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Page 45
... hundred a year reserved upon it to the company forever . The Londoners have drawn above a hundred thousand pounds from that colony within ten years last past , and it is not probable that the first settle- ment ever cost them eight ...
... hundred a year reserved upon it to the company forever . The Londoners have drawn above a hundred thousand pounds from that colony within ten years last past , and it is not probable that the first settle- ment ever cost them eight ...
Page 49
... hundred good houses , and the whole plantation has above forty thousand negro slaves , worth at least a million of pounds sterling , besides an infinite number of cattle . Though it was only within these four years that an end was put ...
... hundred good houses , and the whole plantation has above forty thousand negro slaves , worth at least a million of pounds sterling , besides an infinite number of cattle . Though it was only within these four years that an end was put ...
Page 52
... hundred years . This conjecture seems to be sup- ported by what we are told in Purchas's Pilgrimage of one of the Indian kings of Florida , who was three hundred years old , and his father was fifty years older , and then liv- ing . The ...
... hundred years . This conjecture seems to be sup- ported by what we are told in Purchas's Pilgrimage of one of the Indian kings of Florida , who was three hundred years old , and his father was fifty years older , and then liv- ing . The ...
Page 56
... hundred acres : but this rent is not to be charged for the first ten years ; during that time the lands shall be en- tirely free . But all this encouragement was not sufficient to people this country , they who can make life tolerable ...
... hundred acres : but this rent is not to be charged for the first ten years ; during that time the lands shall be en- tirely free . But all this encouragement was not sufficient to people this country , they who can make life tolerable ...
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... hundred such families as follows , In London an hundred men earn An hundred women and an hundred children , 500 Z. 500 l . Total , 1000 Z. In Georgia an hundred families earn , An hundred men for labor 1200 Z Ditto for care , 1200 l . An ...
... hundred such families as follows , In London an hundred men earn An hundred women and an hundred children , 500 Z. 500 l . Total , 1000 Z. In Georgia an hundred families earn , An hundred men for labor 1200 Z Ditto for care , 1200 l . An ...
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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