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Page 19
... provisions with several pieces of cannon . Thus , by the firmness , skill and ingenuity of the General , was the colony rescued from the impending danger of total destruction . The tempest which threatened to sweep her from exist- ence ...
... provisions with several pieces of cannon . Thus , by the firmness , skill and ingenuity of the General , was the colony rescued from the impending danger of total destruction . The tempest which threatened to sweep her from exist- ence ...
Page 26
... provision was supported , however , by two plausible reasons , viz . the great expense at which the Trus- tees had effected the settlement of the colony ; and the necessity that the occupants should be persons capable of rendering ...
... provision was supported , however , by two plausible reasons , viz . the great expense at which the Trus- tees had effected the settlement of the colony ; and the necessity that the occupants should be persons capable of rendering ...
Page 48
... provision being made to conclude the whole number by the voices of the majority , there could not be the timely measures always agreed on which were proper , or necessary for the safety and good government of the plantation . In the ...
... provision being made to conclude the whole number by the voices of the majority , there could not be the timely measures always agreed on which were proper , or necessary for the safety and good government of the plantation . In the ...
Page 53
... provisions , must perish in heaps if the fruits of the woods , or their hunt- ing should once fail them ; one scanty season would infalli- bly famish whole nations of them . Another great cause of their destruction was the small - pox ...
... provisions , must perish in heaps if the fruits of the woods , or their hunt- ing should once fail them ; one scanty season would infalli- bly famish whole nations of them . Another great cause of their destruction was the small - pox ...
Page 62
... provisions will be cheap , and it will also pay forty pounds a year to England for apparel , furniture and utensils of the manufacture of this kingdom . Behold then the benefit the common weal receives by relieving her famishing sons ...
... provisions will be cheap , and it will also pay forty pounds a year to England for apparel , furniture and utensils of the manufacture of this kingdom . Behold then the benefit the common weal receives by relieving her famishing sons ...
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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