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Pryce, Charles, 142.
Public records of Georgia removed, 230, 314, 441.
Pulaski, Count, joins D'Estaing, 378, 397, 401. Ilis cavalry charge at Savannah, 402. Ilis death, 403. Monument to, 410.
Pulaski, Fort, gallant conduct of Lieuten- ant Hussey and Private Latham at, 240.
QUAKERS, 132. Queensbury, village of, 120, 121.
RAWDON, Lord, reinforces Governor Wright, 495.
Rebel property, commissioners appointed to take charge of, 353, 354.
Rebels attainted of high treason, 421, 423. Reid's Bluff, 293. Affair at, 509.
Representatives from Georgia to the Con- tinental Congress, 166. Letter of, to the president of Congress, 172-174, 188, 202, 215. Instructions to, 215, 433, 436, Resolutions adopted by the citizens' meet- ing of August 10, 1774, 151-153. At Mrs. Cuyler's residence, 178. Of the Provincial Congress of July 4, 1775, 185-188, 190-193.
Revenne, England determines to raise a Parliamentary, in America, 96-98. Riceborough Bridge, affair at, 305.
Robertson, James, 418. Rogowski, Major, 402.
Rolle, Dennis, scheme of, 47, 48. Ross, Major, killed, 355.
Royal forces in Georgia, disposition of the, 353. Rudolph, Captain, 480, 486, 493. Rutherford, General, 346.
ST. ANDREW's Parish, district conven- tion of, 160. Resolutions and articles of association, 160-162.
St. John's Parish, public-spirited and pa- triotic action of, 156. Solicits an al- liance with the patriots of South Caro- lina, 167. Represented by Dr. Lyman HIall in the Continental Congress, 168. Afterwards called Liberty County, 168. In a desolated condition, 312.
St. Paul's Church, 482.
Salaries of officers under the Crown, 141- 143. Under the temporary constitu- tion, 220. Under the constitution of 1777, 437. In 1782, 521.
Sallette, Robert, 362, 363.
Savannah, condition of, in 1760, 21. For- tifications of, 21, 22. Its wharves, 23. Its health, 23. Non-importation reso- lutions adopted by the citizens of, 112- 115. Indian congress held at, 135. Public meeting in, opposing Parlia- mentary aets, 149, 150. Powder-mag- azine at, robbed, 175. Cannon in, spiked, 176. First liberty pole erected in, 176. Resolutions adopted at the residence of Mrs. Cuyler in, 178, 179. Proceedings of the Provincial Congress of July 4, 1775, at, 183-202. Of Janu- ary, 1776, 214-222. Resolutions of the Council of Safety for the defense of, 222-224. Demonstration against, by Barclay and Grant, 225-228. Patri- otisin of the inhabitants of, 229. Ves- sels in the river at, 230. News of the Declaration of Independence received in, 242-244. Attacked and captured by Colonel Archibald Campbell, 315- 322. In 1779, 378. Siege of, 379-415. Bombardment of, 391-394. Assault resolved upon, 394. The assault, 397- 404. Seriously endamaged, 418. Ef- forts of the Royalists to fortify, 426, 427. Legislature reassembles at, 440. Garrison of, 506. Barbarity of the Royalists in, 508. Evacuation of, 517-
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520. Legislature reassembles in, 520. Governor Wright's communication in regard to the withdrawal of the king's forces front, 523-527.
Savannah River, vessels sunk in, 382.
Scopholites, 287.
Screven, Captain James, 227. Colonel, 274. General, death of, 306, 307.
Seal of state, 259.
Secession convention, Georgia's first, 183- 202.
Sentiment, division of, 153.
Sherrall's Fort attacked by the Creeks, 132.
Shipping in Savannah River burned, 227. Siege of Augusta in 1781, 477-493.
Siege of Savannah in 1779, 379-415. Silk culture in Georgia, 74-78.
Silver Bluff, 137, 138, 358.
