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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mAthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 -■' -' -, 5 6 /«/#'' r ? -u I t niv. *» ■>..c PARTICULAR CASE OF THE •^H*. f GEORGIA LOYALISTS: IK ADDITION TO THE ^*^' ** GENERAL CASE and CLAIM '' OF THE j„u-i ^irtl.fci r.ciJF.^ *^ AMERICAN LOYALISTS, WHICH WAS LATELY PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THEIR AGENTS. I i -1' [February, 1783.] i ;i,a«s.^2ST2S' .1 B T 3 B A 3 ' ii; .A J tJ D i T il A n. *. i ^n«f« V« 'v * ri .* '•. f f ■•\.. '■•;' ^ -5WBJ'Cri'""'-ti1C'!W?l'S iiS'^hWf,"*.."..^. ,. »a: err ik '> r t ,■ ' i .1 h: i ^i ■*D !;-v,r.* f(J ..J* J ' i. ( s8"^li|#vf>^ i\trinmi:f-.^::ii^ % e *- i:'-..' iM ??il: :Bii!ii'fj:.>*ii HMOJ k- n-. , \ ii V , ! 1 ^* •!<; .,s.v: 4 ••,«,,£. -^t. HVK. ,'1'i i>^ $>v. ^'?i! ?.'» ■'■ )yi'!''-r ia*l; i.' l;,l > ,»r' i " >,- * « • > v ■yfV';^y'-*':r^ 1, 'T.l,.; . -i 1+. 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That the principal part of the Inhabitants, at the commencement of thefc troubleSi which havQ ended fo unexpedledly and unfortunately for Great Britain and themfclvcs, were well affefted to his Majefty's perfon and government, 9n4 attached to Great Britain, That it was owin^o this loyal dlfpofitlon, that the Houfe of Aflembly, though repeatedly folicitcd by letters and emilTaries from the Le- A 2 giilaturcft ^iflaturcs of fome of the other Colonies, declined MO That in the month of September following* an attack was made upon the Province by the French General Compte D'Eftaing, with a very formidable fleet and army, aided by a confider- able body of American troops under General Lin- coln, who together laid fiegc to the town of Sa- vannah ; and failing in other refpefts, after a fiege of fifteen days *, atten:ipted to reduce it by Oorm on the 9th of Odober, in which they were • Tlic French landed the nth of September, about fourteen mileatVom Savannah, and on the J5th Compte D'Eftaing fent A lummons ; which not being complied with, it took them from that time tijl the a+th to bring up their artillery, &c. &c. On the 24th, they broke ground, and next day fome g\ms v/ero fired againft the towni which was continued till the 3d of Odobsr, when, in the nighf, they began to bombard ; and on the 4th, at the firing of the morning gun, a ir.olt furicus bombardment and cannonade be* gas . defeated j;-. I [61 defeated with great lofs by the bravery of His Majefty's troops, and the exertions of the King** Civil Officers and Loyal Militia, whofc conduft on that memorable occafion was very exemplary : And they bore their Ihare in all the fatigues and duties o^that fervicc with fortitude^ and for which they received the thanks of General Prcvoft, who commanded on that glorious day, '. .' -AX : (' 't , That* after this, the French and American troops withdrew from Georgia ; and on the 8th of March following, the King's Governor receive cd, from his Majefty's Secretary of State, a Let- ter, dated Whitehall, July 9^ 1779, of which the 'A'Vlfi' yi:(->^h--^- following is an extradt : ■ •* The profccutlon of the war in America is ** an objefl never to be loft fight of, until the " grand end of it is attained j and as appear- *' ances are now fo favourable, I truft the forces " now there will be fufficient for that purpofe. •* And I can venture to ajQiire you^ there is at " prefent no intention of withdrawing any part of ** them. The King's faithful fubjedls may th^re- •* fore hlMy (land forth in fupportof his Majefty's «« meafures, and in defence of their liberties and ,• properties, confidijig in his AUjeJly^s mojt gra- cious rejViuiion to p'oteU tbem** «( >♦ %r :,-4'^>''irt1f ^<^t.'y And D (73 Anp on the 5th of April following, the Go- vernor received another J^ctterfrom his Majcfty'a Secretary of Statc^ dated the 19th of J^nuary^ 1780, which contained the following cxtradt ; ,.