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Page 73
... foot for plant- ing a new colony in Georgia . The tasks and course of life of sea - faring men are not to be learned in an instant ; their employment is a laborious trade , to be acquired only by application and industry . Money will ...
... foot for plant- ing a new colony in Georgia . The tasks and course of life of sea - faring men are not to be learned in an instant ; their employment is a laborious trade , to be acquired only by application and industry . Money will ...
Page 89
... foot water in the shoalest part . We came to an anchor within Tybee . Mr. Oglethorpe went ashore to see what progress was made in the light house : he found the foundation had been piled but the brick - work not raised . The materials ...
... foot water in the shoalest part . We came to an anchor within Tybee . Mr. Oglethorpe went ashore to see what progress was made in the light house : he found the foundation had been piled but the brick - work not raised . The materials ...
Page 90
... foot wide at bottom , ninety feet high , and ten foot wide at top . It is of the best of pine , ` strongly timbered , raised upon . cedar piles , and brick - work round the bottom . It will be , when raised , of great service to all ...
... foot wide at bottom , ninety feet high , and ten foot wide at top . It is of the best of pine , ` strongly timbered , raised upon . cedar piles , and brick - work round the bottom . It will be , when raised , of great service to all ...
Page 93
... foot , floored with rough deals , the sides with feather - edged boards unplaned , and the roof shingled . On the 9th , I heard that the Saltzburghers at Ebenezer were very discontended ; that they demanded to leave their old town , and ...
... foot , floored with rough deals , the sides with feather - edged boards unplaned , and the roof shingled . On the 9th , I heard that the Saltzburghers at Ebenezer were very discontended ; that they demanded to leave their old town , and ...
Page 94
... foot of the hill , which is a hard , clear , sandy beach , a mile in length ; the water is fresh , and the river one thousand foot wide . Eastward you see the river increased by the northern branch , which runs round Hutchinson's island ...
... foot of the hill , which is a hard , clear , sandy beach , a mile in length ; the water is fresh , and the river one thousand foot wide . Eastward you see the river increased by the northern branch , which runs round Hutchinson's island ...
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acres Alatamaha America arrived Augustine Britain cannon Capt Captain cattle Charleston Chickasaws colony of Georgia commanded Creeks cultivated Darien deponent Ebenezer enemy England English erected fire foot four Frederica freeholders garrison gentleman Georgia Historical Society give Governor granted Hermsdorf Highlanders honor Horton Hugh Mackay hundred Indians inhabitants island James James Oglethorpe Jekyl island Jekyl sound John king labor land letter London Lord Major Richard miles nation negroes night Ogle Oglethorpe Oglethorpe's ordered organzine periagua persons plantations planter poor Port Royal present Province of Georgia provisions quantity raised raw silk received regiment returned river Savannah saith Saltzburghers Savannah river scout boat sent servants settled settlement ships Simon's sloop Society South Carolina southward Spain Spaniards Spanish subsistence thorpe thousand pounds tion Toma town trade trees tribes Trustees Tybee wealth wild woods