee, 149. Declaration of Independence laid before, 151. Action thereon, 151, 152. Organize a pro- vincial marine, 152. Confer upon President Bulloch full Executive powers, 155. Elect Button Gwinnett President, 155, 300. In- trusted with full power during recess of Pro- vincial Congress, 291. Powers of, defined, 293. Address of, to President Bulloch, 294- 296. His reply, 296, 300. Confide their books and papers to the Executive Council, and cease to exist, 301.
Council of State of 1779; odium cast upon, 326. Council, Supreme Executive. Vide Executive Council.
Council (Royal) ; removal of Chief Justice Gro- ver, 22, 23. Action respecting the Stamp Act, 43. Address of, to the King, 51, 52. Decline recognizing Mr. Grath as agent of the Province, 59. Mr. Bryan displaced from, 70. Troubles with the Commons' House of Assembly, 72. Propose conference with the Lower House, 89. Advise the offering of a reward for the detection of those who had broken open the King's magazine, 100. Reply to the address of the Council of Safety, 124. Arrest of Governor Wright in the midst of, 128. Letter of Governor Wright to, 131, 132. Members of, put under arrest, 136. Queries addressed by Governor Wright to, 317. Ac- tion of, 318, 319.
Court of Appeals ; appointed by the Provincial Congress, 126, 231.
Court of Claims; establishment of, recom- mended by Governor Martin, 336.
Court of Sessions, or Oyer and Terminer ; time of holding, appointed by the Provincial Con- gress, 294.
Cowan, Captain-Commandant John, present at the Indian Congress at Hopewell, 426. Cowpens, battle of, 254.
Cowper, Basil, member of the Council of Safety, 101, 126. Member of the Provincial Con- gress of 1775, 105, 107, 123. Returned as a member of the Commons' House of Assem- bly of 1780, 319.
Cox, Zachariah, 464, 476.
Crawford, William H .; remonstrance of, against the Yazoo sale, 477, 478.
Creek Indians ; the Province exposed to dan- gers from, 18. Efforts of the French to insti- gate against the Colonists, 24. Congress held with, by the King's command, 26-29. Meet in Congress at Augusta, June, 1773, 83. Attack the whites at Sherrill's Fort, 84. Treaty signed with, 85. Number of gunmen of, 93. Aid in attack on Great Tybee, 136. Turbulence of, 169. Proposal for exchange of, 266. British alliances with, 274. Defeat of, 280. Threatened war with, 368. Proposed expedition against, 380-382. Governor Mat- thews's plan of defence against, 400. Treaty with, at New York, 400-401. General Clarke's settlement on the reservation of, 464. Congress with, at Augusta, 415. Hos- tilities renewed by, 416. Treaty at Galphin- ton, 417. Treaty at Shoulder-Bone Creek, 429. Chief cause of the difficulties with, 430- 432. "Talk" sent to, 432, 433. Cession of lands by the Lower Creeks, 436. Efforts of Washington to prevent a war, 437. Mission of Colonel Willet to, 438. Treaty with, at New York, 442-443, 445. Depredations of, 444, 445. Bowles attaches himself to a party of, 447, 448. Appears at London as ambas- sador from, 449. Returns to, 450. McGillivray at the head of, 452. Expedition against, determined upon, 453. Treaty with, 455, 456. Creighton, Alexander, meeting of merchants and traders at the house of, 90.
Crittenden, the spy, killed, 284.
Crown Agent, 62.
Cruger, Lieutenant-Colonel, 210, 238, 248, 249, 255.
Crumer, Christopher, member of the Provin- cial Congress of 1775, 105.
Cumberland Island ; grant of, applied for, 30, 460.
Cumberland, Mr., nominated by the Govern- ment as Colonial Agent, 58, 59.
Cunningham, Major John, 254, 285.
Currency, paper, depreciation of, 243, 327.
Cuthbert, A. Daniel, 88.
Cuthbert, Isaac, 88.
Cuthbert, John, member of the Provincial Congress of 1775, 105.
