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The collection consists of a twenty-nine page folio containing Georgia Colonial Governor Sir James Wright's answers to questions
posed by the Lords of the Committee for Trade of Great Britain's Privy Council dated Savannah, Georgia, February 15, 1762.
Divided into 17 sections, the document contains information on Georgia's geography, boundaries, location of rivers and towns,
as well as French or Spanish settlements; trade with Great Britain; imported goods of British manufacture; trade with foreign
countries; produce of Georgia; population and growth in the colony; the militia; forts and defenses; trade, treaties, population,
and location of the Creek, Chickasaw, Choctaws, and Cherokee Indians; duties; civil officers including name, title of office,
pay, and when appointed; and the court system.
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