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subscriptions for the relief of the suffering Bostonians, and 

 Mr. Telfair had the honour of being placed upon this com- 

 mittee. In the memoir of Mr. Habersham, on page 304 of this 

 work, allusion is made to the breaking open of the Magazine, 

 and seizure of the powder, in Savannah. Mr. Telfair was 

 one of the brave band associated with Mr. Habersham in that 

 bold undertaking. A reward was .offered by Governor Wright 

 for the persons who had seized it, and though they were well 

 known to some of the members of his privy council, yet they 

 were not arrested, and the powder soon spoke for itself, to the 

 dread of the British and Tories. 



When the exigency of the times demanded the appointment 

 of a Council of Safety, such had been the devotion of Mr. 

 Telfair to the cause of freedom that he was honoured with a 

 seat in this illustrious body. 



Throughout the whole revolutionary struggle he bore a con- 

 spicuous part, and was intrusted by his fellow-citizens with 

 the highest offices. 



In February, 1778, he was elected by the House of As- 

 sembly of Georgia, one of the delegates to represent the State 

 in the Continental Congress, and took his seat in that body 

 on the 13th of July following, and on the 24th of that month 

 signed the ratification of the articles of confederation. In 

 November of that year, he obtained leave of absence, returned 

 to his seat on the 15th of May, 1780, and continued a member 

 until January, 1783, when his term of office expired. 



Early in this year he was appointed, by the Governor of 

 Georgia, one of the commissioners to form a treaty with the 

 Cherokee chiefs, which was finally concluded on the 30th of 

 May; 1783, establishing the boundary line between the State 

 of Georgia and the Cherokee nation. 



In May, 1785, he was re-elected a member of Congress, 

 but did not take his seat. 



He was Governor of Georgia, from the 9th of January, 

 1786, to the 9th of January, 1787, and again from the 9th of 

 November, 1790, to the 7th of November, 1793. 



During General Washington's visit to Georgia, in May, 

 1791, he was brilliantly entertained by Gov. Telfair, at his 

 family residence, near Augusta, called the Grove; and on the 



