. Historic towns of the Southern States. nd people. George Washington, whovisited the city in i 790, writes in his diary thatthe place was high and sandy, that thetown was surrounded with rich and luxuriantrice fields, that the harbor was filled withsquare rigged vessels, and that the chief tradewas tobacco, indigo, hemp, lumber and Washington was received with everyevidence of honor, and the Chatham Artillerywas by him presented with handsome memorable organization, second only tothe Ancient and Honorables, of Hartford, fireda salute to George Washington, as they afte
. Historic towns of the Southern States. nd people. George Washington, whovisited the city in i 790, writes in his diary thatthe place was high and sandy, that thetown was surrounded with rich and luxuriantrice fields, that the harbor was filled withsquare rigged vessels, and that the chief tradewas tobacco, indigo, hemp, lumber and Washington was received with everyevidence of honor, and the Chatham Artillerywas by him presented with handsome memorable organization, second only tothe Ancient and Honorables, of Hartford, fireda salute to George Washington, as they after-wards did to Presidents Monroe, Arthur, Cleve-land and McKinley upon their visits to thiscity. The Chathams served in the Civil Warand in the late Spanish-American struggle. The first steamship ever built in the UnitedStates was projected and owned in this was named the Savannah, and in April, 1819,sailed for Liverpool, completing the voyageacross the sea in twenty-two days. Off CapeClear the Savaimak was signalled as a vessel. 322 Savannah on fire, and a cutter was sent to Cork for herrelief. Thus Savannah perfected not only thecotton-gin, but steam navigation, which revolu-tionized the industry and commerce of theworld. Savannah continued to prosper downto the period of the Civil War, having com-pleted the Georgia Central Railway, the longestand most important line in the South andbuilt up large foreign and domestic commerceat her port. When the troubles leading up to the CivilWar opened. Savannah did not wait for theState of Georgia to secede, but, true to thetraditions of Revolutionary ancestry, seizedFort Pulaski on the 3d of January, State convention, which framed a newconstitution for Georgia, assembled in Savan-nah on the 7th of March, and the fiag of theConfederacy was thrown to the breeze from theUnited States Custom House with a salute ofseven guns, one for each State of the youngnation. The moving spirit of secession inSavannah, the Mad Anthony Wa
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