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Oconee land, 443, 446.
Oconee River, 270, 399, 402, 404, 429, 432, 434, 435.
Ogeechee Territory ferry, 281.
Ogeechee River, 55, 170, 176, 197, 238, 241, 242, 243, 268, 269, 286, 300, 329, 381.
Ogeechee road, 281, 285, 286.
Oglethorpe, James, 19, 399, 459, 460.
Oglethorpe County, 83, 363, 376, 399, 406, 485.
Osborne, Chief Justice H., 432, 433.
Ositchy, Indian council at, 439, 440.
Pacolette River, 245, 253.
Palmer, Rev. Mr., of St. Paul's, Augusta, preaches Thanksgiving Sermon before the Governor and General Assembly, 393. Re- ceives the thanks of the Assembly, 393.
Panton, William, returned a member of the Commons' House of Assembly of 1780, 319, 431, 437.
Panton, Leslie & Co., 431.
Parker, Commodore Hyde, at the capture of Savannah, 172, 177. Issues proclamation to the Georgians, 181, 182, 282, 288, 312.
Parker's (Captain) Infantry, 287, 288.
Parliament, British, 37, 38, 110, 113, 114, 115, 138, 140, 141, 285, 292, 297.
Parliamentary Commissioners on the claims of the Loyalists, 350.
Paterson, Simon, returned a member of the Commons' House of Assembly of 1780, 319. Peacock, William, member of the first Execu- tive Council, 300.
Pendleton, Nathaniel, delegate from Georgia to the Federal Convention, 386, 387.
Pendleton, Major, attends General Greene's last moments, 372, 373.
Pennsylvania, 113, 233. Acts of attainder and confiscation, 348, 355.
Pensacola, removal of Spanish rule from, 26, 446, 447.
Petersburgh. Vide Fort James.
Petty, Lieutenant, 162.
Philadelphia, 77, 104, 123, 127, 156, 200, 243, 441, 463.
Philips, Captain, 37.
Philips, Lieutenant George, 127.
Phoenix, the, ship of war, 172, 173.
Pickens, Andrew, Colonel, 188-190, 197, 198, 242, 243, 254-257, 261, 262-267. Briga- dier-General, 267. Expedition against the Cherokees, 282-285. South Carolina Com- missioner in boundary disputes, 385. Expe- dition against Waters's settlement, 412-414. United States Commissioner, 417, 418, 420, 432. "Talk" with the Creeks, 432-434, 438. Indian Commissioner, 455, 460.
Pierce, William, delegate from Georgia at the Federal Convention, 386, 387.
Piercy, Rev. William, opens session of the Pro- vincial Congress by a sermon, 129.
Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, South Carolina Commissioner in boundary disputes, 385.
Pinckney, Major Thomas, 201, 211, 212. Go- vernor, 432.
Pitt, Earl of, Chatham County named for, 299.
Pitt, William, plan for raising revenue from the Americans, 39, 460.
Poniatowski, 228.
Pooler, Captain Quintin, 124.
Posey, Lieutenant-Colonel, 277, 278.
Posey's Infantry, 281, 282.
Powell, Captain, 45.
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Pray, Captain, 152.
Presbyterian Congregation at Savannah, 119. President of Congress, letter to, 325.
President of the United States, proclamation of, 499.
Prevost, Augustine, 160. Commands expedi- tion against Georgia, 170, 173. Reduces Sunbury, 183. Gazetted Major-General, 185. Abandons Augusta, 193. Battle of Brier Creek, 195. Defence of Savannah, 202-218. Sketch of the life of, 225, 238.
Prevost, George, Governor-General of North America, 225.
Prevost, Captain James, 225.
Prevost, Lieutenant-Colonel James Mark, 170- 172, 184, 193-195.
Prevost, Major-General William Augustus, C. B., 225.
Prohibitory Bill, Lord Worth's, 138, 141, 142. Province of Georgia, re-establishment of royal government in, 331.
