{"product_id":"joseph-vallence-bevan-e-merton-coulter-9780820335315","title":"Joseph Vallence Bevan: Georgia's First Official Historian","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1964, this biography of Joseph Vallence Bevan tells the story of Georgia's first official historian. Born in Ireland, Bevan moved with his family to Georgia at a young age. He attended the University of Georgia and the College of South Carolina before continuing his education in England. There he met William Godwin, an influential political philosopher, journalist, and novelist, who wrote \u003ci\u003eLetter of Advice To a Young American: On the Course of Studies It Might Be Most Advantageous for Him To Pursue\u003c\/i\u003e for Bevan. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBack in the U.S., Bevan edited the\u003ci\u003e Augusta Chronicle \u0026amp; Georgia Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e, studied law, served on the Georgia legislature, and became coeditor and owner of the \u003ci\u003eSavannah Georgian\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1824, by recommendation of Governor George M. Troup, the legislature appointed Bevan as the first official historian of Georgia. His main duties were to arrange the state archives, publish selections from the archives, and to write a history of the state. Bevan was unable to complete a history of Georgia before his death in 1830 at the young age of thirty-two. However, he paved the road for future historians making important acquisitions of transcripts from Great Britain which describe the colonial history of Georgia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e E. Merton Coulter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820335312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820335315\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.42d","brand":"E. Merton Coulter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48013805519103,"sku":"9780820335315","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_03c127cc-3658-49c4-90b4-f9b8ad4fdf0d.jpg?v=1767744883","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/joseph-vallence-bevan-e-merton-coulter-9780820335315","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}