Eminent Americans : comprising brief biographies of leading statesmen, patriots, orators and others, men and women who have made American history . anuary. 177^), Colonel Habersham was a memberof the Georgia Assembly; and on the 18th of that month, he led a party ofvolunteers, to the capture of Governor Wright. They paroled him a prisoner inhis own house, from which, on a stormy night in February, he escaped, madehis way to the British ship, Scarborough, and went to England. Thus ColonelHabersham put an end to royal rule, in Georgia. He was active in the counciland field, during the whole war,
Eminent Americans : comprising brief biographies of leading statesmen, patriots, orators and others, men and women who have made American history . anuary. 177^), Colonel Habersham was a memberof the Georgia Assembly; and on the 18th of that month, he led a party ofvolunteers, to the capture of Governor Wright. They paroled him a prisoner inhis own house, from which, on a stormy night in February, he escaped, madehis way to the British ship, Scarborough, and went to England. Thus ColonelHabersham put an end to royal rule, in Georgia. He was active in the counciland field, during the whole war, and held the commission of lieutenant-colonelin the Continental army. In 1785, he was chosen a member of Congress, torepresent the Savannah district; and in 1795, President Washington appointedhim Postmaster-general of the United States. He resigned that office in theyear 1800, and two years afterward, was made president of the Branch Bank ofthe United States, at Savannah. He filled that office with distinguished abilityuntil a short time before his death, which occurred in November, 1815, at theage of sixty-five years. BENEDICT ARNOLD. 135. ^^T^^i-^^^
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