Provincial Congress of Georgia, meets in Sa- vannah, 88. Resolve of, laid before the As- sembly, 89, 90. Gives umbrage to the parish of St. John's, 90, 91. Delegates of, to General Congress, admitted, 96. Commissions a ves- sel for the capture of the British armed schooner in Savannah River, 103, 104. Meets at Savannah, 104. Members of, 104- 106. Proceedings of, 106-118. Elect dele- gates to the Continental Congress, 114. Preamble and resolutions of, 114-118. Ad- dress from, 126. Georgia in the hands of, 126. Opened by a sermon from Dr. Piercy, 129. Organized, 291. Confers full powers on the Council of Safety, 291. Resolutions of, 291-294, 351.
Provincial currency, 375.
Pugh, James, member of the Provincial Con- gress of 1775, 105.
Purysburg, 185, 194, 269.
Pulaski, Count Casimer, 202. Wounded at the siege of Savannah, 217, 218. Sketch of the life of, 228, 237.
Pulaski's Legion, 233, 238, 381.
Quash Dolly, 175. Quebec, 399.
Ral, Robert, member of the Provincial Con- gress of 1775, 105.
Ramsey, David, 239.
Ramsey's (Dr. J. G. M.) Annals of Tennessee, 380.
Randolph, Peyton, Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses, letter from, 65. Action of the Georgia Assembly thereon ordered to be transmitted to, 65.
Rawdon, Lord, 254, 255, 269, 274.
Ray, Lieutenant-Colonel, 162.
Records, controversy respecting the retention of, 368-371. All references to the Yazoo Sale Act expunged from, 491-494.
Rees, David, Collector of Sunbury, 303.
"Refugee Certificates," 358.
Reichel, William C., 233.
Reid's Bluff, 163.
"Rescinding Act," the, 486-489.
Reynolds, Governor John, 20, 24, 459.
Reynolds, Joseph, member of the Provincial Congress of 1775, 104.
Reynolds, William, petitions for a tract of land in Georgia, 29.
Rice, Captain, 134, 135, 136. Richmond, 441.
Richmond County, 186. Established by the Constitution, 299, 306. Proceedings of the representatives of, 306-310, 329. Grand jury
of, 329, 330. Requested to furnish a guard for the President and Executive Council, 355, 389, 394-406. Judge Walton's charge to the grand jury of, 404, 412, 501.
Richmond, Duke of, 299,
Roach, Matthew, Jr., member of the Provin- cial Congress of 1775, 105.
Roberts, Daniel, 92. Member of the Provin- cial Congress of 1775, 105, 134-136. Lieu- tenant-Colonel, 176.
Roberts, John, member of the Provincial Con- gress of 1775, 105. Declines taking his seat, 106.
Robertson, James, 124. Attorney-General, 318. Returned as member of the Commons' House of Assembly, 1780, 318.
Rock Landing, Oconee River, 432, 434, 437.
Rolles, Denys, applies for land in Georgia, 29, 30.
Rolles, Lord, Baron of Stevenstone, 29. Rose, the, ship of war, 172, 202, 205. Ross, Major, 195.
Ross, William, returned a member of the Commons' House of Assembly of 1780, 319. Royal American Regiment, 47, 54, 55, 57. Royal Artillery, 172.
Royal Assembly, disqualifying act of, 351, 352.
Royal Council, 19, 20, 22, 23, 43, 44, 51, 58, 59, 63, 70, 72, 89, 92, 95, 100, 124, 128, 131, 136, 222, 317-320. Vide Council (Royal.)
Royal Government of Georgia, public obse- quies of, 152. Re-establishment of, 315, 316.
Royalists, number of, in Lower House of As- sembly, 59.
Rudolph, Major, 255, 264, 266.
Rutherford, General, 144, 194, 283.
Rutherford, Jamcs H., 485, 486.
Rutherford, Robert, member of the first gra- duating class of the University of Georgia, 364.
