Georgia's communications failure and Governor Wright

In Georgia, radicals in the provincial congress stripped Wright's authority as the revolutionary movement gained control. A request for naval support near Savannah was intercepted and replaced, exposing the vulnerability of his communications. Wright had held office since 1760, yet had not secured a dependable courier route or a loyal local guard. After British ships arrived, the Committee of Safety placed him under house arrest; Wright escaped to HMS Scarborough, but his letters and requests for supplies further heightened Patriot alarm. Because Georgia had adopted the Continental Association's ban on trade with Britain, those requests also advertised naval needs that Patriot authorities had no intention of meeting.