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Page 86
... Oglethorpe insisting with the Captains to sail , we ventured out , and found the wind less and more favorable at sea . On the 1st of November we put into St. Helen's , in order to meet the man - of - war whom we expected to be ready ...
... Oglethorpe insisting with the Captains to sail , we ventured out , and found the wind less and more favorable at sea . On the 1st of November we put into St. Helen's , in order to meet the man - of - war whom we expected to be ready ...
Page 87
... Oglethorpe shewed no discountenance to any for being of different per- suasions in religion . The Dissenters , of which there were many on board , particularly the Germans , sung psalms and served God in their own way . Mr. Oglethorpe ...
... Oglethorpe shewed no discountenance to any for being of different per- suasions in religion . The Dissenters , of which there were many on board , particularly the Germans , sung psalms and served God in their own way . Mr. Oglethorpe ...
Page 88
... Oglethorpe , when occasion offered , called together all those who were designed to be freeholders , recommended to them in what manner to behave themselves , acquainted them of the nature of the country , and how to settle it ...
... Oglethorpe , when occasion offered , called together all those who were designed to be freeholders , recommended to them in what manner to behave themselves , acquainted them of the nature of the country , and how to settle it ...
Page 89
... Oglethorpe wrote let- ters to England , which he sent by him . On the 4th we found we had passed the stream of the Gulf of Florida . We sounded , and found ground with fifty fathom of line , being the banks of Georgia , which shoal gra ...
... Oglethorpe wrote let- ters to England , which he sent by him . On the 4th we found we had passed the stream of the Gulf of Florida . We sounded , and found ground with fifty fathom of line , being the banks of Georgia , which shoal gra ...
Page 91
... Oglethorpe was gone to Savannah , most of the colony went ashore upon Peeper island , where I found an eagle's nest on a fir tree ; we cut it down , and found an egg in it , in which was a young eagle . In the evening the people found ...
... Oglethorpe was gone to Savannah , most of the colony went ashore upon Peeper island , where I found an eagle's nest on a fir tree ; we cut it down , and found an egg in it , in which was a young eagle . In the evening the people found ...
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