Rutledge, President, furnishes soldiers, 148.
Ryan, Daniel, member of the Provincial Con- gress of 1775, 105.
Salzburg, Protestants of, 502.
"Sans Culottes" party, 405.
Saltilla River, 165.
Sapello Sound, 198.
Savannah, defenceless state of, 18, 19. Intel- ligence of King's death reaches, 19. Fes- tivities at, 22. Commons' House of Assembly convened at, 41. Riots at, 43-47. Clearance of ships at, 48. First wharf built at, 52, 53. Meeting of merchants at, 70. Departure of Governor Wright from, 70. His return to, 74. Meetings at, to sympathize with the Bostonians, 76-80. Treaty with the Creeks signed at, 85, 97, 100. Port of, blockaded, 102, 103. Members of the Provincial Con- gress from, 104, 105. Resolutions of inha- bitants of, 106-108. Presbyterian congrega- tion at, 119. Dr. Zubly's course at, 119-121. Resolutions of the Council of Safety concern- ing the burning of, 133. Threatened attack on, 133. Prohibitory bill reaches, 141. De- fence of, intrusted to the Georgia Battalion, 136, 142, 143. Troops of General Lee reach, 148. Declaration of Independence received at, 151, 152. General Howe arrives at, 152, 160, 171. Capture of, 172, 177. British out. rages at, 177-180, 184, 185, 187. Siege of, 200- 225, 228, 235-287. Negotiations for surren- der of, 287. Evacuation of, 288, 296, 297. Legislature convened at, 300, 301, 305, 313, 314. Re-establishment of royal government at, 315, 316. Small-pox at, 317. Members of
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Commons' House of Assembly, 1780, returned from, 318. Rebel lines pushed on toward, 322. Number of houses and inhabitants, 322. Evacuation of, 322, 323, 328, 331, 332. British shut up within the limits of, 336. Evacuation of, and removal of the Assembly to, 336, 340, 342. Proclamation of peace at, 351, 355. Retention of State records at, 368-371. Washington's visit to, 395, 396, 434.
Savannah River, 54, 103, 104, 160, 187-190, 194, 195, 273, 302, 329, 377, 414, 459, 461.
Scarborough, the, man-of- war, 129, 131, 133. Schools; erection of, in each county, required by the Constitution, 296.
"Scillius" (General James Jackson), newspaper articles of, 480.
Scophal, Colonel, 160.
"Scophalites," 160, 166.
Scott, General, 312, 315.
Scriven, General, mortally wounded, 170, 171. Scriven County, 398, 399, 406, 485.
Seagrove, 451, 454.
Sea Island District; list of members of the Provincial Congress from, 105.
Seal of the State, the great, 300, 505.
Senate of Georgia, 391, 392, 398, 418, 487, 490, 491, 492.
Senate of the United States, 374, 442, 455, 479, 480, 481.
Senatus Academicus of the University of Geor- gia; how constituted, 362. First meeting of, 362.
Sevier, Colonel Jobn, 283. Governor of the State of Franklin, 378-382.
Seymour's white house, 247, 248.
Sharp, Major Harry, 186, 187.
Sheep, resolve of the Provincial Congress to improve the breed of, 101.
Sheftall, Levi, 107.
Sheftall, Mordecai, treatment of, 183.
Sheftall Sheftall, treatment of, 183.
Shelburne, Earl of, 49, 53-56, 59, 60.
Shelby, Colonel, 246, 283.
Sherrill, killed by the Indians, 84.
Sherrill's Fort, attack on, 84.
Shoulder-Bone Creek, Indian Congress at, 429. Treaty of, 436.
Simms, James, Georgia Commissioner, 455.
Simpson, John, 63, 106, 108. Returned as member of the Commons' House of Assem- bly of 1780, 318.
Sisters' Ferry, 181, 184 186, 272.
Skinner's Corps, 172, 204.