■. * « The accounts brought by Captain Shaw, on »» the a ift of December, from yourfclf and Major •' General Prevoft, of the defeat of the combined f* forces of the French and Rebels which attacked ^« Savannah, by the perfevering refolution anc| *' intrepid valour of his Majefty's troops, and «' others of his faithful and zealous fubjedls, that ** fo cheerfully engaged in the defence of the ^< town, were received by the King with thQ f* higheft fatisfaftion; and his Majefty com- «< manded me to fignify his Royal pleafure to f» Major Qeneral Prevoft, that he fliould acquaint '* the troops, both officers and foldiers, and al} ** the King's other faithful fubjefts, who fervcd f ' under his command upon that glorious occa- '* fion, that their be'iaviour has met with the en- ** tire approbation of their Sovereign. In this •' general praife of all who afted well, yourfelf *< and the Lieutenant-Governor arc neceflarily ** included j but his Majefty commands me to «* cxprefs to you, that he imputes much of the <* fucccfsful refiftance made to the enemy, to that ^« ardour and refolution of which you gave the ex- «* ample ; it is alfo his Majefty's pleafure, that i !' ypu !!| t 8 ] «' you Ihould acquaint the Lieutenant-Governor, « that his Majefty is fully fatisfied with his zeal " and ftrviccs." ;v^ ; '■, •" V -;, ■ • • * » This encouragement, the recent fuccefs, apd the calm that fucceeded over the whole Pro- vince, infpired the King's Civil Officers, and other faithful fubjefls, wi(h the utmoft confi-< dence i and thereupon the King's Governor, in the ufual manner, iBTued writs for a general eledion of Members to fcrve in the Houfe of Aflcmbly ; which were duly executed, and the Legiflature of the province legally convened, which proceeded to pafs feveral l^ws for ftrengthening the King's au- thority, and cen^entfng the union between Great Britain and Georgia; for rendering the militia more ferviceablc 5 for raifing works of defence by fhe labour of their Oaves, and ojther local purpofes; and more particularly a law for granting a per^ petual duty on the exports of the Provinee^ as the contribution of Georgii^ towards a general fund for defraying the fomtficn expence of the Britijb empire -, of which his Majefty's approbation was fignified in a Letter to the King's Governor from his Majefty's Secretary of State, dated Whitehall, adAuguft, 1781, of which the following is aa pxtra^ : y.^,: x_,x^ ■:f^^'^-;^'^-^'^?h. ^fij'-i^t^^^s ''*■"' '"^^k -I Extract I 9 I J, »l C Extract of a Letter to Sir James Wright, Bart; dated Whitehall, 2d Augiift, 1781. -•>• " Having, by his Majcfty's command, referred •' to the conlideration of the Lords CommifTioners *' for Trade and Plantations, the A61 for grant- •' ing to his Majcfty certain duties upon the ex- •' ported produds of the Province, as the con- *' tribution of Georgia fo the general charge of *« the Britifh Empire,tranfmitted with your N'*40j *• their Lordlhips, after confidering it, rcpre- ** fented it to his Majefty in Council, as proper •' for his royal approbation, which it received ** accordingly, as you will find by the inclofed *« Order of his Majefty in Council on the 2 2d of ** June laft, which I fend you by his command, " and which you are to make public, in the ** manner ufual upon fuch occafions. And I am ** further commanded, to fignify to you his Ma- •* jefty's pleafure, that you do take the firft oc- " cafion of a Meeting of the Council and AflTem- *' biy, to acquaint them, that his Majefty has *• received, with great fatisfadlion, the teftimony they have given of their zeal and afFedion for his perfon, and firm attachment to the confti- tution, by palling the aforementioned A6t j and •' to affure them that his loyal and faithful fubje Sis of Georgia may always rely upon Ss Majejlfs pro- te^ion, and conjlant aitention to their profperity and happinefs,'^ That confiding in thefe repeated Royal aftur- ances of protc I and to thofc of Gcorg'm in particular, the KingV faithful f^!bje<5ts there proceeded ta rcfettle their e(lates, at a confiderable frefh expence, and to betake thcmfelves to their ufual occupations and profcflions j and their profpcds from their in- duftry were very promifuag, when, on the 14th of June fj^Zf a moil unexpeded Order was- receiv- ed, for immediately withdrawing the King^s troops^ from thence, and evacuating that Province j. iii> confequcnce of which, the King's Civil Officers,, and a cooTidt rable number of other Loyal Sub- }e^s, were under the fiecclfity of abandoning their eita(es>. ard the very large and promiHiig crops^ then OA the groufid nearly fit to reap t and to leave the Province with his Majelly's troops ;. Ibme retiring to the adjoitung Province of £ait Florida^ others to the id and of Jamaica, and ibme few to New York and finglaml. ■ That the Loyalifts could rfo no otherwife- than leave Georgia with the troops, for on their being withdrawn,, and the cannon, &c. taken away, it became impofTible for them to hold the province, or to- defend Savannah, againft the American forces ; and becaufe the Rebel powers there had lately palTed a new Ad (an Ex- tra<5l of which is annexed), for infliding penal- ties, and confifcating the eftates of fuch per- fons as arc therein declared guilty of trcafon^ &c. of v/hom the names of Two hundred and Eighty-fix are particulaily infcFted in the faid A<5t, which alfo includes in it a general claufe againd all other the former Inhabitants of Georgia, whom they ^ '^ ,^:. :.-¥^-wfi '\-^^^\if''i'Tii^j4i-'^j^-^j'v^jy7'^w e their and to ns and eir in- 14th of recciv- troopSv ccj. in- iiicers,, I Sub- g thcir l crops^ and to roops ;. rf Eaft a^ and: hirwife- in their taken old the nft the powers an Ex- penal- :h per- trcafon^ cd and id A(5t, againfl , whom they [ " ] they pretended owed allegiance to their ufurped government, and who had aided pr participated in the trcafonable pra6lices charged to thofc named jn the faid Aft, which of courfe injpludcd all who had rcfided in the Province fince its re- duclion, and adhered to the Caufe of the Britifli Qovcrnment and Authority. i^T •''»• -n-^^V-' T^AT the Kind's loyal and faithfiil Subjefts, from the time of the r^duftion of the province by Colonel Campbell, to the evacuation thereof, cheerfully bore arms in fupport of the Britifli Go- verniT)ent, and always, when required, afllifted on fcrvicc and duty with the King's troops j and otherwifc bchayed in fo loya) and zealous a manner, as rendered them particularly obnoxious to the Jlevoltcrs, in fo much that while prepa- rations were making to eyacpate the Province, fuchof the unfortunate Loyal ids, who had large families, and were impelled, by urgent neceflity, to offer to fubmit to them, were refufed permiflion to remain in the country, on any other terms than that of enlifting as private foldiers j and fevcral thev not receive on any terms. I ' is« a:.xtracts #li 4 «.^^«lH(a5fJ X\n\^" ■^ Iff ■+ Extracts from an Aft for inflicling Penalties, • r ^ and confifcating the Eftatcs of fuch Pcrfons a^ ^ are therein declared guilty of Trcafon, ^^d fqr ^S^cr Eurpofcf therein mcnpiansd. " -^ '^« 'Ofi y< "n ' ♦ ■■ *'. ■ IS |"^*■'^i' y "VVhereas on the ift day of March, which ?' was in the year of our Lord 1778, an Aft was •• paired for attainting certain pcrfons therein f* mentioned of treafon, and confifcating their *« eftates for the ufc and benefit of this State, ?* which faid Aft has not been yet carried into full •• execution : And whereas it is neceflary,tliat the *• names of the faid pcrfons fp attainted by the *' faid \v9f^ Oiould be inferted in a law, with the ** names of various other pcrfons who have, f fince the aforefaid time, been guilty of treafon *' againft this State, and the authority of the *« fame, by traiteroufly adhering to the King of *' Great Britain, and by aiding, aflifling, abetting, ** and comforting the Generals, and other OIH- ** ccrs, civil and military, of the faid King, to en- ** force his authr ity in and over this State, and ^« the good people of the fame. And whereas the <* aforefaid treafons, and other atrocious crimes, *» juftly merit forfeiture of protection and pro- ^* perty : Be it enaftcd by the rcprefentatives of «» the Freemen of the State of Georgia in General *f Aflembly met, and by the authority of the fame, I *• that nui tn I fV th^t all and each of the following pcrfons, viz/? [Here follows tht ftJtmes of Two hundred in^ Eighty-fix pcrfotts, lacc Inhabitants of Georfiia] V be, and they art hereby dccfered to be banimed ** from this State fof eVe^ ; and if any of the afore- V faid perfons fhall remain in this State fixty day^ '« after the pafllng of this Aft, or fhall return to «* this State, the Governor or Comnnfander ii^ " Chief for the time being, is hereby authorized ** and required to cauie the perfons fo rtmaihing «» in, or returning to, this State, to be apprehc^nded f* and committed to gaol, there to reii^aiii ivith* f* out jail or mainprize, until a convenient op^ f* porturtity ihall offer for tranfpdrting the faid •* perfons beyond the fcas to Tome part of the f« Britifh King's dominions j which the GoVer- f* nor or Commander in Chief for the tiftne bcfing «« is hereby required to do : ajid if any of (be faid ** perfons fhall return to tits State after fucb tranf^ *^ portatio»y then^ and in fucb cafe, be or t bey fhall f* be adjudged, and they are hereby declared to bel ** guilty of felony, and fhall, on conviSiim of tbeir ** having fo returned as aforefaid, fitffer deatb^ *^ without benefit of dergy, ; . «< And be it further enafted, by the authority ♦* aforefaid, that all and fingular the eftates real ** and perlonai, of each and every of the aforefaid f^ perfons, which they held, pofTclTed, or were " entitled t i «4 1 *f entitled to, m law or equity, on the 19th ?' day of April 1775, or which they have held *f fince, or do hol^ in po0ec l-e^iflatyre (hall tOi ..J'O' V ^* And whereas divers other perfons, citizens f « of this State, and owing allegiance thereto, <' (whofe names are not herein recited) did, in f< violation of the faid allegiance, traiteroudy *« affift, abet| and participate in the aforefaid «* treafonable praftices j be it therefore enafted, *f by the authority aforefaid, that all and every ♦• of the perfon or perfons under this defcriptign fhall^ s^ on full proof and conviSlion of the fame in a court y, if law,, be liable and fubje^ed to all the like pains ^ *« penalties^ and forfeitures^ infli£led by this ASl on i^ thofe offendtrs whofe names are particularly men- S[ tioned therein » ♦wwoijjxtfuii.'.rtftdj.vfi? • [ 'i 1 " And be it further enafted. That all debts^ " dues, or demands, due or owing to merchants *« or others rcfidingin Great Britain, be, and they •' are hereby fequcftered j and the Commiflion- " ers appointed by this Aft, or a majority of " them, are hereby empowered to recover, re- '' ceive, and depofit the fame in the treafury of " this State, in the fame manner, and under the " fame regulations, as debts confifcated, there to «» remain for the ufe of this State, until other- " wife appropriated by this or any other Houfe «of Aflcmbly. ; - | . ,_ , V;' '."'*"' ~ . -' . ^* ''And whereas there are various perfons, « fubjedts of the King of Great Britain, poffeffed «* of, or entitled to, eftates real and perfonal, " which juftice and found policy require fliould be *« applied to the benefit of this State, be it there- •« fore enafted by the authority aforefaid. That «« all and fingular the eftates, real and perfonal, " belonging to perfons being Britifh fubjeds, of " whatfoever kind or nature, which they may be «« poflefled of (except as before excepted *), or *' others in truft for them, or that they are or may «' be intitled to in law or equity, and alfo all " d'Sts, dues, or demands, owing or accruing «« to them, be confifcated to and foe the ufe * Except any debts and demands dne or owing to Britifh meri chants, or others, refiding in Gix-at Britain, which fliall be appro* priated as heicin after mentioned* . -.. "and I^» p f . i t t6 i ^'and beocHc of this State; and the mohie^ *' ari(ing from the fale which ihall take place by •« virtue of and in purfuance of this aft, to be " applied to fuch ufes and purpofes as the Legif* «« lature fhall hereafter dircft, -r. v V. , , , . -,«« And be it further enafted, by the Autho- «* rity aforcfaid. That the State will and do gua- " rantee and defend the Commiflloners appointed << by this afb, or a nnajority of them, in all their *« proceedings for Carrying the powers and au- " thorities given them by the fame into full ef- «' fcft ; and will alfo warrant and for ever defend *' all and every fale or fales which the faid Com- *< miflloners, or a majority of them, ihall make, " to any purchafer or purchafcrs of any part or *< parts of the real and perfonal ellates con6f- «catcd by this Aft." *' Augufta, State of Georgia, •' 4th May, 178a.'* \ < V i/; / *»• THE END. ' r x> V A .». .'■,» ;:> ', '» V ace by to be Lcgif* A.utho- to gua- }ointed 11 their nd au« full ef. • defend Com- make> 3art or confif- /.v> •'