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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Georgia, (search)
s. 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, but is not heeded......Feb. 11, 1776 Captain Rice, charged by the council of safety to dismantle shipping at Sav