Cuthbert, Seth John, Secretary of the Council of Safety, 101, 291. Member of the Provin- cial Congress of 1775, 105, 124. Empowered to act as member of the Executive Council, 308. Chosen President pro tem., 311. Cuyler, Mrs., 106.
Daniell, William, authorized to sign bills of credit, 374.
Darien, 162. Vide St. Andrew's Parish.
Dartmouth, Earl of, 82. Instructions of, to Governor Wright, 99.
Davies, Myrich, empowered to act as member of the Executive Council, 308.
Davidson County (North Carolina), 378.
Davis, Jenkin, member of the Provincial Con- gress of 1775, 105.
Davis, Larkin, appointed Trustee of the Uni- versity of Georgia, 362.
De Brahm, John G. Wm., employed, 23. De-
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scription of the first wharf built at Savannah, 52, 53.
Declaration of Independence, received at Sa- vannah, 151, 156, 296, 336.
De Kalb County, 440.
De La Luzerne, Chevalier, 366.
DeLancey, General, 175, 203.
DeLancey's Corps (New York Volunteers), 172, 204, 243.
Delegall, Colonel, member of the Provincial Congress of 1775, 105.
Demére, Raymond, 88. Member of the Pro- vincial Congress of 1775, 105, 134-136.
D'Erenville, Chevalier, 219.
D'Estaing, Charles Hector Comte, placed in command of the French fleet, 200. Expedi- tion against the West Indies, 200, 201. Co- operates in the siege of Savannah, 201-225, 315. Sketch of the life of, 226-228. Receives grant of land from the Legislature, for me- ritorious services, 366, 367. Death of, 367.
Deveaux, Colonel, member of the Provincial Congress of 1775, 105.
Deveaux, Peter, suspended from office, 369. De Witt's Corner, 144.
Digest of State Laws and Ordinances, ordered in the Constitution, 501.
Dill, Major, defeated and killed, 277.
Dillon, Count Arthur de, 209, 216. Sketch of the life of, 226.
Dixon, Mr., appointed Commissioner by Geor- gia, to act with Governor Sevier against the Indians, 380.
Dobbs, Arthur, Governor of North Carolina, 27.
Doharty, Jack, a spy ; taken prisoner, 284.
Dooly, Colonel John, 127, 187, 188, 190, 198. Empowered to act as member of the Execu- tive Council, 308.
Dooly, Lieutenant Thomas, 127. Dorchester, Lord, 447.
Douglass, Samuel, returned as member of the Commons' House of Assembly, 1780, 319. Dowley, Lieutenant Thomas, 127.
Drayton, Stephen, member of the Provincial Congress of 1775, 105. Member of the Coun- cil of Safety, 126.
Drayton, William Henry, appointed a Commis- sioner by the General Assembly of South Carolina, to bring about a union with Geor- gia, 311. His reception at Savannah, and subsequent proceedings, 302, 303.
Dumbarton, Scotland; Barony of Keith in, 226.
East Florida, 145-149, 442, 460, 462. East Indies, 226, 228.
Eaton, Thomas, builds first wharf in Sa- vannah, 52, 53.
Eaton, Major, 257.
Ebenezer taken, 181, 182, 193, 194, 216, 268- 270. Germans at, 273, 275, 276, 279, 287, 319. Meeting of Assembly at, 336.
Effingham County, established by the Consti- tution, 299. Proceedings of the representa- tives of, 306-310, 336. Required to furnish a guard for the escort of the President and Executive Council, 355, 389, 394, 399, 406, 485.
Effingham, Lord, county named for, 299. Eglintoun, Earl of, 26.
Elbert County, 83, 245, 399, 406, 501.
Elbert, Samuel, member of the Provincial Congress of 1775, 104. Member of the Coun- cil of Safety, 123, 127. Appointed Lieutenant- Colonel of the Georgia Battalion, 127. Ap- pointed committee to supply arms and ammunition, 130, 157. Brilliant exploit of,
161-163, 171, 174, 176, 192. Surrenders at Brier Creek, 196. Elected Governor, 359. Orders the attack of the banditti on the St. Mary's, 359, 360. Settles Indian difficulties, 365. Notifies Count d'Estaing of the legis- lative grant of land, 366, 415, 430.