Slavery ; expression of disapprobation and ab- horrence of, by the District Congress of St. Andrew's Parish, 87.
Slaves ; resolve concerning importation or purchase of, 109. Proposal to arm the, 119, 120. Nearly half the population, 122. Acts concerning, 320, 321. Prohibition of further importation of, 501. Vide Negroes.
Small-pox at Savannah, 317.
Smith, Lieutenant Aaron, 184.
Smith, John, 63. 80. Member of the Council of Safety, 101. Member of the Provincial Con- gress of 1775, 106.
Smith, Captain John C., 74.
Smith, Lieutenant Joshua, 127.
Smith, Rev. Mr., Rector of Christ Church, Sa- vannah; contumacious conduct of, 126.
Snyder, Mr., gallant conduct of, 279.
Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts, The ; conduct of the missionaries of, 341. South Carolina, success of the Cherokees in, 18. Chief sufferer in Indian war, 241. Unites in Southern Indian Congress, 26, 27. Injustice of, towards people of Georgia, 48, 114, 121, VOL. II.
143, 144, 145, 147, 153, 163, 198, 235. Reso- lutions of, on death of Pulaski, 236, 240, 245, 246, 253, 259, 271. Votes rice for Georgia, 279. Proposes union with Georgia, 301-303, 315, 320. Laws of, respecting Tories, 348, 349. Action concerning boundaries, 384-386, 412, 430, 432, 438, 459, 461, 462, 464, 495. South Carolina cavalry, 276, 277.
South Carolina, Legislature of, 151, 301-303. South Carolina regiment, 150, 217, 242.
South Carolina troops, 377.
South Carolina Yazoo Company, the, 463-466. Spain, 227, 328. Negotiations with, 333-334,
447. Claim of, to the Southern frontiers of the United States, 458. King and constitution of, 460.
Spalding, James, returned a member of the Commons' House of Assembly, 1780, 319. Spaniards, exposure to incursions from, 364. "Speaker's" warrants, 375.
Speedwell, the ship ; reaches Georgia with the stamps, 44. Stamps deposited on board for security, 47. Marines and seamen from, mar- shalled for the defence of Savannah, 47.
Spencer, Captain, capture of a British vessel by, 199.
Spring Hill, 212, 216.
Spring Hill redoubt, 239.
Spurgen, Major, 191.
Stamp Act, the, 36-39, 40, 41. Riots in Savan- nah caused by, 43, 44. Peculiarly oppressive to Georgia, 44, 45, 47, 48. Repeal of, an- nounced, 49, 50.
St. Andrew's Parish District, Congress held at, 86, 87. List of members of Provincial Con- gress of 1775, from, 105, 135. Name and boundaries changed, 299, 319. Vide Darien. Stanislaus, Augustus, 228, 229.
State-House (Philadelphia), 463.
State-House, old, 491, 493.
St. Augustine, removal of Spanish rule from, 26, 102, 129, 145, 148, 153, 154. Gwinnett's proposed attack on, 156-159. General Howe's proposed attack on, 160-168.
St. Clair, General, 269, 270.
St. David's Parish, deputies from; unite with the people of St. John's in resolution to send deputies to the General Congress, 81. List of members of Provincial Congress of 1775, from, 105. Name and boundaries of, changed, 299, 319.
Steding, Baron de, 219.
Stephens, President William, 124, 202.
Stephens, Chief Justice William, 294, 303, 329. Defends retention of the records, 368. Sus- pended from office, 369. Reads burial service of the Church of England over the body of General Greene, 373.
Stephens, John, member of the Provincial Congress of 1775, 106.
St. George's Parish, deputies from ; unite with the people of St. John's in resolution to send deputies to the General Congress, 81. List of members of the Provincial Congress of 1775, from, 105. Name changed to Burke County, 299, 319.
Stirk, Samuel, Clerk of Executive Council, 301. Delegate to Congress, 335. State Commis- sioner, 337. Attorney General, 340. Defends the retention of the records, 368. Suspended from office, 369.
