Material was rehoused in Special Collections in 2010. Finding aid was written by Christina Rodriguez. Further processed by Maranda Christy in 2019. Earliest material is believed to relate to Georgia Congressman Henry Osborne. Biographical sketch is taken from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1777- present. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000111 OSBORNE, Henry, a Delegate from Georgia; born August 21, 1751, in Newton County, Lemardy, Ireland; emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1779 and admitted to the Philadelphia bar; judge advocate of the Pennsylvania militia, October 1780; state notary public, July 1781; removed from all state offices in June 1783 following supreme executive council’s determination that he was a bigamist; settled near St. Mary’s, Camden County, Ga., in December 1784; held various state offices; member of the Georgia Assembly, 1786-1788; elected as a Delegate to the Continental Congress in 1786 but did not attend; chief justice of Georgia March 1787-January 1789; judge of the superior court in the western district 1789-1791; was removed from office and convicted by the Georgia senate in December 1791 of election fraud in the election of Anthony Wayne to the U.S. House of Representatives; his citizenship was restored under the Georgia constitution of 1798; died on St. Simons Island, Ga., November 9, 1800.

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