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COLONIAL RECORDS

OF THE

STATE OF GEORGIA

COMPILED AND PUBLISHED UNDER AUTHORITY
OF

THE LEGISLATURE

ALLEN E). CANDLER

VOLUME I

ATLANTA, GA.
THE FRANKLIN PRINTING AND PUBLISHING COMPANY
GEO. W. HARRISON, STATE PRINTER,
1904

PREFACE.

The compilation of the Colonial and Revolutionary records of Georgia
has been attended with unusual difficulties. These difficulties were due
to the loss or destruction of many of the most important documents
and record-books pertaining to those two periods of the history of the
State. When Savannah fell into the hands of the British in December,
1778, the Secretary of State, Captain John Milton, by order of Gov
ernor Houstoun, conveyed the most important records of his office and that
of the Governor to Charleston to prevent their capture by the enemy ;
but the older records, pertaining to the early Colonial period, and many
of those relating to the period of the Royal Governors, were left behind
and lost. Georgia's earliest historian, Captain Hugh McCall, who wrote
about the beginning of the last century, in speaking of the records saved
by Captain Milton says: "These records, principally belonging to the
office of Secretary of State, were almost the only public papers of Georgia
which were preserved.'' Of those thus saved at that time many were
doubtless subsequently lost in their frequent removals from place to place
in the effort to save them from capture ; and many of those still in exis
tence are in a mutilated and fragmentary condition. Prior to the fall of
Charleston, in May, 1780, Secretary Milton again removed his records,
this time overland in wagons from Charleston to Newbern, North Caro
lina, where he left them in the care of Governor Nash of that State, and
returned to the army. Later on, when Georgia and South Carolina had
been entirely overrun by the British and Tories, and North Carolina was
invaded, and the Georgia records were again in danger of capture, Cap
tain Milton got leave of absence from his command and carried them to
Maryland, where they remained until after the close of the war, when
they were brought back to Georgia. Thus were saved through the War
of the Revolution most of the papers and documents pertaining to the
office of Secretary of State, and a part, and only a part, of those belong
ing to the office of the Governor.
Nearly all of the papers relating to the twenty years of the govern
ment of the Trustees which had ever been in Georgia, and many of those
relating to the period of the rule of the Royal Governors, were lost or

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entirely destroyed during the progress of the war. Since the close of
the Revolutionary struggle the capital of Georgia has been four times
removed, and once occupied and sacked by a hostile army. In each of
these removals doubtless many valuable papers which escaped destruc
tion during the war for independence have been lost; and it is within
the memory of many living residents of that city, that when Milledge-
ville was occupied by the Federal army in the winter of 1864, many
important records and documents were taken out of the Capitol and
either destroyed or carried away. At that time and in that way, many
important papers relating to Georgia, and especially the part she had
played in all the wars in which the United States had been engaged up
to the war between the States, were irretrievably lost. In one or more
of these ways many of the Journals of the Proceedings of the Legislature
and the Minutes of the Governor and Council during the progress of the
War of the Revolution perished, and never having been printed, and no
manuscript copy of them ever having been made, they were totally de
stroyed or lost. To fill the gaps thus made in the legislative and execu
tive history of our State recourse has been had to all other available
sources of information — the acts of those Legislatures whose Journals
have been lost, authentic contemporaneous publications in newspapers
and books, old county records in the counties which were settled before
the Revolutionary War, and to some publications of the Georgia Histor.
ical Society. (While to supply the place of the lost records of the Revo
lutionary period has been so difficult and well-nigh impossible, it has not
been so difficult as to the Colonial period/ Fortunately for us, while
comparatively few of them are to be found in Georgia, and many of
those relating to the causes which led up to the War of the Revolution
and its conduct and progress have been entirely lost, there are still pre
served in the Public Records Offices in London either the originals or
copies of most of these papers ; and in 1837, sixty-five years ago, the
Legislature, realizing the importance of having them on file in the Ar
chives Rooms of our Capitol for the use of the people and the future his
torian, passed an act appropriating money for the purpose, and author
izing the Governor to appoint some fit and proper person to "repair to
London for the purpose of procuring the Colonial records, or copies
thereof, now in the Colonial Department of Great Britain, that relate to
the history and settlement of this State." In pursuance of the provis
ions of this act, Governor Gilmer, on the fifth of April, 1838, appointed
the Reverend Charles Wallace Howard, a Presbyterian divine, eminent

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for intelligence and learning, to go to England and secure either the
originals or transcripts, as provided in the act. Soon thereafter Mr.
Howard sailed for London, but found it impossible, as might have been
expected, to secure the originals, and very difficult to gain even access
to them and permission to make transcripts. After several months de
lay, however, he got permission, and at once entered upon the work.
He was engaged upon it about two years, and the result of his labors was
twenty-two large manuscript volumes of about three hundred pages each,
which he had bound in pasteboard and deposited in the Archives Rooms
of the Capitol, in charge of the Secretary of State, where they remained
until about 1848, when, in order that the Reverend Doctor Stevens
might have access to them in the preparation of his scholarly history of
Georgia, brought out under the auspices of the Georgia Historical So
ciety, they were removed to the Society's library in Savannah. They
remained in the custody of the Historical Society for about thirty-five
years, when they were loaned to Colonel Charles C. Jones to be used by
him in the preparation of his history of Georgia, published in 1883.
When he completed his work, at the suggestion of Colonel Jones, they
were restored to the Archives Rooms of the Capitol and remained there
till they were removed to Oxford to be used by Professor Scomp, of Emory
College, who was engaged in the preparation of an important historical
work. In June, 1891, Professor Scomp's house was destroyed by fire, and
with it perished not only his private library, together with many of his
manuscripts, the fruits of years of toilsome research, but also all of
Howard's transcripts of the London records, except three of the least im
portant volumes, which Professor Scomp had left in the Capitol. At the
same time probably perished many important records of the period of the
War of the Revolution which can not now be found, and of which no
copies were in existence anywhere. Thus, a hundred years after the close
of the War of the Revolution, Georgia found herself in a worse condi
tion, so far as the record of her Colonial and Revolutionary history was
concerned, than she was in 1837, when a patriotic Legislature endeavored
to secure and preserve the records of her early history ; all because, in
stead of printing the material Mr. Howard had secured, together with
those still in existence in our Archives Rooms, they were lent out first to
one and then to another, anu removed from place to place to be used by
persons engaged in individual literary ventures. Fortunately, however,
for this and succeeding generations, a public-spirited Legislature in 1902,
actuated by a patriotic zeal which reflects credit alike on its members and

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on the State, anxious to rescue from impending oblivion the rapidly fad
ing traditions of a glorious commonwealth and of the heroic achievements
of her illustrious sons, took up the work where the Legislature of 1837
laid it down, and made provision for the appointment by the Governor of
some fit and proper person to compile and publish the Colonial, Revolu
tionary and Confederate records of the State ; at the same time making
an appropriation of money from the public treasury to pay for transcripts
of the Georgia records still preserved in England. Under authority of
this act the present compiler was appointed in December, 1902, to do the
work, and in the month of January following entered upon the discharge
of his duties. The difficulties that confronted him at the very threshold
of his undertaking were almost appalling, the material upon which he had
to work being so fragmentary, so scattered and so deficient. He did not
despair, however, but went diligently to work gathering up all the official
records and documents bearing on the early history of the State wherever
to be found, beginning with the Charter and the appointment of the
Trustees by King George the Second, in June, 1732. He has prosecuted
the work in regular chronological order, and the first design was to com
pile and publish it in the same order ; printing, to illustrate, everything
of a public or official character concerning Georgia, either in England or
America, and bearing date in the year 1732 under the date-line of 1732;
and everything dated in 1733 under the date-line of 1733, etc. But it
became apparent as the work progressed that its convenience and useful
ness would be greatly enhanced by departing from this order of arrange
ment so far as to print in regular consecutive order, in volumes separate
and distinct from those containing miscellaneous records and documents,
the Journal of the Proceedings of the Trustees, the Minutes of the Com
mon Council of the Board of Trustees, and the Journals of the Proceed
ings of the House of Assembly and of the Governor in Council during
the administrations of the three Royal Governors. This arrangement was
therefore adopted, and these records have been compiled and printed in
volumes separate and distinct from the volumes containing miscellaneous
Georgia documents and records, all of which have been compiled in the
manner originally designed ; all papers bearing the date of 1732 being
printed under 1732, and all dated in 1733 under 1733, etc.
The greatest deficiencies in unbroken official records, as will be seen,
are in the records of the legislative and executive departments of the
State government during the period of the War of the Revolution. Of
the Colonial period the records not to be found on this side of the Atlantic

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could be, and have been, secured in London; but of the period of the
Revolution the records that were lost or destroyed were irretrievably lost,
no duplicates or transcripts ever having been made. The compiler has,
however, in making up the documentary history of this period, utilized
all the materials that could be found in the Capitol of the State and else
where, leaving no source of information unexplored, and still there are
many unfilled gaps and hiatuses in the record of this period. The temp
tation to fill these gaps and to some extent, at least, to supply these mis
sing links by the insertion of contemporaneous unofficial publications has
been great; but the compiler has, in most cases, refrained, deeming it his
duty, under the authority given him, to compile and publish only official
records and documents. In a few instances, however, when it was impos
sible to secure anywhere original records and documents, but copies of
undoubted authenticity were available, they have been utilized, acknowl
edgment being made in every instance of the sources from which they
were obtained. Advantage has been taken, too, of the patriotic labors of
the Georgia Historical Society, and reprints have been made of a few im
portant documents heretofore printed by it in small editions, when the
original could not be found in the Capitol. While many of the daily
Journals of the Proceedings of the Legislature during the Revolutionary
period have been lost, and the Minutes of the meetings of the Governor
and Council are very incomplete, we have, in their original manuscript
form all important acts of the Legislature during the period of the Royal
Governors, and many of those enacted during the War of the Revolution.
But few of these old laws, however, have been embodied in our compila
tion. Many of them are obsolete, and the substance of those not obsolete
is still preserved in our Code. Occasionally, however, an old obsolete
law throwing light upon the conditions which prevailed at the time of its
enactment has been included.
Recourse has also been had to the records in the court-houses in the
old counties which were settled before the Revolutionary War, and valu
able historic materials, not to be found elsewhere, have been secured.
While the compilation of Colonial and Revolutionary records is not as
full and complete as the compiler earnestly desired to present to the
public, it is believed to be the best now possible. No authentic record
available has been omitted, and nothing of doubtful authenticity has
been admitted.
The first volume contains the Charter of the Colony, and the Journal

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of the Proceedings of the Trustees from 1732, down to the surrender of
the Charter in 1752. Volume II contains the Minutes of the Proceed
ings of the Common Council of the Board of Trustees during the same
period. Volume III is an account of Monies and Effects Contributed
for Establishing the Colony of Georgia. Volume IV is the Private
Journal of the transactions of the Trustees, kept by John Lord Vis
count Percival, the first President of the Board of Trustees. Volume V
is the diary kept by Colonel William Stephens, Secretary of the Board
of Trustees at Savannah, usually referred to as " Stephens' Journal."
Then follow in chronological order the Journal of the Proceedings of the
President and Assistants and of the Governor in Council through the
administrations of the two Presidents, Stephens and Parker, and the
three Royal Governors, Reynolds, Ellis and Wright, down to the arrest,
escape and flight of Governor Wright and the seizure of the colonial
government by the Council of Safety in January, 1776.
After these come the Journal of the Proceedings of the first "Pro
vincial Congress," which met in Savannah on the fourth of July, 1775,
followed by the Journal of the Proceedings of the "Council of Safety,"
which had charge of public affairs in the Province until the organization
of a constitutional government and the election of Governor Treutlen
in 1777. Following these are the Journals of the Proceedings of the
Commons House of Assembly and those of the Upper House of Assem
bly, beginning with the first Legislature under Governor Reynolds, the
Peter Stuyvesant of Colonial Georgia, and ending with the last Legisla
ture under Governor Wrigh
These volumes are followed by all that is in existence of the Proceed
ings of the first Constitutional Convention, which, having accomplished
its work, adjourned in February/1777 ; and of the Minutes of the Execu
tive Office during the administrations of the Constitutional Governors,
Treutlen, Houstoun, Wereat, Walton, Howly, Brownson. Martin and
Hall; after which follow the Journals of the Republican Legislatures,
so far as they have been preserved, during the same period, together
with some of the important laws passed by the "Rebel Legislatures"
during the progress of the war and immediately after its close, including
the acts of confiscation and banishment, with lists of the names of per
sons proscribed by both the "Royal" and the "Rebel" Legislatures.
After the volumes containing the Minutes and Journals of the execu
tive and legislative departments of the government follow the volumes
containing miscellaneous documents and official correspondence between

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the Colonial officers and agents in Georgia and the Trustees and officers
of the British Government in England, arranged in strict chronological
order from 1732 to the termination of British rule in 1783. These
volumes of miscellaneous papers will be found to be very interesting,
containing, as they do, a number of Indian treaties and maps of lands
ceded by the Creeks and Cherokees to the King, and after the war to
the State and Federal Government, and much matter personal to indi
viduals and families living in Georgia prior to and during the War of
the Revolution. In them bounty land warrants of Revolutionary sol
diers are reproduced ; old wills, bills of appraisement, conveyances and
correspondence, not of a military, nor even of a strictlyipublic character,
but still of value and interest to the numerous descendants of the resi
dents of the Province in Colonial times, and the actors in the stirring
scenes of the War of the Revolution. Some of these were found among
the State Archives in the Capitol, and others in the court-houses in the
old counties along the eastern border of the State.
The compilation of Confederate records, beginning with the special mes
sage of Governor Brown to the Legislature on the seventh of November,
1860, on Federal relations and the Act of the Legislature of November
21, 1860, directing the Governor to call a convention of the people of the
State to take into consideration the Federal relations of the State and
the alarming situation then existing, will be found to be full and com
plete. It will contain, in addition to the proclamation and the act above
referred to, the proclamation of the Governor calling the convention
and ordering the election for delegates to sit in it ; the complete journal
of the convention containing the ordinances adopted by it, including the
ordinances of secession, the correspondence between Governor Brown
and President Davis concerning the Conscript Law ; all the acts of the
Legislature and proclamations of the Governor relating to the Georgia
soldiers and the war and its conduct during its progress ; the order of
President Andrew Johnson establishing a provisional government and
appointing James Johnson Provisional Governor after the surrender of
the Confederate armies; the official papers of Provisional Governor
Johnson ; the complete journal of the convention of 1865, held under
the order of the President ; the inaugural address of Governor Charles
J. Jenkins, and his messages to the Legislature ; the reconstruction acts
of Congress of 1867 ; the order of the commander of the third military
district removing Governor Jenkins and Treasurer Jones and appointing
General Ruger, U. S. A., as Military Governor, and Captain Rockwell,

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U. S. A., as Treasurer; the order for the three days election; the in
augural address and proclamations of Governor Rufus B. Bullock;
orders concerning the Freedmen's Bureau and its operations, and, indeed
all enactments, proclamations and military orders operating upon the
people of Georgia from the passage of the act by the Legislature of
1860, providing for a convention of the people, through the periods of
the war and reconstruction, down to the overthrow of carpetbag rule,
the resignation and flight of Governor Bullock, and the restoration of
white supremacy in the State, including the reports of the two commit
tees appointed to investigate the official conduct of Governor Bullock,
and to report on the validity of the bonded debt of the State created
during the period of carpetbag rule.
The compiler has been content to compile the official records of this
eventful period as he has found them, without comment or even a foot
note ; thus leaving the reader of the future to draw his own conclusions
from the record as it was made by the actors in the scenes of the war
between the States, and subsequently during the ever memorable era of
Reconstruction. Atlanta, June 27, 1904.

ABBREVIATIONS.

B. P. R. O., British Public Records Office.
C. E. B., Colonial Entry Book.
B. T, Board of Trade.
A. W. I., America and West Indies.
C. P., Colonial Papers.
S. A., State Archives.

[From British Public Records Office.]
CHARTER OF THE COLONY,

George The Second :
By the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King,
Defender of the Faith, &c. To all to whom these presents shall come,
greeting : Whereas we are credibly informed, that many of our poor
subjects are, through misfortune and want of employment, reduced to
great necessity, insomuch as by their labour they are not able to provide
a maintenance for themselves and families ; and if they had means to
defray their charges of passage, and other expenses incident to new set
tlements, they would be glad to settle in any of our provinces in Amer
ica, where, by cultivating the lands at present waste and desolate, they
might not only gain a comfortable subsistence for themselves and families,
but also strengthen our colonies and increase the trade, navigation, and
wealth of these our realms. And whereas our provinces in North Amer
ica have been frequently ravaged by Indian enemies ; more especially
that of South Carolina, which in the late war, by the neighbouring sav
ages, was laid waste by fire and sword, and great numbers of the English
inhabitants miserably massacred ; and our loving subjects who now in
habit there, by reason of the smallness of their numbers, will, in case
of a new war, be exposed to the like calamities ; inasmuch as their whole
southern frontier continueth unsettled, and lieth open to the said sav
ages ; and whereas we think it highly becoming our crown and royal
dignity to protect all our loving subjects, be they never so distant from
us ; to extend our fatherly compassion even to the meanest and most in
fatuate of our people, and to relieve the wants of our above mentioned
poor subjects; and that it will be highly conducive for accomplishing
those ends, that a regular colony of the said poor people be settled and
established in the southern territories of Carolina ; and whereas we have
been well assured, that if we would be graciously pleased to erect and
settle a corporation, for the receiving, managing and disposing of the
contributions of our loving subjects, divers persons would be induced to
contribute to the purposes aforesaid. Know ye therefore, that we have, for

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the consideration aforesaid, and for the better and more orderly carrying
on the said good purposes, of our special grace, certain knowledge and
mere motion, willed, ordained, constituted and appointed, and by these
presents, for us, our heirs and successors, do will, ordain, constitute, de
clare and grant, that our right trusty and well beloved John Lord Viscount
Percival, of our Kingdom of Ireland, our trusty and well beloved Ed
ward Digby, George Carpenter, James Oglethorpe, George Heathcote,
Thomas Tower, Robert Moor, Robert Hucks, Roger Holland, William
Sloper, Francis Eyles, John Laroche, James Vernon, William Belitha,
Esqrs., A. M., John Burton, B. D., Richard Bundy, A. M., Arthur
Bedford, A. M., Samuel Smith, A. M., Adam Anderson, and Thomas
Coram, gentlemen, and such other persons as shall be elected in the
manner herein after mentioned, and their successors to be elected in the
manner herein after directed, be, and shall be one body politic and cor
porate, in deed and in name, by the name of Tlie Trustees for establish
ing the Colony of Georgia in America ; and them and their successors by
the same name, we do, by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors,
really and fully make, ordain, constitute and declare, to be one body pol
itic in deed and in name forever ; and that by the same name, they and
their successors shall and may have perpetual succession; and that they
and their successors, by that name, shall and may forever hereafter be
persons able and capable in the law, to purchase, have, take, receive and
enjoy, to them and their successors, any manors, messuages, lands, tene
ments, rents, advowsons, liberties, privileges, jurisdictions, franchises,
and other hereditaments whatsoever, lying and being in Great Britain, or
any part thereof, of whatsoever nature, kind or quality, or value they be,
in fee and in perpetuity ; not exceeding the yearly value of one thousand
pounds, beyond reprises ; also estates for lives and for years ; and all other
manner of goods, chattels and things whatsoever they be ; for the better
settling and supporting, and maintaining the said colony, and other uses
aforesaid ; and to give, grant, let and demise the said manors, messuages,
lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels and things whatsoever
aforesaid, by lease or leases, for term of years, in possession at the time
of granting thereof, and not in reversion, not exceeding the term of
thirty-one years from the time of granting thereof; on which in case no
fine be taken, shall be reserved the full; and in case a fine be taken,
shall be reserved at least a moiety of the value that the same shall rea
sonably and bona fide be worth at the time of such demise ; and that
they and their successors, by the name aforesaid, shall and may forever

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hereafter be persons able, capable in the law, to purchase, have, take,
receive and enjoy, to them and their successors, any lands, territories,
possessions, tenements, jurisdictions, franchises and hereditaments what
soever, lying and being in America, of what quantity, quality or value
whatsoever they be, for the better settling and supporting, and maintain
ing the said colony ; and that by the name aforesaid they shall and may
be able to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be an
swered unto, defend and be defended in all courts and places whatsoever,
and before whatsoever judges, justices and other officers, of us, our heirs,
and successors, in all and singular actions, plaints, pleas, matters, suits
and demands, of what kind, nature or quality soever they be; and to
act and do all other matters and things in as ample manner and form as
any other our liege subjects of this realm of Great Britain ; and that
they and their successors forever hereafter, shall and may have a com
mon seal to serve, for the causes and businesses of them and their suc
cessors; and that it shall and may be lawful for them and their successors,
to change, break, alter and make new the said seal, from time to time,
and at their pleasure, as they shall think best. And we do further
grant, for us, our heirs and successors, that the said corporation and the
common council of the said corporation herein after by us appointed, may
from time to time, and at all times, meet about their affairs when and where
they please, and transact and carry on the business of the said corpora
tion. And for the better execution of the purposes aforesaid, we do, by
these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, give and grant to the said
corporation and their successors, that they and their successors forever
may, upon the third Thursday in the month of March yearly, meet at
some convenient place to be appointed by the said corporation, or major
part of them who shall be present at any meeting of the said corporation,
to be had for the appointing of the said place ; and that they or two-thirds
of such of them that shall be present at such yearly meetings, and at no
other meeting of the said corporation, between the hours of ten in the
morning and four in the afternoon of the same day, choose and elect such
person or persons to be members of the said corporation, as they shall
think beneficial to the good designs of the said corporation. And our
further will and pleasure is, that if it shall happen that any person herein
after by us appointed, as the common council of the said corporation,
or any persons to be elected or admitted members of the said common
council in the manner hereafter directed, shall die, or shall by writing
under his and their hands respectively resign his or their office or offices

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of common council man or common council men ; the said corporation, or
the major part of such of them as shall be present, shall and may at such
meeting, on the said third Thursday in March yearly, in manner as afore
said, next after such death or resignation, and at no other meeting of the
said corporation, into the room or place of such person or persons so dead
or so resigning, elect and choose one or more such person or persons, be
ing members of the said corporation, as to them shall seem meet; and our
will is, that all and every the person or persons which shall from time
to time hereafter be elected common council men of the said corporation
as aforesaid, do and shall, before he or they act as common council men
of the said corporation, take an oath for the faithful and due execution
of their office ; which oath the president of the said corporation for the
time being, is hereby authorized and required to administer to such per
son or persons elected as aforesaid. And our will and pleasure is, that
the first president of the said corporation is and shall be our trusty and
well-beloved, the said Lord John Viscount Percival; and that the said
president shall, within thirty days after the passing -this charter, cause
a summons to be issued to the several members of the said corporation
herein particularly named, to meet at such time and place as he shall
appoint, to consult about and transact the businesses of said corpora
tion. And our will and pleasure is, and we, by these presents, for us,
pur heirs and successors, grant, ordain, and direct, that the common coun
cil of this corporation shall consist of fifteen in number; and we do, by
these presents, nominate, constitute and appoint our right trusty and
well-beloved John Lord Viscount Percival, our trusty and beloved Ed
ward Digby, George Carpenter, James Oglethorpe, George Heathcote,
Thomas Laroche, James Vernon, William Beletha, Esqrs., and Stephen
Hales, Master of Arts, to be the common council of the said corporation,
to continue in the said office during their good behaviour. And whereas
it is our royal intention, that the members of the said corporation shall
be increased by election, as soon as conveniently may be, to a greater
number than is hereby nominated ; Our further will and pleasure is, and
we do hereby, for us, our heirs and successors, ordain and direct, that
from the time of such increase of the members of the said corporation,
->the number of the common council shall be increased to twenty-four;
and that the same assembly at which such additional members of the
said corporation shall be chosen, there shall likewise be elected, in the
manner herein before directed for the election of common council men,
^ nine persons to be the said common council men, and to make up the

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number twenty-four. And our further will and pleasure is, that our
trusty and well-beloved Edward Digby, Esq., shall be the first chairman
of the common council of the said corporation ; and that the said Lord
Viscount Percival shall be and continue president of the said corporation ;
and that the said ^Edward Digby shall be and continue chairman of the j
common council of the said corporation, respectively, until the meeting
which shall be had next and immediately after the first meeting of the
said corporation, or of the common council of the said corporation re
spectively, and no longer: at which said second meeting, and every other
subsequent and future meeting of the said corporation, or of the common
council of the said corporation respectively, in order to preserve an in
different rotation of the several offices of president of the corporation,
and of chairman of the common council of the said corporation, we do
direct and ordain, that all and every the person and persons members of
the said common council for the time being, and no other, being present
at such meetings, shall severally and respectively in their turns, preside
at the meetings which shall from time to time be held of the said corpo
ration, or of the common council of the said corporation respectively.
And in case any doubt or question shall at any time arise touching or
concerning the right of any member of the said common council to pre.
side, at any meeting of the said corporation, or at the common council
of the said corporation, the same shall respectively be determined by the
major part of the said corporation, or of the common council of the said
corporation respectively, who shall be present at such meeting. Provided
always, that no member of the said common council having served in the
offices of president of the said corporation, or of chairman of the common
council of the said corporation, shall be capable of being or of serving as
president or chairman at any meeting of the said corporation, or common
council of the said corporation, next and immediately ensuing that in
which he so served as president of the said corporation, or chairman of
the said common council of the said corporation respectively ; unless it
shall so happen, that at any such meeting of the said corporation there
shall not be any other member of the said common council present. And
our will and pleasure is, that at all and every of the meetings of the said
corporation, or of the common council of the said corporation, the presi
dent or chairman for the time being, shall have a voice, and shall vote
and shall act as a member of the said corporation, or of the common
council of the said corporation, at such meeting; and in case of any
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shall have a casting vote. And our further will and pleasure is, that no
president of the said corporation, or chairman of the common council of
the said corporation, or member of the said common council or corpora
tion, by us by these presents appointed, or hereafter from time to time to
be elected and appointed in manner aforesaid, shall have, take or receive,
directly or indirectly, any salary, fee, perquisite, benefit or profit whatso
ever, for or by reason of his or their serving the said corporation, or com
mon council of the said corporation, or president, chairman, or common
council man, or as being a member of the said corporation. And our
will and pleasure is, that the said herein before appointed president,
chairman or common council men, before he and they act respectively
as such, shall severally take an oath for the faithful and due execu
tion of their trust, to be administered to the president by the Chief
Baron of our Court of Exchequer, for the time being, and by the
president of the said corporation to the rest of the common council,
who are hereby authorized severally and respectively to administer the
same. And our will and pleasure is, that all and every person and per
sons shall have, in his or their own name or names, or in the name or
names of any person or persons in trust for him or them, or for his or
their benefit, any office, place or employment of profit, under the said
corporation, shall be incapable of being elected a member of the said
corporation; and if any member of the said corporation, during such
time as he shall continue a member thereof, shall in his own name, or in
the name of any person or persons in trust for him, or for his benefit,
have, hold, exercise, accept, possess or enjoy any office, place or employ
ment of profit under the said corporation, or under the common council
of the said corporation, such member shall from the time of his having,
holding, exercising, accepting, possessing and enjoying such office, place
and employment of profit, cease to be a member of the said corporation.
And we do, for us, our heirs and successors, grant unto the said corpora
tion, that they and their successors, or the major part of such of them as
shall be present at any meeting of the said corporation, convened and as
sembled for that purpose by a convenient notice thereof, shall have power
1 from time to time and at all times hereafter, to authorize and appoint
such persons as they shall think fit, to take subscriptions, and to gather
and collect such moneys as shall be by any person or persons con
tributed for the purpose aforesaid, and shall and may revoke and make
void such authorities and appointments as often as they shall see cause
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direct, that the said corporation every year lay an account in writing be
fore the chancellor or speaker, or commissioners for the custody of the
great seal of Great Britain, of us, our heirs and successors, the Chief
Justice of the Court of King's Bench, the Master of Rolls, the Chief Jus
tice of the Court of Common Pleas, and the Chief Baron of the Exchequer,
of us, our heirs and successors, for the time being, or any two of them,
of all moneys and effects by them received or expended for carrying on the
good purposes aforesaid. And we do hereby, for us, our heirs and sue.
cessors, give and grant unto the said corporation and their successors, full
power and authority to constitute, ordain and make such and so many by
laws, constitutions, orders and ordinances, as to them or the greater part
of them, at their general meeting for that purpose, shall seem neces
sary and convenient for the well ordering and governing of the said cor
poration, and the said by-laws, constitutions, orders and ordinances, or
any of them, to alter and annul as they or the major part of them, then
present shall see requisite ; and in and by such by-laws, rules, orders
and ordinances, to set, impose and inflict reasonable pains and penalties
upon any offender or offenders who shall transgress, break or violate
the said by-laws, constitutions, orders and ordinances, so made as afore
said, and to mitigate the same as they or the major part of them then
present shall think convenient ; which said pains and penalties shall and
may be levied, sued for, taken, retained and recovered by the said cor
poration and their successors, by their officers and servants from time to
time to be appointed for that purpose, by action of debt, or by any
other lawful ways or means, to the use and behoof of the said corpora
tion and their successors ; all and singular which by-laws, constitutions,
orders and ordinances, so as aforesaid to be made, we will shall be duly
observed and kept, under the pains and penalties therein to be contained,
so always, as the said by-laws, constitutions, orders and ordinances,
pains and penalties, from time to time to be made and imposed, be rea
sonable, and not contrary or repugnant to the laws or statutes of this
our realm ; and that such by-laws, constitutions and ordinances, pains
and penalties, from time to time to be made and imposed ; and any re
peal or alteration thereof, or any of them, be likewise agreed to, be estab
lished and confirmed by the said general meeting of the said corporation,
to be held and kept next after the same shall be respectively made.
And whereas the said corporation intend to settle a colony, and to make
an habitation and plantation in that part of our province of South Caro
lina, in America, herein after described ; know ye, that we, greatly de-
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siring the happy success of the said corporation, for their further encour
agement in accomplishing so excellent a work, have, of our 'foresaid
grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, given and granted, and by
these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, do give and grant to the
said corporation and their successors, under the reservation, limitation
and declaration hereafter expressed, seven undivided parts, the whole in
eight equal parts to be divided, of all those' lands, countries and terri
tories situate, lying and being in that part of South Carolina, in Ameri
ca, which lies from the most northern part of a stream or river there,
commonly called the Savannah, all along the sea coast to the southward,
unto the most southern stream of a certain other great water or river
called the Alatamaha, and westerly from the heads of the said rivers re
spectively, in direct lines to the South Seas ; and all that share, circuit
and precinct of land within the said boundaries, with the islands on the
sea lying opposite to the eastern coast of the said lands, within twenty
leagues of the same, which are not inhabited already, or settled by any
authority derived from the crown of Great Britain, together with all the
soils, grounds, havens, ports, gulfs and bays, mines, as well royal mines
of gold and silver as other minerals, precious stones, quarries, woods,
rivers, waters, fishings, as well royal fishings of whale and sturgeon as
other fishings, pearls, commodities, jurisdictions, royalties, franchises,
privileges, and pre-eminences within the said frontiers and precincts
thereof, and thereunto in any sort belonging or appertaining, and which
we by our letter patents may or can grant ; and in as ample manner and
sort as we may, or any of our royal progenitors have hitherto granted to
any company, body, politic or corporate, or to any adventurer or adven
turers, undertaker or undertakers, of any discoveries, plantations or
traffic, of, in, or unto any foreign parts whatsoever, and in as legal and
ample manner as if the same were herein particularly mentioned and ex
pressed : To have, hold, possess and enjoy the said seven undivided parts,
the whole into eight equal parts to be divided as aforesaid, of all and
singular the lands, countries and territories, with all and singular other
the premises herein before by these presents granted or mentioned, or
intended to be granted to them the said corporation and their successors,
for ever, for the better support of the said colony ; to be holden of us,
our heirs and successors, as of our honour of Hamptou court, in our
county of Middlesex, in free and common soccage, and not in capite ;
^ yielding and paying therefor to us, our heirs and successors, yearly for
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which the said corporation shall grant, demise, plant, or settle ; the said
payment not to commence or to be made until ten years after such grant,
demise, planting or settling, and to be answered and paid to us, our
heirs and successors, in such manner, and in such species of money or
notes as shall be current in payment by proclamation, from time to time
in our said province of South Carolina ; all which lands, countries, terri
tories and premises hereby granted, or mentioned and intended to be
granted, we do, by these presents, make, erect and create, one independ
ent and separate province, by the name of Georgia, by which name,
we will, the same henceforth be called ; and that all and every person or
persons who shall at any time hereafter inhabit or reside within our said
province, shall be and hereby are declared to be free, and shall not be
subject to or be bound to obey any laws, statutes, or constitutions which
have been heretofore made, ordered, and enacted, or which hereafter
shall be made, ordered or enacted by, for, or as the laws, orders, statutes,
or constitutions of our said province of South Carolina (save and except
only the commander in chief of the militia of our said province of Geor
gia, to our governor for the time being, of South Carolina, in manner
hereafter declared) but shall be subject to and bound to obey such laws,
orders, statutes and constitutions as shall from time to time be made,
ordered, and enacted, for the better government of the said province of
Georgia, in the manner herein after declared. And we do hereby, for
us, our heirs and successors, ordain, will and establish, that for and
during the term of twenty-one years, to commence from the date of these
our letters patent, the said corporation assembled for that purpose, shall
and may form and prepare laws, statutes and ordinances, fit and neces
sary for and concerning the government of the said colony, and not re
pugnant to the laws and statutes of England, and the same shall and
may present, under their common seal, to us, our heirs and successors, in
our or their privy council, for our or their approbation or disallowance ;
and the said laws, statutes and ordinances, being approved of by us, our
heirs and successors, in our or their privy council, shall from thenceforth
be in full force and virtue within our said province of Georgia. And
forasmuch as the good and prosperous success of the said colony cannot
but chiefly depend, next under the blessing of God and the support 'of
our royal authority, upon the provident and good direction of the whole
enterprise ; and that it will be too great a burthen upon all the members
of the said corporation, to be convened so often as may be requisite to
hold meetings for the settling, supporting, ordering and maintaining the

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said colony : therefore we do will, ordain, and establish that the said
common council for the time being, of the said corporation, being as
sembled for that purpose, or the major part of them, shall from time to
time and at all times hereafter, have full power and authority to dispose
of, expend, and apply all the moneys and effects belonging to the said
corporation, in such manner and ways, and by such expences as they
shall think best to conduce to the carrying on and effecting the good pur
poses herein mentioned and intended ; and also, shall have full power,
in the name and on the account of the said corporation, and with and
under their common seal, to enter under any covenants or contracts
for carrying on and effecting the purpose aforesaid. And our further
will and pleasure is, that the said common council for the time being,
or the major part of such common council which shall be present
and assembled for that purpose, from time to time, and at all times
hereafter, shall and may nominate, constitute and appoint a treasurer or
treasurers, secretary or secretaries, and such other officers, ministers and
servants of the said corporation, as to them or the major part of them as
shall be present shall seem proper or requisite for the good management
of their affairs ; and at their will and pleasure to displace, remove, and
put out such treasurer or treasurers, secretary or secretaries, and all such
other officers, ministers and servants, as often as they shall think fit to do
so, and others in the room, office, place or station of him or them so dis
placed, removed or put out, to nominate, constitute and appoint ; and
shall and may determine and appoint such reasonable salaries, perquisites
and other rewards for their labour, or service of such officers, servants
and persons, as to the said common council shall seem meet ; and all
such officers, servants and persons shall, before the acting their respect
ive offices, take an oath, to be to them administered by the chairman for
the time being of the said common council of the said corporation, who
is hereby authorized to administer the same, for the faithful and due
execution of their respective offices and places. And our will and pleas
ure is, that all such person and persons who shall from time to time be
chosen or appointed treasurer or treasurers, secretary or secretaries of the
said corporation, in manner herein after directed, shall, during such
times as they shall serve in the said offices respectively, be incapable of
being a member of the said corporation. And we do further, of our
special grace, certain knowledge and mere motion, for us, our heirs and
successors, grant, by these presents, to the said corporation and their
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at all times hereafter, to transport and convey out of our realm of Great
Britain, or any other of our dominions, into the said province of Georgia,
to be there settled, so many of our loving subjects, or any foreigners
that are willing to become our subjects and live under our allegiance in *
the said colony, as shall be willing to go to inhabit or reside there, with
sufficient shipping, armor, weapons, powder, shot, ordnance, munition,
victuals, merchandise and wares, as are esteemed by the wild people,
clothing, implements, furniture, cattle, horses, mares, and all other
things necessary for the said colony, and for the use and defence, and
trade with the people there, and in passing and returning to and from
the same. Also we do, for ourselves and successors, declare, by these
presents, that all and every the persons which shall happen to be born
within the said province, and every of their children and posterity, shall ,
have and enjoy all liberties, franchises and immunities of free denizens -'
and natural born subjects, within any of our dominions, to all intents
and purposes, as if abiding and born within this our kingdom of Great
Britain, or any other dominion. And for the greater ease and encour- j
agement of our loving subjects, and such others as shall come to inhabit f
in our said colony, we do, by these presents, for us, our heirs and suc
cessors, grant, establish and ordain, that forever, hereafter, there shall
be a liberty of conscience allowed in the worship of God, to all persons
inhabiting, or which shall inhabit or be resident within our said province,
and that all such persons, except papists, shall have a free exercise of !
religion ; so they be contented with the quiet and peaceable enjoyment of j
the same, not giving offence or scandal to the government. And our \
further will and pleasure is, and we do hereby, for us, our heirs and suc
cessors, declare and grant, that it shall and may be lawful for the said
common council, or the major part of them, assembled for that purpose,
in the name of the corporation, and under the common seal, to distribute,
convey, assign, and set over such particular portions of land, tenements
and hereditaments by these presents granted to the said corporation,
unto such of our loving subjects naturally born or denizens, or others,
that shall be willing to become our subjects, and live under our allegi
ance in the said colony, upon such terms, and for such estates, and upon
such rents, reservations and conditions as the same may be lawfully
granted, and as to the said common council, or the major part of them
so present, shall seem fit and proper. Provided always, that no grants
shall be made of any part of the said lands unto any person being a ,
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benefit of any member of the said corporation ; and that no person
; having any estate or interest in law or equity in any part of the said
lands, shall be capable of being a member of the said corporation, during
the continuance of such estate or interest. Provided also, that 30,
gieater_jquaatity .of lands he-granted, either entirely or in parcels, to or
for the use or in trust for. any one person., than fiye^hundred.jafirfis ; and
that all grants made contrary to the true intent and meaning hereof,
shall be absolutely null and void. And we do hereby grant and ordain,
that such person or persons for the time being, as shall be thereunto ap
pointed by the said corporation, shall and may at all times, and from time
to time hereafter, have full power and authority to administer and give
the oaths appointed by an act of parliament made in the first year of the
reign of our late royal father, to be taken instead of the oaths of allegi
ance and supremacy; and also the oath of abjuration, to all and every
person and persons which shall at any time be inhabiting or residing
within our said colony ; and in like cases to administer the solemn af
firmation to any of the persons commonly called Quakers, in such man
ner as by the laws of our realm of Great Britain the same may be
administered. And we do, of our further grace, certain knowledge and
mere motion, grant, establish and ordain, for us, our heirs and succes
sors, that the said corporation and their successors, shall have full power
and authority for and during the term of twenty-one years, to commence
from the date of these our letters patent, to erect and constitute judica
tories and courts of record, or other courts, to be held in the name of us,
4 our heirs and successors, for the hearing and determining of all manner
of crimes, offences, pleas, processes, plaints, actions, matters, causes, and
things whatsoever, arising or happening within the said province of
Georgia or between persons of Georgia ; whether the same be criminal or
civil, and whether the said crimes be capital or not capital, and whether
the said pleas be real, personal or mixed ; and for awarding and making
out executions thereupon ; to which courts and judicatories, we do hereby,
for us, our heirs and successors, give and grant full power and au
thority, from time to time, to administer oaths for the discovery of truth,
in any matter in controversy or depending before them, or the solemn
affirmation to any of the persons commonly called Quakers, in such man
ner as by the laws of our realm of Great Britain the same may be ad
ministered. And our further will and pleasure is, that the said corpo
ration and their successors, do from time to time and at all times here
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conveyances, settlements, and improvements whatsoever, as shall at any
time hereafter be made by or in the name of the said corporation, of any
lands, tenements or hereditaments within the said province, and shall
yearly send and transmit, or cause to be sent or transmitted, authentic
accounts of such leases, grants, conveyances, settlements and improve
ments respectively, unto the auditor of the plantations for the time being,
or his deputy, and also to our surveyor for the time being of our said
province of South Carolina, to whom we do hereby grant full power and
authority from time to time, as often as need shall require, to inspect
and survey such of the said lands and premises as shall be demised,
granted and settled as aforesaid, which said survey and inspection we do
hereby declare to be intended to ascertain the quit-rents, which shall
from time to time become due to us, our heirs and successors, according
to the reservations herein before mentioned, and for no other purposes
whatsoever ; hereby, for us, our heirs and successors ; strictly enjoining
and commanding, that neither our or their surveyor, or any person
whatsoever, under the pretext and colour of making the said survey or
inspection, shall take, demand or receive any gratuity, fee or reward, of
or from any person or persons inhabiting in the said colony, or from the
said corporation or common council of the same, on the pain of forfeiture
of the said office or offices, and incurring our highest displeasure. Pro
vided always, and our further will and pleasure is, that all leases, grants
and conveyances to be made by or in the name of the said corporation
of any lands within the said province, or a memorial containing the sub
stance and effect thereof, shall be registered with the auditor of the said
plantations, of us, our heirs and successors, within the space of one year,
to be computed from the date thereof, otherwise the same shall be void.
And our further will and pleasure is, that the rents, issues, and all other
profits which shall at any time hereafter come to the said corporation, or
the major part of them which shall be present at any meeting for that
purpose assembled, shall think will most improve and enlarge the said
colony, and best answer the good purposes herein before mentioned, and
for defraying all other charges about the same. And our will and pleas
ure is, that the said corporation and their successors, shall from time to
time give in to one of the principal secretaries of state and to the com
missioners of trade and plantations, accounts of the progresses of the said
colony. And our will and pleasure is, that no act done at any meeting
of the said common council of the said corporation, shall be effectual and j
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ing the member who shall serve as chairman at the said meeting, be
present, and the major part of them consenting thereunto. And our will
and pleasure is, that the common council of the said corporation for the
time being, or the major part of them who shall be present, being as
sembled for that purpose, shall from time to time, for and during and
unto the full end and expiration of twenty-one years, to commence from
the date of these our letters patent, have full power and authority to
nominate, make, constitute, commission, ordain and appoint, by such
name or names, style or styles, as to them shall seem meet and fitting,
all and singular such governors, judges, magistrates, ministers and of
ficers, civil and military, both by sea and land, within the said districts,
as shall by them be thought fit and needful to be made or used for the
said government of the said colony ; save always and except such officers
only as shall by us, our heirs and successors, be from time to time con
stituted and appointed, for the managing, collecting and receiving such
revenues as shall from time to time arise within the said province of
Georgia, and become due to us, our heirs and successors. Provided
always, and it is our will and pleasure, that every governor of the said
province of Georgia, to be appointed by the common council of the said
(corporation, before he shall enter upon or execute the said office of Gov
ernor, shall be approved by us, our heirs or successors, and shall take
such oaths and shall qualify himself in such manner in all respects, as
any governor or commander in chief of any of our colonies or plantations
in America, are by law required to do ; and shall give good and suffi
cient security for observing the several acts of Parliament relating to
trade and navigation, and to observe and obey all instructions that shall
be sent to him by us, our heirs and successors, or any acting under our
or their authority, pursuant to the said acts, or any of them. And we
do, by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, will, grant and or
dain, that the said corporation and their successors, shall have full power
for and during and until the full end and term of twenty-one years, to
commence from the date of these our letters patent, by any commander
or other officer or officers by them for that purpose from time to time
appointed, to train, instruct, exercise and govern a militia for the special
defence and safety of our said colony, to assemble in martial array the
inhabitants of the said colony, and to lead and conduct them, and with
them to encounter, expulse, repel, resist and pursue, by force of arms,
as well by sea as by land, within or without the limits of our said colony;
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prises and means whatsoever, all and every such person or persons as
shall at any time hereafter, in any hostile manner, attempt or enterprise
the destruction, invasion, detriment or annoyance of our said colony;
and to use and exercise the martial law in time of actual war and inva
sion or rebellion, in such cases where by law the same may be used or
exercised ; and also from time to time to erect forts and fortify any place
or places within our said colony, and the same to furnish with all neces
sary ammunition, provisions, and stores of war, for offence and defence,
and to commit from time to time the custody or government of the same
to such person or persons as to them shall seem meet ; and the said forts
and fortifications to demolish at their pleasure ; and to take and surprise,
by all ways and means, all and every such person or persons, with their
ships, arms, ammunition and other goods, as shall in an hostile manner
invade or attempt the invading, conquering or annoying of our said
colony. And our will and pleasure is, and we do hereby for us, our heirs
and successors, declare and grant, that the governor and commander in
chief of the province of South Carolina, of us, our heirs and successors, /
for the time being, shall at all times hereafter have the chief command of
the militia of our said province, hereby erected and established ; and
that such militia shall observe and obey all orders and directions that
shall from time to time be given or sent them by the said governor or
commander in chief, anything in these presents before contained to the
contrary hereof in any wise notwithstanding. And, of our more special
grace, certain knowledge and mere motion, we have given and granted,
and by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, do give and grant
unto the said corporation and their successors, full power and authority
to import and export their goods at and from any port or ports that shall
be appointed by us, our heirs and successors, within the said province of
Georgia for that purpose, without being obliged to touch at any other
port in South Carolina. And we do, by these presents, for us, our heirs
and successors, will and declare, that from and after the determination
of the said term of one and twenty years, such form of government and
method of making laws, statutes and ordinances, for the better governing
and ordering the said province of Georgia, and the inhabitants thereof,
shall be established and observed within the same, as we, our heirs and
successors, shall hereafter ordain and appoint, and shall be agreeable to
law; and that from and after the determination of the said term of one
and twenty years, the governor of our said province of Georgia, and all
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nominated and constituted and appointed by us, our heirs and successors.
And lastly, we do hereby, for us, our heirs and successors, grant unto the
said corporation and their successors, that these our letters patent, or the
enrollments or exemplification thereof, shall be in and by all things,
good, firm, valid, sufficient and effectual in the Law, according to the
true intent and meaning thereof, and shall be taken, construed and
adjudged in all courts and elsewhere, in the most favourable and benefi
cial sense and for the best advantage of the said corporation and their
successors, any omission, imperfection, ' defect, matter or cause or thing
whatsoever to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding. In witness we
have caused these our letters to be made patent. Witness ourself at
Westminster, the ninth day of June, in the fifth year of our reign.
By writ of privy seal.
COCKS.

[B. P. E. O. Board of Trade.]
LIST OF TRUSTEES.

A List of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in
America. Note those marked thus * are the Common Council of the
said Trustees. The following Twenty one were named in the Charter dated
9. June 1732.
The Right Honourable John Lord Viscount Percival since Earl of Eg
mont, was a Common Council Man, but resign'd 7 July 1742 & re
mains a Trustee.
The Honorable Edward Digby Esq'.
George Carpenter Esq' since The Honourable Lord Carpenter was a Com
mon Council man but resign'd 8 March 1737, was reelected 15. March
1738, resign'd again 12 April 1740 & remains a Trustee.
* James Oglethorpe Esq' since General Oglethorpe.
George Heathcote Esq' was a Common Council Man but resign'd 6 March
1737 & remains a Trustee.
* Thomas Tower Esq'.
Robert More Esq' was a Common Council Man but resign'd 5. May 1736
& remains a Trustee.
Robert Hucks Esq' was a Common Council Man but resign'd 17. March
1736 & remains a Trustee.
* Rogers Holland Esq'.
William Sloper Esq1 was a Common Council Man but resign'd 17 Feb
ruary 1741 & remains a Trustee.
Francis Eyles Esq' was a Common Council Man but resign'd 11 Febru
ary 1741 & remains a Trustee.
* John Laroche Esq'.
* The Honourable James Vernon Esq'.
William Belitha Esq'.
" * The Reverend M' Stephen Hales, since D' Hales.
The Reverend M' John Burton.
.The Reverend M' Richard Bundy, since D' Bundy. was a Common Coun
cil Man but resign'd 1. March 1737 & remains a Trustee.

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~The Reverend M' Arthur Bedford.
- * The Reverend M' Samuel Smith
M' Adam Anderson
Mr Thomas Coram
The following Seventeen were Elected at the Anniversary Meeting
held 15 March 1732.
The Right Honourable James Earl of Derby.
* The Right Honourable Anthony Ashley Earl of Shaftesbury, was a
Common Council Man but resign'd 13 March 1738 & was Reelected
20 March 1739.
* The Right Honourable John Lord Viscount Tyrconnel.
The Right Honourable James Lord Viscount Limerick, was a Common
Council Man but resigned 12 March 1738 & remains a Trustee,
The Right Honourable James Lord D'arcy.
*The Honourable Richard Chandler Esq'.
Thomas Frederick Esq'.
Henry L' Apostre Esq'.
William Heathcote Esq', since Sir William Heathcote Bar' was a Com
mon Council Man but resign'd 30 July 1739 & remains a Trustee.
Robert Kendal Esq' since Sir Robert Cater Alderman of London. Was a
Common Council Man but resign'd 1 March 1737 & remains a Trustee.
John White Esq' was a Common Council Man but resign'd 5. May 1 736
& remains a Trustee.
* John Page Esq'.
William Hanbury Esq'.
Erasmus Philipps Esq' since Sir Erasmus Philipps Bar'.
Christopher Tower Esq'.
Sir John Gonson Knight.
George Tyrer Esq' Alderman of Liverpoole
The following Nine were Elected at the Anniversary Meeting held
21. March 1733.
~~ The Reverend D' Thomas Rundle, since The Right Reverend Father in
God Thomas Lord Bishop of London Derry.
The Honourable William Talbot Esq' since the Right Honourable Wil
liam Lord Talbot. Was a Common Council Man but resign'd 8 March
1737 & remains a Trustee.
Richard Coope Esq'.

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William Wollaston Esq'.
*The Honourable Robert Eyre Esq'.
Thomas Archer Esq' Was a Common Council. Man but resign'd 3. Feb
ruary 1741 & remains a Trustee. Since Lord Archer
* Robert Tracy Esq'.
Henry Archer Esq' was a Common Council Man but resign'd 28 Jan
uary 1743 & remains a Trustee.
Francis Wollaston Esq'.
The following Gentleman was Elected at the Anniversary Meeting
held 17. March 1736.
*Sir Jacob Des Bouverie Bar1 since Sir Jacob Bouverie Bar' since Lord
Viscount Folkestone.
The following two were Elected at the Anniversary Meeting held
16. March 1737.
Sir Harry Gough Bar'.
Sir Roger Burgoigne Bar'.
The following Nobleman was Elected at The Anniversary Meeting
held 15. March 1738.
The Right Honourable Lord Sidney Beauclerk.
The following Three were Elected at the Anniversary Meeting held
19. March 1740
*The Honourable Henry Bathurst Esq'.
The Honourable Philip Percival Esq'.
*John Frederick Esq'.
The following Four were Elected at the Anniversary Meeting held
18. March 1741
The Honourable Alexander Hume Campbell Esq' was Elected a Common
Council Man but never sworn in and desired another to be chosen in his
room.
* Sir John Barrington Bar'.
* Samuel Tuffhell Esq'.
Henry Calthrope Esq' since Sir Henry Calthrope Knight of the Bath
The following Three were Elected at the Anniversary Meeting held
17 March 1742.
* John Philipps Esq' since Sir John Philipps Bar'.
*Velters Cornwall Esq'.
John Wright Esq'.

30 COLONIAL RECORDS.
The following Gentleman was Elected at the Anniversary Meeting
held 21. March 1744
— — *The Reverend D' Thomas Wilson.
The following two were Elected at the Anniversary Meeting held
19 March 1746
Francis Cokayne Esq', Alderman of the City of London.
* Samuel Lloyd Esq'.
The following six were Elected at the Anniversary Meeting held
16. March 1748
The Honourable John Earl of Egmont
* Anthony Ewer Esq'.
* Edward Hooper Esq'-
Sir John Cust Bar'.
Slingsby Bethell Esq', Alderman of the City of London
Stephen Theodore Janssen Esq' Alderman of the City of London.

BY-LAWS AND LAWS.

By Laws Established by the General Meeting of the Corporation of
the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America, held at
the Vestry Room of S' Bride's Church in Fleet Street on Thursday the
21s' of March 1733.
1"' That all Elections of Trustees, Common Council Men and Officers
be determined by Ballot.
2*iy That any Member who dissents from any Resolution, may enter
his Dissent at the same Meeting in the following Words, and no other
Viz' 1. A. B. do dissent from the foregoing Resolutiou.
May it Please Your Majesty
The Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in Amer
ica in pursuance of the Powers and in Obedience to the Direc
tions to them given by Your Majesty's Most Gracious Charter.
Humbly Lay before Your Majesty the following Law Statute
and Ordinance which they being for that purpose Assembled
have prepared as fit and necessary for the Government of the
said Colony, and which they most Humbly Present under their—
Common Seal to Your Most Sacred Majesty in Council for Your
Majesty's Most Gracious Approbation and Allowance.
An Act for maintaining the Peace with the Indians in the
Province of Georgia.
Preamble Whereas the Safety Welfare and preservation of the Colony of
Georgia doth in a great measure depend on the maintaining a
good Correspondence and regulating the Trade to be carried on
between Your Majesty's Subjects and the several Nations of In
dians in Amity with the said Colony We the Trustees for
Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America therefore pray
Your Most Sacred Majesty That it may be Enacted and Be it

32 COLONIAL RECORDS.
notiicens-ENACTED that from and after tne four and twentieth day of June
ing w?th which shall be in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Seven
the In- ,-,¦,-,,.
dians hundred and thirty five if any Person or Persons whatsoever
shall for- J J
felt 100 (other than such as duly Obtain Licences in the manner herein-
fOTtht use after mentioned and directed) shall directly or indirectly Visit
of the Col-
ony, and frequent haunt Trade to Traffick or Barter with any Indian or
the other A •*
Prose° the Indians within the said Province of Georgia all and every such
Offender or Offenders shall for every such Offence Forfeit One
hundred pounds Sterling Money of Great Britain to be Sued
for & recovered as hereinafter is directed the one half to be to
the said Trustees and their Successors for the benefit of the said
Colony as the Common Council of the said Trustees or the Major
part of them who shall be present and assembled for that pur
pose shall direct or appoint and the other half to him or them
who shall Sue for the same And all and Singular the Goods
The Goods Wares Merchandizes Slaves Furrs Wax and Skins either carried
so traded
seizedby6 *° Bartered Sold to or brought from any such Indian or Indians
froman by any Person or Persons not Licenced as aforesaid shall and
sioner, may be Seized and taken by a Warrant under the hand and
and for-
one'tniif Seal of any Commissioner or Commissioners which shall by
oirthe coi- Virtue of this Act be appointed for the better regulating of the
ony, and
the other said Indian Trade and shall be forfeited the one half to the use
half to the
cutor °^ the said Trustees and their Successors to be applied in man
ner aforesaid and the other half to the use of such Person or
Persons as shall Sue for the same And be it further Enacted
common That the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees
Council of
the Trus- 0r the Major part of them who shall be present and Assembled
comnfis- f°r tnat purpose shall and may from time to time as occasion
' shall require Nominate Constitute and appoint One or more Com
missioner or Commissioners Treasurer or Treasurers Secretary or
Secretarys and such other Officers Agents Ministers and Serv
ants as to them shall seem proper and Convenient for the Li
cencing Persons to Trade with the Indians and for the better

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regulating such Trade and at their Will and Pleasure to Displace
remove and put out such Commissioner or Commissioners Treas
urer or Treasurers Secretary or Secretarys and such other Officers
Agents Ministers and Servants or any of them as often as they
shall think fit so to do and others in their Room Office Place and
Stead to Nominate Constitute and appoint and shall and may
andap- determine and appoint such reasonable Salaries Perquisites and
point Sal- rr ^
aries &e 0tner Rewards for the Labour or Service of such Commissioner
or Commissioners Treasurer or Treasurers Secretary or Secre
tarys and of such other Officers Agents Servants and persons as
to the said Common Council or the Major part of them who
shall for that purpose be present & Assembled shall seem meet
commis- And all such Commissioners Treasurers Secretarys Officers Agents
Bioners&c. shall Servants & Persons shall before they act in their respective
be sworn. J r
Offices take an Oath for their due and faithfull Execution of
their respective Offices to be to them severally Administred by
the Senior Bailiff of the Town of Savannah for the time being
who is hereby Authorized and required to Administer the same
and to cause the same to be Entered of Record by the Recorder
of the said Town who is hereby required to Enter the same ac-
secretary cordingly And Be it further Enacted that the Secretary or See-
to keep a
Book of retarys by Virtue of this Act appointed shall keep a Book or
ofethegs Books in which shall be fairly Entered from time to time the
sioner,1 " Proceedings of the Commissioner or Commissioners which shall
and keep
the Bonds be appointed by Virtue of this Act and shall faithfully and
of Persons rr j j
licensed. Qarefuny keep the Bonds of all and every person or persons who
shall take out Licences to Trade as aforesaid and every person or
persons taking out Licences Instructions and Entering into Bonds
Ten Snii- snaH Pa7 also to tne Secretary or Secretarys for the time being
tc>nthe ee the Sum of ten Shillings Sterling Money of Great Britain as his
Secretary. Fee for the same And such Secretary or Secretarys shall have the
keeping of all and Singular the Books Papers Journals Seals
and all other proceedings relating to the Affairs of such Indian
[3 c. r., v. i.]

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Trade and shall take the following Oath before the Senior Bailiff
for the time being of the Town of Savanah who is hereby Au
thorized and required to administer the same and to cause the
same to be Entered of Record by the Recorder of the said Town
who is hereby required to Enter the same accordingly (Viz*)
secreta ^ ^" ^" ^° P1"011^6 an<l Swear faithfully to perform and exe
cute all and singular the matters and things which shall be re
quired of me in Discharge of the Office of Secretary for Indian
Affairs according to such Instructions as I shall from time to
time receive from the Common Council of the said Trustees and
that I will not Imbezzle Erase or Alter any Matter or thing in
any Book or Paper given me in Charge and that I will faithfully
enter into a Book for that purpose the proceedings relating to
the Indian Affairs which shall be depending before the said Com
missioner or Commissioners So help me God. And Be it fur-
sumsaris-ther Enacted that all Sums of Money arising by the Traders
ing by Li
cences to Licences shall be paid to the Treasurer or Treasurers to be ap-
be paid to r r
ureiTior's" pointed as is hereinafter Ordered and Directed and shall be applied
salaries, towards paying the Commissioners and Agents and towards De
fraying all such other Salarys Charges and Expences as shall
arise from the putting in Execution the several Powers and Au-
thoritys by this Act given and appointed and if such Licence
af an1)3 Money shall amount to more than such Salarys and Expences
phed by the Overplus thereof shall be applied for the benefit of the said
common Colony as the Common Council of the said Trustees for the
Council. time being or the Major part of such of them who shall for that
purpose be present and Assembled shall direct or appoint And
Commis- Be it further Enacted That the Commissioner or Commissioners
sioner to
com-mine snaU bave power and he or they are hereby Impowered to hear
From the and Determine any Complaints from the Indians and upon such
takeEvi- Complaints to take the Evidence of any Indian or Indians
dence of A J
them. against any person or persons Trading among them if such Com
plaint shall be grounded on such Circumstances as the said Com-

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missioner or Commissioners shall have good reason to believe
the said Indian or Indians declare the whole Truth and the said
Commissioner or Commissioners if the Complaint of the Indian
if com- or Indians does not amount to above the Value of three pounds
plaint not x
Value fo ' Sterling Money of Great Britain shall have power and is or are
same to hereby Impowered to Judge and award to the said Indian or
the Indian
damaged. Indians so Damaged as aforesaid any Sum not exceeding three
pounds Sterling Money of Great Britain and if he or they
think necessary to withdraw their Licence from such Trader or
commis- Traders And Be it further Enacted that the Commissioner or
sioner to
Warrant8 Commissioners shall Issue out his or their Warrant directed to
other any other Trader or Traders (living residing and Trading by
theoflen- ^Jx0ence in the same Nation where such Trader shalljbe Ad-
comply judged to pay the said Sum awarded) requiring and directing
tence. him or them to Compell the Trader Sentenced to Comply with and
perform the Sentence of the said Commissioner or Commissioners
and the said Trader or Traders to whom the said Warrant shall
be directed are hereby required to cause the said Warrant to be
duly Executed and Certify upon the back of the said Warrant
tify satis- to the said Commissioner or Commissioners that the Trader Sen-
made." fenced hath made full and ample Satisfaction to the Indian or
Indians aggrieved pursuant to the Warrant to him directed and
and on in Case the Trader adjudged to make Satisfaction by Sentence
make Sat- and Decree of the Commissioner or Commissioners shall refuse
isfaction, to forfeit t0 (j0 jt after sucn Warrant is Shewed to him he shall Forfeit
doubleawarded, double the Sum awarded And in Case the Trader to whom such
Trader Warrant is directed shall neglect or refuse to put such Warrant
neglecting ....
wa?ra°nt!e in Execution or shall Certify falsly to the said Commissioner or
in|f»)"y" Commissioners he shall forfeit the Sum of Six pounds Sterling
forfeit £6. Money of Great Britain and every Trader Executing such War-
Aiiowed rant shall be allowed Mileage to be Computed from his Trading
Mileage. ^^ tQ the House of the Trader that the Warrant is Served
upon And be it further Enacted that if any Person or Persons

36 COLONIAL RECORDS.
if any in the Indian Country shall disobey any lawfull Order from the
obeyCom- Commissioner or Commissioners for the time being aud proof
ers order, made upon Oath that the same was Served on him or them that
Com-
manderofthen and in such Case the Commissioner or Commissioners may
next^lar- teikeinto aPP^v to the Commander of the Garrison nearest the Place
suchOf- where such Indian doth reside who is hereby directed and Im-
fender. powered to Order a Detachment out of such Garrison not ex
ceeding four men with a Constable to take into Custody and de-
Constabie tain such Offender or Offenders which Constable shall be Im-
may com
mand Tra- powered to Command any Traders to any Number he shall think
ders to L ' J
him8 and necessary to assist in Apprehending the Offender and any of the
sal to for- Traders refusing when Commanded to Assist as aforesaid shall
feit their-
Licence & forfeit their Licence and the Penalty of his or their Bond or
Penalty of J
Bonds. Bonds. And be it further Enacted That the Commissioner or
Commis- Commissioners appointed by Virtue of this Act shall have Power
sioner to
employ an(j Authority to agree with and Employ Interpreters and to
t0r|dmin- Administer an Oath to them that they will Interpret truly the
oath for better to Enable him or them to settle the Trade and redress
their true
mterpre- the Grievances and hear the Complaint of the Indians as afore-
Commis- said And be it further Enacted that the Commissioner or Com-
sioner
shall not missioners shall not directly or indirectly Trade Traffick or Bar-
Trade nor
receive ter to or with any Indian or Indians whatsoever or Sell or Bar-
any Gilt, J
Sghis1 ter or procure to be Sold or Bartered any Indian Trading Goods
.A.ET6I1CVnor within to any Person whatsoever or receive any present Gift Fee or Re-
Eour years
de'rPenai- waro- fr°m any ludian Trader during the time of his or their
1000 £ . Agency or being Commissioner or Commissioners nor at any
time within the Term of four Years after he or they shall be out
of his or their Employment under the Penalty of One thousand
(except pounds Sterling Money of Great Britain (Except Presents made
jr resects
of'theeuse to the Commissioner or Commissioners by the Indians for and in
and°ais'o token of their Alliance with this Province which said Presents
Food.) shall be accepted on no other Condition whatsoever and the
Commissioner or Commissioners shall be accountable for the

COLONIAL RECORDS. 37
same to the Publick and also except such Presents of Food as
are necessary for his or their Subsistance whilst among the In
dians) And Be it further Enacted that all and every person or
Traders to J r
thefrSh Pers°ns who shall Trade Traffick or Barter to or with any Na-
the'secre- tion of Indians within the said Province of Georgia shall first
tarv's Of-
flee, ten Publish their Names in the Office of the Secretary for Indian
days be- J
h°arvetLi-y Affairs for at least ten days before they have a Licence granted
produce a them And shall produce a Certificate of the same to the Com-
Certlflcate thereof, missioner or Commissioners aforesaid and of their having paid
paidfor sucn reasonable Sum or Sums of Money Not exceeding the Sum
of five pounds Sterling Money of Great Britain for such Licence
or Licences to the Treasurer or Treasurers beforementioned as
shall from time to time be directed and appointed by the Com
mon Council of the said Trustees or by the Major part of them
who shall for that purpose be present and Assembled besides
And no the said Secretarys Fee of Ten Shillings and no Objection ap-
Objectlon . . . . ,
appear- pearing to the Commissioner or Commissio ners against granting
to'grant61 suca Licence either from himself or from any other Person the
the Trader said Commissioner or Commissioners shall grant the same the
having en
tered into person applying having Entered into Bond with one sufficient Se
curity for curity to the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in
America and their Successors in the Sum of One hundred Pounds
condition Sterling Money of Great Britain Conditioned for his or their
Demeaning themselves well towards the Indians in Amity with
the said Colony and that they shall observe and Obey all such
Orders as shall from time to time be given them by the Com
missioner or Commissioners under his or their hand or hands
and the Publick Seal of the Office pursuant to such Instructions
as such Commissioner or Commissioners shall from time to time
receive from the Common Council of the said Trustees or the
Major part of them who shall for that purpose be present and
Assembled And Be it further Enacted that if any Person or
Persons that shall have and receive such Licence or Licences

38 COLONIAL RECORDS.
if any Instruction or Instructions from the said Commissioner or Com-
licensed trastan missioners under his or their hand or hands and the Seal of His
moretnan Office or that shall enter into such Bond as aforesaid shall trust
of Powder any one Indian for more than one pound of Powder and four
and four
Bullets °' P°unds of Bullets he or they shall forfeit the Debt due from the
feit'the1 said Indian and shall also forfeit his Bond and Licence to the said
Ms Bond Trustees and their Successors to be disposed of by the Common
and Li- r J
the"usef of Council of the said Trustees or the Major part of them who shall
ony. ° be present and Assembled for that purpose for and towards the
Support of the Colony of Georgia to be recovered as hereinafter
Trading is directed and in Case they or any of them shall Trade Traffick
with In- J J
Enmity' or Barter with any Indians that shall at any time hereafter be at
jects\>f a Enmity with the said Colony of Georgia or Trade with any of
f oreiffn.
Prince, the Subjects of any Foreign Prince he or they shall Forfeit the
Penalty of Penalty of their Bonds for the use of the said Trustees and their
Bonds, for Successors to be disposed of in manner aforesaid for and towards
the use of
tie Col- the Support of the Colony of Georgia to be also recovered as is
hereinafter directed And be it further Enacted That all such
Traders to Person or Persons that shall Trade Traffick or Barter to or with
renew
cencesa't anv Indians except the Chickesaw Traders shall come to the
yearly, in Town of Savanah at least once every Year in order to take out
March,
April, a New Licence in his own proper person (That is to say) in the
June. Month of March April May or June in which Months all Li
cences shall expire and any other Person taking out a Licence in
any other month (except as before excepted) shall pay in pro-
ersshalf" portion only from the time he took it out, and the Chickesaw
their Li- Traders shall take out their Licences once in Eighteen months
cences once in 18 and that no Person or Persons whatsoever shall have and receive
months. noTtobe from the said Commissioner or Commissioners any Licence or
but to Instructions for any person residing among the Indians to Trade
such Trad- J r ° °
ers as ^/'\t\x the same unless such Person or Persons is or are actually
come to J
foarVthemh in Savanah to receive the same and to enter into Bond for the
ft n & ftTitpr
into Bond, faithfull Discharge of their Instructions and that all such Per-

COLONIAL RECORDS. 39
Traders to sons as shall intend to Trade to the Nations of Indians called
the Chlck-
toatrade0t Chickesaws shall not Trade Traffick or Barter with any Indian or
rndianby Indians in their way to the said Nations called Chickesaws And
Be it further Enacted that when one Principal Trader shall ap
ply for a Licence to go out to Trade he shall have Liberty to
ceancemay t^e out one Licence in his own Name inserting the Names of
Persons, such two Men as he shall carry with him paying for such Li-
andno more. cence such reasonable Sum of Money not exceeding the Sum of
five pounds Sterling Money of Great Britain to the Publick
Treasurer or Treasurers as shall from time to time be directed
and appointed by the Common Council of the said Trustees or
by the Major part of such of the said Common Council as
shall for that purpose be present and assembled besides the
Secretarys Fee and for every other three men he shall
carry with him he shall have another Licence paying the
None to J . r J &
Tradf ?>ut like reasonable Sum and so in proportion for a greater or
isPtalgive0 lesser Number of Men and every person mentioned or inserted
Sscuritv
for his in any such Licence shall not have Liberty to Trade for his
own and
liens Be- principal in any of the Indian Nations and the Principal shall
He may glYe g00& Security as well for his own as for all their good be-
to look at- haviour amongst the Indians and upon the renewal of any such
ter his
store. Licence It shall be lawfull for the Principal Trader to leave one
plaint111 °f his own Men to look after his Store And in Case there be any
any of his j ust Complaint made against any of his Men on Account of Debt
Men,p rincipai or any Misdemeanour committed by them upon an Order under
totneder the hand and Seal of the Commissioner or Commissioners Served
sioner, on the Principal he shall be Obliged to send in safe Custody and
under Penalty of deliver to the said Commissioner or Commissioners such person
forfeiting A
cenceand Complained of under the penalty of forfeiting his License and
Bond and the same shall be Inserted in the Condition of his
Principalnot to dis- Bond and it shall not be lawfull for the Principal to Discharge
charge r °
Men0inhlS any of his Men in the Indian Country from his Service and in
dian " Case any Person shall leave his Service in the Indian Country
Country.