Electors (Presidential); special meeting of the Legislature to choose, 389.
Elholm, Major Cæsar Augustus George, 238. Appointed Commissioner of the State of Franklin, 380-382.
Elliot, Mrs., 217.
Ellis, Captain, 162.
Ellis, Governor, leaves Savannah, 18. Issues bills of credit, 20. Saves Georgia from ruin, 24, 53, 459.
Elphinstone, George Keith, 225, 226.
Emanuel, David, appointed on a committee on the Yazoo Sale Bill, 486.
England, 131, 156. Claim of, to the southern frontier of the United States, 458.
English Revolution of 1688; one of the results of, 37, 38.
Ennoree River, 246.
Estawnalee, 413.
Etowah River, 411, 413.
Ewen, William, 63, 80. First President of the Council of Safety, 101, 291. Member of the Provincial Congress of 1775, 104, 123, 126.
Executive Council, the, 240, 241, 243, Com- mittee of, appointed to wait on General Wayne, 273, 288. Appointment of, and de- fining of duties in the Constitution, 298. Action of, with respect to a union with South Carolina, 302. Give dictatorial powers to the Governor, 304, 305. Remove seat of government to Augusta, 305. Members of, empowered to act as a Council for the State, 306. John Wereat and others empoweredby the Convention in Richmond County to act as Supreme Council, 308, 309. Dissatisfac- tion with, 322, 323. Rival Councils ap- pointed, 323. Publish a declaration of their powers, 323, 324. Attempts of Walton's Council to traduce the character of General McIntosh, 324. Power conferred upon, to transact business when out of the limits of the State, 327, 328. Adjourn to Heard's Fort, 329. Death of President Wells, and appointment of Stephen Heard in his place, 320. Adjournment of, to Augusta, 342, 343. Address to the Assembly with re- ference to a sufficient and speedy tax, 344. Take measures for the establishment and endowment of a State institution of learn- ing, 352-354. Require guards from the va- rious counties from fear of robbers, 353. Proceedings at Augusta, 355. Appoint State Commissioners to treat with the Indians, 365. Proceedings relative to the retention of the State records in Chatham County, 368-371. Action with reference to issue of bills of credit, 374. Receive Major Elholm, 381, 382. Expires, 392, 416. Letter of, to the Creeks, 430.
Fanshawe, Captain, 44.
Farley, Samuel, 80. Returned as member of the Commons' House of Assembly of 1780, 318. Fauquier, Francis, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, 27. Correspondence with Mr. Pitt concerning raising a revenue from the Ame- ricans, 39.
Federal Constitution, 386, 397. Vide Consti- tution of the United States.
Federal Convention, 385. Vide Convention (National).
Federal Government, 451. Supineness of, 454.
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Authority and jurisdiction of, involved in Yazoo Sale, 457. Recognizes right of Geor- gia to Yazoo land, 462, 496. Federal Hall, the (New York), 441.
Few, Colonel Benjamin, 186.
Few, Captain Ignatius, 279.
Few, Colonel William, 186. Member of the first Executive Council, 300, 308. Signs pamphlet "Observations," 332. Appointed delegate to Congress, 335. Appointed trus- tee of the State College, 352, 353, 362. Ap- pointed State Commissioner to treat with the Indians, 365. Agent of Georgia in the set- tlement of the boundary disputes, 385. De- legate from Georgia to the Federal Conven- tion, 386, 387, 415, 468. Appointed on the Committee on the Yazoo Sale Bill, 485.
Fidius Fort, 402, 404.
Finley, Captain, 261.
Fishbourne, Lieutenant-Colonel, 444.
Flert, John, member of the Provincial Con- gress of 1775, 105.
