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MILLEDGEVILLE , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Baldwin county, in the central See also:part of See also:Georgia, U.S.A., on the Oconee See also:river, at the See also:head of See also:navigation, 32 M. E.N.E. of See also:Macon. Pop. (1890), 3322; (1900), 4219 (2663 negroes); (1910), 4385• It is served by the Georgia and the Central of Georgia See also:railways. Milledgeville is situated in the See also:Cotton See also:Belt, and its See also:principal See also:industry is the preparation of cotton for the markets. The importance of the See also:place, however, is mainly educational and See also:historical. It is the seat of the See also:Middle Georgia Military and Agricultural See also:College, which occupies the old capitol See also:building, and of the Georgia Normal and See also:Industrial College for girls (1889; enrolment 1908-1909, 653), which is a part of the University of Georgia, and occupies the site of the old See also:state See also:penitentiary. About 2 M. See also:north-See also:west of Milledgeville is the state juvenile reformatory; 2 M. See also:south of the city are the state asylums for See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white and See also:negro insane; and 3 M. north-west is the state See also:prison See also:farm. Milledgeville was founded in 1803, and was named in See also:honour of See also:John Milledge (1757-1818), a representative in See also:Congress in 1792-1793 and 1795-1802, See also:governor of Georgia in 1802-1806, a See also:United States senator in 1806-1809, and a benefactor of the state university. In 1804 it was made the seat of the state See also:government in place of See also:Louisville (See also:capital in 1795-1804; pop. in Igloo, 1009), a dignity it held until 1868. The city was first chartered in 1836. Although admirably situated for See also:trade and manufacturing, Milledgeville was surpassed in both by Macon, which became the commercial See also:emporium of middle Georgia; but it was a favourite place of See also:residence for the wealthy and cultivated class of Georgians before the See also:Civil See also:War. It was seized by See also:General See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William T. See also:Sherman on the 23rd of See also:November 1864. In See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order to remove the state documents beyond reach of the enemy, Governor See also:Joseph E. See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
Brown called upon the convicts in the penitentiary for aid, granting them pardons in return for their services.
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