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Cockspur Island (Georgia, United States) (search for this): entry wright-sir-james
Georgia (Georgia, United States) (search for this): entry wright-sir-james
Wright, Sir James 1714-1785
Colonial governor; born in Charleston, S. C., about 1714; was admitted to the bar and practised in his native city; was made lieutenant-governor and chief-justice of South Carolina, May 13, 1760; became royal governor of Georgia in 1764, and was the last representative of the King to administer the affairs of that colony.
His policy was acceptable to the people until he tried to enforce the provisions of the Stamp Act.
The English vessel Speedwell arrived at Savannah with the stamped paper, Dec. 5, 1766.
The Liberty boys endeavored to destroy this paper, but it was placed in Fort George, on Cockspur Island. Two years later the governor dismissed the Assembly after accusing it of insurrectionary conduct.
In June, 1775, he tried to communicate with a number of British war-ships which had arrived at Tybee, but he was taken prisoner by Joseph Habersham.
Later he escaped and reached the man-of-war Scarborough.
Subsequently he returned to England, but
South Carolina (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry wright-sir-james
Wright, Sir James 1714-1785
Colonial governor; born in Charleston, S. C., about 1714; was admitted to the bar and practised in his native city; was made lieutenant-governor and chief-justice of South Carolina, May 13, 1760; became royal governor of Georgia in 1764, and was the last representative of the King to administer the affairs of that colony.
His policy was acceptable to the people until he tried to enforce the provisions of the Stamp Act.
The English vessel Speedwell arrived at Savannah with the stamped paper, Dec. 5, 1766.
The Liberty boys endeavored to destroy this paper, but it was placed in Fort George, on Cockspur Island. Two years later the governor dismissed the Assembly after accusing it of insurrectionary conduct.
In June, 1775, he tried to communicate with a number of British war-ships which had arrived at Tybee, but he was taken prisoner by Joseph Habersham.
Later he escaped and reached the man-of-war Scarborough.
Subsequently he returned to England, but i
Savannah (Georgia, United States) (search for this): entry wright-sir-james
England (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry wright-sir-james
Fort George (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry wright-sir-james
Charleston (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry wright-sir-james
Wright, Sir James 1714-1785
Colonial governor; born in Charleston, S. C., about 1714; was admitted to the bar and practised in his native city; was made lieutenant-governor and chief-justice of South Carolina, May 13, 1760; became royal governor of Georgia in 1764, and was the last representative of the King to administer the affairs of that colony.
His policy was acceptable to the people until he tried to enforce the provisions of the Stamp Act.
The English vessel Speedwell arrived at Savannah with the stamped paper, Dec. 5, 1766.
The Liberty boys endeavored to destroy this paper, but it was placed in Fort George, on Cockspur Island. Two years later the governor dismissed the Assembly after accusing it of insurrectionary conduct.
In June, 1775, he tried to communicate with a number of British war-ships which had arrived at Tybee, but he was taken prisoner by Joseph Habersham.
Later he escaped and reached the man-of-war Scarborough.
Subsequently he returned to England, but
London (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry wright-sir-james
Joseph Habersham (search for this): entry wright-sir-james
Sir James Wright (search for this): entry wright-sir-james
Wright, Sir James 1714-1785
Colonial governor; born in Charleston, S. C., about 1714; was admitted to the bar and practised in his native city; was made lieutenant-governor and chief-justice of South Carolina, May 13, 1760; became royal governor of Georgia in 1764, and was the last representative of the King to administer the affairs of that colony.
His policy was acceptable to the people until he tried to enforce the provisions of the Stamp Act.
The English vessel Speedwell arrived at Savannah with the stamped paper, Dec. 5, 1766.
The Liberty boys endeavored to destroy this paper, but it was placed in Fort George, on Cockspur Island. Two years later the governor dismissed the Assembly after accusing it of insurrectionary conduct.
In June, 1775, he tried to communicate with a number of British war-ships which had arrived at Tybee, but he was taken prisoner by Joseph Habersham.
Later he escaped and reached the man-of-war Scarborough.
Subsequently he returned to England, but