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Cambridge sketches (ed. Estelle M. H. Merrill) 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Georgia, (search)
hat Georgia acceded to general association; it is thenceforth one of the United Colonies......July 20, 1775 Messrs. Zubley, Bullock, and Houstoun take seats as delegates from Georgia to Continental Congress......Sept. 13, 1775 English ship with 250 barrels of gunpowder seized off Tybee Island by the Liberty people......Sept. 17, 1775 Provincial Congress takes under supervision all courts of law......Dec. 1, 1775 Council of safety fully organized; George Walton, president......Dec. 11, 1775 Battalion of troops ordered raised at Continental expense for protection of Georgia, organized......Jan. 7, 1776 Governor Wright arrested by Maj. Joseph Habersham and put under parole......Jan. 18, 1776 Provincial Congress organize; elect Hon. Archibald Bullock president, issue bills of credit for military stores, and draw up temporary constitution for Georgia......Jan. 22, 1776 Governor Wright escapes to English ship Scarborough, and writes a letter to people, offering peace
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Washington, Martha 1732-1781 (search)
ar she usually spent the winter months at the headquarters of her husband; and after the war she received with grace and dignity, as the head of the household of the great patriot, the numerous distinguished guests who thronged to Mount Vernon. One of her two children died just as she was blossoming into womanhood; the other, a son, was aide-de-camp to Washington during the war. He died in October, 1781, leaving two children—a son and a daughter—whom Washington adopted as his own. On Dec. 11, 1775, Mrs. Washington arrived at Cambridge, accompanied by her son, John Parke Custis, and his wife. She was very hospitably received and welcomed by the most distinguished families in Massachusetts. The army hailed her presence on this, as on all other occasions, with enthusiasm. She was urged to make the visit and spend some time at headquarters by two motives—one, affection for her husband; and another, because of apprehensions of danger at Mount Vernon on account of the operations of L<