The student's history of GeorgiaFrom the earliest discoveries and settlements to the end of the year 1883Adapted for general reading and the use of schools . 8 STUDENTS HISTORY OF GEORGIA. [1775. taken out to the public square, tarred and feathered andparaded through the town, amid the jeers of the populace, upto the liberty pole. Here he was threatened with hangingunless he drank a toast to the success of American arms,which he hastened to do, and was turned loose. ColonelBrown, at Augusta, was subjected to similar punishment fora like offense. 24:, On May 19, 1775, the Second Continental Con
The student's history of GeorgiaFrom the earliest discoveries and settlements to the end of the year 1883Adapted for general reading and the use of schools . 8 STUDENTS HISTORY OF GEORGIA. [1775. taken out to the public square, tarred and feathered andparaded through the town, amid the jeers of the populace, upto the liberty pole. Here he was threatened with hangingunless he drank a toast to the success of American arms,which he hastened to do, and was turned loose. ColonelBrown, at Augusta, was subjected to similar punishment fora like offense. 24:, On May 19, 1775, the Second Continental Congress metat Philadelphia. Peyton Randolph was president. Georgiawas represented at first by Lyman Hall alone, though otherdelegates came later in the session. This Congress commis-sioned George Washington Commander-in-Chief of all Ameri-can forces. 25. It is important to note that at this time the popula-tion of Georgia was seventeen thousand whites and fifteenthousand colored. The militia force numbered less thanthree thousand. The Indians in the interior were fortythousand in number, of which there were ten thousand war-riors threatening the [1775-] REVOLUTIONARY WAR. 69 CHAPTER XIV. 1775—1777. Provincial Congress.—Capture of Ship-load of Provender,—Arrest of Gov-ernor Wright.—First Battle in Georgia.—Declaration of Independence.—Constitution of 1777.—Counties Named.—Seal Adopted. --^ ^^ HE Provincial Congress met at Savannah, July 4,1775, with delegates from every parish, district, or ^ ^ town. They elected Archibald Bullock president,^ffi^ and George Walton secretary, and began the session(h with a solemn religious service; the sermon beingI preached before them by Rev. Dr. Zubly. Noble Wim-berly Jones and Dr. Lyman Hall were among the delegateselected to the Continental Congress to assemble in Phila-delphia. 2. During the session of the Provincial Congress, CaptainMaitlands ship arriving at Tybee with fourteen thousandpounds of powder, it was resol
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