In Commemoration of the Safeguarding of the Great Seal-DNR-Baldwin Co
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N 33° 04.870 W 083° 13.740
17S E 291945 N 3662494
Located in the lawn of the building across the street from the courthouse in Milledgeville
Waymark Code: WM7008
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 08/11/2009
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Text:
In Commemoration of the safeguarding of the Great Seal of Georgia and the unfinished acts of the legislature 1864.
Within five hundred feet east of here lived Georgia's wartime secretary of state Nathan C. Burnett. At midnight November 18, 1864 , just before the arrival of the Federal Army. He and his wife Mary buried the Great Seal under their home. His wife hid the unfinished acts of the legislature under the pig pen. These with the Great Seal were returned unharmed to the state legislature at Macon in February 1865.
Department of Natural Resources Division of State Parks, Historic Sites & Monuments
April 26, 1939
Type of Marker: Monument
Date: April 26, 1939
Sponsor: Department of Natural Resources Division of State Parks, Historic Sites & Monuments
Marker #: Not listed
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