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276 GEORGIA AND GEORGIANS<br />

to sever <strong>the</strong> tie <strong>of</strong> allegiance between <strong>the</strong> colony and <strong>the</strong> Crown; and, after choosing<br />

delegates to <strong>the</strong>. Continental Congress, in Philadelphia, <strong>the</strong> next step was to fortify<br />

<strong>the</strong> state against assault by providing <strong>the</strong> necessary sinews <strong>of</strong> war. To this end<br />

a. schooner was commissioned and put in charge <strong>of</strong> two stout patriots, Oliver Bowen<br />

and Joseph Habersham, who, it appears from subsequent events, were already in<br />

possession <strong>of</strong> information which promised to yield substantial results.<br />

Stone<br />

by Fraternal<br />

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departed this Life : ; J<br />

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