40 COLONIAL RECORDS.
if any and any other Trader should hire such Person such Trader shall
leave his
thevin- in forfeit the Sum of Eight pounds Sterling Money of Great Brit-
country, ain to the said Trustees & their Successors for and towards the
er hiring Support of the said Colony and the first Employer shall recover
any such
1 h-tafi0r* a^ sue^ damages of the Person that hired him as he shall prove
agdsDam" that he has Sustained for the want of the Service of such Per
The Na- son And be it further Enacted that any Person desiring a Li-
tion and
beTnsert- cence to Trade to any Nation of Indians in Amity with the said
License?11 Colony shall declare what Nation he is going to Trade with and
Person the Town in such Nation which shall be inserted in his Licence
not to
j£eni!m' ss and there shall be a Condition in his Bond not to Transgress the
Bounds, Bounds limited by such Licence under penalty of forfeiting the
under
Penalty of same and those taking out Licences to Trade with the Creeks
forfeiting °
cence BnaH nrst declare whether he will Trade with the "Upper or
The same Lower Creeks and shall then be Confined to Trade within a cer-
to be ob
served tain Town or District and nowhere else and it shall be inserted
in the
Natfons *n the Condition of their Bonds and every Trader going to the
Traders to Creeks to Trade shall be Obliged to pass both going and coming
Creeks to by the first Fort Argyll or by such other Fort or Forts as shall
pass by J £>J J
Argyll &c fr°m time to time be appointed by the Common Council of the
said Trustees or by the Major part of them as shall for that
purpose be present and Assembled And be it further Enacted
on Trad- that in Case any Trader shall bring down any Indians or Bur-
er bring
ing down theners such Trader shall be obliged to maintain them at their
any In- °
to main-8 own proper Costs until they return unto their respective Nations
and make and Towns and all such Traders shall make good all Damages
goodDamages, done to any of the Inhabitants by such Indians whilst in the
Province by killing of Cattle or otherwise And be it further
Employ- Enacted that if any person or persons shall by any ways or any
ing a
slave in means whatsoever Employ any Negroe or other Slave in the Iu-
Country ^an Country or in rowing up or down any Boat or Perriagoe to
felt is £. or from any Garrison or to or from their respective Trading
Houses such Person or Persons so Offending shall for every such

COLONIAL RECORDS. 41
Offence forfeit the Sum of fifteen pounds Sterling Money of
Great Britain to the said Trustees and their Successors for and
toward the Support of the said Colony And be it further En-
No Trader acted that no Trader whatever shall presume to enter into any
to trade
othereii-n Town to Trade where another Trader by Licence doth then re-
Trader re- side and Trade unless in large Towns which the Commissioner or
less where Commissioners shall think sufficient to maintain two or more
two or
aifowed8 Traders and the Commissioner or Commissioners is and are hereby
Commis- impowered to Allot each Trader Two or more Towns in Case one
sioner to
allot to shall be too small for them to Trade in so that the several Towns
eachtwcfor ^ the Indian Nations be equally divided amongst the several
Towns, Traders and every Trader going to any of the Indian Nations to
when one
is too Trade shall have annexed to his Licence from under the hand and
Small.
instruc- Seal of the Office of the Commissioner or Commissioners such
tions to be
annexed Instructions as shall from time to time be given him or them by
Licence. ^e Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees or
by the Major part of such of them who shall be present and
All Fines, Assembled for that purpose And be it further Enacted that all
inCGeor-ed Fines Forfeitures and Penaltys imposed by Virtue of this Act
tioi of shall and may be recovered in any Court of Record in the said
llebt, &a. J J
tnthia11 Province of Georgia by Action of Debt Bill Plaint or Informa-
coiony, tion One half to the said Trustees and their Successors to be
half to disposed of in such manner as the Common Council for the time
the Prose
cutor, being of the said Trustees or the Major part of them who shall
be present and assembled for that Purpose shall think fit to and
for the Support of the said Colony and the other half to the
Informer or such other person or persons that will Sue for the
ah Fines, same Provided nevertheless that all the Fines & Forfeitures
prose- mentioned in this Act shall be Sued for and prosecuted within
cutedmonths12 the Space of Twelve Months next after the Offence committed
And be it further Enacted that if any Action or Suit shall be
brought or prosecuted against any person or persons for what he
or they shall do in or about the prosecution or putting in Exe.

42 COLONIAL RECORDS.
if any Ac- cution of this Act or any of the Powers therein contained It
tion be
Defend-4, sna^ aD0- mav ^e lawfull to and for the Defendant or Defend-
pfead'the ants in such Action or Suit to Plead the General Issue and to
issue, and give the Special matter in Evidence and if Judgment shall be
give the " r °
mltteVin Siven against the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs in such Suit then the
Evidence. Defenclant. or Defendants shall by the Court before whom the
ment Cause shall be tried be allowed double the Costs and Charges
againstDefend?' ^e or they have been put unto by such Suit or Suits and the
have°dou- said Court are hereby Impowered to Levy the said Costs by Dis-
to be ' tress and Sale of any Goods of the said Plaintiff or Plaintiffs
levied by
and Sale returning the Overplus if any to such Plaintiff or Plaintiffs And
of Goods. be ;t further Enacted That the said Common Council of the
Common said Trustees shall have full power and Authority to Lessen
Council of
tee9Thave Abate & Mitigate all and every the Fees and Fines for Licences
mitigate to Trade herein beforementioned and all Forfeitures and Penaltys
Fines, &c. and all such Share of such Forfeitures and Penaltys as shall be
come due to the said Trustees for the benefit of the said Colony
as the Common Council of the said Trustees or the Major part
of them who shall be present and Assembled for that purpose
shall think fit and Order And be it further Enacted That no
No Act of Act done at any meeting of the said Common Council of the
the said .
Common said Trustees m Execution of any of the powers to them given
Council J r 6
Te's's1 Eight b7 this Act shall be Effectuall and Valid unless eight Members
ent^res at least of the said Common Council including the Member who
shall serve as Chairman be present and the Major part of them
consenting thereunto.
To which the Common Seal was affixed the Ninth day of
January 1734.

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At the Court at St. James's
the 3d day of April 1735.
Present
The Kings most Excellent Majesty.
Lord President Earl of Selkirk
Duke of Athol Lord Hervey
Duke of Newcastle Lord Harrington
Earl of Leicester Lord Hardwicke
Earl of Essex Stephen Poyntz Esq'
Whereas by His Majestys Royal Charter past under the Great Seal of
Great Britain the ninth day of June 1732 The Trustees for Establishing
the Colony of Georgia are Authorized and Empowered for and during
the Term of Twenty one Years to Form and Prepare Laws Statutes and
Ordinances fit and necessary for and concerning the Government of the
said Colony and not repugnant to the Laws and Statutes of this King
dom And to present the same under their Common Seal to His Majesty
His Heirs and Successors in his or their Privy Council Which Laws
Statutes and Ordinances being Approved by His Majesty His Heirs and
Successors in His or their Privy Council are to be from thenceforth in
full force and Virtue within the said Colony of Georgia And Whereas in
pursuance of the said Powers the Trustees for Establishing the said Col
ony have Formed and prepared and presented to His Majesty in His
Privy Council the following Law Viz'
An Act for maintaining the Peace with the Indians in the
Province of Georgia.
Whereas the Safety Welfare and preservation of the Colony of
Georgia doth in a great measure depend on the maintaining a
Preamble, good Correspondence and regulating the Trade to be carried on
between Your Majestys Subjects and the several Nations of In
dians in Amity with the said Colony We the Trustees for Es
tablishing the Colony of Georgia in America therefore pray Your Most
Sacred Majesty That it may be Enacted and Be it Enacted (See
Entry of the Act prepared, it being word for word the same.)
Which Act His Majesty thought proper to referr to the Consideration of
a Committee of His Majestys most Honourable Privy Council who hav
ing received the Opinion of the Lords Commissioners for Trade and

44 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Plantations thereupon this day did Report to His Majesty as their Opin
ion that the said Act was proper to receive his Majestys Royal Appro
bation : His Majesty taking the same into Consideration is hereby pleased
with the Advice of His Privy Council to Declare His Approbation of the
said Act And pursuant to His Majestys Royal Pleasure thereupon ex-
prest the said Act is hereby Confirmed finally Enacted and Ratified ac
cordingly. Temple Stantan
May it Please Your Majesty
The Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in
America in pursuance of the Powers and in Obedience to the
Directions to them given by Your Majesty's Most Gracious
Charter Humbly Lay before Your Majesty the following Law
Statute and Ordinance which they being for that Purpose as
sembled have prepared as fit and necessary for the Government
of the said Colony And which they most Humbly Present under
the#r Common Seal to Your Most Sacred Majesty in Council for
Your Majesty's Most Gracious Approbation and Allowance.
An Act to prevent the Importation and Use of Rum and
Brandies in the Province of Georgia.
Preamble. Whereas it is found by Experience that the use of the Liquors
called Rum and Brandys in the Province of Georgia are more
particularly hurtfull and pernicious to Man's Body and have
been attended with dangerous Maladies and fatal distempers and
if not timely prevented will in all likelyhood ruin the said Col
ony and frustrate Your Majesty's good and fatherly Intentions
towards such of Your Subjects as shall go to reside in the said
Province And Whereas We Your Majesty's most dutifull
Subjects the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in
America have received Complaints from the Chiefs of Several of
the Indian Nations Inhabiting near to Your Majesty's said Col
ony of great disorders amongst them Occasioned by the use of
the said Liquors and which are brought them by the Person8

COLONIAL RECORDS. 45
using and carrying on the Indian Trade for Remedy thereof We
the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America
humbly beseech Your Majesty That it may be Enacted and
After 24 be it Enacted that from and after the four and twentieth dav
June 1785 J
B?andies, of June which shall be in the Year of Our Lord One thousand
s?ron| °r Seven hundred and thirty five No Rum or Brandys nor any
shall be other kind of Spirits or Strong Waters by whatsoever Name
into Gelr-' they are or may be distinguished shall be imported or brought
aShore either by Land or Water in any Ship or Ships Vessell or
Vessells whatsoever or in any Cart or Carts Carriage or Car
riages whatsoever either by man or horse into any Port Haven
Creek Town Village or other Place whatsoever in the said Prov
ince of Georgia from any Country Colony Province Place or
Port whatsoever by any Person or Persons whatsoever either
ah sucn mixt or unmixt and that all such Rum and Brandys Spirits or
to be J r
staved Strong Waters either mixt or unmixt which shall be Imported
or brought into the said Province contrary to this Act in whose
hands or Custody or in what Place soever they shall be found
shall and may be forthwith publickly Staved and Spilt in the
Presence of such Officer as shall for that Purpose be appointed
by the Common Council of the said Trustees or by the Major
part of such of them as shall for that purpose be present and
no Per- Assembled And it is hereby further Enacted that no person
son to j r
iliquore7 or persons whatsoever shall presume to save any of such Rum
to be Brandys Spirits or Strong Waters so adjudged to be Staved and
staved,pndeft Spilt under the penalty of five pounds Sterling over and above
and°above the Value of the said Rum Brandys Spirits or Strong Waters
of such And Be it further Enacted that every Person or Persons In-
Liquors. dian Trader or other that shall from and after the said four and
After 24 twentieth day of June in the Year of Our Lord One thousand
June 1735
anyifvh'ii Seven hundred and thirty five sell utter or retail any Rum
Rum, &c. ]jranciys Spirits or Strong Waters mixt or unmixt as aforesaid to
any Person or Persons either English or Indian or other shall

46 COLONIAL RECORDS.
shall for for the first Offence forfeit the Sum of five pounds Sterling
the first r 6
forfeit? £ -^-n(* *°r the second Offence (after Conviction of such first Of-
theVecond fence) shall forfeit fifty pounds Sterling and shall also (after
Offence50 £. and Conviction of such second Offence) stand and be disabled and
after Con-
such011 °f he incapable in Law to bear or Execute any Office or Imploy-
fence, * ment in the said province And be it further Enacted That one
shall be
disabled half of all the Forfeitures and penalties in this Act mentioned
to bear r
any office. an(j provided shall be disposed of by the Common Council of the
of ail For- said Trustees or by the Major Part of such of them as shall be
feitures *
Penalties present & Assembled for that purpose for the use and benefit of
Colony!16 the said Colony and the other half thereof shall be to the use of
The other such person or persons as shall sue and prosecute for the same
half to the
Prosecu- And such Actions Suits and Informations for any Offence or
suitstobeCffences against this Act shall be carryed on tried and pros-
in such ecuted in such of the Courts of Law 'in the said Province of
Courts in
shaugbe' Georgia as shall for that Purpose be constituted and appointed
bpthe1'6 by the said Trustees and their Successors And the better to
Trustees. prevent prophane Cursing and Swearing Vice and Debauchery
too frequently occasioned by Tippling Houses and disorderly
publick Houses Be it therefore further Enacted That if any In-
No Per- dian Trader or Traders or any Person or Persons whatsoever
son to re- J
uaorsLi(1" shall sell out by retail any Wine Beer Ale or other Liquors
Permis- either publickly or privately without first having obtained a Per-
sion. ,
mission or Authority in writing under the hands and Seals of
such Persons as shall be from time to time appointed by the
Common Council of the said Trustees or the Major part of such
of them as shall for that purpose be present and Assembled for
the granting of sucb Permissions or Authoritys such Person or
Forfeit- Persons shall respectively forfeit and pay for every such Offence
£. upon the Sum of Twenty pounds Sterling Money of Great Britain
rach per- And Be i4 further Enacted That it shall and may be lawfull
to be de-3 f°r such Persons that shall be appointed for the granting of such
Glared t> • • r
void. Permissions as afores" at any time upon sufficient Cause to Re-

COLONIAL RECORDS. 47
voke annull & declare such Permissions to be void And Be it
All Fines further Enacted That all Fines Forfeitures and Penaltys which
&c. not
disposed6 S^a^ ^e Incurred and become forfeited by Virtue of this Act
bi' applied and herein not otherwise disposed of shall be to the said Trustees
of colony, and their Successors and be applyed and disposed of for the use
and Benefit of the said Colony as the Common Council of the
said Trustees or the Major part of them for that purpose present
and Assembled shall think fit and proper Anp Be it further
if any Enacted That if any Action or Suit shall be brought or prose-
Defend' cuted against any Person or Persons for what he or they shall
plead the do in or about the prosecution or putting in Execution of this
General issue, and Act or any of the Powers therein contained It shall and maybe
give the J J
matter in lawfull to and for the Defendant or Defendants in such Action
'or Suit,to plead the General Issue and to give the special matter
ifjudg- in Evidence And if Judgment shall be given against the
ment l,?a,ln!« Plaintiff or Plaintiffs in such Suit Then the Defendant or De-
Plaintm,
ant tod" fendants shall by the Court before whom the Cause shall be
bie Costs, tried be allowed double the Costs and Charges he or they have
levied by been put unto by such Suit or Suits and the said Court are
Distress r J
Good1!.0* hereby empowered to Levy the said Costs by distress and Sale
of any Goods of the said Plaintiff or Plaintiffs returning the
Overplus if any to such Plaintiff or Plaintiffs And Be it fur-
common ther Enacted that the said Common Council of the said Trus-
Council
of the tees shall have full power and Authority to lessen abate andmiti-
Trustees r J
er'tomiti- Sate all Forfeitures and Penaltys and all such Share of such
feLture°3r& Forfeitures and Penaltys as shall become due to the said Trus-
Penalties. tees by this Act or by any Clause or Clauses therein contained
as the said Common Council or the Major part of them who shall
be present and Assembled for that Purpose shall think fit and
No Act of proper And Be it further Enacted That no Act done at any
the said
Common Meeting of the said Common Council of the said Trustees in
Council °
less Eight Execution of any of the powers to them given by this Act shall
ent^reS be Effectual and Valid unless Eight Members at least of the

48 COLONIAL RECORDS.
said Common Council including the Member who shall serve as
Chairman be present and the Major part of them consenting
thereunto. To which the Common Seal was affixed the Ninth day of
January 1734.

At tlie Court at St. James's
the 3a day of April 1735.
Present
The Kings most Excellent Majesty
Lord President Earl of Selkirk
Duke of Athol Lord Hervey
Duke of Newcastle Lord Harrington
Earl of Leicester Lord Hardwicke
Earl of Essex Stephen Poyntz Esq7
Whereas by His Majestys Royal Charter past under the Great Seal of
Great Britain the ninth day of June 1732 The Trustees for Establishing
the Colony of Georgia are Authorized and Empowered for and during
the Term of Twenty one Years to Form and Prepare Laws Statutes and
Ordinances fit and necessary for & concerning the Government of the
said Colony and not repugnant to the Laws and Statutes of this King
dom And to present the same under their Common Seal to His Majesty
His Heirs and Successors in His or their Privy Council Which Laws
Statutes and Ordinances being approved by His Majesty His Heirs and
Successors in his or their Privy Council are to be from thenceforth in full
force and Virtue within the said Colony of Georgia And whereas in
pursuance of the said Powers the Trustees for Establishing the said Col
ony have formed and prepared and presented to His Majesty in His
Privy Council the following Law Viz'
An Act to prevent the Importation and use of Rum and Brandys
in the Province of Georgia
Whereas it is found by Experience that the use of the Liquors called
Rum and Brandys in the Province of Georgia are more partic-
. ularly hurtfull and pernicious to Mans Body and have been
attended with dangerous Maladies and fatal Distempers and if

COLONIAL RECORDS. 49
not timely prevented will in all likely hood ruin the said Colony and
frustrate Your Majestys good and fatherly Intentions towards such
of Your Subjects as shall go to reside in the said Province And
Whereas We Your Majesty's most dutifull Subjects the Trustees
for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have received Com
plaints from the Chiefs of Several of the Indian Nations Inhabiting near
to Your Majestys said Colony of great disorders amongst them Occasioned
by the use of the said Liquors and which are brought them by the Per
sons using and carrying on the Indian Trade for Remedy thereof We
the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America humbly
beseech Your Majesty That it may be Enacted and be it Enacted
(See Entry of the Act prepared, it being word for word the same)
Which Act His Majesty thought proper to referr to the Consideration
of a Committee of His Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council who
having received the Opinion of the Lords Commissioners for Trade &
Plantations thereupon did this day Report to His Majesty as their Opinion
that the said Act was proper to receive His Majesty's Royal Approbation.
His Majesty taking the same into Consideration is hereby pleased with
the Advice of His Privy Council to Declare his Approbation of the said
Act. And pursuant to His Majestys Royal Pleasure thereupon exprest
the said Act is hereby Confirmed finally Enacted and Ratified accord
ingly.
Temple Stanyan
May it Please Your Majesty
The Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America
in pursuance of the Powers and in Obedience to the Directions
of them Given by Your Majestys Most Gracious Charter Hum
bly Lay before Your Majesty the following Law Statute and
Ordinance which they being for that Purpose Assembled have
prepared as fit and necessary for the Government of the said
Colony, And which they most Humbly Present under their
Common Seal to Your Most Sacred Majesty in Council for Your
Majesty's Most Gracious Approbation and Allowance.

[4 c. i., v. i.]

50

COLONIAL RECORDS.

An Act for rendering the Colony of Georgia more Defen
cible by Prohibiting the Importation and use of Black
Slaves or Negroes into the same.
Preamble. Whereas Experience hath Shewn that the manner of Settling
Colonys and Plantations with Black Slaves or Negroes hath Ob
structed the Increase of English and Christain Inhabitants there
in who alone can in case of a War be relyed on for the Defence
and Security of the same, and hath ExDOsed the Colony s so set
tled to the Insurrections Tumults and Rebellions of such Slaves
& Negroes and in Case of a Rupture with any Foreign State
who should Encourage and Support such Rebellions might Oc
casion the utter Ruin and loss of such Colonys, For the prevent
ing therefore of so great inconveniences in the said Colony of
Georgia We the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Geor
gia in America humbly beseech Your Majesty That it may be
After 24 Enacted And be it Enacted that from and after the four and
June 1785
sonim^ twentieth day of June which shall be in the Year of Our Lord
Black or One thousand Seven hundred and thirty five if any Person or
Negroe Pro in6 l>erson8 whatsoever shall import or bring or shall cause to be
gia.e°r imported or brought or shall sell or Barter or use in any man
ner or way whatsoever in the said Province or in any Part or
Place therein any Black or Blacks Negroe or Negroes such Per
son or Persons for every such Black or Blacks Negroe or Negroes
so imported or brought or caused to be imported or brought or
sold Bartered or used within the said Province Contrary to the
stall for- intent and meaning of this Act shall forfeit and lose the Sum of
felt 60 £. fifty pounds Sterling Money of Great Britain to be recovered in
manner hereafter mentioned one half to the said Trustees for
One ba.it Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America to be applied for
Colony, tke Benefit of the said Colony as the Common Council of the
said Trustees or the Major part of them for that purpose
the other present and assembled shall think fit and proper and the
Prosecu- 0^er nalf f0 sucn perSon or persons as shall sue for

COLONIAL RECORDS. 51
the same And be it further Enacted that from and after
the said four and twentieth day of June in the Year of Our Lord
After 24 One thousand Seven hundred and thirty five all and every the
June 1785, J J
Black or Black or Blacks Negroe or Negroes which shall at any time then
shouTdbe after be found in the said Province of Georgia or within any
Georgia Part or Place thereof in the Custody house or Possession of
he shall
anltaken whomsoever the same may be shall and may be Seized and taken
by such person or persons as for that purpose shall be authorized
and Impowered by the said Common Council of the said,Trustees
or the Major part of them who shall for that purpose be present
and Assembled and the said Black or Blacks Negroe or Negroes
And shall so seized and taken shall be deemed and adjudged and are here-
be the . J &
orthT'7 by declared to be the Sole property of and to belong only to the
said Trustees and their Successors and shall and may be Exported
And dis- Sold and disposed of in such manner as the said Common Council
posed of
goodof °f the said Trustees or the Major part of them for that purpose
ny. present and Assembled shall think most for the benefit and good
Provided, of the said Colony Provided ALWAYsThat if any Black or Blacks
that if
any Black Negroe or Negroes shall run away from his Master or Mistress
fromCa7 'n Carolina or any other of His Majesty's Dominions into the
tatoGeor- said Province of Georgia if the person or persons to whom such
gia & shall
within 3 Black or Blacks Negroe or Negroes shall belong shall within the
months be 6 & &
by thed Space of three months next after such Black or Blacks Negroe
wnei or Negroes shall have been Seized and taken as aforesaid enter
his or their Claim or Claims to such Black or Blacks Negroe or
and pay Negroes in the Court of the Town of Savanah and shall pay all
all Costs
of appre- SUch Costs and Charges as shall have been expended in appre-
Satfs^M?6 hending or taking such Black or Blacks Negroe or Negroes and
Damages ; also shall make Satisfaction for such Damages and Mischiefs as
Then the they or any of them shall have done or Committed on the per-
savannah sons or possessions of any of the Inhabitants whilst within the
to restore * J
ow'^er said Province of Georgia That then and in every such Case the
Black or said Court of the Town of Savanah shall and are hereby directed
Negroe.

52 COLONIAL RECORDS.
to restore to such owner or owners so claiming as aforesaid all
and every such Black or Blacks Negroe or Negroes And be it
ah Fines, further Enacted that all Fines Forfeitures & Penaltys which
&e to be
recovered snan De incurred and become forfeited by Virtue of this Act shall
in Geor- J
gia" and may be recovered in any Court of Record in the said Prov-
if any ince of Georgia by Action of Debt Bill Plaint or Information
Action be ,
brought, and if any Action or Suit shall be brought or prosecuted
Defend- *¦
pieVdtne against any person or persons for what he or they shall do in or
issue, and about the prosecution or putting in Execution of this Act or
give the
special any of the Powers therein contained It shall and may be lawfull
matter in ^ **
Evidence. ^0 an(j for fae Defendant or Defendants in such Action or Suit
to plead the General Issue and to give the special matter in Evi-
if Judg- dence and if Judgment shall be given against the Plaintiff or
ment
against Plaintiffs in such Suit then the Defendant or Defendants shall
Plaint i f£,
a6'6"'1 by the Court before whom the Cause shall be tried be allowed
bie costs, double the Costs and Charges he or they have been put unto by
to be
levied by gUch Suit or Suits and the said Court are hereby Empowered to
Distress J r
Goods.01 Levy the said Costs by distress and Sale of any Goods of the
said Plaintiff or Plaintiffs returning the Overplus if any to
common sucn Plaintiff or Plaintiffs And be it further Enacted That the
Council of
tees have said Common Council of the said Trustees shall have full power
mitigate and Authority to lessen abate and mitigate all Forfeitures
Forfeit- J °
u3-es& and Penaltys and all such Share of such Forfeitures and Pen-
Penalties. J
altys as shall become due to the said Trustees by this Act or by
any Clause or Clauses therein contained as the said Common
Council or the Major part of them who shall be present & As
sembled for that purpose shall think fit and proper And be it
No Act of further Enacted That no Act done at any meeting of the said
the said J n
Sounci011 Common Council of the said Trustees in Execution of any of
less Eight the Powers to them given by this Act shall be Effectuall and
"be Brcs-
ent. " Valid unless Eight Members at least of the said Common Coun
cil including the Member who shall serve as Chairman be pres
ent and the Major part of them consenting thereunto.
To which the Common Seal was affixed the Ninth day of
January 1734

COLONIAL RECORDS. 53
At the Court at St. James's
the 3d day of April 1735.
Present
The Kings Most Excellent Majesty
Lord President Earl of Selkirk
Duke of Athol Lord Hervey
Duke of Newcastle Lord Harrington
Earl of Leicester Lord Hardwicke
Earl of Essex Stephen Pointz Esqr.
Whereas by His Majesty's Royal Charter past under the Great Seal of
Great Britain the ninth day of June 1732 The Trustees for Establishing
the Colony of Georgia are Authorized and Empowered for and During
the Term of Twenty one Years to Form and Prepare Laws Statutes and
Ordinances fit and necessary for and concerning the Government of the
said Colony and not repugnant to the Laws and Statutes of this King
dom And to present the same under their Common Seal to His Majesty
His Heirs and Successors in His or their Privy Council, Which Laws
Statutes & Ordinances being approved by His Majesty His Heirs and
Successors in His or their Privy Council are to be from thenceforth in
full force and Virtue within the said Colony of Georgia And Whereas
in pursuance of the said Powers the Trustees for Establishing the said
Colony have formed and prepared and presented to his Majesty in his
Privy Council the following Law Viz'
An Act for rendering the Colony of Georgia more Defencible by
Prohibiting the Importation and use of Black Slaves or Negroes
into the same
Whereas Experience hath Shewn that the manner of Settling
Colonys and Plantations with Black Slaves or Negroes hath Ob-
Preambie. structed the Increase of English and Christian Inhabitants
therein who alone can in Case of a War be relyed on for the
Defence and Security of the same, and hath exposed the Col
onys so settled to the Insurrections Tumults and Rebellions of such Slaves
and Negroes and in Case of a Rupture with any Foreign State who should
Encourage and Support such Rebellions might Occasion the utter Ruin
and loss of such Colonys For the preventing therefore of so great incon
veniences in the said Colony of Georgia We the Trustees for Establish
ing the Colony of Georgia in America humbly beseech Your Majesty

54 COLONIAL RECORDS.
That it may be Enacted and be it Enacted (See Entry of the Act pre
pared, it being word for word the same)
Which Act His Majesty thought proper to referr to the Consideration
of a Committee of His Majestys most Honourable Privy Council who hav
ing received the Opinion of the Lords Commissioners for Trade and
Plantations thereupon did this day Report to His Majesty as their Opin
ion that the said Act was proper to receive His Majestys Royal Appro
bation : His Majesty taking the same into Consideration is hereby pleased
with the Advice of his Privy Council to Declare his Approbation of the
said Act And pursuant to His Majestys Royal Pleasure thereupon exprest
the said Act is hereby Confirmed finally Enacted and Ratified accord
ingly.
Temple Stanyan.
May it please Your Majesty
The Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in
America in pursuance of the Powers and in Obedience to the
Directions to them given by Your Majesty's Most Gracious
Charter humbly lay before Your Majesty the following Law
Statute and Ordinance which they being for that purpose as
sembled have prepared as fit and necessary for the Government
of the said Colony, and which they most humbly present under
their Common Seal to Your Most Sacred Majesty in Council for
Your Majesty's Most Gracious Approbation and Allowance.
An Act to repeal so much of an Act made in the Eighth
Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, Intitled an Act
to prevent the Importation and Use of Rum and Brandies
in the Province of Georgia, as prohibits the Importation of
Rum in the said Province from other British Colonies.
Preamble. Whereas in and by an Act made in the Eighth Year of the
Reign of His present Majesty Intitled an Act to prevent the
Importation and Use of Rum and Brandies in the Province of
Georgia It was Enacted That from and after the four and
twentieth day of June in the Year of Our Lord One thousand

COLONIAL RECORDS. 55
seven hundred and thirty-five no Rum or Brandies nor any
other kind of Spirits or strong Waters should be imported or
brought on shore in any Port Haven Creek Town Village or
other Place whatsoever in the said Province of Georgia from any
Country Colony Province Place or Port whatsoever under the
Penalties and Forfeitures therein mentioned And Whereas
since the said Act was made the said Province hath been further
settled and improved and there is now great Reason to believe,
that the Importation and Use of Rum in the said Province from
any of the other British Colonies by Way of Barter or Ex
change for Timber commonly called Lumber and other Goods
Wares or Merchandizes of the said Province of Georgia would
tend to the Advantage and promote the Trade thereof We
therefore the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in
America humbly beseech Your Majesty That it may be En-
After 29 acted. And be it Enacted That from and after the nine and
Septem- shaiYbe1' twentieth day of September in the Year of Our Lord One
to import thousand seven hundred and forty two It shall and may be law"
Rum into
Georgia full f0r any Person or Persons whatsoever to import or bring on
from any •* r &
the'Brit- shore either by Land or Water in any Ship or Ships Vessel or
nies. Vessels whatsoever or in any Cart or Carts Carriage or Carriages
whatsoever into any Port Haven Creek Town Village or other
Place whatsoever of the said Province of Georgia Rum from
provided any other of the British Colonies Provided such Rum shall be
such Rum
be barter- hartered or exchanged for Timber commonly called Lumber or
o^other for other Goods Wares or Merchandizes of the said Province and
Wares or not otherwise Any Thing in the beforementioned Act to prevent
Merchan
dizes of the Importation and Use of Rum in the said Province to the
Georgia, r
otherwise, contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding And to prevent
To pre- any Frauds in the purchasing or any Frauds or Abuses in the
ventFrauds or gelling of such Rum to the Indians or others and the immod-
Abuses the n
Council of erate and excessive Use of the same within the said Province
tees, have Be it further Enacted That it shall and may be lawfull for

56 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Power to the Common Council of the said Trustees or the Major part of
ordain toepu°-r them as shall for that purpose be present and assembled And
Tending they are hereby authorized and impowered from time to time to
retailing constitute make and ordain such Rules Orders and Regulations
such Rum for the purchasing such Rum or for the vending selling or retail
ing thereof in the said Province as to them shall seem meet and
No Act of convenient And be it further Enacted That no Act done at
the said
Council11 any Meeting of the said Common Council of the said Trustees
less eight in Execution of any of the Powers to them given by this Act
be pres
ent, shall be effectual and valid unless Eight Members at least of the
said Common Council including the Member who shall serve as
Chairman be present and the Major part of them consenting
thereto. To which the Common Seal was affixed the fourteenth day
of July 1742.
May it please Your Majesty.
The Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America in
pursuance of the Powers and in Obedience to the Directions to them
given by Your Majesty's most Gracious Charter humbly lay before Your
Majesty the following Law Statute and Ordinance which they being for
that purpose assembled have prepared as fit and necessary for the Gov
ernment of the said Colony and which They most humbly present under
their Common Seal to Your most Sacred Majesty in Council for your
Majesty's most Gracious Approbation and Allowance.
An Act for repealing an Act Intituled (An Act for rendering the
Colony of Georgia more defensible by prohibiting the Importation
and Use of Black Slaves or Negroes into the same) & for permitting
the Importation and Use of them in the Colony under proper Re
strictions and Regulations, and for other Purposes therein men
tioned.
Whereas an Act was passed by his Majesty in Council in the Eighth
Year of his Reign Intituled (an Act for rendering the Colony of Georgia
more defensible by prohibiting the Importation and Use of Black Slaves
or Negroes into the same) by which Act the Importation and Use of
Black Slaves or Negroes in the said Colony was absolutely prohibited

COLONIAL RECORDS. 57
and forbid under the Penalty therein mentioned And Whereas at the
time of passing the said Act the said Colony of Georgia being in its In
fancy the Introduction of Black Slaves or Negroes would have been of
dangerous Consequence but at present it may be a Benefit to the said
Colony and a Convenience and Encouragement to the Inhabitants thereof
to permit the Importation and Use of them into the said Colony under
proper Restrictions and Regulations without Danger to the said Colony
as the late War hath been happily concluded and a General Peace estab
lished. Therefore We the Trustees for establishing the Colony of
Georgia in America humbly beseech Your Majesty that it may be En
acted And be it Enacted That the said Act and every Clause and
Article therein contained be from henceforth repealed and made void and
of none Effect And be it further Enacted that from and after the
first day of January in the Year of Our Lord One thousand seven hun
dred and fifty it shall and may be lawful to import or bring Black Slaves
or Negroes into the Province of Georgia in America and to keep and use
the same therein under the Restrictions and Regulations hereinafter men
tioned and directed to be observed concerning the same And for that
purpose be it further Enacted that from and after the said first day
of January in the Year of Our Lord One thousand seven hundred and
fifty it shall and may be lawful for every Person inhabiting and holding
and cultivating Lands within the said Province of Georgia and having
and constantly keeping one white Man Servant on his own Lands capa
ble of bearing Arms and aged between sixteen and sixty five Years to
have and keep four Male Negroes or Blacks upon his Plantation there and
for every Person inhabiting and holding and cultivating Lands within
the said Province of Georgia and having and constantly keeping two
white Men Servants capable of bearing Arms and aged between sixteen
and sixty five Years to have and keep eight Male Negroes or Blacks
upon his Plantation there and so in Proportion to the Number of such
white Men Servants capable of bearing Arms and of such Age as afore
said as shall be kept by every Person within the said Province And be
it further Enacted that every Person who shall from and after the said
first day of January in the Year of Our Lord One thousand seven hun
dred and fifty have and keep more than four Male Negroes or Blacks to
every such Male Servant as aforesaid contrary to the Intent and true
Meaning of this Act shall forfeit the Sum of Ten pounds Sterling Money
of Great Britain for every such Male Negroe or Black which he shall
have and keep above the said Number and shall also forfeit the further

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Sum of Five pounds of like Money for each Month after during which
he shall retain and keep such Male Negroe or Black the said several
Sums of Ten pounds and Five pounds to be recovered and applyed in
such manner as is hereinafter mentioned And be it further Enacted
that no Artificer within the said Province of Georgia (Coopers only ex
cepted) shall take any Negroe or Black as an Apprentice nor shall any
Planter or Planters within the said Province lend or let out to any other
Planter or Planters within the same any Negroe or Negroes Black or
Blacks to be employed otherwise than in manuring and cultivating their
Plantations in the Country And be it further Enacted that if any
Proprietor or Proprietors of Negroes or Blacks which shall be imported
or brought into or used within tbe said Province shall inflict any Chas
tisement endangering the Limb of a Negroe or Black shall for the first
Offence forfeit not less than the Sum of Five pounds Sterling Money of
Great Britain and for the second Offence not less than the Sum of Ten
pounds of like Money to be recovered and applied in such manner as is
hereinafter mentioned ; But in the Case of Murder of a Negroe or Black
the Criminal to be tried according to the Laws of Great Britain And
be it further Enacted that all and every Negroe and Negroes
Black and Blacks which shall be imported into or born within the said
Province of Georgia shall be registered in a proper Office or Offices to be
kept for that Purpose within the said Province and that no Sale of any
such Negroe or Negroes Black or Blacks shall be good or valid unless
the same be duly registered as aforesaid And that Inquisitions shall be
made and taken once in every Year (or oftner if need shall be) into the
several Registers thereof by Juries to be impannelled for that purpose
within the several Districts of the said Province who shall immediately
after such Inquisition make their several Reports and Returns to the
President and Magistrates of the said Province And Whereas the per
mitting Ships with Negroes or Blacks to send them on Shore when ill of
contagious Distempers (particularly the Yellow Fever) must be of the
most dangerous Consequence Therefore for the Prevention of so great a
Calamity be it further Enacted that no Ship which shall bring any
Negroes or Blacks to the said Province shall land any Negroe or Negroes
Black or Blacks within the said Province until such Ship shall have been
visited by the proper Officer or Officers of the said Province for that pur
pose and shall have obtained a Certificate of Health And that no Ship
which shall come to the said Province with Negroes or Blacks shall come
nearer to the said Province than Cockspur at the Mouth of the River

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Savannah but that every such Ship shall first anchor and remain there
until such Ship shall have been visited by the proper Officer or Officers
And if upon Inspection any such Ship shall be found to be infected such
Ship shall perform such Quarantine in Tybee Creek in the River Savan
nah as by the President and Assistants of the said Province shall be from
time to time ordered and directed And to the End that due Care may be
taken of the Crews of such infected Ships and of the Negroes brought
therein be it further Enacted that a Lazaretto be forthwith built
within the said Province under the Direction and Inspection of the Pres
ident and Magistrates thereof on the West Side of Tybee Island in the
said River Savannah for the Use and Convenience of the said Colony
where the whole Crews of such infected Ships and the Negroes brought
therein may be conveniently lodged and assisted with Medicines and ac
commodated with Refreshments for their more speedy Recovery such
Medicines and Refreshments to be provided at the Expence of the Cap
tain of the Ship And in Case any Master of a Ship shall attempt to land
any Negroes in any other Part of the Colony except as aforesaid he shall
for the said Offence forfeit the Sum of Five hundred pounds Sterling
Money of Great Britain And in Case he shall land any Negroes before
his Ship is visited and the proper Certificate of Health obtained or not
perform the full Quarantine directed he shall for the said Offence no*
only forfeit the like Sum of Five hundred pounds but also the Negroes
on board the said Ship The said Forfeitures to be recovered and applied
in such manner as is herein after mentioned And be it further En
acted that if any Person or Persons shall not permit or even oblige his \
or their Negroe or Negroes Black or Blacks to attend at some time on
the Lords Day for Instruction in the Christian Religion in such Place j
and Places as the Protestant Ministers of the Gospel within the said
Province shall be able to attend them contiguous to the Residence of
such Negroe or Negroes Black or Blacks such Person or Persons shall
for every such Offence forfeit the Sum of Ten pounds Sterling Money of
Great Britain to be recovered and applied in such manner as is herein
after mentioned And be it further Enacted that all and every In
termarriage and Intermarriages between the white People and the Ne"
groes or Blacks within the said Province shall be deemed unlawful Mar
riages and the same are hereby declared to be absolutely null and void
And that if any white Man shall be convicted of lying with a Female
Negroe or Black Or if any white Woman shall be convicted of lying
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shall on every such Conviction forfeit the Sum of Ten pounds Sterling
Money of Great Britain to be recovered and applied in such manner as
is herein after mentioned Or otherwise such white Man or Woman so
convicted shall receive such Corporal Punishment as the Court before
whom such Conviction shall be shall judge proper to inflict and such
Male or Female Black or Negroe shall aL-o receive such Corporal Pun
ishment as the said Court shall order and direct. And Whereas great
Advantages may arise to the Inhabitants of the said Colony of Georgia
and to the British Nation by the Culture and raising of Silk within the
said Province be it therefore further Enacted that every Planter
within the said Colony who shall at any time hereafter have or keep any
Male Negroes or Blacks shall have and keep for every four Male Negroes
or Blacks one Female Negroe or Black and so in proportion to such
greater Number of Male Negroes or Blacks as every such Planter
shall keep And that every such Planter shall instruct such their
Female Negroes or Blacks or cause them to be well instructed in
the Art of winding or reeling of Silk from the Silk Balls or
Cocoons and shall at the proper Season in every Year send such their
Female Negroes or Blacks to Savannah in Order to learn the said Art or
to such other Place or Places within the said Province as the President
and Magistrates thereof shall from time to time appoint for that purpose
And be it further Enacted that every Planter within the said Prov
ince who shall not at all times hereafter keep and instruct or cause to be
instructed such Female Negroe or Black Negroes or Blacks in proportion
to the Number of Male Negroes or Blacks which they shall keep as afore
said shall for every such Female Negroe or Black which they ought to
keep and instruct or cause to be instructed and shalt not so keep and in
struct or cause to be instructed as aforesaid pursuant to the true Intent
and Meaning of this Act forfeit the Sum of Ten pounds Sterling Money
of Great Britain to be recovered and applied in such manner as is herein
after mentioned And for the more effectual carrying on the Culture.
and raising of Silk within the said Province of Georgia in America be it
further Enacted that every Planter within the said Province shall
plant five hundred Mulberry Trees on every five hundred Acres of Land
which they shall hold within the said Province and so in proportion to a
lesser Number of Acres of Land and shall well and sufficiently fence in
such Mulberry Trees so as to defend and protect them against Cattle and
shall from time to time keep up the same Number and cultivate them
according to the best of their Skill and Judgment Or in Default thereof

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shall forfeit the Sum of Ten pounds Sterling Money of Great Britain to
be recovered and applied in such manner as is herein after mentioned
And to the End that a sufficient Fund may be raised for the future
Maintenance of the Minister or Ministers of the Gospel and of the several
Officers of the Civil Government within the said Province of Georgia and
for the building and repairing of the Church, the Wharf, the Prison, the
Lazaretto and the other necessary Publick" Buildings within the said
Province and for the providing of Pilots and Pilot Boats for the Use
thereof be it further Enacted that a Duty of fifteen Shillings Ster
ling Money of Great Britain shall be paid for every Negroe or Black of
the Age of Twelve Years or upwards which now are in the said Colony
or shall at any time hereafter be imported or otherwise brought into the
said Colony for Sale by the Person or Persons who shall import or bring
the same into the said Colony And that a Duty of One Shilling a Year
like Money per Head shall be paid for all Negroes or Blacks of the said
Age which now do or shall hereafter inhabit within the said Province by
the Owner or Owners of such Negroes or Blacks And that the said sev
eral Duties shall be collected in such manner and paid to such Persons
as by the Common Council of the said Trustees for establishing the Col
ony of Georgia in America shall be from time to time ordered and di
rected And that such Duties shall from time to time be applied by the
said Common Council of the said Trustees for the Purposes aforesaid
And be it further Enacted that all Fines Forfeitures and Penalties
which shall be incurred and become forfeited by Virtue of this Act shall
and may be recovered in any Court of Record in the said Province of
Georgia by Action of Debt Bill Plaint or Information, one half to the
said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America to be ap
plied for the Benefit of the said Colony as the Common Council of the
said Trustees or the Major Part of them for that purpose present and as
sembled shall think fit and proper and the other half to such Person or
Persons as shall sue for the same And if any Action or Suit shall be
brought or prosecuted against any Person or Persons for what he or they
shall do in or about the Prosecution or putting in Execution of this
Act or any of the Powers therein contained it shall and may be lawful to
and for the Defendant or Defendants in such Action or Suit to plead the
General Issue and to give the special Matter in Evidence And if Judg
ment shall be given against the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs in such Suit then
the Defendant or Defendants shall by the Court before whom the Cause
shall be tried be allowed double the Costs and Charges he or they shall

62 COLONIAL RECORDS.
have been put unto by such Suit or Suits And the said Court are hereby
empowered to levy the said Costs by Distress and Sale of any Goods of
the said Plaintiff or Plaintiffs returning the Overplus (if any) to such
Plaintiff or Plaintiffs And be it further Enacted that the said
Common Council of the said Trustees shall have full Power and Author
ity to lessen abate and mitigate all Forfeitures and Penalties and all such
Share of such Forfeitures and Penalties as shall become due to the said
Trustees by this Act or by any Clause or Clauses therein contained as
the said Common Council or the Major part of them who shall be present
and assembled for that purpose shall think fit and proper.
To which the Common Seal was affixed the Eighth day of August
1750.

Journal

OF THE

Trustees

FOR

ESTABLISHING

THE

COLONY op GEORGIA

IN

America

B. P. R. O. Board of Teade.

journal

Palace Court Old Palace Yard
Westminster
July 20tb 1732
The Lord Viscount Percival being met by Thomas Tower, James Ver
non, George Heathcote, James Oglethorpe, Robert Hucks William Be
litha Robert More Esq'8, Arthur Bedford Samuel Smith Clerks Captain
Thomas Coram and Adam Anderson Gent, in pursuance to the following
Summons issued by his Lordship to them & all other the Trustees for
establishing the Colony of Georgia in America. Viz'
Sir His Majesty has been graciously pleased by his Charter bearing Date
the 9th Day of June 1732 to appoint you to be one of the Common Coun
cil & one of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia iu
America & by the same Charter I am enjoined to cause Summons to be
issued to the several Trustees therein particularly named to meet at such
time & place as I shall appoint to consult about & transact the business
of the said Corporation. In obedience to the Injunction of the Charter
I therefore Summon you to meet the rest of the Trustees at their Office
in Palace Court, Old Palace Yard at 4 of the Clock in the Afternoon on
the 20th Day of July 1732 to transact the Business of the said Corpora
tion I am Sir Your most humble & obed' Servant
(.sic)
Palace Court in Old Palace Yard
Westminster July yB 8th 1732. A true Copy
Test I : B :
[5 c. r., V. i.]

CG COLONIAL RECORDS.
His Lordship produced the following Certificate
July the 7th 1732
These are to certify that The Right Honourable the Lord Viscount
Percival of the Kingdom of Ireland came this Day before me & took the
following Oath as President of the Trustees for establishing the Colony
of Georgia in America Viz' I do swear that I will well & truly execute
the Office of President of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of
Georgia in America to the best of my Skill & Knowledge. So help me
God. — in Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
A true Copy
Test I : B :
His Lordship then proceeded to administer the said Oath the Word
President being only changed for that of Common Council Man to
Thomas Tower, James Vernon, George Heathcote, James Oglethorpe,
Robert Hucks William Belitha & Robert More Esq™ being Common
Council Men of the said Corporation
Letters were produced to the Trustees from diverse Noblemen & Gen
tlemen & also from the Corporation of Liverpool testifying their desire
to forward this Design & to accept of Commissions for collecting Bene
factions for that purpose.
Ordered That the Thanks of the Trustees be returned & that Commissions for
the said Persons be prepared in pursuance to their Desire.
Mr Purry the Leader Mr Binniong the Minister <fe others the Elders of
the Swiss Congregation intending to build a Town to be called by the
Name of Purrisburgh on the Northern side of the Savanah River in
South Carolina came & thanked the Trustees for the protection they had
already afforded them And to desire them that a good Correspondence
and Friendship might be maintained between them & such Colonies as
the said Trustees should settle in the Province of Georgia
The Trustees gave them thirteen Guineas for the relief of the
. Sick & child bearing Women in their Passage ; And gave a
A Being & A &
th6 pri-
vata Ben- collection of Books towards the founding a Library for the use viae Min.
of Mr of Mr Binniong & the auccccding Ministers of that Congregation. nt^rras.
Heaffieote His Lordship being President at this first Meeting adjourned
nnd Mr if o j
Belitha to Thursday July yc 27'" 1732.
for that J J J
Purpose. Adjourned to July ye 27th 1732.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 67
Palace Court
July 27th 1732
Present Mr Oglethorpe President
The Right Hon"10 the Lord Viscount Percival
Mr Tower
Mr Vernon
Mr Heathcote
Mr Bedford
Mr Smith
Mr Anderson
Mr Coram
Agreed That there be a Book of By-Laws & that the Charter be wrote in th e
beginning of it with an Abstract in the Margin
Mr Vernon Reported that the Petition of the Trustees to her Majesty
in Council had been presented & favourably received, & the Lords Com
missioners for Trade & Plantations are directed to draw an Instruction
according to the Prayer of the said Petition
Ordered ;
That Mr Callard be desired to prepare a Draught of a Conveyance of
Lord Carterets Eighth part of the Province of Georgia to the Trustees to
be laid before the Attorney General & that Mr Oglethorpe do give him a
Fee for that purpose.
The Trustees drew up a Proposal for transporting a number of the
Saltzburgh Exiles & desired Mr Vernon to lay the same before the Gen
tlemen now concerned in collecting Benefactions for their Relief.
Adjourned to Thursday August the 3* 1732

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COLONIAL RECORDS.

Palace Court
August 3th 1732.
Present
Mr George Heathcote President
The Right Honoble the Lord Viscount Percival
Mr Digby
M' Oglethorpe
Mr Towers
Mr Hucks
Mr Vernon
Mr Belitha
Mr Coram
Mr Smith
The Oath of Office was administered to the HonWe Edward Digby
Esqr as Chairman & Common Council Man.
Agreed That-k be a By La-w-of-this Corporation that-aft-Elei

Officers and Commissioners be determined by Ballot. 
Mr Oglethorpe acquainted the Trustees that the following Persons
were desirous to encourage this Design
Lord Tyrconnel

Vide Minutes

May1783.

24th

Lord Baltimore
Archibald Hutchinson Esq'
Doctor Bundle
William Heathcote Esq'
Sr Gilbert Heathcote
Hon"18 John Scroop )
Samuel Tuffnel I
William Piers \ Esl"
John Cross J

S' Mathew Decker
Sr John Eyles
Sr Joseph Eyles
Sr Abraham Elton
S' Roger Meredith
Sr Hans Sloan
Charles Dubois
Thomas Palmer
Rawlinson Earl
John Drummond ,
Rob' Johnson Esq

Esq™

Gov'

of South Carolina.
Mr Tower acquainted the Trustees that the following Person was de
sirous to encourage this Design Charles Joye Esq'

COLONIAL RECORDS. 69
M' Smith acquainted the Trustees that the following Persons were
desirous to encourage this Design
Thomas Rogers Esq'
Revd Willm Ray
M' Coram acquainted the Trustees that the
Mayor & Aldermen of the
Corporation of Liverpool
were desirous to encourage this Design.
Agreed That Commissions be granted to the above mentioned Persons
M' Vernon reported that he had laid the Proposal of the Trustees be
fore the Gentlemen concerned in collecting Benefactions for relief of the
Saltzburgh Exiles, and that they approved of the same.
A Commission was order'd for Governor Johnson, the Seal of the Cor
poration was affixed, & M' Oglethorpe was desired to forward the same.
Agreed That the thanks of the Trustees be returned to the several Persons
abovementioned who have made known to the Trustees their desire of
encouraging this Design Adjourned to Thursday August y° 10th 1732.

Palace Court
August 10th 1732
Present
M' Tower President
The R' HonWe the Lord Viscount Percival
Mr Oglethorpe
M' Heathcote
M' Hucks
M' Laroche
M' Vernon
M' Hales
M' Smith
M' Anderson
M' Coram

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70 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Mr Laroche acquainted the Trustees that the following Gentlemen are
desirous to encourage the Design
M' James Laroche at Bristol
M' John Du Commun Merchant at Jamaica
The Oath of Office was administered to John Laroche Esq' & the vide
Rev4 M' Stephen Hales as Trustees & -Common Council Men of the Cor- May 24th
1733.
poration. Mr Heathcote Mr Hucks and Mr Vernon reported that they had paid
the Sum of 310 Pounds & Ten Shillings into the Bank of England pur
suant to an Order of the last Meeting.
Ordered That Commissions for taking Subscriptions, and collecting Money for
the purposes of the Charter be issued to the following Persons Viz'
The Lord Viscount Tyrconnel Charles Joye

- Esq's

The Lord Baltimore John Drummond
Sr Mathew Decker Bar' John Page
Sr John Eyles Bar' Rawlinson Earl
S' Hans Sloan Bar' Thomas Rogers
S' Gilbert Heathcote Kn' John Cross
S' Joseph Eyles Kn' M' James Laroche
Charles Dubois | rs M' John Du Commun Merch'
Samuel Tufnel J ^ The Rev" M' Wm Ray

And the President affixed the Seal of the Corporation thereunto accord
ingly.
Agreed That a Committee be appointed to consider of & propose Laws &
proper Regulations for the Colony and that M' Oglethorpe
M' Heathcote
M' Tower
M' More
M' Hucks
M' Laroche
Mr Vernon
be the said Committee Adjourned to Thursday August ye 17th 1732.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 71

Palace Court
August the 171h 1732
Present
Mr Hucks President
M' Hales
M' Vernon
Mr Tower
M' Smith
M' Oglethorpe
Capt Coram
M' Belitha
M' Bedford
M' Heathcote
M' Anderson
M' Oglethorpe acquainted the Trustees that the following Persons
were desirous to Encourage the Design
Lord Viscount Limerick
S' John Gonson Kn'
Ordered That Commissions be Sealed for each of the Trustees for Collecting
Money for the Purposes of the Charter.
And the President did Affix the Seal of the Corporation to Commissions
for the following Persons. Viz'
The Reva D' Thomas Rundle S' Abraham Elton Bar'
John Scrope Esq' Lord Viscount Limerick
S' Roger Meredith Bar' S' John Gonson Kn'
Archibald Hutchinson Esq' George Heathcote Esq'
Col William Peirs William Belitha Esq'
Thomas Palmer Esq' The Revd Mr Samuel Smith
William Heathcote Esq" Robert Hucks Esq'
James Vernon Esq'
M' Adam Anderson
The Rev" M' Stephen Hales
Capt Thomas Coram
Thomas Tower Esq'
The Revd M' Arthur Bedford
James Oglethorpe Esq'.

72 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Ordered That a Book or Books be Prepared for the taking in of Subscriptions
under the following Heads. Viz'
For Carrying on the General Designs of the Trustees for Establishing
the Colony of Georgia.
And for the Encouraging and Improving Botany and Agriculture.
And that Preambles be prepared for such Heads respectively.
M' Bedford and M' Smith Reported that a Collection of Books was y^*""-
Providod for M' Bin™™g nnnnrrlmg tn tbn Minn to of tho 7th of last 1788
month. Adjourned to Wednesday the 23d of August
1732 at Twelve of the Clock at noon.

Palace Court
August the 23a 1732
Present
M' Laroche President.
M' Oglethorpe
M' Hucks
M' Vernon
M' Tower
M' Hales
M' Belitha
M' Heathcote
Read the Minutes of the 17"1 of August 1732.
M' Belitha paid in a Guinea he Received from D' Thomas Cranmer of
Kingston in Surry and Five Guineas from a Person whose Name is Con
cealed & M' Oglethorpe received the same.
Agreed to a Preamble for the Incouraging & Improving Botany and
Agriculture M' Laroche acquainted the Corporation that he desired a Commission
for taking Subscriptions and Collecting Money for the Purposes of the
Charter to be made out for the Mayor Town Clerk and Aldermen of
Bodmyn in the County of Cornwall.
Ordered accordingly.
A Commission was Sealed to the Mayor & Aldermen of Leverpool.
Adjourn'd to Thursday the 31s' of August
1732 at four of the Clock in the Afternoon

COLONIAL RECORDS. 73
Palace Court
August the 31s' 1732.
Present
Lord Carpenter President
M' Vernon
M' Hales
Mr Smith
M' Bedford
Capt Coram
M' Oglethorpe
M' Heathcote
The Oath of Office was Administer'd to George Lord Carpenter as vide
Trustee and Common Council Man of the Corporation. May 24
1733
M' Oglethorpe acquainted the Trustees that he desired Commissions
for taking Subscriptions & Collecting Money for the Purposes of the
Charter to be made out for Thomas Watts Esq' S' William Chapman
Bar' and Thomas Penn Esq'.
M' Oglethorpe delivered a Receipt from the Bank for 21*° paid in on
Acco' of the Trustees by John Barnard Esq'.
Agreed to a Preamble in the Subscription Book for the General
Design. M' Vernon delivered up the Draught on the Bank which transferr'd
£ 310. 10. 0 to the Acco' of the Trustees that had been paid into the
Bank on the Joint Acco' of the said Mr Vernon and Mr Hucks and M
Heathcote. Sealed Commissions for taking Subscriptions and Collecting Money
for the Purposes of the Charter Granted to Thomas Watts Esq', S' Wil
liam Chapman Bar', and Thomas Penn Esq'.
Jacob Winckler, Theobald Kuffer, Ludwig Koel, Henric Crone-
berger, George Mengersdorff, Andereas Winckler, & Nicolas Riger,
German Swiss, being Labourers & Vine Dressers ; Attended, and Re
ceived from Lord Carpenter, M' Vernon & M' Oglethorpe,
their own Three Guineas towards furnishing them with Working Tools ; vide Min-
Benefac- A ° utes May
tion ' * 24 1733
They with their familys being the first Germans that are to
Establish the Town of Purisburgh.
Examined several Persons who Offered themselves to Go to Georgia,
and Enter'd their Names for further Consideration.

74 COLONIAL RECORDS.
M' Oglcthorpo paid M' Bedford £ 0. 15. 6 for Books bound. Minutes
Adjourn'd to Thursday the 7'" of September May 24
1732 at four of the Clock in the Afternoon.

Palace Court
September the 7th 1732.
Present
M' Vernon President
Mr Oglethorpe
M' Heathcote
M' Hales
M' Smith
M' Anderson
Capt Coram
Read the Minutes of the 31s' of August 1732.
Examined several Persons who Offer'd themselves to Go to Georgia,
and Enter'd their Names for further Consideration.
M' Heathcote acquainted the Trustees that he desired a Commission
for John Moreton Senior to take Subscriptions and Collect Money for the
Purposes of the Charter.
Ordered accordingly.
Sealed a Commission for taking Subscriptions and Collecting Money
for the Purposes of the Charter Granted to the Mayor Town Clerk &
Aldermen of Bodmyn in Cornwall. Adjourned to Thursday the 14"1 of September
1732 at four of the Clock in the Afternoon.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 75
Palace Court
September the Uth 1732.
Present
M' Hales President
M' Oglethorpe
M' Burton
M' Smith
Capt Coram
M' Anderson
M' Belitha
M' Oglethorpe acquainted the Trustees that Commissions were Desired
by Peter Burrel Esq' & Col Hugh Raymond to take Subscriptions &
Collect Money for the Purposes of the Charter.
Ordered accordingly.
Examined several Persons who Offer'd themselves to Go to Georgia
and Enter'd their Names for further Consideration.
Sealed Commissions for taking Subscriptions and Collecting Money for
the Purposes of the Charter Granted to John Moreton Sen', Peter Bur
rel Esq', Col Hugh Raymond, and John Burton Batchelor of Divinity.
Adjourn'd to Thursday the 21"' of September'
1732 at four of the Clock in the Afternoon.

Palace Court
September the 21s' 1732
Present
M' Oglethorpe President
M' Tower
Capt Coram
M' Smith
M' Heathcote
Received a Receipt from the Bank for £252 — Benefaction from the
Governour and Directors of the Bank of England.
Commissions were desired by Thomas Frederick Esq' M' Anthony da

76 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Costa, Mr. Francis Salvador Jun' and Mr Alvaro Lopes Suasso ; to take
Subscriptions and Collect Money for the Purposes of the Charter.
Ordered accordingly.
Received a Letter from the Earl of Derby desiring to Subscribe Fifty
Pounds a year for three years (so much each year) towards the Improve
ment of Five hundred Acres as a Farm for Experiments of all kinds.
Ordered thanks be Return'd to the Earl of Derby by the President.
Received a Receipt from the Bank for £612 — Benefactions from S'
Mathew Decker and others with a particular thereof.
Examined Matthias Lock who Offer'd himself to Go to Georgia, &
Enter'd his Name for further Consideration.
Sealed Commissions for taking Subscriptions and Collecting Money
for the Purposes of the Charter Granted to Thomas Frederick Esq', M'
Francis Salvador Jun' M' Anthony da Costa and M' Alvaro Lopes Suasso.
Adjourn'd to Thursday the 28'" of September
1732 at four of the Clock in the Afternoon.

Palace Court
September the 28th 1732
Present
M' Heathcote President
M' Oglethorpe
M' Smith
Capt Coram
Examined several Persons who Offer'd themselves to Go to Georgia,
and Enter'd their Names for further Consideration.
Adjourn'd to Thursday the 5th of October
1732 at four of the Clock in the Afternoon.
Palace Court
October the 5th 1732
Present (sic)
Capt Coram
M' Smith

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77

None to Preside therefore the Adjournment to the 5"1 Stood Over to
Thursday the 12'" of October 1732 at four of the Clock in the Afternoon.

D' Bundy
M' Oglethorpe
M' Heathcote
Mr Vernon

Palace Court
October the 12th 1732
Present
M' Eyles President Mr Tower
M' Hucks
M' Smith
Capt Coram.

The Oath of Office was administer'd to Francis Eyles Esq', as Trustee vide Min-
* utes May
and- Common Council Man of the Corporation. 241733.
Commissions were desired by Penniston Lamb, and Matthew Lamb
Esq" to take Subscriptions and collect Money for the Purposes of the
Charter. Ordered Accordingly. £
Receiv'd from Thomas Frederick Esq' by the hands of the Sec""7 100
Bank Note to be paid into the Bank for the Purposes of the Charter.
Order'd Thanks to M' Frederick for the same.
Examin'd Several Persons Who offered themselves to go to Georgia,
and enter'd their Names for further consideration.',
M' Vernon and D' Bundy acquainted the Trustees, that the Society for
propagating Christian Knowledge were desirous, that the Persecuted
Saltzburghers should have an Asylum provided for them in Georgia.
^oeolvcd TEat-tiieTrustees for establishing a Colony in Georgia in America do
greatly approve^theProposal of the Society for promoting Christian
Knowledge for defraying~-the^Expence of settling certain of the poor
Saltzburghers in Georgia in AmenSa-^And will readily join and concur
in sending and settling so many of them, a]Hjy-4heContributions which Minute
the said Society shall transmit to the Trustees, and vHiat^gther Money 1733.
the said Trustees shall for that purpose receive, they shall be efiafeled to
send, and settle in the said Colony. ^~^

78 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Resolved
That the said Society be desired to inquire by their Correspondents in
Geraiany, in the Names of the said Trustees, Whether any of the said
Saltzburghers will be willing to become British Subjects, and to settle
in the said Colony of Georgia, on the Terms to be offered by the said
Trustees. Resolved That the said Society be desired to publish such further Accounts of
the deplorable State of the poor Saltzburghers, as they shall think proper ;
and at the same time to make publick the Design of the said Society,
jointly with the saM Trustees, to apply such Contributions as shall be
receiv'd for the Relief of the said Poor Saltzburghers, to the settling as
many of them as theyxshall be able as British Subjects in Georgia in
America.
Order'd That the Thanks of the Trustees be given to M' Vernon and D' Bundy
for the great pains they have taken in this Affair.
Which was done Accordingly^
Agreed to the following Articles for the poor Saltzburghers to go to
Georgia. Viz'
1st The Trustees will defray, so far a« their Contributions will enable Vide Min-
them, the Charges of Passage and Provisions for the Voyage to Georgia 24^1733.
in America of such Emigrants, Tirnberghers, or Exiles from Bertolds-
goden, as are persecuted for the ProtestanvReligion.
2a'7 To all those Who want it some Allowance will be made for Tools.
3d!r On their Arrival in Georgia Each Family\will have Provision given
them Gratis till they can take in their Harvest* and also Seed will be
there given them sufficient to sow all the Landk they shall in the first
Year make ready for sowing
4tMjr Each Man shall be intitled to three Lots ; Vi& a Lot for House
and Yards within the Town, a Lot for Garden Plots near the Town, and
a Lot for Tillage at a Small distance from the Town ; Sufficient in the
Whole to give a comfortable Maintenance to themselves and Families ;
And that they shall have the said Lands Freehold to themselves, and
their Heirs Male for ever.
gthiy They shall obey such Orders and Regulations for the maintenance
of Property, Peace, and good Government as the Trustees shall\hink
necessary from time to time to Establish ; And on their Arrival shal\as-
sist Each Other in clearing their Lands, building Houses, and such other

COLONIAL RECORDS. 79
igas shall be necessary for their mutual Safety, in common with
His MajestyVOther Subjects there.
6tbly That They upoh~~their settling in Georgia shall become Denizens, VideMin-
^^^~*_ utes May
and have all the Rights and PrivHedges-JifEnglishmen. 24th 1733.
7*ir That They shall be protected in the free~Exercise of their Religion,
and in the full enjoyment of all the Civil and ReligiouTRig-htsof the
"Free Subjects of Gieat Bixtarm 
Sealed Commissions for taking Subscriptions, and Collecting Money
for the Purposes of the Charter, granted to Francis Eyles Esq', D' Rich
ard Bundy, Robert More Esq', Penniston Lamb Esq' and Matthew
Lamb Esq'.
A Commission was desired by M' Arch Deacon Atwood of Taunton in
Somersetshire for taking Subscriptions, and collecting money for the
Purposes of the Charter.
Order'd Accordingly
Sealed the said Commission granted to M' Arch Deacon Atwood.
Order'd Some People Who had offer'd themselves to go to Georgia,
and had been examin'd, to attend to morrow at four in the Afternoon.
Adjourn'd to Thursday the 19th of Oct' at
4 o'clock in the Afternoon.

Palace Court
October the 19 1732
Present
Lord Carpenter President
M' Oglethorpe
M' Vernon
M' Hucks
Mr Heathcote
M' Smith
Capt" Coram.
Receipts were produced, and remain in the hands of Capt" Coram for
£ £
10. 10. 0 paid into the Bank from S' Charles Wager, and 10. 10. 0 paid
into the Bank from S' Thomas Frankland. £
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for 100 Benefaction from Thomas
£
Frederick Esq' being the same 100 as was paid in on the 12'" Instant.

80 COLONIAL RECORDS.
JO
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for 10. 10. 0 Benefaction from M'
William Seward.
The Trustees were acquainted by Mr Warcopp, that D' Waterland was
desirous of forwarding the Designs of the Trustees, by taking Subscrip
tions, and collecting Money for the Purposes of the Charter.
Order'd That a Commission for the said purposes be sealed for D' Henry
Waterland on his Desire.
Order'd That a Letter be sent to the Governor of South Carolina, acquainting
him of the first Imbarkation, and desiring his Assistance,
Examin'd Several Persons Who offer'd themselves to go to Georgia,
and enter'd their Names for further Consideration.
Order'd That M' Amatis attend the Common Council next Tuesday with his
Proposals. Adjourn'd to Thursday the 26th Day of Oc
tober 1732 at 4 o'Clock in the Afternoon.

Palace Court
October the 26th 1732
Present
M' Heathcote President
M' Vernon
M' Tower
M' Hales
M' Belitha
M' Eyles
M' Hucks
Capt" Coram
Lord Carpenter.
Receiv'd a Letter from Mr Richard Ricards desiring that the Value of
three Chaldron of Coals, with which he supply'd the Trustees, might be
applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd a Letter from Henry Muelman Esq' desiring to promote the

COLONIAL RECORDS. 81
Undertaking, and to have a Commission for taking Subscriptions, and
collecting Money for the use of the Charter.
Order'd Accordingly.
Sealed the said Commission.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for £ 100 paid in by James Ogle
thorpe Esq', of which £50 the Benefaction of S' Matthew Decker, £10
£
10. 0 the Benefaction of M' Jean Dutry Cornelisz, and 30. 0. 0 the
Benefaction of Archibald Hutchinson Esq'.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for £ 5. 5. 0 the Benefaction of M*
John Allen by the hands of the Sec""7.
Examin'd some Persons Who offer'd themselves to go to Georgia, and
enter'd their Names for further consideration.
Adjourn'd to Wednesday the 1st of No
vember at 4 o'clock in the Afternoon.

Palace Court
November the Is' 1732.
Present
M' Hucks President
Lord Percival
Lord Carpenter
M' Oglethorpe
M' Laroche
M' Hales
M' Belitha
* Mr Vernon
M' Smith
Capt" Coram.
M' Vernon moved for a Commission for Richard Chandler Esq', at his
own Desire, to take Subscriptions and collect Money for the Purposes of
the Charter.
M' Hucks moved for a Commission for James Smyth Esq' at his own
Desire for the said Purposes.
Both Order'd accordingly £
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for 10. 10. 0 paid in by M' Richard
Worthington his Benefaction.
[5 c. r., v. i.]

82 COLONIAL RECORDS. £
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for 10. 10. 0 the Benefaction of Sr
Thomas Frankland by the hands of Capt" Coram.
£
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for 10. 10. 0 the Benefaction of Sr
Charles Wager by the hands of Capt" Coram. £
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for 26. 5. 0 paid in by Thomas Tower
£ £
Esq', of which 5. 5. 0 given by Sam1 Skinner Esq', 21. 0. 0 by a Person
Unknown £
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for 17. 17. 0 paid in by Robert
Hucks Esq', the Benefactions of Stephen Thompson Esq', S' Conrade
Sprengel, M" Eliz. Rival, Robert Kendal Esq', and a Person Unknown.
£
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for 1. 1. 0 the Benefaction of Mr
Bucknal Howard. £
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for 1. 1. 0 the Benefaction of M'
Isaac Ardley.
M' Oglethorpe paid 11. 0. 0, Which With 9. 10. 0 Surplus of the 100.
£
he paid into the Bank the 26,b of October last makes 21. 0. 0 the Bene
faction of James Dollitfe Esq'-
M' Smith moved for a Commission for the Mayor and Corporation of
Hereford to take Subscriptions and collect money for the Purposes of the
Charter. Order'd accordingly.
Receiv'd three Guineas from the Mayor of Bodmyn by the hands of
M' Laroche to be paid into the Bank.
Order'd That M' Laroche be desired to return Thanks to the said Mayor for
the same.
Mr Cox the Surgeon attended, and agreed to give his Attendance to
the Sick and Wounded in Georgia the first Year, without any Fee or
Reward, except that his House should be built, and Land tilled like the
Others by joint Labour.
AgreecLto-alfow -him-for a-Gase-of Instruments and Bedtttngr vide mib-
t> i i utes May
Resolved 24 1733.
That the Chest of Medicines be in the Custody of Persons authoris'd
by the Trustees for that Purpose.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 83
Receiv'd by M' Hales from an Unknown Hand for the Use of the Col
ony of Georgia, 40 Bibles Minion, 60 Testaments Long Primer, 100
Common Prayer Minion, 50 Duty of Man small 12°. 50 Christian Moni- s^
tor and Companion, 50 Christian Monitor and Answer to Excuses, 72 > '
Psalters, 50 Bishop Gibson's Family Devotion, 100 Horn Books. 100
Primmers. 72 Spelling Books. 100 Lewis's Catechism. 100 ABC
with the Church Catechism
Order'd That the List of Benefactors and Benefactions be printed.
Sealed the Commissions to Rich4 Chandler and James Smyth Esq"
Receiv'd a Letter from Wm Atlee acquainting the Trustees, that since
he was receiv'd by them to go to Georgia, his Friends had proved kinder
to him, and offer'd to provide for Him.
Adjourn'd to M' Tower's Chambers Inner
Temple at Six o'clock in the Afternoon
Nov' 2. 1732.

Mr Tower's Chambers Inner Temple
November the 21 1732
Present
M' Hales President
M' Oglethorpe
M' Hucks
M' Heathcote
M' Tower
M' Smith
Capt" Coram
The Trustees affix'd their Seal to a Grant erecting a Court of Judica
ture for trying Causes, as well Criminal a9 Civil in the Town of Sa
vanah, by the Name and Stile of the Town Court.
Order'd That Mr Plumstead be desired to provide Freightage by t.ha first RbipYtdc Min_
bound for Carolina, for the remaining part of the Peoples Baggage Who $$£ ^siL
go in the Ann Capt" Thomas Commander.
Adjourn'd to Wednesday Nov' the 8lh 1732
one o'Clock Palace Court Westminster.

84 COLONIAL RECORDS.

Palace Court
November the 8th 1732
Present
Lord Percival President
M' Oglethorpe
M' Hucks
M' Vernon
M' Tower
Mr Heathcote
M' Hales
M' Laroche
M' Belitha
M' Smith
Capt" Coram.
Order'd a Commission for the Revd M' Samuel Wessly at his own De
sire to take Subscriptions, and collect Money for the Purposes of the
Charter. Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twenty two Pounds five Shillings
and five pence, paid in by James Oglethorpe Esq' Viz' Eleven pounds
ten Shillings which made up twenty One Pounds the Benefaction of
James DoUiffe Esq', and ten pounds fiveteen Shillings and five pence, the
Balance of the Cash in M' Oglethorpe's hands belonging to the Associates
of D' Bray.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twenty Pounds the Benefaction
of M' Richard Kent.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for three pounds three Shillings the
Benefaction of the Mayor of Bodmyn paid in by John Laroche Esq'.
Receiv'd by M' Hales from an Unknown Hand the further Addition
of Books for the use of the People going to Georgia in their Passage, Six
Bibles, twelve Guides to Christian Families, Nine Duty of Man, One D°
larger, twelve Christian Monitors, twelve D° with Answer to Excuses,
One Quarto Common Prayer, twelve Lewis's Catechism, twelve Common
Prayer, Six Testaments, Six Bishop Gibson's Family Devotion, three
Nelson's Practise of free Devotion.
Doctor Henry Herbert attended, and charitably offer'd to go without
any allowance, and assist in settling the Colony of Georgia, by perform
ing all Religious and Ecclesiastical Offices.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 85
Order'd That an Instrument be drawn up to impower the said D' Herbert to /
perform the said Offices.
Which was accordingly done, and pass'd the Seal. ^
Order'd That Thanks be return'd to the said D' Herbert.
Receiv'd twenty Pounds from Lord Percival for the use and Relief of
the Necessitous Women and Children on board the Ship in their Passage
to Georgia.
Receiv'd Five pounds five Shillings from Lady Saunderson Widow for
the said purpose by the Hands of Capt" Coram.
Adjourn'd to Thursday Nov' 16 1732 on
Board the Ann Frigate Capt" Thomas
lying at Gravesend.

Gravesend
November the 16 1732
Present
M' Oglethorpe President
M' Hucks
M' Tower
M' Holland
M' Vernon
M' Hales
M' Smith
Capt" Coram.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twenty Pounds paid in by Lord
Percival, being his Benefaction.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for five Pounds five Shillings paid
in by Capt" Coram the Benefaction of Lady Saunderson Widow.
Receiv'd a Guinea from an Unknown Benefactor for the use of the
People in their Passage to Georgia, and paid over to Capt" Coram.
Receiv'd a Guinea from an Unknown Benefactor by the Hands of Mr
Wessly to be paid into the Bank.
Receiv'd from M' Wessly five Guineas, his Benefaction to be paid into
the Bank.

