MILLEDGEVILLE

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MILLEDGEVILLE , a city and the county-seat of Baldwin county, in the central

part

PART

of Georgia, U.S.A., on the Oconee river, at the head of navigation, 32 M. E.N.E. of

Macon

MACON
MACON, NATHANIEL (1758-1837)

. Pop. (1890), 3322; (1900), 4219 (2663 negroes); (1910), 4385 It is served by the Georgia and the Central of Georgia railways. Milledgeville is situated in the

Cotton

COTTON
COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
COTTON, GEORGE
EDWARD
- EDWARD
LYNCH
- LYNCH, PATRICIO (1825–1886)
(1813–1866)
COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

Belt, and its

principal

PRINCIPAL

industry is the preparation of

cotton

COTTON
COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
EDWARD
- EDWARD
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LYNCH
- LYNCH, PATRICIO (1825–1886)
(1813–1866)
COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

for the markets. The importance of the place, however, is mainly educational and historical. It is the seat of the Middle Georgia Military and Agricultural College, which occupies the old capitol building, and of the Georgia Normal and Industrial College for girls (1889; enrolment 1908-1909, 653), which is a

part

PART

of the University of Georgia, and occupies the site of the old state penitentiary. About 2 M. north-west of Milledgeville is the state juvenile reformatory; 2 M.

south

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

of the city are the state asylums for white and negro insane; and 3 M. north-west is the state prison farm. Milledgeville was founded in 1803, and was named in honour of John Milledge (1757-1818), a representative in Congress in 1792-1793 and 1795-1802,

governor

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

of Georgia in 1802-1806, a United States senator in 1806-1809, and a benefactor of the state university. In 1804 it was made the seat of the state government in place of Louisville (

capital

CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

in 1795-1804; pop. in Igloo, 1009), a dignity it held until 1868. The city was first chartered in 1836. Although admirably situated for

trade

and manufacturing, Milledgeville was surpassed in both by

Macon

MACON
MACON, NATHANIEL (1758-1837)

, which became the commercial emporium of middle Georgia; but it was a favourite place of residence for the wealthy and cultivated class of Georgians before the Civil War. It was seized by General William T. Sherman on the 23rd of November 1864. In order to remove the state documents beyond reach of the enemy,

Governor

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

Joseph E. Brown called upon the convicts in the penitentiary for aid, granting them pardons in return for their services.

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