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This history of the American Revolution in Georgia offers a
thorough examination of how landownership issues complicated and
challenged colonists' loyalties. Despite underdevelopment and
isolation, eighteenth-century Georgia was an alluring place, for it
held out to settlers of all social classes the prospect of
affordable land -- and the status that went with ownership.
Then came the Revolution and its many threats to the orderly
systems by which property was acquired and protected. As rebel and
royal leaders vied for the support of Georgia's citizens, says
Leslie Hall, allegiance became a prime commodity, with property and
the preservation of owners' rights the requisite currency for
securing it.
As Hall shows, however, the war's progress in Georgia was
indeterminate; in fact, Georgia was the only colony in which
British civil government was reestablished during the war. In the
face of continued uncertainties -- plundering, confiscation, and
evacuation -- many landowners' desires for a strong, consistent
civil authority ultimately transcended whatever political leanings
they might have had. The historical irony here, Hall's study shows,
is that the most successful regime of Georgia's Revolutionary
period was arguably that of royalist governor James Wright.
Land and Allegiance in Revolutionary Georgia is a revealing
study of the self-interest and practical motivations in competition
with a period's idealism and rhetoric.
The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia document the colony
through its first twenty-five years and includes correspondence
between Georgia founder James Oglethorpe and the Trustees for
Establishing the Colony, as well as records pertaining to land
grants; agreements and interactions with Indigenous peoples; the
settlement of a small Jewish community and the Salzburgers,
German-speaking Protestant refugees; and the removal on
restrictions of land tenure, rum, and slavery in the colony. Most
of the local records of colonial Georgia were destroyed during the
Revolution. Under Governor James Wright's direction, merchant John
Graham loaded much of the official records on his vessel in the
Savannah River. During the Battle of the Rice Boats in March 1776,
the Inverness was burned while it lay at anchor. The destructive
civil war that occurred in the latter phases of the Revolution
resulted in further destruction. The Colonial Records of the State
of Georgia, drawn from archival material in Great Britain, remain a
unique source. Volume 20 concerns the actual founding of Georgia
and covers the years 1732-35. It provides background on the
settlement and a great deal about the arrival of the colonists and
the conditions that they found. Volume 27, spanning the years
1754-56, contains the papers of Georgia's first governor, John
Reynolds, as well as the correspondence of various inhabitants.
Volume 28, Part I, contains the papers of governors John Reynolds,
Henry Ellis, and James Wright from 1757 to 1763. Volume 28, Part II
includes the papers of Governor James Wright, acting governor James
Habersham, and others. Volume 29 contains the Trustees' Letter
Book, 1732-1738. Volume 30 contains the Trustees' Letter Book,
1738-1745 Volume 31 contains the Trustees' Letter Book, 1745-1752
Volume 32 includes entry books of commissions, powers,
instructions, leases, grants of land, and other documents by the
Trustees.
The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia document the colony
through its first twenty-five years and includes correspondence
between Georgia founder James Oglethorpe and the Trustees for
Establishing the Colony, as well as records pertaining to land
grants; agreements and interactions with Indigenous peoples; the
settlement of a small Jewish community and the Salzburgers,
German-speaking Protestant refugees; and the removal of
restrictions on land tenure, rum, and slavery in the colony. Most
of the local records of colonial Georgia were destroyed during the
Revolution. Under Governor James Wright's direction, merchant John
Graham loaded much of the official records on his vessel in the
Savannah River. During the Battle of the Rice Boats in March 1776,
the Inverness was burned while it lay at anchor. The destructive
civil war that occurred in the latter phases of the Revolution
resulted in further destruction. The Colonial Records of the State
of Georgia, drawn from archival material in Great Britain, remain a
unique source. Volume 28, Part I, contains the papers of governors
John Reynolds, Henry Ellis, and James Wright from 1757 to 1763. The
Georgia Open History Library has been made possible in part by a
major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities:
Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or
recommendations expressed in this collection, do not necessarily
represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia document the colony
through its first twenty-five years and includes correspondence
between Georgia founder James Oglethorpe and the Trustees for
Establishing the Colony, as well as records pertaining to land
grants; agreements and interactions with indigenous peoples; the
settlement of a small Jewish community and the Salzburgers,
German-speaking Protestant refugees; and the removal on
restrictions of land tenure, rum, and slavery in the colony. Most
of the local records of colonial Georgia were destroyed during the
Revolution. Under Governor James Wright's direction, merchant John
Graham loaded much of the official records on his vessel in the
Savannah River. During the Battle of the Rice Boats in March 1776,
the Inverness was burned while it lay at anchor. The destructive
civil war that occurred in the latter phases of the Revolution
resulted in further destruction. The Colonial Records of the State
of Georgia, drawn from archival material in Great Britain, remain a
unique source. Volume 28, Part I, contains the papers of governors
John Reynolds, Henry Ellis, and James Wright from 1757 to 1763.
