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by weft of Baltimore, and one hundred and forty-eight 
foiith-weft of Philadelphia. 
GEOR'GETOWN, a town of the American States, 
in Lincoln county, diftrift of Maine, ft ujted on both 
tides of Kennebeck river. It was incorporated in 1716, 
is the oldeft tovri. in the county, and contains 1333 inha¬ 
bitants. It is bounded ibutherlyby the ocean, wefterly 
by tlie towns of Marpfwell and Brunfwick, north-vseft- 
erly by Bath, and eafterly by Woolwich ; being en¬ 
tirely (urrounded by navigable waters, excepting about 
two miles ot land, which divides the waters of Winna- 
gance creek, a part of the Kennebeck, from an arm or 
influx of C'afco bay, called Steplien’s river. 
rite entrance at the mouth of Kennebeck river, is 
guided on the eaft by Parker’s ifland, belonging to this 
townftiip. It contains about twenty-eight thoufand 
acres ot arable land and fait marfti, and is inhabited by 
more than one third part of the people of the townftiip. 
This was the fpot on which the Etiropeans firft at¬ 
tempted to colonize New England, in the year 1607, 
It is a part of what was called Sagadahock; and the 
patentees of the Plymouth company began here to lay 
the foundation ot a great (fate. They fent over a num¬ 
ber of civil and military officers, and about one hun¬ 
dred people. By various misfortunes they were forced 
to give up the lettlemcnt, and in t6o8, the whole num¬ 
ber who furvived the winter returned to England. 
1 here was a tradition among the Norridge-walk Indians, 
that thole planters invited a number of the natives, 
ivlio had come to trade with them, to draw a fmall can¬ 
non by a ropff, and that when they were ranged in a 
line, the white people difcharged the piece, and thereby 
killed and wounded feveral of them. The refentment 
of the natives at this treacherous murder, obliged the’ 
Europeans to reimbark the next fummer. Geoigetown 
is fittcen miles fouth of Pownalborough, and one hun¬ 
dred and feventy north by eaft of Bofton. 
GEOR'GEL'OWN, a poll-town of the American 
States, in Georgia, in the county of Oglethorpe, fifty 
miles foiUh-welt of Augufta, furrounded by a poor 
country: but neverthelels exhibits marks of growing 
profperity. 
GEOR'GETOWN, a large maritime diftridl of the 
American States, in the lower country of South Caro¬ 
lina, lituatcd in the fouth-eaft corner of the ftate; 
bounded north-eaft by the ftate of North Carolina; 
louth-eaft by the ocean ; Ibuth-well by Santee river, 
which divides it from Charleftown diftridl; and north- 
weft by Camden and Cheraw diftridls. It is about one 
luindred and twelve miles from north to fouth, and' 
lixty-threc from eall to weft, and is divided into the pa- 
rifties ot All Saints, Prince George, and Prince Frede¬ 
ric, It contains, according to the cenfus of 1790, 
twenty-two tlioufand one hundred and twenty.two in. 
habitants. It fends to the ftate legiftature ten repre- 
lentatives and three fenators. 
GEOR'GETOWN, a poft-town of the American 
States, and capital of the above diftridt, fituated on a 
fpot near which feveral ftreams unite their waters, and 
form a broad ftream called Winyaw bay, twelve miles 
Irom the fea. Its fituation connebts it with an extenlive 
back country of both the Carolinas, and would be a 
place of vail importance, were it not for a bar at the 
entrance of Winyaw bay, which interrupts the entrance 
of vcli'els dr wing above eleven feet water, and is in 
many refpetts a dangerous harbour. The public build¬ 
ings are a court-lioufe, gaol, and academy; three 
churches, of which the epifcopalians, baptifts, and me- 
thodifts, have one each. It carries on a fmall trade to 
the Weil Indies: lixty miles north-eaft by north of 
Charlellon, one hundred and twenty-feven fouth-well 
of Wilmington, North Carolina, and fix hundred and 
eighty-one from Philadelphia. Lat. 33. 24. N. Ion. 
79v35-W. 