Stirk, John, member of the Provincial Con- gress of 1775, 105.
St. James's Parish ; name and boundaries changed, 299.
St. John's Parish furnishes supplies for the suffering Bostonians, 80-81. Resolve to send deputies to the General Congress, 81. Course
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of the delegates from, at the Provincial Con- gress, 90, 91. Seek exemption from the non - intercourse proclaimed by South Carolina with Georgia, 92. Wealth and character of the people of, 92, 93, 123, 148. Name and boundaries of, changed, 299, 319.
St. John's Rangers, 134, 135.
St. John's Riflemen, 135.
St. Mark's, Florida, 448.
St. Mary's Parish, list of members of Provincial Congress of 1775, from, 105, 165. Name and boundaries changed, 299, 300. List of mem- bers of Commons' House of Assembly, 1780, returned from, 319.
St. Mary's River, boundary of Georgia, 33, 93, 148, 163, 166, 319, 337, 360, 384, 415, 446, 461, 462, 466, 496, 504.
St. Matthew's Parish, list of members of the Provincial Congress of 1775, from, 105. Name and boundaries of, changed, 299, 319.
Stokes, Anthony, Chief Justice, 318.
St. Patrick's Parish ; name and boundaries of, changed, 299, 319.
St. Paul, Parish of; list of members of the Provincial Congress of 1775, from, 105 ; name changed to Richmond County, 299.
St. Paul's Church, Augusta, 257, 393.
St. Philip's Parish, list of members of the Pro- vincial Congress of 1775, from, 105. Name and limits of, changed, 299, 318.
St. Thomas's Parish, list of members of the Provincial Congress of 1775, from, 105, 152. Name and boundaries of, changed, 299, 300, 319.
Stuart, Allen, member of the Provincial Con- gress of 1775, 105.
Stuart, Captain John, Superintendent of In- dian Affairs, 27. Speech at Indian Congress, 28. Efforts for another congress at Augusta, 83. Interview with the Creeks at Savannah, 85, 93, 103, 144, 203.
St. Vincent captured, 201, 223.
Sullivan, Captain, 463.
Sullivan County (North Carolina), 378.
Sunbury ; made port of entry, 21, 150, 151, 168, 171, 172, 173, 179. Last remnant of Ameri- can Army in Georgia at, 183. Reduced, 184. Name changed to Fort George, 184, 276, 313, 340.
Sumter, Colonel, 157, 161, 270.
Supreme Court of the United States, suits in equity in, against Savannah, 466, 467.
Supreme Executive Council. Vide Executive Council.
Sugar or molasses act, 40.
Taliaferro, Benjamin, trustee of the University of Georgia, 362, 501.
Taliaferro County, 83. Tamar, the man-of-war, 141.
Tammany Society, 441.
Tarlin, Peter, member of the Provincial Con- gress of 1775, 105.
Tarleton, defeat of, at the Cowpens, 254. Tarleton's Legion, 254.
Tassel of Chata, the speech of, at the Indian Congress at Hopewell, 429-423.
Tatnall, Josiah, 106, 377.
Tatuall's plantation, 175, 203, 204.
Tauche, Captain, 405, 406.
Taylor, Major Samuel, 247, 248, 426.
Telfair, Edward, 80. Secures military stores at Savannah, 100. Member of the Council of Safety, 101, 126. Member of the Provincial Congress of 1775, 104, 150. Delegate to Con- gress, 335. Agent to settle boundary dis- putes, 340, 341. Indian Commissioner, 365. Governor, 367. Early history of, 367. Ad-
ministration of, 368-371. Advises issuing of bills of credit, 374, 375, 378, 380. First Go- vernor under new Constitution, 392. Ad- ministration of, 392-398. Indian Commis- sioner, 415. Attempts expedition against the Creeks, 453, 454.
Tennessee, 252, 378, 382.
Tennessee Company, 468, 476.