86 COLONIAL RECORDS.
The two last Sums to be deducted out of the money due to M' Ogle
thorpe, and He gave a Receipt for the same.
Receiv'd from M' Smith One Pound, twelve Shillings and six Pence
for Candles for the use of the People in their Passage to Georgia, and
paid the same over to Capt" Coram.
Muster'd the Passengers on Board on Account of the Trustees and
computed the freight of them to Ninety One Heads
Adjourn'd to Thursday the 23d of Novem
ber 1732 to Palace Court Westminster at
4 o'Clock in the Afternoon.

Palace Court
November the 23d 1732.
Present
M' Heathcote President
Lord Percival
M' Tower
M' Vernon
Mr Hucks
M' Holland
M' Smith
Dr Bundy
M' Hales
Capt" Coram
The Oath of Office was administer'd to Rogers Holland Esq' as Trustee
~ vide Min
ora! Common Council Man of the Corporation. utesMay24 1733.
Read a Letter from M' Oglethorpe from on Board the Ann off of
Deal. Read Copies of Letters from Horatio Walpole Esq' to his Deputies,
from the Duke of Newcastle to the Governors of South Carolina, Vir
ginia, Maryland, Pensilvania, New York, New England, Barbados,
and North Carolina, for their assistance to M' Oglethorpe in his Voyage.
Read a Copy of an Order from the Lords of the Admiralty to the
Captains of his Majesty's Ships, Which are or shall be employ'd on the
Coast of Virginia and Carolina to the same Purpose.
Order'd That the said Copies of Letters be enter'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 87
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for Forty Pounds paid in by M'
Hales. Viz' Seventeen Pounds from a Lady Unknown for Religious
Uses ; twenty Pounds from a Gentlewoman Unknown for the same Pur
poses and three Pounds, the Surplus of Mr D'Allon's Money.
Order'd That the Common Seal be affix'd to a Power to James Oglethorpe Esq'
to appoint such Commander, or other Officer or Officers, as he shall think
fit, to train and Exercise the Militia in Georgia.
And the Seal was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That a Memorial be drawn up to be presented to the Incorporated So
ciety for propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts, setting forth, that the
Trustees have sent forth a Number of his Majesty's Subjects to be settled
in Georgia, and appointed a Site for the Church, and a sufficient Glebe
for the Minister, and desiring the Society to make the usual Allowance
for the Minister in Georgia, as is given to their Missionaries in the other
Colonies, till such time as the Glebe shall be sufficiently improved for a
Minister ; and Desiring the usual Benefaction of Books and Furniture.
Mr Holland moved for Commissions for Thomas Batson Esq' Deputy
Grand Master of the Free and Accepted Masons, and Nathaniel Black -
erby Esq' at their own Desire, to take Subscriptions, and collect Money
for the Purposes of the Charter.
Order'd Accordingly,
Sealed Commissions for collecting Benefactions granted to the Rev°
Mx Samuel Wessly, and the Mayor and Corporation of Hereford.
Adjourn'd to Thursday November the SO1*
1732 at 4 o'Clock in the Afternoon.

88 COLONIAL RECORDS.

Palace Court
November the 30th 1732.
Present
M' Tower President
Capt" Coram
M' Hales
Lord Percival
Lord Carpenter
M' Vernon
M' Heathcote
M' Holland
Read a Receipt from the Bank for Six Pounds Six Shillings paid in by
the Rev* M' Samuel Wessly, whereof Five Pounds five Shillings his own
Benefaction, and One Pound One Shilling from a Person Unknown ; be
ing the same Six Pounds Six Shillings M' Oglethorpe gave a Receipt on
Account for the 16th of this Instant, as so much receiv'd of M' Wessly,
and in his hands for the use of the Trustees.
Sealed Commissions for Thomas Batson Esq' Deputy Grand Master of
the Free and Accepted Masons, Nathaniel Blackerby Esq', and Rogers
Holland Esq' to take Subscriptions and collect Money for the Purposes
of the Charter.
Order'd That a Letter be sent to M' Oglethorpe acquainting him, that a Per
son, Who lately came from S' Augustin, and Who offer'd himself to him
to go to this Colony, sailed for Carolina about two Months since, with a
Design, as the Trustees suspect, to discover the State of the Colony, and
give Information thereof to the Spaniards ; and that as soon as the
Trustees shall have discover'd more fully the Person, and Nature of his
Design, they will send him a further Account, Owning at the same time
the Receipt of his Letter, and returning him Thanks for it, and the
Copies of the Letters he sent.
Examin'd some Persons, Who offer'd themselves to go to Georgia, and
enter'd their Names for further Consideration.
Adjourn'd to Thursday the 7th of December
1732 at 4 o' the Clock in the Afternoon.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 89

Palace Court
December the 7th 1732
Present
Mr Holland President
M' Digby
M' Vernon
M' Heathcote
Lord Percival
M' Tower
M' Hucks
Lord Carpenter
Mr Smith
Capt" Coram.
Read a Letter from Lord Tyrconnel to M' Vernon desiring him to ac
quaint the Trustees that he subscribed fifty Pounds, and had order'd it to
be paid into the Bank.
Receiv'd by the hands of Captain Coram from an Unknown Benefac
tor One hundred Books of the great Importance of a Religious Life con-
sider'd, for the use of the second Imbarkation.
M' Harbin attended the Trustees, and acquainted them, that one
Thomas Bacon a Square Well set Man, about forty five Years of Age,
thick Lips, Pale Face, and Dark Brown Hair, sailed from hence some
Months ago for Carolina, with a Design to inform the Spaniards of the
Intentions of the Trustees, and the State of the Colony ; And that this
Thomas Bacon is at present in the Service of the King of Spain. And
M' Harbin produc'd a Letter, own'd by M' John Brown a Tidesman to
be writ by him to M' Senior about the Same.
Receiv'd by the hands of M' Digby from D' Maynard One Guinea, as
his Benefaction.
Receiv'd Fiveteen Pounds fiveteen Shillings from Robert Hucks Esq'
to be paid into the Bank, Being the Benefactions following. Viz* From
Richard Riccards Esq' Four Pounds, four Shillings. George Hadley
Esq' Six Pounds, Six Shillings, And the Revd M' Rob' Selwood Five
Pounds, five Shillings. Adjourn'd to Thursday December the 14th
1732 at 4 o'Clock in the Afternoon.

90 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
December the 14th 1732.
Present
M' Vernon President
M' Hucks
M' Holland
M' Hales
Capt" Coram
M' Digby
M' Tower
D' Bundy
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for two Pounds Thirteen Shillings
and Six Pence paid in by George Heathcote Esq', Benefactions receiv'd
at Gravesend November the 16th Instant Viz' One Guinea from an Un
known Person, And One Pound twelve Shillings and Six Pence from
the Revd M' Smith.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for Fifteen Pounds Fifteen Shillings
paid in by Robert Hucks Esq' Benefactions of the Persons following
Richard Ricards Esq' four Pounds four Shillings ; George Hadley Esq'
Six Pounds Six Shillings and the Revd M' Robert Selwood five Pounds
five Shillings.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One Pound One Shilling paid in
by Edward Digby Esq', the Benefaction of the Revd D' Edward Maynard.
Agreed That M' Vernon be desired to return the thanks of the Trustees to
Lord Tyrconnel for his Benefaction of Fifty Pounds for the Purposes of
the Charter.
Receiv'd a Letter from John Vanderplank, Samuel Grey, Cornelius
Jones, and Chetwynd Furzer on board the Volant Captain Edmund
Smyter at Gravesend, Acquainting the Trustees of their Imbarkation
for Georgia.
Receiv'd of William Reyner, John Salmon, Charles Harrison, Thomas
Smith, and John Coates Five Pounds, five Shillings, the Consideration
Money mention'd in their Grant for the Purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd of Edward Digby Esq' Thirty Pounds, the Benefaction of
William Lord Digby to be paid into the Bank for the Purposes of the
Charter.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 91
Agreed
That M' Digby be desired to return the thanks of the Trustees to
Lord Digby for the same.
Resolved That the Names of Such Persons, Who shall be chosen to be sent to
Georgia, shall for the future be printed in One of the Public Papers, at
least a Fortnight before their Imbarkation.
Examin'd Some Persons Who offer'd themselves to go to Georgia, and
enter'd their Names for further Consideration. Adjourn'd to Thursday December the
21" 1732 at 4 o'Clock in the Afternoon.

Palace Court
December the 21" 1732
Present
M' Hales President
Lord Percival
M' Tower
M' Vernon
M' Hucks
M' Heathcote
Mr Smith
Capt" Coram
M' Laroche
M' Holland
M' Digby
Lord Carpenter
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for three Pounds three Shillings,
the Benefaction of the Revd M' Francis Fox, paid in by the hands of
M' Smith to be applied toward the settlement of a Clergyman.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for Fifty Pounds the Benefaction
of Lord Viscount Tyrconnel paid in by Sr Francis Child for the Purposes
of the Charter.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for thirty Pounds the Benefaction
of Lord Digby, paid in by the hands of Edward Digby Esq' for the
Purposes of the Charter.

92 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for five Pounds five Shil-
the Con- lings, the Benefaction of M's William Reyner, Charles Harrison, vwettie
Mon^011 A June the
mention'd Thomas Smith, John Salmon, and John Coates, Who are to em- iitni;33.
Grants, bark on the Potash Trade, to be applied to the Purposes of the
Charter.
Mr Vernon deliver'd to the Trustees Extracts of Letters relating to
the Saltzburghers, and Emigrants from Bertholdsgaden <fec. with som
Queries desired to be answer'd by the Trustees.
Agreed That Mr Tower and M' Vernon be desired to draw up Answers to the
said Queries.
M' Quincy attended with a Recommendatory Letter from the Rev"
M' Thomas Page of Beccles to go over as a Missionary to Georgia.
Resolv'd
v^ That the Trustees will confer with the Incorporated Society for propa
gating the Gospel in Foreign Parts relating to M' Quincy.
Adjourn'd to Thursday Dec' the 28tb
1732 at 4 o'Clock in the Afternoon.

Palace Court
December the 28'" 1732.
Present
Lord Percival President
Mr Tower
M' Vernon
D' Bundy
M' Smith
Capt" Coram.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for five pounds five Shillings, the
Consideration Money mention'd in the Grants of Land to Roger Lacy,
James Lacy, Theophilus Hetherington, Joseph Hetherington, and Philip
Bishop to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Read a Letter from Gov' Johnson to M' Oglethorpe, sent open'd to
the Trustees by Col. Cecil, M' Oglethorpe's Attorney, acquainting him
with several transactions relating to the Settlement, and that he subscribed
fifty Pounds for the Use of the Colony.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 93
Order'd
That a Letter be sent to Governor Johnson from the Trustees, return
ing him thanks for the Information he sent, and the Pains he had taken,
as in Other Particulars, so in preventing the Grants of Any Lands in
Georgia, and likewise for his Subscription of Fifty Pounds, desiring him
at the same time to apply his Benefaction in the Purchase in Carolina of
such Provisions, and Other Necessaries, as may be wanting for the first
Settlement. M' Vernon acquainted the Trustees, that He and M' Towers had
drawn up in pursuance of their Desire, Answers to the Queries, re
lating to the Saltzburghers And Emigrants from Bertholsgaden, Which
he had deliver'd to the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge, and
that the Society had sent a Letter with the said Answers to Germany.
Order'd That a Letter be sent to M' Oglethorpe containing a Narrative of
What has been done since he went, a State of the Cash, the Names or
Persons (with the Number of their Servants,) Who have engag'd to go
over at their own Expence, & the Quantity of Land granted them.
Acquainting him likewise, that a Letter to him (of which he will receive
the Copy) from Governor Johnson, dated Sept' the 28"1 1732 had been
sent open to the Trustees, with another Letter of no moment, by Col.
Cecil, and that the Trustees had resolved to write an Answer to Gov'
Johnson, of Which the Copy is likewise inclos'd. That the Trustees ,
have in a manner fix'd on a Clergyman, very well recommended, to be
sent over. That They have reason to believe, the Society for propogating
the Gospel in Foreign Parts will give him as good a Salary as they allow"
to Any of their Other Missionaries And as he will be sent over very
soon, they recommend to M' Oglethorpe the getting what Conveniences
he can for the Minister, the laying out a Site for the Church, and mak
ing Preparations for building it, and the Minister's house as soon as pos
sible ; And to take Care in setting Out of Lands to reserve Necessary
Roads to Church, to Markets, and to Rivers. That there is already sent
to Germany an Invitation for sending over fifty Saltzburgh Families to
be transplanted at the Charges of the particular Collection for those
People. That the Trustees hope for a publick Encouragement at the
Meeting of the Parliament, for sending over more People for strength
ening the Colony. That M' Harbin had attended the Trustees, and in
form'd them, that one Thomas Bacon, a Square Well Set Man, about
forty Years of Age, thick Lips, pale face, and dark brown Hair, sailed

94 COLONIAL RECORDS.
from hence some Months ago for Carolina, with a Design to inform the
Spaniards of the Intentions of the Trustees, and the State of the
Colony. Examin'd Some Persons Who offer'd themselves to go to Georgia, and
enter'd their Names for f urher Consideration.
(sic) Adjourn'd to Thursday Jan17 the 4tt
173| at 4 O'Clock in the Afternoon.

Palace Court
Jan" the 4th 173|
Present
M' Digby President
M' Laroche
M' Hales
M' Tower
M' Hucks
M' Vernon
M' Smith
Capt. Coram.
M' Pinkerton attended and produced two of his three Servants, Viz'
Daniel Leausu Aged 21, and Peter Tondut Aged 48.
Receiv'd One Guinea from M' Pinkerton, the Consideration Money
mention'd in his Grant.
Order'd That Circular Letters be sent to John Hill, John Robinson, William
Savery, James Shaw, Robert Graham, Henry Hows, Edward Johnson,
Thomas Tibbutt, and Paul Cheeswright, to attend on Wednesday Jan'J
the 10th 173| at 4 o'Clock in the Afternoon.
Examin'd Some Persons, Who offer'd themselves to go to Georgia, and
enter'd their Names for further Consideration.
Adjourn'd to Wednesday Jan'T the 10th
173| at 4 o'Clock in the Afternoon.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 95

Palace Court
Jan" the 10th 173f
Present
M' Heathcote President
M' Hucks
M' Vernon
M' Hales
M' Laroche
Lord Percival
M' Sloper
M' Digby
Lord Carpenter
M' Burton
Capt. Coram.
The Oath of Office was administer'd to William Sloper Esq' as vide Min-
TrusteeT-and- Common Council Man of the Corporation. 24th 1733
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One Pound One Shilling, the
Consideration Money mention'd in the Grant of Land to M' Henry
Pinkerton, to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
M' Abercrombie (Attorney Gen1 of South Carolina) attended the
Trustees, and deliver'd in Claims of Some People in South Carolina of
Lands, said to be run out by them on the South Side of the River
Savanah. The Trustees acquainted M' Abercrombie, that they were disposed to
pay the greatest Regard to the Recommendation of the Governor of
South Carolina, and to do all Justice to Persons, Who may have sur
vey'd any Lands on the South Side of the Savanah River ; But that
this Affair cannot receive an immediate Determination on Claims so
slight as these appear to the Board. That in Order to give a just Satis
faction to any Such Persons the Trustees desired to have Authentick
Grants?
Copies of their Claims laid before them.
(sic)
Receiv'd a further Benefaction from M' William Graham of ten
Hangers, and Belts, and ten Cartouch Boxes and Belts.
Order'd That M' Hales be desired to return the thanks of the Trustees to M'
Graham for the same.

96

COLONIAL RECORDS.

Read a Letter of November the 9th 1732 from M' Houston at Madeira
to M' Oglethorpe, (sent open to the Trustees by Col. Cecil) acquainting
him that he had sent two Tubs of the Cuttings of Malmsey and Other
Vines on board a Ship, to be forwarded to M' S' Julian at Charles Town
for the Use of the Colony of Georgia ; And that he was to embark the
next Day for Jamaica.
Order'd That a Paragraph be publish'd in One of the News Papers with the
Names of the Persons, Who are to embark on Board the James Capt.
Yoakley. Order'd ThatrMJ~VerelMt do buy such seeds as M' Tower shalTdirectr

Vide Min
ute May
Adjourn'd to Wednesday Jan" the 17th u 1733.

173|

at 4 O'Clock in the Afternoon.

Palace Court
Jan" the 17th 173|
Present
M' Tower President
Lord Percival
M' Vernon
M' Heathcote
D' Bundy
Capt. Coram.
Receiv'd by M' Hucks a Benefaction from the Duke of Mountague,
'$ 3ft o
Viz1 two Casks of Small Nails q' 6. 0. 0 ; One Cask Large Nails 2. 2. 0.
¥ 1ft
One Cask small Nails 3. 0. 0. three Casks large Nails 5. 0. 0. One Cask
Working Tools of several sorts. One Cask Poutches. One Cask Pow-
der Flasks One Cask Bayonets. One Cask large Spikes 2. 0. 0.
Order'd That M' Hucks be desired to return the thanks of the Trustees to the
Duke of Montague for the same.
Lord Percival deliver'd to the Trustees a Letter from M' James Leake
with a Benefaction of One thousand Spelling Books.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 97
Order'd
That Lord Percival be desired to return the thanks of the Trustees for
the same.
Mr Earle attended in behalf of his Brother Thomas Earle, who desires
to go with his Family, and settle in Georgia, paying the Expences, and
providing Necessaries himself.
Order'd That a Letter be drawn up by the Sec""7 to be sent to S' Thomas
Lombe, desiring his thoughts of the Undertaking to raise raw Silk in
large Quantities in Georgia ; of the proper steps to be taken to bring the
Work to perfection, of the Probability of succeeding therein, and the
advantage, that will accrue to Great Britain thereby : and also of the
Nature, Quality, and Usefullness of the Silk that is produced in South
Carolina. Order'd That a Letter be sent to M' Oglethorpe, recommending M' Botham
Squire to be settled in the Township of Savanah, under M' Christie's
Grant, he paying the Expences of his Passage himself.
Examin'd David Peters Who offer'd himself to go to Georgia, and
enter'd his Name for further Consideration. Adjourn'd to Wednesday Jan" the 24"1
173f at 4 O'Clock in the Afternoon.

Palace Court
Jan" the 24th 173|
Present
M' More President
Lord Percival
M' Vernon
Lord Carpenter
M' Smith
M' Anderson
Capt Coram.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for two Pounds two Shillings. Viz'
One Guinea the Benefaction of M' James Campbell ; And One Guinea
by the hands or M' Anderson, the Gift of an Unknown Person.
Capt. Coram attended the Muster taken on Board the James Capt
f 7 C. r., V. i.]

98 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Yoakley off of Rotherhith, when ten Head of Passengers were muster'd
for Freight, and were in Number Eleven Persons.
Adjourn'd to Wednesday Jan" the 31"
173| at 4 O'Clock in the Afternoon.

Palace Court
Jan" the 31s' 173f
Present
Mr Holland President
Lord Percival
Mr Tower
M' More
Mr Vernon
M' Laroche
Mr Eyles
M' Hucks
M' Digby
M' Heathcote
M' Smith
Capt Coram
Receiv'd One thousand Spelling Books the Benefaction of Mr James
Leake pursuant to his Letter
Order'd That the Secretary do wait on M' Alvaro Lopez Suasso, M' Francis
Salvador Jun', and M' Anthony Da Costa with the following Message in
Writing. Whereas Commissions were granted to the said M' Alvaro
Lopez Suasso, Francis Salvador Jun', and M' Anthony Da Costa to col
lect such Monies, as should be contributed for Establishing the Colony of
Georgia, in America, and to transmit the same to the Trustees, by them
to be applied to the Purposes in their Charter mention'd ; And the
Trustees being inform'd that certain Expectations have from thence been
raised contrary to their Intentions, Which may be of ill consequence to their
said Designs, Therefore to obviate any Difficulties, that may attend the
same, They desire the said M' Alvaro Lopes Suasso, M' Francis Salvador
Junr, and Mr Anthony Da Costa will redeliver to M' Martyn their Secre
tary the said Commissions. Adjourn'd to Wednesday Feb" the 7th
173-| at 4 O'Clock in the Afternoon.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 99

Palace Court
Feb" the 7th 173|
Present
M' Vernon President
M' More
M' Tower
M' Holland
Lord Percival
M' Heathcote
M' Eyles
M' Hucks
Mr Laroche
M' Bedford
M' Smith
Capt Coram
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for five pounds five Shillings the /
Benefaction of the Revd M' Somerscales for the Religious Uses of the
Colony, paid in by the hands of the Revd M' Smith.
Receiv'd a Benefaction of Apothecary Ware about the Value of four
teen Pounds from M's Silvanus and Timothy Bevan
Order'd That M' Heathcote be desired to return the thanks of the Trustees for
the same.
Order'd That Mr Burton be desired to preach the Anniversary Sermonon the 15'h \
of March, and That the Sermon be preach'd at Bow Church
Order'd That a Letter be writ to M' Burton acquainting him with the Same.
Agreed That M' Heathcote and Capt. Coram be the Stewards for providing
the Dinner on the 15'" of March.
The Secretary acquainted the Board that he had waited on M' Alvaro
Lopez Suasso, M' Anthony Da Costa and M' Francis Salvador, for the
Commissions granted to the said M' Alvaro Lopez Suasso, Mr Anthony
Da Costa, and M' Francis Salvador, and had left a Copy of the Minute
of Jan" the 31st with M' Da Costa.

100 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Examin'd some Persons Who offered themselves to go to Georgia, and
enter'd their Names for further Consideration. Adjourn'd to Wednesday Feb" the 14
173f at 4 O'Clock in the Afternoon.

Palace Court
Feb" the Um 173|
Present
M' Hales President
Lord Percival
M' Vernon
M' Holland
M' More
M' Tower
D' Bundy
M' Smith
Capt Coram.
Receiv'd of M' Hales an Account of the following Books. Viz* One
Bible, two Bibles of a less Value, three Common Prayer Books, One
hundred Catechisms, fifty Young Christians Instructed ; Part of the
Benefaction from an Unknown Person, Which were sent by M' Ogle
thorpe, but not enter'd with the rest November the Is' 1732.
Receiv'd by the hands of Lord Percival fifty Pounds the Benefaction
tof Lady Osborn towards building the Church in Georgia.
Order'd That Lord Percival be desired to return the thanks of the Trustees for
the Same.
Mr Pury, Attended the Board, and acquainted them that the two Ships
bound for Purisburgh with M' Bignion and his Father were safely ar
rived at Georgia with the loss only of one Man, and were kindly received
by the Inhabitants of Charles Town.
M' Nicholas Amatis attended the Board, and acquainted them, that
He and Sign' Giacomo Ottone, a Man of Experience in making the Silk
Machines, Jacques Camuse and his Wife (Both Winders of Silk) and
Camuse's three Boys of the following Ages 13, 4 and 3 were lately ar
rived in England, and ready to enter into agreement with the Trustees
to go and settle in Georgia.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 101
Order'd "\
That five hundred -of the-Desigas-bc printcd-on-Demy Paper with | VIdeMln_
the Maps. 'f $»*£
Qrdertt That ML'-Carman— get-the-same-
Read a Petition of John Strange setting forth that he hears M' Ed
ward and M" Elizabeth Ash have petition'd the Board to be sent to
Georgia, and praying that they may not be suffer'd to go, till they have
discharg'd a Debt due to the said Strange.
Order'd That M' Ash if he applies to the Board for leave to go to Georgia, be
acquainted with the same Petition Adjourn'd to Wednesday Feb" the 21s'
173f at 4 O'Clock in the Afternoon.

Palace Court
Feb" the 21s' 173|
Present
M' Tower President
M' Vernon
Mr Hucks
M' More
M' Holland
M' Hales
Lord Percival
M' Laroche
D' Bundy
M' Smith
Capt" Coram.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for Fifty Pounds the Benefaction
of Lady Osborn towards building a Church in Georgia, paid in by the
hands of Lord Percival
William Gough Sen' and William Gough Jun' produced Robert San
ders aged 44, and Richard Sanders aged 18 as their Servants to go to
Georgia with them. Adjourn'd to Wednesday Feb" the 28th
173| at 4 O'Clock in the Afternoon.

102 COLONIAL RECORDS.

Palace Court
Feb" the 28'" 173|
Present
M' Holland President
Lord Percival
M' Vernon
M' Hales
M' Digby
M' More
M' Sloper
M' Smith
Capt" Coram.
Receiv'd by M' Hales the following Books forty Eight Faith and Prac
tise of a Church of England Man, in Sheets, Eight Christian Monitors,
Nine Lewis's Catechism, the Benefaction of the Revd M' Stanley Rector
of Hadham Hertfordshire for the Use of the Colony.
Receiv'd of M' John Pennefather One Pound One Shilling the Consid
eration Money mention'd in his Grant.
Receiv'd of Mr Hales ten Pounds, ten Shillings the Benefaction of an
,i Unknown Person for the Religious Uses of the Colony by the hands of
Mr John Williams of S' Johns Clerkenwell.
Read a Letter from M' Oglethorpe dated Jan" the 13th 173| on Board
the Ship Ann giving an Account of his Safe Arrival at Charles Town,
and the health of the Colony having lost in the Passage only Richard
Cannon's Youngest Son Aged Eight Months, and Robert Clarke's Young
est Son Aged One Year and a half.
Order'd That the Said Letter be published in One of the News Papers.
Read a Letter from Mr George Tyrer Alderman of Leverpool directed
to Capt" Coram, with an Ace' of the Corporation of Leverpool subscrib
ing fifty Pounds for the Use of the Colony, and of the Rectors recom
mending the Undertaking in their Sermons, and going from House to
House to receive private Benefactions for the said Purpose.
Order'd That a Letter be written to the Mayor Aldermen, and Corporation of
Leverpool returning the thanks of the Trustees for their Subscription,

COLONIAL RECORDS. 103
and assuring them that the Trustees will always have a regard to their
Recommendation of any Persons to be sent by their Collections, as far as
these will enable them.
Mr Hales acquainted the Board that M' James Leake Bookseller of
Bath was desirous of a Commission for taking Subscriptions, and collect
ing Money for the Purposes of the Charter.
Order'd That a Commission be sealed for M' James Leake for the said
Purposes. Which was accordingly done. Adjourn'd to Wednesday March the 7th
173| at 4 O'Clock in the Afternoon.
Palace Court
March the 7th 173|
Present
M' Laroche President '
Lord Percival
M' Tower
M' Hales
M' Hucks
M' Vernon
M' Eyles
M' Digby
D' Bundy
M' Smith
Capt" Coram.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One Pound One Shilling the
Consideration Money mention'd in the Grant of Land to M' John Penne
father to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds ten Shillings the
Benefaction of an Unknown Person by the hands of M' John Williams
for the Religious Uses of the Colony.
Receiv'd of M' Robert Hetherington One Pound, One Shilling the
Consideration Money mention'd in his Graut.
Order'd That Circular Letters be sent to the Trustees to give them Notice of

104 COLONIAL RECORDS.
the Election of New Members of the Corporation, and their meeting to
increase the Number of y6 Common Council to twenty four pursuant to
the Charter, on Thursday March the 15th Instant at the Vestry Room
belonging to the Church of S' Mary Le Bow in Cheapside, and that a
Sermon will be preach'd at the said Church by the Revd M' Burton, one
of the Trustees, and Prayers will begin at 11 o'Clock.
Order'd That an Advertisement be publish'd of the said Anniversary Meeting,
and the Associates of D' Bray. Adjourn'd to the Vestry Room of the
Church of S' Mary Le Bow in Cheap-
side on Thursday March the 15th 173f
at 9 o'Clock in the Morning.

The Vestry Room belonging to the Church
of S* Mary Le Bow Cheapside
March the 15th 173|
Present
M' Vernon President
Lord Percival
M' Hucks
M' More
M' Laroche
M' Hales
M' Sloper
M' Holland
M' Digby
M' Tower
M' Heathcote
M' Eyles
M' Burton
M' Smith
D' Bundy
M' Bedford
Capt Coram
M' Anderson.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 105
Receiv'd of Capt. John Keate twenty Pounds to be applied towards
sending over Henry Fletcher, His Wife, three Children, and a Maid
Servant to Georgia.
The Trustees pursuant to the Charter proceeded to the Election of
Trustees, and chose the following Persons, Viz' The R' HonbIe James
Earl of Derby, the R' HonWe Anthony Ashley Earl of Shaftsbury, the
R' Hon"16 John Lord Vise' Tyrconnel, The R' HonWe James Lord Vise'
Limerick, The R' Honble James Lord D'arcy, Richard Chandler, Thomas
Frederick, Henry L'apotre, William Heathcote, John White Esq", Rob
ert Kendal Esq' Alderman of the City of London, John Page, William
Hanbury, Christopher Tower, Erasmus Phillips Esq™, S' John Gonson,
and Mr George Tyrer Alderman of Leverpool. Then after reading M'
Belitha's Resignation under his hand and Seal of Common Council Man,
They proceeded to fill up the Number of the Common Council, as estab
lish'd by the Charter, and elected the ten following Persons to be Com
mon Council Men of the Corporation. Viz* The R* Hon"10 Anthony Ash
ley Earl of Shaftsbury, The R' Honble John Lord Vise' Tyrconnel, The
Rl Honble James Lord Vise' Limerick, Richard Chandler, Thomas Fred
erick, Henry L'apotre, William Heathcote, John White Esq'8, Robert
Kendal Esq' Alderman, and the Revd Richard Bundy D D.
Adjourn'd to the Trustees Office in Palace
Court Westminster on Wednesday March the
21" 173f at 4 o'Clock in the Afternoon.

106 COLONIAL RECORDS.

Palace Court
March the 21s' 173$
Present
Lord Percival President
M' Hucks
M' Vernon
M' Tower
M' More
M' Geo. Heathcote
Lord Tyrconnel
Lord Limerick
Lord D'arcy
M' Chandler
M' Frederick
M' White
M' L'ap6tre
M.' William Heathcote
Alderman Kendal
D' Bundy
M' Bedford.
The Oath of Office was administer'd to the R' Honble Lord Vise* Tyr
connel, the R* Honble the Lord Vise' Limerick, Richard Chandler Esq',
Thomas Frederick Esq', Henry L'apotre Esq', Willm Heathcote Esq',
John White Esq', Rob' Kendal Esq' Alderman, and D' Richard Bundy,
as Truotoooi and Common Council Men of the Corporation. ntes May
24 1733.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for Sixty three Pounds the Bene
faction of Several Persons paid in by the Hands of Mr Joseph Paice Jun'
to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twenty Pounds paid in by the
Hands of Capt John Keate March the 15th Instant.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for Nine Pounds, nine
Coiiec- Shillings the Benefaction of Richard Chandler Esq' to be ap- Vide Min-
tion and ° . ^ r ute Jnne
,. , , -r. n , ™ 11th 1738
plied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One Pound One Shilling the
Consideration money mention'd in the Grant of M' Robert Hetherington
to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 107
Receiv'd by the Hands of Lord Percival the Sum of ten Pounds ten
Shillings, the Benefaction of William Sloper Esq' to be applied to the
Purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd of M' Verelst a Bible, and a Book of Homilies for the Colony
of Georgia.
Receiv'd by the Hands of D' Bundy the Sum of twelve Pounds, ten
Shillings, the Benefaction of M' Daniel Thresher to be applied to the
Purposes of the Charter.
Resolv'd That D' Bundy be desired to return the thanks of the Trustees to M'
Thresher for his said Benefaction. Adjourn'd to Wednesday March the
28th 1733 at 4 o'Clock Afternoon.

Palace Court
March the 28th 1733
Present
M' More President
Earl of Shaftsbury
Lord Percival
Lord Tyrconnel
Lord D'arcy
M' Frederick
M' White
M' Hales
D' Bundy
M' Smith
Capt Coram
The Oath of Office was administer'd to the R' Hon"16 Anthony Ashley
Earl of Shaftsbury as Trustee and Common Council Man of the Corpo- utea March
28th 1783.
ration. Receiv'd by the Hands of M' Frederick a Receipt from the Bank for
twenty five Pounds the Benefaction of Henry L'ap6tre Esq' to be ap
plied to the Purposes of the Charter.

108 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Resolv'd That M' Frederick be desired to return the thanks of the Trustees to
M' L'Apdtre for the said Benefaction Adjourn'd to Wednesday Aprill the
4th 1733 at 4 o'Clock in the Afternoon.

Palace Court
Tuesday Aprill the 3d 1733
Present
M' Sloper President
Lord Tyrconnel
Lord Percival
M' W. Heathcote
M' Ch. Tower
M' Vernon
M' Laroche
M' White
M' T. Tower
M' G. Heathcote
M' Hucks
M' More
Lord Limerick
Receiv'd by the Hands of Lord Percival One Hundred Pounds the
-^Benefaction of the R' Revd John Hough Lord Bishop of Worcester to be
applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Order'd That a Letter be writ to the Lord Bishop of Worcester returning the
thanks of the Trustees for his Lordship's said Benefaction
Read a Letter from the Revd M' I Stanley Rector of Leverpool with
A an Account of the Collections at Leverpool amounting to above One
hundred and twenty Pounds
Order'd That a Letter be sent to the Revd M' I. Stanley returning the thanks
of the Trustees to the said M' Stanley and the Revd Mr Baldwin for their
great Charity in recommending the Design in their Sermons, and the
great Pains they have taken in collecting Benefactions for carrying it

COLONIAL RECORDS. 109
on ; And to desire M' Stanley to remit the Money in his Hands to the
Bank, or to the Trustees Office. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Aprill the 4'" 1733
Present
M' Hales President
M' Smith
M' Bedford
Capt Coram
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank of One hundred Pounds the Bene
faction of the R' Revd Lord Bishop of Worcester.
Examin'd Samuel Holmes Who offer'd himself to go to Georgia and
enter'd his Name for further Consideration. Adjourn'd to Wednesday Aprill the
ll"1 1733 at 4 o'Clock in the Afternoon.

Palace Court
Wednesday Aprill the 11th 1733
Present
M' Vernon President
M' Hales
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Smith
Capt Coram
M' Bedford
Receiv'd of the R* Honble Lord Vise' Limerick twenty Six Pounds five
Shillings, his Benefaction to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Read a Petition of Michael Elstone relating to a Debt due to him from
John Coates, One in the Copartnership for carrying on the Potash
Trade
Order'd That a Letter be sent to M' William Reyner, that M' John Coates, or

110 COLONIAL RECORDS.
he do attend the next Board, and that Michael Elstone do attend at the R. m.
same time.
Resolv'd That the Names of all those Who go to Georgia, paying their own
Expences, shall be publish'd in One of the News Papers before their
Grants are deliver'd to them.
Resolved That no Servants be allowed to go with any Persons to Georgia, till
they are seen and approv'd of by the Board.
Capt" Coram reported the Muster of twelve " Servants on Board the
Pearl. The Muster and Certificates of Passengers on Board the Peter and
James on Account of the Trustees amounted to Seventeen Persons,
Which made Fourteen Heads and one half of Freight of Which One a
Great Cabin Passenger
M' Verelst acquainted the Board that Capt" John Pennefather pro
duced two Young Men, One aged Eighteen last Michaelmas, and the
Other aged Eighteen His Servants bound for Seven Years Each : And
an Apprentice Aged fourteen next July bound for nine Years, And a
Servant Aged twenty three last Month Bound for five Years. Which
Capt" Pennefather hoped might be accepted to be complying with the
Grant for carrying three Men Servants of twenty Years of Age Each,
On Account of the long Service, for Which he has bound those under
that Age. Adjourn'd to Wednesday the 18th of Aprill
1733 at 4 o'Clock in the Afternoon.

COLONIAL RECORDS. Ill

Palace Court
Wednesday Aprill the 18th 1733
Present
M' Hales President
Mr Vernon
M' Wm Heathcote
M' More
Lord D'arcy
M' Geo. Heathcote
M' Hucks
Lord Percival
M' L'apStre
M' Frederick
M' Digby
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Smith
M' Bedford
Capt Coram.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twenty Six Pounds five Shillings
the Benefaction of Lord Vise' Limerick.
Receiv'd by the Hands of M' Hales the following Books Viz' One
hundred and Eighty Six Bibles Minion 12™° One hundred and Eighty
Seven Duty of Man small 12""' to the Value of fifty Pounds the Gift of
an Unknown Benefactress
Resolv'd That M' Hales be desired to return the thanks of the Trustees for the
same. Receiv'd by the Hands of the Revd M' Sam1 Wessly a Silver Chalice
and Patine for the use of the first Church iu the Town of Savanah, the
Gift of an Unknown Benefactor.
Resolv'd That M' Wessly be desired to return the thanks of the Trustees for
the same.
Receiv'd of Mr Richard Foster and M' Thomas Williams Church
Wardens of the Parish of S' Botolph Aldgate One Pound One Shilling
and a Receipt from the Bank for thirty three Pounds Seven Shillings

112 COLONIAL RECORDS.
being the Collection made in the said Parish to be applied to the Pur
poses of the Charter.
Resolv'd That the Thanks of the Trustees be given to the said M' Richard Fos
ter and M' Williams. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Aprill the 25th 1733
Present (sic)
M' Bedford
M' Smith
Capt Coram
No Common Council Man to preside
Palace Court
Monday Aprill 30th 1733
Present
Earl of Shaftsbury President
M' Digby
M' Vernon
Mr L'apStre
M' Eyles
M' Frederick
M' Wm Heathcote
M' Sloper
Lord D'arcy
Lord Percival
M' Laroche
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Thomas Tower
M' G. Heathcote
M' Phillips
A Petition to the HonbIe House of Commons for a Supply was read
and approv'd of.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 113
Order'd
That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Petition.
Which was affix'd accordingly
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Petition.
Order'd That the said Petition be presented to the House of Commons.
A Commission was moved for the Rector Churchwardens and Other
Principal Inhabitants of S' Mary Lambeth in Surrey at their own Desire
to take Subscriptions and collect Money for the Purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One Pound One Shilling paid in
by M' Richard Foster and M' Thomas Williams Churchwardens of the
Parish of S* Botolph Aldgate to be applied to the Purposes of the
Charter. M' Whitaker attended and acquainted the Board that Job Rothmaker
had been very serviceable to the new Colony in Georgia
Adjourn'd

Palace Court
Wednesday May the 9th 1733
Present
Lord Tyrconnel President
Lord Percival
Lord Carpenter
M' Hales
M' Vernon
M' White
M' More.
Sealed a Commission for the Rector Churchwardens and Other Prin
cipal Inhabitants of S* Mary Lambeth in Surrey to take Subscriptions
and collect Money for the Purposes of the Charter.
Order'd That a Letter of thanks be sent to the R' Honble Earl of Abercorn for
his second Benefaction of One hundred Pounds.
Aujourn'd.
[8 c. i., v. i.]

114 COLONIAL RECORDS.

Palace Court
Thursday May the 10'" 1733
At a Meeting of Trustees Assembled by Summons.
Present
Lord Percival President
M' Vernon
M' More
M' Hales
M' Wm Heathcote
M' Sloper
Lord Limerick
Sr John Gonson
M' Smith
Capt Coram.
Sealed a Commission for the Minister Church Wardens and Gentlemen
of the Vestry of the Parish of S' Margaret's Westminster or any two or
more of them to take Subscriptions and collect Money for the Purposes
of the Charter.
Receiv'd by the Hands of S' Abraham Elton three Pounds three Shil
lings the Consideration Money mention'd in the three Grants of Land
to Robert Williams, John Williams and Cornelius Sandford.
Read a Letter from M' Thomas Penn, dated Philadelphia March the
6'" 1733 directed to M' Oglethorpe (transmitted by Col. Cecil to the
Trustees) with an Account of his giving One hundred Pounds to be ap
plied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Order'd That a Letter with the thanks of the Trustees be sent to M' Penn.
M' Smith acquainted the Board that the Mayor and Corporation of
Hereford had subacrib'd ten Pounds ten Shillings out of the Corporation
Stock, and were promoting Collections in their Town for carrying on the
Purposes of the Charter.
Resolved That M' Smith^be desired to return the thanks of the Trustees to the
Mayor and Corporation of Hereford for the same.
Receiv'd by M' Smith fifty Books, call'd Companion for the Sick, the
Benefaction of M' Ray for the Colony of Georgia.

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Resolved
That M' Smith be desired to return the thanks of the Trustees for th.3
said Benefaction. Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Friday May the IP" 1733
Present
M' George Heathcote President
M' More
M' White
M' Tower
M' Holland
M' Sloper
M' Hales.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for three Pounds three Shillings the
Consideration Money mention'd in the Grants of Land to M' Robert
Williams, John Williams and Cornelius Sandford.
Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Thursday May the 17th 1733.
Present
M' Vernon President
Lord Tyrconnel
Lord Percival
Lord D'arcy
M' L'apotre
M' Hales
Capt. Coram.
Order'd That in all Commissions to be granted for the future before these
Words, Viz' Now Know Ye. the following Words from the Charter be
inserted. Viz' And hath also granted to the said Trustees full and
Ample Power to authorise and appoint such Persons as they shall think

116 COLONIAL RECORDS.
fit to take Subscriptions and collect such Monies as shall be by any Per
son or Persons contributed for the Purposes aforesaid.
Order'd That the Word said before the Word Powers, And after the Word
Subscribe, And instead of & be likewise inserted. And after the Word
Respectively the following Words be added Viz' Are to be inserted.
Capt. Coram moved for a Commission for the Vicar Church Wardens,
and Other principal Inhabitants of S' Nicolas Deptford in Kent, Or
any three or more of them to take] Subscriptions, and collect Monies for
the Purposes of the Charter.
Capt Coram moved for a Commission also for the Rector Church
Wardens and Other principal Inhabitants of S' Mary Rotherhith in Sur
rey Or any three or More of them to take Subscriptions and collect
Monies for the Purposes of the Charter.
Capt. Coram moved for a Commission likewise for the Rector Church
Wardens and Other principal Inhabitants of S' Pauls Deptford in Kent
Or any three or more of them to take Subscriptions and collect Monies
for the Purposes of the Charter. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Monday May the 21s' 1733
Present
Lord Limerick President
M' Hucks
M' L'apStre
M' Thomas Tower
M' More
M' William Heathcote
M' Laroche
Mr Frederick
The Board being inform'd that the Revd D' Thomas, the Revd Mr
Rowell, the Revd M' Lucy and the Revd M' Sherlock had recommended
in their Sermons on May the 20'" Instant the great Charity and Useful
ness of Establishing the Colony of Georgia

COLONIAL RECORDS. 117
Resolved
That the Thanks of the Trustees be given to the said Gentlemen for
their Sermons. Adjourn'd

Palace Court
At a Meeting of Trustees Assembled by Summons.
Wednesday May the 24th 1733
Present
M' White President
Lord Percival
M' Vernon
M' Hucks
M' Hanbury
Lord D'arcy
Mr More
M' Laroche
Alderman Kendal
M' Smith
M' Anderson
Sr John Gonson
M' Bedford
Capt Coram.
Read a Letter from M' Oglethorpe dated Savanah March the 12"1
173-|.
Order'd That an Extract of the said Letter be sent to the Earl of Derby, the
Bishop of Worcester The Earl of Abercorn, and the Revd M' Stanley
Rector of Leverpool.
Resolved That the Revd M' Smith be desired to preach a Sermon in the Church
of S' Mary Rotherhith on the Charity and UsefuUness of establishing the
Colony of Georgia.
Resolved That Capt. Coram be desired to return the thanks of the Trustees to
the Revd D' Lovel for lending his Pulpit in the said Church to the Rev1
M' Smith.

118 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Order'd That an Extract of the Letter from M' Oglethorpe be prepared to be
laid before the Trustees at their next meeting
Receiv'd of the R' Honble Lord Darcy ten Pounds ten Shillings his
Benefaction to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
M' Anderson acquainted the Board that M' Mount the Stationer had
offer'd to give the Trustees the Printing and Paper for any Books to be
printed for the Use of the Colony.
Resolved That M' Anderson be desired to return the thanks of the Trustees to
M' Mount for his said Offer.
A Copy of M' Newman's Letter to the Revd M' Urlsperger at Augs-
bourf'in Swabia dated May the 18" 1733 relating to the sending over a
number of Foreign Protestants was read, and Order'd to be enter'd.
Seal'd a Commission for the Rector Church Wardens and Other prin
cipal Inhabitants of S' Mary Rotherhith in Surrey or any three or more
of them to take Subscriptions, and collect Monies for the Purposes of
the Charter.
Seal'd a Commission for the Rector Church Wardens And other prin
cipal Inhabitants of S' Paul's Deptford in Kent or Any three or more of
them to take Subscriptions and collect Monies for the Purposes of the
Charter. Seal'd a Commission for the Vicar Church Wardens and Other prin
cipal Inhabitants of S' Nicolas Deptford in Kent or Any three or more
of them to take Subscriptions and collect Monies for the Purposes of the
Charter. M' Hucks moved for a Commission for the Rector Church Wardens
and Gentlemen of the Vestry of S' John the Evangelist Westminster Or
any two or more of them to take Subscriptions and collect Monies for
the Purposes of the Charter.
Examin'd Several Persons Who offer'd themselves to go to Georgia
and enter'd their Names for further Consideration.
Resolved That the By Law of August 3d 1732 requiring all Elections of Trustees
Officers and Commissioners to be determin'd by Ballot be expung'd.
Resolved That in the Second Minute of August 10'u 1732 The following Words.
Viz' Trustees and be expunged.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 119
Resolved That in the first Minute of August 31" 1732 the following Words.
Viz* Trustee and be expunged.
Resolved That in the last Minute but two of the same day the following Words.
Viz' Their own Benefaction be inserted after the Words three Guineas.
Resolved That the last Minute of the same Day be expunged.
Resolved That in the first Minute of October 12'h 1732 the following Words
Viz* Trustee And be expunged.
Resolved That all the Resolutions of October the 12th 1732 in the Trustees
Minutes relating to the Saltzburghers and other Foreign Protestants be
expung'd, and recommended to the Common Council.
Resolved That the Agreement of Nov' the Is' 1732 to allow M' Cox for a Case
of Instruments and for Bedding be expunged and recommended to the
Common Council.
Resolved That the second Minute, of Nov' the 2d 1732 be expunged.
Resolved That in the first Minute of Nov' the 23d the following Words Viz*
Trustee and be expunged.
Resolved That in the first Minute of Jan" the 10'" 173-f the following Words
Viz' Trustee and be expunged.
Resolved That the last Minute of the same Day be expunged and recommended
to the Common Council.
Resolved That the two orders of Feb" the 14,b 173f relating to the printing of
the Designs be expunged and recommended to the Common Council.
Resolved That in the first Minute of March the 21s' the following Words Viz*
Trustees And be expunged.
Resolved That in the first Minute of March the 28th the following Words Viz'
Trustee And be expunged Adjourned.

120 COLONIAL RECORDS. ;
Palace Court
Tuesday May the 29th 1733.
Present
M' Thomas Tower President
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Sloper
M' Hucks
M' White
M' Frederick
M' Will"" Heathcote
Alderman Kendal
M' More
M' Holland.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twelve Pounds ten Shillings the
Benefaction of M' Daniel Thresher, mention'd in the Minutes of March
21st 173|.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds ten Shillings the
Benefaction of the R* Honble Lord D'arcy.
M' Thomas Tower acquainted the Board that the Master of the Rolls
had promis'd to give five hundred Pounds to be applied to the Purposes
of the Charter.
Resolved That M' Thomas Tower and M' Hucks be desired to return the thanks
of the Trustees for the same.
Several Persons attended, and on their Desire to go to Georgia were
examin'd, and order'd to attend on Tuesday June the 5"1 to sign the
Articles. Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 121
Palace Court
Wednesday May the 30th 1733
At a Meeting of Trustees Assembled by Summons.
Present
M' Hales President
M' Thos Tower
M' More
M' Smith
Capt Coram.
Receiv'd by the Hands of M' Hales ten Pounds ten Shillings the
Benefaction of William Belitha Esq' to be applied to the Purposes of
the Charter.
Receiv'd by the Hands of M' Hales from an Unknown Person for the
Use of the Colony of Georgia the following Books. Viz' two Hundred of
D' Thomas Gouch's shewing how to walk with God. two Hundred Help
and Guide to Christian Families by William Burkitt. two Hundred
Gibson's Family Devotion, two Hundred Common Prayer Books. Min
ion 12mo two Hundred Horn-Books, two Hundred Primmers. One Hun
dred Testaments. One hundred Psalters, two Hundred A. B. C with
the Church Catechism. One hundred Lewis's Catechism. One hundred
of The Young Man Instructed, two Hundred Friendly Admonition to
the Drinkers of Brandy, the Whole to the Value of fifty four Pounds
ten Shillings.
M' Thomas Nowell and M' John Lock attended and produced a Book
of the Collection in S' Margaret's Parish Westminster, Which amounted
to One hundred fifty One Pounds Seven Shillings and Six Pence.
Receiv'd by the Hands of the said M' Thomas Nowell and M' John
Lock Churchwardens of the said Parish One hundred and fifty Pounds
being Part of the said Collection to be applied to the Purposes of the
Charter. Capt Thomas of the Ship Ann attended and produced a Letter from
M' Oglethorpe, Which was read.
Sealed a Commission for the Rector Church Wardens and Gentlemen
of the Vestry of the Parish of S' John the 'Evangelist Westminster to
take Subscriptions and collect Money for the Purposes of the Charter.

122 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Examin'd Some Persons Who offer'd themselves to go to Georgia,
and enter'd their Names for further Consideration.
Adjourn'd

Palace Court
Tuesday June the 5th 1733.
Present
M' William Heathcote President
M' Thos Tower
M' Laroche
Mr Hucks
D' Bundy
M' Frederick
M' Eyles
M' White
Lord Percival
M' Holland
Alderman Kendal
M' Geo. Heathcote
M' More
Lord Carpenter
Capt. Coram.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for five Hundred Pounds paid in
by the R' HonWe S' Joseph Jekyll, his Benefaction to be applied to the
Purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One hundred Pounds paid in by
Thomas Tower Esq' the Benefaction of Lady Jekyll to be applied to the
Purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twenty Pounds paid in by S'
Hans Sloane Bar', His Benefaction for the Improvement of Botany and
Agriculture in Georgia.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds ten Shillings the
Benefaction of William Belitha Esq' to be applied to the Purposes of
the Charter.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One hundred and fifty Pounds
the Collection made in the Parish of S' Margaret's Westminster.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 123
Receiv'd by the Hands of M' George Jackson a Receipt from the
Bank for One hundred Pounds the Benefaction of the R' HonWc Earl of
Abercorn (mention'd in the Minutes May the 9th last) to be applied to
the Purposes of the Charter.
$ [Several Persons attended and sign'd the Articles for their going over
to Georgia the next Imbarkation. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Monday June ll"1 1733
Present
M' White President
Lord Limerick
M' Vernon
M' Tho. Tower
Mr Hucks
M' Laroche
M' More
M' Eyles
M' Frederick
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds ten Shillings paid
in by Charles Dubois Esq' June the 8'b 1732, His Benefaction for the
Improvement of Botany and Agriculture.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for five Pounds paid in by M' Simond
June the 8th 1732 the Benefaction of James Oglethorpe Esq' for the
Improvement of Botany and Agriculture.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for thirty Pounds paid in October
the 9"1 1732 the Benefaction of His Grace the Duke of Richmond for the
Improvement of Botany and Agriculture
Order'd That M' Verelst do give Matthew Lamb Esq' a Receipt for a Bank
Receipt for three hundred Pounds paid in October the 17<b 1732 by the
Executors of the late Earl of Thanet to be applied to the Purposes of
the Charter.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for thirty Seven Pounds paid in by
Mr Ralph Creswell Church Warden of the Parish of S' Mary Rotherhith,

124 COLONIAL RECORDS.
being the Collection made in the said Parish to be applied towards set
tling English Poor in the Province of Georgia, and for that purpose only.
Resolved That the thanks of the Trustees be given to the said M' Ralph Cres-
well, and the Ministers of the said Parish.
Resolved That M' Thomas Tower and M' More be desired to attend the Board
of Trade, and desire they will obtain an Instruction to the Governor of
South Carolina to prevent any Persons deserting from Georgia getting
Grants of Land in South Carolina.
Resolv'd That the thanks of the Trustees be given to the Revd M' Villa and
the Revd M' Fitzgerald for their Sermons preach'd on June the 10'b In
stant on the great Charity and UsefuUness of settling the Colony of
Georgia.
Resolved That in the last Minute of July 20'" 1732 After the Word Passage be
inserted the following Words Viz' Being the private Benefaction of M'
George Heathcote and M' Belitha for that purpose and that the subse
quent Part of the Minute be erased.
Resolved That the last Minute of August 17th 1732 be erased, as belonging to
the Trust of D' Bray.
Resolved That in the fourth Minute of Dec' 21" 1732 the Word Benefaction
be erased, and the following Words. Viz' The Consideration Money men
tion'd in the Grants be inserted.
Resolved That in the Minute of March 21" 173| of the Receipt for Nine
Pounds Nine Shillings before the Words Benefaction of Richard Chan
dler Esq', the following Words. Viz* Collection And be inserted.
Examin'd Several Persons Who offer'd themselves to go to Georgia
and enter'd their Names for further Consideration.
Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 125
Palace Court
Wednesday June 13'b 1733
Present
Lord Percival President
M' Tho. Tower
M' Hucks
M' Willm Heathcote
M' Holland
M' Laroche
Alderman Kendal
M' Vernon
M' Smith
M' Bedford
M' Coram.
Receiv'd by the hands of Lord Percival thirty Pounds the Benefaction
of an Unknown Person to be Applied to the Purposes of the Charter
Receiv'd by the Hands of M' Hucks One Pound One Shilling, the
Benefaction of Mr Joshua Lintot And Son to be applied to the Purposes
of the Charter.
Lord Percival moved for a Commission for the Revd D' Warren Rector
of Bow Church in Middlesex, the Church Wardens, And Other Princi
pal Inhabitants or Any two of them of the said Parish to take Subscrip
tions and collect Monies for the Purposes of the Charter.
Resolved That M' Vernon and M' Thomas Tower and M' Laroche be desired to
return the thanks of the Trustees to the R' Hon"'8 the Speaker of the
House of Commons for the great Encouragement He has constantly
given to the Undertaking for Establishing the Colony of Georgia.
Adjourn'd.

126 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Friday June the 15th 1733
Present
M' Geo. Heathcote President
M' William Heathcote
M' Vernon
M' L'apotre
M' Tho. Tower
Alderman Kendal
M' Hucks.
Resolved That Henry Parker James Turner John Barnes, and Joshua Sacheverel
be appointed to act as Constables on Board the Ship Georgia during her

Resolved That William Brownjohn be appointed to act as Steward on Board the
Ship Georgia during her Passage
Receiv'd two Gallons of Lucerne in two Kegs the Benefaction of
Christopher Tower Esq' for the Use of the Colony.
Receiv'd a Box of Tellicherry Bark the Benefaction of M' Richard
Martyn for the Use of the Colony. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday June the 20'" 1733
At a Meeting of Trustees Assembled by Summons.
Present
M' Vernon President
Lord Percival
M' L'ap6tre
M' Tho. Tower
Mr Hucks
M' Frederick
M' Smith
Capt. Coram

COLONIAL RECORDS. 127
M' Verelst reported the Muster taken on Board the Georgia Pink
Capt. Daubuz June the 15th 1733 to be Eighty four Persons at Seventy
two One Sixth Heads of Freight.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for Thirty Pounds the Benefaction
of a Person Unknown. Inclos'd in a Letter to Lord Percival to be
applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One Pound One Shilling the
Benefaction of Mess'8 Joshua Lintot Father and Son to be applied to the
Purposes of the Charter.
Seal'd a Commission for the Revd D' Warren Rector of S' Mary Strat
ford Bow, the Church Wardens, And Other Principal Inhabitants, or
any Two or More of them to take Subscriptions, and collect Monies for
the Purposes of the Charter.
Examin'd Several Persons Who offer'd Themselves to go to Georgia,
and enter'd their Names for further Consideration.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday June the 27'" 1733
Present
M' Chandler President
Lord Percival
D' Bundy
M' Vernon
M' Laroche
M' Hucks
M' L'apostre
Mr Smith
Capt. Coram.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for fifty Pounds the Benefaction of
the R' Honble Earl of Derby for the improvement of Botany and Agri
culture, paid in by M' Bernard Frederick Jan" the 23d 173f being One
of the Outstanding Receipts for the last Years Account.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for fifty four Pounds, four Shillings
and nine pence being the Collection made in the Parish of S' John the
Evangelist to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd of M' Thomas Nowell One of the Church Wardens of the
Parish of S' Margaret's Westminster the Sum of twenty One Pounds

128 COLONIAL RECORDS.
thirteen Shillings and ten Pence, Being a further Collection made in the
sd Parish to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd of M' Thomas Fawsett One Pound One Shilling, the Consider
ation Money mention'd in His Grant to be applied to the Purposes of
the Charter.
Receiv'd by the hands of M' Martyn five Pounds five Shillings the
Benefaction of a Person Who desires to be Unknown to be applied to
the Purposes of the Charter.
Order'd That M' Martyn do return the thanks of the Trustees to the said
Person for his said Benefaction.
Read a Letter from M' Thomas Lowndes relating to an Act sent from
South Carolina call'd the Quit Rent
Order'd That a Letter of Thanks be sent to the said M' Lowndes for his said
Letter. Order'd That the Secretary do wait on the Lords Comm" of Trade and Plan
tations to desire a Copy of the said Act, call'd the Quit Rent Act, that the
Trustees may see how far the Colony of Georgia may be affected thereby.
Read a Letter from M' William Houston dated Carthagena Jan" the
25th 1733 directed to M' Oglethorpe, and transmitted by Col. Cecil to
the Trustees. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday July the 4*" 1733
Present
M' L'apostre President
Lord Percival
Lord Limerick
M' Vernon
M' Chandler
M' Geo. Heathcote
M' Tho8 Tower
Alderman Kendal.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for five Pounds five Shillings the
Benefaction of an Unknown Person by the hands of M' Martyn.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 129
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twenty One Pounds thirteen
Shillings and ten Pence being a further Collection made in the Parish of
S' Margaret Westminster paid in by M' Thomas Nowell one of the
Church Wardens of the said Parish.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One Pound One Shilling the
Consideration Money mention'd in the Grant of Thomas Fawsett.
Order'd That M' Callard of New Inn be desired to prepare a State of the Case
of Wilson's Trust Estate to be laid before Council.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday July the ll'h 1733.
Present
Lord Percival President
M' Vernon
M' Laroche
M' Chandler
M' Smith
M' Bedford
Capt. Coram.
M' Vernon reported that Mr L'apostre M' Chandler and he had waited
on the Lord Chancellor and Lord Chief Justice Eyre and deliver'd to
them the Annual Account pursuant to the Direction of the Charter.
Mr Vernon reported that he had wrote to Germany for Seventy Head
of Saltzburghers to be brought to Rotterdam in order to be settled in
Georgia. A Proposal was made by D' Houston in behalf of his Kinsman M'
Houston of Glascow who desires to go to Georgia and carry twelve Serv
ants on his own Account.
Order'd That the said Proposal be referr'd to the next Meeting.
Adjourn'd.

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130 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Wednesday July the 18'" 1733.
Present
Mr Tower President
Dr Bundy
Mr L'apostre
M' Laroche
Lord Percival
M' Vernon
M' Chandler
M' Smith
Capt Coram.
Receiv'd from M' Philip Miller of Chelsea a Present of some White
Mulberry Seeds from Italy.
M' Salmon M' Coates and M' Smith attended about the Potash Grant
complaining of M' Reyner.
Order'd That M' Reyner do attend the next Board.
Receiv'd by the hands of M' Samuel Baker two Barrels and three
s
Bottles, containing twenty three Deer Skins Weight 30. Bears Oyl, and
several Parcels of Sea Rod, Snakeroot, Rattle Snake Root, Sassafras,
China Root, Shumack, and Contrayerva.
Examin'd Several Persons Who offer'd themselves to go to Georgia
and enter'd their Names for further Consideration.
Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 131
Palace Court
t Wednesday July the 25th 1733
Present
M' Hucks President.
Lord Percival
M' Thomas Tower
M' L'apostre
M' Frederick
M' Laroche
M' Geo. Heathcote
M' Smith
Capt. Coram.
M' Reyner attended and declared that he would not have any thing
further to do with John Salmon, Charles Harrison Thomas Smith and
John Coates in relation to the Grant of twelve hundred Acres of Land
in Georgia.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twenty Pounds Eight Shillings
and Six Pence being the Collection made in the Parish of S' Nicolas
Deptford in Kent to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Resolv'd That Capt. Coram be desired to return the thanks of the Trustees to
the Vicar Church Wardens and Other Principal Inhabitants of the said
Parish for their trouble in collecting.
Read a Letter from M' Samuel Eveleigh from Charles Town South
Carolina dated May the 18'" 1733.
Order'd That a Letter of thanks be sent to the said M' Eveleigh.
Receiv'd from M' Mount and M' Page two hundred and fifty Copies
of the Annual Account of the Trustees stitch'd in blew Paper. The
Paper and Printing thereof being their Benefaction.
Examin'd Several Persons Who offer'd themselves to go to Georgia
and enter'd their Names for further Consideration.
Adjourn'd.

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132 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Wednesday August the Is' 1733.
Present
M' Laroche President
M' Frederick
M' L'apostre
M' Hucks
D' Hales
D' Bundy
Lord Percival
M' Vernon
M' Geo. Heathcote
M' Thomas Tower.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation Which has hitherto been used be
broke. Which was broke accordingly.
Order'd That the new Seal be used in the room thereof.
Read a Letter of Attorney for receiving of the Treasury the ten
thousand Pounds granted by Parliament.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affixed to the said Letter of At
torney. Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Letter of Attorney.
M' Tower acquainted the Board that Mess'8 Tibbalds Timber Mer
chants had given a Model of a Saw Mill for the Benefit of the Colony
of Georgia.
Resolv'd That M' Tower be desired to return the thanks of the Trustees for the
same. Receiv'd [of D' Houston One Pound One Shilling the Consideration
Money mention'd in the Grant of Patrick Houston.
Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 133
Palace Court
Wednesday August the 8th 1733
Present
M' L'apostre President
M' Hucks
M' Thomas Tower
M' Laroche
M' Vernon
M' Smith
Capt. Coram
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for two Pounds two Shillings, the
Consideration Money mention'd in the Grants of M' Patrick Houston
and M' George Moore.
Read a Letter from M' Oglethorpe with Articles of a Treaty with the
Indians. The Trustees deliver'd the three Keys of the Box (wherein the Seal is
inclos'd) to M' L'apostre M' Vernon and Mr Thomas Tower.
Examin'd Several Persons Who offer'd themselves to go to Georgia and
enter'd their Names for further Consideration.
Adjourn'd.
Mr Thomas Tower's Chambers Inner Temple.
Saturday August the 11th 1733
Present
M' Thomas Tower President
M' Vernon
M' L'apostre.
Read a Memorial from the Trustees to the Lords Commissioners of the
Treasury for the ten thousand Pounds granted by Parliament to be
issued without the Deduction of Six pence in the Pound.
Which was approv'd of.
Order'd That the Secretary do sign the said Memorial,
Adjourn'd.

134 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Wednesday August the 15lh 1733
Present
M' Vernon President
M' Thomas Tower
M' L'apostre
M' Smith.
Read the Translation of a Letter in High Dutch from the Revd Mr
Urlsperger to M' Newman dated Augsburg the 10'" of August 1733 re
lating to an Embarkation of Saltzburghers.
Examin'd Some Persons Who offer'd themselves to go to Georgia
and enter'd their Names for further Consideration.
Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Friday August the 17"1 1733
Present
M' Thomas Tower President
M' Laroche
M' Smith
Capt. Coram.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten thousand Pounds paid in by
Mr Harman Verelst being so much he receiv'd at the Exchequer by
Letter of Attorney made to him, and in pursuance of a Clause in an Act
of the last Session of Parliament for enabling his Majesty to issue the
said Sum to the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in
America, out of the Monies arisen by the sale of the Lands in the Is
land of S* Christophers, to be applied towards defraying the Charges of
carrying over and settling Foreign and Other Protestants in the said
Colony of Georgia. Of Which the Net Money arising from the said
Issue amounts to Nine thousand four hundred and Ninety two Pounds
two Shillings and Six Pence. The Six Pence in the Pound for the Civil
List, and the Fees at the Treasury and Exchequer on the said ten thou
sand Pounds amounting to five hundred and Seven Pounds, Seventeen
Shillings and Six Pence was remitted by the Lords Commissioners of his

COLONIAL RECORDS. 135
Majesty's Treasury and the several Officers of the Treasury and Ex
chequer in regard the same was given in Charity for a National Benefit.
Viz' two hundred and fifty Pounds the Deduction of Six Pence in the
Pound ; Seven Pounds three Shillings and Six Pence the Fees at the
Treasury ; thirty Seven Pounds Seventeen Shillings the Fees at the Of
fice of the Clerk of the Pells ; Sixty two Pounds Seventeen Shillings
the Fees at the Office of the Auditor of the Receipt of his Majesty's Ex
chequer ; and One hundred and fifty Pounds the Fees at the Teller's
Office. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday August the 22d 1733
Present
M' Hucks President.
M' Thomas Tower
D' Hales
Capt. Coram
M' Smith
M' Anderson.
Mr Coates and M' Smith who were concern'd in the Copartnership for
making Potashes attended and deliver'd up the Grant of twelve hundred
Acres Which was formerly given to Reyner and Others with the Dupli
cate thereof to the Trustees.
Examin'd Several Persons Who offer'd themselves to go to Georgia
and enter'd their Names for further Consideration.
Adjourn'd.

136 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Wednesday August the 29th 1733
Present
M' Vernon President
M' Thomas Tower
M' George Heathcote
M' Smith
M' Anderson
S' John Gonson.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for Seven Pounds Seventeen Shillings
and Six Pence Collected by the Revd D' Robert Warren in the Parish of
S' Mary Stratford Middlesex to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
The Persons design'd for the next Embarkation attended and sign'd
the Articles.
Capt. Yoakley attended with a Parcel from Mr Oglethorpe of Fins
and Other Curiosities, and acquainted the Board that he had brought
with him two Barrels of Rice and One Barrel of Skins on the Trustees
Account. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday September the 5ih 1733
Present
D' Hales President.
M' Vernon
M' L'apostre
M' More
Mr Hucks
Mr Piggot attended and petition'd against Robert Smith Jun' of Roth
erhith going to Georgia, he being bound with him for the payment of
thirty Pounds.
Order'd That a Letter be sent to Capt. Wood not to admit the said Robert
Smith on Board his Ship.

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Order'd
That John Coates do not go till he has satisfied Michael Elstone for a
Debt due to him.
Examin'd Several Persons Who offer'd themselves to go to Georgia
and enter'd their Names for further Consideration.
Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Wednesday September the 12'" 1733.
Present
M' L'apostre President.
M' Vernon
D' Hales
M' Smith
Mr Burton
S' John Gonson.
Receiv'd of M' Peter Noailles fourteen Pounds for the Passage of
Peter Morel] his Wife two Children and a Maid Servant to Georgia,
and a further Sum of twelve Pounds towards the maintenance of the
said Persons in Georgia for One Year.
A Letter from M' Henry Newman to the Revd M' Urlsperger at Augs
burg relating to the Establishment of the Saltzburghers in Georgia was
read and approv'd of.
A Power for the Revd M' Urlsperger to collect a proper Number of
Foreign Protestants to be settled in Georgia was read and approv'd of.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the same, and that the
Secretary do countersign it.
Instructions to the Revd Mr Samuel Urlsperger (to be annex'd to the
said Power) were read and approv'd of.
Order'd That the Secretary do sign the same.
M' Vernon reported from the Society for propagating Christian Knowl
edge that they agreed to defray the Expence of the Saltzburghers and
other Emigrants in their Journey from Germany to Rotterdam and to
support a Minister and Catechist if the said Saltzburgers and Other Emi
grants be settled together in One Town ; But if they shall be settled at

138 COLONIAL RECORDS.
such a Distance as One Minister cannot conveniently attend them, theD
the Society will maintain two Ministers and two Catechists.
Order'd That a Letter be sent to M' Oglethorpe to put Pierre Rodolph Morell
under Christie's Grant if possible ; Or to set him out fifty Acres, for
Which a particular Grant must be made.
Examin'd Several Persons Who offer'd themselves to go to Georgia and
enter'd their Names for further Consideration.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday September the 19th 1733.
Present
M' Vernon President
M' Frederick
M' L'apostre
M' Smith
S' John Gonson.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds paid in by the Revd
—M' Burton being the Benefaction of the Revd M' Benjamin Slocock,
for the Religious Uses of the Colony.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twenty Six Pounds the Bene
faction of M' Peter Noailles to be applied as directed by the last Minutes.
Receiv'd by the Hands of M' Vernon five Pounds five Shillings the
Benefaction of Lancelot Burton Esq' for the Religious Uses of the
Colony. M' Smith moved for a Commission for the Revd D' Berriman, the
. Church Wardens And Other principal Inhabitants of S' Andrews Under-
shaft to take Subscriptions and to collect Money for the Purposes of the
Charter. Receiv'd a Neurembergh Medal in Memory of the Saltzburgh Emi
gration in a Silver Box the Benefaction of M' Vernon.
A Petition to the King for his Instructions to his Minister at Vienna
to sollicit the Emperor to induce the Magistrates of Augsburgh to admit
the Georgian Colonists into their City with Liberty to continue there till
there is a sufficient Number to set out together was read and approv'd of.

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Order'd
That the Secretary do sign the said Petition.
Examin'd Several Persons Who offer'd themselves to go to Georgia and
entered their Names for further Consideration
Adjourn'd
Palace Court
Wednesday September the 26'b 1733
Present
D' Hales President
M' Vernon
M' Hucks
M' Smith.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for five pounds five Shillings the
Benefaction of Lancelot Burton Esq' for the religious Uses of the Colony.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for Nine pounds Seven Shillings
and One Penny collected by the Rev" M' James Bate in the Parish of S*
Pauls Deptford to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd of M' Samuel Ward by the hands of M' Martyn five Pounds
to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
M' Vernon acquainted the Board that Lady Elizabeth Hastings had
given ten Guineas for the Religious Uses of the Colony.
M' Smith acquainted the Board that the said Lady Elizabeth Hastings
had given a further Sum of ten Guineas for the Religious Uses of the
Colony.
Resolved That M' Smith be desired to return the thanks of the Trustees for the
said Benefactions
Mr Vernon produced Copies of Letters from the Revd M' Urlsperger
to M' Newman acquainting him with several Obstacles thrown in the
Way of the Saltzburghers coming over by the Popish Part of the Mag
istracy of Augsburgh ; That the Number ready to embark is at present
but Forty One, and that Many of these object to their going to America ;
And that there seems but little Likelihood of increasing the Number.
Resolved That M' Vernon be desired to procure Letters to be writ to M' Url
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as many of them as are willing to come ; Being assured that their Re
ception in Georgia will encourage Others to follow them ; And that M'
Urlsperger be desired to dismiss such as are unwilling to embark. To
acquaint him that an Application has been made to his Majesty to send
Instructions to his Minister at Vienna, to apply to the Imperial Court,
that the Popish Magistrates at Augsburgh may be induced to consent,
that the Georgian Colonists may be admitted into their City.
Adjourn'd
Palace Court
Wednesday October the 3d 1733
At a Meeting of Trustees Assembled by Summons.
Present
M' L'apostre President
Mr Vernon
M' Smith
Seal'd a Commission for the Rev" D' Berriman the Church Wardens
and the Gentlemen of the Vestry of the Parish of S' Andrews Under-
y shaft London or any three or more of them to take Subscriptions and
collect Monies for the Purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd of M' William Elphinston twenty Pounds to be applied to
the Purposes of the Charter.
Examin'd John Scott Who offer'd himself to go to Georgia and enter'd
his Name for further Consideration Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday October the 10*" 1733
Present ,
M' Vernon President
M' L'apostre
M' Hucks
M' Chandler
M' Smith.
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by Mr Martyn towards the Passage to and Maintenance in Georgia of
Samuel Ward.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twenty Pounds for the Passage
to and Maintenance in Georgia of William Elphinston and his Wife.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds paid into the Bank
by M' William Tillard the Benefaction of M' Francis Huysh of Chy-
thysden to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for four Pounds four shillings paid
by the Rev" M' Burton the Benefaction of an Unknown Person to be ap
plied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds ten Shillings paid
into the Bank by the Revd Mr Smith the Benefaction of Lady Elizabeth
Hastings for the Religious Uses of the Colony.
Receiv'd of his Grace the Duke of Kent twenty Pounds, Whereof ten
Pounds to be applied towards the Passage to and Maintenance in Geor
gia of William Johnson Dalmas, and the Other ten Pounds to be sent in
Necessaries to Him.
Order'd That a Letter be sent to Governor Johnson acknowledging the Receipt
of his of July 28"' 1733, thanking him for his Good Offices, and desir
ing the Continuance of them, which will be so much wanted when M'
Oglethorpe returns home to England.
Order'd That a Letter be sent to M' Oglethorpe that he may expect Sixty
Saltzburghers very soon ; That he is desired to settle them as near as he
can conveniently together, that they may have the Benefit of their Ger
man Minister, That he be acquainted with the Behaviour of Mr Wise,
and desired to send him back with his Baggage to England at the Ex-
pence of the Trustees ; and that the Trustees want to be inform'd how
the People, that have been sent, are subsisted in Georgia
Adjourn'd.

