Seventy-fifth Anniversary Report of the Georgia Historical Society, Containing Annual Reports of Officers, Anniversary Addresses, Bibliography of the Society, List of Officers and Members, Constitution and By-law, Acts of Incorporation, Miss Telfair's Trust Deed, Extract from the Telfar Will, Etc |
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of
Georgia , in General Assembly met , and it is hereby enacted by the authority of
the same , That J . M . Berrien , James M . Wayne , M . H . McAllister , I . K . Tefft ,
William ...
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of
Georgia , in General Assembly met , and it is hereby enacted by the authority of
the same , That J . M . Berrien , James M . Wayne , M . H . McAllister , I . K . Tefft ,
William ...
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I hereby give , devise and bequeath to the Georgia Historical Society and its
successors , all that lot or parcel of land , with the buildings and improvements
thereon , fronting on St . James Square , in the City of Savannah , and running
back to ...
I hereby give , devise and bequeath to the Georgia Historical Society and its
successors , all that lot or parcel of land , with the buildings and improvements
thereon , fronting on St . James Square , in the City of Savannah , and running
back to ...
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But James I . dissolved it in 1604 , for fear , as we are told , that the society might
pry too much into the secrets of government , and it remained in abeyance for
over a century , when in 1707 , meetings of learned men began again to be held
in ...
But James I . dissolved it in 1604 , for fear , as we are told , that the society might
pry too much into the secrets of government , and it remained in abeyance for
over a century , when in 1707 , meetings of learned men began again to be held
in ...
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... whose value is permanent and secure . Its editions of the letters of Oglethorpe
and Montiano and Wright , of James Habersham and Joseph Clay , are alone
sufficient to confer distinction upon such THE GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
49.
... whose value is permanent and secure . Its editions of the letters of Oglethorpe
and Montiano and Wright , of James Habersham and Joseph Clay , are alone
sufficient to confer distinction upon such THE GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
49.
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... United States Senator , Attorney General in Andrew Jackson ' s Cabinet ; and
next is James M . Wayne , our first Vice President , Judge of the Superior Court ,
Member of Congress , and for thirty - two years a Justice of the Supreme Court of
...
... United States Senator , Attorney General in Andrew Jackson ' s Cabinet ; and
next is James M . Wayne , our first Vice President , Judge of the Superior Court ,
Member of Congress , and for thirty - two years a Justice of the Supreme Court of
...
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Page 73 - The Georgia Historical Society was incorporated by a statute of the 19th of December, 1839, the preamble of which recites that "the members of a society instituted in the City of Savannah for the purpose of collecting, preserving, and diffusing information relating to the history of the State of Georgia in particular, and of American history generally, have applied for an act of incorporation.
Page 10 - ... trust to keep and preserve the same, with the collection therein, and other books and works of art to be purchased by the officers of the society out of the income of a fund bequeathed by the devisor for the purpose, " as a public edifice for a library and academy of arts and sciences...
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| Title | Seventy-fifth Anniversary Report of the Georgia Historical Society, Containing Annual Reports of Officers, Anniversary Addresses, Bibliography of the Society, List of Officers and Members, Constitution and By-law, Acts of Incorporation, Miss Telfair's Trust Deed, Extract from the Telfar Will, Etc Wymberley Jones De Renne Georgia Library collection |
| Author | Georgia Historical Society |
| Publisher | Morning news, 1914 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 20 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 108 pages |
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