Tennessee River, 382, 422, 465, 466, 475, 476.
Tennessee Yazoo Company, 464-466.
Tensaw Lake, 474.
Temple (on the St. Mary's), 405.
Thanksgiving, day of, appointed by Congress, 393. Its observance in Georgia, 393.
Threadcraft, George, 88. Member of the Pro- vincial Congress of 1775, 105.
Thomas, Colonel, 186.
Tombigbee River, 474, 475.
Tondee's Long Room, 104, 127.
Tonyn, Governor Patrick, 93, 337.
Toulouse, Fort, 430.
Treaties with the Indians. See Indian Treaties.
Treaty between France and the United States, signed at Versailles, 200.
Treaty between Great Britain and the United States, 462.
Treutlin, John Adam, member of the Provin- cial Congress of 1775, 105. Governor, 300. Proclamation of, 302, 303. Dictatorial powers conferred upon, 304, 405.
Trial by jury, secured by the Constitution, 298. Trustee's patent, 94.
Tuckasee, speech of, at the Indian Congress at Hopewell, 424.
Tugaloo River, 384, 386, 399.
Tushegatahee, speech of, at the Indian Con- gress at Hopewell, 427, 428.
Twiggs, Colonel John, 186, 187, 192, 198, 199, 242, 243. General, 269, 270, 328, 363, 400, 403, 404. Letter addressed to, 408, 409, 416, 417. Major-General, 453, 468.
Tybee, 45, 127, 128, 136, 173, 201, 203, 240, 319.
Tybee Light-house, 103.
United States. 242, 365, 366, 477, 495.
University of Georgia; establishment of a se- minary of learning recommended, 344. Le- gislative action therefor, 352-354. Act of Assembly for the more full and complete establishment of, 360-362. Appointment of "Board of Trustees," 362. Site determined upon, 363, 364. First class of, graduated, 364. Remarks on the establishment of, 364, 365, 490.
Upper Mississippi Company, 475, 476.
Vaudreuil, Marquis de, 220.
Vernonburgh, list of members of the Provin- cial Congress of 1775, from the District of, 105, 319.
Versailles, treaty between France and the Uni- ted States signed at, 200, 228.
Vestrymen, choice of, recommended by the Legislature, 342.
Vigilant, the, ship of war, 172.
Virginia, 24, 26, 27, 36, 41, 114, 144, 147, 151, 239, 348, 359, 396, 421, 422.
Virginia Assembly, deny the right of Parlia- ment to tax the Colonies, 41. Letter from, placed on record, 65, 68. Adopt resolve of non-importation, 70.
Virginia, Legislature of, 151.
Virginia Troops, 150, 277, 278.
Virginia Yazoo Company, the, 464-466, 468, 476.
Wade, Captain Hezekiah, 127.
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Wade, Nehemiah, Treasurer of Georgia, 353. Wallace, Sir James, 201.
Walsh (alias Thomas Washington), 463, 466.
Walton, Colonel, 175. General Clarke's letter to, 403.
Walton, George, 77. Member of the Council of Safety, 102, 126. Member of the Provin- cial Congress of 1775, 105. President of the Council of Safety, 118, 123, 127, 291. Dele- gate to Continental Congress, 129. Excites discontent towards the existing government, 323. Governor, and delegate to Congress, 323. Attempts to traduce the character of General McIntosh, 324, 325. Chief Justice, 326, 340. Signs the "Observations," 332, 363. Agent of Georgia in boundary dis- putes, 385. Delegate to Federal Convention, 386, 387. Speech of, 390, 391. Retirement of, 392, 444, 445.
Walton, John, member of the Provincial Con- gress of 1775, 105. Member of first Execu- tive Council, 306, 404.
Wardens of Savannah, Board of, 444.
Warren County, 363, 399, 406, 485, 501.
Washington County, land set apart in, for the endowment of a college, 354, 389, 394, 398, 399. Laid out, 416, 485.