142 COLONIAL RECORDS.

Palace Court
Wednesday October the 17th 1733.
Present
M' Hucks President
M' Vernon
M' Smith
M' Anderson
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twenty Pounds paid by his
Grace the Duke of Kent to be applied as directed by the Minutes of
Oct' 10"1 Instant
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twenty Pounds paid by Robert
Hume Esq' for the Company of Apothecaries for the improvement of
Botany and Agriculture.
Receiv'd twelve Sermons, call'd, the Divine Mission of Gospel Minis
ters by the Revd M' Philip Stubs Rector of S' James's Garlick Hyth
London as his Benefaction.
M' Anderson deliver'd a Letter from M' John Child of Thames Street
with an offer of Butter and Cheese or Bacon to the Value of twenty
Pounds for the next Embarkation.
Resolved That M' Anderson be desired to return the thanks of the Trustees to
M' Child for his said Offer.
Read an Extract of a Private Letter from Gov' Johnson.
M' Christopher Ortman attended and proposed to go over to Georgia
as School Master and Parish Clerk to the Saltzburghers.
Adjourn'd

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Palace Court
Thursday October the 18'" 1733
Present
M' Vernon President
M' Chandler
M' L'apostre
D' Bundy
D' Hales
M' Frederick
M' Hucks
M' Smith
Mr Vernon reported the Muster taken on Board the Savanah Captain
Wood September the 11th 1733 to be thirty Seven Men, thirty Women,
thirty four Boys, and twenty Seven Girls making Ninety four and a half
Heads of Freight.
M' Vernon reported the Muster taken on Shore at Gravesend as $
Certificate dated September 21s' 1733 on Board the London Merchant
Captain Thomas to be two Men, two Women, One Boy, making five
Heads of Freight.
M' Vernon reported the Muster taken on Board the James Captain
Yoakley September 28tb 1733 to be twenty One Men, Nine Women,
Eight Boys, and twelve Girls, making forty, One third Heads of Freight,
of Which John Flutter and Witherell Smith missing at the Hope.
Read a Deed Establishing a Village by the Name of Thorpe to be part
of the Precincts of the Town of Savanah, and within the Jurisdiction
of the Town Court thereof.
Receiv'd of D' Houston three Pounds three Shillings the Considera
tion Money mention'd in the three Several Grants to John Bailie, Andrew
Grant, and Patrick Tailfer.
Receiv'd of M' William Sale One Pound, One Shilling, the Consider
ation money mention'd in his Grant.
Receiv'd of M' William Terry One Pound, One Shilling, the Consid
eration Money mention'd in his Grant.
Adjourn'd.

144 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Wednesday October the 24'" 1733.
Present
Earl Egmont President
M' Vernon
M' Smith.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for Fifty Pounds given by an Un
known Person by the Hands of M' John HoUister to be applied to the
Purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for three Pounds three Shillings,
the Consideration Money mention'd in the three Several Grants of John
Bailie Andrew Grant, and Patrick Tailfer paid by D' Houston.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for two Pounds two Shillings, the
Consideration Money mention'd in the Grants of William Sale, and
William Terry.
Order'd That a Commission be prepared for the Rector, Church Wardens and
Gentlemen of the two United Parishes of S* Alban Woodstreet and S*
Olave Silver street. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday October the 31" 1733
At a Meeting of Trustees Assembled by Summons.
Present
D' Bundy President
M' Vernon
M' L'apostre
Earl Egmont
Lord Carpenter
M' Smith.
Seal'd a Commission for the Rector Church Warden s and Gentlemen
of the two United Parishes of S' Alban Wood street and S' Olave Silver

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Street or Any three or more of them to take Subscriptions and collect
Monies for the Purposes of the Charter.
Read Several Letters relating to the Embarkation of the Saltz
burghers. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Nov' the 7'b 1733
Present
M' More President
M' Vernon
D' Bundy
Capt Coram
Mr Smith
Read Some Letters relating to the Embarkation of the Saltzburghers,
recommending at the same time Several Piemontese to be sent to Georgia.
Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Wednesday November the 21st 1733
Present
M' Laroche President
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Vernon
Lord Carpenter ,
M' L'apostre
M' Holland
M' Geo. Heathcote
M' Chandler
M' Hucks
D' Hales
M' Page
M' Smith
Capt. Coram
Read a Letter from the R' HonWe Lord Harrington Secretary of State,
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with an Extract of a Letter from M' Titley (His Majesty's Resident at
\ Denmark,) with a proposal relating to a Hundred Families in Germany
going to settle in Georgia, and their Desire to know the Terms usually
granted by the Trustees.
Order'd That the Secretary do draw up an Account of the same.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds paid in by Edward
Bush to be applied towards sending him to Georgia.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for three Pounds Eight Shillings
— and Six Pence being the Collection made in the Parish of S' Olave Sil
ver Street to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for fifteen Pounds five Shillings be-
\ ing the Collection made in the Parish of S' Albans Woodstreet to be
applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Resolved That the Revd M' Smith be desired to return the thanks of the Trustees
to the Rector and Church Wardens of the said Parishes.
Examin'd Several Persons Who offer'd themselves to go to Georgia and
enter'd their Names for further Consideration.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Saturday December the 1" 1733
Present
M' Vernon President
M' Tho" Tower
Alderman Kendal
M' Laroche
D' Bundy
M' Frederick
M' Smith
M' Smith deliver'd an Account of the Collections made in the Parish
of S* Andrews Undershaft by D' Berriman the Rector, and Mess" John
South and Samuel Southouse Church Wardens amounting to Sixty two
Pounds four Shillings to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter.

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Resolved That Alderman Kendal and the Revd M' Smith be desired to return
the thanks of the Trustees to the said Gentlemen.
Order'd That a Letter be sent recommending Thomas Trip of Greek Street
Soho Carpenter for fifty Acres in consideration of his paying ten Pounds
towards his Passage and maintenance. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Saturday December the 8tb 1733
Present
Dr Bundy President
M' Vernon
M' L'apostre
M' Holland
M' Frederick
M' Smith
M' Bedford
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for Sixty two Pounds four Shillings
being the Collection made by the Rector and Church Wardens of the/
Parish of S* Andrews Undershaft to be applied to the Purposes of the
Charter. Receiv'd ten Pounds from Thomas Trip to be applied towards his
Passage and Maintenance in Georgia.
Read a Letter from Mr D Wolters at Rotterdam with a Petition of
Jean Lovis Poyas Vaudois to be sent over to Georgia with Several of
the Piemontese.
Resolved That D' Bundy be desired to acknowledge the Receipt of M' Wolters
Letter, and to acquaint him with the Concurrence of the Trustees with
the Contents of the said Petition. Adjourn'd.

148 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Saturday December the 15th 1733
At a Meeting of Trustees assembled by Summons.
Present
M' L'apostre President
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Holland
D' Bundy
M' Frederick
D' Hales
M' Smith.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds paid by Tho8 Trip
to be applied towards his Passage &c.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for thirteen Shillings being a fur-
- ther Collection in the Parish of S* John's Westminster to be applied to
the Purposes of the Charter.
Seal'd a Commission for the Rector and Church Wardens of the two
-United Parishes of S' Anthony and S* John Baptist London for taking
Subscriptions and collecting Monies for the Purposes of the Charter.
Seal'd a Commission for the Minister and Church Wardens and In
habitants of the two United Parishes of S' Swithin and S' Mary Bothaw
for the said Purposes.
M' Holland moved for a Commission for Sr Edward Mansel Baronet
for the said Purposes.
Order'd accordingly. Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 149
Palace Court
Saturday December 22d 1733
At a Meeting of Trustees assembled by Summons.
Present
M' Digby President
M' Vernon
M' Laroche
Dr Bundy
Mr Frederick
M' Hucks
M' Smith.
Receiv'd of John Thorold Esq' by the hands of M' Vernon two
Pounds two Shillings his Benefaction to be applied to the Purposes of
the Charter.
Seal'd a Commission to the Minister and Church Wardens of the two
United Parishes of S' Lawrence Jewry and S* Mary Magdalen Milk
Street or any three of them to take Subscriptions and collect Monies for
the Purposes of the Charter
Seal'd a Commission to the Minister and Church Wardens of the two
United Parishes of S' Augustin and S' Faith London or any three of
them to take Subscriptions and collect Monies for the Purposes of the
Charter. Seal'd a Commission to the Minister and Church Wardens of the two
United Parishes of S' Clement near East Cheap and S' Martin Orgars
London or any three of them to take Subscriptions and collect Monies for
the Purposes of the Charter.
Seal'd a Commission to S' Edward Mansel Bar' to take Subscriptions
and collect Monies for the Purposes of the Charter.
Order'd That the Secretary do wait on Mess'8 Alvaro Lopez Suasso, Francis
Salvador Jun' and Anthony Da Costa with the following Message in
writing Whereas a Message dated Jan" 31s' 173f was sent for the Redelivery
of their Commissions, with Which they did not think proper to comply,
and Which on the said Refusal were vacated by the Trustees : And
Whereas the Trustees are inform'd that by Monies rais'd by Virtue of

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150 COLONIAL RECORDS.
their Commissions, (Which Monies ought to have been transmitted to
the Trustees) Certain Jews have been sent to Georgia contrary to the
intentions of the Trustees, and Which may be of ill consequence to the
Colony ; The Trustees do hereby require the said Mess'8 Alvaro Lopez
Suasso Francis Salvador Jun' and Anthony Da Costa immediately to
redeliver to M' Martyn their Secta" the said Commissions, and to render
an Account in Writing to the Trustees of what Monies have been raised
by Virtue thereof ; And if they refuse to comply with this Demand,
that then the Trustees will think Themselves oblig'd not only to advertise
the World of the Demand and Refusal of the said Commissions and Ac
count, and of the Misapplication beforemention'd, in order to prevent
any further impositions on his Majesty's Subjects under pretence of an
Authority granted by those Vacated Commissions, but likewise to re
cover those Commissions, and demand an Account of the Monies col
lected in such Manner as their Council shall advise.
Adjourn'd
Palace Court
Saturday December 29 1733
At a Meeting of Trustees assembled by Summons
Present
M' Heathcote President
S' William Heathcote
M' Vernon
M' L'apostre
•D' Bundy
M' Digby
Earl of Egmont
Alderman Kendal
M' Laroche
M' Smith
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for two Pounds two Shillings paid
by M' Vernon the Benefaction of John Thorold Esq' to be applied to
the Purposes of the Charter.
Seal'd a Commission to the Minister and Church Wardens of the
Parish of S' Mary Aldermanbury London or any two of them to take
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COLONIAL RECORDS. 151
Seal'd a Commission to the Minister and Church Wardens of the two
United Parishes of S' Edmund the King and S' Nicolas Aeons London
or Any three of them to take Subscriptions and collect Monies for the
Purposes of the Charter. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Saturday Jan" 5th 173$
Present
M' Vernon President
Earl of Egmont
S' William Heathcote
M' Heathcote
M' L'apostre
M' White
D' Bundy
M' Frederick
M' Smith
M' Bedford
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for five Pounds five Shillings the
Benefaction of Brooke Bridges Esq' to be applied to the Purposes of the
Charter. Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One Pound One Shilling the
Consideration Money mention'd in the Grant of Nathaniel Polhill.
Read a Letter from Mess'8 Alvaro Lopez Suasso, Francis Salvador
Jun', and Anthony Da Costa in Answer to the Message in Writing of
December 22. 1733 deliver'd to them by the Secretary.
Order'd That the Secretary do wait on Mess'" Alvaro Lopez Suasso, Francis
Salvador Jun', and Anthony Da Costa with the following Message in
Writing. The Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America hav
ing received a Letter from Mess'8 Alvaro Lopez Suasso Francis Salvador
Jun', and Anthony Da Costa in Answer to a Message sent for their Com
missions ; Which Letter do's not appear satisfactory to the said Trustees ;
They think Themselves oblig'd not only to insist on the Redelivery of
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152 COLONIAL RECORDS.
will be prejudicial to the Colony, and as Some have been sent without
the knowledge of the Trustees, the Trustees do likewise require that the
said Mess'8 Alvaro Lopez Suasso, Francis Salvador Jun', and Anthony
Da Costa, or Whoever else may have been concern'd in sending them
over, do use their Endeavors, that the said Jews be removed from the
Colony of Georgia, as the best and only Satisfaction they can give to
the Trustees, for such an Indignity offer'd to Gentlemen acting under his
Majesty's Charter. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Saturday Jan" 12*b 173$
Present
S' William Heathcote President
M' Digby
D' Bundy
Mr Burton
M' Smith
Capt. Coram
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for fifteen Pounds and Six Pence
being the Collection made in the United Parishes of S* Martin's Orgars
and S' Clement East Cheap to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd by the hands of M' Burton two Pounds two Shillings the
Benefaction of the Revd M' Thomas Archer for the Religious Uses of the
Colony. Mr Burton acquainted the Board that a Gentleman Who desires to be
Unknown had offer'd to give ten Pounds ^ Ann for the Maintenance of
a Catechist in Georgia during his Life.
Resolved That M' Burton be desired to return the thanks of the Trustees to the
said Gentleman.
Capt. Coram deliver'd the Articles of Embarkation sign'd by the Saltz
burghers at Dover.
Capt. Coram reported the Muster taken on Board the Purisburgh Capt.
Fry at Dover to be Seventy three Persons making 59£ Heads of freight.
Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 153

Palace Court
Saturday Jan" 19 173|
Present
M' White President
Lord Tyrconnel
M' More
S' William Heathcote
M' Digby
M' Heathcote
M' L'apostre
M' Hucks
D' Bundy
M' Laroche
M' Chandler
Alderman Kendal
M' Smith
Capt. Coram.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for two Pounds two Shillings the
Benefaction of the Revd M' Thomas Archer for the Religious Uses of the
Colony. The Secretary acquainted the Board that pursuant to their Order of
Jan" 5th Instant he had waited on Mess's Alvaro Lopez Suasso Francis
Salvador Jun' and Anthony Da. Costa, and left with them the Message
of the Trustees in Writing, and that he had receiv'd the Commissions
formerly given to them ; And then he deliverd the said Commissions to
the Board.
Resolved That the said Commissions be laid by and the further Consideration
of this Affair be postponed till Mr Oglethorpe comes home.
Receiv'd by the hands of Richard Elliot Esq' five Pounds five Shil
lings the Benefaction of John Glanville Esq' to be applied to the Pur
poses of the Charter.
Resolved That M' Laroche be desired to return the thanks of the Trustees to
M' Glanville for the said Benefaction.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twenty two Pounds Eighteen

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Shillings being the Collection made in the United Parishes of S' Swithin
and 8* Mary Bothaw London to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Resolved That M' Alderman Kendal and M' Smith be desired to return the
thanks of the Trustees to' the Church Wardens of the said Parishes for
their trouble in making the said Collection
Adjourn'd

Palace Court
Wednesday Jan" 23d 173|
Present
D' Bundy President.
M' More
M' Hucks
M' Sloper
M' Christopher Tower
Alderman Kendal
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
S' Wm Heathcote
M' Laroche
M' White
M' Smith
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for five Pounds five Shillings the
Benefaction of John Glanville Esq' to be applied to the Purposes of
the Charter. Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 155

Palace Court
Wednesday Jan" 30th 173f
Present
M' Tower President
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon
M' Laroche
M' More
Mr L'apostre
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Smith
Mr Anderson
Capt. Coram.
Receiv'd of D' Houston three Pounds three Shillings the Considera
tion Money mention'd in the three Several Grants of Land to James
Houston, Hugh Stirling, and William Stirling to be applied to the Pur
poses of the Charter.
Receiv'd of M' Joseph Wardrope One Pound One Shilling the Con
sideration Money mention'd in the Grant of Land to the said Joseph
Wardrope. Adjourn'd.

156 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Wednesday Feb" 6th 173f
At a Meeting of Trustees assembled by Summons.
Present
M' Hucks President
M' Digby
M' Vernon
M' White
D' Bundy
M' Holland
M' L'apostre
Lord Tyrconnel
Earl of Egmont
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Christopher Tower
Capt Coram
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for three Pounds three Shillings
the Consideration Money mention'd in the Grants of James Houston
Hugh Stirling and Will. Stirling.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One Pound One Shilling the
Consideration Money mention'd in the Grant of Joseph Wardrope.
Received by the Hands of Lord Tyrconnel ten Pounds ten Shillings
the Benefaction of M' Day to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter
Resolved That Lord Tyrconnel be desired to return the thanks of the Trustees
to M' Day for his said Benefaction.
Order'd That Circular Letters be sent to the Trustees to give them Notice of
the Anniversary Meeting on Thursday March 21s' 173f at the Vestry
Room of the Church of S' Bride's.
Seal'd a Commission to the Rector and Church Wardens of the Parish
of S* George's Hannover Square or Any two of them to take Subscrip
tions and collect Money for the Purposes of the Charter.
Adjourn'd

COLONIAL RECORDS. 157
Palace Court
Friday Feb" 8th 173$
Present
Mr Holland President
Earl of Shaftesbury
Earl of Egmont
M' More
M' Thomas Tower
M' White
M' G Heathcote
M' Digby
M' Sloper
M' L'apostre
D' Bundy
Lord Tyrconnel
Lord Carpenter
S' William Heathcote
M' Hucks.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds ten Shillings the
Benefaction of Mr William Day.
Receiv'd of the Church Wardens of the Parish of S' Austin's four
Pounds Eighteen Shillings and Six Pence, and of the Church Wardens
of the Parish of S' Faith Six Pounds Seven Shillings and Six Pence,
being the Collections made in the said Parishes to be applied to the
Purposes of the Charter.
A Motion being made that a Committee of Correspondence be
appointed Refer'd it to the Consideration of the next Board.
Adjourn'd.

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Palace Court
Monday Feb" 11th 173f
Present
Lord Tyrconnel President.
Earl of Egmont
M' White
M' More
M' Hucks
M' Vernon.
Read the Minutes of February 6th 173f and agreed to some Amend
ments.
Resolved That Lord VIec' Tyrconnel, Thomas Tower Robert More Robert
Hucks John Laroche James Vernon John White George Heathcote
Richard Chandler Thomas Frederick Henry L'apostre Esq'8 and D'
Bundy Or any three of them be a Committee of Correspondence And
that it be refer'd to them to inspect all Letters directed to this Board ;
And prepare Draughts of Letters to be laid before the next Board of
Common Council or Trustees for their Approbation ; And that the
Secretary Accomptant or the Messenger do bring to One of the Commit
tee all Letters that shall concern the Trust as soon as they come to their
Hands in Order to be open'd. And That the said Committee shall have
power to direct the Summoning of a Common Council, or a Meeting of
Trustees When they shall think proper
Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 159
Palace Court
Wednesday February 13th 173f
Present
S' William Heathcote President
Earl of Egmont
M' White
M' Digby
M' Laroche
M' Hucks
D' Bundy
M' Tower
M' Smith
Capt. Coram.
M' Smith acquainted the Board that the Rev" D' Best of S' Lawrence
Jewry had preach'd and printed a Sermon to recommend the Charity of
Establishing the Colony of Georgia, and had promoted a Collection for
the same.
Resolved That the Revd M' Smith be desired to return the thanks of the Trus
tees to the said D' Best. Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Wednesday February 20tb 173f
Present
D' Bundy President
Earl of Shaftesbury
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' Eyles
M' Christopher Tower
Lord Tyrconnel
Alderman Kendal
M' Smith
Capt. Coram.

160 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for Eleven Pounds Six Shillings
being the Collections made in the United Parishes of S' Austin and
S' Faith.
Receiv'd of the Revd M' Burton ten Pounds being the first Annual
Payment of the Money propos'd Jan" 30th 173| by an Unknown Bene
factor for the Endowment of a Catechist.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds the Benefaction of
an Unknown Person to be applied towards the support of the Saltz
burghers in Georgia by the hands of the Revd M' Venn.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twenty Pounds being the second
Annual Payment of S' Hans Sloane for the improvement of Botany
and Agriculture.
The Earl of Egmont acquainted the Board that S' Francis Bathurst
was desirous of going over to Georgia with several Servants.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council.
Resolved That the Secretary do wait on the Reva D' Rundle with the thanks of
N the Trustees for his Excellent Sermon preach'd on Sunday the 17"1 In
stant at S' George's Hannover Square for promoting the Charity of Es
tablishing the Colony of Georgia.
D' Bundy acquainted the Board that he had receiv'd an Account from
D' Bettesworth Dean of the Arches of a Legacy left in some Will to be
applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Order'd That the Secretary or Accomptant do search at Drs Commons for an
Account of the said Legacy. Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 161
Palace Court
Wednesday February 27th 173£
At a Meeting of Trustees Assembled by Summons.
Present
Earl of Egmont President
M' More
M' Holland
M' Christopher Tower
M' Thomas Tower
D' Bundy
M' Sloper
M' Vernon
M' Page
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' White
M' L'apostre
M' Digby
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Hucks
M' Frederick
M' Smith
Capt Coram.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds paid in by the Revd
M' Burton towards the Endowment of a Catechist in Georgia.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for Sixty Six Pounds nineteen Shil
lings being the Collection made in the United Parishes of S' Edmond •
the King and S' Nicolas Aeons to be applied to the Purposes of the
Charter.
Resolved That Alderman Kendal and M' Smith be desired to return the thanks
of the Trustees to the Ministers and Church Wardens of the said Parishes.
Receiv'd by the Hands of Lord Vise' Tyrconnel two hundred twenty _,
five Pounds two Shillings and Six Pence collected in the Parish of S'
George's Hannover Square to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Seal'd a Commission to the Minister and Church Wardens of S' Olave -
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in Hart street London or any two of them to take Subscriptions and
collect Money for the Purposes of the Charter.
Seal'd a Commission to the Minister and Church Wardens of Alhal-
lows Lombard Street or Any two of them to take Subscriptions and col
lect Money for the Purposes of the Charter.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday March the 6'b 173f
At a Meeting of Trustees assembled by Summons
Present
M' Heathcote President
M' Hucks
Mr Vernon
M' More
D' Bundy
Earl of Shaftesbury
S' William Heathcote
M' Thomas Tower
M' Laroche
M' Belitha
M' Eyles
M' White
M' Holland
M' Digby
M' Smith
Capt Coram.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for two hundred twenty five Pounds
two Shillings and Six Pence being part of the Collection made in the
Parish of S' George's Hannover Square.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One Pound One Shilling being
the Consideration Money mention'd in the Grant of James Haselfoot to
be applied to the Purposes of the Charter. \
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for Six Pounds Six Shillings being
the Benefaction of the Duke of Kent for the Use of William Johnson
Dalmass in Georgia.

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Resolved
That it be a By Law of this Corporation that all Elections of Trustees
Common Council Men and Officers be determin'd by Ballot.
Resolved That it be a By Law of this Corporation that Any Two of the Mem
bers may demand a Ballot for any Question.
Resolved That it be a By Law of this Corporation That any Member Who ob
jects to any Question at the Board may enter his Dissent in Writing
giving his Reasons himself for so doing, provided such Dissent be enter'd
within a Week
Seal'd a Commission for the Rector and Church Wardens of the Parish
of S' James's Garlick Hyth or Any two of them to take Subscriptions
and collect Money for the Purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd by the Hands of Lord Vise' Tyrconnel twenty One Pounds
ten Shillings and Six Pence being a further Collection made in the Parish
of S* George's Hannover Square. Adjourn'd.

Palsce Court
Wednesday March 13th 173J
At a Meeting of Trustees Assembled by Summons
Present
M' More President
Earl of Egmont
M' White
M' Vernon
M' Digby
M' L'apostre
M' Hucks
D' Bundy
Lord Tyrconnel
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Frederick
M' Smith
Capt Coram

164 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Agreed to an Amendment in the Minutes of March 6tb 173 J.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for fifty Pounds the Benefaction of
the Earl of Derby for the improvement of Botany and Agriculture.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twenty One Pounds ten Shil-
— flings and Six Pence being the further Collection made in the Church
of S' George's Hannover Square.
Resolv'd That the Earl of Shaftesbury Lord Tyrconnel Mr More Mr Hucks and
Mr Frederick be desired to draw up a Representation to the Lords Comm'8
of his Majesty's Treasury in favor of the Secretary and Accountant
Resolved That it be recommended to the Board of Common Council to take
into consideration, That Where there shall be a failure of Heirs Male to
inherit Lands in Georgia, the Trustees should regrant those Lands to the
Husband of an Heiress or Legatee who shall go and abide there.
Seal'd a Commission to the Rev" Dr Edward Vernon Rector and the
v Churchwardens of the Parish of S' George Bloomsbury, or any two of
them to take Subscriptions and collect Money for the purposes of the
Charter. Adjourn'd to Thursday 21s' Instant at the
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Vestry Room of S' Bride's Church
Thursday March 21st 173|
Present
Mr Hucks President
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
S' William Heathcote
M' Heathcote
M' T. Tower
D' Hales
M' Digby
M' Laroche
M' Holland
D' Bundy
M' Belitha
M' Smith
Capt. Coram
M' White
M' Burton
M' Vernon.
Receiv'd of M' Belitha the Sum of ten Pounds ten Shillings his Ben
efaction to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd by the hands of the Secretary twenty Pounds the Benefaction
of the Reva Dr Rundle to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
The Secretary acquainted the Board that the said Dr Rundle had
promis'd to give the further Sum of twenty Pounds each Year for four
Years successively to be applied to the said Purposes.
Order'd That the Secretary do return the thanks of the Trustees to the said
D' Rundle.
The Trustees under the Authority of the Charter proceeded to an
Election of additional Trustees, and chose the Rev" D' Rundle, the
Hon1"8 William Talbot Esq', Richard Coope Esq' William Woolaston
Esq', Robert Eyre Esq', Thomas Archer Esq', Robert Tracy Esq', Henry
Archer Esq', and Francis Woolaston Esq'.
Adjourn'd to One o'Clock.

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166 COLONIAL RECORDS.

Present at the same Place
M' Holland President
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Laroche
M' Digby
Mr Vernon
Mr Belitha
D' Bundy
M' Burton
M' Smith
M' Chandler
M' Bedford
Capt Coram
M' Anderson
M' Tho8 Tower
Resolved That the thanks of the Trustees be given to D' Hales for his Excel
lent Sermon, and that he be desired to print the same.
Resolved That the following By Laws be establish'd as By Laws of this Cor
poration. I8' That all Elections of Trustees, Common Council Men and Officers
be determin'd by Ballot.
2dly That any Member Who dissents from any Resolution may enter his
Dissent at the same Meeting in the following Words and no Other. Viz'
I, A B, do dissent from the foregoing Resolution.
The General Abstract of the Accompt of the Trustees read and Order'd
to be enter'd. Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 167

Palace Court
Wednesday March 27'b 1734
At a Meeting of Trustees assembled by Summons.
Present
M' Laroche President
M' Digby
M' Vernon
Mr L'apostre
D' Bundy
M' Bedford
M' C. Tower
M' T. Tower
Earl of Egmont
M' Smith
D' Hales
M' Belitha
M' Burton
M' Wm Woolaston
Mr White
Lord Tyrconnel
Alderman Kendal
Earl of Shaftesbury
Mr Eyles.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twenty Pounds the Benefaction
of the Revd D' Rundle to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds ten Shillings the
Benefaction of Mr Belitha to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Shillings and Six Pence
the Consideration Money mention'd in the Grant of M' William Bate
man to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd of the Revd D' Bundy five Pounds being his two first half
yearly Payments to be applied to the Religious Uses of the Colony.
Receiv'd of the Revd M' Richard Venn and M' Abraham Jordon
Church Warden thirty four Pounds five Shillings and Six Pence, being
the Collection made in the United Parishes of S' Antholin, and S' John
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168 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Seal'd a Commission to the Bishop of Carlisle Rector, and the Church
Wardens of the Parish of S* Peter Cornhill or Any two of them to take
Subscriptions and collect Money for the Purposes of the Charter.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Aprill 3d 1734.
At a Meeting of Trustees assembled by Summons.
Present
M' Vernon President
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
D' Rundle
Mr L'apostre
M' Eyre
M' Tho8 Tower
D' Bundy
M' Smith
Capt. Coram
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for five Pounds five Shillings the
Benefaction of the Trustees of M' Oley by the hands of M' William
Greaves for the purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for thirty four Pounds five Shillings
and Six Pence being the Collections made in the United Parishes of S'
Antholin and S' John Baptist for the purposes of the Charter.
\ Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for five Pounds the Benefaction of
Dr Bundy for the Religious Uses of the Colony.
Receiv'd a Paper of Italian White Mulberry Seed the Benefaction of
M' Philip Miller of Chelsea for the Use of the Colony.
Receiv'd of M' Robert Walker five Pounds for the Passage of Andrew
Walker to Georgia.
Seal'd a Commission for the Minister and Church Wardens of the two
^ United Parishes of S' Matthew Friday Street and S' Peter Cheap Lon
don or any two of them to take Subscriptions and collect Money for the
Purposes of the Charter.
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Parish of S' Dionis Back Church or Any two of them to take Subscrip- /
tions and collect Money for the Purposes of the Charter.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Saturday Aprill 6th 1734.
Present
M' Chandler President
M' Vernon
M' Laroche
M' Heathcote
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Ch. Tower
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Digby
Earl of Shaftesbury
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twenty Pounds the Benefaction
of Robert Eyre Esq' to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for five Pounds paid by Robert
Walker towards the Passage and Maintenance of Andrew Walker in
Georgia. Receiv'd some Letters from Ratisbon sign'd Christophorus Carol us
Ludovicus de Pfeil.
Refer'd them to the Committee of Correspondence.
Adjourn'd.

170 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Wednesday Aprill 10'b 1734
At a Meeting of Trustees Assembled by Summons.
M' L'apostre President
Lord Tyrconnel
D' Rundle
S' William Heathcote
M' Vernon
D' Bundy
M' Smith
M' Burton
\ Receiv'd of the Revd M' Burton two Pounds two Shillings the Bene
faction of an Unknown Person for the Religious Uses of the Colony.
Receiv'd of M' John Glennison for thirty One Deer Skins weighing
thirty Six Pounds and an half, four Pounds Eleven Shillings and three
Pence and for thirty Eight damag'd Skins fifteen Shillings to be applied
to the Purposes of the Charter.
x Seal'd a Commission for the Minister and Church Wardens of the
Parish of S' Michael Cornhill or any two of them to take Subscriptions
and collect Money for the Purposes of the Charter.
Seal'd a Commission for the Minister and Church Wardens of the
^Parish of S* Botolph Bishopsgate or any two of them to take Subscrip
tions and collect Money for the Purposes of the Charter.
Read a Letter from M' Richard Lowther at Rotterdam desiring to know
What Encouragement the Trustees give to those Who go to Georgia.
Order'd That the Secretary do write an Answer to the said Letter.
Order'd That a Letter be sent to M' Oglethorpe to inquire What is become of
Robert and Richard Saunders Servants to Mess™ Gough and to acquaint
him that the Wife of Robert Saunders is willing to go to Georgia if her
Husband is there.
Receiv'd of M' John Worthington, two Copies of Select Discourses by
v Dr Worthington in Sheets, Eighty Copies of a Treatise entitled a Sys
tem of Christian Doctrine in Sheets, and thirty of the said Treatises
bound, his Benefaction for the Use of the Colony.
Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 171

Palace Court
Friday May 17th 1734
Mr Frederick President
Mr W° Woolaston
M' Smith
M' Bedford
Capt Coram
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for Seventy One Pounds One Shil
ling and Six Pence being the Collection made in the United Parishes of
S' Lawrence Jewry and S' Mary Magdalen Milk Street to be applied to
the Purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for two Pounds two Shillings the
Benefaction of an Unknown Person by the hands of Mr Burton for the
Religious Uses of the Colony.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for five Pounds Six Shillings and
three Pence being the Purchase Money for the Deer Skins sold by Order
of the Common Council.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for thirty four Pounds the Benefac
tion of an Unknown Person to be applied to the Purposes of the Char
ter, paid in by the hands of Mr Charles Corbett.
Resolved That M' Bedford be desired to acquaint the Society for promoting
Christian Knowledge that the forty Vaudois Who are intended to be
sent to Georgia are at present without any Subsistance in Holland, and
incapable of supporting themselves till the proper time for carrying them
to Georgia, and that it will be absolutely inconvenient and unsafe to
send them before August next. Adjourn'd.

172 COLONIAL RECORDS.

Palace Court
Wednesday May 22d 1734.
Present
Earl of Egmont President
M' Chandler
M' Frederick
D' Bundy
M' Bedford
Capt. Coram
M' Hucks.
M' Bedford reported from the Society for promoting Christian Knowl
edge, that they will take the Matters refer'd to them by the Trustees in
consideration as soon as M' Vernon comes to Town.
^ Read a Letter sign'd Johannes Georgius Altmannus with proposals for
his conducting an Embarkation from Swisserland to Georgia.
Resolved That an Answer be sent that the Conditions of the said Letter cannot
be complied with. Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Wednesday May 29th 1734
Present
M' T. Tower President
Earl of Egmont
M' Hucks
M' Laroche
M' Chandler
D' Bundy
M' Frederick
M' Page
M' Smith
Capt. Coram.
-^ Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for Sixty Pounds ten Shillings be
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by the Rev" D' Edward Vernon Rector and the Revd M1' Edward Capper
Lecturer to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd by the Hands of Mr Hucks Seventeen Pounds two Shillings
a further Part of the Collection made in the said Parish.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Friday June 7'b 1734.
Present
M' Laroche President
M' Frederick
M' Vernon
M' Chandler
D' Bundy
M' T. Tower
Earl of Egmont
Mr Heathcote
M' Smith
M' Bedford
Capt. Coram
Receiv'd by the Hands of the Secretary fifty Pounds the Benefaction
of Lord Tullamoore to be applied towards the Subsistance of the
Vaudois, or otherwise as the Trustees may think proper.
Resolved That the Secretary do return the thanks of the Trustees to his Lord
ship for his said Benefaction.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twenty Nine Pounds two Shil
lings and Six Pence, being part of the Collection made in the Parish of
S' George Bloomsbury
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for Seventeen Pounds two Shillings
part of the Collection made in the Parish of S' George Bloomsbury.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for thirty Pounds the second
Yearly payment of the Duke of Richmond for the improvement of
Botany and Agriculture.
Receiv'd three Sets of the new Testament with References the Bene
faction of the Author the Revd M' Fox of Reading by the Hands of the
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174 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for fourteen Pounds four Shillings
and ten pence paid in by M' John Glinn being the Collection made in
the Parish of S' James's Garlick Hyth to be applied to the Purposes of
the Charter.
Resolved That the Rev" M' Smith be desired to return the thanks of the Trus
tees to D' Astrey and the Church Wardens of the said Parish.
Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Wednesday June 19*" 1734
Present
M' Vernon President
Earl of Egmont
M' Laroche
M' L'apostre
M' Hucks
M' Frederick
M' Smith
The four following Bank Receipts came to the Hands of the Accomp
tant since the last Board, and were exchang'd with the Bank the 10'"
Instant. Viz' One for twenty Six pounds ten Shillings and Six Pence
paid in by the Minister and Church Warden of the Parish of S' Olave
Hart Street. One for fifteen Pounds Sixteen Shillings paid in by M'
Samuel Holmes Church Warden of S' Michael Cornhill. One for fifty
Pounds the Benefaction of Lord Tullamoore. And another for forty Six
Pounds, nineteen Shillings and two pence paid by George Heathcote
Esq' to balance his Imprests.
Read Several Letters from M' Oglethorpe and a Letter from M' Char
don with a Bill of Lading. Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 175
Palace Court
Friday June 21s' 1734
Present
M' Chandler President
M' Oglethorpe
Earl of Egmont
M' Tho" Tower
M' Vernon
M' G. Heathcote
M' Hucks
Alderman Kendal
M' Page
M' L'apostre
Mr Eyre
M' Frederick
M' Anderson
M' Smith
S' John Gonson
Resolved Nemine Contradicente
That the thanks of the Trustees be return'd to James Oglethorpe Esq'
for the many and great Services he has done the Colony of Georgia.
Receiv'd Seven Pounds One Shilling and Six Pence for two Barrels of
Rice sold by Order of the Common Council.
Adjourn'd.

176 COLONIAL RECORDS.

Palace Court
Wednesday June 26'b 1734.
Present
M' L'apostre President
Earl of Egmont
Lord Carpenter
M' Oglethorpe
M' Laroche
M' Hucks
M' Heathcote
M' Chandler
Alderman Kendal
M' Smith.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for Seven pounds One Shilling and
Six pence being the Purchase Money for the Rice.
Receiv'd by the hands of the Revd M' Smith five Pounds five Shillings
^ the Benefaction of Thomas Rogers Esq' to be applied to the Purposes of
the Charter.
Resolved That M' Smith be desired to return the thanks of the Trustees to
M' Rogers.
Receiv'd by Capt. Yoakly a Case of Snakeroot being the Produce of
Georgia. Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 177

Palace Court
Wednesday July 3d 1734.
Present
Earl of Egmont President
M' Oglethorpe
M' Hucks
M' Vernon
M' L'apostre
M' Heathcote
D' Hales
M' Eyre
M' Smith
M' Bedford.
M' Hucks acquainted the Board that He and M' Oglethorpe M'
Heathcote and M' Vernon had waited on the Lord Chancellor and pre
sented him the Annual Account.
M' Vernon acquainted the Board that He and M' Oglethorpe and M'
Heathcote had attended the Master of the Rolls with the same.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for five Pounds five Shillings the
Benefaction of Thomas Rogers Esq'.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One hundred Pounds paid some
time ago into the Bank by Edward Rennolds Esq' Executor of Edward
Adderly Esq'.
Order'd That the Secretary do wait on Josiah Burchet Esq' and acquaint him
with the Trustees Desire that the Lords of the Admiralty will order a
discharge for James Wood Fore Mast Man on board the Princess Amelia
Receiv'd twenty One Ps of Timber the growth of Georgia.
The Indians being introduced, Tomochachoe the Chief spoke to the
Board in the following Manner.
That he had come over the great Seas to see England and the King,
and for the Good of his Posterity, that they may be instructed in What
is right and necessary for them ; That he do's not expect to live long,
but hopes, When he is gone they and the English in his Country may
live together in Peace.
That he little thought of coming over not knowing how to trust the
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People of Carolina, But as the Trustees have sent a Family to settle in
his Country, and as M' Oglethorpe has always been good and just he
readily trusted him
When he was Young, he took delight in War and hunting, and did
not mind the Instructions of the Old Men, to Which they must impute
his Ignorance, but that Wiser Men may come, and in the mean time he
will give the Kings of the Nation an Account of What he has seen, and
how he has been treated by the Trustees
He concluded with saying, He has been preserved from all his Enemies
by the Great One Above to see this happy Day.
Then the President made the following Answer.
You have done very well to trust Your selves under M' Oglethorpe. The
Trustees are very glad to see You. They will be Fathers to You, You shall
receive from them all the kindness and security You can desire, and
You are under a King, Who is good and gracious to all his People. The
Trustees will endeavor to cement a strict Alliance and Friendship with
You, Your Children shall be Ours, and Ours shall be Yours, And We
are all under One God, Who will punish Any Who are guilty of Breach
of Faith. If You have at any time Any thing to offer, The Trustees
will be very ready to hear You, and assist You on every Occasion.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday July 10tb 1734
Present
M' Heathcote President
M' Laroche
M' Vernon
M' L'apostre
M' Chandler
M' Oglethorpe
Earl of Egmont
M' Smith.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for thirty Pounds two Shillings and
six pence being the Collection made in the Parish of S' Mary Virgin
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COLONIAL RECORDS. 179
Read a Letter from M' Thomas Lowndes mentioning a Proposal for
the Service of the Colony.
Resolved That the Earl of Egmont be desired to hear the Proposal of the said
M' Lowndes and make a Report of the same to the Trustees.
Resolved That James Oglethorpe Esq' be added to the Committee of Cor
respondence. M' Pury being introduced, acquainted the Board, that he could not
get possession of the Lands in Carolina granted by his Majesty ; That he
was apprehensive, that the Law appropriating the Negro Duty, so far as
it related to the subsisting the Colony would not take place ; And there
upon desired the Advice of the Board, in what manner he should pro
ceed, to prevent the ruin of the People of Purisburgh, Who must per
ish and disperse for Want of Food intended to be rais'd by this Duty.
Resolved That the Board from their Affection to the Colony of Purisburgh
would be glad to do them any service ; but that it is improper for them
to interfere therein.
And that M' Pury be acquainted therewith.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday July 17'b 1734
Present
M' Laroche President.
M' Oglethorpe
M' Vernon
M' Chandler
M' L'apostre
M' Smith
S' John Gonson
M' Pury attended and acquainted the Board that he was returning
back to Purisburgh, and came to take his leave of the Trustees, and de
sired that the Persons, Whom he is now conducting to Purisburgh, may
on their first Arrival in the River Savanah till they can get to Puris
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180 COLONIAL RECORDS.
And that they may have the Use of any Boats that can be spared : That
such a Number of them as can conveniently may be lodged in the Guard
house; And that it be recomended by the Trustees to the Magistrates
of Georgia to give them such further help and Assistance as they can
afford.Order'd That a Letter be sent with directions to the said Purposes.
Order'd That a Letter be sent to S' Robert Walpole to know when the Indians
may be introduced to his Majesty ; to desire him to Obtain an Order for
the King's Coaches for them, and a Centry to preserve them from the
Insults of the Mob. Adjourn'd

Palace Court
Tuesday July 23d 1734
Present
M' Vernon President
M' Oglethorpe
M' Hucks
M' Frederick
M' L'apostre
D' Bundy
D' Hales.
Seal'd a Commission to the Revd M' Thomas Wilson to take Subscrip
tions and collect Money for the Purposes of the Charter.
Seal'd a Commission to the Revd Mr Richard Colyear to take Subscrip
tions and collect Money for the Purposes of the Charter.
Adjourn'd.

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Palace Court
Wednesday July 31s' 1734.
Present
M' Frederick President
M' Oglethorpe
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' Smith
M' Anderson
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One Pound One Shilling the
Consideration Money mention'd in the Grant of George Brigham
Read an Extract of a Letter from M' Urlsperger to M' Newman, <>
desiring to know Whether Another Embarkation may be made of the
Saltzburghers for Georgia.
M' Vernon then acquainted the Board that the Society for propagating ^
Christian Knowledge resolved to send over an Embarkation of fifty
Heads of Saltzburghers at their Expence.
Resolved That the Thanks of the Trustees be given to the said Society , And yy
that it be recommended to the Common Council to give the said Saltz
burghers Grants of Land in Georgia
Order'd That on Wednesday August 218' the Trustees do go into a Committee
to prepare Matters relating to the Indians to be laid before the Common
Council Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Wednesday August 7'" 1734
Present
Earl of Egmont President
M' Laroche
M' Vernon
Mr Eyre
M' Smith

182 COLONIAL RECORDS.
The following Proposal sent to the Secretary by Mr Thomas Lowndes
was laid before the Board.
When a Scheme or Method to be propos'd by M' Thomas Lowndes for
raising a large Sum of Money (as Ten, fifteen, twenty, twenty five, or
thirty thousand Pounds without applying to Parliament) to support and
carry on the Settlement of Georgia shall be approved of, pursued, and
effected ; The said Thomas Lowndes expects from the R' Honble Earl of
Egmont and James Vernon Esq' on the behalf of the Trustees for Geor
gia Eight $ Cent out of all the Money that shall be raised by the said
Scheme or Method.
Mem1" The sd Eight f, Cent is to be in lieu of all other Claims as
Discoverer, and all other Demands Whatsoever. August 7 1734
Tho8 Lowndes.
Resolved That the said Paper be refer'd to the Common Council
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday August 14 1734
Present
M' Oglethorpe President
Earl of Egmont
M' Tho8 Tower
M' L'ap6tre
M' Vernon
M' Laroche
M' Eyre
Mr Hucks
M' Smith
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for fifty Pounds the Benefaction of
M' John Hollis by the hands of M' Josiah Maber to be applied to the
Purposes of the Charter.
M' John Tuckwell appear'd at the Board and promised to give a Clock
for the first Church at Savanah as his Benefaction.
Resolved That M' Oglethorpe, M' Vernon and M' Thomas Tower be a Commit-

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tee for drawing up a Memorial to his Majesty relating to the Expences
of the Indian Chiefs and the Expences Which the Trustees have been
at by desire of the Gov' and Assembly of South Carolina for engaging the
Upper and lower Creeks in the Interest of the Government, and pre
venting the incroachments of the French.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday August 21s' 1734
Present
M' Vernon President
Earl of Egmont
Alderman Kendal
M' Oglethorpe
M' Thomas Tower
Lord Carpenter
M' Smith
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twelve Pounds the Benefaction
of the Revd M' Millichamp to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
William Calloway attended and desired to be sent over to Georgia
with a Man Servant in consideration of his paying twenty five Pound s
for his Passage and Subsistance, and desired a Lot of fifty Acres in the
Town of Savanah if possible.
Resolved That the said William Calloway be recommended to the Common
Council.
Order'd That the further Consideration of Affairs relating to the Indians be
put off sine Die.
A Memorial of the Trustees to his Majesty relating to the Expences
of the Indian Chiefs, and the Expences Which the Trustees have been
at by Desire of the Governor and Assembly of South Carolina for en
gaging the Upper and lower Creeks in the Interest of the Government,
and preventing the Incroachments of the French, was read and ap
prov'd of.
Order'd That the Secretary do sign the said Memorial.
Adjourn'd

184 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Wednesday August 28'" 1734
Present
Alderman Kendal President
Earl of Egmont
M' Oglethorpe
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Vernon
M' Page
M' Eyre
M' Hucks
M' Laroche
M' Smith
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds ten Shillings the
¦ Benefaction of an Unknown Gentlewoman by the hands of M' Allen Webb
to be laid out in Bibles Common Prayer Books, and the Whole Duty of
Man for the Use of the People in Georgia.
Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Wednesday September lltb 1734
Present
Earl of Egmont President
M' Oglethorpe
M' Laroche
M' Smith
X Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for Seventeen Pounds Eighteen
Shillings and Six Pence being the Collection made by the Church War
dens of S' Peters Cornhill for the Purposes of the Charter.
Tomo Chachi and the Indians being introduced, Tomo Chachi ad-
dress'd himself to the Board in the following manner.
v That tho' all Travellers in their Country are entertain'd without any
Expence, he is sensible while they stay in England they must be a
Charge to the Trustees, and as the Cold Weather is coming in, he is de
sirous of returning home ; That before he go's, he desires the Weights of

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the Skins, the Measures Prices and Qualities of all Goods, to be pur
chased by them may be settled. That Nobody may be allow'd to trade
in Georgia without a License from the Trustees, that, if they are in any
respect aggriev'd or injur'd by the Traders, they by this means may know
where to complain of them. That there be one Storehouse in each Town
for supplying them with the Goods they may want to purchase, Which
shall be oblig'd to supply them at the fixed Prices.
A Scheme for raising a large Sum of Money for settling Georgia was
receiv'd from M' Thomas Lowndes, and refer'd to the Consideration of the
next Board of the Common Council, as the first Proposal of this Nature.
Adjourn'd

Palace Court
Wednesday September 18th 1734
Present
M' Tho8 Tower President
Earl of Egmont
M' Oglethorpe
M' Ch. Tower
M' Anderson
M' Smith
Capt. Coram.
M' Bullfinch Lambe attended and desired a Grant of five hundred
Acres of Land in Georgia, proposing to carry ten Servants with him
Resolved That the said M' Lambe be recommended to the Common Council.
Adjourn'd.

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186 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Wednesday September 25'" 1734
Present
Earl of Egmont President
M' Oglethorpe
M' Belitha
M' Smith
Capt. Coram.
M' Newman Secretary to the Society for promoting Christian Knowl
edge being introduced presented two Letters from M' Urlsperger at
Augsburg dated Sept' 20th and Sept 23d 1734, giving an Account of the
Arrival there of fifty four Saltzburghers, and their Embarkation for
Rotterdam, with a List of the said Saltzburghers.
Receiv'd of William Calloway twenty five pounds for the passage of
himself and a Man Servant to Georgia, and their Subsistance there.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday October 2d 1734
Present
M' Oglethorpe President
Mr Heathcote
M' Hucks
Mr Vernon
D' Hales
Earl of Egmont
M' Anderson
Capt. Coram
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twenty five Pounds paid in by
M' William Calloway to be applied towards the Passage and Subsistance
of himself and a Man Servant.
Order'd That a Petition to the Right Honble the Countess of Harold, John
Coke Esq', and Peniston Lambe Esq', surviving Executors and Trustees

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of the late Earl of Thanet's charitable Bequests, for another Benefaction
be prepared.
Resolved That D' Hales be desired to present the said Petition to Lady Harold.
Receiv'd ten Olive Trees from Venice the Benefaction of M' Thomas
HyamResolved That M' Hucks be desired to give the aforesaid Petition to Lady
Harold to S' Hans Sloane for M' Coke
Resolved That Mr Oglethorpe be desired to present the said Petition to M'
Lambe. Resolved That Thomas Egerton Grandson to Thomas Young in Georgia be re
commended to the Common Council for his passage thither.
A Petition to the Surviving Executors and Trustees of the late Earl
of Thanet's charitable Bequests being read and agreed to.
Order'd That the Secretary do sign the said Petition
Order'd That the Accountant do attend on the Society for promoting Christian
knowledge on Occasion of this Embarkation of Saltzburghers as Occa
sion shall require Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Monday October 7tb 1734
Present
M' Heathcote President
Earl of Egmont
M' Oglethorpe
M' Vernon
M' L'apostre
Capt. Eyles
D' Hales
Alderman Kendal

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A Memorial to the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury for
two thousand five hundred and sixty One Pounds (being for the follow
ing purposes. Viz' One thousand and Sixty One Pounds with respect
to the Indian Chiefs and their Attendants, and One thousand five hun
dred Pounds for and in consideration of the Service Charge and Ex
pences which the Trustees have been at in building a Fort in Georgia
for the Security of the Province of Carolina) to be issued without the re
duction of six pence in the Pound charged for the Civil List was read
and approv'd of.
Order'd That the Secretary do sign the said Memorial, and attend on the Lords
Commissioners of the Treasury with it.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday October 9'b 1734.
Present
Capt. Eyles President
Earl of Egmont
M' Oglethorpe
M' Vernon
M' L'apostre
Alderman Kendal
D' Hales
Read a Letter of Attorney for receiving of the Treasury two thousand
five hundred and Sixty One Pounds
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the 6aid Letter of
Attorney. Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Letter of Attorney.
Resolved That John Cunningham of Friday Street Linen Draper (Who at
tended and desired to have a Town Lot of fifty Acres, paying his own

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Passage and Subsistance, and likewise a Servant's,) be recommended to
the Common Council. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday October 16tb 1734
Present
M' Vernon President
Earl of Egmont
M' Oglethorpe
M' Th. Tower
M' L'apostre
D' Hales
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for two thousand five hundred Sixty
One Pounds receiv'd from his Majesty's Exchequer.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for five Pounds five Shillings the
Benefaction of an Unknown Person by the hands of D' Alured Clarke
to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for four Pounds four Shillings. Viz'
two Pounds two Shillings paid by S' Francis Bathurst. One Pound One
Shilling by M' Bullfinch Lambe, and One Pound One Shilling by M'
Andreas Godofredus Dietzius, being the Consideration Money for their
several Grants. Adjourn'd.

190 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Saturday October 26'" 1734
Present
D' Hales President
M' Hucks
Capt. Eyles
M' L'apostre
M' Oglethorpe
M' Th. Tower
M' Vernon
M' Smith
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the Answer given by
his Majesty to Tomo Chachi Micho of Yamacraw and the Other Indians
at the publick Audience
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the Answer given by
the Trustees to Tomo Chachi Micho of Yamacraw and the other Indians
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Answers.
Receiv'd by the hands of M' John Spelman ten Pounds the Benefac
tion of an Unknown Person to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter
Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Wednesday November 6'b 1734
Present
M' L'apostre President
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' Verelst reported the Muster at Gravesend on board the Prince of
Wales Captain George Dunbar for Georgia the 31s' of October 1734 to
consist of fifty Seven Saltzburghers, Whereof thirty five Men, fourteen

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Women, three Boys and five Girls, besides Daniel Weissiger and M1
John Vat the Conductor ; in all fifty Nine Persons, the Freight, of
Whom is computed to be fifty four Heads One half, at five Pounds Each /
Head to be paid by the Society for promoting Christian knowledge.
Likewise of twenty two British Whereof Six Men Seven Women and
Nine Boys the freight of Whom is computed at Nineteen Heads One
third, at five Pounds Each Head to be paid by the Trustees ; Of the In
terpreter to the Indians also at five Pounds, and the Eight Indians in
the Cabin to be paid for by the Trustees.
M' Vernon read a Letter from M' Van Reck dated October the 7lb /'
1734 from the Frontiers of Bohemia, acquainting him that he was
bringing Persons from Bohemia to be settled in Georgia
Order'd That a Letter be immediately sent to Ratisbon and Another Copy of
it to the care of M' Wolters at Rotterdam to be sent to M' Reck where
ever he may be, to put a stop to his Proceedings, and inform him that
the Trustees are much surprised at his Letter, having no previous No
tice of his Intention, And that they are at present in no Condition to
contribute any thing to the sending over either them, or Any Other
Persons to Georgia. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Monday November ll"1 1734
Present
Lord Carpenter President
M' Vernon
Mr Chandler
M' Hucks
M' Th. Tower
Mr Heathcote
M' L'apostre
M' Eyles
D' Bundy.
Read a Letter from the Revd M' Stanley dated Leverpool October 29'b
1734 with a Bill for One hundred Pounds being part of the Collection

192 COLONIAL RECORDS.
made in the Town of Leverpool, And with an Account that fifty Pounds
more will be paid by the two Members of Parliament for Leverpool.
Receiv'd twenty five Buck Skins One Tyger Skin Six Boufler Skins
the Benefaction of Tomo Chachi Mico of Yamacraw.
Received two Dozen Practical Tracts for promoting Christian Knowl
edge amongst the Saltzburghers the Benefaction of the Revd M'
Ph. Stubbs.
Receiv'd by the hands of M' Th. Tower the Sum of forty two Pounds
the Benefaction of an Unknown Person to be applied to the Purposes of
the Charter
Resolved That M' Tower be desired to return the thanks of the Trustees for the
same. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Nov* 20'" 1734
Present
M' Heathcote President
Mr Vernon
M' L'apostre
D' Bundy
Lord Carpenter
M' Oglethorpe
M' Hucks
Earl of Egmont
M' Tho3 Tower.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds the Benefaction of
an Unknown Person by the hands of M' John Spelman to be applied to
the Purposes of the Charter
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One Guinea paid by M' Edward
Wade as the Consideration Money for his Grant.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for forty two Pounds the Benefac
tion of an Unknown Person by the Hands of Tho8 Tower Esq' for the
purposes of the Charter.
The Accountant reported that the Society for promoting Christian
Knowledge had paid four hundred Seventy Six Pounds Nineteen Shil-

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lings for the Charges of Necessaries supplied the fifty Seven Saltz- -
burghers sent to Georgia under the care of M' John Vat in October last.
Receiv'd by the hands of M' Hucks five Guineas the Benefaction of
Peter Mazeres Esq' to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Nov' 27*b 1734
Present
M' Holland President
M' Vernon
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Tho8 Archer
Earl of Egmont
M' Oglethorpe
M' Smith
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for five Pounds five Shillings the
Benefaction of Peter Mazeres Esq' by the hands of M' Hucks.
Receiv'd by the hands of William Banister Nine Wast Belts, Eight
Slings, Eleven Cartouch Boxes and a large Powder Horn the Benefac
tion of Capt. Joseph Richardson mention'd in his Letter October 5'b 1734.
Receiv'd from an Unknown Benefactor by the hands of M' Benjamin
Barker fifty Books of the great Importance of a Religious Life con- -
sider'd and Forms of Prayer for the Holy Sacrament bound together.
Receiv'd of Thomas Archer Esq' fifty Pounds his Benefaction to be
applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Read a Letter from Lord Harrington Secretary of State with an In-
(sic)
closed from his Excellency Horatio Walpole Esq' in relation to fifty
Families of Protestant Swiss at present in Rotterdam.
An Answer to the said Letter being drawn up
Order'd That the Secretary do write it and send it to his Lordship.
Adjourn'd.

[13 c. r., v. i.]

194 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Wednesday December 4th 1734
Present
M' L'apostre President
M' Tho8 Tower
D' Bundy
M' Hucks
M' Holland
Alderman Kendal
M' Vernon
M' Oglethorpe
M' Smith.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One hundred Pounds, Whereof
Eighty Pounds were collected at Leverpool, and twenty Pounds at Pres
ton to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd a Receipt from The Bank for fifty Pounds the Benefaction of
Thomas Archer Esq'.
Resolved That James Oglethorpe Esq' Robert Hucks Esq' and D' Bundy be de
sired to procure an Estimate of the Expences of building a handsome
Church for the People of Georgia
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council that they do order
M' Joseph De Ferron's Lot in Georgia be sold, and the Value of the
same be paid to the Trustee's Account, in consideration of their contrib
uting Eight Pounds toward putting out the said Mr De Ferron's Daugh
ter an Apprentice in London. Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 195

Palace Court
Wednesday Dec' ll"1 1734
Present
D' Bundy President
Earl of Egmont
M' Hucks
M' Laroche
M' Heathcote
M' Vernon
M' L'apostre
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Verelst acquainted the Trustees, he had receiv'd of Richard Peters
Executor of Jonathan Hanson Father in Law and Creditor of Joshua
Overend Deceased. (Which Executor is also Trustee for the late M'8
Overend's two Nieces) two Shillings paid Dec' 17 1733 for the Charges
of M's Overends Chest and Box put into the Custom house when brought
from Georgia, Which Charges arose in getting the same from the Custom
house, and bringing them to the Trustees Office at Westminster.
Order'd That in the Letter to M' Quincy, relating to the Glebe, he be ac
quainted that the Trustees are surprised that they have never in all this s^.
time heard from him of the State of his Parish, and that he is desired
from time to time to send Duplicates of the Accounts of such State of
his Parish, Which he is obliged to send to the Society for propagating
the Gospel.
Order'd That it be an Instruction that all Letters Bent to the Trustees from
Georgia have Duplicates of them sent by the next Ship t.w.r. m
Adjourn'd.

196 COLONIAL RECORDS.

Palace Court
Wednesday Dec' 18th 1734
Present
M' Heathcote President
M' Laroche
M' Vernon
D' Bundy
M' Oglethorpe
M' T. Tower
M' Smith
Receiv'd by the Hands of D' Bundy twenty Pounds the Benefaction
of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster to be applied towards building
a Church in Georgia
Resolved That D' Bundy be desired to return the thanks of the Trustees to the
Dean aud Chapter for the said Benefaction, and to assure them that it
shall be applied according to their Desire as soon as it can be con
veniently Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Tuesday Jan" 7th 173£
Present
M' Hucks President
Earl of Egmont
Lord Carpenter
M' Laroche
M' L'apostre
Lord Limerick
M' Vernon
M' Chandler
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twenty Pounds the Benefaction
of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster to be applied towards building
a Church in Georgia
Receiv'd by the Hands of the Earl of Egmont ten Pounds ten Shil-

COLONIAL RECORDS. 197
lings the Benefaction of John Temple Esq' to be applied to the Purposes
of the Charter.
Resolved That the Earl of Egmont be desired to return the thanks of the
Trustees for the said Benefaction.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for fifty two Pounds ten Shillings
collected and given by Thomas Watts Esq' and paid by the hands of
James Oglethorpe Esq'. One half to be applied towards buying of Cat
tle, Horses, Hogs, Poultry, and Corn for their Nourishment, to be given
to Count Zinzendorf's People ; And the Other half to be applied to the
Purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd by the Hands of M' William Banister ten Swords the Bene
faction of Capt" Joseph Richardson Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Thursday Jan" 9"1 173$
Present
M' Sloper President
M' Oglethorpe
M' Talbot
D' Rundle
M' Vernon
D' Bundy
Mr L'apostre
Capt. Eyles
M' More
M' Smith
Capt. Coram
M' Vernon reported from the Committee appointed to consider of and
propose Laws and proper Regulations for the Colony that the said Com
mittee had prepared three Laws Viz'
An Act for rend'ring the Colony of Georgia more Defensible by pro
hibiting the Importation and Use of Black Slaves or Negroes into
the same
Which Act being read and an Amendment made thereto

198 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Order'd That the said Act with the said Amendment be engross'd.
An Act to prevent the Importation and Use of Rum and Brandies in
the Province of Georgia.
Which Act being read and an Amendment made thereto
Order'd That the said Act with the said Amendment be engross'd.
An Act for maintaining the Peace with the Indians in the Province
of Georgia
Which Act being read and an Amendment made thereto
Order'd That the said Act with the said Amendment be engross'd.
Which several Acts being engross'd accordingly
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Acts
Which was affix'd accordingly
Receiv'd from M' Jeremiah Hoet by the hands of M' Smith twenty
Pounds the Benefaction of an Unknown Person to be appropriated to
the Relief of the poor Saltzburghers in Georgia.
Receiv'd by the hands of Mr Martyn the Sum of thirty One Pounds
ten Shillings the Benefaction of the Honbl" William Talbot Esq' to be
applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds ten Shillings the
Benefaction of John Temple Esq'
Seal'd a Commission to the Revd the Rector and Church Wardens of
the Parish of S' Andrew Holborn or Any two of them to take Sub
scriptions and collect Monies for the Purposes of the Charter.
. Seal'd a Commission to the Rev" the Rector and Church Wardens of
the Parish of S' John Wapping or Any two of them to take Subscrip
tions and collect Monies for the Purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd Nine Pair of Pistols in a Box the Benefaction of Capt. Jo
seph Richardson Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 199

Palace Court
Wednesday Jan" 15th 173$
Present
M' Laroche President
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
Lord Carpenter
M' Digby
8' Wm Heathcote
M' Oglethorpe
Capt. Eyles
M' Hucks
M' Holland
M' White.
Read a Letter from Capt. Joseph Richardson with an Offer of a Couple
of Swans for the Indians, and a Couple of Drums for the Use of the
Colony. Resolved That the Thanks of the Trustees be given to Capt. Richardson for the
same. Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for thirty One Pounds ten Shillings
the Benefaction of M' Talbot for the Purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One Pound One Shilling the
Consideration Money for the Grant of Nicolaus Ludovicus Count of '
Zinzendorf and Pottendorf paid by M' August Gottleib Spangenberg.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Saturday Jan" IS4" 173$
Present
M' White President
M' Oglethorpe
M' More
M' Digby
M' Hucks.

200 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Read a Letter from M' Isaac King Clarke from Savanah with Com
plaints of his being obliged to mount Guard, of his House not being
built, and of M' Watkins's practicing Physick in Savanah.
Refer'd the same to the Committee of Correspondence.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Tuesday Jan" 21"' 173$
Present
Earl of Egmont President
Lord Tyrconnel
Lord Carpenter
M' Digby
M' Oglethorpe
S' William Heathcote
M' More
M' White
M' Hucks
M' Heathcote
Receiv'd of his Grace the Duke of Kent Six Guineas for the Use of
M' Dalmass in Georgia.
Read the following Copy of his Majesty's Order for Six hundred
Pounds granted to the Trustees out of his Majesty's Exchequer
Whereas it hath been represented to Us that One hundred foreign
Protestants, Swiss, Gresons, and Germans are arrived here in their way
from their own Countries to Savanah and Purisburgh in our Colony of
Georgia in America, Who have by various Accidents occasion'd chiefly
by the War which raged in the Countries, thro' which they were obliged
to pass, expended and lost their Substance, And are now not only inca
pacitated from continuing their Voyage to Savanah and Purisburgh, but
also exposed to perish thro' want ; And We being graciously disposed to
contribute to their Relief; Our Will and Pleasure is, that You issue and
pay unto the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America
or their Assigns, the Sum of six hundred Pounds without Account, to
enable the said Trustees to lend Money to the said foreign Protestants for
their Passage and assistance in their Voyage to Savanah and Purisburgh as
aforesaid. 16. Jan" 1734

COLONIAL RECORDS. 201
Read a Letter of Attorney to M' Harman Verelst for receiving at the
Treasury the said six hundred Pounds granted by his Majesty.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Letter of At
torney. Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Letter of Attorney.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Jan" 29lb 173$
Present
Lord Carpenter President
Earl of Shaftesbury
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
M' L'apostre
M' Vernon
M' Oglethorpe
M' Smith.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for Six Pounds Six Shillings the
Benefaction of his Grace the Duke of Kent for the Use of M' Dalmass
in Georgia.
M' Verelst reported the Muster taken on board the two Brothers Capt"
William Thomson Jan" 23d 173$ to be One hundred twenty two Persons
making One hundred Heads ; Whereof ten Germans to be settled in
Georgia, and Ninety Heads of Swiss, &c in Purisburgh
Receiv'd two Swans the Benefaction of Capt. Joseph Richardson as a
Present for Tomo Chachi and his Nephew
M' Vernon read a Letter from M' Van Reck dated Augsburg Jan" 24'"
173$ N S, Wherein he mentions two hundred Saltzburghers of Gastern
in the Arch Bishoprick of Saltzburgh Who are expected at Augsburgh
with a desire to go to Georgia Adjourn'd.

202 COLONIAL RECORDS.

Palace Court
Wednesday Feb" 5'" 173$
Present
M' Thomas Tower President
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' Holland
Lord Limerick
S' William Heathcote
M' Chandler
M' Laroche
M' Tracy
M' Digby
M' Oglethorpe
Earl of Shaftesbury
D' Hales
D' Bundy
M' Smith
Capt Coram
Receiv'd by the Hands of M' Vernon One Pound One Shilling, the
Benefaction of a Widow Who desires to be unknown, for the purposes
of the Charter.
Receiv'd of M' Oglethorpe as his Benefaction a Draught of Part of
Carolina, Georgia and Florida, and Another of the County of Sa
vanah.
\ Seal'd a Commission to the Rector and the Church Wardens of the
two United Parishes of S' Olave Jewry, and S' Martin Iron Monger
Lane, Or any two of them to take Subscriptions, and collect Monies for
the Purposes of the Charter. Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 203
Palace Court
Wednesday Feb" 12th 173$
Present
M' Laroche President
Earl of Egmont
Lord Limerick
M' Digby
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Vernon.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One Pound One Shilling the
Benefaction of a Widow by the Hands of M' Vernon.
Receiv'd twenty Books call'd the Church Catechism explain'd in Sheets
the Benefaction of an Unknown Person.
Receiv'd a Letter from M' Chardon dated Charles Town Sept' 28"1
1734 with several Accounts inclosed, and a Letter from M' Chardon
Oct' 24th 1734.
Order'd That the said Letters with the said Accounts be refer'd to the Com
mittee of Accounts on Saturday the 15th Instant.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Feb" 19*" 173$
Present
Lord Limerick President
Earl of Egmont
M' Oglethorpe
M' L'apostre
S' William Heathcote
M' Hucks
M' Laroche
M' Smith
M' Burton
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for five Pounds five Shillings the

204 COLONIAL RECORDS.
X. Benefaction of an Unknown Person by the Hands of the Revd M' Bur
ton for the Religious Uses of the Colony.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twelve Pounds twelve Shillings
paid by Martin Eyersen for his Passage to Georgia and Subsistance there
for a Year.
Receiv'd of M' John Childe twenty Pounds (his Benefaction) by Bill
for Cheese sent to Georgia by the two Brothers Capt. William Thomson.
Resolved That the thanks of the Trustees be given to M' Childe for his said
BenefactionResolved That Thomas Tower, James Oglethorpe, Robert Hucks, John Laroche,
and James Vernon Esq's or any two of them, be appointed a Committee
for preparing a Petition to the House of Commons for a Fund for the
further Establishment and Security of the Colony of Georgia, and any
Gentlemen of the Trust, Who will attend, to be of the said Committee.
Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 205

Palace Court
Wednesday Feb" 26th 173$
Present
Earl of Egmont President
M' Oglethorpe
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Ch. Tower
M' Hucks
M' Tmcy
M' Holland
M' More
M' Laroche
M' Digby
M' Heathcote
Earl of Shnftsbury
Lord Limerick
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Vernon
M' Eyre
M' Sloper
M' White
S' William Heathcote
M' Smith
M' Anderson.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for Six hundred Pounds being his
Majesty's gracious Benefaction to enable the Trustees to lend Money to
One hundred Foreign Protestants, Swiss, Grizons and Germans for their
Passage and Assistance in their Voyage to Savanah and Purisburgh.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds the Benefaction
of an Unknown Person by the hands of the Revd M' Burton being the
second annual Payment for the Endowment of a Catechist in Georgia
Receiv'd by the hands of M' Anderson One Pound One Shilling the
Benefaction of the Rev" D' Perkins for the Benefit of the poor Saltz
burghers in Georgia
M' Pury the Agent for South Carolina attended, and acquainted the
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206 COLONIAL RECORDS.
the Trustees to countenance their applications for prolonging the Rice
Bill for Seven Years, and for extending the Powers of it to the Dutch
Spanish and French Settlements in America.
To Which the Board desired the President to give the following
Answer. That the Trustees will with great pleasure lay hold of Every Oppor
tunity that shall be offer'd to them to promote the Welfare and Trade of
the Province of South Carolina.
Read a Petition to the House of Commons for a Supply to enable the
Trustees to provide for the further Establishment and Security of the
Province of Georgia.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Petition
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Petition.
Read a Letter from M' Christie the Recorder to M' Oglethorpe dated
Savanah December 14tb 1734, a Letter from M' Samuel Eveleigh to M'
Oglethorpe dated S° Carolina Nov' 20'b 1734, And another Letter from
M' Eveleigh dated Dec' 30th 1734
Order'd That the said Letters with some others not yet read be refer'd to the
Committee of Correspondence
Order'd That all the Papers refer'd to in the said Letters be refer'd to the said
Committee.Order'd That a Committee of Correspondence do meet on Saturday next at ten
o'Clock in the Morning.
Order'd That the Letter of William Selby be refer'd to the said Committee.
Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 207

Palace Court
Wednesday March 5th 173$
Present
M' G. Heathcote President
P2arl of Egmont
M' Laroche
M' L'apostre
D' Bundy
Lord Tyrconnel
Lord Limerick
M' More
M' Hucks
M' Oglethorpe
Earl of Shaftsbury
M' Smith
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One Pound One Shilling the
Benefaction of the Revd D' Perkins for the Benefit of the poor Saltz
burghers in Georgia
Receiv'd by the hands of Lord Tyrconnel One Pound Eleven Shillings
and Six Pence being a further Collection in the Parish of S' George's
Hannover Square. And One Pound One Shilling the Benefaction of
the Rev" M' Brasselly Rector of Sedgebrook in Lincolnshire for the Pur
poses of the Charter.
Receiv'd by the hands of M' Smith Sixteen Pounds Seven Shillings
being a Collection in the Parish of S' John's Wapping for the Purposes
of the Charter.
Receiv'd a Map of S° Carolina the Benefaction of M' L'apostre
Resolved That the Case of Joseph Watson be refer'd to M' Thomas Tower for
his Opinion how far the Trustees may proceed to furnish the said Watson
legally by Fine, Corporal Punishment, or forfeiture of his Land.
Resolved That M' Tower be also desired to give his Opinion relating to the Mag
istrates Warrant about Francis Mugridge.
Adjourn'd.

