- Collection:
- Ad Hoc Collection
- Title:
- Bulloch, Archibald, Appointment as President and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Georgia
- Date of Original:
- 1777-03-03
- Subject:
- Georgia. Provincial Congress
Bulloch, Archibald, -1777
Georgia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Georgia--Constitutions - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- documents
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Appointment of Archibald Bulloch as President and Commander-in-Chief by the 2nd Provincial Congress of Georgia under the Rules and Regulations of the Colony of Georgia.
After Royal Governor Sir James Wright left Georgia aboard a British warship in early March 1776, the 2nd Provincial Congress of Georgia convened and on April 15th adopted a temporary constitution now known as Rules and Regulations of the Colony of Georgia. Archibald Bulloch was appointed President and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Georgia on April 19th under this constitution. The appointment was not recorded until March 3, 1777, nine days after Bulloch's sudden death and the day after the Declaration of Independence was recorded in Georgia's official records. - Local Identifier:
- ah00882
- Metadata URL:
- https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/adhoc/id/1057
- Original Collection:
- Ad Hoc Collection
Commissions, State Officers Appointments, Assembly, Colony of Georgia, RG 49-1-10, Georgia Archives - Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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