GEOR'GIA, a country of Afia, called by fome geo- 
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grapliers G-urgiflan, and by others Kurgtjlan, fituated 
between tire Calpian and the Black Seas ; but now par. 
ticularly aoplied to a country between the Cafpian Sea 
and Mingrelia, anciently known by the name of Iberia, 
which fee. The air is dry, very warm in fummer, and 
very cold in winter. Fine weather commences in tlie 
month of May, and continues till the end of November. 
TJte foil is exceedin''ly fertile, provided the ground be 
watered. The bread and fruits are excellent, and the 
paftures maintain a great number of cattle. The game 
is in abundance, and of excellent flavour; and the wild 
hogs delicate. The inhabitants make wine, which they 
fend into Armenia and Perfia, efpecially to Ifpahan, for 
the king’s table. Silk forms a confiderable branch of 
trade to Erzerum; but the inhabitants are not ac¬ 
quainted with the bell method of v/inding it. Georgia 
was formerly in one kingdom, of which the inhabitants 
were Chrillians ; but fincethe year 1639, they have be¬ 
come a mixture of Mahometans ; and the king of Perfia 
having conquered the country, has divided it between 
two native princes, by themfelves called kings, but by 
the lophi ftyled only governors, or viceroys. See Per. 
SI A. The mod powerful of the two is that of Teflis, 
called, in the language of the country, the king of Car- 
tela. Each of thefe, princes has generally a guard 
of Mahometan horfe in pay. The king of Perfia 
obliges them to embrace the Mahometan religion, to 
preferve the dignity in the family. The Chrillians of 
the country in part follow tlie rites of the Armenians, 
and in part that of the Greek cliurch, and are repre- 
fented as the moft tractable of all the Chrillians of the 
eaft. Their money bears the name of tlie kings of 
Perfia, but juftice is adminiftered by Chriftian magif- 
trates. The Georgians have wonderful ftdll in the ufe 
of the bow, and have thp reputation of being the beft 
foldiers of any in Afia. The women have been always 
celebrated for their beauty. As the country produces 
ftrong wine, the Georgians are great drunkards, and are 
particularly fond of brandy, the women as well as the 
men. The manners and cuftoms of the Georgians are a 
mixture of thofe nations which are fituated about them.- 
The men have no virtue, but courage ; fathers fell their 
children, and fometimes their wives : the daughters 
fupply the harems of the grand feignor and Turkilh no- 
blemen ; and the fons are bought by the beys of Egypt, 
to keep in full force their chofen cavalry of mamalukes. 
See tlie article Eg YPT, vol. vi. 
GEOR'GIA, one of the United States of North Ame¬ 
rica, fituated between 30. 37. and 35.0. N. lat. and be¬ 
tween 80. 8. and 91. 8. W. Ion. being about fix hundred 
miles in length, and, on an average, two hundred and 
fifty in breadth. It is bounded eaft by the Atlantic 
ocean ; on the fouth by Eaft and Weft Florida ; on the * 
weft by the river Miffiffippi; and, on the north-eaft and 
north by South Carolina and the Tenneliee ftate. It 
was formerly divided into pariffies, afterwards into three 
diftriCls, but lately into two dillricls, viz. Upper and 
Lower, which are fubdivided into twenty-four counties, 
as follow;—In the Lower diftridl are, Camden, Glynn, 
Liberty,Chatham,Bryan, MTntoffi, Effingham, Scriven, 
and Burke. The counties in tlie Upper diftri6l are, 
Montgomery, Waftiington, Hancock, Greene, Franklin, 
Oglethorpe, Elbert, Wilkes, Lincoln, Warren, Jett'er- 
fon, Jackibn, Bullock, Columbia, and Richmond. The 
principal towns are Augufta, formerly the feat of go¬ 
vernment, Savannah, the former capital of the ftate, 
Sunbury, Brunfwick, Frederica, Waftiington, and Loiu 
ifville, which is the metropolis of the ftate ; and here 
are depolited tlie records of the ftate. 
The principal rivers that fertilize Georgia are. Sa¬ 
vannah, whidi feparates it from South Carolina ; Ogee- 
cliee river, which runs parallel with the former, and 
Alatamaha, which runs parallel with the others. Be-- 
fides thele and their numerous branches, there is Turtle 
river, Little Sitilla, Great Sitilia, Crooked river, and 