208 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Friday March 7'" 173$
Present
M' Thomas Tower President
M' Oglethorpe
M' Sloper
M' Holland
M' Tho8 Archer
M' H. Archer
M' White
M' Vernon
M' Digby
M' Hucks.
Read a Letter from the Lords Comm'3 for Trade and Plantations with
an inclosed Representation from the general Assembly of South Carolina
to his Majesty of the State and Condition of the said Province.
An Answer to the said Letter being drawn up and approved of.
Order'd That the Secretary do immediately write and send the said Answer to
the Lords Comm'8 for Trade and Plantations.
Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Wednesday March 12'" 173$
Present
M' Vernon President
Earl of Egmont
Lord Carpenter
M' Smith
M' Page.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for two Pounds twelve Shillings and
Six Pence paid in by Lord Tyrconnel Whereof One Pound Eleven Shil
lings and Six Pence was part of the Collection in the Parish of S'
George's Hannover Square, and One Pound One Shilling the Benefac
tion of the Revd M' Brasseley.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 209
Receiv'd by the Hands of William Tillard Esq' two hundred Seventy
two Pounds ten Shillings the Benefaction of the Society for promoting
Christian Knowledge paid in March 8lb 1734 to enable the Trustees to
discharge the freight of 59 Persons making 54^ Heads consisting of M'
John Vat, the Saltzburghers, and M' Daniel Weissiger on board the
Prince of Wales Capt. Dunbar Who arrived in Georgia 28"1 of Decem
ber last. Adjourn'd.

Vestry Room of S* Bride's Church.
Thursday March 20*b 173$
Present
Earl of Shaftsbury President
M' Talbot
M' Th. Archer
M' H. Archer
M' White
M' Hucks
M' Holland
D' Bundy
M' Ch. Tower
M' Laroche
Mr Burton
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Tho8 Tower
Lord Limerick
M' Vernon
M' Eyre
M' Smith
Capt. Coram
Mr Andt-rson
The General Abstract of the Accompt of the Trustees with Observa
tions thereon was read and order'd to be enter'd.
Receiv'd by the Hands of M' Smith twenty Seven Pounds four Shil
lings Collected in the United Parishes of S' Olave in the Old Jewry and
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210 COLONIAL RECORDS.
S' Martin's. Iron Monger Lane to be applied to the Purposes of the
Charter.Resolved That M' Smith be desired to return the thanks of the Trustees to D'
Ellis for his trouble in collecting the same.
Order'd That a Roll be prepared for a Subscription for building a Church in
Savanah. Read a Letter from M' Josias Clerk to M' Smith with an Account of
twelve Guineas collected at Hereford for the Purposes of the Charter,
and at present in the Hands of M' Willim the late Mayor of Hereford
Order'd That a Letter be sent to M' Willim to desire him to pay the Money
into the hands of M' Lane in order to be transmitted to the Trustees.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One hundred thirty four Pounds
^ twelve Shillings and two Pence Collected in the Parish of 8' Andrews
Holborn and paid into the Bank by the Hands of the Revd M' Cutts Bar
ton Rector of the said Parish
Resolved That the Thanks of the Trustees be given to the Revd M' Barton for his
trouble in collecting the same Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday March 26'b 1735
Present
Lord Tyrconnel President
Earl of Egmont
M' Sloper
Mr Laroche
M' Belitha
Earl of Shaftsbury
M' Oglethorpe
M' Hucks
M' Holland
M' Smith
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twenty Seven Pounds four Shil-

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lings collected in the United Parishes of S* Olave Jewry and S' Martin's
Iron Monger Lane to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd a large Church Clock and Dyal Plate for Savanah in Georgia
pack'd in two strong Cases and mark'd G x C and Clock Weights in a
Basket the Benefaction of M' John Tuckwell value twenty One Pounds.
Resolved That the thanks of the Trustees be given to M' Tuckwell for his said
Benefaction Adjourn'd.
< Palace Court
Wednesday Aprill 2d 1735
Present
S' William President
(-11C}
Earl of Egmont
Earl of Shaftsbury
M' Oglethorpe
M' Vernon
M' Smith
Seal'd a Commission to the Rev* the Minister and Church Wardens of
the Parish of S* John's Hackney in the County of Middlesex or Any
two of them to take Subscriptions and collect Money for the Purposes of
the Charter
Seal'd a Commission to the Revd the Minister and Church Wardens of
the Parish of S' Dunstan in the West London or Any two of them to
take Subscriptions and collect Money for the Purposes of the Charter.
Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Wednesday Aprill 9th 1735
Present
Earl of Egmont President
M' L'apostre
M' Digby
M' Smith

212 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Seal'd a Commission to the Rector and Church Wardens of the Parish
of S* Giles in the Fields in the County of Middlesex or any two of them
to take Subscriptions and collect Money for the Purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd two Drums the Benefaction of Capt. Joseph Richardson of
Which a Letter of Advice was enter'd in the Minutes of Jan" 15th 173$
The Earl of Egmont reported that M' Vernon and his Lordship had
confer'd with M' Lowndes on bis Scheme for Advancing the Designs of
the Colony, and that M' Lowndes refus'd to communicate the same be
cause they were not fully empower'd to contract with him before the said
Scheme was open'd. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Aprill 16th 1735
Present
M' Holland President
Earl of Egmont
D' Hales
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Hucks
Alderman Kendal
Earl of Shaftsbury
M' Smith
\ Receiv'd by the hands of D' Hales One Pound One Shilling the Bene-

\

faction of the Revd M' Baker Rector of Chowton near Alton Hampshire
towards building the first new Church in Savanah.
Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 213
Palace Court
Wednesday Aprill 23d 1735
Present
Earl of Shaftsbury President
Earl of Egmont
M' White
Alderman Kendal
D' Bundy
M' Smith
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One Pound One Shilling the
Benefaction of the Revd M' Baker paid by D' Hales at the last Board.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Aprill 30* 1735
Present
M' L'apostre President
Earl of Egmont
S' William Heathcote
D' Bundy
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Page
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Oglethorpe
M' Smith
Receiv'd by the hands of M' Smith a Receipt from the Bank for forty
Pounds Eight Shillings and Six Pence being the Collection made in the y-/
Parish of S' Dionis Back Church London to be applied to the Purposes
of the Charter.
Receiv'd by the hands of M' Thomas Tower a Receipt from the Bank yf,
for One hundred Pounds the Benefaction of an Unknown Person to be
applied to the particular Use of the Saltzburghers either gone or going to
Georgia. Receiv'd by the hands of M' Tower a Receipt from the Bank for five

214 COLONIAL RECORDS.
pounds the Benefaction of M's Mary Ayscough by the hands of Charles
Joye Esq' to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Resolved That M' Tower be desired to return the thanks of the Trustees to
the said Benefactors. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Monday May 5*b 1735 '
Present
Earl of Egmont President
M' Vernon
M' Oglethorpe
M' Holland
Mr L'apostre
D' Hales
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Smith
M' Anderson.
Receiv'd by the Hands of M' Martyn the Sum of four Pounds the
Benefaction of Mrs Elizabeth Thornton of Mikelham in Surry to be ap
plied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Resolved That the thanks of the Trustees be return'd to the said M'8 Thornton for
the said Benefaction. Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 215
Palace Court
Wednesday May 7th 1735
Present
M' Holland President ,
Earl of Egmont
Earl of Shaftsbury
Sr William Heathcote
Mr L'apostre
M' Vernon
M' Oglethorpe
Lord Limerick
M' Smith
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for four Pounds the Benefaction of
Mn Elizabeth Thornton paid in at the last Board.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday May 21st 1735
Present
Earl of Egmont President
M' Oglethorpe
Lord Carpenter
Mr Hucks
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Smith
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for fifty three Pounds eight Shil- /i
lings and three pence collected in the Parish of S' Giles in the field to
be applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd fifty Caper Plants the Benefaction of M' Thomas Hyam.
A Memorial to the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury
praying their Directions for the immediate Issuing without Deduction
the sum of twenty Six thousand Pounds granted by Parliament in the
last Sessions to his Majesty towards settling and securing the Colony of
Georgia was read.

216 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Order'd That the Secretary do sign the said Memorial.
The Accountant acquainted the Board that on Thursday May l8' 1735
he went to the Council Office, and examin'd with M' Philip Sharpe the
Transcripts receiv'd from the Council Office of the following Acts with
the Originals thereof prepared by the Trustees for Establishing the Col
ony of Georgia in America, and approved by his Majesty with the Advice
of his Privy Council Viz'
An Act for maintaining the Peace with the Indians in the Province
of Georgia.
An Act to prevent the Importation and Use of Rum and Brandies in
the Province of Georgia.
And an Act for rendering the Colony of Georgia more defensible by
prohibiting the Importation and Use of Black Slaves or Negroes into the
same. And that in the Transcript of the first mention'd Act the two follow
ing Errata were amended. Viz' in the fifth Page thirty fifth Line the
Words the Sum of were left out, and in the 6lb Page 17'b Line the Words
he will trade with were omitted.
And that in the Transcript of the next mention'd Act the following
Erratum was amended. Viz' In the 3d Page and 7tb Line the Word Dice
was wrote instead of Vice.
And that after amending the said Errors the Copies of the said Tran
scripts made in order to be printed by were amended and carried to the
King's Printer. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday June 4*h 1735
Present
M' Oglethorpe President
Earl of Egmont
D' Bundy
M' Smith
Receiv'd by the hands of Mr Martyn the sum of two Pounds two
Shillings the Benefaction of M's Mary Green for the Purposes of the
Charter.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 217
Receiv'd by the hands of Robert Hucks Esq' a Bible in the New Eng
land Indian Language the Benefaction of S' John Austen Bar'
Read a Letter from Lady Betty Hastings recommending a Dyer of
Barnard Castle and his Wife to be sent to Georgia the first Embarkation
Resolved That said Persons and M's Mary Pember with Edward Seymour her
Cousin and Heir to her Land, and Peter Jobart of London with his
Wife, all recommended by the Duke of Chandos be sent to Georgia the
first Embarkation.
Read a Letter from D' Smith Provost of Queen's Colledge Oxon
recommending a Kinsman to be sent to Georgia the first Embarkation.
Resolved That the said Person be sent to Georgia the first Embarkation, and
likewise John Robinson recommended by M' E Sparke Accountant to
the African Company. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday June ll"1 1735
Present
M' Thomas Tower President
Earl of Egmont
M' Oglethorpe
M' Smith
The six following Bank Receipts came to the hands of the Accomptant
since the last meeting and were exchang'd with the Bank the 10th In
stant. Viz'
One for twenty Pounds paid in by M' Joseph Miller for the Company
of Apothecaries Jan" 13th 1734 for the incouraging and improving Bot
any and Agriculture.
One for twenty pounds paid in by S' Hans Sloane Bar* Aprill 22. 1735
for the aforesaid Purposes.
One for Nineteen Pounds ten Shillings paid in by Charles Dubois
Esq' the 5th Instant for the aforesaid Uses.
One for two Pounds two Shillings the Benefaction of M's Mary Green
by the hands of M' Martyn paid in at the Board the 5th Instant for the
purposes of the Charter.

218 COLONIAL RECORDS.
One for One Pound One Shilling the Benefaction of the Revd D'
Gaily Rector of S' Giles in the fields paid 5"1 Ins'
And One for four Pounds Eleven Shillings and six Pence paid in by
S' Charles Hotham Bar' the 6'" Instant being so much collected by the
Revd M' Mease and the Church Wardens of the Minster Parish in Beverly
in the County of York for the Benefit of the Saltzburghers either gone
or going to Georgia. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday June 18"1 1735.
Present
D' Hales President
Earl of Egmont
M' L'apostre
M' Oglethorpe
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Holland
M' Smith
M' Anderson
Receiv'd by the hands of the Revd D' Hales fifty Pounds the Benefac
tion of a Gentlewoman Unknown to be applied for the Conversion of the
Native Indians in Georgia
Receiv'd by the hands of M' Salter One Pound One Shilling the Bene
faction of the Revd M' William Smith Lecturer of S* Giles in the fields
to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Resolved That William Woodrooffe be recommended to the Common Council
for a Town Lot of fifty Acres in Savanah
Read a Letter from Christian Gottlieb Priber desiring to be sent in the
next Embarkation to Georgia, with a Letter of Recommendation from
M' John Eccleston to the Trustees.
Resolved That the said Christian Gottlieb Priber be sent in the first Embarka
tion to Georgia
Read a Letter of Attorney impowering the Accomptant to receive at
the Exchequer the twenty Six thousand Pounds granted by the Parlia-

COLONIAL RECORDS. 219
ment in the last Sessions for the further settling and securing the Colony
of Georgia
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affixed to the said Letter of
Attorney. Which was affixed accordingly
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Letter of Attorney.
Resolved That M' Vernon M' Oglethorpe or M' Hucks be desired to be present
when the said Sum of twenty Six thousand Pounds is receiv'd by the .
Accomptant at the Exchequer Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday June 25'" 1735.
Present
M' L'apostre President
Earl of Egmont
Lord Carpenter
M' G. Heathcote
M' Thomas Tower
D' Hales
M' Holland
M' Oglethorpe
M' Smith
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for fifty Pounds the Benefaction of
a Gentlewoman Unknown paid in at the last Board by the Revd D' Hales
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One Pound One Shilling the
Benefaction of the Revd M' William Smith paid in at the last Board.
M' Oglethorpe presented the Trust a large Cyprus Canoe, six Oars,
One Mast, two Side Boards and two Cedar Planks to make a Rudder,
Which were brought from South Carolina by the Carolina Galley Capt"
Abraham Snelling. Adjourn'd.

220 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Wednesday July 2d 1735
Present
D' Bundy President
Earl of Egmont
M' L'apostre
M' Laroche
M' Th. Tower
M' Smith
M' Vernon
D' Hales
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twenty six thousand Pounds paid
in by M' Harman Verelst being so much receiv'd by him at the Ex
chequer by Letter of Attorney made to him, and in pursuance of the
Clause for appropriating the publick Supplies for the Year 1735 and en
abling his Majesty to issue the said Sum of twenty six thousand to the
Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America out of the said
Supplies or any of them to be applied towards settling and securing the
said Colony of Georgia in an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament
for granting an Aid to his Majesty by a Land Tax to be raised in Great
Britain for the Service of the Year 1735. Viz*.
Net Money arising from the said Issue . . . 25342. 9. 6
A The Fees at the Treasury remitted  7. 3. 6
The Fees at the Office of the Clerk of the Pells
remitted  97. 17. 0
The Fees at the Office of the Auditor of the Ex
chequer remitted  162. 10. 0
The Fees at the Tellers Office remitted . . . 390. 0. 0

£26000. 0. 0

Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for five Pounds five Shillings the
Benefaction of a Gentleman Unknown in Wiltshire to be applied to the
Purposes of the Charter.
Recd by the hands of M' Martyn a Parcel of Bamboo Seed the Bene
faction of Robert Adams Esq'.
^- Receiv'd by the hands of D' Hales four Pounds four Shillings the Bene-

COLONIAL RECORDS. 221
faction of M's Dyonisia Long towards the Expence of converting the Na
tive Indians in Georgia to Christianity
Receiv'd by the hands of Dr Hales One Pound One Shilling the Bene
faction of M's Gibbs for the aforesaid Purposes
Receiv'd a Letter from M' Theo. Lane with a Bill for twelve Pounds
twelve Shillings drawn on M' Timothy Lane Apothecary in London
payable to the Trustees or their Order at three days after sight being a
Collection at Hereford to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Received by the hands of M' Vernon a Bank Bill for fifty Pounds the
Benefaction of M'8 Hungerford to be applied for the use of any persecuted
Protestants Whom the Trustees may send to Georgia.
Read a Petition to the Lords Comm'8 of his Majesty's Treasury for a
Place to be assign'd the Trustees to execute their Business in.
Order'd That the Secretary do sign the said Petition
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday July 9tb 1735
Earl of Egmont President
M' Oglethorpe
M' L'apostre
M' Tho. Tower
M' Smith
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for fifty Pounds the Benefaction of
Mrs Hungerford by the hands of M' Vernon for the Entertainment of
persecuted Protestants.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for five Pounds five Shillings
Whereof four Pounds four Shillings the Benefaction of M's Dyonisia
Long, and One Pound One Shilliog the Benefaction of M'a Gibbs paid
in by D' Hales towards the Expence of converting the Native Indians in
Georgia to Christianity.
Receiv'd a Cask of Pot Ash from Georgia by the Prince of Wales Capt.
Dunbar and a Cask containing fifty Skins from the Savanah Indians
weighing 58ss Adjourn'd

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222 COLONIAL RECORDS.

Palace Court
Wednesday July 16th 1735
Present
M' Oglethorpe President
M' L'apostre
Earl of Egmont
M' Tho8 Tower
Mr Laroche
D' Bundy
D' Hales
M' Frederick
M' Smith
M' Anderson.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twelve Pounds twelve Shillings
being Money collected at Hereford for the Purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd by the hands of D' Hales the following Books being the
Benefaction of a Person Who desires to be unknown for the use of the
new Settlement which is going to be made at the Southward Part of
Georgia Viz' One Bible Quarto. One Common Prayer Book Q*° twenty
Bibles Minion 12m° twenty five Testaments long Primer 8vo. fifty Com
mon Prayer Books minion 12lno twenty five Bishop of Man on the Lords
Supper, fifty Christian Monitor and Companion to the Altar, fifty
Christian Monitor and Answer to Excuses. One hundred Horn Books.
One hundred Primmers. One hundred ABC with the Church Cate
chism, two hundred friendly Admonitions to the Drinkers of Brandy.
Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 223
Palace Court
Wednesday July 23d 1735
Present
M' Tho8 Tower President
M' L'apostre
M' Oglethorpe
M' Hucks
M' Vernon
M' Smith
M' Anderson
Receiv'd a Cask containing One Quarter of a Hundred W* of the
Bark of a Tree from Georgia by the Prince of Wales Capt. Dunbar.
Examin'd Several Persons Who offer'd themselves to go to Georgia,
and selected the Number agreed on by the Common Council for the
next Embarkation. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday July 30'" 1735
Present
M' Oglethorpe President
Mr Thomas Tower
Mr Anderson.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One Pound One Shilling the
Consideration Money mention'd in the Grant to Lieutenant Hugh Mackay.
Read a Petition to the Queen for twenty four Pieces of Cannon from
six pounds to Eighteen Pounds with Irond Carriages and Shot and Iron
for twenty four spare Carriages, four small long field Pieces with Car
riages. Eight Cohorns and Granadoes, five hundred Small Arms and
Shot. Cartouch Boxes Moulds and Flints two Flags and two Pendants.
fifty Barrels of Powder Spunges Ladles Rammers Crows. &c.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Petition.
Which was affix'd accordingly.

224 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Receiv'd a Tub of Bamboo Canes the Benefaction of M' Read.
Order'd That the same be sent to M' Miller at Chelsea to be kept there for the
use of the Trustees. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Thursday July 318' 1735
Present
D' Hales President
Earl of Egmont
M' L'apostre
M' Tho" Tower
M' Oglethorpe
M' Hucks
M' Smith
Read a Memorial to the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury
desiring his Majesty's License to suffer the sum of One thousand Pounds
in Silver Coin of this Kingdom to be shipt from hence for his Majesty's
Province of Georgia in America.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Memorial.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Memorial.
"\ Receiv'd by the hands of the Revd M' Smith One Pound One Shilling
the Benefaction of M' Richard Phelps to be applied towards building a
Church in Georgia. Adjourn'd

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Palace Court
Wednesday August Qth 1735
Present
M' L'apostre President
Earl of Egmont
M' Thomas Tower
M' Laroche
M' Vernon
M' Oglethorpe
M' Hucks
M' Anderson.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One Pound One Shilling the
Benefaction of M' Richard Phelps towards building a Church in Georgia.
Receiv'd by the hands of M' Anderson One Pound One Shilling the
Benefaction of an unknown Person towards building a Church in
Georgia Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Wednesday August 13'" 1735
Present
D' Bundy President
Earl of Egmont
Lord Carpenter
M' Tho8 Tower
M' L'apostre
M' Hucks
M' Laroche
Mr Smith
Mr Anderson
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One Pound One Shilling the
Benefaction of an unknown Person by the hands of M' Anderson to
wards building a Church in Georgia.
Resolv'd That next Wednesday being August the 20"1 be appointed for the Per-
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sons Who are chose for the next Embarkation to attend in order to sign
the Articles.
Resolved That a Town Court and proper Magistrates be appointed for the new
Settlement in the same manner as at Savanah.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday August 20'" 1735
Present
M' Tho8 Tower President
M' Hucks
M' Vernon
M' Smith
M' Anderson.
The Persons chosen for the next Embarkation attended and sign'd the
Articles pursuant to the Order of the last Board.
Order'd That their Names be printed as usual.
Seal'd the Charter Party for the Ship Prince of Wales pursuant to the
Directions of the Common Council August the 13th Instant.
Resolved That John Vanderplank be appointed Naval Officer for the Province
of Georgia. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday August 27th 1735
Present
M' L'apostre President
M' Oglethorpe
M' Burton
M' Smith
M' Laroche
M' Hucks.

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Read a Letter from M' Edward Cave with a Bible and Common
Prayer Book of the largest and best Sort for the new Church to be built .
at Savanah and offering to reprint a Book intitled the Lesser Whole Duty
of Man for the use of the People in Georgia.
Resolved That the Revd M' Smith be desired to peruse the said Book and report
his Opinion thereof to the Board. Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Wednesday Sept' 3d 1735
Present
Earl of Egmont President
M' Oglethorpe
M' Heathcote
D' Hales
M' L'apostre
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Laroche
D' Bundy
M' Hucks
M' Burton
M' Smith
M' Bedford
Receiv'd by the hands of Dr Hales thirty Pounds the Benefaction of a
Gentlewoman Whose Name is desired to be conceal'd to be applied to
wards building a Church in Georgia.
M' Smith reported to the Board that he had perus'd the little Book
intitled the Lesser whole Duty of Man, Which M' Cave offer'd to reprint
for the use of the People in Georgia, and that he thought it worth the
Acceptance of the Trustees for the aforesaid Use.
Receiv'd One large Bible, One folio Common Prayer Book for the
Church in Georgia, and One hundred Common Prayer Books for the use
of the People the Benefaction of M' John Baskett.
Resolv'd That John Fallowfield be appointed Collector at the Town of Savanah
in the Province of Georgia.

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228 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Resolved That Thomas Causton be appointed Comptroller at the Town of Sa
vanah in the Province of Georgia
Resolved That John Vanderplank be appointed Searcher at the Town of Sa
vanah in the Province of Georgia
Resolved That John Brownfield be appointed Naval Officer for the Province of
Georgia in the Room of John Vanderplank Who was appointed by this
Board August 20th 1735 ; it being inconsistent for the same Person to be
both Searcher and Naval Officer.
Read a Power to James Oglethorpe Esq' to train, instruct, exercise
and govern a Militia in the Province of Georgia
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Power
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Wednesday Sept' 10"1 1735
Present
M' Tho" Tower President
Mr Laroche
M' Heathcote
M' Oglethorpe
M' Smith
M' Anderson.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for thirty Pounds the Benefaction
of a Gentlewoman Unknown paid in at the last Board.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for five pounds five Shillings being
the Consideration Money mention'd in the Grants to Mess'8 Patrick Mac
kay, John Mackay, George Dunbar John Cuthbert and Thomas Baillie
being One Pound One Shilling for each Grant to be applied to the Pur
poses of the Charter.
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Parish of S' John Hackney One hundred and seventy four Pounds
Eighteen Shillings and Six pence being the Collection made in the said
Parish to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Read an Appointment of John Fallowfield Collector at the Town of
Savanah in the Province of Georgia.
Read an Appointment of Thomas Causton Comptroller at the Town of
Savanah in the Province of Georgia.
Read an Appointment of John Vanderplank Searcher at the Town of
Savanah in the Province of Georgia.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said several Appoint
ments. Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Appointments.
Receiv'd by the hands of M' Oglethorpe five Pounds five Shillings the
Benefaction of an Unknown Person to be applied towards building a
Church in Georgia. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Sept' 17 1735
Present
Mr Laroche President
Earl of Egmont
M' Oglethorpe
M' L'apostre
M' Hucks
M' Tho8 Tower
D' Hales
M' Burton
Mr Smith
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One hundred and Seventy four
Pounds Eighteen Shillings and Six pence collected in the Parish of S'
John Hackney and paid in at the last Board.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for five pounds five Shillings the
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230 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Read a Letter from M' Dumont French Minister at Rotterdam to
Capt. Coram desiring that M' Becu a French Baker settled with the
Saltzburghers in Georgia may have License to leave the Colony, and go
to settle at Charles Town or at Purisburgh.
Resolved That the said M' Dumont be inform'd that M' Becu may have a Li
cense to leave the Colony on his repaying the Expence Which the Trus
tees have been at on his Account, and not Otherwise.
Resolved That the Thanks of the Trustees be return'd to the Rev" M' New-
combe Minister of S' John Hackney for his pains in making so hand
some a Collection in the said Parish, and to the Revd M' Wilson for his
excellent Sermon preached on the said Occasion.
Receiv'd by the hands of D' Hales five Pounds five Shillings the Bene
faction of a Gentlewoman Unknown to be applied towards building a
Church in Georgia.
Resolv'd That D' Hales be desired to return the thanks of the Trustees for the
said Benefaction. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Sept' 24,b 1735
Present
M' L'apostre President
Earl of Egmont
M' Holland
M' Hucks
D' Bundy
M' Frederick
M' Smith
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for five Pounds five Shillings the
Benefaction of a Gentlewoman Unknown paid in at the last Board.
Adjourn'd.

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Palace Court
Friday September 2B'b 1735
Present
Earl of Egmont President
Mr Heathcote
M' Hucks
M' Laroche
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Burton
D' Hales
M' L'apostre
M' Oglethorpe.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for two hundred Pounds the Bene
faction of a Gentleman Who desires to be Unknown by the hands of M'
Oglethorpe to be applied and distributed in Sums of forty Shillings to
Each Family of the Persecuted German Protestants either gone or going
to Georgia.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for five pounds five Shillings being
the Consideration Money mention'd in the Grants to Capt. James Gas-
coigne, M' William Horton, M' John Musgrove, M' Paul Hamilton, and
M' Walter Augustine at One Pound One Shilling each Grant.
Resolved That the New Town be called Frederica.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to a Deed erecting a Court
of Judicature for trying Causes as well Criminal as Civil in the Town of
Frederica by the Name and Stile of the- Town Court.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same
Adjourn'd.

232 COLONIAL RECORDS.

Palace Court
Thursday October 2. 1735
Present
M' Oglethorpe President
Earl of Egmont
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Laroche
D' Hales
M' L'apostre
M' Vernon
M' Laroche (sic)
M' Hucks
M' Heathcote
M' Smith
Receiv'd by the hands of D' Hales One hundred Pounds being the
x Benefaction of a Gentle Woman Who desires to be Unknown towards the
Support of the Missionaries Who are going, or shall hereafter go to
Georgia.
nn Receiv'd by the hands of D' Hales ten Pounds ten Shillings the Bene
faction of William Belitha Esq' for the Aforesaid Purpose.
Receiv'd by the hands of D' Hales five Pounds five Shillings the Bene
faction of a Gentlewoman Who desires to be Unknown for the Aforesaid
Purpose. Receiv'd the Sum of ten Pounds ten Shillings the Benefaction of his
Grace the Lord Arch Bishop of Canterbury to be laid out in proper
Books for the Missionaries
Receiv'd of M' John Williams a Cambridge Concordance and Six
Books called Sacred and Moral Poems as his Benefaction.
Receiv'd by the hands of M' Adam Anderson One hundred Books
call'd A Short and plain Instruction for the better Understanding of the
Lord's Supper, And One hundred Books of the Principles and Duties of
Christianity, the Benefaction of a Person Who desires to be Unknown.
Adjourn'd.

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Palace Court
Tuesday October 7. 1735
Present
Capt Eyles President
Earl of Egmont
M' L'apostre
D' Hales
M' Heathcote
M' Laroche
M' Thomas Tower
M' Smith
Mr Anderson.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One hundred Pounds the Bene
faction of a Gentlewoman Who desires to be Unknown paid in at the
last Board.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for five Pounds five Shillings paid
in at the last Board.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds ten Shillings paid in
at the last Board.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for three Pounds thirteen Shillings
Six Pence being the Consideration Money mention'd in the Several
Grants to Paul Jenys and John Baker Esq'*, and M' Rowland Pytt at
One Pound One Shilling Each, and ten Shillings and Six Pence for the
Grant of M' John Browne.
Receiv'd by the hands of the Rev" M' Wilson three hundred Books //
called the Principles and Duties of Christianity, And fifty Books called
Plain Instructions for the better Understanding of the -Lord's Supper,
the Benefaction of three Ladies Who desire to be Unknown.
Receiv'd two Books of Dr Owen's and M' James laneway's Works ; -'
And two Books of Josephus's History, the Benefaction of Ml Joseph
Marshall for the Publick Libraries in Georgia.
Receiv'd by the hands of the Revd M' Smith a Receipt from the Bank ~ ',
for twenty Pounds the Benefaction of a Gentleman Who desires to be
Unknown towards the Building of a Church in Georgia.
Resolved That the Revd Mr Smith be desired to return the thanks of the Trustees
for the said Benefaction. Adjourn'd.

234 COLONIAL RECORDS.

Palace Court
Friday October 10th 1735
Present
M' Vernon President
M' Oglethorpe
M' Tho8 Tower
M' L'apostre
M' Burton
M' Hucks
M' Laroche.
Receiv'd three Tubs of Vines, and ten Dozen of Burgundy Wine
made by M' Charles King of Brumpton, as a Present from the said Mr
King to Tomo Chachi.
Receiv'd ten German Grammars the Benefaction of M' Thomas Lediard
for the Use of the Colony.
Receiv'd One thousand Pills the Benefaction of M' Joshua Ward for
the Use of the Colony.
Receiv'd a Parcel of Seed of the ^Egyptian Kale the Benefaction of
Thomas Tower Esq' for the Use of the Colony.
Resolved That a Representation be made to the Incorporated Society for propa
gating the Gospel in Foreign Parts, That, Whereas upon a Memorial
from the Trustees, the said Society, out of a Regard to the Propagation
of the Gospel, had allotted fifty Pounds ^ Ann. for a Missionary to the
Colony of Georgia, and were pleas'd at the Request, and by the Nomi
nation of the Trustees, to give the fame to the Revd M' Samuel Quincey,
Who was thereupon authoris'd by them to perform all Religious and Ec
clesiastical Offices in the Town of Savanah in the said Province of Geor
gia ; And Whereas the said Trustees have for good and sufficient Reasons
revoked the said Authority given to the said Revd M' Samuel Quincey,
and have appointed in his Stead the Revd M' John Wesley to officiate in
the said Town. And Whereas they have now embark'd many Persons to
make a new Town on the Southern Frontier of the said Province, for
Whose Comfort they have Authorised the said Revd M' John Wesley to
perform all Religious and Ecclesiastical Offices in the said new Town. The
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fifty pounds ^> Ann. to the said Revd M' John Wesley for his Support
and Maintenance as a Missionary in the said new Town.
Resolved That the Authority granted to the Rev" M' Samuel Quincey for per- y
forming the Duty of a Clergyman in the Town of Savanah be revoked, -/
And that the Revd M' John Wesley be appointed to succeed him, and
that the Secretary do acquaint M' Quincey therewith.
Read a License for the Revd M' John Wesley to perform the Duty of y/
a Clergyman in the Town of Savanah in the Room of the Rev" M' Sam
uel Quincey
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the same
Which was affix'd accordingly
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the Same
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday October 29 1735
Present
M' L'apostre President
Earl of Egmont
M' Hucks
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Vernon
Mr Smith
The Accomptant acquainted the Board that M' Madockes of the Bank ^
had on the seventeenth Instant receiv'd twenty Pounds in a Letter from
an Unknown Person for the Georgia Trust.
Resolved That the said Money be applied towards building a Church in Geor- yy
gia, and that it be advertised that the Trustees have agreed to apply it in
that manner.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One Pound One Shilling the
Consideration Money mention'd in the Grant to M' Philip George Fred
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236 COLONIAL RECORDS.
\>. Seal'd an Authority to the Revd M' John MacLeod to perform Ecclesi
astical Offices in Georgia.
\ Receiv'd of the Revd M' Smith two Pounds two Shillings the Benefac-
\ tion of a Gentleman Who desires his Name to be conceal'd to be applied
towards building a Church in Georgia.
Receiv'd of Samuel Holden Esq' by the hands of Thomas Tower Esq'
twenty One Pounds the Benefaction of the said M' Holden to be applied
to the Purposes of the Charter.
M' Gordon attended and was called in, and told that When M' Ogle
thorpe shall have sent the Trustees an Account how the Affairs of the
Colony stand in relation to the Complaints of the said Gordon, they will
then consider of his Demands, but cannot before.
Read a Letter from M' Harbin dated Amsterdam October 21s' 1735
Order'd That the Accomptant do write to him, that as he meets with Difficul
ties, and as the Season is so late, And as several Servants have already
been sent with M' Oglethorpe, he do proceed no further in his Commis
sion but immediately return to England.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Saturday November 1st 1735
Present
M' Tho8 Tower President
M' L'apostre
M' Laroche.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twenty One Pounds paid in at
the last Board by the hands of Thomas Tower Esq'
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for two Pounds two Shillings paid
in at the last Board by the hands of the Revd M' Smith.
Receiv'd of M' John Hall ten Shillings and six Pence his Benefaction
to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Adjour 'd

COLONIAL RECORDS. 237
Palace Court
Friday November 7 1735
Present
Capt. Eyles President
Earl of Egmont
M' L'apostre
M' Vernon
M' Laroche
D' Hales
Lord Carpenter
M' Chandler
Alderman Heathcote
M' Smith
M' Anderson.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Shillings and Six pence the
Benefaction of M' John Hall paid in at the last Board.
Receiv'd a Tub of Madder Roots the Benefaction of M' Philip Miller
of Chelsea for the Use of the Colony.
Receiv'd of M' Joseph Nicholls ten Shillings and Six pence his Bene
faction to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd of the Revd D' Hales thirteen Pounds and thirteen Shillings
to be applied towards the Support of the Missionaries in Georgia, Where
of ten Guineas the Benefaction of a Gentlewoman by the hands of Wm
Belitha Esq', the said Gentlewoman desiring to have her Name conceal'd,
And three Guineas the Benefaction of a Gentle Woman Who desires to
have her Name conceal'd by the hands of the Revd M' Thurold Minister
of Ludgate Church. Adjourn'd.

238 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Wednesday November 12 1735
Present
M' Chandler President.
Earl of Egmont
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Hucks
M' Laroche
M' Smith
M'8 Lawley attended and paid in ten Pounds from her Husband M'
Richard Lawley to be applied for the use and Benefit of their Son
Richard Lawley gone to Georgia by the Ship Simond
Receiv'd of M' Chandler ten Pounds ten Shillings to be applied to the
Religious Uses of the Colony.
Order'd That a Petition be prepared to his Majesty for his Royal Instruction to
the Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, not to suffer any Person to
have Lands run out beyond the River Savanah pursuant to the Treaty
with the Yamasee Indians.
Receiv'd of Michael Wilson ten Pounds towards the Expence of send
ing him and his Wife Alkey to Georgia.
Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Monday November 17 1735
Present
M' L'apostre President
Earl ot Egmont
Lord Carpenter
M' Hucks
Mr Vernon
M' Chandler.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Shillings and Six Pence the
Benefaction of M' Joseph Nicholls for the Purposes of the Charter.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for thirteen Pounds thirteen Shil-

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lings paid in by the Revd D' Hales November the 7 Instant towards the
support of the Missionaries in Georgia.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds paid in at the last
Board by M'8 Lawley.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds ten Shillings paid in
at the last Board by Richard Chandler Esq'.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds paid in by M'
Michael Wilson at the last Board.
M' Tho8 Tower D' Bundy and M' Laroche came in.
Receiv'd from M' John Skinner a Branch for the first Church in y
Georgia being his Benefaction.
Receiv'd from Christopher Tower Esq' a Keg containing a Gallon of
Lucerne Seed his Benefaction for the Use of the Colony.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for two Pounds two Shillings the
Benefaction of M' William Patten to be applied to the Purposes of the
Charter. Read a Petition to the King for his Royal Instruction to the Lieutenant
Gov' or the Gov' for the time being of South Carolina not to permit the
Running out of any Lands, or making any Grants of Lands to the South
ward of the River Alatamaha.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Petition.
Which was Affix'd accordingly. Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Wednesday December 3. 1735
Present
Earl of Egmont President
M' Vernon
M' Bedford
M' Smith
M' Anderson.
Receiv'd of M's Edy Hody by the hands of Mr Arch Deacon Stubbs
the sum of five Pounds to be applied towards the Support of the Mis
sionaries gone to Georgia.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One Pound One Shilling paid

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240 COLONIAL RECORDS.
in for Mr. William Bradley being the Consideration Money mention'd in
his Grant.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One hundred Ninety Six Pounds
fifteen Shillings and Eight Pence paid in by the Society for promoting
Christian Knowledge by the hands of William Tillard Esq' being the
Expence of M' De Reck and the Saltzburghers with him from their set
ting out from Augsburg to their being Shipp'd at Rotherhith ; and for a
Bale of Leather, Thread, Knives, and Awl Blades for the Saltzburghers.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One Pound One Shilling paid
in by M'8 Sarah Hart for the Use of her Husband Richard Hart Servant
to William Abbot on board the London Merchant for Georgia.
Order'd That an Advertisement be put into the Daily Advertizer of to Morrow
in the following Words. Viz' Whereas the following Advertisement was
inserted in the Daily Advertizer of Monday the first Instant.
Wanted for Georgia directly
Six Smiths, four good Carpenters, four Sawyers, and forty Country
men Servants. A Ship sails next friday the 5'b Instant. John Taylor
for the Merchant at the new Bank and Crown Alehouse behind the
Royal Exchange London.
N B. The Merchant lives in Georgia, and now is in Town, but goes
on Ship board next friday in Order to return, and takes his Servants
with him, giving all proper Encouragement.
The Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America hereby
give Notice, that the said Advertisement was inserted without their Direc
tion or Knowledge ; They having constantly endeavor'd to discounte
nance such Practices. — and that it be sign'd by the Accomptant.
Adjourn'd.

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Palace Court
Wednesday December 10*" 1735
Present
Lord Carpenter President
Earl of Egmont
M' Tho8 Tower
M' L'apostre
D' Hales
M' Vernon
M' Hucks
M' Laroche.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for four Pounds four Shillings the
Benefaction of the Rev4 M' Charles Hawtrey Sub Dean of Exeter by the
hands of M' Robert Bishop towards building a Church in Georgia.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for five Pounds the Benefaction of
M's Edy Hody paid in at the last Board.
Read a Letter from the Revd M' Samuel Quincy desiring to leave the
Colony, and return to England in the next Month of March, and that
the Trustees will appoint One to succeed him.
Resolved That a Memorial be presented to the Incorporated Society for propa
gating the Gospel in foreign Parts, setting forth that the Trustees have
appointed the Revd M' John Wesley to officiate as a Clergyman in the
Town of Savanah in the room of the Revd M' Samuel Quincy, and de
siring the said Incorporated Society to allot the Salary of fifty Pounds
f)> Ann to the said Revd M' John Wesley from the time that the said
Revd M' Samuel Quincey shall leave the Colony of Georgia
Receiv'd by the hands of Thomas Tower Esq' a large Church Bible
and three Volumes in Folio of Arch Bishop Tillotson's Works, the Bene
faction of a Gentleman, Who desires to have his Name conceal'd, for a
Parochial Library belonging to One of the Churches to be built in the
Colony of Georgia.
Read Several Letters from the Colony of Georgia.
Refer'd the same to the Committee of Correspondence.
The Earl of Egmont laid before the Board a Letter from Thomas
Broughton Esq' Lieutenant Gov' of S° Carolina relating to the Indian
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242 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Trade with Complaints against Capt Patrick Mackay and several Affi
davits relating thereto.
Resolved That the same be refer'd to the Committee of Correspondence.
Resolved That the Earl of Egmont and Mr Chandler be added to the Committee
of Correspondence. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Dec' 17 1735
At a Meeting of Trustees Assembled by Summons.
Present
M' Vernon President
Earl of Egmont
M' Smith
M' Anderson.
Read a Memorial from the Trustees to the Incorporated Society for
propagating the Gospel in foreign Parts, acquainting them with the Re
quest of the Revd M' Samuel Quincey to leave the Colony of Georgia
in the next Month of March ; And desiring the fifty pounds <§& Ann
given by the said Society to a Missionary may be allotted to the Revd
M' John Wesley for his Support and Maintenance in the Town of Sa
vanah in Georgia.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd to the said Memorial.
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Seal'd a Commission to the Rev" D' Lavington Rector and the Church
Wardens of the Parish of S* Michael Bassisshaw London or Any two of
them to take Subscriptions and collect Money for the Purposes of the
Charter. Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 243
Palace Court
Wednesday December 24. 1735.
Present
M' L'apostre President
M' Vernon
Earl of Egmont
Alderman Kendal
M' Laroche
D' Bundy
M' Smith.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for thirty Six Pounds fifteen Shil
lings being paid in by the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge
by the hands of William Tillard Esq' for Cattle and Fowls supplied the
Saltzburghers at Ebenezer Who went to Georgia under the care of Mr
John Vat.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One Pound One Shilling the
Benefaction of M' Benjamin Sprint to be applied to the Religious Uses
of the Colony.
Receiv'd a Bible in the German Language by D' Martin Luther Printed
in the Year 1605 the Benefaction of the R' Honblc the Earl of Egmont
for the Use of the Colony.
On Reading the Memorial from the Trustees to the Incorporated So
ciety for propagating the Gospel in foreign Parts Which was seal'd at
the last Board, and some Alterations being made therein.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd to the said Memorial as
alter'd. Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Order'd That the Memorial seal'd at the last Board be cancel'd.
Receiv'd by the hands of the Revd Dr. Bundy five pounds five Shillings
the Benefaction of a Lady, Who desires to have her Name conceal'd, to
be applied towards building of Churches in Georgia.

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244 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Resolv'd That the Revd D' Bundy be desired to return the thanks of the Trus
tees for the same. Adjourn'd
Palace Court
Monday Jan" 12 173£
Present
8' William Heathcote President
Earl of Egmont
D' Bundy
M' Bedford.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for five Pounds five Shillings paid in
by D' Bundy at the last Board.
Receiv'd five hundred of the lesser Duty of Man the Benefaction of
M' Edward Cave for the Use of the poor Inhabitants of Georgia.
Receiv'd by Col, Cecil a fine, black Stone Horse about seven Years
Old, fifteen hands high, and worth thirty Pounds, the Benefaction of
James Oglethorpe Esq' for the Use of the Colony.
On Reading the Memorial from the Trustees to the Incorporated
Society for propagating the Gospel in foreign Parts, Which was seal'd at
the last Board, and some further Alterations being made therein.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd to the said Memorial as
further alter'd.
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Order'd That the Memorial seal'd at the last Board be cancel'd.
Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 245
Palace Court
Friday Jan" 16tb 173-f
Present
D' Bundy President.
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Vernon
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Laroche
M' Hucks
M' White.
Resolved That the R' Revd the Lord Bishop of Gloucester be desired to preach
the Anniversary Sermon on Thursday March 18th 173f
M' Vernon acquainted the Board that the Incorporated Society for
propagating the Gospel in foreign Parts have in pursuance of the Trus
tees Memorial of Jan" 12th Instant agreed to comply with the said Me
morial for allowing to the Rev" M' Wesley the fifty pounds $ Ann
Which the said Society have hitherto allowed to the Rev" M'. Quincey,
from the time the said M' Quincey's Salary determines; And that the
Incorporated Society are willing to continue, the said fifty pounds $ Ann
untill the Trustees are able to maintain their own Minister Which they
recommend to the Trustees to do as soon as may be.
Order'd That Thanks be given to the Incorporated Society for their Agreement
to the said Memorial, And that they be assured that the Trustees will use
their utmost Endeavours to ease the said Society of that Charge as soon
as may be.
Read a Paragraph in a Letter from the Rev" Dr Hales to M' Hucks
with an Account of his having twenty five Guineas in his hands to be ap
plied towards the building of Churches, and with M' Belitha's desire that
M' Hucks will subscribe ten Pounds for him towards the same.
And M' Hucks did accordingly subscribe M' Belitha's Name for the
said Sum. Adjourn'd.

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Palace Court
Monday Feb" 2. 173f
Present
Earl of Egmont President
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' White
M' Vernon
D' Bundy
M' Tracy
Alderman Heathcote
M' Hucks
Receiv'd by the hands of the Rev" D' Hales One Pound One Shilling
the Benefaction of a Gentle Woman Who desires to be Unknown, five
Pounds five Shillings the Benefaction of the Rev" M' Metcalfe of Sun-
bury Middlesex, five Pounds five Shillings the Benefaction of a Gentle
Woman Who desires to be Unknown, four Pounds four Shillings the
Benefaction of a Gentle Woman Who desires to be Unknown, and ten
Pounds ten Shillings the Benefaction of a Gentle Woman Who desires
to be Unknown ; All to be applied towards building of Churches in
Georgia. Receiv'd by the Revd D' Hales ten Pounds ten Shillings the Benefac
tion of a Gentle Woman Who desires to be Unknown towards the Sup
port of the Missionaries in Georgia.
Receiv'd by the Rev4 Dr Hales twenty Pounds the Benefaction of a
Gentle Woman Who desires to be Unknown towards the Support of the
Missionaries in Georgia, or towards the Support of the Minister of any
particular Congregation already Establish'd there.
Read a Letter from John Temple Esq' to the Earl of Egmont desiring
his Lordship to subscribe ten Pounds ten Shillings for him towards build
ing a Church in Georgia.
And the Earl of Egmont did accordingly subscribe ten Pounds ten
Shillings for the said John Temple Esq' by warrant of the said Letter
dated Jan" 26 173£
Resolved That the Secretary do in the name of the Trustees desire the Rev" Mr
Watts of Lincoln's Inn to preach the Anniversary Sermon on Thursday
March the 18th 173f Adjourn'd

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Palace Court
Wednesday Feb" 11 173|
Present
Lord Carpenter President
Earl of Egmont
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' White
M' Vernon
D' Bundy
M' Smith
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for fifty Six Pounds fifteen Shillings
paid in at the last Board by the Revd D' Hales beiDg the Benefaction of
Several Persons for the Religious Uses as mention'd in the last Minutes.
Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Wednesday Feb" 18'b 173f
Present
M' Holland President
Earl of Shaftesbury
Earl of Egmont
Lord Carpenter
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Vernon
M' L'apostre
D' Hales
D' Bundy
M' Tracy
M' Tho8 Tower
Mr Hucks
M' White.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for two Pounds two Shillings being
the Benefaction of a Gentleman Who desires to be Unknown by the
hands of Rogers Holland Esq' to be applied to the Religious Uses of the
Colony.

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Read a Petition to the House of Commons for a Supply to enable the
Trustees to provide for a further Establishment and Security of the
Province of Georgia.
Which was approved of. Adjourn'd

Palace Court
Thursday Feb" 26 173f
Capt. Eyles President
Earl of Egmont
M' Tho8 Tower
Lord Carpenter
D' Bundy
D' Hales
M' Vernon
M' Chandler
Lord Tyrconnel
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Hucks
S' William Heathcote
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for thirteen Pounds thirteen Shil
lings and nine Pence paid in by the Revd D' Lavington and M' James
Reynolds being collected in the Parish of S' Michael Bassishaw London
for the building of Churches in Georgia.
Read a Petition to the House of Commons for a Supply to enable the
Trustees to provide for a further Establishment and Security of the
Province of Georgia.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the same.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Adjourn'd. : R

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Vestry Room of Sl Bride's
Thursday March 18"1 17 3$
Present
Mr Vernon President
Earl of Egmont
M' Tho" Tower
M' Holland
D' Hales
M' Hucks
M' Burton
M' Anderson
M' Bedford
D' Bundy
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twenty Pounds paid in by M'
Cornelius Dutch for the third Payment from the Apothecaries Company
for encouraging and improving Botany and Agriculture.
Receiv'd by the hands of the Revd M' Smith One Pound Seven Shil- y
lings the Benefaction of the Rev4 M' Fox of Reading to be applied to
wards building of Churches in Georgia.
The General Abstract of the Account of the Trustees with Observa
tions thereon was read and order'd to be enter'd.
Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Wednesday March 31s' 1736
Present
Earl of Shaftesbury President
Earl of Egmont
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Holland
M' Digby
M' Sloper
D' Bundy
Lord Tyrconnel
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One Pound Seven Shillings the

250 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Benefaction of the Revd M' Fox of Reading to be applied towards build
ing Churches in Georgia.
Receiv'd by the hands of the Earl of Egmont One hundred Pounds
towards building of a Church in the Town of Savanah and One hun
dred Pounds for the cultivating Lands for the Religious Uses at the said
Town, being a Charity left by the Viscountess Sondes to be applied by
M's Katherine Southwell as She should think fit.
Resolved That the Earl of Egmont be desired to return the thanks of the Trus
tees for the said Benefaction Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Wednesday Aprill 7th 1736.
Present
D' Bundy President
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' Holland.
Receiv'd a Receipt for two hundred Pounds from the Bank being so
much paid in by the Earl of Egmont at the last Board.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Tuesday Aprill 20tb 1736.
Present
Earl of Egmont President
Lord Tyrconnel
M' L'apostre.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One Pound One Shilling paid in
M' Thomas Ormston being the Consideration Money mention'd in his
Grant. Adjourn'd

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Palace Court
Wednesday Aprill 21" 1736.
Present
Mr Digby President
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Chandler
Lord Carpenter
M' L'apostre.
Receiv'd by the hands of the Earl of Egmont One hundred Pounds.
being another Benefaction of M's Katherine Southwell out of the Money
left by the Viscountess Sondes in the disposal of the said M'" Southwell
to be applied in cultivating Lands for the Religious Uses of the Colony
towards the Maintenance of a Catechist in Savanah.
Receiv'd by the hands of the Earl of Egmont twenty five Pounds the
Benefaction of S' Philip Parker Long to be applied towards cultivating
Lands for the Religious Uses of the Colony.
Resolved That the Earl of Egmont be desired to return the thanks of the Trus
tees to Mrs Southwell and S' Philip Parker Long for their said
Benefactions. Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Wednesday May 5'" 1736
Present
M' Vernon President
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
M' More
M' Anderson.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One hundred Pounds paid in by
the Earl of Egmont at the last Board.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twenty five Pounds paid in by
the Earl of Egmont at the last Board.

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Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One hundred Pounds the Bene
faction of a Gentle Woman Who desires to be Unknown paid in by the
Rev" D' Hales to be applied for the Support of the Missionaries in
Georgia. i
This day Robert More Esq' presented to the Board his Resignation
under his hand and Seal dated Aprill 16. 1736 of the Office of One of
the Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of
Georgia in America ; As likewise the Resignation of John White Esq'
under his hand and Seal dated Aprill 26 1736 of the said Office of One
of the Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of
Georgia in America. Adjourn'd,
Palace Court
Wednesday May 19 1736
Present
Earl of Egmont President
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Vernon
Lord Tyrconnel
Lord Carpenter
M' L'apostre
M' Laroche
M' Smith
M' Anderson.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twenty Pounds paid in by the
Revd M' Burton ; Whereof five Pounds the Benefaction of the Revd M'
Herbert Randolph of Deal to be applied to the Religious Uses of the
Colony ; five Pounds the Benefaction of a Clergyman Who desires his
Name to be conceal'd to be applied to the same Uses ; And ten Pounds
from a Benefactor Whose Name is desired to be conceal'd being the third
Annual Payment to be continued for the term of the Benefactor's Life,
but given for five Years certain for the Endowment of a Catechist in
Georgia. Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for fifteen Pounds paid in by George
Heathcote Esq' to be applied for the encouraging and improving Botany
and Agriculture. Adjourn'd.

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Palace Court
Wednesday June 2 1736
Present
M' Tho8 Tower President.
Earl of Shaftesbury
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Hucks
M' Laroche
M' L'apostre.
Read a Memorial to the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treas
ury praying their Directions for the immediate Issuing the Sum of ten
thousand Pounds granted in the last Session of Parliament to his Majesty
towards settling and securing the Colony of Georgia.
Order'd That the Secretary do sign the same.
Receiv'd by the hands of the Revd M' Smith twenty Pounds collected
by the Revd D' Crow in the Parish of S' Botolph's Bishopsgate.
Resolved That M' Smith be desired to return the thanks of the Trustees for the
same. Receiv'd by the hands of M' William Thomlinson a Quantity of Iron
Ware for building a Church and House for the Minister in Georgia to
the Value of fifty Pounds the Benefaction of the Rev4 D' Robert Thom
linson of Whickan near Newcastle upon Tyne in the Bishoprick of
DurhamResolved That a Letter of Thanks be sent to the said Dv Thomlinson.
Receiv'd six Dozen of Mens Mint short Stockings at twenty two Shil
lings ^> Doz. £6. 12. 0. two Dozen of Womens blew and green Stock
ings with scarlet Clocks at twenty Shillings <p> Dozen. Value £ 2. 0. 0
Seven Dozen of Womens blew Stockings with white Chevred Clocks at
twenty Shillings ^> Doz. Value £ 7. 0. 0 Six Dozen of Womens blew
Stockings with plain white Clocks at Eighteen Shillings ^> Dozen. Val.
£5. 8. 0 And One Dozen of Womens blew Stockings with plain White
Clocks at seventeen Shillings the Doz. the Whole Value £21. 17. 0.
the Benefaction of Henry Archer Esq'.

254 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Resolved That M' Thomas Tower be desired to return the thanks of the Trus
tees for the same
Receiv'd fifty four Books for the Library in Georgia the Benefaction
of the Earl of Egmont, for Which the Board return'd their thanks to
his Lordship.
Receiv'd from the Associates of the late D' Bray a Parochial Library
for Georgia. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday June 9th 1736
Present
M' Hucks President
M' L'apostre
M' Tho" Tower
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' Laroche
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for thirty Pounds paid in May 7 1736
by M' Robert Sedgwick the Benefaction of his Grace the Duke of Rich
mond for encouraging and improving Botany and Agriculture.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twenty Pounds paid in June 4
1736 by the Rev4 M' Smith being the Collection made by the Revd D'
Crow in the Parish of S' Botolph without Bishopsgate for the Purposes of
the Charter.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twenty Pounds paid June 4 1736
by the Honble James Vernon Esq' being the Value of a Bank Note sent
to the Rev" D' Hales in a Letter from an Unknown Person, to be applied
towards the Maintenance of the Clergymen that are gone to Georgia to
instruct the Natives in the Christian Faith.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One Pound One Shilling paid in
June 4 1736 by M' William Aglionby being the Consideration Money
mention'd in his Grant.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for fifty Pounds paid in June 4 1736
by William Tillard Esq' for the Hon"18 Society for promoting Christian
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from the said Society to the Missionaries, and School Master for the Saltz
burghers in Georgia ending November the Is' next.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for five Pounds Seven Shillings paid
in June the 8th 1736 by M' Joseph Brazier being the Purchase Money for
Seventy five Deer Skins sold to him ; Whereof fourteen were good and
weighed thirteen Pounds. Eight weighing six Pounds and a half, twelve
weighing Seven Pounds and a half, twenty five weighing fifteen Pounds,
and Sixteen weighing Eighteen Pounds and a half.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for two Pounds two Shillings paid in
June 8 1736 by M' Patrick Graham and M' Isaac Young being One
Pound One Shilling Each for the Consideration Money mention'd in their
respective Grants.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One hundred and thirty two
Pounds Nineteen Shillings paid in June 8 1736 by M' Alderman Heath
cote being the Balance that was then in his hands.
Read an Instruction given in the King's Name by her Majesty Guar
dian of the Realm, requiring the Trustees to cause his Majesty's Order of
the 29*b of Aprill last for praying for the Princess of Wales to be forth
with publish'd in the several Parish Churches And Other Places of
Divine Worship within the Colony of Georgia in America.
Resolved That a Copy of the said Instruction be immediately sent to M' Ogle-.
thorpe, and that he be desired to take care that Obedience be paid thereto.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday June 16 1736
Present
M' L'apostre President
Earl of Egmont
Lord Carpenter
M' Laroche
M' Hucks.
Order'd That Copies of the following Letters and Depositions transmitted from
M' Oglethorpe be laid before his Grace the Duke of Newcastle his Maj
esty's principal Secretary of State. Viz*.

256 COLONIAL RECORDS.
A Letter from Mr Oglethorpe to the Governor of Augustine Feb" 15
173f
Extract of a Letter from Capt Dempsey at Augustine to M' Oglethorpe
March 29 N S 1736
Extract of a Letter from Capt Dempsey to M' Oglethorpe Aprill l8'
1736
Extract of a Letter from Capt Dempsey to M' Oglethorpe April 5"1
1736
A Letter from M' Oglethorpe to Capt Dempsey Aprill 10,b 1736
A Letter from M' Oglethorpe to the Gov' of Augustine Aprill 10'" 1736
A Letter from M' Oglethorpe to Capt Dempsey Aprill 12 1736
Deposition of M' Jonathan Brian March 30'" 1736
Deposition of M' William Horton Aprill 13 1736
Depositions of John Latter John Barber Richard Pike David Holmes
and Derby Kellyhorne Aprill 13 1736
A Letter from M' Oglethorpe at Frederica to the Trustees Aprill 17
1736 Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Thursday June 17 1736
Present
Earl of Egmont President.
Lord Carpenter
M' Vernon
M' Laroche
M' Hucks
M' L'apostre
Alderman Heathcote
Resolved That M' Vernon be desired to lay before the Duke of Newcastle the
Memorial Letters and Depositions transmitted from M' Oglethorpe, and
that he be desired to acquaint his Grace that the Trustees observe there
are Matters of great consequence in the said Letters ; And there being
Mention made in them of Orders and Instructions which Mr Oglethorpe
receiv'd from his Majesty, the Particulars of Which the Trustees are not

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acquainted with ; The Trustees do submit the Whole to his Grace to send
such Orders as his Grace shall judge necessary.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday June 23 1736
Present
Lord Carpenter President
Earl of Egmont
M' L'apostre
M' Thomas Tower
M' Laroche
M' Vernon.
Read a Letter of Attorney impowering the Accountant to receive at
the Exchecquer the ten thousand Pounds granted by the Parliament in
the last Sessions for the further securing and settling the Colony of
Georgia.Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Letter of
Attorney Which was affix'd accordingly
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Order'd That in the next Letters that are sent to Georgia M' Christie the Re
corder be directed to make up an Account of the Proceedings of the
Town Court from the date of the last Wuich was sent over ; And that
for the future he do send over an Account every Quarter of a Year of
the said Proceedings ; And that he do certify to the Trustees Whether
any Fees have been taken and of What Value for issuing and executing
of Processes. And likewise What fees are taken in the Jayl, and at the
discharge of any Persons from thence. Adjourn'd.

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258 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Wednesday July 7 1736
Present
M' L'apostre President
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' Smith
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten thousand Pounds receiv'd by
the Accountant at the Exchequer (being so much granted the last Ses
sions of Parliament for the further securing and settling the Colony of
Georgia) and paid in by him into the Bank the 2d Instant. Viz'
& d
Net Money arising from the said Issue .... 9742. 2. 6
Fees at the Treasury remitted  7. 3. 6
Fees at the Pells  37. 17. 0
Fees at the Auditor of the Receipt  62. 17. 0
Fees at the Tellers Office  150. 0. 0

£ 10 000. 0. 0
Read a Narrative sign'd by M' Robert Millar the Botanist of his Pro
ceedings in the several Voyages and Journies Which he made pursuant
to the Trustees Instructions
Refer'd the same to the Common Council
Adjourn'd »

Palace Court
Wednesday August 18. 1736.
Present
Earl of Egmont President.!
Mr Hucks
M' L'apostre
M' Laroche
M' Tho8 Tower
D' Hales.
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in the 14th Instant by M' David Blair being the Consideration Money
mention'd in his Grant.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One Pound One Shilling paid
in the 14"1 Instant by M' Thomas Boyd being the Consideration money
mention'd in his Grant.
Read a Letter from M' Oglethorpe dated Aprill 14'" 1736 relating to
the Behaviour of M' Quincey in Georgia.
Read a Letter from M' Oglethorpe dated May 18th 1736 receiv'd the
11th Instant.
Resolv'd That a Copy of the said Letter be sent to his Grace the Duke of New
castle One of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State.
Read a Letter from Francis Moore dated May 18, 1736 with the Ac
counts of the Ships Peter and James, and the James.
Receiv'd of the R* Honble the Earl of Derby fifty Pounds being the
third and last Payment due from the late Earl of Derby for the encour
aging and improving of Botany and Agriculture.
Resolved That the Advertisement dated June 9 1736 Which was order'd to be
publish'd in the South Carolina Gazette be printed in the London Ga
zette of Tuesday next and the Daily and General Advertisers of Wed
nesday next. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Sept' 8. 1736.
Present
Alderman Heathcote President
M' Tho8 Tower
Earl of Egmont
M' More
M' L'apostre
Mr Hucks
Lord Carpenter
D' Hales.
Receiv'd a Bag of Barilla Seed from Spain the Benefaction of Mr
Solomon Merrett to be sowed in Georgia.

260 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Receiv'd four large tubs of Bamboo Plants from the East Indies the
Benefaction of Samuel Skinner Esq' to be planted in Georgia.
Receiv'd One large tub of Bamboo Plants the Benefaction of M' Rich
ard Martyn to be planted in Georgia. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Oct' 6. 1736.
Present
M' Tho8 Tower President.
Earl of Egmont
Mr L'apostre
M' Smith
M' Anderson
M' Bedford
D' Hales
M' Vernon
M' Hucks.
Seal'd a Commission to the Minister and Church Wardens of the Par
ish of Stoke Newington to take Subscriptions and collect Money for the
Purposes of the Charter.
Read a Letter from his Grace the Duke of Newcastle Principal Secre
tary of State with the Copy of a Letter from Mons' Geraldino Agent
for the King of Spain, containing several Complaints against the In
habitants of the new Colony of Georgia.
Read a Letter from the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Planta
tions desiring a Conference with the Trustees on the Subject Matter of
Mons' Geraldino's Letter.
Resolved That the Earl of Egmont M' Vernon M' Tho" Tower M' Hucks M'
L apostre andD' Hales or Any two of them be desired to confer with the
Lords Comm'8 for Trade and Plantations on the Subject Matter of Mons'
Geraldino's Letter on Wednesday Oct' the 13'h Instant.
Resolved That the Earl of Egmont M' Vernon M' Tho8 Tower and M' Hucks
or any two of them be desired to confer with the R' Honbl° the Lord Car
teret concerning the English Right to Carolina.

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Order'd That the Secretary do wait on the Lord Carteret with Copies of the
several Letters from the Duke of Newcastle Mons' Geraldino and the
Lords Comm" for Trade and Plantations; And that he do desire his
Lordship to appoint a time when the Trustees may confer with him on
the aforesaid Subject. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Oct' 13 1736
Present
Mr Hucks President.
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' Tho8 Tower
Alderman Heathcote.
Order'd That Copies of the Duke of Newcastle's Letter, Mons' Geraldino's
Letter, and the Letter from the Lords Comm" of Trade and Plantations
be sent by the first Opportunity to M' Oglethorpe
The Board on reading the Duke of Newcastle's Letter and Mons' Ger
aldino's Letter dated Sept' 21s' 1736 drew up a Representation to her
Majesty on the subject Matter of the said Mons' Geraldino's Letter.
Adjourn'd
Palace Court
Wednesday Oct' 20 1736
Present
M' Vernon President
Earl of Egmont
M' Tho" Tower
Mr L'apostre
D' Hales
D' Bundy
M' Chandler.

262 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Read a Representation to her Majesty on the Subject Matter of Monsr
Geraldino's Letter dated Sept' 21. 1736 inclosed in a Letter from his
Grace the Duke of Newcastle dated Sept' 27. 1736.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Representation.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Nov' 10 1736
Present
D' Hales President
M' L'apostre
Mr Smith
Earl of Egmont
Lord Carpenter
M' Tho" Tower
Bishop of London Derry.
M' Hucks
M' Laroche
D' Bundy.
Receiv'd by the hands of the Rev4 D' Thomas five Pounds five Shil
lings the Benefaction of a Person Who desires to be Unknown to be Ap
plied towards building of Churches in Georgia
Resolved That the Rev4 D' Thomas be desired to return the thanks of the Trus
tees to the said Person for the said Benefaction.
Seal'd a Commission to the Rev4 M' Woodford Rector and the Church
Wardens of the two United Parishes of S' George Botolph Lane and S'
Botolph near Billingsgate London or any two of tbem to take Subscrip
tions and collect Money for the Purposes of the Charter
Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 263
Palace Court
Wednesday Nov' 24 1736
Present
M' L'apostre President
Earl of Egmont
M' Anderson
Lord Carpenter
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Vernon
M' Smith
Receiv'd by the hands of the Revd M' Smith a Receipt from the Bank
for thirty six Pounds ten Shillings and six Pence paid in the 10"1 instant
by the Revd M' Ralph Thoresby being so much collected in the County
of Middlesex for the general Purposes of the Charter
Receiv'd of the said M' Smith One Pound Eleven Shillings and Six
Pence being a further Collection in the said Parish paid him by the
Abovemention'd M' Thoresby in full of the said Collection making in the
whole thirty Eight Pounds two Shillings.
Resolved That M' Smith be desired to return the thanks of the Trustees to the
Revd M' Thoresby for his excellent Sermon and the great Pains he has
taken in the said Collection.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for five Pounds five Shillings paid
in the 18*11 Instant by the hands of the Revd D' Thomas being the Bene
faction of a Person Unknown, to be applied towards building of Churches
in Georgia.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twenty three Pounds Six Shil
lings and Eight Pence to be applied towards encouraging and improving
Botany and Agriculture in Georgia.
Order'd That a Letter be sent to the Secretary to the Lords Commissioners for
Trade and Plantations to remind him, That a Petition from the Trustees
was presented to the Queen in Council July 30 1735 and refer'd to the
Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations the 14"1 of August fol
lowing for Cannon Ammunition &c to fortify the Province of Georgia.
That the Trustees, not being so happy as to hear of any Dispatch as yet

264 COLONIAL RECORDS.
given to the said Application, and being alarm'd with Reports of Dangers
with Which the new Settlement is threaten'd, do desire him to lay such
Letter before their Lordships, not doubting but they will give proper
Directions concerning the same Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Dec' 1"* 1736
Present
Earl of Egmont President
M' Tho' Tower
M' Vernon
Mr Smith
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One Pound Eleven Shillings and
six Pence paid in at the last Board by the hands of the Rev* M' Smith.
Order'd That the Secretary do wait on the Bishop of London Derry and ac
quaint him, that the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia
and the Associates of the late D' Bray do request his Lordship to preach
the Anniversary Sermon on the third thursday in March next.
M' Tho" Tower reported to the Board that M' Vernon and himself had
waited on the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations on the Sub
ject Matter of the Trustees Petition to her Majesty in Council July the
30 1735 for Cannon Ammunition &c to fortify the Province of Georgia,
and refer'd to their Lordships the 14*b of August following. And that
their Lordships acquainted them, that they waited for some further In
formations before they could make their Report on the said Petition, as well
as on Another Petition from the Trustees to his Majesty dated Nov' 17 1735
for an Instruction to the Governor or Lieut. Governor of South Carolina
for the time being not to permit the running out of any Lands or mak
ing any Grants of Lands to the Southward of the River Alatamaha.
Adjourn'd.

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Palace Court
Wednesday December 15 1736
Present.
Lord Carpenter President
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' L'apostre
M' Laroche
M' Tho' Tower
D' Hales
D' Bundy
Mr Belitha
M' Smith
M' Anderson.
The Revd Mr Charles Wesley attended and presented to the Board a
Letter from Mr Oglethorpe dated July 26 1736, and several Papers giv
ing Account of Conferences between M' Oglethorpe and the Indians
And Other Papers relating to the State of the Colony
Resolved That a Committee be appointed to take the said Papers into Considera
tion friday next at 12 o'Clock. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday December 22 1736
Present
M' Laroche President.
Earl of Egmont
Mr Vernon
Lord Carpenter
D' Bundy
Alderman Cater.
S' Jacob Desbouverie Bar* having in a Conference with some of the
Trustees made them an Offer of a Benefaction of One thousand Pounds,
and intimated his Desire that the same should be applied to the carrying

266 COLONIAL RECORDS.
over a number of Persecuted German Protestants to be Servants in
Georgia.Resolved That the same be refer'd to the Common Council.
A Letter was drawn up to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle Principal
Secretary of State.
Order'd That the Secretary do sign the said Letter and send it with Copies of vide Let-
the Conferences Which M' Oglethorpe had with the Chickesaw Indians No. 2. p. 5
to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle. Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Wednesday Jan" 12 173f
Present
M' Vernon President
M' Oglethorpe
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
Lord Carpenter
D' Hales
M' Belitha
M' Laroche
M' Tho8 Tower
D' Bundy
M' Hucks
M' Smith
M' Anderson
M' Bedford.
M' Oglethorpe made a Report to the Board of his Proceedings in
Georgia from the time of his landing there in Feb" last, and of the
present State of the Colony ; and likewise laid before them two Treaties
of Peace between the People settled at Georgia, and the Spaniards at S'
Augustine, concluded and ratified the first by Charles Dempsey Esq'
(appointed by M' Oglethorpe for that Purpose) and the Council of War
at S' Augustine ; The Other by the said Charles Dempsey Esq', and Den
Francisco Del Moral Sanches Gov' of S' Augustine dated Oct' 26. 1736.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 267
Resolved That James Oglethorpe Esq' be congratulated on his safe Return to
England; And that the Thanks of the Trustees be given to him for the
many and important Services done by him for the Colony of Georgia.
Resolved That the Thanks of the Trustees be given to M' John Tanner for the
Services Which M' Oglethorpe reported he had done for the Colony,
Order'd That Letters of thanks be sent to Capt Windham and Capt Gascoigne
for the many Services done by them for the Colony.
Order'd That the Secretary do immediately wait on the Lords Comm'8 for Trade
and Plantations to desire them to put off the Conference Which was to
be on to Morrow the 13"1 Instant in regard M' Oglethorpe is but just
arriv'd in England Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Jan" 19 173|
Present
Lord Tyrconnel President
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' Laroche
M' Page
M' White
M' L'apostre
M' Smith
S' William Heathcote
Alderman Heathcote
M' Oglethorpe
Lord Carpenter.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One Pound One Shilling the
Benefaction of John Brathwaite Esq' to be applied to the general Pur
poses of the Charter.
Read a Representation to his Majesty relating to the Lieutenant Gov'

268 COLONIAL RECORDS.
the Council and Assembly of S° Carolina having opposed the Execution
of an Act intitled an Act for maintaining the Peace with the Indians in
the Province of Georgia.
Resolved That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd to the said Representation
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
The Board taking into Consideration a Minute of the Society for the
Propagation of the Gospel in foreign Parts dated Nov' 19 1736 sign'd
David Humphreys Secretary containing an Order for the Suspension of
any Salary to the Missionary at Georgia.
An Answer to the said Minute was drawn up. And an Amendment
being made to the same.
Resolved That the said Answer be sent to the said Society.
Order'd That the Secretary do sign the same
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Jan" 26 173|
Present
M' L'apostre President
Earl of Egmont
Earl of Shaftsbury
M' Tho" Tower
M' Vernon
M' Oglethorpe.
M' Vernon deliver'd to the Board the Copy of a Letter from M' S.
Urlsperger dated Augsburgh Jan" 15 1737 N 8. to M' Henry Newman
acquainting him that M' Von Ploto had secured Effects to the Value of
between forty and fifty Thousand Pounds for the Saltzburghers, and de
siring to know Whether the Saltzburghers at Ebenezer have left any
Effects behind them, and if they have, to send over an exact specifica
tion of their Demands.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 269
Order'd
That a Letter be sent to M' Bolzius at Ebenezer to the said Purport.
Adjourn'd

Palace Court
Wednesday Feb" 2. 173$
Present
D' Bundy President
M' Laroche
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Oglethorpe
Earl of Egmont
M' L'apostre
M' Burton
Lord Tyrconnel.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for two hundred Eighty Eight
Pounds Seventeen Shillings and Seven Pence from the Society for pro
moting Christian Knowledge paid in Yesterday Feb" the l8' Whereof
two hundred and Eighty Seven Pounds and One Penny is the Charge
of twelve Months Provisions supplied the Saltzburghers in Georgia under
the care of M' Vat. over and above the three Months Provisions Which
they carried with them ; And One Pound Seventeen Shillings and Six
Pence is for the freight of Copper half Pence, Books and Other things
sent by the said Society for the Saltzburghers by the Ship two Brothers
in June last.
Resolved That the Heads of a Letter to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle
which were laid before the Board this day be refer'd to a Committee to
draw up a Letter thereupon. Adjourn'd.

