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... arrived peculiarly favorable for an historian . A spirit of inquiry has been excited , the means of information are rapidly augmenting , and through public and private generosity , the library of the Georgia Historical Society , already ...
... arrived peculiarly favorable for an historian . A spirit of inquiry has been excited , the means of information are rapidly augmenting , and through public and private generosity , the library of the Georgia Historical Society , already ...
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... arrival . Ay , thrice welcome these , whose brawny arms , and stalwart muscles fit them alike to cultivate the soil , and to constitute a rampart between the hostile Spaniards , with their savage allies , and the earlier and more feeble ...
... arrival . Ay , thrice welcome these , whose brawny arms , and stalwart muscles fit them alike to cultivate the soil , and to constitute a rampart between the hostile Spaniards , with their savage allies , and the earlier and more feeble ...
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... arrived in Georgia and settled at Medway , in the parish of St. John , now county of Liberty , having received a grant for thirty - two thousand acres of land . They brought with them that devotion to religious principle , and ...
... arrived in Georgia and settled at Medway , in the parish of St. John , now county of Liberty , having received a grant for thirty - two thousand acres of land . They brought with them that devotion to religious principle , and ...
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... arrival in Georgia , with the destitute con- dition of orphan children in the infant colony , Mr. Whitefield immediately conceived the plan of raising funds from charity for erecting and maintaining an institution for the support and ...
... arrival in Georgia , with the destitute con- dition of orphan children in the infant colony , Mr. Whitefield immediately conceived the plan of raising funds from charity for erecting and maintaining an institution for the support and ...
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... arrived here . * Where is the posterity of the red man who once inhab- ited this land , now so changed by the meliorating hand of civilization , industry and art ? There is a melancholy senti- ment pervading our bosoms in the ...
... arrived here . * Where is the posterity of the red man who once inhab- ited this land , now so changed by the meliorating hand of civilization , industry and art ? There is a melancholy senti- ment pervading our bosoms in the ...
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Alatamaha America appointed arrived Augustine Britain British Capt Captain cattle Causton Charleston charter colony of Georgia command common council corporation court Creeks cultivation Darien deponent Ebenezer enemy England expense families five four Frederica French garrison gentlemen Georgia Historical Society Governor granted heirs and successors Highlanders honor horses Hugh Mackay hundred acres Indians inhabitants island James James Oglethorpe Jekyl Jekyl island John King labor land laws letter liberty likewise Lord M'Intosh magistrates Majesty Majesty's ment miles nation negroes night officers Ogle Oglethorpe Oglethorpe's persons plantations planted planters poor pounds pounds sterling present province of Georgia provisions raised received regiment river saith Samuel Mercer scout boat sent servants settled settlement ships Society soon South Carolina Spaniards Spanish subjects subsistence thence thereof thing Thomas thousand tion trade trees twenty Tybee white mulberry William woods