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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Georgia, (search)
Georgia, The latest settled State of the original thirteen. It framed its first State constitution in 1777, its second in 1789, and a third in 1798, which was several times amended. On June 2, 1788, Georgia ratified the national Constitution. The settlers on the frontier suffered much from incursions of the Creek and Cherokee Indians (qq. v.), but their friendship was secured by treaties in 1790-91. By a treaty in 1802 the Creeks ceded to the United States a large tract, which was afterwards assigned to Georgia, now forming the southwestern counties of the State. The same year Georgia ceded to the United States all its claims to the lands westward of the boundaries of its present limits. Finally difficulties arose between the State and the national government respecting the Cherokees, and on their removal to the country west of the Mississippi, in 1838, Georgia came into possession of all their lands. Immediately after the election of Mr. Lincoln in 1860, the politicians o
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Virginia, (search)
in the territory of Virginia without permission from the Assembly......October, 1785 Legislature authorizes the five counties of Kentucky to elect five delegates each to consider an independent government......November, 1785 James Rumsey moves a boat by steam on the Potomac......March, 1786 Lynchburg, on the James River, laid out......1786 Kentucky favors separation at a convention held at Danville....... Sept. 7, 1787 Convention at Richmond on the federal Constitution......June 2, 1788 Patrick Henry, James Monroe, George Mason, etc., oppose it; James Madison, Edmund Pendleton, John Marshall, etc., advocate it. It is ratified, 89 to 79......June 25, 1788 Virginia cedes 40 square miles south of the Potomac to the United States for a federal district......1790 [This land was restored to Virginia by Congress in July, 1846.] Government armory and manufactory located at Harper's Ferry ......March 4, 1798 Patrick Henry dies......June 6, 1799 George Washington