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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Declaration of Independence. (search)
pple, Matthew Thornton. Massachusetts Bay. Samuel Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry. Rhode Island, Etc. Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery. Connecticut. Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott. New York. William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris. New Jersey. Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, Abraham Clark. North Carolina. William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn. Georgia. Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton. Pennsylvania. Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamiin Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, William Paca, George Ross. Delaware. Caesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas McKean. Maryland. Samuel Chase, James Wilson, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of Carrollton. Virginia. George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton. South Carolina.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Georgia, (search)
re picketed, and thousands of horse and foot soldiers scoured the country in all directions. The whole party were finally captured, and Andrews and seven of his companions were hanged. To each of the survivors the Secretary of War gave a bronze medal in token of approval. See United States, Georgia, vol. IX. Governors of Georgia—colonial. Name.Date.Remarks John Reynolds1754 Henry Ellis1757 James Wright1760 Archibald Bullock, acting1776Appointed by the Georgia Assembly. Button Gwinnett, acting1777 John A. Trueitlen1777Under the new State constitution John Houstoun1778 Georgia in the hands of the British, with Sir James Wright as royal governor1779 1781 John Martin1782Chosen by Assembly Lyman Hall1783 John Houstoun1784 Samuel Elbert1785 Edward Telfair1786 George Matthews1787 George Handley1788 Under the federal Constitution NameRemarks George Walton1789-90 Edward Telfair1790-93 George Matthews1793-96 Jared Irwin1796-98 James Jackson1798-1801 David Eman
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gwinnett, Button 1732- (search)
Gwinnett, Button 1732- A signer of the Declaration of Independence; born in England about 1732; was a merchant at Bristol, and emigrated to Charleston, S. C., in 1770. He settled on St. Catharine's Island, off the coast of Georgia, in 1772. Cautious and doubtful, he took no part in political affairs until after the Revolutionary War was begun, when he became active in the patriot cause. He was chosen a Representative in Congress in 1776, where he voted for and signed the Declaration of art in political affairs until after the Revolutionary War was begun, when he became active in the patriot cause. He was chosen a Representative in Congress in 1776, where he voted for and signed the Declaration of Independence. In 1777 he was president of the provincial council of Georgia, and by hostility to General McIntosh excited the resentment of the latter, who challenged Gwinnett to fight a duel. He accepted the challenge, and on May 15, 1777, was mortally wounded, dying on the 27th.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), McIntosh, Lachlan -1806 (search)
ia with Oglethorpe in 1736 and settled at New Inverness, in what is now McIntosh county, Georgia. Some of his sons and grandsons bore commissions in the army of the Revolution. Lachlan received assistance in the study of mathematics from Oglethorpe. At maturity he entered the Lachlan McIntosh. counting-room of Henry Laurens, in Charleston. as clerk. Making himself familiar with military tactics, he was ready to enter the field when the Revolutionary War began, and he served faithfully in that struggle, rising to the rank of brigadier-general. Button Gwinnett (q. v.), one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, persecuted McIntosh beyond endurance, and he called the persecutor a scoundrel. A duel ensued, and in it Gwinnett was killed. McIntosh was at the siege of Savannah in 1779, and was made a prisoner at Charleston in 1780. In 1784 he was in Congress, and the next year was a commissioner to treat with the Southern Indians. He died in Savannah, Feb. 20, 1806.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Georgia, (search)
Lord North's bill prohibiting trade with the colonies in rebellion is announced in Georgia......March, 1776 Temporary constitution ratified by Provincial Congress......April 15, 1776 Declaration of Independence signed by Lyman Hall, Button Gwinnett, and George Walton, members from Georgia......July 3, 1776 Declaration of Independence received in Savannah; read by Archibald Bullock at liberty-pole, and acknowledged by national salute......Aug. 8, 1776 First constitution of Georgia rat St. Illa River surrendered to British......Feb. 17, 1777 President Bullock invested with the executive power, with assistance of five persons of his own choosing......Feb. 22, 1777 Mr. Bullock dying within a month, is succeeded by Button Gwinnett, who was soon after killed in a duel with General McIntosh......March 4, 1777 Act of attainder of enemies of American liberty as traitors, and confiscating their estates, passes the Assembly......March 1, 1778 Executive council invests the