- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- John Milledge (1757-1818)
- Creator:
- Myers, Barton A., 1980-
- Date of Original:
- 2006-03-24
- Subject:
- Governors--Georgia
Legislators--United States
Generals--Georgia
Lawyers--Georgia--Savannah
Milledge, John, 1757-1818
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Veterans - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about John Milledge. John Milledge was one of the most important political figures in Georgia during the Revolutionary War (1775-83) and early national period, holding positions as governor, congressman for four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, and president pro tempore in the U.S. Senate. Milledge, one of the party who seized British colonial governor James Wright at Savannah in January 1776, was also a principal figure in the organization of the University of Georgia. Milledge was on the committee that decided the location of the institution, and he later purchased and donated the land on which the university and the town of Athens now stand.
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- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/john-milledge-1757-1818/
- Language:
- eng
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- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
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- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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