1777 Meeting in Savannah, delegates to a constitutional convention adopted the Constitution of 1777 -- Georgia’s first official state constitution. [Although some historians consider the Rules and Regulations adopted by Georgia’s Provincial Congress on April 15, 1776, as Georgia’s first constitution, that document was adopted before Georgia proclaimed its statehood on July 4, 1776.]
Archival Collection: Our Documents : 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives / E173 .U62 2003; Oglethorpe and Colonial Georgia : A History, 1733-1783 / David Lee Russell, F289.O37 R87 2006; The Revolutionary records of the State of Georgia ... Comp. and pub. under authority of the Legislature by Allen D. Candler, E263.G3 R4.
Manuscript Collection: Wilkes County, Georgia subpoenas, writ, and proclamation, 1794-1812, MS 867; Georgia Constitution, 1777, MS 1704; United States Constitution draft annotated by Abraham Baldwin, 1787, MS 1703; John Joachim Zubly manuscripts and letters, 1770-1781, 1853, MS 892; George Mathews letters and instructions, 1794-1795, MS 549; Georgia Council of Safety minute books, 1775-1777, MS 282; Georgia General Assembly legislative act, 1798, MS 286; Georgia Executive Council papers, 1777-1788, MS 284.
Microfilm: George Washington papers, 1777, MS 1602
Rare Collection: A digest of the laws of the state of Georgia : from its first establishment as a British province down to the year 1798, inclusive, and the principal acts of 1799, in which is comprehended the Declaration of independence, the state constitutions of 1777 and 1789, with alterations and amendments in 1794, also the constitution of 1798 : it contains as well all the laws in force, as those which are deemed useful and necessary, or which are explanatory of existing laws; together, with the titles of all the obsolete and other acts : and concludes with an appendix containing the original charters and other documents, ascertaining and defining the limits and boundary of the state; all the treaties with the southern tribes of Indians the Articles of confederation and perpetual union, the Constitution of the United States, and a few acts of congress ... / by Robert [and] George Watkins / KFG38 .A4 1800; Digest of the laws of the state of Georgia : from its settlement as a British province, in 1755, to the session of the General assembly in 1800, inclusive / compiled, arranged and digested from the original records, and under the special authority of the state, by Horatio Marbury & William H. Crawford. KFG38 .G4 1802;
Vertical Files: DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE; GEORGIA - GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS; GEORGIA - HISTORY - REVOLUTIONARY; SAVANNAH - HISTORY - REVOLUTION; U.S. - GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS; WARS - REVOLUTIONARY
Artifacts: A-1361-084 Brick from the house in which Thomas Jefferson is said to have written the Declaration of Independence; A-1361-263 Revolutionary War musket balls taken from a shot tower at Concord, MA; A-1361-362 Military scrip from the Revolutionary War; A-1361-454 a/b English Brown Bess bayonets. Found in excavation of Thomasson house, on site of Revolutionary War era British Arsenal on North side of State Street between Bull and Drayton Streets in Savannah; A-1361-455 French bayonet with missing ring. Probably used in Seige of Savannah, 1779. Found in excavation of Thomasson house, on site of Revolutionary War era British Arsenal on State Street between Bull and Drayton Streets in Savannah; A-1361-456 American bayonet probably made by Committee of Safety. Found in excavation of Thomasson house, on site of Revolutionary War era British Arsenal on State Street between Bull and Drayton Streets in Savannah; A-1361-462 Revolutionary War era Navy button (piece of); A-1361-004 Revolutionary War relics
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