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438 out of with, at which time the  was estimated to have a  of about 70,000 s. In  , the  , left the. s were sent to represent Georgia in the who  the Declaration of Independence. In a   and  occupied  and, but were subsequently compelled to abandon the. In of  a combined  and, under  and , unsuccessfully attempted the recovery of , losing nearly 1000 men in an. was reoccupied by the. being surrendered by in, the patriots of  and Georgia were only able to maintain a , until the advance of  from the north, at the head of considerable , resulted in the expulsion of the  from those. Georgia at the conclusion of ratified the several  constituting her one of the. She framed her first constitution in, a second in , and a third (which has been several times amended) in. In Georgia ceded to the all her territory west of the Chattahoochee, amounting to nearly 100,000, out of which the  of  and  were subsequently formed. The cession of to the  was of great benefit to Georgia in ending hostilities which the  were continually inciting the  to commit upon the scattered s. By a  with the, Georgia became possessed of a large tract in the south-west of the. The with  (–) involved Georgia in hostilities with the  on her western border, who were finally subdued by. In the cession of  to the  relieved Georgia from the long series of  aggressions beginning with her existence as a. In a serious difficulty arose between the  and  in consequence of proceedings by the Georgia executive to extinguish the  to s in the  held by the  and. The head of the,, was  by  for  away these lands to the. By an of  passed in, these  were subsequently removed to the  west of the. Georgia formally from the in. The  and s were seized. The first were on the coast. In, one of the  of , was recaptured by the  under. ,, , and StSimon’s were also occupied. In the beginning of the were in possession of middle and west. In they occupied  in strong force, the  falling back by the  to  A further advance by, the , brought on the severely contested  of , on the  of that  ( 20). The retreated to, which was soon threatened by the  under. In the  under  drove  from all his positions. In the of  the   was at, on the railway to , which it covered. In  moved forward against this force a numerous and well-appointed. Severe took place at, , and. A series of strategical movements, signalized by frequent y between the rival, resulted in the possession of  by the ,  2. From this point began in  his memorable march across Georgia to the. On 10th he arrived in the neighbourhood of, captured  by , and occupied the  on the 21st. A force under  entered Georgia from  in , capturing , , and , and making , the  , er. In  a provisional  was appointed for the  by  of the. A convention assembled in at, which repealed the  of ,  , and declared the   void. A new was framed and ratified in, and  inaugurated as. The restoration of civil government under the new forms was not effected in Georgia without complications which retarded its re-establishment on a solid foundation, but the amendments to the national constitution were at length adopted, and her s and s were admitted to s in in. During the Georgia furnished about 80,000 s for the. She emerged from it with her prostrated, her  empty, her  and political system ized, her most flourishing cities in ruins. Her great natural resources are fast advancing her to a commanding position among her sister ; and these resources are developing in the hands of a free people with greater rapidity and advantage than when half the population was. possibly excepted, no has a greater future than Georgia.

 

 GEORGSWALDE, a of Northern, on the borders of, in the of , about 35  E. of , with a  on the. Besides Old and New Georgswalde, it comprises Wiesenau and Philippsdorf, the latter a place which since has attained celebrity through the  attributed to its  of. Georgswalde was founded in the, and ranks as one of the oldest centres of , sharing with the neighbouring  of  a reputation for excellent. The  is a fine. In the total  was 8220, of whom 5071 were in Old Georgswalde.  GERA, the chief of the of, stands in a  on the  of the, 35  S.S.W. of. It has been all since a great  in, and the s are in general wide and straight, and contain many handsome. The principal are the  of St ’s and St, the , the  of the   and of the Gera , the  , and the central. Its al establishments include a, a general  (which contains a real  of the first order, a higher female , and three citizen s), a  , a normal , and a. The of, the residence of the  of ,  from the , but has been nearly all  within the. Gera has long been noted for its. Its comprise, , and  goods, , , , , , , , , , , ,  and other , , , and s.

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