The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia document the colony
through its first twenty-five years and includes correspondence
between Georgia founder James Oglethorpe and the Trustees for
Establishing the Colony, as well as records pertaining to land
grants; agreements and interactions with Indigenous peoples; the
settlement of a small Jewish community and the Salzburgers,
German-speaking Protestant refugees; and the removal on
restrictions of land tenure, rum, and slavery in the colony. Most
of the local records of colonial Georgia were destroyed during the
Revolution. Under Governor James Wright's direction, merchant John
Graham loaded much of the official records on his vessel in the
Savannah River. During the Battle of the Rice Boats in March 1776,
the Inverness was burned while it lay at anchor. The destructive
civil war that occurred in the latter phases of the Revolution
resulted in further destruction. The Colonial Records of the State
of Georgia, drawn from archival material in Great Britain, remain a
unique source. Volume 20 concerns the actual founding of Georgia
and covers the years 1732-35. It provides background on the
settlement and a great deal about the arrival of the colonists and
the conditions that they found. Volume 27, spanning the years
1754-56, contains the papers of Georgia's first governor, John
Reynolds, as well as the correspondence of various inhabitants.
Volume 28, Part I, contains the papers of governors John Reynolds,
Henry Ellis, and James Wright from 1757 to 1763. Volume 28, Part II
includes the papers of Governor James Wright, acting governor James
Habersham, and others. Volume 29 contains the Trustees' Letter
Book, 1732-1738. Volume 30 contains the Trustees' Letter Book,
1738-1745 Volume 31 contains the Trustees' Letter Book, 1745-1752
Volume 32 includes entry books of commissions, powers,
instructions, leases, grants of land, and other documents by the
Trustees.
This history of the American Revolution in Georgia offers a
thorough examination of how landownership issues complicated and
challenged colonists' loyalties. Despite underdevelopment and
isolation, eighteenth-century Georgia was an alluring place, for it
promised settlers of all social classes the prospect of affordable
land-and the status that went with ownership. Then came the
Revolution and its many threats to the orderly systems by which
property was acquired and protected. As rebel and royal leaders
vied for the support of Georgia's citizens, says Leslie Hall,
allegiance became a prime commodity, with property and the
preservation of owners' rights the requisite currency for securing
it. As Hall shows, however, the war's progress in Georgia was
indeterminate; in fact, Georgia was the only colony in which
British civil government was reestablished during the war. In the
face of continued uncertainties-plundering, confiscation, and
evacuation-many landowners' desires for a strong, consistent civil
authority ultimately transcended whatever political leanings they
might have had. The historical irony here, Hall's study shows, is
that the most successful regime of Georgia's Revolutionary period
was arguably that of royalist governor James Wright. Land and
Allegiance in Revolutionary Georgia is a revealing study of the
self-interest and practical motivations in competition with a
period's idealism and rhetoric.
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The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia document the colony
through its first twenty-five years and includes correspondence
between Georgia founder James Oglethorpe and the Trustees for
Establishing the Colony, as well as records pertaining to land
grants; agreements and interactions with indigenous peoples; the
settlement of a small Jewish community and the Salzburgers,
German-speaking Protestant refugees; and the removal on
restrictions of land tenure, rum, and slavery in the colony. Most
of the local records of colonial Georgia were destroyed during the
Revolution. Under Governor James Wright's direction, merchant John
Graham loaded much of the official records on his vessel in the
Savannah River. During the Battle of the Rice Boats in March 1776,
the Inverness was burned while it lay at anchor. The destructive
civil war that occurred in the latter phases of the Revolution
resulted in further destruction. The Colonial Records of the State
of Georgia, drawn from archival material in Great Britain, remain a
unique source. Volume 27, spanning the years 1754-56, contains the
papers of Georgia's first governor, John Reynolds, as well as the
correspondence of various inhabitants.
The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia document the colony
through its first twenty-five years and includes correspondence
between Georgia founder James Oglethorpe and the Trustees for
Establishing the Colony, as well as records pertaining to land
grants; agreements and interactions with indigenous peoples; the
settlement of a small Jewish community and the Salzburgers,
German-speaking Protestant refugees; and the removal on
restrictions of land tenure, rum, and slavery in the colony. Most
of the local records of colonial Georgia were destroyed during the
Revolution. Under Governor James Wright's direction, merchant John
Graham loaded much of the official records on his vessel in the
Savannah River. During the Battle of the Rice Boats in March 1776,
the Inverness was burned while it lay at anchor. The destructive
civil war that occurred in the latter phases of the Revolution
resulted in further destruction. The Colonial Records of the State
of Georgia, drawn from archival material in Great Britain, remain a
unique source. Volume 27, spanning the years 1754-56, contains the
papers of Georgia's first governor, John Reynolds, as well as the
correspondence of various inhabitants.
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