270 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Wednesday Feb" 9 173f
Present
Earl of Egmont President
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Oglethorpe
M' Talbot
M' Tho8 Archer
M' Henry Archer
Mr Hucks
M' White
S' William Heathcote
Lord Limerick
Alderman Cater
D' Hales
M' L'apostre
M' Smith
M' Anderson
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Tracy
M' Digby
Alderman Heathcote
M' Laroche
M' Burton
M' Bedford
Receiv'd by the hands of the Revd D' Hales"One[hundred Pounds the
Benefaction of M'8 Dyonisia Long to be applied towards the support of
the Missionaries in Georgia.
Receiv'd by the hands of the Rev4 D' Hales Eighteen Pounds
Eighteen Shillings the Benefactions of the following Persons to be ap
plied towards the Support of the Missionaries and Schools for instructing
and converting the Native Indians in Georgia. Viz'
A Gentleman Who desires to be Unknown .
A Gentlewoman Who desires to be Unknown
A Gentlewoman Who desires to be Unknown
A Gentle Woman Who desires to be Unknown
A Gentle Woman Who desires to be Unknown
The Rev4 D' Metcalfe of Sunbury in Middlesex

£

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Resolved That Lord Tyrconnel M' Oglethorpe M' Tho8 Tower Mr Hucks and
M' Laroche or Any two of them be appointed a Committee for preparing
a Petition to the House of Commons for a Supply for the further Estab
lishment and Security of the Colony of Georgia, And Any Gentlemen
Who will attend to be of the said Committee.
Read a Letter to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle Principal Secretary
of State.
Order'd That the Secretary do sign the same and send it immediately with a
Copy of the Treaty of Peace concluded and ratified with the Spaniards
at S' Augustine.
Receiv'd by the hands of the Earl of Egmont One hundred Pounds ..
the Benefaction of the Right Revd D' John Hough Lord Bishop of
Worcester to be applied for the use of the Saltzburghers only
Resolved That the Thanks of the Trustees be returu'd to the Bishop for his said
Benefaction. Order'd That the Secretary do write a Letter to the Lord Bishop of Bath and
Wells in the name of the Trustees to desire his Lordship's License to the /"¦•
Revd D' Coney at Bath to let the Rev4 Mr Whitfield preach a Sermon
there for a Collection for the support of the Missionaries in Georgia,
Lady Cox and several other Ladies at. Bath having desired the same.
Resolved That M' Oglethorpe be desired in the Name of the Trustees to acquaint
the Lords of the Admiralty that Capt James Gascoigne of the Hawk
Sloop has forwarded the Settlement of the Colony with great Zeal and
Activity, And that he be desired to return the thanks of the Trustees to
their Lordships for the successf ull Services perform'd by sending the said
Capt. Gascoigne to Georgia. Adjourn'd.

272 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Wednesday Feb" 23 173f
Present
Mr Oglethorpe President.
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' Holland
M' Laroche
M' White
M' L'apostre
M' Anderson
M' Smith.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One hundred Pounds paid in by
the Earl of Egmont at the last Board as the Benefaction of the Bishop
of Worcester
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One hundred and Eighteen
Pounds Eighteen Shillings paid in by the Rev4 D' Hales at the last
Board. Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twelve Pounds paid in by M'
John Venables for the Subsistance of his Son now going to Georgia for
One Year, or till that Value is deliver'd to him in Georgia.
Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 273

Palace Court
Wednesday March 2 173$
Present
Mr Holland President.
Earl of Egmont
Lord Limerick
M' Vernon
M' Oglethorpe
Dr Hales
M' Tho" Tower
Lord Carpenter
M' Belitha
M' Anderson
M' Smith
M' Bedford.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for thirty Pounds paid in by Richard
Cookesey Esq' in discharge of so much advanced his Son William Cooke-
sey at Savanah in Provisions and Other Necessaries.
Receiv'd by the hands of the Rev" D' Hales twenty five Books called
M' Laws's serious Call to a Devout and sober Life, and twenty five
Others called Mr Laws's Christian Perfection, the Benefaction of a Lady
Who desires to be Unknown.
Receiv'd by the hands of the Rev4 Dr Hales ten Pounds the Benefaction
of the Revd M' Williams of Devonshire for the Support of the Mission
aries in Georgia.
Read a Petition to the House of Commons for a Supply to enable the
Trustees to provide for the further Establishment and Security of the
Province of Georgia.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd to the same.
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Resolved That the Secretary do sign a proper Receipt to S' Jacob Desbouverie
Bar' for the Sum of One thousand Pounds to be paid in by the said
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274 COLONIAL RECORDS.
S' Jacob Desbouverie to be laid out in the Expence of Servants for the
Benefit of the Colony of Georgia Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday March 9th 173$
Present
D' Hales President.
Earl of Shaftesbury
Alderman Heathcote
Lord Limerick
M' Anderson.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds the Benefaction of
the Revd M' Williams by the hands of the Revd D' Hales paid in at the
last Board.
Receiv'd by the hands of the Revd D' Hales ten Pounds ten Shillings
the Benefaction of a Gentlewoman Whose Name is desired to be conceal'd
towards the support of the Missionaries in Georgia.
Mr William Tolson Ensign to the Independent Company in Georgia
attended to desire the Trustees Boat and a Guard from Savanah for the
Recruits Which he is carrying over in the Peter and James for the said
Company under y" Command of Capt. Massey
Order'd That a Letter be given to the said Ensign to M' Tho" Causton for that
purpose. Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 275
Vestry Room of S' Bride's

Thursdaj

- March 17th 173$

Present

Earl of Egmont President
M' Hucks

M'

White

M' Laroche

M'

Holland

D'

Hales

M'

Anderson

M'

Bedford

M'

Smith

M'
M'

' Oglethorpe
Burton

Lord Tyrconnel
Lord Carpenter
M' Belitha.

Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds ten Shillings the
Benefaction of a Gentle Woman Who desires to be Unknown by the
hands of D' Hales towards the support of the Missionaries iu Georgia.
Receiv'd by the hands of D' Hales One hundred Pounds the Benefac
tion of a Gentlewoman Who desires to be Unknown to be applied to-
wards the Support of the Missionaries and Schools for instructing and
converting to Christianity the Native Indians in Georgia.
Resolved That D' Hales be desired to return the thanks of the Trustees for the
said Benefaction.
Read a Paper containing the Resignation of John White Esq' under
his hand and Seal of the Office of Common Council Man of the Trust
dated Aprill 26 1736
Read the Resignation of Robert More Esq' under his hand and Seal of
the Office of Common Council Man of the Trust dated Aprill 16. 1736.
Then the Trustees proceeded to chuse two new Common Council Men
in the room of the said M' White and M' More and the R' Hon"1" Wil
liam Lord Talbot and Thomas Archer Esq' were unanimously chosen.
8' Jacob Des Bouverie Bar' was unanimously chosen One of the
Trustees

276 COLONIAL RECORDS.
The General Abstract of the Account of the Trustees from the 9"1 of
June 1736 to the 15,b day of March following was read with Observa
tions thereon and Order'd to be enter'd.
Read a Paper cont fining the Resignation of Robert Hucks Esq' of the
Office of Common Council Man of the Trust under his hand and Seal
dated March 17'b 1736.
Then the Trustees proceeded to chuse a new Common Council Man
of the Trust in the room of M' Hucks and Robert Eyre Esq' was unani
mously chosen.
Resolved That the thanks of the Trustees be given to the Rev4 D' Warren for
his Excellent Sermon preach'd this day, and that he be desired to print
the same. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday March 22 173f
Present
M' Vernon President
Earl of Egmont
S' William Heathcote
Lord Talbot
M' Eyre
Mr Tho8 Archer.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for fifty Pounds paid in by S' Eras
mus Philipps Bar' One of the Executors of Sr John Philipps Bar' de
ceased being so much given by the Codicil Annexed to the last Will of
the sa d S' John Philipps to the Trustees for the new Colony of Georgia
towards the providing for and transporting persecuted Protestants from
Saltzburgh or Other Parts of Germ iny or such Other Persons as the said
Trustees shall think fit to the said Colony.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One hundred Pounds paid in at
the last Board by the Rev4 D' Hales.
Received a Receipt from the Bank for One Pound One Shilling the
Benelaction of Mr Thomas Richards to be Applied to the general Pur
poses of the Charter.
Receiv'd of M' Thomas Hyam a tub of the Cuttings of Vines, of Lippora

COLONIAL RECORDS. 277
Raisins and Currants and a few Neapolitan Chesnuts, being his Benefac
tion for the use of the Colony.
Receiv'd a Petition of Sarah Watson Wife of Joseph Watson of his
Majesty's Colony of Georgia in America Merchant, complaining of M'
Causton One of the Chief Magistrates, and also of the Trustees of that
Province on the behalf of her said Husband Who hath been imprison'd
there for above two Years past, And praying that he may be discharg'd
&c. Which Petition having been presented to his Majesty, was refer'd
by his Majesty in Council the 17"1 of this Instant to a Committee of
Council, and sent this day by the Lords of the Committee to the Trus
tees in order for them to return an Answer thereto in Writing.
Resolved That an Answer be drawn up to be laid before the Committee of Coun
cil with all convenient Speed.
The Oath of Office was Administer'd to the R* Honble William Lord
Talbot as Common Council Man of the Corporation.
The Oath of Office was administer'd to Robert Eyre Esq' as Common
Council Man of the Corporation.
The Oath of Office was Administer'd to Thomas Archer Esq' as Com
mon Council Man of the Corporation. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday March 30 1737
Present
D' Hales President
Earl of Egmont
M' Holland
Mr L'apostre
M' Tho' Archer
S' Jacob Des Bouverie
M' Smith
M' Bedford
M' Oglethorpe
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Laroche
M' Anderson

278 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for three hundred Pounds paid in
yesterday by the Accomptant being so much receiv'd by him as Part of
the Purchase Money for Rice sold for the Trust, Which with a Note for two
hundred Pounds sterl. payable by M' William Sands the 29lb of Aprill
next. And three hundred thirty three Pounds fourteen Shillings re
ceiv'd by the Accomptant before, and twenty four Pounds twelve Shil
lings and six Pence receiv'd more to Balance for Which he has accounted
in the Payment Book, Makes together the sum of Eight hundred fifty
Eight Pounds Six Shillings and Six Pence for Eleven hundred and
twenty Seven hundred Weight and ten Pounds of Rice at fifteen Shil
lings <j£> hundred Weight in two hundred fifty Seven Barrels sold to Mr
John Duffield And sixteen hundred Weight One quarter and three
Pounds of Rice at Sixteen Shillings ^ Hundred Weight in four Barrels
to M' John Woodbridge, the remaining five of the two hundred Sixty
Six Barrels of Rice imported from the Ship two Brothers being emptied
by the Dirt in garbling and by the damage
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for fifty Pounds being the Benefac
tion of a Gentle Woman Who desires to be Unknown paid in by the
hands of the Rev4 M' Whitfield to be Applied for the Religious Uses of
the Colony.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds being the Benefac
tion of the R' Revd Lord Bishop of Gloucester paid in by the hands of
the Rev4 M' Whitfield to be Applied for the Religious Uses of the
Colony. It appearing by the Affidavit of S' Jacob Des Bouverie Bar' that S'
William Des Bouverie Bar' Deceas'd, (Father of the said S' Jacob)
having by his last Will given to S' Edward Des Bouverie Bar' Deceas'd
(Brother of the said S' Jacob) the sum of five hundred Pounds for re
deeming or subsisting Captives taken by Pirates of Barbary, the said S'
Edward Des Bouverie not long before his death inform'd the said S' Jacob
that he had several times endeavour'd to dispose of the said five hundred
Pounds according to th e Will of his said Father, but that he had not
been able to effect it, And that as he had enjoy'd the Money so long, he in
tended to leave five hundred Pounds more to the same Use, and accord
ingly the said S' Edward Des Bouverie by his last Will has given five
hundred Pounds to be laid out in redeeming Slaves in Barbary taken in
English Merchant Ships over and above the like Legacy left by his said
Father. And it Appearing likewise by the Affidavit of William Ham
mond of London Merchant that he has since the death of the said S' Ed-

COLONIAL RECORDS. 279
ward Des Bouverie at the desire of the said S' Jacob Des Bouverie in
quired of William Latton Esq' (Who is the present Consul at Tetuan in
the Kingdom of Fez and Morocco) Whether there any Slaves in Bar-
^iC)
bary, and the said William Latton as he believed the truth to be in
form'd the said William Hamond that there are none, so that it is im
practicable to apply the said Legacies according to the said Wills; And
the said S' Jacob Des Bouverie being unwilling to keep to his own Use
or make any Advantage of Money left in Charity is desirous that the
two several Sums of five hundred Pounds may be applied towards the
advancing some laudable and Charitable Design, and therefore has been
pleased to give the same to the Trustees for establishing the Colony of
Georgia in America to be expended in providing foreign and Other Serv
ants for the Benefit of the said Colony.
Receiv'd of S' Jacob Des Bouverie Bar' the Sum of One thousand
Pounds to be expended in providing foreign And Other Servants for the
Benefit of the Colony of Georgia.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the Receipt for the said
Sum of One thousand Pounds.
Which was Affix'd accordingly
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same
Resolved That the thanks of the Trustees be given to S' Jacob Des Bouverie
Bar' for the said Benefaction Adjourn'd.

280 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Friday Aprill 1" 1737.
Present
S' William Heathcote President
Lord Talbot
Mr Oglethorpe
M' Holland
M' Hucks
Mr Laroche
M' White
Alderman Heathcote
Mr Tho' Archer
Lord Limerick
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon
M' Eyre
Lord Tyrconnel
D' Bundy
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One thousand Pounds paid in
by 8' Jacob Des Bouverie Bar' at the last Board to be expended in pro
viding foreign and other Servants for the Benefit of the Colony of Geor
gia in America.
Read a Letter from Thomas Broughton Esq' Lieut. Governor of South
Carolina to the Trustees dated Council Chamber Charles Town Feb" 7.
173$ with Advices that he had receiv'd from Commodore Dent of Prep
arations made by the Spaniards at Havanna and S* Augustine in order to
make a Descent on Georgia.
Read a Letter from M' William Jeffries dated Bristol March 26 1737
to Mess" Samuel and William Baker with Advices to the said Purpose.
Resolved That Copies of the said Letters be immediately laid before his Grace
the Duke of Newcastle Principal Secretary of State, and that Lord
Tyrconnel M' Oglethorpe M' White and M' Tho" Archer be desired to
deliver the same.
Resolved That the following Laws be prepared for the Colony of Georgia Viz'
A Law for the taking of Indian Evidence

COLONIAL RECORDS. 281
A Law for regulating the manner of private Persons giving Credit to
One Another and of their suing for Debts.
A Law for regulating the Watch and settling the Militia
A Law against the Use of Gold and Silver in Apparel and furniture
in Georgia, and for preventing Extravagance and Luxury.
A Law to oblige Ships clearing out of the Savanah and the Alatamaha
Rivers to pay a Pound of Pistol Powder "$> Ton according to their Ton
nage for Port Duty.
And that Mr Holland M' Thomas Tower M' Eyre and M' Henry
Archer and Any Other of the Trustees Who will attend be a Committee
for preparing the same. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Monday Aprill 4. 1737
Present
Earl of Egmont President
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon
M' Holland
M' L'apostre
M' Laroche
M' Oglethorpe
Order'd That a Copy of the Resolution appointing a Committee for preparing
the following Laws be given to M' Holland in order for his meeting with
the Other Gentlemen for that Purpose. Viz*
A Law for taking of Indian Evidence.
A Law for regulating the manner of private Persons giving Credit to
One Another, and of their suing for Debts.
A Law for regulating the Watch and settling the Militia.
A Law against the Use of Gold and Silver in Apparel and Furniture
in Georgia and for preventing Extravagance and Luxury.
And a Law to oblige Ships clearing out of the Savanah and the Alata
maha Rivers to pay a pound of Pistol Powder $ Ton according to their
Tonnage for Port Duty Adjourn'd.

282 COLONIAL RECORDS.

Palace Court
Thursday Aprill 14 1737.
Present
Lord Carpenter President
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
8' William Heathcote
M' L'apostre
M' Oglethorpe.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for two Pounds two Shillings paid
in by Rogers Holland Esq' being the Benefaction of a Gentleman Who
desires to be Unknown for the Religious Uses of the Colony.
Resolve That M' Paris do wait on the Lords Comm'8 for Trade and Plantations
and desire their Lordships to appoint a Day for hearing the Complaint
of the Trustees against the Assembly of 8° Carolina for passing an Or
dinance Which obstructs the Execution of the Act for maintaining the
Peace with the Indians in Georgia. Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Monday Aprill 18"1 1737
Present
Lord Tyrconnel President
Earl of Egmont
Lord Talbot
Lord Carpenter
S' William Heathcote
M' L'apostre
Lord Limerick.
Read a Letter from Thomas Broughton Esq' Lieut. Governor of South
Carolina dated Charles Town Feb" 7 173$ giving notice of Advices
Which he has receiv'd from Commodore Dent of the Spaniards at the
Havanna and S' Augustine forming a Design to destroy the Colony of
Georgia.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 283
Order'd That the Secretary do write an Answer to the same.
Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Wednesday Aprill 20'" 1737
Present
S' William Heathcote President
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Digby
M' Smith
M' Paris attended and acquainted the Board, that he had attended the
Lords Comm" for Trade and Plantations, and desired their Lordships in
the Trustees Names to appoint a Day for hearing the Complaints of the
Trustees against the Assembly of S° Carolina for passing an Ordinance
Which obstructed the Execution of the Act for maintaining the Peace
with the Indians in Georgia ; And that their Lordships said they could
not appoint a Day till they receive from the Council and Assembly of
South Carolina further Information and Evidence relating to the Com
plaint of the Council and Assembly of South Carolina against the Trus
tees and the Magistrates of Georgia, and they would hear both the Com
plaints, when they had receiv'd them.
Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Wednesday Aprill 27. 1737.
Present
Earl of Egmont President
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' L'apostre
M' Burton
M' Tho" Archer
M' Holland
M' Laroche
M' White
S' William Heathcote

284 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Receiv'd by the hands of the Rev4 M' Burton ten Pounds being the
fourth Annual Payment of a Benefactor Whose Name is desired to be
conceal'd to be continued for the term of the Benefactor's Life but given
for five Years certain for the Endowment of a Catechist in Georgia.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday May 4. 1737.
Present
M' Oglethorpe President.
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' L'apostre
Mr Smith
S' William Heathcote
M' Holland.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds paid in at the last
Board by the Rev" M' Burton.
Mr Paris attended and acquainted the Board that the Lords Comm"
for Trade and Plantations have appointed thursday the 12th Instant for
hearing the Subject Matter of the Complaint of the Council and Assem
bly of South Carolina against the Trustees and the Magistrates of Geor
gia, and also the Petition of the Trustees against the Council and Assem
bly of South Carolina for passing an Ordinance Which obstructed the
Execution of the Act for maintaining the Peace with the Indians in
Georgia. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Saturday May 7 1737
Present
Mr Holland President
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' Oglethorpe.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 285
Mr Paris attended with the Trustees Representation to the Right
Hon"1* the Lords of the Committee of his Majesty's most Honourable
Privy Council for Plantation Affairs upon the Petition of Sarah Watson
Wife of Joseph Watson as settled by M' Attorney General.
Which Representation being read.
Resolved That M' Paris do procure the Attorney Gen1" Opinion Whether by this
Representation the Trustees do subject themselves either in this or any
future Complaints from Georgia to be consider'd as Parties to such Com
plaints ; And Whether this Representation from the Trustees is introduc-
tive of the Admitting Appeals in Criminal Cases from Georgia.
Adjourn'd

Palace Court
Wednesday May ll"1 1737
Present
M' L'apostre President
Earl of Egmont
S' William Heathcote
D' Bundy
Mr Anderson
M' Smith.
Receiv'd by the hands of M' Anderson the sum of forty One Pounds
fifteen Shillings and six Pence at the desire of the Society in Scotland
for propagating Christian Knowledge in Order to be remitted to the Rev4
M' John McLeod Minister to the Scotch Settlement at New Darien in
Alatamaha River.
M' Paris attended and acquainted the Board that the Lords Comm" for
Trade and Plantations had defer'd the hearing of the Subject Matter of
the Complaint of the Council and Assembly of South Carolina against
the Trustees and Magistrates of Georgia; As also the Petiiion of the
Trustees against the Council and Assembly of South Carolina for passing
an Ordinance Which obstructed the Execution of an Act for maintain
ing the Peace with the Indians in Georgia to Thursday the 19"' Instant.
Adjourn'd.

286 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Monday May 16 1737
Present
M' Eyre President
M' Vernon
M' Holland
Resolved
That Directions be given to the Magistrates for a particular Inquiry to
be made into the State of M' Joseph Watson's Mind, under Confinement
at present in Georgia for Lunacy.
Read a Representation to the R' Honble the Lords of the Committee of
his Majesty's most Honble Privy Council for Plantation Affairs in relation
to M' Joseph Watson.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd to the same.
Which was Affixt accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday May 25th 1737
Present
Earl of Egmont President
M' L'apostre
M' Vernon
M' Anderson
M' Smith.
The Accountant acquainted the Board that When the Amount of Rice
sold to Mr Duffield was settled the 29th of March last, the Cooper and
Buyer were uncertain in the Amount of the whole Weight, Which made
the said Account to be settled with Errors excepted ; And that it since
Q
appearing that the said Rice weighed 1 Weight more than was then paid
for, M' Duffield paid the Accountant on the 10"1 Instant fifteen Shillings

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for the said One hundred Weight of Rice, Which makes the Amount of
the whole Rice sold from the Ship two Brothers to be the Sum of Eight
hundred and fifty Nine Pounds One Shilling and six Pence Which fifteen
Shillings are accounted for in the Payment Book.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for forty One Pounds fifteen Shil
lings and six Pence paid in the 12tb Instant from the Honbl° Society in
Scotland for propagating Christian Knowledge by the hands of Mr Adam
Anderson, in order to be paid over to the Rev" M' John McLeod Minister
to the Scotch Settlement at new Darien on the Alatamaha River in Georgia.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One Pound One Shilling paid in
by M' Thomas Upton being the Consideration Money mention'd in his
Grant. Read a Letter from M' Thomas Morse dated Sec'""'8 Office Dublin May
14 1737 and directed to M' Oglethorpe acquainting him that M' Stephen
Lamolliere a French Gentleman Who died at Dublin the 11th Instant had
left by his Will ten Guineas to be distributed among the poor German
Protestants now settled in Georgia.
Resolved That the Thanks of the Trustees be given to M' Thomas Morse for his
said Letter ; And that he be desired to pay the said ten Guineas as Ex
ecutor of the said M' Lamolliere to Philip Percival Esq' in Dublin
Brother to the Right Honbl8 John Earl of Egmont Whose Receipt shall
be a sufficient Discharge for the same.
The Board drew up a Letter of Directions to the Magistrates at Sa
vanah to make a particular Inquiry into the state of M' Joseph Watson's
Mind. Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Wednesday June the 6'b 1737
Present
Lord Carpenter President
Earl of Egmont
M' Laroche
Mr Vernon
M' Holland
M' L'apostre
Mr Bedford

288 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twenty Pounds paid in by Sr
Hans Sloane 22d October last (being his first Payment on the renew'd
Contract with the Botanist) to be applied for the encouraging and im
proving Botany and Agriculture in Georgia.
Order'd That Circular Letters be sent to such of the Trustees as have sub-
"X. scribed for the building of Churches in Georgia to desire them to pay in
their Subscriptions for the said Purpose.
Resolved
X That it be refer'd to the Committee of Correspondence to appoint a
Fast to be held in Georgia Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday June 15th 1737
Present
Earl of Shaftesbury President
Earl of Egmont
M' L'apostre
M' Anderson
M' Burton.
The Accountant acquainted the Trustees that the following Bank Re
ceipts came to his hands since the last Meeting and were exchang'd with
the Bank the 13'b Instant Viz'
One for twenty One Pounds thirteen Shillings four Pence paid in by
the Accountant for James Oglethorpe Esq' in full of his Subscription for
Botany and Agriculture.
One for Eleven Pounds thirteen Shillings and four Pence paid in by
George Heathcote Esq' in full of his Subscription for Botany and Agri
culture. One for two Pounds fifteen Shillings and ten Pence paid in by the Ac
countant Which with four hundred and twelve Pounds thirteen Shillings
and four Pence accounted for by him in the Payment Book makes together
the Sum of four hundred and fifteen Pounds Nine Shillings and two
Pence receiv'd of Mess" Peter Simond and C° for seven Cases of Deer
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Bixty Eight Pounds Weight sold to them at two Shillings and Eight Pence
half Penny a Pound.
And One for three hundred and fifty two Pounds fifteen Shillings and
two Pence paid in by George Heathcote Esq' to balance his Imprests.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for thirty Pounds paid in by his
Grace the Duke of Richmond for encouraging and improving Botany and
Agriculture. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday June 22. 1737
Present
M' L'apostre President
Earl of Egmont
M' Anderson
M' Oglethorpe
Lord Tyrconnel
Lord Carpenter
M' Laroche
M' Smith
Read a Memorial to the Lords Comm" of his Majesty's Treasury desir
ing their Lordships directions for the issuing the sum of twenty thousand
Pounds granted to his Majesty the last Session of Parliament towards se
curing and settling the Colony of Georgia in America
Order'd That the Secretary do sign the same.
Receiv'd of M' L'apostre the sum of ten Pounds being his Subscrip- /?'
tion towards the building of two Churches in Georgia and other Religious
Uses. Adjourn'd.

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290 COLONIAL RECORDS.

Palace Court
Wednesday June 29th 1737
Present
Earl of Egmont President
M' Oglethorpe
M' Vernon
M' L'apostre
Lord Carpenter
jy Hales
M' Anderson.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds paid in by Henry
L'apostre Esq' to be applied towards building of Churches in Georgia and
other Religious Uses.
Receiv'd by the hands of D' Hales the sum of ten Pounds ten Shillings
X the Benefaction of a Gentle Woman Unknown to be applied towards de
fraying the Expences of the Revd M' George Whitefield and the School
Master Who go's to Frederica for the Service of the Mission.
- Receiv'd by the hands of the Revd D' Hales four Pounds four Shillings
the Benefaction of the Revd M' Vallois Rector of East Tisted near Alton
Hampshire to be applied towards defraying the Expences of the aforesaid
Revd Mr Whitefield and School Master
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday July 6. 1737
Present
Lord Carpenter President
Earl of Egmont
Lord Talbot
S' William Heathcote
M' Vernon
M' L'apostre
M' Page
M' Laroche
M' Anderson.

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Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds ten Shillings paid in
by the Rev4 Dr Hales being the Benefaction of a Gentlewoman Unknown
to be applied towards defraying the Expences of the Rev" M' George
Whitefield and the School Master Who go's to Frederica for the Service
of the Mission.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for four Pounds four Shillings paid
in by D' Hales being the Benefaction of the Rev4 M' Vallois Rector of
East Tisted near Alton in Hampshire to be applied for the aforesaid Use.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twenty Pounds paid in by
George Wright Esq' the Benefaction of a Lady Who desires to be
Unknown to be applied for the aforesaid Use.
Read a Letter of Attorney impowering the Accountant to receive at
his Majesty's Exchequer the sum of twenty thousand Pounds granted the
last Session of Parliament towards the further settling and securing the
Colony of Georgia.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Letter of At
torney Which was Affix'd accordingly
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Receiv'd of the R' Honble the Earl of Egmont ten Pounds being his ^S
Subscription for building two Churches in Georgia and other Religious
Uses Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Wednesday July 13. 1737
Present
M' Holland President
Earl of Egmont
M' L'apostre
M' Vernon
D' Hales
M' Anderson
M' Smith.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds paid in by the Right

292 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Honble Earl of Egmont to be applied towards the building of two
Churches in Georgia and other Religious Uses.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds ten Shillings paid
by the hands of Philip Percival Esq' being so much receiv'd of M' Thomas
Mofre Executor of M' Stephen Lamolliere late of Dublin in Ireland to
be distributed amongst the poor German Protestants now settled in Geor
gia pursuant to the Will of the said M' Lamolliere.
Receiv'd by the hands of the Rev4 M' George Watts of Lincoln's Inn
five Pounds five Shillings the Benetaction of a Person Who desires to be
Unknown to be applied to the general Purposes of the Charter.
Order'd That the Secretary and Accountant do make an Extract out of the
Books belonging to the Office of all the Orders and Instructions Which
have been sent at different times to Georgia, to which no Returns shall
appear to have been made to the Trust; And that a Copy of the said
Orders and Instructions be deliver'd to M' William Stephens Secretary
for the Trust within the Province of Georgia with an Instruction that he
do inquire into the Reasons Why no Returns have been made to the
Trustees concerning such Orders and Instructions and inform the Trustees
of the same with all convenient Speed after his Arrival there.
Mr Vernon laid before the Board a Letter from M' De Reck dated
Wiudhausen June 28'b 1737 with an Account that no more Saltzburghers
can be procured for the Colony, and desiring to know whether the Trust
will enable him to subsist iu the Colony without Land.
Order'd That a Letter be prepared to be sent to Mr De Reck to acquaint him
that the Trustees do not propose to subsist any People iu the Colony,
Who do not intend to cultivate Land for their own Subsistance, Aud to
desire him to let the Trustees know wnether he intends to return to Geor
gia, and to inform him that tlin Grant of Land Which was made to him
October 7th 173) will be vacated if he do's not return to the Province
within six Months.
Received a Receipt from the Bank for twenty thousand Pounds re
ceived by the Accountant at the Exchequer (being so much granted the
last Si ssion of Parliament for the further securing and settling the Colony
of Georgia) and paid in by him this day into the Bank. Viz'

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£
Net Money arising from the said Issue .... 19492. 9. 6
Fees at the Treasury remitted  7. 3. 6
Fees at the Pells remitted  75.7.0
Fees at the Auditor of the Rec' remitted . . . 125. 0. 0
Fees at the Teller's Office remitted  300. 0. 0

£20000. 0. 0
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday July 20'" 1737
Present
M' Laroche President
Earl of Egmont
M' L'apostre
M' Vernon
M' Oglethorpe
M' Holland.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for five Pounds five Shillings the
Benefaction of a Person Who desires to be Uuknown by the hands of
the Rev4 M' Watts paid in at the last Board by the Secretary.
Receiv'd a Box with Caper Plants from Marseilles the Benefaction of
Mr Thomas Hyam.
Receiv'd of Robert Eyre Esq' the sum of ten Pounds being his Sub- /y
scription for the building of two Churches in Georgia and other Religious
Uses. Receiv'd by the hands of James Vernon Esq' One hundred Pounds
being the Subscription of a Person Who desires to be Unknown to be •'*'-''
applied towards the building of two Churches in Georgia and other Re
ligious Uses.
Receiv'd of James Vernon Esq' the sum of ten Pounds being his Sub- yy
scription to be applied towards the building of two Churches in Georgia
and for other Religious Uses. Adjourn'd.

294 COLONIAL RECORDS.

Palace Court
Wednesday July 27 1737
Present
Dr Hales President
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' Eyre
M' Chandler
M' Laroche
M' Smith.
Receiv'd of the Revd D' Hales the sum of ten Pounds being his Sub
scription towards the building of two Churches in Georgia and other Re
ligious Uses.
Receiv'd of William Belitha Esq' the sum of ten Pounds being his
Subscription towards the building of two Churches in Georgia and other
Religious Uses.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds paid at the last
Board by the HonWe James Vernon Esq' for the Abovesaid Uses.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One hundred Pounds paid in by
Mr Vernon being the Subscription of a Person Who desires to be un
known for the abovesaid Uses.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds paid in at the last
Board by Robert Eyre Esq' for the Abovesaid Uses.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds ten Shillings being
the Subscription of John Temple Esq' for the Aforesaid Uses.
Receiv'd a Benefaction of a Person Who desires to be Unknown of a
Seal for the Town Court of Savanah with an Engine or Press affix'd on
a Frame and Table the Whole amounting to the Value of twenty two
Pounds fifteen Shillings.
Resolved That the Town Courts of Savanah and Frederica be the Courts of Law
for trying offences against the Act for preventing the Importation and
Use of Rum in Georgia. Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 295
Palace Court
Wednesday August 3 1737
Present
Earl of Egmont President
Dr Hales
M' Oglethorpe
8' William Heathcote
M' Vernon
M' Eyre
M' Chandler
M' Bedford,
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds paid in by the Rev4
D* Hales to be applied towards the building of two Churches in Georgia
and Other Religious Uses.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds paid in by William
Belitha Esq' for the aforesaid Uses.
Read an Appointment of the Town Courts of Savanah and Frederica
to be the Courts of Law for trying Offences against the Act for prevent
ing the Importation and Use of Rum in Georgia.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd to the same.
Which was Affix'd accordingly
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Adjourn'd.

296 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Wednesday August 10"1 1737
Present
M' Oglethorpe President
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
S' William Heathcote
M' Eyre
D' Hales
M' Chandler
M' Laroche
Alderman Heathcote
D' Bundy
Mr Anderson
M' Smith.
Receiv'd by the hands of M' Henry Jewel the Sum of ten Pounds be
ing the Subscription of the Right Honbl° Lord Viscount Tyrconnel to be
Applied towards the building of two Churches in Georgia and Other Re
ligious Uses.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds being the Subscrip
tion of the Rev4 M' John Burton to be Applied towards the building of
two Churches in Georgia and Other Religious Uses.
Read a Memorial to his Majesty setting forth that the Colony of Geor
gia being very much exposed to the Power of the Spaniards, and become
an Object of their Envy by having valuable Ports upon the homeward
Passage from the Spanish West Indies, and the Spaniards having in-
creas'd their Forces in the Neighbourhood thereof, that the Trustees in
consequence of the great Trust repos'd in them find themselves oblig'd to
lay before his Majesty their Inability sufficiently to protect his Majesty's
Subjects settled in Georgia under the encouragement of his Majesty's
Charter against this late Increase of Forces ; And therefore become
humble Suppliants to his Majesty on behalf of his Majesty's Subjects
settled in the Province of Georgia, that by a necessary Supply of Forces
the Province may be protected against the great Dangers that seem im
mediately to threaten it.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd to the said Memorial.

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Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday August 17 1737
Present
M' L'apostre President
Earl of Egmont
S' William Heathcote
M' Laroche
M' Vernon
M' Smith.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds being the Subscrip
tion of the R' Hon"1" Lord Viscount Tyrconnel to be Applied towards the
building of two Churches in Georgia and Other Religious Uses
Receiv'd of John Laroche Esq' the sum of ten Pounds being his Sub
scription to be applied towards building two Churches in Georgia and
Other Religious Uses Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Wednesday August 24 1737
Present
Earl of Egmont President
M' Oglethorpe
M' L'apostre
S' William Heathcote
Lord Carpenter
M' Laroche
M' Hucks.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds paid in by John
Laroche Esq' being his Subscription to be applied towards the building
of two Churches in Georgia and other Religious Uses.

298 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds being the Sub
scription of the Hon"18 Edward Digby Esq' to be applied towards the
building of two Churches in Georgia and other Religious Uses.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Sept' 7. 1737.
Present.
Lord Carpenter President
Earl of Egmont
S' William Heathcote
M' L'apostre
M' Anderson
D' Hales.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds paid in the 30'" of
August 1737 by Rogers Holland Esq' being his Subscription to be ap
plied towards the building of two Churches in Georgia and other Re
ligious Uses. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Sept' 21. 1737.
Present
M' Oglethorpe President
Earl of Egmont
M' Tho" Tower
M' L'apostre
M' Eyre
M' Smith
Receiv'd of M' Henry Newman the sum of ten Pounds being the
Benefaction of a Clergyman in the Deanery of Stow in the County of
Gloucester to be Applied towards building a Church at Savanah in
Georgia. Receiv'd of Thomas Tower Esq' the Sum of ten Pounds being his Sub-

COLONIAL RECORDS. 299
scription to be applied towards the building of two Churches in Georgia
and other Religious Uses. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Sept' 28'" 1737
Present
D' Hales President
Earl of Egmont
Mr L'apostre
M' Oglethorpe
M' Vernon.
Receiv'd a Bank Sola Bill of Exchange at three days sight for fifty
Pounds from the R' Hon'10 Edward Earl of Derby by the hands of Mr
Robert Whittle for the late Earl of Derby's last Payment for encourag
ing and improving Botany and Agriculture in Georgia.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds paid in by M' Henry
Newman being the Benefaction of a Clergy Man in the Deanery of
Stow in the County of Gloucester to be applied towards the building of
a Church at Savanah in Georgia.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds paid in by Thomas
Tower Esq' towards building of two Churches in Georgia and Other Re
ligious Uses. Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Wednesday October 5'h 1737.
Present
Earl of Shaftesbury President
Earl of Egmont
Mr L'apostre
S' William Heathcote
D' Hales
Co1 Oglethorpe
Mr Vernon
Lord Carpenter
D' Bundy.

300 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for fifty Pounds paid in by the
Hands of M' Robert Whittle for the R' Hon"18 Edward Earl of Derby
being the late Earl of Derby's last Payment for encouraging and im
proving Botany and Agriculture. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Oct' 19. 1737.
Present
M' L'apostre President
Earl of Egmont
Col. Oglethorpe
M' Vernon
M' Smith.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One Pound One Shilling paid
in by Mr John Amory And for One Pound One Shilling paid in by Mr
Robert Hay being the Consideration Money mention'd in their respective
Grants. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Nov' 9*11 1737
Present
Earl of Egmont President
Lord Carpenter
M' L'apostre
M' Vernon
M' Holland
M' Smith.
M' Paris attended and presented a Copy of the Report of the Lords
Comm" for Trade and Plantations upon the Hearing of the Cause be
tween the Trustees and the Lieut. Gov' Council and Assembly of South
Carolina to the R' HonMo the Lords of his Majesty's most Honbl° Privy
Council.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 301
Resolved
That M' Paris do prepare a Petition to the R' Hon"1" the Lords of the
Committee of his Majesty's most Honble Privy Council in the Name of the
Trustees desiring to be heard by their Council against the said Report.
Receiv'd from Major William Cook sixteen different Sorts of Vine
Cuttings from France being his Benefaction for the use of the Colony.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Nov' 16 1737
Present
D' Hales President
Earl of Egmont
M' L'apostre
M' Vernon
Lord Carpenter
M' Laroche
Col. Oglethorpe.
Receiv'd by the hands of the Rev4 D' Hales five Pounds five Shillings yZs
the Benefaction of a Gentle Woman Who desires to be Unknown for the
Use of the Missionaries in Georgia.
Read a Petition to the R' Houble the Lords of the Committee of his
Majesty's most Honble Privy Council for Plantation Affairs praying their
Lordships to appoint a Day for hearing the Trustees by their Council
against the Report of the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations
upon the Petition of the Council and Assembly ot South Carolina, and
also upon the Petition of the Trustees refer'd to the Lords lor Trade by
their Lordships December the 8'" aud Feb" 4. 1736.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Petition.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Adjourn'd.

302 COLONIAL RECORDS.

Palace Court
Wednesday November 23. 1737
Present
M' L'apostre President
Earl of Egmont
Lord Carpenter
M' Holland
M' Hucks
D' Hales
Col. Oglethorpe
M' Hen. Archer
M' Vernon
Mr Smith.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for five Pounds five Shillings, the
Benefaction of a Gentle Woman Who desires to be Unknown by the hands
of the Rev* D' Hales to be Applied for the Use of the Missionaries in
Georgia. Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for fourteen Pounds fifteen Shillings
and Six Pence paid in by William Tillard Esq' for the Society for pro
moting Christian Knowledge being so much Expended in England by
the Trustees for the Saltzburghers in Georgia between March 8th 1736
and Nov' 3. 1737.
Read a Letter from Andrew Stone Esq' Under Secretary to his Grace
the Duke of Newcastle with a Letter from John Savy dated Cadiz Octo
ber 22. 1737 to the Trustees transmitted by M' Keen to his Grace, giv
ing an Account of the Designs of the Spaniards, and the Informations
given by the said Savy to the Spaniards how they might attack the Col
ony of Georgia.
Read Another Letter from John Savy dated Falmouth Nov' 17 1737
to the Trustees, giving an Account of his having surrender'd himself a
Prisoner to Lord Tyrawley at Lisbon, and his being confin'd in Penden-
nis Castle, and desiring to be brought up to London in Order to his
Examination. Order'd That the last Letter and a Copy of the first be immediately laid before
his Grace the Duke of Newcastle. Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 303

Palace Court
Wednesday December 7 1737
Present
S' William Heathcote President
Earl of Egmont
M' Hucks
M' L'apostre
D' Bundy
D' Hales
M' Anderson
M' Smith
Col. Oglethorpe
M' Holland
M' Vernon
M' Eyre.
Receiv'd by the hands of D' Hales the Sum of five Pounds five Shil- /y
lings the Benefaction of a Gentle Woman Who desires to be Unknown
to be Applied towards the Support of the Orphans in Georgia, or of the
Missionaries there.
Read Several Letters from M' Williamson of Savanah to the Trustees
complaining of the Rev4 M' John Wesley's having refused the Sacrament
to his Wife M" Sophia Williamson, with M" Williamson's Affidavit
thereupon ; And two Presentments of the Grand Jury of the Rev4 M'
Wesley for the said Refusal and for several Other facts laid to his Charge.
Order'd That Copies of the said Letters and Affidavit be sent over to the Rev4 M'
John Wesley desiring him to return his Answer to the same as soon as
possible. And that a Letter be sent to M' Williamson to acquaint him O'
of the said Copies being sent to M' Wesley ; And that if he has any
thing new to lay before the Trustees he should show it first to M' Wesley
And then send it over to them ; And that the Trustees think he should
not have made his Application to the World by Advertising his Com
plaints before acquainting the Trustees with them.
Adjourn'd.

804 COLONIAL RECORDS.

Palace Court
Wednesday Dec' 21" 1737.
Present
Earl of Egmont President
S' William Heathcote
M' Laroche
M' Holland
Col. Oglethorpe
Lord Carpenter
M' Smith.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for five Pounds five Shillings paid
in by the Rev" D' Hales being the Benefaction of a Gentle Woman
Who desires to be Unknown, to be Applied towards the Support of the
Orphans in Georgia or the Missionaries there.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for three Pounds three Shillings
paid in by Lieut. Col. Cochran, Major Cook, and George Breston Jun'
Esq' being One Pound One Shilling Each for the respective Considera
tions of their Grants.
Read an Instruction from the King to the Trustees Appointing, that
in the Morning and Evening Prayers in the Litany and in all Other
Parts of the Public Service as well in the Occasional Offices as in the
Book of Common Prayer, Where the Royal Family is appointed to be
particularly pray'd for the following Form and Order
" Their Royal Highnesses Frederick Prince of
" Wales, the Princess ot Wales, the Duke,
"the Princesses and all the Royal Family"
be forthwith publish'd in the several Parish Churches and Other Places of
Divine Worship within the Colony of Georgia, and ihat Obedience be paid
thereto accordingly.
Order'd That a Copy of the said Instructions be sent to the Magistrates in
Georgia, that the same may be complied with accordingly by all the
Ministers of the Congregation in the Province of Georgia
Order'd That a License be made out for the Rev4 M' George Whitefield to per-

COLONIAL RECORDS. 305
form Ecclesiastical Offices in Georgia as a Deacon of the Church of Eng
land. Col. Oglethorpe laid before the Board a Letter from Mr Stone Under
Secretary to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle dated Whitehall Dec' 17.
1737 mentioning that John Savy had been examin'd since his Arrival in
England and Col. Oglethorpe mov'd that a Committee be appointed to
wait upon his Grace the Duke of Newcas.le from time to time upon the
Subject of the said Savy's Examination.
Resolved That M' Oglethorpe M' Vernon, M' Thomas Tower, and M' Laroche
or Any two of them be a Committee to wait upon his Grace the Duke
of Newcastle from time to time upon the Examination of the said Savy.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Friday December the 30'" 1737
Present
M' Oglethorpe President
M' Smith
Mr Anderson
Receiv'd by the Hands of the Earl of Egmont five hundred Copies of
an Explanation of the Church Cacechi-im iu two Parcels Whereof One
bound, and the Other stitch'd, being the Benefaction of a Lady Who
desires to be Uuknown.
Order'd That, the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to an Authority for the
Rev4 M' George Whitefield to perform Ecclesiastical Offices at Frederica
in Georgia as a Deacon of the Church ol Eugland.
Whicn was Affix'd accordingly
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Adjourn'd.

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306 COLONIAL RECORDS.

Palace Court
Wednesday Jan" 11 173|
Present
M' L'apostre President
Earl of Egmont
Earl of Shaftesbury
S' William Heathcote
Col. Oglethorpe
M' Vernon
M' Laroche
M' Smith
Read a Letter from M' William Stephens dated October 26. 1737
Charles Town South Carolina ; giving an Account of his 6afe Arrival
there, and his setting forwards for Georgia
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Feb" Is' 173$
Present
Earl of Egmont President
Col. Oglethorpe
D' Hales
Mr Tho" Archer
Earl of Shaftesbury
Mr Smith
Capt. Coram.
Receiv'd by the hands of D' Hales two Pounds two Shillings the Bene
faction of a Gentlewoman Who desires to be Unknown, And One Pound
One Shilling the Beneiaction of Another Gentle Woman Who desires to
be Unknown for the Use of the Missionaries there
Adjourn'd.

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Palace Court
Wednesday Feb" 8"1 173|
Present
Col. Oglethorpe President
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
S' William Heathcote
M' Sloper
M' Page
M' L'apostre
M' Laroche
M' Tho" Archer
M' Vernon
M' Eyre
M' Tho" Tower.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for three Pounds three Shillings
paid in at the last Board by the Rev4 Dr Hales being the Benefactions of
two Gentle Women Who desire to be Unknown for the use of thejMis-
sionaries in Georgia. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Feb" 15 173£
Present
Mr Vernon President
Earl of Egmont
Lord Carpenter
Alderman Cater
M' L'apostre
Col. Oglethorpe
M' Tho" Tower
M' Tracy.
Read a Petition to the House of Commons for a Supply to enable the
Trustees to provide for the further Establishment of the Colony.

308 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Order'd
That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd to the same.
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Adjourn'd

Palace Court
Wednesday Feb" 22. 173£
Present
D' Hales President
M' Vernon
Col. Oglethorpe
M' L'apostre
D' Bundy
M' Smith.
The Rev4 M' John Wesley ati ended and deliver'd into the Board a
Narrative of his own relating to the Complaints of M" Williamson, and
three Certificates, One sign'd by James Burnside dated Savanah Nov'
Is' 1737 Another of the same date sign'd by Margaret Burnside And
Another sign'd by Charles Delamotte dated Savanah October 25. 1737.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday March Is' 173|
Present
Earl of Shaftesbury President
Earl of Egmont,
M' Vernon
Lord Limerick
Lord Carpenter
M' L'apostre
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Smith
Alderman Cater
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Receiv'd two tubs containing One thousand Vine Plants the Benefac
tion of Mr Charles King of Brumpton for the Benefit of the Colony of
Georgia for Which the President return'd the thanks of the Board to
M' King.
M' Alderman Cater acquainted the Board that his Attendance on the
Affairs of the City as an Alderman, and his own private Affairs in the
Country engaged so much of his time that he could not give the attend
ance to the Business of the Colony of Georgia that was requisite, and
therefore desired they would chuse some Gentleman in his Place of One
of the Common Council, Who might be of more service to the Trust.
And then he presented his Resignation under his hand and Seal of the
Office of Common Council Man of the Trust dated March the 1st Instant.
Read the following Letter from the Rev" D' Bundy to M' Harman
Verelst the Accomptant.
S' As I can see no probability ot my being able to do the poor people in
Georgia any considerable service ; And as I apprehend I shall not be at
leisure to give that Attendance at the Board the next Summer which
might be expected ; I beg the favour ot You to offer my request to the /y'
Gentlemen present, that they would fill up my place in the Common
Council and Trust at the ensuing Annual Meeting. By Which I don't
mean to save the remainder of what I have subscrib'd : As soon as I
know that any Church or Churches are built or building in the Colony,
I shall be ready to answer my Subscription. Till that time, the remain
ing Sum, tho' a very small One, may I think as well continue in my
hands as in the Bank. I am
King's Square Court. S'
near Soho Square Yo' very humble Serv'
March l8' 173|. R Bundy.
At the same time was sent the Resignation of D' Rich4 Bundy under
his hand and Seal of the Office of Common Council Man of the Trust
dated March l8' 173$. Adjourn'd.

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Palace Court
Wednesday March 8*k 173J-
Present
M' L'apostre President
Earl of Egmont
Lord Talbot
Lord Carpenter
M' Smith
Lord Carpenter deliver'd his Resignation of the Office of Common
Council Man of the Trustees under his hand and Seal dated this day ;
with a Letter setting forth that his Private Affairs obliged him to go
early this Year into the Country Where he should remain a great while,
Which occasioned his resigning his Office ; And further setting forth,
that he thought Every Body ought in honour to give his Attendance,
And that he should always retain the same Zeal for the service of the
Colony. Lord Talbot deliver'd his Resignation of the Office of Common Coun
cil Man of the Trustees under his hand and Seal dated this day ; With
his Reasons for so doing, That he thought it incumbent on Every Person
Who undertakes, or is elected to a Trust to execute the Charge intrusted
to his care ; That from the time of the Trustees having honour'd him
with electing him to be One of the Common Council he had scarce ever
been able to attend the Business of a Common Council Man ; That his
Duty in Parliament and his own private affairs so absolutely employ'd
his time, that it was not possible for him to execute that Employment in
a manner agreeable to his Sense of things.
The Accomptant laid before the Trustees a Letter from M' Alderman
Heathcote dated the 6th Instant with his Resignation of the Office of
Common Council Man of the Trustees under his hand and Seal dated the
6'b Instant. In his Letter he sets forth that the Office Which he had
the honour to bear in the City, and his own private Affairs require so
much of his time, that it is hardly possible for him to attend these and
the Service of the Colony of Georgia so constantly as every One ought
Who is in a publick Trust ; And That the ill state of health he has for
some time labour'd under obliges him to live in the Country, as much as is
consistent with his Duty, Which renders the difficulty of discharging his
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Province should lose the Assistance of some Other Gentleman, Who has
better Abilities and more leisure to employ in its Service than he has.
Adjourn'd.

At the Vestry Room of S' Bride's Church
Thursday March 16* 173|
Present
Earl of Egmont President
Col. Oglethorpe
M' Tho8 Tower
M' L'apostre
M' Burton
M' Anderson
M' Smith
M' Bedford
Lord Carpenter
D' Hales
Capt Coram.
The General Abstract of the Account of the Trustees from the 9th of
June 1737 to the 15th of March 173| with Observations thereon was
read, and approv'd of, and order'd to be enter'd.
The Trustees proceeded to the Choice of five Common Council Men in
the room of Mr Alderman Cater, D' Bundy M' Alderman Heathcote, the
R' Hon"18 Lord Talbot and the R' Honble Lord Carpenter, Who had
severally resign'd their respective Offices of Common Council Men of the
Trustees at previous Meeting of the Trustees, and the five following
Gentlemen were elected in their room. Viz' Robert Tracy Esq' Chris
topher Tower Esq' Henry Archer Esq', John Page Esq' and the Rev"M*
Samuel Smith.
Then the Trustees proceeded to the choice of new Trustees and S'
Harry Gough and S' Roger Burgoigne were elected.
Adjourn'd.

312 COLONIAL RECORDS.

Palace Court
Wednesday March 22. 173J
Present
D' Hales President
Earl of Egmont
M' Henry Archer
M' L'apostre
S' Wm Heathcote
Mr Tracy
M' Digby
M' Tho" Archer
M' Smith
Lord Tyrconnel.
Receiv'd by the hands of the Rev4 D' Hales twenty One Pounds the
Benefaction of a Gentle Woman Who desires to be Unknown to be ap
plied towards the Support of the Missionaries in Georgia.
Receiv'd two brass Cocks for salting of Animals whole the Benefaction
of the Rev4 D' Hales for the use of the Colony.
The Oath of Office of Common Council Man of the Trustees was ad
minister'd to Henry Archer Esq'.
The Oath of Office of Common Council Man of the Trustees was ad
minister'd to Robert Tracy Esq'.
The Seal of the Corporation was affix'd to a Grant of five hundred
Acres ot Land to James Carteret Esq' pursuant to an Order of the Com
mon Council
Read a Letter from M' Wm Stephens dated 20. 21. 23. Dec' 1737
The Oath of Office of Common Council Man of the Trustees was ad
minister'd to the Rev4 M' Samuel Smith
Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 313

Palace Court
Wednesday March 29 1738
Present
M' Smith President
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' Tracy
M' Ch : Tower
M' L'apostre
Lord Tyrconnel
S' Wm Heathcote
M' Anderson
The Oath of Office of Common Council Man of the Trustees was ad
minister'd to Christopher Tower Esq'.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twenty One Pounds paid in by
the Rev* D1 Hales at the last Board being the Benefaction of a Gentle
Woman Who desires to be Unknown for the support of the Missionaries
in Georgia Adjourn'd.

314 COLONIAL RECORDS.

Palace Court
Wednesday Aprill 12. 1738
Present
Sr William Heathcote President
Earl of Egmont
M' Ch. Tower
M' L'apostre
M' Tho" Archer
M' Sloper
Col. Oglethorpe
M' Tho" Tower
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Digby
M' Henry Archer
M' Tracy
D' Hales
M' Anderson.
Read a Letter from M' Thomas Hawkins dated Frederica November
28" 1737 giving an Account of the Settlement there
Read a Letter from M' Thomas Hawkins dated Frederica Jan" lO"
1737 with an Invoyce of Drugs necessary for the Settlement.
Read a Letter from William Stephens Esq' dated Savanah Jan" 19
173|- giving an Account of several Transactions at Savanah, and the
State of the Silk Business.
Read a Letter from M' Thomas Causton dated Savanah Jan" 14. 173 J
giving an Account of the Disposition of the forty Servants sent by
Capt" Thomson, and of several Persons Who went over at their own
Expence. Read a Letter from M" Martha Causton dated Savanah Jan" 16 173J
giving an Account of the State of the Silk Business.
Read a Letter from M' Thomas Hird to Col. Oglethorpe dated Frede
rica Dec' 5. 1737. Adjourn'd.

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Palace Court
Wednesday Aprill 19,h 1738
Present.
M' Ch. Tower President
Earl of Egmont
M' Tho" Tower
M' L'apostre
M' Anderson
M' Smith
M' Tracy
Col. Oglethorpe
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for two Pounds two Shillings being
One Pound One Shilling the Consideration Money mention'd in the
Grant of Capt" William Wood: And One Pound One Shilling the Con
sideration Money mention'd in the Grant of James Carteret Esq'.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Aprill 26'" 1738
Present
M' Henry Archer President
Earl of Egmont
M' Tho" Tower
M' L'apostre
M' Smith
M' Tracy
M' Vernon
Col Oglethorpe
Receiv'd of M' Tracy ten Pounds being his Subscription towards the
buildiDg of Churches in Georgia and other Religious Uses.
The Rev4 M' John Wesley attended and left the Appointment of him
by the Trustees to perform Ecclesiastical Offices in Georgia.
Resolved That the Authority granted to the Rev4 M' John Wesley to do and

316 COLONIAL RECORDS.
perform all Religious and Ecclesiastical Offices in Georgia dated October
10'b 1735 be revoked. Adjourn'd.

Horn Tavern
Monday May 1st 1738
Present
M' Digby President
Lord Tyrconnel
Lord Carpenter
S' William Heathcote
Col. Oglethorpe
M' Vernon
M' Alderman Heathcote
M' Alderman Cater
M' Sloper
M' Tho" Archer
M' Henry Archer
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Hucks
M' Smith
M' Anderson
M' Tracy
M' L'apostre
Resolved That an Application be made for a Ship for Capt" James Gascoigne ;
And that that Ship may be the station'd Ship for Georgia ; if not, to
get the next Vacancy on the Virginia or Carolina Station Ships Which
first drop in order to become the Station Ship for Georgia.
Receiv'd by the hands of M' Vernon the sum of fifty Pounds being
the Benefaction of a Lady Whose Name is desired to be conceal'd to be
applied towards building the Church at Savanah in Georgia.
Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 317

Palace Court
Wednesday May 3d 1738
Present
Earl of Egmont President
Earl ot Shaftesbury
Col. Oglethorpe
M' L'apostre
M' Tho" Tower
M' Vernon
M' Laroche
M' Tracy
M' Smith
Mr Anderson
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds paid in by Robert
Tracy Esq' being his Subscription for building of Churches in Georgia
and other Religious Uses.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for fifty Pounds paid in at the
last Board by M' Vernon being the Benefaction of a Lady Whose Name
is desired to be conceal'd to be applied towards the building of the
Church at Savanah in Georgia.
Resolved That it be refer'd to the Committee of Correspondence to prepare an
Act to enable the Trustees to appoint Commissioners for the more effect
ual Execution in a summary way of an Act to prevent the Importation
and Use of Rum and Brandies in the Province of Georgia
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday May 10*b 1738
Present
M' L'apostre President
Earl of Egmont
S' William Heathcote
M' Vernon
M' Smith

318 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Read a Letter from the Rev* M' George Whitefield dated Gibraltar
Feb" 20th 173|- intimating that since his Departure from England, he
hears the Rev4 Mr John Wesley is return'd to England, and is therefore
desirous if the Trustees think proper for him to alter his Measures they
would send their Orders to him.
Order'd That a Letter be sent to the Rev4 M' Whitefield permitting him to
perform all Religious Offices as Deacon of the Church of England at
Savanah as well as Frederica untill Another Minister is provided for the
Town of Savanah. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday May 17 1738
Present
M' Henry Archer President
Earl of Egmont
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon
M' L'apostre
M' Smith
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One Pound One Shilling paid
in by Capt. Alexander Heron being the Consideration Money mention'd
in his Grant.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds paid in by Sr William
Heathcote Bar* being his Subscription towards the building of two
Churches in Georgia and other Religious Uses.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds paid in by Col.
Oglethorpe being his Subscription towards the building of two Churches
in Georgia and other Religious Uses
Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 319

Palace Court
Friday May 19th 1738
Present
Earl of Shaftesbury President
M' Smith
M' Anderson.
The Seal of the Corporation in pursuance of the Orders of the
Common Council was affixed to the following Deeds and Papers. Vizt.
A Lease and Release dated May 16. & 17. 1738 for three thousand
Acres to the Bailiffs of Frederica in Trust for granting five Acres to Each
Soldier and Non Commission'd Officer of Col. Oglethorpe's Regiment.
A Lease and Release dated May 16 and 17. 1738 for three thousand
Acres to the Bailiffs of Savanah in Trust for granting fifty Acre Lots to
Men being Protestants of twenty One Years of Age and upwards, Who
shall arrive in Georgia within three Years from the Date.
A Minute of a Resolution of the Common Council relating to Col.
Oglethorpe's Account.
A Minute of a Resolution of the Common Council for indemnifying
Col. Oglethorpe against the Indorsement of the Trustees Sola Bills.
A Letter to M' Causton dated this day and several Lists and Accounts
and Invoice Annexed.
Instructions to M' Thomas Jones. Adjourn'd

320 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Wednesday May 21s' 1738
Present
M' L'apostre President
Earl of Shaftesbury
Earl of Egmont
Sr William Heathcote
M' Smith
M' Laroche
M' Tho" Tower
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Vernon
M' Ch. Tower.
Read a Petition to the Lords Comm'8 of his Majesty's Treasury desir
ing their Lordships Directions for issuing the Sum of eight thousand
Pounds granted to his Majesty in the last Session of Parliament towards
settling the Colony of Georgia.
Order'd That the Secretary do sign the said Petition.
Receiv'd by the hands of the Revd M' Burton ten Pounds being the
fifth Annual Payment of an Unknown Benefactor for the endowment of
a Catechist in Georgia.
M' Vernon laid before the Board an Order of his Majesty in Council
relating to an Ordinance pass'd by the Lieut. Gov' Council and Assem
bly of S° Carolina to raise a Sum in order to indemnify the Traders of
South Carolina in opposition to the Act pass'd by his Majesty for regu
lating the Trade with the Indians.
Order'd That a Copy of the same be enter'd in the Trustees Books, And that
Another Copy of the same be transmitted to Col. Oglethorpe in order to
his carrying it to Georgia. Adjourn'd.

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Palace Court
Wednesday June 7th 1738
Present
Earl of Egmont President
M' Holland
M' L'apostre
M' Ch. Tower
M' Smith.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds from an Unknown
Benefactor by the hands of the Revd M' Burton being the fifth Annual
Payment for the endowment of a Catechist in Georgia.
Seal'd a Duplicate of the Trustees Letter to M' Causton dated May
19th last with several Lists and Accounts and Invoice annexed.
Read a Letter from Col. Oglethorpe dated the 4"1 Instant directed to
the Accountant in answer to the Trustees Letter to him dated the 24 In
stant Which Letter and Answer were in the following Words. Vizt.
Georgia Office Westminst.
S' The Trustees being greatly alarm'd at the great Number of Certified
Accounts amounting to One thousand four hundred and One Pounds
thirteen Shillings and two Pence brought for Payment since Tuesday
last, immediately met to concert the most proper Measures to secure their
Effects in Georgia, and M' Causton's Person to answer for his Conduct in
receiving these Cargoes without any Order Whatsoever from the Trustees;
for these Certified Accounts unpaid now amount to five thousand two
hundred and thirty six Pounds and six Pence. And the Sola Bills, Pro
visions and Effects received by M' Causton since Midsummer last amount
to thirteen thousand and Eighty Six Pounds Nine Shillings and nine
Pence for the Application of Which he has given the Trustees no
Account. The Situation of the Trustees Affairs is such that they cannot sit still
in these Circumstances, but must in their own Justification insist upon
an immediate Seizure of M' Causton to be detain'd, untill he gives suffi
cient Security to answer this surprising Conduct of hi3, Which may draw
the Trustees into the greatest Inconvenience and Discredit, While, at the
same time they on their Part have taken all possible care to prevent such
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322 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Inconveniences happening; And unless he shall produce to You such
Accounts as You think when transmitted to the Trustees will prove sat
isfactory to them. You are desired forthwith to send him with his Books
and Papers in safe Custody to the Trustees, that he may make up his
Accounts with them. But if it should so happen, Which the Trustees
are afraid cannot be the case, that M' Causton should produce such an
Account as will be in Your Opinion satisfactory to the Trustees; You
are desired forthwith to transmit such his Account by the first Opportu
nity, and to continue him upon Sufficient Security untill the Trustees
have examin'd and approv'd thereof.
The Common Council will at their next Meeting seal an Instrument
to remove him from his Office of first Bailiff, Which is intended as a
Suspension to wait the making up of those Accounts.
As the Trustees conduct must stand evidently clear from any Imputa
tion of Neglect, they strongly recommend it to You (being One of
themselves) to use all possible means to preserve that Credit they have
hitherto been possess'd of; And Which they desire to have continued
consistent with the Characters they bear, and Which the Disinterested
Manner they have always acted in has justly entitled them to.
It is almost impossible for the Trustees to express the great Resent
ments Which they have entertained at the Behaviour of a Person to
Whom they show'd such Marks of Distinction and Favour ; Who by a
Conduct, for Which they cannot as yet find a Name, has already disabled
them from bearing an Expence of an Estimate, Which they had calcu
lated with the utmost frugality and Economy for the Services of the
Colony from Midsummer next.
The Trustees now transmit to You the Order of Council, Which Mr
Vernon brought to the Common Council last Wednesday relating to the
Carolina Ordinance. The Perusal of Which they hope will be very
agreeable to You ; And they desire that You transmit it to the Lieuten
ant Gov' and Council of S° Carolina by the first Opportunity. There is
a Duplicate of the same Order put into the hands of M' Fury.
The Trustees have been inform'd that the Council have not determin'd
any thing definitely upon the Complaint of the L' Gov' and Council of
S° Carolina, But have directed Instructions to be prepared for both Col
onies for concerting Measures for settling the Trade upou such a foot as
may be for the mutual Advantage of both Provinces.
The last Advices from Charles Town dated Aprill 21s' Which arrived
this day, confirm that the Ships lately seen off S' Augustine were four

COLONIAL RECORDS. 323
Spanish Men of War and thirty Transports with Spanish Troops ; And
it is said that they had landed at Augustine Nine hundred Men, and
were gone to Havana for One hundred and fifty More. That Capt"
Howell, One Who had been detain'd at S' Augustine, and lately come
from thence made an Affidavit at Charles Town of this Increase of
Forces at S' Augustine, and That a Vessel arrived there just before he
came away with an Order from Old Spain to stop the Expedition for the
Present. The Inclosed Letter from M' Samuel Prince at Wokingham in Berks
came to the Office today to inquire after his Son Thomas Milsam Prince
said to be Enter'd for Georgia The Trustees therefore send it to You to
do what is proper in case any such Person is in the present Imbarkation.
I am S' Your most Obed'
humble Serv'
P. S. Harman Verelst Acco""1'
As the Trustees cannot Answer 2 June 1738.
the Expences of the Estimate, They
desire that only such Articles may be
defray'd with the five hundred Pounds
in Sola Bills You have with You, and
What shall be found remaining in the
Stores ; being the Only Money the
Trustees can look upon themselves as
possess'd of to answer the Expences
of the Colony to Mids' 1739.
To the HonWe Gen1 Oglethorpe at Gosport to
the care of the Postmaster at Portsmouth.
The Answer
Sir I have receiv'd Yours by the Trustees Order, The Advices from Au-
gu.-tine prove the Care and Vigilance of the Trustees, Who appris'd the
Government of the Intentions of the Spaniards, and of these Preparations
of the Spaniards in Aprill last was twelve Month.
If that Article is true, that the Orders from Spain have delay'd the
Execution of their Design, If they have not acted before I get thither,
I do not doubt but we shall prevent their doing any Mischief afterwards.

324 COLONIAL RECORDS.
With respect to the Other Affairs, the Trustees have acted with the
greatest prudence and Caution, of which Every Letter and Order of
theirs is Evidence. Their last Orders also show that they join a true
Spirit with their Caution. There must be great Care taken that they
are not known.
A Ship bound for Carolina go's out in a few days ; And it should be
well look'd to that no Advices go by that Ship Which may be prejudicial
to the Service by giving Intelligence and preventing the Effects of their
Care. By the Accounts You send me of the State of the Trustees Affairs,
there has been more expended in Georgia than granted by Parliament,
but if it is in Store, and forthcoming, it will serve for the Provision of
this Year. If I find that the Circumstances are such as You apprehend
them, I shall not issue any of the £500 Sola Bills, till I have further Orders
from the Trustees. I do not doubt but I shall set all things to rights.
If the Governmental Affairs could have been brought so to bear, as that
I had set out in July or August last, as the Trustees and I desired, this
had been all prevented. Howsoever, as I said before, I do not doubt but
I shall still come time enough to remedy what this Delay hath occasion'd.
I know there will be a great deal of trouble in it, but I am accu6tom'd
to Difficulties, so that ihey never make me Despair.
If there has been any fraud in these Certified Accounts And that the
Persons did not deliver the Effects Certified to the Trustees Use ; but that
the Certificate was a Piece of Roguery agreed upon between the De
liverer and the Signer, to be sure such Certificates are not binding upon
the Trustees, tho' the Person signing was employ'd by them. Therefore
in my poor Opinion the Trustees should delay the Payment of those Cer
tified Accounts till they have the Examination from Georgia.
The Order of Council is very satisfactory with respect to the Repeal of
the Ordinance. I have order'd all the Ships to be examin'd if Samuel
Prince is on board. I am Sir Your very humble Serv'
Gosport June 4. 1738. James Oglethorpe.
P. S
I have the Trustees Order for
making an immediate Seizure on
Causton his Books and Papers and
shall see them immediately executed.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 325
This must be kept with the greatest
Secrecy, for if he should know the
Orders before they are executed, the
Effect will perhaps be prevented. I
have not trusted even my Clerk.
The Trustees order'd a Letter to Gen1 Oglethorpe to be sign'd by the
Accomptant in the following Words
The Common Council have this day seal'd the Removal of M' Thomas
Causton from the Office of first Bailiff, And the Appointment of M' Henry
Parker in his Room; Which they desire You to use or not according to
the Trustees Letter of the 24 Instant : And M' Holland and M' Henry
Archer being of Opinion that after the Arresting of M' Causton Which
must be done at all Events; But if by legal Process to justify the ap
prehending and detaining him afterwards it is the most proper. The
securing his Books and Papers, Allowing him the use of his Books and
Papers to make his Accounts out by from Lady Day 1734 And taking
the Possession of the Trustees Effects. You should be desired only to
continue him in safe Custody, or on Sufficient Security untill his Accounts
are examin'd into. The Trustees desire You would do so, and direct M'
Jones to examine them, and to report to You thereon. And that You
would send Copies of such of his Accounts When examin'd, And Mr
Jones's Report to the Trustees for their Perusal with Your Opinion
thereon. The Trustees therefore desire he may not be sent over to England for
the present, but only continued in safe Custody in Georgia or on suffi
cient Security untill the Trustees give further Directions concerning
them. Adjourn'd.

326 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Wednesday June 14 1738
Present
M' Holland President
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' L'apostre
M' Hen. Archer
M' Smith
M' Laroche.
The Accountant acquainted the Trustees that a Bank Receipt for three
hundred and fifty Nine Pounds paid in by Mr Alderman Heathcote to
balance his Imprests come to his hands, since the last Meeting, and was
exchang'd with the Bank the 13lb Instant
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday June 21s' 1738
Present
M' L'apostre President
Earl of Egmont
S' William Heathcote
M' Smith
M' Holland
M' Hen. Archer.
Read a Letter from Mr Thomas Causton dated 20"1 Aprill 1738 with
Copies of several Affidavits and Letters giving Intelligence of the Prepa
rations made by the Spaniards for attacking the Colony of Georgia.
Read a Letter from M' Thomas Jenys dated Aprill 24 1738 relating to
Accounts between the Trustees and his deceased Brother M' Paul Jenys,
giving some Account of the Colony, and of the preparations of the
Spaniards, and with Offers of Service to the Trust.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 327
Order'd That a Letter be sent to the said Mr Thomas Jenys in Answer to the
forgoing. (sic) The Affidavit of Joseph Preu taken before M' Bailiff Parker and
M' Recorder Christie at Savanah Aprill 12 1738 relating to the Designs
and Preparations of the Spaniards to attack the Colony of Georgia being
read.Order'd That the Secretary do inclose it in a Letter to Andrew Stone Esq', and
desire him to lay it before his Grace the Duke of Newcastle.
Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
.Wednesday June 28 1738
Present
S' William Heathcote President
Earl of Egmont
M' L'apostre
M' Laroche
M' Smith
M' Anderson
M' Holland
Mr Ch. Tower
M' William Norris having attended and offer'd himself to go as Mis
sionary to the Colony of Georgia, and presented a Letter of Recommen
dation from his Grace the Primate of Ireland, And Another Letter from
the R* Kev4 the Lord Bishop of London to the Secretary of the Society
for propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts in his favour.
Resolved That When the said M' Norris shall be ordain'd Deacon and Priest be
be sent by the first Opportunity as a Missionary to the Town of Savanah
in Georgia Adjourn'd.