Florida, divided into two provinces, 26, 93, 123, 142, 152, 156, 160, 163, 168, 169, 171, 172, 268. Border ravages, 337. Efforts of the Governor to put a stop to pillage on the frontier, 360, 384. General Clarke's incursions into, 405, 414, 431, 437, 446, 448, 451, 452, 460, 462, 505.
Floridas, the, ceded to England by Spain, 25, 26, 461.
Fontanges, Vicomte de, 200, 219.
Forsyth, Robert, 302.
Fort Advance, 403, 405.
Fort Argyle, rangers stationed at, 55.
Fort, Arthur, member of the first Executive Council, 300.
Fort Augusta, royal Americans stationed at, 34.
Fort Barrington, rangers stationed at, 55.
Fort Cornwallis, attack on, 256-260. Surren- der of, 264.
Fort Defiance, 404.
Fort Fidius, 402, 404.
Fort Galphin, 255, 256.
Fort George (Sunbury), rangers stationed at, 55, 184.
Fort Granby, 255.
Fort Grierson, 248, 256, 257. Captured, 258.
Fort Howe, 154, 161, 163, 170.
Fort James, 84.
Fort McIntosh, invested, 152. Surrenders, 163.
Fort Mobile, 255.
Fort Orangeburg, 255.
Fort Tonyn, 163, 167.
Fort Watson, 250, 255, 258.
Fort William, 460.
Fowey, the, ship of war, 172, 202.
Fox, Joseph, returned as member of the Com- mons' House of Assembly, 1780, 319.
France, treaty between, and the United States, 200, 226, 227. Troubles in, 367.
Franklin, Benjamin, appointed Agent of the Colony, 62-64. Presents address of the Commons' House of Assembly to the King, 68, 337.
Franklin County ; land set apart in, for the endowment of a college, 354, 363, 389, 394, 406. Laid out, 416, 485.
Franklin, George, appointed on the Committee on the Yazoo Sale Bill, 486.
Franklin, the State of; sketch of the history of, 378-382.
Frederica; royal Americans stationed at, 55, 160. Fort of, ordered to be secured, 130. Freeman, Captain William, 188.
Freeman, Colonel Holman, 245.
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Freeman's Fort, 245. French, Captain, 238.
French, exposure to incursions from, 364. French League denounced, 181.
Fulton, John, 88. Member of the Provincial Congress of 1775, 105. Member of the first Executive Council, 300.
Gadsden, Captain, 201.
Gage, General, 47. Withdraws troops from Georgia, for the non-compliance of the As- sembly with the Mutiny Act, 60, 101. Go- vernor Wright's letters to, 101, 102. Letters to, intercepted, 102, 103.
Gaither, Lieutenant Colonel, U. S. A., ordered to co-operate with the Executive of Georgia, in breaking up General Clark's settlement, 401, 402.
Galatea, the, ship of war, 162.
Gallatin, Albert, United States Commissioner, 496.
Galoche, Lieutenant James, 127.
Galphin, George, 432.
Galphinton, 365, 417, 429, 431, 436. Treaty of, 400, 401, 417, 429, 431, 436, 445, 446.
Gates, General, superseded. 254.
Gazette, Georgia, the, 64, 76, 77 .: Violations of the Resolutions of the Continental Associa- tion to be published in, 112.
General Assembly; meets at Savannah, No- vember, 1760, 18. Dissolved, in consequence of the death of George II, 19. Convened, March, 1761, 19, 20. Takes action on issuing Bills of Credit, 20. Intrigues of Chief Jus. tice Grover with, 23. Commons House of, convened by the Speaker, 1765, 41. Pre- vented from sending delegates to the New York Congress by Governor Wright, 41. Dis- miss their Agent, 42. Convened by the Go- vernor, 49, 50. Action of. on repeal of the Stamp Act, 49-52. Repudiate the " Mutiny Act," 57. Controversies of the Commons' House of, with the Governor and Council, 58-60. Relative strength of "Royalists" and "Liberty Boys" in, 59. Compliance with the "Mutiny Act" required of, by the King, 59, 60. Proposition for increased issues of bills of credit, 60, 61. Acts of, concerning negroes and settlers. 61. Difficulties in the way of the legislation of, 62. Benjamin Franklin appointed Agent, and Committees of Correspondence with him chosen by, 63. Proceedings of Commons' House of, 64-68. Controversies with the Governor. 71-73. Re- solutions of, 69-90. Adjourned and pro- rogued, 90, 95, 96. Resolve of Provincial Congress respecting, 116. Report of Com- mittee to, with reference to the capture of Savannah, 179. Endeavor to prevent plun- dering, 241, 242. Organic changes in the Constitution of, 391. Request Rev. Mr. Pal- mer, of St. Paul's, Augusta, to prepare a sermon and form of prayer suitable to the day of public thanksgiving, 393. Results of change in the time of meeting of, 407-409. Request the President of the United States to make another treaty with the Creeks, 455. Vide Legislature.