Slaves in the province of Georgia, how owned, 102. Purchased by Georgia, 439.
Smith, Major Burwell, slain, 452.
Smith, case of the Rev. Haddon, 196.
South Carolina, incensed against Geor- gia, 174. Assists Georgia in repuls- ing the demonstration of Barclay and Grant, 225-231. Attempts to form a union with Georgia, 275-277. Invaded by General Prevost, 358. Plundered by the British, 359, 360.
Spencer, Captain, exploit of, 361.
Stamp Act of 1765, proceedings in Geor- gia in opposition to the, 56-72.
Stamps, the only, nsed in Georgia, 67. Steding, M. de, 397. Wounded at the siege of Savannah, 399, 400.
Stephens, William, attorney-general of Georgia, 220. Chief justice, 433.
Stirk, Samuel, a delegate to Congress, 436. Attorney-general, 528. Stokes, Anthony, 141, 392, 418.
Stuart, Captain, rescued by Attakulla- kulla, 12, 13.
Sullivan's Island, heroic defense of the fort on, 235-242.
Suinter, Colonel, at Fish Dam ford, 463. Defeats Tarleton at Blackstocks, 464. Wounded, 465.
Sunbury, constituted n port of entry, 52. Fort at, 281-285. Invested by Colonel Prevost, 309. In a distressful situa- tion, 312. Captured by General Au- gustine Prevost, 331, 332. Its do- pressed condition, 333, 334.
Supreme Executive Couneil, creation of, 365-368. Its members, 366. Its pow- ers, 367, 368. Fidelity of its mem- bers, 369. Communication of, to Gen- eral Lincoln, 370-372. Conflict of juris- diction, 429. Declaration of powers, 429. Members of, 433. In Savannah, 520.
TALECHEE, 145.
Tarleton, Colonel Ban., 444. Defeated at Blackstocks, 464. Complimented by Cornwallis, 472.
Taxation without representation de- nounced, 152.
Taylor, Major Samuel, 455.
Telfair, Edward, a delegate to Congress, 433, 436.
Thunderbolt, 385.
Tondee's Tavern, resolutions of the meet- ing convened at, 151, 152. Criticised, 154.
Tonyn, Fort, 295. Council of war at, 298-301.
Tonyn, Governor, 279.
Treaty at Augusta in 1763, 43-46.
Treutlen, Governor John Adam, 270. Proclamation by, 277. Murder of, 278, 280, 329.
Triebner, Rev. Mr., 329.
Truite, La, bombardment of Savannah by the frigate, 389, 390.
Twiggs, Colonel John, defeats Colonels Brown and MeGirth, 335. Captures an ontpost, 342. Defeats Captain Muller, 361, 362. Defeats McGirth at Lockhart's plantation, 363, 416, 434. Defeats Captain Conklin on the Great Ogeechee, 446. At Fish Dam ford, 463, 464. At Blackstocks, 464, 465. Commissioned brigadier-general, 494, 496, 502. Disperses loyalists and Indians on the Oconee River, 503.
Tybee Island, houses on, burned, 229. Fort on, abandoned, 376, 377.
UPPER HOUSE of Assembly, address to Governor Wright, 20 ; to the king upon the repeal of the Stamp Act of 1765, 71. Temper of the, 164.
Uti possidetis, doctrine of, 435. Protest by Walton, Few, and Howley against the application of, to Georgia, 435, 436.
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VESSELS, operations of private armed, | Winn, Captain Richard, defends Fort 445.
WALKER's Bridge, affair at, 478. Wall's Cut, 383.
Walton, George, secretary of the Pro- vincial Congress of July 4, 1775, 184. A delegate to the Continental Con- gress, 215. Wounded at Savannah, 321, 428. Chosen governor, 429. His connection with the Glascock letter, 430-432. Ilis honors, 433. Chief jus- tice, 528.
War, council of, at Fort Tonyn, 298.
Washington, General George, his letter commending General MeIntosh, 369, 443. Commending General Greene, 468.