328 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Wednesday July 5th 1738
Present
Earl of Egmont President
S' William Heathcote
M' Smith
*
Read a Letter of Attorney impowering the Accountant to receive at
his Majesty's Exchequer the sum of Eight thousand Pounds granted in
the last Session of Parliament towards settling the Colony of Georgia.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the same.
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Receiv'd twelve Copies of D' Coney Beare's Sermons preach'd before
the Charity Schools May 4 1738 being a Benefaction of the Society for
promoting Christian Knowledge Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday July 12 1738
Present
M' L'apostre President
Earl of Egmont
S' William Heathcote
M' Laroche
M' Smith
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for Eight thousand Pounds paid
in by the Accountant being so much receiv'd by him at the Exchequer
by Virtue of the Trustees Letter of Attorney the 7'h Instant out of the
Supplies for the Year 1738 to be applied towards settling the Colony of
Georgia. Vizt.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 329

Net Money arising from the said Issue
Fees at the Treasury remitted . . .
D° at the Pells 
D° at the Auditor of the Exchequer .
D° at the Teller's Office 

£
7.
30.
50.
120.

3. 7.
7. 0.

. 7792.
6.
0.
0. 0

2.
17.

6

207.

6.

£ 8000.
0.
0.
y
Read a Letter from Gen1 Oglethorpe on board the Blandford at Plim-
outh July 3. 1738.
Order'd That a Copy of the said Letter be sent to Andrew Stone Esq' in order
to be laid before his Grace the Duke of Newcastle.
Read an Authority to the Rev4 M' William Norris to do and perform
all Religious and Ecclesiastical Offices in the Colony of Georgia.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the same.
Which was Affixed accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Saturday July 15. 1738
Present
S' William Heathcote President
Earl of Egmont
M' Eyre
M' Thos Tower
M' L'apostre
M' Henry Archer
M' Smith.
The Rev4 M" William Norris attended and laid before the Trustees the
Deeds of Ordination of him as Priest and Deacon of the Church of Eng-
330 COLONIAL RECORDS.
land by the Right Rev" Father in God the Lord Bishop of London, and
Mr Norris's Declaration thereupon Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Monday July 17 1738.
Present
Earl of Egmont President
S' William Heathcote
D' Hales
M' L'apostre
M' Ch. Tower
M' Smith.
Read Instructions to the Rev4 M' William Norris for his Conduct in
Georgia
Order'd That the Secretary do sign the same.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday August 2 1738
Present
M' Smith President
Earl of Egmont
M' L'apostre
Capt. Coram.
Read a Letter from M' Robert Millar the Botanist dated Kingston in
Jamaica May 26tb 1738 signifying his Intention of returning home.
Resolved That an Application be made to the Lords Commissioners of the Ad
miralty for a Protection for the two Brothers Brigantine Capt. Wm
Thomson Commander and Eleven Men Burthen 150 Tons for Georgia
with Passengers to settle there. Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 331
Palace Court
Wednesday August 23 1738
Present
M' L'apostre President
Earl of Egmont
D' Hales
M' Smith
M' Vernon.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for three hundred Pounds paid in
the 15'b Instant, being so much receiv'd by the hands of M' Amos Cal
lard of New Inn the only surviving Trustee under the Will of Timothy
Wilson Esq' out of the Charity Money directed to be disposed of by the
said Will.
Read his Majesty's Instruction to the Trustees dated the 21s' of July
last to prepare a proper Act or Ordinance for settling the Trade carried
on by the Provinces of South Carolina and Georgia with the Indians on
such a footing as may be for the mutual Benefit and Satisfaction of both
the said Provinces. His Majesty having at the same time given an In
struction to Samuel Horsey Esq' his Governor and Lieut. General of
South Carolina to recommend to the Council and Assembly there to pass
a Law for the like Purpose in that Province.
And the said Samuel Horsey Esq' being dead since the date of the
said Instruction
Resolved That a Letter be sent to General Oglethorpe to acquaint him there
with ; And that the Trustees are desirous of having proper Measures
concerted for preserving the Peace with the Indians by licensing fit Per
sons under the like reasonable Securities and Instructions for regulating
their Trade with the Indians in both Provinces, And that for that end
he would consult with Lieut. Governor William Bull for appointing
Persons to settle the Boundaries of Each Province and the Nations of
Indians within Each Boundary. That the Number of Traders against
the Number of Indians in both Provinces should be computed to settle
the Nations Which one Licens'd Trader can supply, and the Nations
Which require more Traders than one to supply them ; And that one
half of the said Traders might be licensed by the Commissioners for
South Carolina, And the Other half by the Commissioners for Georgia.

332 COLONIAL RECORDS.
And that the Plan of proper Acts might be prepared and sent over to
the Trustees for their Consideration to answer the Purposes of his
Majesty's said Instruction.
And that in the mean time the Commissioners of of South Carolina
(tic
and the Commissioners of Georgia may proceed in their respective Prov
inces in concert with each Other to carry on a mutual Trade to the In
dians in both Provinces. Adjourn'd

Palace Court
Wednesday December 13'b 1738
Present
Earl of Egmont President
M' Vernon
M' L'apostre
M' Thomas Tower
M' Laroche
D' Hales
M' Smith.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for Eight Pounds by S' John Lade
Bar* the 12'b of October last, being so much advanced by the Trustees
in the Charges of a Servant to the Widow of Nathaniel Polhill in
Georgia. Receiv'd of a Gentle Woman Who desires to be Unknown by the
hands of the Rev4 D' Hales twenty One Pounds to be applied to the
Religious Uses of the Colony. Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 333
Palace Court
Wednesday December 20 1738
Present
Mr Thomas Tower President.
Earl of Egmont
S' William Heathcote
M' L'apostre
M' Laroche
D' Hales
M' Smith
M' Henry Archer
M' Vernon
M' Eyre.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twenty One Pounds paid in by
the Rev4 D' Hales at the last Meeting being the Benefaction of a Gentle
Woman Who desires to be Unknown to be applied to the Religious Uses
of the Colony in general.
Receiv'd a Parcel of Vine Cuttings mostly of the Burgundy kind, the
Benefaction of Samuel Forster Esq' Which the Accomptant acquainted
the .Trustees were shipt on board the America Capt. Gerald for Charlee
Town in their Way to Georgia. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday December 27tb 1738
Present.
M' Vernon President
Earl of Egmont
M' L'apostre
S' William Heathcote
M' Smith
M' Laroche.
Seal'd a Commission to the Revd M' George Whitefield to collect Bene
factions in general, but which when Collected are particularly to be ap-

334 COLONIAL RECORDS.
plied for erecting an Orphan House in Georgia, and building a Place of
Worship for the Saltzburghers at Ebenezer.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Jan" 3. 173|
Present
M1 Thomas Archer President.
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' Henry Archer
Resolved That three of the Trustees be desired to wait on Mr Chancellor of the
Exchequer And on the Trustees Behalf do humbly represent that they
find it necessary to apply for the Sum of Eight thousand Pounds for the
support of the Colony for the Year 1739. Many unforeseen Accidents
having arisen which were not included in the Calculation made for the
last Year; particularly the continuance of the Charge of the Military
Defence of the Colony, longer than was expected, by reason that Col.
Oglethorpe's Regiment did not arrive six months so soon as was intended :
And also the Charge of supplying the Inhabitants longer than was
agreed for, Out of the publick Stores, occasion'd by the general Drought
the last Summer, Which depriv'd them of the Crops of the Season, And
Which continues that Charge on the Trustees untill the next Year's
Crop. All Which Extraordinary Expences amount in the Whole to
three thousand pounds Sterling and Upwards. And that unless the said
Eight thousand Pounds be granted, the Trustees will uot be enabled to
discharge the Debts Which by these extraordinary Expences they have
been obliged to contract, nor support the Colony for the ensuing Year.
And That it is a Concern to the Trustees that these unforeseen Accidents
have obliged them to apply for a larger Sum this Year by three thou
sand Pounds than they hope will be necessary for carrying on the Service
of the Colony for the future. And That the Trustees make it their Re
quest that the said Sum of Eight thousand Pounds, now applied for, be
put into the Estimate to be laid by the Crown before the Parliament.
Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 335

Palace Court
Wednesday Jan" 10 173|
Present
Earl of Egmont President.
M' Vernon
M' L'apostre
M' Hen. Archer
M' Smith.
Resolved That a General Meeting of the Trustees be appointed for Wednesday
next the' 17th Instant at eleven in the forenoon to consider of the Answer
receiv'd from the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the Trustees Represen
tation of the 3d Instant, relating to the further Support of the Colony.
And that Letters be sent for that Purpose, And Publick Notice in the
Daily and Evening Papers to desire all the Trustees to be present on
extraordinary Affairs. Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Wednesday Jan" 17 173$
Present
M' Laroche President
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
S' Jacob Bouverie
Lord Tyrconnel
Alderman Heathcote
Lord Carpenter
M' Thos Archer
M' L'apostre
M' Anderson
M' Smith
Mr Thomas Archer reported that pursuant, to the Instructions of the
Board the 3d Inst, Mr Hucks, M' Hen. Archer and himself had waited
on the Chancellor of the Exchequer Jan" 9. relating to the Trustees

336 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Application to the Parliament for Eight thousand Pounds for the Sup
port of the Colony for the Year 1739. Desiring it might be put into
the Estimate for the current Service of the Year. And that the Chan
cellor of the Exchequer return'd for Answer, that their Application
must be by Petition to Parliament, there being no Estimates made but
for Military Establishments. That this was of a Civil Nature, And
therefore could not be put into the Estimate. That the Trustees might
depend upon all the Assistance Which he could give.
Read a Draught of a Petition to the House of Commons.
Which was Approved of. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Jan" 24. 173$
Present
M' Smith President
Earl of Egmont
Earl of Shaftesbury
Lord Tyrconnel
Alderman Heathcote
S' William Heathcote
M' Hen. Archer
M' Tracy
M' L'apostre
M' Thos Tower
M' Ch. Tower
M' Vernon
M' Tho8 Archer
M' Digby
M' Laroche.
Read a Letter from General Oglethorpe to the Trustees dated Frede
rica October 7*b 1738 relating to the State of the Colony.
Read Another Letter from Gen1 Oglethorpe to the Trustees dated
Oct' 19 1738 relating to the State of the Colony.
Read Another Letter from Gen' Oglethorpe to the Trustees Oct' 19.
1738 relating to the importance of the Southern Ports of Georgia.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 337
Read Another Letter from M' Jones to the Accomptant dated Sa
vanah Oct' 19. 1738.
Read Another Letter from M' Tho" Jones to the Accomptant dated Sa
vanah Oct' 20. 1738 relating to the Loan of two hundred Pounds to
M' Abraham DeLyon.
Read Another Letter from M' Tho" Jones to the Accomptant dated
Nov' 12. 1738 relating to the Stores at Savanah, and M' Causton's Con
duct. Read a Report from M' Stephens and M' Parker to Gen1 Oglethorpe
relating to the Stores.
Read a Petition from the Old Freeholders in Frederica praying a fur
ther Supply by way of Loan of Bread kind and Provisions together with
Seeds for Planting.
Resolved That the said Letters, the Report and Petition be refer'd to the Com
mittees of Correspondence and Accounts.
Resolved That it be refer'd to a Committee of Any three of the Trustees to pre
pare a new Petition to the Parliament for a Supply.
Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Wednesday Jan" 31" 173$
Present
Earl of Shaftesbury President
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
Sr Jacob Bouverie
Lord Carpenter
M' L'apostre
M' Anderson
M' Tho" Archer
M' Tracy
M' Smith
S' Roger Burgoigne
M' Tho" Tower
Alderman Heathcote.
[22 c. r., t. 1.]

338 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Read a Letter from Gen1 Oglethorpe to the Trustees dated Sept' 19
1738 giving some Account of the Province.
Resolved That a Letter be sent to Gen1 Oglethorpe acknowledging the Receipt
of his several Letters ; And to acquaint him that the Trustees have pre
pared a Petition to the Parliament this Session for a Supply And that
they have no doubts of Success in it.
Read a Letter from William Stephens Esq' dated Sept' 27th 1738 and
a Supplement to it Sept' 29. giving some Account of M' Bradley's Con
duct and other Affairs in the Province.
Resolved That it is the Opinion of the Trustees that the most Effectual Measures
be taken to bring M' Bradley to Account and to secure and prosecute
him. Read a Letter from Wm Stephens Esq' dated Nov' 21" 1738 relating
to M' Causton's Conduct and Other Affairs.
Read a Letter from an Unknown Person to the Secretary making Pro
posals for his going over with a Number of hired Servants to Georgia.
Resolved That the aforesaid Letters be refer'd to the Committee of Correspond
ence. Read a Petition to the House of Commons for a Supply to enable the
Trustees to provide for the further Settling of the Colony.
Which was Approved of.
Receiv'd of the Honble Society in Scotland for propagating Christian
Knowledge by the hands of M'. Adam Anderson to be paid over to the
Rev4 M' John MacLeod their Missionary at Darien in Georgia in the
Trustees Sola Bills, forty Pounds.
Resolved That three of the Trustees do wait on M' Chancellor of the Exchequer,
and on the Trustees behalf do humbly represent that since their Repre
sentation of the 3d Instant they have receiv'd Authentick Accounts from
Georgia that several new and Additional Demands have been made upon
them for the Military Defence of the Colony and Other Incidental
Charges necessary for the Support and Preservation thereof. And that
they are therefore oblig'd to apply for the Sum of twenty thousand
Pounds for the defraying the said Expences, And the Support of the
said Colony for the ensuing Year. Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 339

Palace Court
Wednesday Feb" 7. 173$
Present
Lord Tyrconnel President
Earl of Egmont
Mr Vernon
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Smith
M' Tracy
M' Hen. Archer
M' Tho8 Archer.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for forty Pounds paid in by Mr Adam
Anderson the 6"1 Instant from the Honble Society in Scotland for propa
gating Christian Knowledge to be paid over to the Revd M' John Mac
Leod their Missionary at Darien in Scotland.
Seal'd the Petition to the House of Commons for a Supply to enable
the Trustees to provide for the further Settling of the Colony.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the same.
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Adjourn'd.

340 COLONIAL RECORDS.

Palace Court
Wednesday Feb" 14. 173$
Present
M' Vernon President
Earl of Egmont
S' William Heathcote
M' Tho8 Archer
M' Hen. Archer
M' Christopher Tower
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Tracy
M' L'apostre
S' Harry Gough
Lord Limerick
D' Hales
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Digby
Alderman Heathcote
M' Anderson
M' Smith.
Resolved That the Consideration of a proper Day for presenting the Trustees
Petition to the House of Commons for a Supply be postpon'd to Monday
next. Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 341
Palace Court
Monday Feb" 19 173$
Present
Earl of Shaftesbury President.
Lord Limerick
S' William Heathcote
Alderman Heathcote
M' Sloper
M' Ch. Tower
M' Laroche
M' L'apostre
S' Harry Gough
M' Eyles
M' Smith
M' Anderson
M' Tho" Tower
M' Hen. Archer
D' Hales
M' Tracy
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Vernon
M' Tho" Archer.
Resolved That the Consideration of presenting the Trustees Petition to the
House of Commons for a Supply be further postpon'd.
Adjourn'd.

342 COLONIAL RECORDS.

Palace Court
Wednesday Feb" 21s' 173$
Present
Lord Tyrconnel President
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' Ch. Tower
M' Tho8 Tower
M' L'apostre
M' Hen. Archer
M' Tho8 Archer
S' Harry Gough
M' Sloper
Lord Limerick
D' Hales
M' Burton
Earl of Shaftesbury
S' William Heathcote
M' Tracy.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twenty Pounds the Benefaction
of James Vernon Esq' for the use of the Saltzburghers.
A Motion was made that a Petition be presented to the Parliament
that they will be pleased to interpose that the Colony of Georgia may
not be affected by the second Article of the Convention Which refers the
settling of the Limits of Florida and Carolina to the Plenipotentiaries
Resolved That a Board of Trustees be summon'd to meet o'Saturday next at 10
o'Clock A. M. to take the same into Consideration, and that the Reason
be specified in the Summons Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 343

Palace Court
Saturday Feb" 24*b 173$
Present
S' William Heathcote President
Earl of Shaftesbury
Earl of Egmont
S' Jacob Bouverie
M' Vernon
Lord Limerick
Lord Tyrconnel
Alderman Heathcote
M' Tho" Tower
M' Chr. Tower
S' Harry Gough
M' L'apostre
M' Tracy
M' Sloper
M' Burton
M' Hen. Archer
M' Smith
M' Anderson
M' Tho" Archer
M' Laroche
Resolved Nemine Contradicente
That a Petition be presented to the Parliament that they will be
pleas'd to interpose that the Colony of Georgia may not be affected by
the second Article of the Convention which refers the settling of the
Limits of Florida and Carolina to Plenipotentiaries.
Read a Petition to the Parliament desiring their Protection in behalf
of the Province of Georgia and also in behalf of those Persons in Geor
gia for Whose Safety and Welfare the Trustees are deeply concern'd ;
and after several Alterations it was unanimously approved of.
Resolved That the same be presented to both Houses of Parliament on Monday
Feb" the 26'" Instant.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to Each of the Petitions.

344 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday March 14th 173$
Present
M' Ch. Tower President
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Tho" Tower
M' Hen. Archer
S' William Heathcote
M' Laroche
M' L'apostre
M' Burton
M' Vernon
M' Tracy.
Read the Resignation of the R' HonDle Anthony Earl of Shaftesbury
of his Office of Common Council Man of the Trust dated March 13. 173$
Read the Resignation of the R' Honble Lord Viscount Limerick of his
Office of Common Council Man of the Trust dated March 12. 173$
Resolved That it be a By Law of this Corporation That if any Member of the
Common Council shall be desirous to resign his Office of Common Coun
cil Man, he shall deliver or cause to be deliver'd such his Resignation
One Month at least before the Meeting of the said Corporation Ap
pointed to be holden upon the third Thursday in March Yearly pursuant
to the Charter. Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 345
At the Vestry Room of S' Bride's Church
Thursday March 15 173$
Present
M' Tracy President
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' Tho" Tower
S' William Heathcote
M' L'apostre
D' Hales
Mr Burton
M' Smith
M' Anderson
Lord Tyrconnel.
The General Abstract of the Account of the Trustees from the 9'" of
June 1738 to the 14th of March 173$ with Observations thereon was
read, and approv'd of, and order'd to be enter'd.
Resolved That the By Law. That if any Member of the Common Council shall
be desirous to resign his Office of Common Council Man, he shall deliver
or cause to be deliver'd such his Resignation One Month at least before
the Meeting of the said Corporation appointed to be holden upon the
third Thursday in March Yearly pursuant to the Charter, be confirm'd
as a By Law of this Corporation.
The Trustees proceeded to the Choice of a new Trustee and the Lord
Sidney Beauclerk was elected.
Then the Trustees proceeded to the Choice of two Common Council
Men in the room of the Earl of Shaftesbury and Lord Viscount Lime
rick Who had resign'd their Offices, and Lord Sidney Beauclerk and
Lord Carpenter were elected in their Room.
Resolved That it be recommended to Thomas Tower Esq' Henry Archer Esq'
and Rogers Holland Esq1 to prepare a Law. That the Legal Possessors
for the time being of Lands in Georgia, being Tenants in Tail Male only
shall be impower'd in default of such Issue Male by any Deed in Writ
ing or by their last Will and Testament attested by two or more credible
Witnesses (to be register'd within (sic) time in (sic) Court to be appointed

346 COLONIAL RECORDS.
for that purpose,) to appoint any Daughter as his Successor to hold to
her and the Heirs Male of her Body; And in case he shall have no
Daughters, to appoint any One Male or Female Relation, and the Heirs
Male of his or her Body as his Successor. Provided always and upon ex
press Condition that the Person or Persons so appointed as aforesaid shall
and do in Court personally claim within Eighteen Months after the Death
of such Grantor or Divisor the Lot so granted or Devised to him or her
as aforesaid. And in default of such Appearance and Claim as afore
said, the said Lot shall be and remain to the Trustees to be granted out
by them. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday March 21s* 173$
Present
M' Henry Archer President.
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' Tho" Tower
M' Laroche
M' Ch. Tower
M' Tracy
Lord Sidney Beauclerk
S' William Heathcote
M' L'apostre.
The Oath of Office of Common Council Man of the Trustees was ad
minister'd to Lord Sidney Beauclerk.
Resolved That all the Letters lately received be refer'd to the Committee of
Correspondence Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 347
Palace Court
Wednesday March 28 1739
Present
Earl of Egmont President.
Lord Sidney Beauclerk
M' Vernon
S' William Heathcote
M' Sloper
M' L'apostre
D' Hales.
Receiv'd by the hands of the Revd D' Hales twelve Bibles and forty
Eight Books of the Whole Duty of Man to the Value of five pounds five
Shillings being the Benefaction of a Gentle Woman Who desires to be
Unknown. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Monday Aprill 2. 1739
Present
M' Vernon President.
Earl of Egmont
Lord Sidney Beauclerk
S' William Heathcote
Mr Smith
Resolved That M' William Bradley be discharg'd from being Overseer of the
Trust Servants and from all Other Trusts in the Province of Georgia, he
not having perform'd the Conditions which he enter'd into with the
Trustees. Read a Commission to William Stephens Esq' M' Henry Parker and
M' Thomas Jones for examining and stating the publick Debts of the
Colony, and inquiring into the Evidence for proving of the same Debts,
as was order'd by the Common Council, and refer'd by them to the Com
mittee of Correspondence to prepare.

348 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Read the Instructions for the said Commissioners as prepared by the
said Committee of Correspondence
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Commis
sion and Instructions
Which was Affix'd accordingly
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday May 16 1739
Present
M' L'apostre President
Earl of Egmont
S' William Heathcote
D' Hales
M' Laroche
M' Tracy
M' Smith
Receiv'd a Bottle of Salitrum Seeds, being a Remedy for the Bloody
Flux, the Benefaction of Henry L'apostre Esq' for the use of the Colony
Read a Commission to the Rev4 M' George Whitefield to perform all
Religious and Ecclesiastical Offices at Savanah in Georgia.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the same
Which was affix'd accordingly
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same
Adjourn'd

COLONIAL RECORDS. 349

Palace Court
Wednesday May 23 1739
Present
S' William Heathcote President
Earl of Egmont
Lord Sidney Beauclerk
M' Hen. Archer
M' Tho8 Tower
M' L'apostre
D' Hales
M' Smith.
The Revd M' George Whitefield return'd the Commission granted to
him by the Trustees Dec' 27'h 1738 underwritten in the following Words.
May 17'11 1739
The above Commission not being for the Purposes for Which I had
applied to the Honble Trustees, I never made use thereof, and therefore
beg leave to return the same, and am Your most humble Servt
George Whitefield
Adjourn'd
Palace Court
Saturday June 2 1739
Present
M' Holland President
M' L'apostre
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Smith.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds paid in by the Rev4
M' Burton from a Benefactor Wrhose Name is desired to be conceal'd,
being the sixth Annual Payment to be continued for the Term of the
Benefactor's Life, for the Endowment of a Catechist in Georgia.
Seal'd a Grant of five hundred Acres of Land to the Revd M' George
Whitefield in Trust for the use of an House to be erected and maintain'd
for the receiving such Children as now are, and hereafter shall be left

350 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Orphans in the Colony of Georgia in pursuance of the Direction of the
Common Council held the 30th of last Month.
Receiv'd of a Lady Who desires to be Unknown by the hands of the
R* HonWe John Earl of Egmont four hundred Books, called the Church
Catechism explain'd, pack'd in a Box for the use of the Colony.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday June 13 1739
Present
M' Smith President
Earl of Egmont
S' William Heathcote
Mr L'apostre
M' Anderson.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One hundred Eighty seven
Pounds four Shillings and One Penny paid in by Mr Alderman Heath
cote the 9"1 Instant being the Balance in his hands.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday June 20"' 1739
Present
M' L'apostre President.
Earl of Egmont
M' Laroche
M' Holland
D' Hales
M' Smith
M' Vernon
M' Hen. Archer
Lord Sidney Beauclerk.
Read a Memorial to the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury
desiring their Lordships Directions for issuing the sum of twenty thou-

COLONIAL RECORDS. 351
sand Pounds granted to his Majesty in the last Session of Parliament for
the further settling and improving the Colony of Georgia in America.
Order'd That the Secretary do sign the same.
Read a Petition to the King in Council for a License for the Ship Two
Brothers William Thomson Master laden with Provisions and Cloathing
for Col. Oglethorpe's Regiment and fourteen Sailors to sail for her in
tended Voyage.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the same.
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Read Instructions to the Magistrates of the Town of Savanah with an
Answer of the Trustees to the People of Savanah's Complaint about the
Tenure of Lands.
Receiv'd a large Common Prayer Book the Benefaction of the Rev4
D' Hales for the use of the Minister at Frederica
Resolved That the thanks of the Trustees be given to D' Hales for his said
Benefaction. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday June 27. 1739
Present
Earl of Egmont President
M' Holland
D' Hales
M' L'apostre
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Vernon.
The Rev4 D' Hales acquainted the Trustees that the Rev" M' Vallois
Rector of East Tisted near Alton Hampshire had given him eight Guineas,
and a Gentle Woman had given him half a Guinea more for the purchase
of the following German Books for the use of the Palatines at Savanah in
the service of the Trustees. Viz'
twelve Dozen of new Testaments.

352 COLONIAL RECORDS.
two Dozen of Arnot's true Christianity and a large Number of spel
ling Books and short Catechisms ; Which Books are received to be
sent by the Ship two Brothers to Georgia.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the Trustees An
swer to the Representation from Savanah of the 9'b of December 1738
for altering the Tenure of the Lands, and introducing Negroes into
Georgia. Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd \
That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Seal'd an Appointment of Thomas Christie to be first Bailiff of the
Town of Savanah in the room of Henry Parker displaced.
Seal'd an Appointment of John Fallowfield to be second Bailiff at the
Town of Savanah.
Seal'd an Appointment of Thomas Jones to be third Bailiff of the
Town of Savanah.
Seal'd an Appointment of William Williamson to be Recorder of the
Town of Savanah in the room of Thomas Christie.
The said several Appointments being order'd to be seal'd by the Com
mon Council of June the 20th Instant. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday July 4. 1739
Present
M' Holland President
Earl of Egmont
M' L'apostre
M' Hen. Archer
Mr Smith
D' Hales
M' Anderson.
Read a Letter of Attorney impowering the Accountant to receive at
his Majesty's Exchequer the sum of twenty thousand Pounds granted in
the last Session of Parliament for the further settling and improving the
Colony of Georgia.

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Order'd
That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the same.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Seal'd an Appointment of Thomas Jones to be Overseer of the Trust
Servants employ'd or to be employ'd in the Northern Part of the
Province. Seal'd an Appointment of Samuel Davison to be Overseer of the
Trust Servants employ'd or to be employ'd in the Southern Part of
the Province.
Seal'd Instructions to the said Overseers.
Seal'd a Grant of five hundred Acres to Kennedy Obrian Esq'
The said Appointments, Instructions, and Grant being order'd to be
seal'd by the Common Council June 27.
Seal'd Sola Bills for One thousand two hundred Pounds Viz* four hun
dred and fifty Of One Pound each from N" 2901 to 3350, and Seventy
five of ten Pounds Each from N° 232 to 306.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday July 11 1739
Present
D' Hales President
Earl of Egmont
M' Tho" Tower
M' L'apostre
M' Smith
M' Anderson
M' Laroche.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twenty thousand Pounds paid in by
the Accomptant being so much receiv'd by him at the Exchequer the 9th
Instant out of the Supplies for the Year 17 39 to be applied for the
further Settling and improving the Colony of Georgia Viz'.
[23 c. i„ v. i.]

354 COLONIAL RECORDS.

£

Net Money arising from the said Issue  19492.
Fees at the Treasury remitted ... 7. 3. 6
D° at the Pells remitted .... 75. 7. 0
D° at the Auditor of the Receipt . . 125. 0. 0
D° at the Teller's Office  300. 0. 0

507. 10.

£20000. 0. 0

Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for One Pound One Shilling being
the Consideration Money mention'd in the Grant of five hundred Acres
of Land to Kennedy Obrien Esq* Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday July 18'k 1739
Present
M' Smith President
M' Holland
M' Vernon
M' L'apostre
M' Anderson.
Read a Memorial to the Incorporated Society for propagating the Gos
pel in foreign Parts desiring an Allowance of fifty Pounds ^> Ann. to
be paid to the Rev4 M' William Norris appointed Missionary at Frede
rica, untill the Trustees shall be enabled to raise a sufficient Maintenance
for him out of the Lands now cultivating in Georgia for the Religious
Uses of the Colony.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the same.
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Adjourn'd

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Palace Court
Wednesday July 25 1739
Present
Mr L'apostre President.
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
D' Hales
Mr Hen. Archer
M' Smith
M' Anderson
Capt. Coram.
Read an Act for appointing and regulating Pilots for the conducting
of Ships and Vessels into the several Ports and Harbours within the
Province of Georgia in America ; And for laying a Duty on all Ships
and Vessels pilotted into any of the said Ports, And for laying One other
Duty on all such Ships and Vessels for and towards the reparation of the
Beacon or Land Mark erected on the Island of Tybee within the said
Province ; And for laying one Other Duty on all such Ships and Vessels
for the discharge of Signals and Other purposes ; And after several
Amendments made.
Order'd That the said Act be engross'd.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the same when
Engross'd. Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Wednesday August 8,b 1739.
Present
Earl of Egmont President
D' Hales
Mr L'apostre
M' Smith
M' Holland

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Receiv'd the 6'° Instant of M' Edmund Parker twenty five London
New Method and Art of teaching Children to spell and read, to be sent
to Georgia for the use of the Children there, being the Benefaction of a
Person Who desires to be unknown. Adjourn'd

Palace Court
Thursday August 23 1739
Present
M' Eyles President
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' Ch. Tower
M' L'apostre
M' Smith
M' Eyre.
The Secretary laid before the Board a Letter from the Secretary of the
Incorporated Society for the propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts
with the following Resolution Vizt.
At a Meeting of the Incorporated Society fo r the Propagation of the
Gospel in Foreign Parts at Arch Bishop Tenison's Library near the
Mews in the Parish of S' Martin's in the fields on Friday August 17th
\ 1739. Agreed by the Society that the Rev4 M' William Norris be ap
pointed Missionary at Frederica in Georgia with a Salary of fifty
pounds^ Ann. to commence from Michaelmas next, and to continue
for three Years Unless the Society shall be of Opinion that the Trus
tees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia can sooner provide for him
Philip Bearcroft Secretary.
Order'd That the Secretary do write to the Revd M' Philip Bearcroft and re
turn the thanks of the Trustees to the Incorporated Society for the said
Allowance. Read a Letter from Col. Oglethorpe to the Accomptant with an Ac
count that he had receiv'd frequent and confirm'd Advices that the
Spaniards were striving to bribe the Indians and particularly the Creek
Nation to differ with the English ; Which made it necessary for him to

COLONIAL RECORDS. 357
go to the General Assembly of the Indian Nation at the Coweta Town,
in order to hinder the Spaniards from corrupting and raising Seditions
among them ; And setting forth that he had been oblig'd to buy Horses
and Presents to carry up to this Meeting of the Indians Where the Choc-
taws and Chickesaws are to send their Deputies
Resolved That the Subject Matter of this Letter being, of great Importance to
the Publick, a Copy of it be laid before his Grace the Duke of Newcastle
his Majesty's Principal Secretary of State ; And That a Memorial be
drawn up against the next Board to be laid before his Grace likewise,
setting forth that by the Words of the last Grant of Parliament Which
is only for the Civil Establishment of the Colony, the Trustees look on
themselves as confin'd from engaging in the Expences Which must at
tend this Journey of Col. Oglethorpe's, tho' so highly necessary for the
preservation of the Province of Georgia as well as his Majesty's Other
Possessions in that Part of the Continent.
Receiv'd a Letter from M' Stephens dated May 19'" and his Journal to
the 17*b of the said Month.
Resolved That the same be refer'd to the Committee of Correspondence.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Friday August 28th 1739
Present
M' Vernon President
M' Digby
M' Eyre
M' Eyles
M' L'apostre
Mr Smith
Read a Letter to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle Principal Secretary
of State to be sent with a Copy of Col. Oglethorpe's Letter relating to
his Journey up to the General Assembly of the Indian Nations.
Order'd That the Secretary do sign and send the same to the Duke of New
castle. Adjourn'd.

358 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Wednesday September 5"1 1739
Present
M' Smith President
Earl of Egmont
M' L'apostre
M' Vernon
M' Eyre
M' Digby.
Examin'd and Seal'd the Resolutions relating to the Grants and Tenure
of Lands pursuant to an Order of the Common Council August the 28*b.
Examin'd and Seal'd the Deed Poll relating to the forfeited Lots in
Georgia in pursuance of an Order of the Common Council August the
28tb.Order'd That five hundred Copies of the Resolutions relating to the Tenure of
Lands be printed pursuant to an Order of the Common Council the 28th.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday October 10'" 1739
Present
M' L'apostre President '
Earl of Egmont
M' Laroche
M' Anderson
M' Smith.
Mr Thomas Stephens Son of William Stephens Esq' being just Arrived
from Georgia attended and deliver'd several Letters Which were read, as
likewise a Continuation of M' Stephens's Journal.
\ Seal'd (pursuant to an Order of the Common Council July ll'b 1739)
x a Grant of three hundred Acres of Land to the Rev4 M' John Macleod,
the Missionary sent by the Incorporated Society at Darien, to hold to

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him and his Successors, Who shall be sent by the said Society, to be cul
tivated for the use of the said Mission. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Nov' 14 1739
Present
M' Eyre President
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' L'apostre
D' Hales
Mr Smith
Mr Anderson.
Resolved That the Act for appointing and regulating Pilots for the conducting
of Ships and Vessels into the several Ports and Harbours within the
Province of Georgia in America; And for laying a Duty on all Ships
and Vessels Pilotted into any of the said Ports ; And for laying one
Other Duty on all such Ships and Vessels for and towards the reparation
of the Beacon or Land Mark erected on the Island of Tybee within the
said Province ; And for laying one other Duty on all such Ships and
Vessels for the Discharge of Signals and Other Purposes be reconsider'd
by the Trustees.
Read a Letter from Col. Oglethorpe dated Frederica in Georgia July
4. 1739
Read another Letter from Col. Oglethorpe dated Savanah July 16
1739 Desiring an Appointment of the Magistrates of the Town Court
for the time being to proceed to put the Rum Act in Execution ; And ac
quainting the Trustees that M' Fallowfield Collector of Savanah and M'
Grant Naval Officer and Searcher at S' Simons acquainted him that some
Spanish Sugars were Imported into Georgia Which ought to pay a Duty
to the King ; And that he had sent by M' Samuel Auspourger twenty
pounds weight of Silk.
Read a Letter from M' John Fallowfield about the frequent Importa
tion of Spanish Sugars, and other Foreign Goods And that not having
Instructions from the Trustees about the Duty to be paid on them, he

360 COLONIAL RECORDS.
had taken Bond for eight thousand two hundred and sixty pounds
Weight of Sugar Imported in the Sloop Unity the Property of Caleb
Davis, and Iewitt Cobley, and desiring the Trustees Orders.
(sic)
Read a Letter from M' P. Grant desiring the Trustees Orders likewise
upon the Duties to be paid upon the Importation into the Colony of Su
gars, and Melasses &c dated July 14*b 1739
Seal'd a Duplicate of the Grant of three hundred Acres of Land to
the Rev4 M' John Macleod to be kept by the Incorporated Society in
Scotland Adjourn'd

Palace Court
Wednesday Dec' 5th 1739
Present ¦
M' Sloper President
M' Digby
M' Vernon
M' H. Archer
M' L'apostre.
Read Col. Oglethorpe's Letter dated 5'b Sept' mentioning a Misunder
standing having been fomented between the Indians and the Carolina
Traders. Resolved That the Secretary do send a Copy thereof to the Duke of Newcastle
and represent the Necessity of forwarding an Instruction to the Lieut.
Governor of South Carolina in the absence of the Governor to recom
mend to the Council and Assembly there to prepare a Law relating to
the Trade with the Indians, whilst Gen1 Oglethorpe continues in America,
Which may preserve the Peace with the Indians and be for the mutual
Benefit and Satisfaction of both Provinces.
Read and Approved of a Letter to Gen1 Oglethorpe and Another to
M' Stephens. Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 361

Palace Court
Wednesday Dec' 12*b 1739
Present
M' Vernon President
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Sloper
M' L'apostre
Lord Sidney Beauclerk
M' Henry Archer
D' Hales
M' Smith
Read and Agreed to a Letter to William Stephens Esq' relating to the
fifty Acres Lots in Savanah and the Adjacent Villages.
M' Thomas Stephens attended and deliver'd a Memorial to the Trustees
dated the 7"1 Instant Which was read.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Jan" 16 17$$
Present
M' Henry Archer President
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
Lord Sidney Beauclerk
M' L'apostre
S' William Heathcote
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Laroche
M' Vernon.
Lieutenant Delegal Capt Dymond and M' Auspourger attending the
Board, and being ask'd by the Trustees their Opinion about the Climate
of Georgia, declared that they thought it very healthy, and that in the
hottest Weather there are constantly fine Breezes in the Middle of the
Day, Which are very refreshing.

362 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Being ask'd likewise as to the Goodness of the Soil, they said there
was a great Quantity of good Land call'd the Mix'd Land.
Lieutenant Delegal, being ask'd about the Mulberry Trees, said that
they thrive extremely well, that the white Mulberry Tree grows wild as
well as the Black. That there are more or less of them in almost Every
Plantation, but they are sometimes nipt by the Frost.
Capt Dymond likewise said that no Vegetable thrives faster in any
Part of the World than the Mulberry Tree in Georgia.
Mr Samuel Auspourger being ask'd about the Silk Which he brought
over with him from Georgia to the Trustees, declar'd that he had seen
the Family of Camuse employ'd in winding it.
Being ask'd likewise about Abraham de Lyon's Plantation of Vines,
he said that he had seen a great Number of these in a thriving condition,
and that the Grapes are finely tasted
Capt Dempsey declared that the Wild Vines grow in great Abundance ;
That the Grapes of them are very sweet with a hard Skin, And that these
Vines are capable of great Improvement by Engraftments.
M' Robert Millar (the Botanist) being ask'd about Indigo, said, he
believ'd that it will grow very well in Georgia, And that it may be sown
and rais'd in four Months in the Province ; Whereas in most Other Places
the Climate is not proper for it above three Months.
Capt Dymond being question'd about Cotton, declar'd that it thrives
very well in Georgia ; that he has brought home with him very good
Pods of it, aud that it was planted upon the Island of S' Simon by M'
Horton. M' Auspourger also says that it grows very well in the Province by
his own Experience.
Capt Dymond Lieut Delegal and M' Auspourger declared, that they
had all seen the Prickly Pear Shrub in Georgia and the Cochineal Fly
upon it. That there are great Numbers of these Trees, Which grow
wild in the Southern Part of the Province, And that the Islands are full
of them. That they have taken the fly between their fingers, and tho'
green upon the tree it dies the fingers (if squeezed) with a deep Red
Color. Lieut. Delegal said that the Dye of it could not easily be wash'd
off with sope.
Capt Dymond, being ask'd by the Trustees about the Timber In the
Province, said that he had seen very good and fit for Masts, and that
Capt. Gascoigne's Carpenter told him that there was Timber fit for Masts
for the largest Men of War. That the Timber grows very high at some

COLONIAL RECORDS. 363
Distance up in the Country. That the Trees grow very near Rivers
which are navigable, and down which they may be floated.
Lieut. Delegal said that the Trees for Masts are very tall twenty Miles
up in the Country from S' Simons.
Capt Shubrick declar'd that he had seen very fine Knee Timber grow
ing near the Sea.
Capt Shubrick aud Capt. Dymond, being ask'd about the Coast and
Harbors of Georgia, declar'd that the Sea Coast of Georgia is as capable
and'secure for Navigation as Any Coast in the World ; And that any Ships
may stand into seven or Eight fathom Water, AVhich at most places is
three or four Leagues from the Land ; And that, if Necessity should re
quire, Any Ship might anchor with the utmost safety, the Ground being
all clean Sand from One End of the Coast to the Other.
That upon the Bar at Tybee Sound there are fifteen Feet at low Water,
And upon the Bar at Jekyll Sound there are sixteen feet at low Water.
And that upon both Bars the Water flows seven feet. Capt. Dymond
likewise said that forty Gun Ships might easily pass over the said Bars.
That Jekyll Sound can contain twelve Men of War in safety, being well
Land Lock'd. And that the River running by the Sound will hold any
Number of Ships in good Water. He further said that there is an Har
bour at Amelia, to the Southward of Jekyll, Which he sounded, And
that he found twenty four feet at low Water. But, Night coming on, he
could not finish his Sounding, but he said a Spanish Capt: from Augus
tine told him, that a Spanish Ship of sixty Guns had been in that
Harbour. Capt Dymond also said that the River Savanah which flows near Ty
bee Island, being likewise land lock'd, by that Place, will contain a great
Number of Ships in safety, Which may ride in smooth Water.
Capt Dymond and Capt Shubrick likewise declar'd That upon the Bar
at Charles Town in South Carolina, there are not more than Eleven Feet
at low Water, Which flows Seven feet. And that the Bar at Augustine
by neglect is so choak'd up, that Nothing but small Craft can go over it.
Capt. Massey told the Trustees that, since the Establishment of Geor
gia, the Price of Lands has been greatly rais'd in Carolina, and the Plan
tations there increas'd. That Georgia is a fine Barrier for the Northern
Provinces, and especially for Carolina ; And is also a great Security
against the running away of Negroes from Carolina to Augustine, be
cause Every Negroe at his first Appearance in Georgia must be immedi
ately known to be a Run away, since there are no Negroes in Georgia
Adjourn'd.

364 COLONIAL RECORDS.

Palace Court
Wednesday Jan" 23 17f$
Present
Earl of Egmont President
M' Vernon
M' Laroche
M' Digby
Lord Tyrconnel
M' L'apostre
M' Smith
S' William Heathcote
M' Henry Archer
M' Sloper.
Read a Memorial to the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury
in relation to Military Expences incurr'd in Georgia, and not provided
for by Parliament, amounting in the whole to the Sum of two thousand
Pounds, and desiring the said Expences may be provided for in such a
Manner as their Lordships shall think fit.
Resolved That Lord Tyrconnel and M' Hucks be desired to deliver a Paper to
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, setting forth that the Balance of the
Account of Payments already made and to be made to Lady Day 1740
is four thousand six hundred and twenty two pounds Six Shillings and
five Pence half Penny, in the Trustees Hands for further settling and
Improving the Colony of Georgia, Which is not sufficient to defray the
Necessary Expences of the Civil Government further than to Lady Day
1741 That Encouraging the Produces to be rais'd in Georgia is the only
Means to take off the Expence of supporting the Colony, by thereby en
abling it to support itself.
That the Trustees have sufficient Evidence to to shew the reasonable
(sio)
Expectation of future Benefit to Great Britain from the natural fitness
of the Soil and Climate of Georgia to produce Silk, Wine, Indigo, and
Cochineal, Which by suitable Encouragement may be rais'd in it, and
also to shew the Goodness, Safety and Convenience of the Harbours
there.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 365
That unless a further Sum of four thousand Pounds be granted this
Session, the Trustees will be unable to go on in the Improvement and
Cultivation of the Province. Adjourn'd

Palace Court
Saturday Jan" 26 17f$
Present
M' Digby President
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
Earl of Shaftesbury
Lord Tyrconnel
M' L'apostre
M' Smith
M' HoUand
M' Henry Archer.
Read a Petition to the House of Commons for a Supply to enable the
Trustees to provide for the further settling of the Colony of Georgia
Which was Approv'd of.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the same
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Resolved That M' Smith be desired to engage a Preacher for the Anniversary
Meeting on the third Thursday in March.
Adjourn'd.

366 COLONIAL RECORDS.

Palace Court
Wednesday Feb" 13. 17$$
Present
M' Holland President.
Earl of Egmont
Earl of Shaftesbury
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Digby
M' L'apostre
M' Vernon.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd to a Copy of a Minute of
the 16'b of November last, and five Minutes of the 16'b of Jan" last re
lating to the Grant of five hundred Acres of Land to Mr Samuel Aus
pourger Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Resolved That M' Scrope be desir'd to remind the Chancellor of the Exchequer
of the Trustees Memorial to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury re
lating to Military Services incurr'd in Georgia not provided for by Par
liament that the Expences thereof may be provided for
Adjourn'd

COLONIAL RECORDS. 367
Palace Court
Wednesday March 5th 17$$
Present
M' Smith President
Earl of Egmont
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Tho' Tower
M' L'apostre
M' Tracy
Lord Tyrcounel
Mr Vernon
Mr Holland
M' Anderson.
Read Mp Thomas Stephens's Observations on the State of the Colony
Order'd That a Copy of the same be sent over to Gen1 Oglethorpe and to
William Stephens Esq' Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday March 12m 17$$
Present
Lord Tyrconnel President
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' Holland
M' L'apostre
M' Smith
M' Burton.
Read a Letter from General Oglethorpe dated Savanah Oct' 20'" 1739
giving an Account of the Shortness of the Estimate to defray the Ex
pences of the Colony ; And setting forth a Necessity of a Troop of
Rangers and Pay for those Who head the Indians as Officers and con
taining Other things relating to the State of the Colony.

368 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Order'd
That the said Letter be refer'dStaJJig_Committee of Accounts.
Read Another Letter from General Oglethorjpe dated Nov' 1601 1739
giving an Account of the Spaniards attacking and killing two Highland
Servants ; And of the French attacking the Carolina Indians ; And set
ting forth a Necessity of an Establishment of four ten Oar'd Boats for
the Security of the Province, and likewise of Canon and Ammunition.
Order'd That the Secretary do send to Andrew Stone Esq' so much of the said
Letter as relates to the Defence of the Colony ; And likewise an Extract
of that Part of the Letter of Oct' 20, Which sets forth the Necessity of
a Troop of Rangers &c And desire him to lay the same before his Grace
the Duke of Newcastle that his Majesty may be acquainted therewith.
Order'd That Gen1 Oglethorpe's Letter of Nov' 16 1739 be refer'd to the Com
mittee of Correspondence.
Resolved That a Memorial be presented to the Lords Commissioners of his
Majesty's Treasury setting forth, That the Trustees having Applied, by a
Memorial to their Lordships dated the 23d of Jan" last, for the sum of
two thousand Pounds Which they computed had been Expended for the
Military Defence of the Colony by their Servants there, And Which the
Trustees were not able, nor justified by the Grant of Parliament to sup
port ; And having now Obtain'd further Particulars of the Sum Ex
pended, and receiv'd Certificates of the Services and the real Expence
thereof amounting to the Sum of One thousand Nine hundred and
Eighty Seven Pounds and Eight Pence half Penny.
They humbly Desire their Lordships will provide for Re-imbursing to
the Trustees the said Expences, for without such Reimbursement the
Trustees will not be able to carry on the Civil Concerns of the Colony.
Read a Memorial to the same Purport.
Order'd That the Corporation Seal be Affix'd to the said Memorial
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 369
At the Vestry Room of S' Bride's Church
Thursday March 20"1 17|$
Present
D' Hales President
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Smith
M' Burton
M' Anderson
Capt. Coram
M' Eyre
M' Digby.
Read a Resignation of S' William Heathcote under his hand and Seal
of the Office of Common Council Man of the Trust Dated July 30th 1739
Which was receiv'd Sept' 22 1739
Then the Trustees proceeded to the Choice of a new Common Council
Man of the Trust in the room of S' William Heathcote and the R' Hon'1"
the Earl of Shaftesbury was chosen.
The General Abstract of the Account of the Trustees from June 9"1
1739 to the 19th of March Instant was read and Approv'd of, and
Order'd to be Enter'd. Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Tuesday March 25'" 1740
Present
M' Smith President
Earl of Egmont
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Digby
M1 Vernon
Mr Eyre
M' Tracy
M' Ch. Tower
Mr L'apostre
Lord Tyrconnel
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370 COLONIAL RECORDS.
The Oath of Office as Common Council Man of the Trust was admin
ister'd to the R* Honble the Earl of Shaftesbury.
Read a Letter to General Oglethorpe and approv'd thereof.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Aprill 23d 1740
Present
Earl of Shaftesbury President
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
Dr Hales
M' Smith
M' L'apostre
M' Digby
M' Tho8 Tower
Mr Anderson
Read a Letter from the Rev4 M' Whitefield dated Savanah Jan" 28
1739 to the Accomptant.
Order'd That the Accomptant do acknowledge the Receipt of M' Whitefield's
Letter, and acquaint him that he will lay it before the Common Council,
the Subject of it being proper for their consideration .
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday May 21st 1740
Present
M' L'apostre President
Earl of Shaftesbury
Earl of Egmont
M' Smith
M' Vernon
M' Eyre
D' Hales.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 371
Read a Letter from Mary Townsend dated Savanah March 15"1 17$$
receiv'd by Capt. Thomson the 20'b Instant taking notice that M' Thomas
Jones keeps a Store and supplies Shops with Goods by wholesale, Whilst
he undersells them by retale ; And that he has a Pettiaugua or large
Boat, and no other Boat can expect Employment when his wants any.
Receiv'd of James Vernon Esq' the sum of twenty Pounds being his,.
Benefaction towards the Support of a Missionary in Georgia.
Receiv'd of the R' Honble the Earl of Shaftesbury the sum of ten
Pounds being his Subscription for the building a Church in Georgia.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Friday June 6'b 1740
Present
Earl of Egmont President
M' Laroche
M' L'apostre
D' Hales
M' Smith
M' Hen. Archer
M' Vernon
M' Eyre.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for twenty Pounds being the Bene
faction of the Honbl" James Vernon Esq1 towards the support of a Mis
sionary in Georgia.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds being the Subscrip
tion of the R' Honble the Earl of Shaftesbury for building a Church in
Georgia. Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for ten Pounds being the seventh
Annual Subscription of a Person Who desires to be unknown by the
hands of the Rev4 M' Burton towards the Endowment of a Catechist in
Georgia. Read Instructions to the Bailiffs and Recorder of the Town of Savanah
and Frederica for preventing any mistakes which may arise concerning
the power of taking Orphans into the Orphan House, and the Direction
of them in Georgia

372 " COLONIAL RECORDS. "'  ?
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd thereto.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
>. Read a Letter from the Rev4 D' Daniel Waterland to the Rev4 Dr
\ Hales recommending the Rev4 M' William Metcalfe for a Missionary at
Savanah in Georgia
Resolved That the Rev" M' William Metcalfe be appointed the Missionary at
Savanah in Georgia.
Resolved
•, That a Memorial be presented to the Society for propagating the Gos-
\\ pel in foreign Parts setting forth that the Trustees have appointed the
Rev4 M' William Metcalfe their Missionary at Savanah and Desiring the
said Society to allow the said M' Metcalfe a Salary of fifty pounds
f> Ann. Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Tuesday June 24*h 1740
Present
M' Holland President
Earl of Egmont
M' L'apostre
M' Laroche
M' Smith
The Accomptant acquainted the Board that a Bank Receipt for One
hundred thirty three Pounds three Shillings and five pence paid in by
Sr Joseph Hankey and C° came to his hands since the last Meeting to
balance their Imprests, and was exchang'd with the Bank the 12"' In
stant. Read a Letter from M' William Seward to the Trustees dated the 4"1
Instant, and receiv'd from him two Letters from M' Whitefield dated 7
and 9 Aprill last.
Read a Letter from Rev4 M' William Metcalfe the intended Mission
ary for Savanah, mentioning his readiness to come from Lincolnshire to
go over for that Purpose on Notice. Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 373

Palace Court
Monday July 7A 1740
Present
M' Vernon President
Earl of Egmont
M' Smith
M' Laroche
M' L'apostre
M' Eyles.
Read a Deed of Revocation of the Rev4 M' Whitefield's Power to per
form Ecclesiastical Offices at Savanah in Georgia and impowering the
Rev4 M' Metcalfe to perform the same in his Room.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd thereto, And that the Sec
retary do countersign it.
Read a Memorial to the Incorporated Society for propagating the Gos
pel in Foreign Parts desiring the usual Salary of fifty pounds a Year to
be allowed to the said M' Metcalfe, M' Morris to Whom they allow'd that
Salary being settled at Frederica in Georgia as a Missionary at the Trus
tees Expence.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd thereto, And that the Sec
retary do countersign it Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Monday July 14th 1740
Present
Lord Sidney Beauclerk President
Earl of Egmont
M' Laroche
M' Tho" Tower
M' Eyles
M' Smith
M' L'apostre.

374 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Read a Letter impowering the Accountant to receive at his Majesty's
Exchequer the Sum of four thousand Pounds granted in the last Session
of Parliament for the further settling and improving the Colony of
Georgia.Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd to the same.
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Order'd That the said Sum of four thousand Pounds be received and immedi
ately paid into the Bank of England. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Monday July 21st 1740
Earl of Egmont President
M' Vernon
M' L'apostre
M' Smith
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for four thousand Pounds paid in
by the Accomptant the 17th Instant being the Money that Day received
at the Exchequer out of the Supplies for the Year 1740 to be applied for
the further settling and improving the Colony of Georgia Vizt £
Net Money arising from the said Issue  3892. 2. 6
Fees at the Treasury remitted
D° at the Pells 
D° at the Auditor of the Receipt
D° At the Tellers Office 

4000. 0. 0
Read a Copy of a Report from the Lords Commissioners for Trade and
Plantations dated Feb" 8tb 17f$ to the R' Honbl° the Lords of the Com
mittee of his Majesty's most Honble Privy Council relating to the Act for

7.

3.

6

15.

7.

0

25.
7.
0
60.
0.
0
107. 17.
6
COLONIAL RECORDS. 375
Appointing and regulating of Pilots for the conducting of Ships and
Vessels into the several Ports and Harbours within the Province of Geor
gia in America &c together with a Paper Annex'd from some Agents to
Whom the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations had commu
nicated the said Act, Prepared for his Majesty's Royal Approbation.
Resolved That the same be Refer'd to Mr Henry Archer M' Thomas Tower, Mr
Eyre and M' Holland for them to consider and make a Report thereupon.
Adjourn'd

Palace Court
Friday December 19th 1740
Present.
M' Laroche President
Earl of Egmont
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon
Lord Sidney Beauclerk
S' William Heathcote
Mr Thomas Tower
M' Tracy
M' Tho8 Archer
M' Henry Archer
M' L'apostre
M' Holland
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Anderson
Read a Petition to the Honble House of Commons for a Supply to en
able the Trustees to provide for the further Settling of the Colony of
Georgia. Which was Approv'd of. Adjourn'd.

376 COLONIAL RECORDS.

Palace Court
Saturday December 27th 174£
(sic)
Present
M' Vernon President
Earl of Egmont
M' Laroche
S' William Heathcote
Mr L'apostre
Earl of Shaftesbury
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Tracy
Read a Petition to the Honbl8 House of Commons for a Supply for the
further Settling the Colony of Georgia
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd to the same.
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Adjourn'd

Palace Court
Monday January 12,h 174f
Present
M' Smith President
Earl of Egmont
Mr Vernon
M' Laroche
Mr Tracy
M' Ch. Tower
M' L'apostre
S' William Heathcote
S' Harry Gough
M' Eyre.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 377
Resolv'd That the Rev4 M' Smith be desired to engage a Preacher for the An
niversary Sermon on the third Thursday in March.
The Accomptant acquainted the Board That the Cask of Skins re
ceiv'd by the Two Brothers Capt. Thomson from M' Thomas Jones had
been sold and had produced thirteen Pounds twelve Shillings and Six
Pence, Which he receiv'd of M' Henry Pomeroy the third of last Month.
Vizt for fifty Eight Sound Skins Weighing Eighty four Pounds Net at
two Shillings and Six pence a pound. And for thirty three Damag'd
Skins Weighing fifty Pounds Net at One Shilling and three Pence a
Pound. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Monday January 26 174$
Present
Lord Tyrconnel President
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
Alderman Heathcote
M' Digby
M' Tracy
M' Thomas Tower
M' Thomas Archer
S' Harry Gough
M' L'apostre
M' Smith
M' Henry Archer.
Order'd That the Secretary do draw up a Narrative of the Trustees Progress
in Establishing the Colony of Georgia Adjourn'd.

!78 COLONIAL RECORDS.

Palace Court
Friday January 30"1 174$
Present
Earl of Egmont President
M' Vernon
M' Thomas Tower
M' Laroche
S' William Heathcote
M' L'apostre
M' Tracy
M' Smith.
Read an Order from the Honble House of Commons dated January
28th 1740. and sign'd Nich. Hardinge. CI. Dom. Com. Vizt. That the
Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America do lay before
this House, An Account shewing the Progress of the Colony from its
first Establishment. Adjourn'd

Palace Court
Saturday February 7*b 174$
Present
M1' Vernon President
Earl of Shaftesbury
Earl of Egmont
S' William Heathcote
M' Sloper
M' Digby
Mr Tracy
M' L'apostre
M' Smith
M' Henry Archer
Read an Account of the Progress of the Colony of Georgia from its
first Establishment prepared by the Secretary
Order'd That next Wednesday Morning be appointed for reading the same again.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 379
Order'd That a Letter be sent to M' Henry Newman Desiring him to acquaint
the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge ; That the Trustees pro
pose to make an Embarkation of Saltzburghers upon the Society's pay
ing the Passage of them to Rotterdam. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday February ll"1 174$
Present
Mr Eyre President
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Tho" Tower
M' Thomas Archer
M' L'apostre
M' Anderson.
M' Vernon reported that a Copy of the Letter dated the 7,b Instant
sent to the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge had been sent by
the said Society to the Rev4 M' Urlsperger at Augsburgh, in order for
him to engage Fifty Heads of Saltzburghers to be ready at Rotterdam
to embark for the Colony of Georgia in July 1741.
Read over the Account of the Progress of the Colony of Georgia from
its first Establishment. Adjourn'd

Palace Court
Monday February 16. 174$
Present
Earl of Egmont President
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon
Mr Henry Archer
M' Smith

380 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Seal'd pursuant to an Order of the Common Council December Is' 1740
a Lease of two hundred Acres of Land to M' Thomas Christie.
Order'd That the Account shewing the Progress of the Colony of Georgia from
its first Establishment be written out fair as at present Drawn, in order
to be presented to the House of Commons pursuant to their Order. And
that a Copy of the Same be deliver'd to One of his Majesty's Principal
Secretaries of State, And that Another Copy be Deliver'd to the Lords
Commissioners for Trade and Plantations Pursuant to the Charter.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Friday February 20*b 174$
Present
Lord Tyrconnel President
Earl of Egmont
Lord Sidney Beauclerk
M' Christopher Tower.
Read an Order from his Majesty in Council Dated January 29 1740.
That in the Morning and Evening Prayers, in the Litany, And in All
other Parts of the Publick Service, As well in the Occasional Offices as
in the Book of Common Prayer, Where the Royal Family is appointed
to be particularly pray'd for ; The following Form And Order should be
Observ'd. Vizt. Their Royal Highnesses Frederick Prince of
Wales, the Princess of Wales, The Duke,
The Princesses The Issue of the Prince and
Princess of Wales And all the Royal Family.
And That the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia Do
cause the same to be forthwith Publish'd in the Several Parish Churches,
And Other Places of Divine Worship within the Colony of Georgia, And
Do take care that Obedience be paid thereto Accordingly.
Order'd That a Copy of the said Order be transmitted to M' Stephens, And
that he be directed to see his Majesty's Commands Obey'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 381
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd to the Account Shewing
the Progress of the Colony of Georgia from its first Establishment in
Order to be laid before the House of Commons.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd to a a Copy of the said
(sic)
Account (leaving out the last Paragraph) in Order to be laid before One
of his Majesty's Principal Secretary's of State, And to Another Copy in
order to be laid before the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Planta
tions. Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Monday March 16"1 174$
Present
Earl of Egmont President.
M' Vernon
M' Smith
M' L'apostre.
Seal'd pursuant to an order of Common Council of the 9tk Instant
a General Licence for three Years from Michaelmas 1741 for all Possess
ors of Land in Georgia to make Leases of any Part of their Lots for
any Term not exceeding twenty One Years from the date of the Lease
to Any Person or Persons residing Occupying and cultivating the same ;
And Who shall continue to reside Occupy and cultivate the same during
the Term of such Lease.
Seal'd Pursuant to an Order of Common Council of the 9'" In
stant An Indenture for granting a longer Term for cultivating the Lands
in Georgia, and Revoking the Power of Re-Entry for Non Performance
of former Conditions for Cultivation. Adjourn'd.

382 COLONIAL RECORDS.

Vestry Room of Sl Bride's
Thursday March 19 174$
Present
M' Digby President
Earl of Egmont
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' L'apostre
D' Hales
M' Anderson
M' Frederick
M' Smith
M' Bathurst
M' Burton
M' Vernon
M' Eyre.
The General Abstract of the Account of the Trustees from June the
9'b 1740 to the 18th Instant with Observations thereon was read and Ap
prov'd of and order'd to be enter'd.
The Trustees proceeded to the Choice of new Trustees, And the Honble
Henry Bathurst Esq' Philip Percival Esq' and John Frederick Esq1 were
duly Elected.
Read the Resignation of John Lord Carpenter under his hand and
Seal of the Office of Common Council Man of the Trust Dated April
12 1740.
Then the Trustees proceeded to the Choice of a Common Council Man
in the room of the said Lord Carpenter and the Honble Henry Bathurst
Esq' was duly Elected.
The Trustees being Inform'd that Thomas Frederick Esq' was Dead
since the last Election They proceeded to the Choice of a Common
Council Man in his Room and John Frederick Esq' was Elected.
Adjourn'd

COLONIAL RECORDS. 383
Palace Court
Monday March 23d 174$
Present
M' Vernon President
Earl of Egmont
M' Percival
M' Bathurst
M' Smith
M' Frederick
M' Tracy
Earl of Shaftesbury
S' William Heathcote
M' Digby.
The Oath of Office of Common Council Man of the Trust was Ad
minister'd to the Honble Henry Bathurst Esq'
The Oath of Office of Common Council Man of the Trust was admin
ister'd to John Frederick Esq'. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Monday Aprill 13. 1741
Present
M' Smith President
Earl of Egmont
M' Percival
M' Vernon
M' Eyre
M' L'apostre
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Bathurst
M' Frederick
Read a Copy of the State of the Province of Georgia dated Savanah
November 10th 1740 subscrib'd by twenty five Persons being duly sworn
in Open Court.

384 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Order'd That Copies of the same be written out fair and laid before One of
his Majesty's Principal Secretary's of State, and the Lords Commissioners
for Trade and Plantations. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Aprill 15. 1741
Present.
M' L'apostre President
Earl of Egmont
M' Digby
M' Tracy
M' Vernon.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd to a Copy oi the State of
the Province in order to be laid before his Grace the Duke of Newcastle
One of his Majesty's Principal Secretary's of State and to Another to be
laid before the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations.
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Monday May 25 1741
Present
M' Eyre President
Earl of Egmont
M' Percival
M' L'apostre
M' Smith
M' Bathurst.
Read a Letter from M' Stephens dated February 23d 174$, containing
among other things Proposals (inclos'd) of Capt. Joseph Avery for build
ing of Ships, making Dock Yards &c.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 385
Read Mr Stephen's Journal from January 16 1740 to February 23. 1740.
Read a Remonstrance sign'd by Several of the Inhabitants of Savanah
Dated November 22. 1740. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Monday June 1" 1741
Present
M' Bathurst President
M' L'apostre
M' Smith.
Seal'd pursuant to an Order of the Common Council July 21s' 1740 an
Appointment of John Pye to be Recorder of the Town of Savanah.
Seal'd pursuant to an Order of the Common Council Aprill 20*b 1741
An Appointment of Thomas Marriot to be second Bailiff of the Town of
Frederica in the room of Samuel Perkins.
Seal'd pursuant to an Order of the Common Council Aprill 20"1 1741
the Constitution appointing William Stephens Esq' President, and Henry
Parker Thomas Jones John Fallowfield and Samuel Marcer the four As
sistants for the County of Savanah and John Pye their Clerk.
Seal'd pursuant to an Order of the Common Council Aprill 20th 1741
Publick Instructions to the President of the County of Savanah.
Seal'd pursuant to an Order of the Common Council Aprill 20th 1741
Private Instructions to the President of the County of Savanah.
Seal'd pursuant to an Order of the Common Council Aprill 20'b 1741
General Instructions for the President and Assistants of the County of
Savanah Adjourn'd

Palace Court
Monday June 15 1741
Present
Earl of Egmont President.
M' Laroche
M' Smith
Mr L'apostre.
T25 c. r., T. i.]

386 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Read a Petition to the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury :
Desiring their Lordship's Directions for issuing the Sum of ten thousand
Pounds granted to his Majesty in the last Session of Parliament for the
further Settling and improving the Colony of Georgia in America
Order'd That the Secretary do sign the same.
Read a Letter from Mr Samuel Augspourger dated Berne in Swisser
land May 7*b 1741 claiming in behalf of Heinrick Meyerhover and
Others Payment for their labour for two Years before November 1738.
Order'd That a Copy of the same be sent over to the Commissioners for stating
the publick Debts in Georgia, for them to make a Report thereon to the
Trustees ; And that M' Augspourger be acquainted therewith.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Monday June 29'b 1741
Present
M' Digby President.
Earl of Egmont
M' Percival
M' Vernon
M' L'apostre
M' Smith.
Read a Letter of Attorney impowering the Accomptant to receive at
his Majesty's Exchequer the Sum of ten thousand Pounds granted in
the last Session of Parliament for the further settling and improving the
Colony of Georgia.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the same.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same
Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 387

Palace Court
Saturday July 25th 1741
Present
M' Smith President
M' L'apostre
M' Anderson
Resolved That the Revd Mr Christopher Orton be appointed Missionary for the
Town of Savanah in the room of the Rev4 M' George Whitefield.
Order'd That a Copy of the said Minute sign'd by the Secretary be sent to the
Rev4 M' Orton. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday September 2. 1741
Present
M' L'apostre President
M' Smith
M' Anderson.
The Rev4 M' Christopher Orton attended and desired his Title for
Missionary at Savanah in Georgia to produce to the R' Rev4 the Bishop
of London in order to receive Priests Orders.
Order'd That a Letter be sent to his Lordship to acquaint him, that When the
said M' Orton shall be ordain'd a Priest ; the Trustees will appoint him
their Stated Missionary at Savanah in Georgia with an Allowance of fifty
Pounds a Year. And that his Lordship be desired to recommend the
Rev4 M' Orton to the Treasury for the usual Allowance made to the
Missionaries. Adjourn'd.

388 COLONIAL RECORDS.

Palace Court
Monday September 14. 1741
Present.
M' Smith President
M' L'apostre
M' Anderson.
Seal'd an Appointment of the Rev4 M' Christopher Orton to perform
Ecclesiastical Offices at Savanah in Georgia, he having receiv'd Priests
Orders. Seal'd an Appointment of William Stephens Esq' to be Another Com
missioner (Gen1 Oglethorpe being One) for licensing Persons to trade
with the Indians in Georgia, and for the better regulating Buch Trade.
Order'd That the Accomptant do countersign the said Appointments in the
Absence of the Secretary. Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Saturday Nov' 28. 1741
Present
M' L'apostre President
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
Mr Frederick
M' Eyre
M' Smith.
Seal'd pursuant to an Order of Common Council Nov' 21s' 1741 a
Commission appointing Capt. Richard Kent a Conservator to keep the
Peace in the Town of Augusta and the Precincts thereof in Georgia.
Seal'd pursuant to an Order of Common Council Nov' 21s' Instant a
Deed Appointing Charles Watson Recorder of the Town of Savanah
in the room of John Pye.
Seal'd pursuant to an Order of Common Council Nov' 21s' Instant a
Deed Appointing John Dobell Register of all Grants of Land in the
Province of Georgia in the room of John Brownfield.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 389
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council as the Opinion of the
Trustees, That for the greater Encouragement of Industry among the In
habitants of the Colony of Georgia Upon any Freeholder of a fifty Acre
Lot making appear that any Part of his Lot consists of Land commonly
call'd the Pine Barren The President and Court of Assistants for the
Northern Part of the Province or the Bailiffs of Frederica upon his Ap
plication be empower'd and required immediately to assign to Every Per
son so Applying such a Quantity of Good Land (not already granted)
as the Pine Barren appears to be in his Lot (over and above the said
Pine Barren Land) subject to the accustom'd Reservations and Condi
tions in any Place that the Freeholder may desire and find most conven
ient to him.
Resolved That for the greater Encouragement of Industry among the Inhabit
ants of the Colony of Georgia Upon any Freeholder of a fifty Acre Lot
making appear that the Lot already granted to him is fenc'd and culti
vated according to the Conditions of his Grant The President and Court
of Assistants for the Northern Part of the Province or the Bailiffs of
Frederica be empower'd and required immediately to assign to Every
such Person such Another Lot of Good Land in any Place that the said
Freeholder may desire and find most convenient to him.
Order'd That Copies of the said Resolutions be Affix'd upon the Doors of the
Court House at Savanah and Frederica And such Other Places in the
Province as may make the Intentions of the Trustees known to all the
Inhabitants. Adjourn'd.

390 COLONIAL RECORDS.

Palace Court
Saturday December 5th 1741
Present
M' Henry Archer President
Earl of Shaftesbury
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' Frederick
M' Bathurst
M' L'apostre
M' Smith
Resolved That it be refer'd to a Committee to prepare a Petition to the King
relating to the Quit Rents being not payable on Pine Barren Lands and
to name the Ports in Georgia.
Resolved That the Earl of Shaftesbury Earl of Egmont M' Vernon M' Henry
Archer and M' Bathurst be a Committee for the said purpose, And that
all the Trustees Who come shall have Votes.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Saturday February 13 174^
Present
Earl of Egmont President
M' Vernon
M' L'apostre
M' Digby
M' Laroche
Mr Eyre
S' William Heathcote
M' Smith
Mr Anderson
Earl of Shaftesbury

COLONIAL RECORDS. 391
Read the Resignation of Thomas Archer Esq' under his hand and Seal
of the Office of Common Council Man of the Trust.
Read the Resignation of Francis Eyles Esq' under his hand and Seal
of the Office of Common Council Man of the Trust.
Read Petition to the House of Commons for a Supply for the further
settling the Colony of Georgia
Agreed to the same.
Resolved That S' William Heathcote and M' Henry Archer be desired to shew
a Copy of the said Petition to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and to
the Speaker of the House of Commons.
Seal'd an Appointment of William Stephens Esq' to be Conservator of
the Peace pursuant to an Order of the Common Council
Seal'd a Deed appointing Thomas Jones to be second Bailiff of the
Town of Savanah and one of the four Assistants in the room of John
Fallowfield pursuant to an Order of the Common Council.
Seal'd a Deed appointing Charles Watson third Bailiff of the Town of
Savanah and One of the four Assistants in the room of Thomas Jones
pursuant to an Order of the Common Council.
Receiv'd a Bottle of Salitrum Seeds being a Remedy for the Bloody
Flux the Benefaction of Henry L'apostre Esq' for the use of the Colony.
Read a Letter from William Stephens Esq' dated October 29 and No
vember 12. 1741 Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Wednesday March 3d 174£
Present
M' Digby President.
M' Holland
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
S' William Heathcote
M' L'apostre
M' Smith
M' Anderson
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Page
M' Thomas Tower.