General Assembly of South Carolina; resolu- tion of, proposing union with Georgia, 301. General Congress, the, 92. Dr. L. Hall attends and is admitted to a seat, 96. Letter to, from the Delegates of Georgia, 96-99, 145, 146, 147. Appoint a day of public thanks- giving, 392. Vide Continental Congress. General Continental Congress, 182.
General Government, brought in conflict with
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Georgia, 365. 366. Proposition of Congress for the payment of the debts of, 378. George II ; death of, 19, 458, 459.
George III; proclaimed King, 19. Desired by the General Assembly to approve emission of paper currency, 20. Confers full execu- tive powers on Governor Wright, 20. Re- moves Chief Justice Grover, 23. Treaty with the Indians, 29. Assents to Grenville's Stamp Act, 40. Approves the course of Governor Wright, 49. Address of the Commons' House of Assembly to, 66, 67. Objections of, to the mode of its transmission, 68. Displacement of Mr. Bryan from the Council, by command of, 70. Disapproval of the course of the As- sembly in the dispute concerning the Speak- ership, 72. Gives favorable audience to Governor Wright, and creates him a Baro- net, 74. The designs of, unmasked, 75. Ab- sorbing idea of, 76. Cession of lands by the Creeks and Cherokees to, 83. Liberty-pole erected on the birthday of, 101. Proposal of a petition to, 107, 108. Professions of allegi- ance to, 116, 117. Petition addressed to, by the Provincial Congress, 121, 131, 132, 138, 139, 144, 460.
Georgia; arrival of Lieutenant-Governor Wright in, 17. His peculiar qualifications for his po- sition in, 18. Military strength of, 18, 19. Removal of the seat of government of. 19. Proclamation of the accession of George III, 19. Promotion of Lieutenant-Governor Wright for his zeal in behalf of, 21. Con- duct of first Chief Justice, 22-24. Saved from ruin by assiduity of Governor Ellis, 24. Advantages accruing to, by the Peace of Paris, 26. Participation of the Governor of, in the Southern Congress with the In- dians, 26-29. Enlargement of the bounda- ries of, 29. Plans for the colonization of, 29- 32. Position of, under administration of Governor Wright. 33. Foreshadowings of the Revolution in, 33-36. Commons' House of Assembly of, convened, 41. William Knox, Agent of, dismissed from service, 42, 43. Stamp Act peculiarly oppressive to, 44, 45. Whole province aroused. 46. Invectives and measures of the Carolinians, 48. Injustice of these measures, 48, 49. Address of the Council and Commons' House of Assembly to the King, 51, 52. Commerce and popula- tion of, 53. Prosperity of, described by the Governor, 53-56. Assembly of, refuse com- pliance with the Mutiny Act, 57. Samuel Grath appointed Agent of, 59. Troops with- drawn from, 60. Peculiar grievances of, 60, 61. Difficulties in the way of legislation for, 62. B. Franklin appointed Agent of, 62, 63. Action of the Assembly of, on the circular letter of the Massachusetts representatives, 64-66. Dissolution of the Assembly of, 66. Address of the Commons' House to the King, 66, 67. First subject of royal vengeance in, 70. Struggle between the Governor and As- sembly of, 70-73. Sympathy of, with the Bostonians, 76-80. Indian affairs in, 82-85. Sympathy with the other Colonies, 86-88. Provincial Congress of, 88-91. Resolutions of the Carolinians to hold no intercourse with, 91, 92. Reasons for the hesitancy of, 93-95. Letter of the delegates of, to the Ge- neral Congress, 96-99. First liberty-pole erected in, 101. Condition of, misrepre- sented, 102, 103. Capture of the powder- ship, 103, 104. Proceedings of the Provincial Congress of, 104-116. Zubly's defection, 119, 120. Addresses of the Provincial Congress to the Governor and people of, 121, 122.
