Habersham, Joseph, 1751-1815
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Habersham, Joseph, 1751-1815
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Habersham, Joseph
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Habersham, Joseph (Savannah, Ga.)
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Habersham, Joseph, fl. 1811,
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Habersham, Joseph (Chatham County, Ga.)
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Habersham, Joseph.
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Joseph Habersham (1751-1815) was a son of James Habersham (1712-1775). He graduated from Princeton and became a merchant in Savannah, first with his brother James, and later with his cousin, Joseph Clay. At the outbreak of the American Revolution, he was a member of the Council of Safety, and took part in some of the actions of the "Liberty Boys." It was he who, with a selected party, arrested Governor Sir James Wright in 1776. He was commissioned by the Council of Safety as a Major of a battalion with the 1st Georgia Regiment, Continental Line 1776 and rose to the rank of Colonel. He resigned his commission in 1778. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress, 1785-1786, Mayor of Savannah, 1792, and Post Master General of the United States, appointed by President George Washington in 1795.
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https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n2001120266
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https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1707165
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Georgia
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