Washington County (North Carolina), 378.
Washington, George, 114, 151, 158, 224, 225, 232, 233, 373, 375, 393. Visit to Georgia, 395-397, 434, 437-439, 441-444, 452, 454, 455, 456.
Washington (Wilkes County). Vide Heard's Fort.
Washington, Thomas (alias Walsh), 463, 466.
Wasp, United States brig, 235-237.
Waters's Settlement, 413.
Watkins, Mr., report to the Legislature on the Yazoo Bill, 470-472, 501.
Wauldhauer, Jacob, member of the Provincial Congress of 1775, 105.
Way, Lieutenant Moses, 127.
Wayne, General, 269-273, 372, 373.
Wells, Andrew Elton, 80. Member of the Provincial Congress of 1775, 105.
Wells, George, 323. President of Executive Council, 326. Invested with gubernatorial powers, 329. Death of, 329.
Wells, Humphrey, member of the Executive Council, 308, 326.
Wellworth Battalion of Hessians, 172, 175.
Wereat, John, 280. Member of the Executive Council, 308. President of the Executive Council, 311. Foreman of Grand Jury of Richmond County, 329. Commissioner, 337. President of Convention, 387, 388, 468.
Wesent, John, member of the Provincial Con- gress of 1775, 105.
West Florida, 146, 147, 447, 460, 462.
West India Company, 36, 37.
West Indies, 111, 114, 122, 123, 200, 201.
Wharf, first, built at Savannah, 52, 53.
White, Colonel John, 162, 171, 238, 239, 270, 278, 281, 282, 381.
White's Dragoons, 281, 282.
White, Dr. James, United States Commis- sioner, 432.
White, Lieutenant (Indian chief), 440.
Wilkes County, 83, 190, 241, 242, 285, 300, 306- 310, 328, 329, 331, 354, 363, 389, 394, 399, 402, 403, 405, 407, 414, 418, 500, 501.
Wilkes, John, county named for, 300.
Wilmington, 77, 319.
Wilmington Island, 173.
Willan, Dr. Robert, 29.
Willet, Colonel Marinus, mission to the Creeks, 407, 441.
Williams, Colonel, 246.
Williams, William, Sr., member of the Provin- cial Congress of 1775, 105.
Williamson, Colonel Andrew, 144, 161. Ge- neral, 164-167, 244.
Williamson, William, member of the first graduating class of the University of Geor- gia, 364.
Williamson's Settlement, 246.
Winn, Captain Richard, 153, 154.
Wissenbach Battalion of Hessians, 172, 175, 203.
Witherspoon, John, 88. Member of the Pro- vincial Congress of 1775, 105.
Witherspoon, John, Jr., 88.
Wren, Matthew, Lord Bishop of Ely, 17.
Wren, Sir Christopher, 17.
Wright, Alexander, returned as member of the Commons' House of Assembly of 1780, 319.
Wright, Ambrose, member of the Provincial Congress of 1775, 104. Member of the Coun- cil of Safety, 126, 127. Major, 203. Com- missary-General, 313.
Wright, Anne, daughter of Governor Wright, 74.