Committed to the measures of the Conti- nental Congress, 122, 123. Delegates from, take their seats in the Continental Congress, 125. Power of the royal government in, at an end, 125, 126. In the hands of the Pro- vincial Congress, 126. Battalion of troops for the protection of, raised by the Conti- nental Congress, 127. Sermon at the open- ing of the Provincial Congress of, 129. Sends delegates to Continental Congress, 129. Their instructions, 129, 130. Proceedings of the Council of Safety of. 130. Bills of Credit is- sued by, 130, 131. Letter of Governor Wright concerning, 131. 132. Resolutions of Coun- cil of Safety of, 132, 133. First battle in, 133-137. "Prohibitory Bill" in, 138-141. Military strength of, 142. Adopts a Consti- tution, and becomes an independent State, 143. Character of its chief Executive, 143. Menaced with Indian War, 143, 144. Con- ference of a Committee with General Lee, respecting the state of, 144, 145. Report of Committee, 145-148. Expedition from, against Florida, 148-150. Additional bat- talions raised for, 151. Declaration of Inde- pendence received in, 151, 152, Depredations of English cruisers in, 152, 153. Incursions of the British, 153, 154. Executive powers of, conferred on President Bulloch, 155. President Gwinnett's expedition against Florida, 154-159. Irruption of Loyalists, 160. Attempt on St. Augustine, 160-169. Sir HI. Clinton's designs against. 170. De- fenceless state of, 173. Report of a Commit- tee of the General Assembly on the capture of the State of, 179. The British in, 181-183. Re-establishment of Royal Government in, 185. Skirmishes in, 188-190, 192. Defeat of General Ash, 197-198. French fleet arrive off the coast of, 201, 202. Lower part of, in possession of the British, 222, 224, 227. Pu- laski removed to, 235. Protest of the Execu- tive Council of, against the removal of troops, 240. Darkest period of the history of, 241. Incursions into, 242. Left without government or soldiers, 243, 246. Partisan warfare in, 251, 252. General Morgan's ad- dress to the refugees of, 253, 254. Attempt to secure Augusta, 254, 255, 257, 268, 269, 270. Suffering in, 271, 272, 273, 281. Free and independent, 289. Loss of property and negroes at the embarkation of the Loyalists, 289. Establishment of republican govern- ment of, 290-297. First Constitution of, ratified, 298. Great seal of, 300. Proposal of a union of, with South Carolina, 301-303. Incursions on the southern seaboard, 305. Proceedings in Richmond County, 306-311. Letter of the Council of, to General Lincoln, 311-315. Re-establishment of the royal government in, 315-322. Dissatisfaction in, 323, 324, 326. Republican, reduced to two counties, 329, 330. Deplorable condition of, 331. " Observations" published by the dele- gates of, 331-333. Dawn of a better state of things in, 335. Indian hostilities, 337. L. Hall elected Governor of, 338, 339. State of religion in, 341, 342. Acts of attainder of, 345-349, 351. Establishment of the Univer- sity of, 352-354, 359, 360-365. Brought in conflict with the General Government, 365, 366. Grant lands to Count d'Estaing, 366, 367. Telfair's administration, 367, 368, 371, 374. Issues bills of credit, 374-376. Rela- tions of the State of Franklin with, 380-382. Governor Elbert elected, 383. Boundary disputes of, with South Carolina, 384-386. Shares in the Federal Convention, 386, 387.
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