Georgia Historical Documents
Historical Documents Related
to Georgia
1600s
1700s
Carolina
Proprietors' Land Grant for Azilia (1717)
Georgia Charter
of 1732
Georgia Trustees
May 10, 1733 order
1757 Georgia
law to encourage immigration by debtors
1758 act dividing
Georgia into parishes
1774 colonial
Georgia law to prohibit murder of free Indians
Resolutions
adopted by the Aug. 10, 1774 assembly of Georgia patriots at Tondee's Tavern
in Savannah
Rules and Regulations
of 1776
Georgia Constitution
of 1777
Georgia's Ordinance
Ratifying the U.S. Constitution (1788)
Georgia Constitution
of 1789
Georgia Constitution
of 1798
1800s
Joint Resolution
of Georgia General Assembly relative to Nebraska Bill (Feb. 20, 1854)
Agricultural
Resources of Georgia. Address Before the Cotton Planters Convention of Georgia
at Macon, December 13, 1860
Georgia's secession:
documents and speeches
Georgia Constitution
of 1861
Atlanta
Provost Marshall Special Order, Aug. 12, 1862
Correspondence Between
Governor Brown and the Secretary of War, upon the Right of the Georgia Volunteers,
in Confederate Service, to Elect Their Own Officers (1863)
Laws of Georgia. Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia Passed in Milledgeville at an Annual Session in November and December, 1863; also, Extra Session of 1864
Journal of the Senate
of the State of Georgia, at the Annual Session of the General Assembly, Commenced
at Milledgeville, November 3, 1864
Gen. Sherman's
Special Field Order, Nov. 8, 1864
Gen. Sherman's
Special Field Order, Nov. 9, 1864
Journal of the Senate
of the Extra Session of the General Assembly, of the State of Georgia, Convened
by Proclamation of the Governor, at Macon, February 15th, 1865
Georgia Constitution
of 1865
Joint Resolution
of Georgia General Assembly urging Pres. Johnson to withdraw federal troops
from Georgia (Jan. 22, 1866)
Georgia Constitution
of 1868
Ben Hill's
"New South" address to University of Georgia graduates, July 31, 1871
Georgia Law Allowing
Judicial Incorporation of Towns
Georgia Constitution
of 1877
1900s
Frank v. State
(Oct. 14, 1914) -- Georgia Supreme Court decision denying Leo Frank's
motion for a new trial
Frank v. State
(Nov. 14, 1914) -- Georgia Supreme Court decision affirming the trial
and judgment in the Leo Frank case
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly designating live oak as state tree. (Feb.
25, 1937)
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly urging the president to authorize a dam on
the Savannah River (March 1, 1937)
Joint Resolution of the Georgia General Assembly declaring Dec. 8, 1937 a state holiday to mark the unveiling of memorial to Franklin D. Roosevelt in Gainesville (Dec. 3, 1937)
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly urging the President of the U.S. to expedite
a dam at Clarks Hill on the Savannah River (Feb. 10, 1939)
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly establishing a "Georgian's Creed" (March 4,
1939)
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly calling for the return of the locomotive "General"
(March 24, 1939)
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly urging Congress to direct the Postmaster General
to issue a stamp honoring Thomas E. Watson (March 27, 1941)
Georgia Constitution
of 1945
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assesmbly calling for creation of The Federation of
the World (Jan. 31, 1946)
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly urging Sen. Richard Russell to run for the
presidency (Feb. 6, 1952)
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly urging relocation of U.S. Naval Supply School
from New Jersey to Athens (Feb. 6, 1952)
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly calling for the teaching of U.S. history,
geography, and civics (Feb. 15, 1952)
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly relative to federal aid to states (Feb. 15,
1952)
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly relative to federal income taxes (Feb. 15,
1952)
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly relative to federal regulation of utilities
(Mar. 2, 1953)
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly urging location of Air Force Academy in Spalding
County (Mar. 2, 1953)
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly urging Congressional funding of vocational
education (Mar. 3, 1953)
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly creating Georgia Commission on Education (Dec.
10, 1953)
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly establishing Loyalty Day (Dec. 18, 1953)
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly relative to amending the U.S. Constitution
to give states exclusive authority over education (Jan. 29, 1955)
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly relative to the operation of state schools
(Jan. 31, 1955)
Joint Resollution
of the Georgia General Assembly relative to separation of the races in the
U.S. military (Feb. 8, 1955)
Joint Resolution of the Georgia General Assembly regarding conferring with other southern states (Feb. 13, 1956)
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly censuring the U.S. Attorney General (Feb.
13, 1956)
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly urging Congress to protect American farmers
(Feb. 13, 1956)
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly relative to Interpostiion (Mar. 9, 1956)
The "Southern
Manifesto" (Mar. 1956)
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly relative to the Southern Governors' Conference
(Feb. 1, 1957)
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly relative to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee
and civil rights legislation (Feb. 12, 1957)
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly relative to the importation of foreign goods
(Feb. 15, 1957)
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly relative to the Georgia Commission on Education
(Feb. 15, 1957)
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly commending Atlanta Public School Teachers
Association for refusing to integrate (Feb. 26, 1957)
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly condemning UNESCO (Mar. 7, 1957)
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly urging Congress to declare the 14th and 15th
Amendments void (Mar. 8, 1957)
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly requesting Congress to increase tariff on
textile imports (Mar. 13, 1957)
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly impeaching certain U.S. Supreme Court Justices
(Mar. 13, 1957)
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly authorizing reconstruction of New Echota (Mar.
13, 1957)
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly censuring the President (Feb. 14, 1958)
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly proposing state rights amendment to the U.S.
Constitution (Mar. 24, 1960)
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly designating the brown thrasher as Georgia's
official state bird and the bobwhite quail as the official state game bird
(March 20, 1970).
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly designating the largemouth bass as the state
fish (March 24, 1970)
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly designating the honeybee as the state insect
(April 18, 1975)
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly designating staurolite, sharks tooth, and
quartz and the official state mineral, fossil, and gem (March 18, 1976)
Georgia Constitution
of 1976
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly designating the azalia as the state wildflower
(April 19, 1979)
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly designating "Georgia on My Mind" as official
state song of Georgia (April 24, 1979)
Georgia Constitution
of 1983
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly designating the Right Whale as the official
state marine mammal (April 2, 1985)
Joint Resolution
of the Georgia General Assembly designating the Knobbed Whelk as the official
seashell of Georgia (April 16, 1987)
Act of the
Georgia General Assembly designating the Tiger Swallowtail as the official
state butterfly (April 4, 1988)
Act of the
Georgia General Assembly designating the Gopher Tortoise as the official state
reptile (March 30, 1989)
Act of the
Georgia General Assembly designating the peach as the offical state fruit
(April 7, 1995)
Act of the
Georgia General Assembly designating Georgia as the poultry capital of the
world (April 8, 1995)
Act of the
Georgia General Assembly designating the peanut as the official state crop
(April 19, 1995)
Act of the
Georgia General Assembly designating English the official state language (April
25, 1996)
Act of the
Georgia General Assembly designating the official state tartan (May 1, 1997)
Other
Diaries, Journals,
and Letters
Georgia Constitution
Web Page (contains the current all prior state constitutions plus other
documents)
© Carl Vinson Institute of Government, The University of Georgia
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