Wright, Lieutenant-Governor James, arrives in Georgia, 17. Ancestors of, 17. Early life of, 18. Peculiar qualifications for his posi- tion, 18. Opening speech of, to General As- sembly, 18. Discourages removal of the seat of government, 19. Congratulates the As- sembly on the accession of George III, 20. Secures emission of bills of credit, 20, 21. Attends to fortifying Cockspur, &c., 21. Made Captain-General and Governor-in- chief, 21, 22. Festivities in honor of, 22. Difficulties with Chief Justice Grover, 22-24. Indian Congress at Augusta, 27-29. En- larged powers conferred on, 32, 33. Prevents the sending of delegates to the New York Congress, 41. Calms excitement concerning the Stamp Act, 41. Issues proclamation condemning the Savannah riots, 43. Writes to the Board of Trade, 43, 44. Opposes the measures of the "Liberty Boys," 44, 45. Menacing letters sent to, 46, 47. Burned in effigy, 47. Termed a "parricide" by the Carolinians, 48. Course of, approved by the King, 49. Speech to the Assembly on the repeal of the Stamp Act, 49, 50. Letters of, 53-56, 57. Desires the appointment of Mr. Cumberland as Colonial Agent, 58, 59. Let- ter of, to Earl of Shelburne, 59, 60. Refuses his sanction to further emission of bills of credit, 60, 61. Dissuades the Assembly from countenancing the circular letter of the Mas- sachusetts House of Representatives, 64, 66. Dissolves the Assembly, 66. Letter to the Earl of Hillsborough, 68. Struggle with the Assembly, 70, 72. Goes to England, 72. Created Baronet, and returns, 74. Procla- mation of, 77, 78. Counter petitions pro- cured by, 81, 82. Attends to Indian affairs, 82. Secures cession of lands, 83. Anticipa- tions, 83, 84. Makes treaty with the Creeks, 85. Speech of, 88, 89. Adjourns the As- sembly, 90. Review of his administration, 94, 95. Further prorogues the Assembly, 95. Instructions and reply of, 99. Offers reward for the detection of persons concerned in breaking open the King's magazine, 100. Writes for help, 101-103. Appoints day of fasting and prayer, 106. Dr. Zubly's letter to, 120. Letter to, from the Council of Safety, 123-126. Arrest of, ordered, 127. Accomplished by Major Habersham, 128. Escape of, 128, 129. Letter to the Council, 131, 132. Departure, 143. Returns, and re-
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enters upon his duties, 185, 201, 206. Ap- points a day of thanksgiving, 222, 223. Re- inforced, 241, 268. Letter to General Wayne, 285, 286. Negotiations with, 287, 292, 315, 316. Re-establishes royal government, 316, 317. Difficulty with armed negroes, 317. Convenes the Assemblies, 317-322. Receives orders for evacuating the province, 322. Act of Attainder of, 345. Value of property of, confiscated, 347. Made President of the Board of Agents of the Loyalists, 350, 400, 462.
Wright, Sir James (son of the Governor), 350. Wright, of Kilverstone, family of, 17.
Wright, Mary (daughter of the Governor), 74.
Wright, Hon. Robert, Chief Justice of South Carolina, 18.
Wright, Sir Robert, Knight, Chief Justice of the King's Bench, 17.
Wrightsborough, 189.
Wylly, Richard, Speaker of the Commons' House of Assembly, convenes the House, 41. Appointed on Committee of Correspondence with Benjamin Franklin, 63. Replies "as a private person," to the Massachusetts cir- cular letter, 64. Lays before the House of Assembly letters from Massachusetts and Virginia, 64, 65, 107, 155. Defends the re- tention of the records, 368. Suspended from office, 369.
Wylly, Alexander, returned a member of the Commons' House of Assembly of 1780, 319.
Yazoo Act, 498, 499.
Yazoo Sale, 497.
Yazoo speculations, 457-495.
Yeardly, Sir George, Governor of Virginia, 36. Yonge, William, 107, 123.
Yonge, Philip, returned a member of the Com- mons' House of Assembly of 1780, 319.
Young, Isaac, member of the Provincial Con- gress of 1775, 105.
Young, William, 80. Member of the Council of Safety, 104. Member of the Provincial Congress of 1775, 104.
Young, Captain, 162.
Young Corn, Indian guide, 438.
Zubly, David, member of the Provincial Con- gress of 1775, 105. Returned a member of the Commons' House of Assembly of 1780, 319.
Zubly, John J., D.D., preaches opening sermon of the Provincial Congress, 104. A member of that body, 106. Delegate to Continental Congress, 114, 117, 119, 125. Defection of. 119-121.
Zubly's Ferry, 186, 205, 220, 252, 377.
Zubly Street, in Savannah, 121.
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