Wayne, General Anthony, complimented by the legislature of Georgia, 439. Enters Georgia, 504. Ilis mission, 505, 506, 507. Embarrassed for sup- plies, 510. Confronts Colonel Brown, 511. Defcats Guristersigo, 512-514. Conference with the merchants of Sa- vannah, 516. Terms allowed, 517. Order in anticipation of the evacuation of Savannah, 518. Orders upon tak- ing possession of the town, 518. Com- plimented by General Greene, 520. Re- joins General Greene's army, 520. Georgia presents him with a planta- tion, 521.
Wells, George, 428. President of coun- cil, 433, 434.
Wells, Humphrey, letter of Mr. Drayton to, 275.
Wemyss, Major, defeated at Fish Dam ford, 464.
Wereat, John, elected president of the supreme executive council, 368. Proc- lamation of, 428. Chief justice, 436. Commissioner, 528.
White House, defense of, by Brown and Grierson, 455-458.
White House at Ogeechee ferry, affair at, 501, 502.
White, Colonel Anthony Walton, 505.
White, Colonel John, 306, 307. Exploit on the Ogeechee River, 390.
Wiggin's Hill, affair at, 475.
Williamson, General Andrew, 342, 346. His treachery, 448.
Williamson, Colonol Micajah, 473. Movon upon Augusta, 477.
McIntosh, 260-263.
Woman, her patriotism and influence, 463.
Wright, Hon. James, succeeds Ellis as lieutenant-governor of Georgia, 1. His qualifications for the office, 1, 2. Ilis inaugural address to the General As- sembly, 18. Discountenances the re- moval of the seat of government to Hardwicke, 22. Appointed governor, 26. Protests against grants made by the governor of South Carolina to lands lying south of the Alatamaha, 29-33. Attends the convention at Au- gusta, 42-46. Regulates the Indian trade, 49, 50. ITis happy influence over the province, 51. Libeled by Chief Justice Grover, 54, 55. Ilis efforts to enforce the Stamp Act of 1765 in Geor- gia, 60-72. Talks with Emistescegoe, 82-94. Just in his intercourse with the Indian nations, 95. Ilis troubles with the Lower House, 97-101. Dissolves the assembly, 107. Remarkable letter to the Earl of Hillsborough, 109-112. Re- fuses to recognize Dr. Noble W. Jones as speaker, and dissolves the assembly, 117, 118. Asks and receives a leavo of absence, 118. Complimented with a baronetcy, 126. Resumes his guberna- torial office, 126. Invites immigrants to the newly acquired territory, 130- 132. Discriminates between the claims of Indian traders, 136. Ilis report of the condition of the province of Geor- gia in 1773, 138-144. Proclamation of, 150. Attempts to control the public sentiment of the province, 155. Cau- tions the assembly against offering any resistance to Parliamentary rule, 162- 164. Alarmed at the revolutionary temper of the province, 179. Invokes aid, 180. Laments the absence of troops and fortifications, 182. Pitiable condition of, 206, 207. Arrested by Major Habersham, 211, 212. Ilis flight from Savannah, 212. Ilis letter to James Mackay and others, 212-214. Sails for Halifax, 235. Returns to Georgia, 372. Advises Lord George Germain of the condition of affairs, 373. Occupies a tent during the siege of Sa- vannak, 391. Places Georgiaus under bonds for loyal behavior, 417. Con-
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vokes a legislative assembly, 419. Pre- carious nature of his rule, 426. Alarmed at the fall of Augusta, 495. Evacuates Savannah, 519. His communication in regard to the withdrawal of the king's forces from Georgia, 523-527.
Wright's Fort, attacked by Captain John Baker, 233, 234.
Wylly, Hon. Alexander, 103.
YONGE, Henry, 142. Young, Colonel, 348. .
ZUBLY, Rev. Dr. J. J., a delegate to the Continental Congress, 188, 189, 202, 203. His defection, 204.
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