392 COLONIAL RECORDS.
The Oath of Office was administer'd to John Page Esq' as Common
Council Man of the Trust.
Receiv'd from the Custom House February 23d- 174-J a Chest of Silk
Imported from the Province of Georgia of Which the following Attesta
tion was receiv'd the 10'b of September 1741.
We whose Names are underwritten do hereby attest and certify that
the Raw Silk contain'd in the Chest herewith sent was in our presence
put into the said Chest by Mary Wife of Lewis Camuse after having
been first weigh'd Which amounted to forty five Pounds two Ounces
Averdupoise Weight. That is to say. Eight Pounds Part thereof had
been manufactured and wound off by her in the Town of Savanah in the
Year 1740 And thirty Seven Pounds two Ounces the remaining Part
thereof had been in like manner wound off by her this present Year 1741.
And We do further attest and certify that two hundred and twenty
Pounds fourteen Ounces Weight of Coquons or Silk Balls were rais'd in
the County of Savanah in Georgia (the Silk Worms being fed with the
Mulberry Leaves growing in the said County) And had been deliver'd
unto M'8 Camuse since Aprill last in order to enable her to carry on the
said Manufacture as she has done this present Year. Will. Stephens Sec"
Dated at Savanah in Georgia Tho8 Jones Bayliff
this 10'b Day of Sept' 1741 of Savanah.
Will Russel Accomptant
Fea. Harris.
Read the Resignation of William Sloper Esq' under his hand and Seal
of the Office of Common Council Man of the Trust.
Resolved That the Earl of Shaftesbury be desired to go with S' William Heath
cote and M' Henry Archer to the Chancellor of the Exchequer And the
Speaker of the House of Commons relating to the Petition of the Trus
tees to the House of Commons for a Supply.
Adjourn'd

COLONIAL RECORDS. 393

Palace Court
Thursday March 11th 174£
Present
M' Smith President
Earl of Egmont
M' L'apostre.
Seal'd pursuant to an Order of the Common Council An Appointment
of John Terry to be first Bailiff of Frederica in the room of Thomas
Hawkins. Seal'd pursuant to an Order of the Common Council an Appointment
of Charles Watson to be second Bailiff of Savanah in the room of Thomas
Jones. Seal'd pursuant to an Order of the Common Council an Appointment
of William Spencer to be third Bailiff of Savanah in the room of Charles
Watson. Read a Petition to the House of Commons for a Supply to enable the
Trustees to provide for the further Settling of the Colony of Georgia
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the same.
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Adjourn'd

394 COLONIAL RECORDS.

Palace Court
Wednesday March 17"1 174£
Present
M' L'apostre President.
Earl of Egmont
S' William Heathcote
M' Percival
M' Digby
D' Hales ,
M' Anderson
M' Thomas Archer
M' Vernon
M' Henry Archer
M' Tho8 Tower.

Receiv'd by the hands of D' Hales fifty Burkitt's Help and Guide to
Christian Families for the use of the Soldiers and Others going to Geor
gia being the Benefaction of a Gentlewoman Who desires to be unknown.
Adjourn'd.

Vestry Room of S* Bride's
Thursday March 18th 174$
Present
Earl of Egmont President.
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon
M' Digby
S' William Heathcote
M' Percival
M' L'apostre
D' Hales
M' Smith
M' Burton
M' Anderson.
The General Abstract of the Account of the Trustees from June 9th

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1741 to the 17"1 Instant with Observations thereon was read and Ap
prov'd of and Order'd to be enter'd.
The Trustees proceeded to the Choice of new Trustees and the Honble
Alexander Hume Campbell Esq' S' John Barrington Bar' Samuel Tuff-
nell Esq' and Henry Calthrope Esq' were duly Elected
Then the Trustees proceeded to the Choice of three Common Council
Men in the room of Thomas Archer Esq1 Francis Eyles Esq' and William
Sloper Esq' and the Honble Alexander Hume Campbell Esq' S' John
Barrington Bar' and Samuel Tuffnell Esq' were duly Elected.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Thursday March 25*" 1742.
Present
M' Vernon President
M' Eyre
S' John Barrington
M' Tuffnell
M' L'apostre
M' Percival
S' William Heathcote
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Digby
S' Harry Gough
M' Calthrope.
The Oath of Office of Common Council Man of the Trust was admin
ister'd to S' John Barrington Bar'
The Oath of Office of Common Council Man of the Trust was admin
ister'd to Samuel Tuffnell Esq'
Read a Memorial to his Majesty setting forth the great Danger of the
Province of Georgia from the Encroachments of the French, and the
present Inability of the Trustees to support it.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd to the same
Which was Affix'd accordingly
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.

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Order'd That the Secretary do attend the R' Honble Lord Carteret, One of his
Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, and acquaint his Lordship with
the Trustees Desire that he will present the same to his Majesty.
Adjourn'd.

Queen's Square Westminster
Monday Aprill 19th 1742
Present
Earl of Shaftesbury President
M' Vernon
M' Percival
M' L'apostre
M' Smith
M' Anderson.
Read an Order of the R' HonbI' the Lords of the Committee of Coun
cil for Plantation Affairs dated Aprill the 12th 1742 setting forth. That
his Majesty having been pleas'd by his Order in Council of the l8' of this
Instant to refer unto this Committee the humble Petition of Thomas
Stephens Agent for the People of Georgia in America representing the
deplorable Condition of the said Colony occasion'd by the Extraordinary
Laws and Government thereof And by the many Arbitrary and Illegal
Proceedings which have hinder'd the Progress of the Colony, and de
feated his Majesty's Intentions of making Provisions for his poor Subjects
and Others sent thither ; Complaints Whereof have from time to time
been laid before the Trustees, but None of the said Grievances and Dis
couragements redressed. And therefore humbly Imploring his Majesty's
Protection and Encouragement, Whereby they may be enabled to pro
ceed effectually in the Improvement and Preservation of the said Colony
and their own Support. The Lords of the Committee had taken the
same into their consideration and were thereupon pleas'd to Order that a
Copy of the said Petition (Which was Annex'd) should be transmitted to
the Trustees, Who are required to return their Answer thereunto iu
Writing.Order'd That M' Verelst the Accountant do go to M' Thomas Stephens, and

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ask for a Copy of the Appointment or Authority by which he acts (as he
alledges) as Agent for the People of Georgia.
Adjourn'd.

Queen's Square Westminster
Monday May 3. 1742.
Present
M' Smith President
Earl of Egmont
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon
M' Digby
M' Bathurst
M' Percival
M' Tuffnell
S' William Heathcote
M' L'apostre.
Read an Answer to the Petition of Thomas Stephens to his Majesty,
to be laid before the Lords of the Committee of Council for Plantation
Affairs.Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd to the said Answer.
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Adjourn'd
Queen's Square Westminster
Monday July 12"1 1742.
Present
Mr Eyre President
M' Vernon
M' Digby
M' Smith
M' L'apostre

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Resolved That an Act to repeal so much of an Act made in the Eighth Year of
the Reign of his present Majesty Intitled an Act to prevent the Importa
tion and Use of Rum and Brandies in the Province of Georgia as pro
hibits the Importation of Rum into the said Province from the Other
British Colonies be prepared in Order to be laid before his Majesty in
Council Order'd That Special Summons be sent to the Trustees in order to consider the
said Act to meet on Wednesday the 14"1 of this Instant July.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Consideration of the Common Council
That All Persons Who have carried Servants and settled in Georgia at
their own Expence and shall claim the Benefit of the Resolutions of the
Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America in Common
Council Assembled upon the Eighth Day of March 1741 Relating to
the Grants and Tenure of Lands within the said Colony should have
Grants of their Lands in Reversion after the several Interests therein
shall cease to hold in Fee to them and their Heirs for ever ; And that
the Yearly Rent payable for the said Lands shall be no more than (sic)
Shillings Sterling for Every hundred Acres.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Consideration of the Common Council
That the Grants of Land Which shall be hereafter made in the Province
of Georgia to Persons Who shall carry Servants and settle there at their
own Expence be in Fee simple. And that the Yearly Rent to be re
served in such Grants be after the rate of Shillings Sterling for
every hundred Acres. And that the Conditions or Causes of Forfeiture
be only for Non Payment of the Rent Reserved ; or for not fencing and
inclosing the said Lands, or for not clearing planting and cultivating one
Eighth Part of the same within ten Years from the Date of such Grants
respectively. And that such Parts only of the Land be forfeited as
shall not have been cultivated within that time.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Consideration of the Common Council.
That to prevent the Inconveniencies Which may arise from great Tracts
of Land being monopolised in the Province of Georgia No Person shall
be capable of having or enjoying a great er Quantity of Lands or Tene-

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ments at one and the same time than two thousand Acres ; With a Pro
viso That in case Any Person shall by Devise or Limitation become en
titled to more than two thousand Acres of Land in the said Province ;
It shall be lawfull for such Person to sell or alien bona fide and upon a
valuable Consideration and under the same Conditions of Cultivation to
any Person or Persons the same at any time within two Years after that
he shall have been so entitled thereunto ; And in default of disposing
thereof as aforesaid the last Accession of the said Lands so exceeding
two thousand Acres shall be forfeited.
Read a Letter from M' Henry Newman Secretary to the Society for
promoting Christian Knowledge with an Inclos'd Extract of a Letter
from the Rev4 M' Martin Bolzius at Ebenezer in Georgia dated March
15'b 1742. Requesting the Assistance of the Trustees and their Other
Benefactors in Europe to build a small House for Divine Service at
What they call the Plantations ; And also to support a School Master
for instructing the Children.
Resolved That the same be recommended to the Consideration of the Common
Council Adjourn'd.

Queen's Square Westminster.
Wednesday July 14'" 1742
Present
M' Henry Archer President.
M' Bathurst
M' Digby
M' Vernon
M' Eyre
M' L'apostre
M' Smith
Read an Act to repeal so much of an Act made in the Eighth Year of
the Reign of his present Majesty Intitled An Act to prevent the Impor
tation and Use of Rum and Brandies in the Province of Georgia, as pro
hibits the Importation of Rum into the said Province from the other
British Colonies.

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Order'd
That the said Act be engross'd.
Which being Engross'd.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd to the said Act.
Read a Petition to his Majesty in Council setting forth That in a late
Examination before the House of Commons, in which the Utility of the
Province of Georgia, and the Advantage and Necessity of supporting it
were fully made out to the Satisfaction of the House ; It did by the Reso
lutions and in the Debates thereon appear to be the Sense of the House
(as the Trustees conceiv'd) that there were some further Encouragements
still wanting for the Effectual settling this usefull Colony ; And particu
larly that the Releasing of the Quit Rents to the Trustees for the Benefit
of the said Colony to the End that the Lands there may be granted on
cheaper terms; And that the Permitting the Importation of Rum from
his Majesty's Colonies in Exchange for Timber commonly called Lumber
and Other Produces of Georgia would greatly tend to the Increase Wel
fare and Improvement of the said Colony. And Therefore the Trustees
humbly presume in behalf of the said Colony to beseech his Majesty that
he would be graciously pleased to release to them the said Quit Rents, in
order that they may be enabled to lessen and reduce the same in the re
spective Grants of Lands there and to apply the Residue thereof for the
Benefit of the said Colony. And that the Trustees have further presumed
to lay before his Majesty An Act herewith presented Intitled An Act to
repeal so much of an Act made in the Eighth Year of the Reign of his
present Majesty Intitled An Act to prevent the Importation and Use of
Rum and Brandies in the Province of Georgia as Prohibits the Importa
tion of Rum into the said Province from the Other British Colonies.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd to the said Petition.
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Order'd That an Instruction be sent to William Stephens Esq' that he do make
an Inquiry among the People of the Province, Whether it is their Opin
ion in general That it is proper to admit the Use and Introduction of Ne
groes in the said Province ; And that he do as soon as he can certify their

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Opinion and his own how far it may be proper under any, and under
what Limitations and Restrictions.
Resolved That a Committee be appointed to consider how far it may be conven
ient or proper to admit the Introduction and use of Negroes in the Prov
ince of Georgia, and under What Limitations and Restrictions
Resolved That any five of the Common Council be the said Committee.
Adjourn'd.
Waghorn's Coffee House
Thursday July 15tb 1742
Present
M' Vernon President
Lord Sidney Beauclerk
M' L'apostre
M' Smith
M' Anderson
Read a Memorial of Joseph Avery setting forth That having been em
ploy'd to survey the North Part of the Province of Georgia, he did in the
Months of September and October 1741 discover and sound a large River
call'd Great Ogeeche; And that it would be of great Service to the
Province and the British Nation to have a Dock Yard and Settlements
upon the said River; Which is capacious enough to contain some hun-_
dred sail of Ships from Seventy Guns downwards; And the Entrance of
the said River being very safe there being three fathom and an half upon
the Bar at low Water. That the Land by the said River is very rich, and
the Country about it abounds with Timber fit for building of Ships.
Order'd That the Secretary do write a Letter to Thomas Corbet Esq' Secretary
to the Lords of the Admiralty desiring him to lay the said Memorial be
fore their Lordships for their Consideration. Adjourn'd

[26 c. r., v. i.]

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Queen's Square Westminster
Monday July 26th 1742.
Present
M' Smith President
M' Vernon
M' L'apostre
M' Digby.
Read a Petition of Christian Steinhavell Theobald Kiefer and Johannes
Berrier in behalf of themselves and the rest of the Trustees German Serv
ants at Savanah in Georgia setting forth That by Indenture bearing
date the 21"' Day of September 1737 They bound themselves to serve the
Trustees or their Assigns in Georgia for the space of five Years after their
Arrival there ; And that their Children Who were Males and under the
Age of twenty Years were to serve untill they arriv'd to the Age of
twenty five Years, And their Female Children above the age of six Years
were to serve untill they arriv'd at the Age of Eighteen Years; And as
the Time of the Petitioners Indenture with the Trustees as to themselves
is growing near to a conclusion, And they are desirous and willing to set
tle in the Colony (having procured already a small Stock of Cattle for
that purpose) they must unavoidably labour under great Difficulties by
being deprived of the Freedom of their Children, Without whose Assist
ance it will be impossible for them to make any progress in cultivating of
Land being most of them advanced in Years; And therefore Praying The
Trustees to grant them the Freedom of their Children at the Expiration
of the five Years for Which the Petitioners are bound.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council to grant the Peti
tioners the freedom of their Children at the Expiration of the five Years
as they desire.
Read a Letter from General Oglethorpe dated March the 3d 1741
And Another from George Clarke Esq' Lieut. Governor of New York
with likewise a Copy of a Letter from him to General Oglethorpe con
taining Proposals for Effecting a general Peace among the Indians in the
British Interest upon the Continent of America.
Order'd That the Secretary do send Copies of the said Letters to Andrew Stone

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Esq' and desire him to lay the same before his Grace the Duke of New
castle One of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State.
Read a Letter from M' Orton dated March 4th 1741 acquainting the
Trustees with the Progress in his Ministry at Savanah And that he had
taken upon him the Management of the School for waut of a Person fitly
Qualified to undertake the Duty.
Order'd That a Letter be sent to M' Orton Acquainting him with the Trustees
Approbation of his Conduct ; And that they desire he will continue his
Inspection of the School though M' John Dobell is appointed School
Master, And that M' Dobell is to be under his Direction in instructing
the Children
William Stephens Esq' having recommended Thomas Bosomworth to
be Secretary for Indian Affairs in the room of John Clarke Deceas'd.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council to appoint the said
Thomas Bosomworth Secretary for Indian Affairs.
Adjourn'd.

Queen's Square Westminster
Saturday August 7'" 1742
Present
M' L'apostre President
M' Vernon
M' Digby
M' Smith
M' Anderson.
Read a Letter from General Oglethorpe dated Frederica May 28"'
1742. with a Copy of a Letter from Captain Hamar dated on board the
Flamborough off S' Simon's 24'"  1742.
Order'd That a Letter be sent to General Oglethorpe to acquaint him with the
Vote of the House of Commons relating to the permission of Rum in
the Province of Georgia ; And the Act which the Trustees have laid be
fore his Majesty in Council in consequence of the said Vote; And also
to acquaint him with the Resolutions Which the Trustees have lately
made in relation to the Tenure of Lands.

404 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Read an Account of the Proceedings of the President and Court of
Assistants at Savanah from May 17'b to June the 24 1742. and likewise
a List of Persons Who have petition'd the President and Court of As
sistants for Lands.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council that the Petition of
Edward Bush Peter Morelle Joseph Wardrope John Penrose Andrew
Duchee and Thomas Ormston for five hundred Acres of Land Each of
them on Hutchinson's Island be rejected ; it not appearing that the said
Persons have ever been industrious in cultivating, or have any View to
the Cultivation of the said Lands.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council that Hutchinson's
Island should be clear'd by the Trust Servants, And that the Wood grow
ing on the same should be sold for the use of the Trust.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council that the Petition of
John Lyndall for an Island of Marsh in Savanah be rejected it not ap
pearing that he is inclin'd to any Industry in Cultivation.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council that the Petition of
William Parker for five hundred Acres of Land near Thunderbolt should
be defer'd till he is in Circumstances to undertake the Cultivation of the
same.Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council that the Petition of
John Pye, William Elbert Thomas Ellis and Edward Townshend for five
hundred Acres of Land Each of them lying between the two Ogeechy
Rivers be rejected, it not appearing from their past Conduct that they
have any Intention to cultivate the said Lands.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council that a Grant of five
hundred Acres of Land lying Southward of Thunderbolt should be made
to James Anderson he Appearing to be a diligent Man, and able to cul
tivate the same.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council that a Grant of five
hundred Acres of Land should be made to Michael Bourghatter and his
five Sons in order to be divided among his Sons as he sees meet, besides

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two Lots of fifty Acres Each Which he and One of his Sons hold at
present. They being a very Industrious Family.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council that the Grants of
Lots of fifty Acres Each to Jacob Harbeck, Harbeck Brothers, Sani-
(sic)
uel Lyon, John Erinxman, and John Ample Dutch Servants Whose
time of Service is lately expired ; made by the President and Court of
Assistants for the Northern Part of the Province should be Approved of.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council that the Grants of
Lots of fifty Acres Each of them to Christopher Burgomister Joachim
Schad Rudolph Burgie Leonard Rigler Jacob Danner Henry Curraudy*
Ulrick Beltz. Ezekiel Stoll. Johannes Torgler Nicholas Hanner Sen'
Nicholas Hanner Jun' Hans Stutz and Joseph Wachster thirteen German
Swiss Part of those Who went in the Europa should be Approv'd of.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council that a Grant of five
hundred Acres of Land should be made to Thomas Salter on a Piece of
Marsh near Augustine Creek, Provided that the said Land is not any
Part of the two hundred Acres granted by Lease to Thomas Christie.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council that the Grants of
Lots of fifty Acres Each of them to John Robe William Scales John Evans
Samuel Clee, Thomas Morris Jacob Truan William Barbo and Anthony
Gautier made by the President and Court of Assistants for the Northern
Part of the Province should be approved of.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council That Notwithstand
ing the Trustees have proposed in their Minutes July ,1 2lb 1742 That the
Grants of Lands to Persons Who shall carry Servants and settle in Geor
gia at their own Expence should be in Fee simple ; Yet That No Person
should have a Power of Alienating any Part of his Lands till the Ex
piration of the ten Years from the Date of his Grant in Which time he
is to be oblig'd to cultivate one Eighth Part of his Lands, And till he
make it appear to the President and Court of Assistants for the Northern
Part of the Province, or the Magistrates of the Southern Part that he
has complied with the Conditions of his Grant.
*May be Currandy.

406 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council that James Anderson
should be Appointed a Coadjutor with M' Stephens for inspecting the
Building of the Church.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council to consider of proper
Means for Enforcing the Guard Duty in the Province.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council to give M'8 Camuse a
Gratuity for every Person Who shall be certified to be properly instructed
by her in the Art of winding Silk. Adjourn'd.

Monday Nov' 22. 1742
Waghorn's Coffee House.
Present
M' Henry Archer President
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
Lord Sidney Beauclerk
M' Percival
S' John Barrington
M' Holland
M' L'apostre
M' Smith
M' Tuffnell
M' Calthorpe
M' Laroche
M' Tho" Archer
M' Laroche reported to the Trustees that he and M' Bathurst had at
tended the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations at their
Lordships Desire upon the Petition of the Trustees to his Majesty in
Council for a Release of the Quit Rents reserved to his Majesty, and for
his Royal Approbation of an Act prepared by the Trustees for allowing
the Importation of Rum into Georgia from the Other British Colonies,
Which Petition was refer'd to their Lordships; And that their Lordships
were of Opinion that it should be reported to the Lords of the Commit-

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tee of his Majesty's Council for Plantation Affairs, that it would be a
great Encouragement for such Persons as shall be disposed to settle there,
that his Majesty may be graciously pleased to reduce the Quit Rents
reserved by his Royal Charter from four Shillings to two Shillings Proc
lamation Money for Every Hundred Acres, Which may probably pro
mote the Settling of the said Province. And That their Lordships were
likewise of Opinion to report to the Lords of the Committee of Council
that they had taken into consideration the Act refer'd to them for allow
ing the Importation of Rum ; And having consulted M' Fane One of his
Majesty's Council at Law, He had no Objection thereto in point of Law.
And that their Lordships had no Objection to the general Tenour of the
Act; But could not report in favour of the following Clause. Viz'.
"And to prevent any Frauds in the purchasing, or any frauds or
"Abuses in the selling of such Rum to the Indians or Others ; And the
"immoderate and excessive Use of the same within the said Province.
"Be it further Enacted that it shall and may be lawfull for the Common
"Council of the said Trustees or the Major Part of them as shall for that
"Purpose be present and assembled; And They are hereby Authoris'd
"and Impower'd from time to time to constitute make and ordain such
"Rules, Orders and Regulations for the purchasing such Rum, or for the
"Vending, Selling or Retailing thereof in the said Province, as to them
"shall seem meet and convenient."
Resolved That a new Draught of an Act for Establishing the Tenures be pre
pared pursuant to the Opinion of the Lords Commissioners for Trade and
Plantations, for reducing the Quit Rents from Four Shillings to Two
Shillings Proclamation Money for Every hundred Acres And that the
same be refer'd to the Common Council for their Approbation.
Resolved That a New Act be prepared in order to be laid before his Majesty for
Allowing the Importation of Rum into Georgia from the Other British
Colonies.Resolved That An Act be prepared in order to be laid before his Majesty for
Vesting the Magistrates and Justices of the Peace in Georgia with the
same Powers for licensing Publick Houses as are usual in England
Resolved That an Application be made to the R' Honble John Lord Carteret for
a Reduction of the Quit Rents under his Grant to the Trustees from

408 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Four Shillings to Two Shillings Proclamation Money for Every hundred
Acres in the same manner as the Lords Commissioners for Trade and
Plantations have reported as necessary to be granted by his Majesty.
Adjourn'd.

Georgia Office Queen's Square.
Tuesday November 30th 1742.
Present
M' Vernon President
M' L'apostre
M' Anderson
M' Smith
M' Percival
S' John Barrington
M' Digby.
The Trustees being inform'd of the Death of the Rev4 M' Orton the
Minister of Savanah ; And being Acquainted that the Revd M' Mariton a
Clergyman in the Isle of Man is desirous to go over to Georgia to supply
the Place of M' Orton, And that the Bishop of Sodor and Man will give
the said M' Mariton a Recommendation.
Order'd
,, That the Secretary do write to the Bishop of Sodor and Man, and de
sire his Lordship's Opinion of the said M' Mariton.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council to take into Consider
ation the Preamble to the Grant to the Revd M' George Whitefield re
lating to the taking of Orphans into the Orphan House, that the same
may be Explain'd.
Resolved That a Law be prepared for his Majesty's Approbation, Reciting the
Resolutions taken by the HonbIe the House of Commons the last Session
of Parliament, as in the Report of the Lords Commissioners for Trade
and Plantations ; And proposing as an Encouragement to the People of
the Province that the Quit Rents should be Two Shillings Proclamation
Money for Every hundred Acres instead of Four Shillings payable as to
Seven Eighth Parts of the Lands to his Majesty. And the One Eighth
Part to Lord Carteret to be collected from the Inhabitants as they sha

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direct, And Exonerating those Quit Rents that may become payable
under former Grants, And making the New Ones to commence in ten
Years from the Dates of the new Grants Whereby the Tenures to those
sent on the Charity should be declared to be in Tail General, And to
those going at their own Expence in Fee Simple with the Conditions of
Clearing and Cultivating One Eighth Part of the Lands in their Grants
in ten Years ; And that there should be no Forfeitures but for Non
Payment of Rent and not performing the said Conditions of Cultivation.
Adjourn'd.

Waghorn's Coffee House
Monday December 6"1 1742
Present
M' Smith President
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon
M' Page
M' Laroche
M' Tuffnel
S' William Heathcote
Mr L'apostre
M' Henry Archer
M' Digby
M' Anderson
M' Thomas Archer
S' John Barrington
M' Holland.
Read the Draught of an Act for Establishing the Tenures of Lands
in the Province of Georgia, and for Reducing the Quit Rents.
Order'd That a Copy thereof be laid before the R' HonWe Lord Carteret, as his
Lordship is Intitled to an Interest in the said Quit Rents.
Adjourn'd

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Queen's Square
Tuesday December 21s' 1742
Present
M' L'apostre President
M' Vernon
S' John Barrington
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Frederick
M' Smith
A Report was made by the Earl of Shaftesbury that he and M' Page
and Mr Laroche had in a Conference with the Right Honble Lord Carteret
acquainted him with the Petition prepared by the Trustees to his Majesty
for releasing the Quit Rents reserved in the Charter, And with the Act
prepared by the Trustees in order to be Approv'd of by his Majesty in
Council for Reducing the Quit Rents from Four Shillings to One Shil
ling and Six pence Proclamation Money to be paid to his Majesty, and
six pence to the said Lord Carteret for Every hundred Acres granted in
Georgia ; And that the said Lord Carteret was desired to appoint some
Person to collect the Quit Rents to be due from time to time to his Lord
ship, as the Trustees did not think it proper for them to be answerable
for the said Quit Rents in their Corporate Capacity, And that Lord
Carteret did thereupon say, That he did not think or expect the Trustees
should be answerable for more of the said Quit Rents than they should
receive. Read an Act to repeal so much of an Act made in the Eighth Year
of his present Majesty Intitled An Act to prevent the Importation and Use
of Rum and Brandies in the Province of Georgia as prohibits the Importa
tion of Rum into said Province from other British Colonies.
Read An Act for the better Regulation of publick Houses, and Re
tailers of Rum in the Province of Georgia and for suppressing the odious
and loathsome Sin of Drunkenness.
Read An Act for Establishing the Tenures of Lands in the Province
of Georgia and reducing the Quit Rents.
Order'd That the three Acts aforesaid be Engrossed in order to be laid before
his Majesty.

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Read a Petition to his Majesty to be presented with the aforesaid Acts.
Which was Approv'd of.
Order'd That the said Petition be fair Transcribed.
Read a Petition to the Honble House of Commons setting forth what
the Trustees have done And the Acts which they have prepared in pur
suance of the Resolutions of the House last Year, and Desiring further
Supply for the further Establishing the Colony of Georgia
Order'd That the same be fair transcribed. Adjourn'd.

Waghorn's Coffee House.
Tuesday January 11th 174§
Present
M' Thomas Tower President
Earl of Egmont
M' Percival
M' Laroche
M' L'apostre
M' Smith
M' Anderson.
The three following Acts Vizt.
An Act to repeal so much of an Act made in the Eighth Year of his
present Majesty Intitled An Act to prevent the Importation and Use of
Rum and Brandies in the Province of Georgia as prohibits the Importa
tion of Rum into the said Province from the other British Colonies
An Act for the better Regulation of publick Houses and Retailers of
Rum in the Province of Georgia. And for Suppressing the odious and
loathsome Sin of Drunkenness.
An Act for Establishing the Tenures of Lands in the Province of
Georgia and Reducing the Quit Rents
Being Engross'd and Examin'd
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd to the same

412 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Order'd
That the said Acts be laid before his Majesty in Council for his Royal
Approbation. Read a Petition to the Honble House of Commons for a Supply for the
further Settling of the Colony of Georgia
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd to the same.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same
Adjourn'd.

Queen's Square Westminster
Saturday March 12. 174f
Present
M' Vernon President.
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Digby
M' L'apostre
M' Tuffnel
Receiv'd the Resignation of the R' Honble the Earl of Egmont under
his hand and Seal of the Office of Common Council Man of the Trust.
Resolved That the Gentlemen of the Trust Who are in Holy Orders be desired
, to consider of a proper Person to be sent to reside as Minister at Savanah
in the room of the late Revd M' Orton.
Resolved That it be recommended to the consideration of the Common Council
as the Opinion of the Trustees not to retain or employ for the future any
Servants in the Public Service.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Consideration of the Common Council
that the Trust Farms should be dispos'd of and annex'd to the Offices of
the Government for the future Support of them.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Consideration of the Common Council
as the Opinion of the Trustees to dispose of the Reserv'd Uncultivated
Trust Lands it not appearing for What Use such Lands were reserv'd.

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Resolved That it be recommended to the Consideration of the Common Council
as the Opinion of the Trustees to add ten Pounds <P> Ann to the Allow
ance to the School Master at Savanah on Condition that he shall not
take any Gratuity from the Scholars for instructing them.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council to consider of the
immediate building of the Church.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council to consider of a
proper Plan of Disposition of the Money lately granted by the Parlia
ment for the further Settling of the Colony.
Adjourn'd.

Vestry Room of S' Brides
Thursday March 17th 174|
Present
D' Hales President
M' Vernon
M' Smith
M' Burton
M' Anderson
M' Digby
Lord Tyrconnel.
The General Abstract of the Account of the Trustees from June the
9'b 1742 to the 16"1 Instant with Observations thereon was read and Ap
prov'd of and Order'd to be Enter'd.
Resolved That the Committee of Accounts do meet on Saturday the 26*h Instant
at the Trustees Office and that they prepare a proper Plan for the Dispo
sition of the Money lately granted by Parliament in order to be laid be
fore the Common Council.
The Trustees then proceeded to the Choice of new Trustees and John
Philipps Velters Cornewall and John Wright Esq'8 were duly Elected.
Then the Trustees proceeded to the Choice of a Common Council Man

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in the room of the Earl of Egmont and John Philipps Esq' was duly
Elected. Adjourn'd

Waghorn's Coffee House
Friday March 25*b 1743.
Present
S' John Barrington President
M' Philipps
Mr Percival
M' Tuffnel
The Oath of Office of Common Council Man of the Trust was Admin
ister'd to John Philipps Esq' Adjourn'd.
Queen's Square Westminster
Saturday March 26*b 1743
Present
, M' Digby President
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon
M' Smith
Mr Anderson
Lord Tyrconnel
S' John Barrington
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Page.
Upon Reading the Proceedings of the Court of President and Assist
ants for the County of Savanah December 4th 1742 That "Whereas Sev-
"eral People Whose times are Expired have applied to that Board that
"they might have Encouragement given them to go upon and cultivate
"Land, They thereupon had recourse to the Trustees Letter (by their
"Secretary M' Martyn) of the 24tb of Aprill 1741, Wherein they found
"the following Directions Viz'. To take care that a Sufficient Quantity

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"of good Land be immediately survey'd of Lots of fifty Acres Each,
"that all Servants newly out of their time may be put in possession there-
"of ; As likewise that the Trust Servants at the taking up their Lots
"shall have an Allowance for twelve Months at the rate of Eight pence
''a Day Each Man and Six pence a Day Each Woman with a Cow Calf
"and Sow, and the usual Working tools to Each Man." From Whence
some Doubts have arisen how far the Trustees Intentions were to be Ex
tended Vizt Whether those Words are meant restrictively to such Serv
ants only as came to Georgia indented to the Trust, or Whether any
Other Servants and of What kind may be intitled to the Benefit ; There
having been several Other foreign Servants (as also English) imported,
particularly a certain Number of German Servants, Who appear to be
industrious. Upon reading likewise the beforemention'd Letter of the Secretary's
dated Aprill 24Ul 1741
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council as the Opinion of the
Trustees that the Allowance for twelve Months mention'd in the said
Letter be extended to all Servants in the Colony indented for the term
of four Years and not under.
Resolved That the Claims of Robert Millar Daniel Mackay and Patrick Mackay
be refer'd to the Committee of Accounts.
Resolved That it be refer'd to the Committee of Accounts to consider What Al
lowance may be proper for the Rent and Charges of the Office from Lady
Day 1742.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council as the Opinion of the
Trustees that a Convenient Part of the Trust Lands should be appropri
ated for the use and Encouragement of residing and Officiating Ministers
in Georgia.
Resolved That a Memorial be presented to the Society for propagating the Gos
pel in Foreign Parts to desire their Allowance for a Missionary at Sa
vanah the Trustees being unable to support One, as the Money given by
the Parliament can only be applied for the support of the Civil Govern
ment, and as they have no other Method of supporting a Minister but

416 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Appropriating a proper Part of the Trust Lands for his future Mainte
nance, Which they are giving Orders for.
Order'd That the Accountant do lay before the Trustees an Account of all
Sums of Money receiv'd for the building of Churches in Georgia, And
that have been Applied for that purpose.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council that M' Bevan should
be desired to prepare a List of such Medicines as may be proper to be
sent over for the use of the Colony.
Order'd That a Letter be sent to M' Thomas Hawkins the first Bailiff at Fred
erica to inform him That No Person has any Authority from the Trustees
to obstruct the Passing of any People out of the Province, except where
any contract at their first settling not to leave the Province for a term of
Years without a License from the Magistrates, and then only for such
term ; And likewise to acquaint him That no Person Whatsoever has any
Authority in the Civil Government of the Province except what is vested
in him by the Collective Body of the Trust.
Adjourn'd.

Queen's Square Westminster
Saturday Aprill 9tb 1743
Present
M' Vernon President
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Digby
M' Smith
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council as the Opinion of
the Trustees that the President and Assistants Who were appointed for
the County of Savanah be Appointed President and Assistants for the
whole Province And that the Bailiffs at Frederica should be consider'd
as local Magistrates and be subordinate to the Authority of the Presi
dent and Assistants ; And that the Recorder of Frederica should be ap
pointed with an Additional Salary of ten Pounds f>> Ann to correspond
with the President and Assistants and transmit to them from time to

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time the Proceedings of the Town Court and such other transactions and
Occurrences in the Southern Part of the Province as may be necessary
for them to know, or Which they may direct to be sent to them
Adjourn'd

Queen's Square Westminster
Saturday Aprill 16*b 1743.
Present
M' Smith President
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon
M' Digby
Lord Tyrconnel.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council that the following
Exchanges of Lots between Peter Bailleu* and John Greedy, between
Peter Morelle and James Wilson, between James Dormer and James
Carwells be Confirm'd agreeable to the Recommendation of the Court of
President and Assistants.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council That Isaac Young's
Purchase of Daniel Nunez's Lot, James Campbell's Purchase of John
Provost's Lot and Charles Watson's Purchase of John Lyndal's Lot be
Confirm'd agreeable to the Recommendation of the Court of President
and Assistants.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council that the Opinion of
Council should be taken how far the Trustees can dispose of the Vacant
Lots, and what time may be proper to allow such Persons as have de
serted their Lots and the Province to return and take Possession of them
before they be declared forfeited. Adjourn'd
*May be "n.''

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Queen's Square Westminster.
Saturday Aprill 30'b 1743
Present
Earl of Shaftesbury President
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Vernon
M' L'apostre.
Resolved That all the Passages in M' Stephens's Journal of August the 23d 24'"
25*b and 26th 1741, and in M' Stephens's Letter dated January 22. 174f
in relation to the Ship Csesar Which was found in the Offing at Tybee,
having been taken by the Spaniards and afterwards quitted by them be
Extracted and laid before some Eminent Civilian for his Advice in what
manner the said Ship ought to be dispos'd of.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council that a Grant of five
hundred Acres of Land be made to Lieutenant Patrick Sutherland
about sixteen Miles from Darien
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council that a Grant of five
hundred Acres of Land be made to Lieutenant Charles Mackay.
Resolved That the Petition of Thomas Sumner praying for a Grant of five hun
dred Acres of Land on a River side near Frederica to be made to him,
and the Passage of six Servants to cultivate the same be recommended
to the Common Council in consideration of his Services in having re
built the Light House at Tybee, and General Oglethorpe's recommenda
tion of him.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council that the said Grant
of five hundred Acres of Land be made in trust for the said Thomas
Sumner and such Mem Servants as he shall carry over with him, Where
of fifty Acres shall be set out for Each Servant Who is to be indented
for five Years and to be allow'd one [Day in the Week for working on
his own Land.
Resolved That Capt Dunbar's Memorial Praying for the Passage of Sixty

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Freights of Women and Children belonging to the Recruits Which he
shall raise for General Oglethorpe's Regiment, And for the Allowance of
six pence a Day for Each Freight for two Months before their Embarka
tion be recommended to the Common Council.
Adjourn'd.

Queen's Square Westminster
Friday June 10th 1743
Present
M' L'apostre President
M' Laroche
M' Eyre
Mr Smith
M' Digby.
Read a Memorial to the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treas
ury ; Desiring their Directions for issuing out of the Exchequer the sum
of twelve thousand Pounds granted to his Majesty in the last Session of
Parliament for the further settling and improving the Colony of Georgia
Order'd That the Secretary do sign the same.
Read and Seal'd pursuant to the Directions of the Common Council
dated May 2. 1743 a Deed for the revoking and making void a former
Deeddated Aprill 21. 1741 by Which William Stephens Esq' was appointed
President of the County of Savanah, and Henry Parker Thomas Jones / '
John Fallowfield, and Samuel Marcer the four Assistants in and for
the said County ; And for Constituting and Appointing the aforesaid
William Stephens Esq' President of the Province of Georgia and the
three Bailiffs of the Town of Savanah for the time being and Samuel
Marcer the four Assistants in and for the said Province
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Seal'd pursuant to the Directions of the Common Council dated May
2. 1743 General Instructions to the President and four Assistants of the
Province of Georgia
Seal'd pursuant to the Directions of the Common Council dated May
2 1743 Publick Instructions to the President.

420 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Seal'd pursuant to the Directions of the Common Council dated May
2 1743 Private Instructions to the President.
Seal'd pursuant to the Directions of the Common Council dated May 2
1743 a Deed Appointing John Dobell Secretary for Indian Affairs.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Deed and the aforesaid
Instructions. Read a Memorial to the Society for propagating the Gospel in Foreign
Parts Desiring an Allowance of fifty Pounds a Year for a Missionary at
Savanah. Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd to the same.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Resolved That Copies of the Oaths of Allegiance Supremacy and Abjuration,
and of the Declaration against Transubstantiation be sent over to Wil
liam Stephens Esq' with Directions that the Bailiffs do administer in the
Town Courts the same to Every Person Who accepts of any Office in
the Province
Read a Complaint of Mr James Crockatt with a Copy of Proceedings
of the Town Court at Savanah on Tuesday February 8 1742 relating to
a Cause between the said James Crockatt (by John Remington his At
torney) and Robert Vaughan, in order to recover from the said Robert
Vaughan two several Debts due on a Judgment obtain'd against the said
Vaughan on two Bonds in Charles Town South Carolina with Costs of
Suit of ten ^ Cent on the said Debts.
Order'd That a Copy of the said Complaint and Proceedings be sent to the President
in Georgia with Instructions to make an Inquiry into the said Case, and
to acquaint him that the Trustees think (as it appears to them on reading
the Proceedings) that the Bailiffs acted wrong, when the aforesaid Robert
Vaughan appear'd before them in a regular manner at the suit of the
said James Crockatt since they should have given Judgement on that Case
singly, without inquiring into other People's Demands on the said
Vaughan, and should have satisfied the Demands of the said James
Crockatt, Which Robert Vaughan allowed to be just, as well as the ten
fi Cent for Costs of suit out of the Effects of the said Vaughan
Adjourn'd.

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Queen's Square Westminster
Monday July 4th 1743
Present
M' L'apostre President.
M' Vernon
M' Laroche
M' Eyre
M' Smith
M' Digby.
The Accountant acquainted the Trustees that pursuant to the Order
of the Common Council May 2. 1743 he had applied to the Governor
and Company of the Bank of England to desire they would accept of a
Letter of Attorney from the Trustees to receive the sum of twelve thou
sand pounds granted to his Majesty in the last Session of Parliament for
the further settling and improving the Colony of Georgia, and place the
same to the Trustees Account ; And that he receiv'd for Answer that
they did not accept of Letters of Attorney in their Corporate Capacity,
but would place the said sum to the Trustees Account at the Bank when
paid in to them as usual.
Resolved That a Letter of Attorney be made out appointing the Trustees Ac
countant to receive the said sum of twelve thousand Pounds ; And that
it be deposited in the hands of Henry L'apostre Esq' One of the Com
mon Council untill the same is paid at the Exchequer ; And that M'
L'apostre be desired to attend the receipt of the said Money and the
payment thereof into the Bank to be placed to the Trustees Account.
Read a Letter of Attorney Impowering the Accountant to receive the
said sum of twelve thousand Pounds.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd thereto and that the Sec
retary do countersign the same.
Which being accordingly done the said Letter of Attorney was de
liver'd to Henry L'apostre Esq' for the Purposes aforesaid.
Read an Appointment of the Rev4 M' Thomas Bosomworth to perform
all Religious and Ecclesiastical Offices in Georgia.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd thereto.

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Which was Affix'd accordingly
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Read a Petition of Thomas Sumner Carpenter Praying That, as the
Trustees have granted him the passage of six Servants, his Daughter
may be included in the Number ; That he may have liberty to run out
the Lands in his Grant of five hundred Acres upon any vacant River
where it shall best suit his business ; And that as he is a Carpenter and
has built two good Houses upon his Town Lots in Frederica, he may
have liberty to sell the said Lots, he being desirous to take up others
with an intent to build upon and improve the same, Which will be an
Advantage to the Town, as some are willing to buy Houses ready built,
but do not care to build themselves ; And likewise Praying that as he
has serv'd in the Office of Tythingman three Years and has had no con
sideration for the same, a Debt of twelve pounds or thereabouts, which
he stands charg'd with in the Store Books at Frederica for Provisions,
Which he had upon his first Arrival, may be remitted.
Resolved That the said Petition be refer'd to the Consideration of the Common
Council.Order'd That a Letter be sent to M' Stephens to acquaint him, lest he should
understand the Letter dated June 1743 relating to the Cause between
James Crockatt and Robert Vaughan to be a peremptory Order to pro
ceed to find Execution upon the said Vaughan's Effects, that the Trustees
desire he will in the first place transmit to them the Proceedings of the
Town Court upon the said Cause, that they may form a Judgement thereon
and send their Directions accordingly. Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 423
Queen's Square Westminster
Tuesday July 19'b 1743.
Present.
D' Hales President
M' L'apostre
M' Smith
Earl of Egmont
M' Percival.
Read a Letter from Thomas Hill Esq' Secretary to the Lords Com
missioners for Trade and Plantations dated July 14. 1743, with Abstracts
of several Papers relating to M' William Sterling Military Officer in the
Service of the Government of South Carolina, his being detain'd and
imprison'd in the Province of Georgia ; Which Abstracts their Lordships
had order'd to be laid before the Trustees for their Directions therein.
Order'd That a Letter be sent to William Stephens Esq' President of the
Province with Directions that he and the Assistants do make an Inquiry
into the Case of the said William Sterling ; That if he is confin'd by
Virtue of any Process issuing out of Any of the Courts of Justice in the
Province for any Cause cognizable in those Courts, The particular Court,
where such Cause ought to be hired, do proceed forthwith to hear and
determine the same, And if he is kept in confinement in the said Prov
ince by force, that they do take care that the proper Magistrates do
grant him an Habeas Corpus, and proceed thereupon according to Law.
Order'd That the Secretary do write a Letter to Thomas Hill Esq', and desire
him to acquaint the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations with
the Orders given by the Trustees relating to William Sterling ; And re
turn at the same time the Abstracts laid before them by their Lordships
Orders. Read a Petition of Michael Wilson Freeholder of Frederica in Geor
gia, Setting forth, That being invited by his Friends to come over to
England with his Wife, he had dispos'd of his Town Lot together with
his One Acre Farm Lot to Upheame Campbell and her Heirs for ever for
a certain Sum of Money ; And praying the Trustees to confirm the same.

424| COLONIAL RECORDS.
Resolved
That the said Petition be refer'd to the Consideration of the Common
Council. Read an Assignment of a Town Lot in Frederica to Capt George
Dunbar of Gen1 Oglethorpe's Regiment by John Provost of New York
in America Merchant Heir of David Provost, Who had purchas'd said
Lot of Elisha Dobree for the term of his Natural Life.
Resolved That the same be recommended to the Consideration of the Common
Council. Adjourn'd.

Queen's Square Westminster
Tuesday September 6,b 1743
Present
M' Smith President
M' L'apostre
M' Percival
M' Thomas Tower
M' Henry Archer
M' Digby
M' Vernon
Read a Petition of Joseph Watson, Setting forth that he had settled
and improved one hundred Acres of Land at Yamacraw Bluff, called
Watson's Store ; Five hundred Acres of Land adjoining to the Indian
Lands call'd Grantham Town with the perpetual Bailiffship, And abutted
on the North by the Trust Lot adjoining to M's Musgraves five hundred
Acres, on the East by the River Savanah, on the South and West by
Lands not granted to any Body at the time the said Watson left the
Colony ; And That he had also settled and improved one half of the Trust
Lot adjoining ; And therefore the said Watson Prays to have his Title to
the said Lands confirm'd in Fee Simple.
Joseph Watson being call'd in to explain his several Claims to the said
Lands, represented that the Five hundred Acres had been survey'd and
Register'd for him in Georgia ; That the half of the Trust Lot waB two
hundred and fifty Acres Which he desir'd to hold on a Lease as Church
Lands are held for twenty One Years, renewable at the end thereof for
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Which the Premises shall be then let for, or valued at, according to the
improvements made in that Term, in lieu of a Quit Rent ; And that the
One hundred Acres at Yamacraw Bluff were Part of the Lands reserv'd
to the Indians and given to him by them.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council of the Trustees to
grant the said five hundred Acres of Land above Describ'd, as Survey'd
and Register'd in Georgia to the said Joseph Watson in Fee Simple, Pro
vided it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Trustees, that no Other
Person has a legal Right thereto.
Resolved That it be also recommended to the Common Council to grant a Lease
to the said Joseph Watson of the aforesaid two hundred and fifty Acres
of Land, Adjoining to the said five hundred Acres, for the Abovemen-
tion'd Term and Consideration as he proposes to hold the same.
Read a Memorial from M' John Thomas Engineer, employ'd as a Sub
Engineer in Georgia on the Works under the late Captn John Thomas
Engineer ; Setting forth, That on his Arrival in England from Georgia
in the Year 1740 ; He was employ'd to draw for the Trust Some Plans,
And the Plans and Profils of the several different Fortifications Design'd
by the late Captain John Thomas for the Defence of Georgia, With the
Surveys of those Islands for Which they were intended to be in one com-
pleat Plan ; But that the Memorialist being appointed One of the En
gineers to attend the Expedition to the West Indies, he recommended
M' Lexry to compleat the said Plan, Who agreed to do it for the sum of
twelve Guineas, but dying abroad the same remain'd Unfinish'd till the
Memorialist's Return from the West Indies, Who having now compleated
the same, offers this Work for the Acceptance of the Trust as a Mark of
his Zeal and Integrity for his Majesty's Service, and his Good Wishes for
the Prosperity of Georgia. And M' Thomas being called in presented the
said Plan.
Resolved That it be refer'd to the Committee of Accounts to consider what may
be a proper Allowance to be made to M' Thomas for his trouble in com-
pleating the said Plan, and to propose the same to the Common Council
Read a Letter from the Rev4 M' Bubjenler in favour of the Rev4 Mr
Drieslen going to Frederica in Georgia in order to instruct the Germans
(sic)
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426 COLONIAL RECORDS.
a Clergyman's Habit and some Books and Other Necessaries for his De
parture.Resolved That the same be refer'd to the Committee of Accounts to consider
What sum may be necessary and propose the same to the Common
Council. Adjourn'd.

Queen's Square Westminster
Friday September 9"1 1743
4 Present
M' L'apostre President.
S' William Heathcote
M' Digby
M' Henry Archer
M' Percival
M' Smith.
Read a Petition of Joseph Watson Desiring to have the Indian Trade
at Yamacraw granted him for three Years and four Months being the
Time he was debarr'd following it ; And that the Magistrates of Savanah
may have Directions not to oppose his rebuilding his Storehouse and fenc
ing in his Lands at Yamacraw Bluff, And that as there is an Account
open between him and the Store for Goods Deliver'd to the Storekeeper,
he may have a Copy of such Account in order to transmit it to the
Trustees. The said M' Joseph Watson, being called in, was Acquainted, that
M' William Stephens was a Commissioner for Licensing Persons to trade
with the Indians from Year to Year ; And that the Trustees would rec
ommend him to M' Stephens for a License to trade with the Indians at
Yamacraw ; And that in case Any Objections should be made thereto by
M' Stephens, he should send over such Objections to the Trustees for
their Consideration
Resolved That M' Joseph Watson be recommended to M' Stephens for a License
to trade with the Indians, and that M' Stephens do take care that a Copy
of his Account with the Trust Store be deliver'd to him, And that An
other Copy thereof be sent to the Trustees
Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 427
Queen's Square Westminster
Friday September 234 1743.
Present
M' Eyre President
Mr Vernon
M' Percival
M' L'apostre
M' Smith
Read a Memorial from the Trustees to the Lords Commissioners of his
Majesty's Treasury, Setting forth their Application of the tenth of June
last for issuing the Sum of twelve thousand Pounds granted to his Maj
esty in the last Session of Parliament for the further Settling and improv
ing the Colony of Georgia; And that in pursuance thereof a Warrant
was prepared and sign'd by the Lords Justices the twenty second of the
said Month ; But that for want of a Letter for the said Issue, the Trus
tees could not receive the said Sum : And therefore Praying their Lord
ships to such Letter to the Auditor of his Majesty's Exchequer, to enable
(sic)
the Trustees to receive the said sum of twelve thousand Pounds.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Memorial
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary be immediately sent for to London to countersign,
present, and solicit the same.
Read a Memorial from M' Andrew Duche dated the ninth Instant, Set
ting forth, that in the Year 1735 he begun to make a Settlement at New
Windsor in South Carolina, and carried the same on till July 1736 When
M' Roger Lacy Agent from Georgia to the Cherokee Indians arrived at
New Windsor in his way to the said Indians; Who, having been in
form'd of the Trade and Manufactury propos'd to be carried on by the
said Duche, the said Lacey came to him, and persuaded him to go to Sa
vanah to M' Oglethorpe, Who would give him all reasonable Encourage
ment; And to remove all Duche's Objections, he assured him, That the
Trustees had promis'd him the said Lacey before he left England, That
the Tenures of the Lands should be alter'd to Fee Simple ; And that the
Use of Negroes should be allowed to the Inhabitants : Which inducing

428 COLONIAL RECORDS.
the Memorialist to go to Savanah, and wait on M' Oglethorpe, He
promis'd him all the Assistance in his power, with money to enable him
to carry on his Manufactury ; and Land in whatever Part of Georgia he
thought proper, And agreed immediately to furnish him with Bills, and
Cash for two hundred Pounds ; Which on Duche's representation, that
he could not do with less than two hundred and thirty Pounds ; M' Ogle
thorpe Order'd M' Causton to let him have two hundred and thirty Pounds
and a Lot in Savanah, and order'd Duche to set about his Building, and
Manufactury with the utmost Expedition ; But the Memorialist sets forth,
that the said Sum was paid in Provisions, or Goods, and only four Pounds
of it in Cash ; And that, notwithstanding this, he compleated his Pot
works in the Year 1738. That in July 1741 he applied to General Ogle
thorpe to be assisted with Cash to come to England, Who wrote to
M' William Stephens and M' Thomas Jones to advance him fifty Pounds,
Which they refus'd ; But that he still declared his resolution to go to
England, Whenever he was able to defray the Expence ; And that soon
after a Sloop for Bermudas offering, Duche pack'd up several Casks of
his Earthern Ware, and put them on board, and followed himself; No
Person offering to stop, hinder, or molest him ; And the said Sloop fall
ing down to Cockspur Island, a few hours after She came to an Anchor
there, A Boatfull of armed Men boarded her, commanded by the Keeper
of the Loghouse at Savanah, Who immediately laid hold on Duche as his
Prisoner, by Virtue of a Warrant from M' Henry Parker, and M' Charles
Watson (a Copy whereof was annex'd to the said Memorial) And he fur
ther sets forth, that he was carried to Savanah to M' Stephens's House,
Who acquainted him, that he had receiv'd information of his Intention
to desert the Colony ; And that the Magistrates, Who were then present,
told him, he must find Bail in four hundred Pounds, which he stood in
debted to the Trustees, And that otherwise they must commit him to
Prison, there to lye, till the Trustees pleasure should be known ; And
Duche then represents his Answers, and the further Proceedings untill
his own Bond for the said sum of four hundred Pounds was taken ; And
that in February last, he being permitted to go to Frederica, General
Oglethorpe allowed him a Passage in a Sloop of his going to Virginia ;
And that he arrived in London the 26'b of last May, And till now has
had no Opportunity of presenting the said Memorial.
To this the following Queries were Annex'd.
Is* Whether Persons in Georgia that have receiv'd of the Publick Money
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on in clearing and cultivating the Lands assign'd them, or for carrying
on Manufacturies in the Colony, are to be distress'd and imprison'd for
the Money so receiv'd and Applied ?
2ly If, after the aforesaid Persons have with much time and labour, to
gether with the said Money spent in cultivating their Lands, or in set
ting up Manufacturies, and Buildings' thereto ; And after repeated
Trials, find no Profit thereby, but instead thereof an Apparent Loss ; and
shall thereupon determine to leave the Colony, notwithstanding they are
forced to leave all their Lands and Building behind them, they being re-
strain'd by the Tenures from selling the same ; Whether in that Case the
Magistrates or Other Officers appointed by the Trustees are to arrest and
prevent their going out of the Colony ?
3ly Can the Trustees arrest or cause to be arrested and imprison'd any
Person or Persons for the Publick Money they have receiv'd of them, or
of their Officers or Agents ; And at the same time refuse to accept of, or
allow them to sell their Lands, and Improvements, the only Means they
may have to repay them ?
4*blJ Suppose Persons were allowed to sell their Lands and Improve
ments, and should not be able to find Purchasers, that would give them
one fourth of the publick Money, which they may have expended there
on, or could even get no One to buy them at any Price, therefore obliged
to quit their Lands and Improvements to the Trustees ; Could the Trus
tees in that Case arrest and oblige such Persons to give Security for the
payment of the Money, they had expended on the aforesaid Lands ?
Which Queries the said Duche desired to be laid before the Trustees,
in hopes that they will favour him with an Answer to Each of them in
writing. Whereupon the Trustees order'd the said Andrew Duche to be called
in, But he not Attending.
Resolved That a Copy of the said Memorial be sent to the President and Assist
ants in Georgia to examine into and send their Answer to the Trustees ;
And that the Secretary do acquaint M' Duche therewith, And that a
strict Inquiry will be made into the Conduct of the Magistrates in Geor
gia, and the several Matters complain'd of by him ; And likewise into
the Accounts between him and the Trustees, in order to do justice in the
best manner they are able ; And that he will receive a further Answer,
as soon as it has been duly consider'd.
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he would give the Padlock key of the Chest in his Custody to M' Eyre ;
Which he accordingly did, the other Padlock key thereof remaining in
M' L'apostre's Custody. Adjourn'd.

Queen's Square Westminster
Monday October 10*b 1743
Present
M' Tracy President.
General Oglethorpe
M' L'apostre
M' Smith
M' Anderson
The Secretary acquainted the Trustees that he had attended the Lords
Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury with the Memorial order'd at the
last Board, And That, in pursuance thereof, their Lordships had order'd
a Letter to be sent to the Auditor of the Exchequer for issuing the sum
of twelve thousand Pounds granted in the last Session of Parliament out
of the Supplies for the Year 1743 to be Applied for the further settling
and improving the Colony of Georgia.
M' L'apostre acquainted the Trustees that he had attended at the Ex
chequer for the receipt of the said Sum of twelve thousand Pounds,
Which was receiv'd pursuant to the Trustees Letter of Attorney o' Satur
day the 8*b Instant, and the same day paid into the Bank of England,
and plac'd to the Account of the Trustees. Vizt £
Net Money arising from the said Issue .... 11692. 2. 6
Fees at the Treasury remitted  7. 3. 6.
D° at the Pells  45. 7. 0.
D° at the Auditor of the Receipt  75. 7. 0.
D° at the Teller's Office  180. 0. 0.
£12000 0. 0
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank for the said Sum of twelve thou
sand Pounds.
Order'd That the said Receipt be filed, and put into the Iron Chest.

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M' L'apostre likewise acquainted the Board, that he has undertaken to
the Teller of the Exchequer to obtain a Letter for remitting the six
pence in the pound for the Civil List on the said Sum of twelve thousand
Pounds, or to answer the same.
Resolv'd That a Memorial be presented to the Lords Commissioners of his
Majesty's Treasury for their Directions as usual to the Officers of the
Exchequer to remit the Six pence in the Pound for the Civil List on the
said Sum of twelve thousand Pounds.
The said Memorial being prepared and Approv'd of.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd thereto.
Which being Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Order'd That the Secretary do present and sollicit the same on the next
Treasury Board Day. Adjourn'd.

Queen's Square Westminster
Wednesday October 12'" 1743
Present
M' Vernon President
M' Eyre
M' Tracy
M' L'apostre
D' Hales
M' Smith.
Read a Petition of William Stephens Esq' setting forth that the Re
version of his Grant of Lands in Georgia bearing Date Aprill 27th 1737
stands limited to his third Son Thomas Stephens and the Heirs Male of
his Body with several Remainders over in case of failure of Issue Male
of the said Thomas ; And Whereas the Petitioner at the time of the said
Grant being made, was desirous that the Reversion of the Premises
might stand limited to his said Son Thomas, from his willingness to go
with the Petitioner, and settle in the said Colony, and from his having

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also executed a Counterpart of the said Indenture, thereby binding him
self to the performance of the several Covenants, and Conditions therein
particularly Specified ; But the said Thomas Stephens being regardless
both of his Duty, and Engagements, has obstinately forsaken the Peti
tioner and the Colony, And thereby has put it out of his power to per
form any of the Conditions or Covenants in the said Grant, on his Part
to be perform'd.
Therefore the Petitioner humbly hopes that the Trustees will accept of
the surrender of the said Grant and Lands therein comprised ; And will
regrant the same to him for his Life with the Reversion and Inheritance
thereof to his Son Newdigate Stephens and the Heirs of his Body ; In
Default of such Issue Remainder to the Heirs of Benedict Ball by Eliza
beth his Wife (Daughter of the Petitioner) And the Heirs of their
Bodies respectively ; And in Default thereof Remainder to the right
Heirs of the Petitioner for ever.
Receiv'd and Read M' William Stephens's Surrender of his former
Grant bearing Date Aprill 27*b 1737.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council to regrant the said
Lands to Mr William Stephens in the mannner desired by the Petition.
M' Eyre deliver'd the key of the Chest to M' Vernon
Adjourn'd.

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Queen's Square Westminster
Monday December 5'" 1743
Present
D' Hales President.
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon
M' Chandler
S' John Philipps
8' John Barrington
Mr Digby
M' Tuffnel
M' Smith
M' Laroche
Earl of Egmont
M' Burton
Gen1 Oglethorpe
M' Holland.
The Accountant acquainted the Board that Francis Fane Esq' Council
to the Lord Commissioners for Trade and Plantations had inform'd him,
that he had consider'd the Three Acts prepared by the Trustees Intitled
as follows. Vizt.
An Act to repeal so much of an Act made in the Eighth Year of his
present Majesty, Intitled An Act to prevent the Importation and Use of
Rum and Brandies in the Province of Georgia as Prohibits the Importa
tion of Rum into the said Province from the other British Colonies
An Act for the better Regulation of Publick Houses and Retailers of
Rum in the Province of Georgia and for suppressing the odious and
loathsome Sin of Drunkenness.
And An Act for Establishing the Tenures of Lands in the Province
of Georgia and reducing the Quit Rents.
Which Acts were refer'd by the Lords for Trade to him for his Opinion
thereon. And that he had no Objection to the two first mention'd Acts ;
But he had an Objection to the last from its having two different Ten
ures of Lands in the same Province ; And he was therefore of Opinion,
that it would be proper to withdraw the last mention'd Act, And pre
pare a New One of one Tenure and with the most effectual Expedients
for promoting Cultivation, and preventing Monopolies.
[28 c. c, v. i.]

434 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Resolved That the Account do wait on M' Fane to receive the said Act in
order to its being further consider'd by the Trustees.
Captain Joseph1 Campbell of the Carolina Galley attended and ac
quainted the Board (upon Examination) that he had receiv'd a Box from
M' William Hopton at Charles Town South Carolina consign'd to the
Trust, for Which he sign'd a Bill of Lading August 19"1 1743. (which
Bill of Lading had been transmitted to the Trustees by M' Hopton) And
that he sail'd from thence August 25'b 1743 And that about three Days
after he sail'd he discover'd that he had left the said Box behind him in
M' Hume's Warehouse. That Capt. Breading of the Britannia
(sic)
has lately told him on the Exchange, that he receiv'd the said Box at M'
Humes's Warehouse in order to bring it over to the Trust, and that his
Ship (the Britannia) in which was the Box, was taken by the Spaniards.
That the said Box was two foot long, one foot broad and half a foot
Deep. The said Capt. Campbell offering to bring Capt. Breading to the
Trustees to give his Account of the Box.
Resolved That Saturday next being the 10"1 Instant at twelve o'Clock there be a
Meeting of the Trustees for the Examination of the said Captain Camp
bell and Captain Breading.
D' Thomas Hawkins attending with several Papers.
Order'd That the said Thomas Hawkins do make an Inventory of such Papers
as he has ready to lay before the Trust, and Copies of such Letters as he
has sent at different times to the Trustees, and lay the said Inventory
and Copies before the Board. Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 435

Queen's Square Westminster
Saturday December 10th 1743
Present
M' Smith President
8' John Philipps
Sr John Barrington
M' Vernon
M' Digby
M' Chandler
Mr Laroche
M' Tuffnel
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Calthrope
Gen1 Oglethorpe
M' Holland
M' Thos Tower.
M' Thomas Hawkins attended and Deliver'd in a Paper Intitled. A
(sic)
State of Frederica in Georgia the 25'b of June 1743. But saying, that it
was not compleat, The same was return'd to him to be made perfect, and
laid before the Trustees again.
Whereas Capt. Joseph Campbell and Capt. Andrew Breading have
neglected their Attendance at the Board this day in order to be examin'd
in relation to the Box of Letters and Papers, consign'd to the Trust by
M' William Hopton of Charles Town South Carolina, for Which Capt.
Joseph Campbell sign'd a Bill of Lading August 19'b 1743. and says that
three Days after his sailing from Charles Town (Which was August 25th
1743) he discover'd that he had left the said Box behind him, thro' for-
getfullness, in M' Hume's Warehouse And that Capt. Andrew Breading
(sic)
of the Britannia has lately inform'd him the said Campbell, that he re
ceiv'd the aforesaid Box at M' Hume's Warehouse in order to bring it to
England. And that his Ship in which was the said Box was taken by
the Spaniards ; And the said Capt. Campbell having offer'd at the last
Board to bring Capt. Breading on this day to the Trustees to give an Ac
count of the said Box being receiv'd by him ; Which he has not done,
nor sent any Reason for not doing.
The Trustees therefore Apprehending that the said Box of Letters and

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Papers may contain some Plans and Descriptions of the Colony, Which
may be made use of by the Spaniards to the great Danger of the Colony
and the Prejudice of the Publick.
Order'd That the Secretary do draw up a State of the said Case and lay it be
fore the Attorney General for his Opinion in what manner the Trustees
may proceed in order to oblige the said Captains to give a true Account
of their Proceedings in relation to the said Box.
Order'd That a State be drawn up of the Evidence in relation to Alexander
Paris of Charles Town South Carolina, (son to the late Treasurer of the
said Province) his Pilotting the Spaniards into the Harbours of Georgia
at the late Invasion, and his Reception afterwards at Charles Town ; And
that the said Case be laid before the Attorney General for his Opinion,
Whether the said Alexander Paris may not be oblig'd to come over to
England, and in what manner, to answer to the said Evidence.
Adjourn'd.

Queen's Square Westminster
Monday December 19'b 1743
Present
Mr Chandler President.
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' Eyre
M' Laroche
M' Holland
M' Smith
M' L'apostre
Earl of Shaftesbury
S' John Barrington
M' Percival
M' Tuffnel
The Accountant acquainted the Trustees that pursuant to M' Fane's
Advice^he had waited on Col. Bladen in relation to the Trustees with
drawing the Act for Establishing the Tenures of Lands in Georgia and

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reducing the Quit Rents thereof in order to prepare a new Act to be laid
before the King in Council ; And That Col Bladen was of Opinion, That
as the said Act was by the King in Council refer'd to the Lords of the
Committee of Council, and by them to the Lords for Trade ; The New
One would be proper to be laid before the King in Council at the same
time that the Other should be requested to be withdrawn.
Resolved That it be refer'd to M' Chandler M' Eyre M' Henry Archer Mr
Thomas Tower S' John Philipps M' Holland M' Bathurst M' Hume
Campbell, and M' Wright to prepare a new Act for Establishing the
Tenures of Lands in Georgia and for reducing the Quit Rents thereof.
Capt. Joseph Campbell and Capt Andrew Breading attending They
were call'd in and examin'd in relation to a Box of Letters and Papers
consign'd to the Trustees by William Stephens Esq' And for Which Capt
Campbell says that he sign'd a Bill of Lading to M' Hopton of Charles
Town South Carolina, but alledges that he left the said Box thro' forget-
fullness in M' Hume's Store.
Capt. Andrew Breading says, That he receiv'd the aforesaid Box from
M' Hopton at Charles Town after Captain Campbell's sailing from thence.
That he sign'd three Bills of Lading for the same, One of Which Bills
he believes to have been on board the Florimel taken by the Spaniards,
and another on board Capt. Butler, the name of whose Ship he do's not
remember. Capt. Breading further says That he was taken October 19th
1743 by the Spaniards in the Latitude of 49 40 nine Leagues from Scilly.
That When he receiv'd the Box from M' Hopton, he ask'd What he
should do in case of his being taken by the Spaniards, and whether he
should throw the Box overboard, On Which Mr Hopton said that he had
no Instructions about it, and gave him no Orders. That the Box was a
light one and was about two feet long and one foot broad That his Ship
when taken was carried into Audierne in France. And the said Captain
offers to go over to Audierne and use his utmost Endeavours to find the
aforesaid Box and bring it over to the Trustees.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council as the Opinion of the
Trustees that the said Capt. Breading should be engag'd to go over im
mediately to Audierne, and use his Endeavours to recover the said Box
as it may contain some Plans and Descriptions of the Country, the Dis
covery of Which by the Spaniards may be dangerous to the Colony and
prejudicial to the Publick.

438 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Read a Letter from M' Thomas Eyre setting forth That having been
employ'd by the Trustees as their Agent among the Cherokee Indians, his
Duty leads him to return thanks for the Credit which was allow'd him
upon that Occasion ; And as that Service gave him an Opportunity of
seeing a great Deal of the Country, he begs leave to present to the Trus
tees a Journal which he kept, and a Map of the Colony of Georgia Drawn
from his own Observations, and the report of the Natives, And likewise
a Plan of the Town of Frederica Done from an actual Survey during his
residence there ; And if the Trustees think him capable of giving any
Satisfaction in relation to the Colony, he will be ready to attend when
ever they please.
M' Eyre being call'd in receiv'd the thanks of the Trustees for the same,
and was told that the Trustees will appoint a Day when they will desire
his Attendance.
M' Thomas Jones attended and deliver'd in a List of the People at Sa
vanah June Is' 1743 made out by him since his coming to England, and
of the Number of People in the Northern Part of the Province.
M' Thomas Hawkins attended and deliver'd in a State of the Town of
Frederica, and a Claim of several sums of Money due from the Trust to
him. Resolved That M' Haw kins's Claim be refer'd to the Committee of Accounts.
Resolved That a Committee be appointed to consider the State of the Colony ;
And That all the Gentlemen of the Common Council be the said Com
mittee ; Any three to be a Quorum.
Resolved That Mr Eyre's Letter Journal and Map, M' Thomas Jones List of the
People of Savanah and Account of the People in the Northern Part, and
M' Hawkins's State of Frederica be refer'd to the said Committee
Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 439

Queen's Square Westminster.
Monday January 16. 174$
Present
Sr John Barrington President.
Earl of Egmont
Gen1 Oglethorpe
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon
M' Chandler
M' Laroche
M' Digby
M' Percival
M' Tuffnel
M' Smith.
Capt. Andrew Breading attended and deliver'd the Box of Letters and
Papers Mark'd C G. Which he was sent over to Audierne to recover out
of his Ship the Britannia taken by the Spaniards, And he gave an Ac
count of his Proceedings in recovering the same.
Resolved That Capt. Breading be desired to deliver in a Narrative of the Meas
ures which he took to get the said Box, And his Proceedings from the
time of his setting out till his bringing it home, And to sign the said
Narrative Resolved That M' Laroche be desired to write to Captain Gribble of the Dol
phin Brigantine at Bideford and desire him to send an Account of his
bringing over Capt Andrew Breading from Morlaix, and the manner of
his receiving the aforesaid Box from him
The Box was then open'd in Which were contain'd
A Copy of a Letter from M' W" Stephens to M' Verelst dated June
20'b 1743
A Copy of a Letter from Wm Stephens to M' Verelst dated July 18'"
1743
A Copy of a Schedule of Papers sent to the Trustees July 18'b 1743
The Journal Continued from June 19'a 1743 Inclusive to August 9tk
1743 Exclusive in four Sheets.
An Account of Sola Bills Issued and Paid in June 1743.

440 COLONIAL RECORDS.
An Account of Sola Bills Issued and Paid in July 1743.
An Account of the Proceedings of the President and Assistants from 3 18'
May to 27*b July 1743.
An Account of Lots bought and Sold August 8th 1743.
A Letter from Wm Stephens to the Trustees August 10*b 1743
A Letter from Wm Stephens to Gen1 Oglethorpe dated August 9*b 1743
with Copies of Sundry Depositions
A Letter from Wm Stephens to M' Verelst August 10*b with Copies of
the aforesaid Depositions.
A Plan of M' Avery's Survey of the Towns of Vernonburgh and Acton.
Resolved That the said Papers and Letters be refer'd to the Committees of Cor
respondence and Accounts.
There was likewise in the said Box about twenty Pounds weight of
Raw Silk.
M' John Joachim Zubli presented a Paper sign'd by Several of the In
habitants of Vernonburgh and the Villages Adjacent, Address'd to the
Trustees Dated Savanah February 6'b 174f Desiring a Minister of Cal-
vinistical Principles to be sent to them ; And recommending the said
Rev4 John Joachim Zubli of S* Gall in Switzerland (Son of David
Zubli of Purisburgh in South Carolina) for the said Purpose.
The Earl of Egmont laid before the Trustees a Letter from M' Her
cules de Beaufain Dated Charles Town October 10tb 1743 to his Lord
ship, giving an Account of a Silver Mine Discover'd in the Nation of
Cherokee Indians ; And of the Proceedings of the Governor and Assem
bly of South Carolina relating thereto ; And of Persons Applying by
Petition to the King for a Grant of the Lands where the Mine is, and
their having purchas'd the said Lands of the Indians ; And that the said
Mine is Southward of several Branches of the River Savanah.
His Lordship likewise laid before the Board an Abstract of a Letter
from M' Robert Williams relating to the said Mine.
General Oglethorpe laid before the Trustees the Copy of a Petition
from the Assembly of South Carolina to the King, transmitted to M'
Oglethorpe from the Committee of Correspondence of the said Assembly,
relating to the said Mine ; And setting forth That the Agriculture of
the said Province, and the Plantations must suffer greatly by the Inhab
itants resorting to the said Mine.
General Oglethorpe likewise laid before the Trustees a Deposition of
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South Carolina That the first Piece of Oar that produced Silver was
shewn to him by M' Kelly, And says he has enter'd into Articles with
the said Kelly Who is One of the Company for working the said Mine.
The Clause of the Charter Wherein the King grants to the Trustees
all Mines in the Colony of Georgia as well Royal as Others was then
Read. Order'd That the Secretary do enter at the proper Offices in the Name of the
Trustees a Caveat against any Grant being made of the said Mine to
any particular Persons before the Trustees are heard thereupon.
Adjourn'd.

Queen's Square Westminster
Monday January 23. 174f
Present
General Oglethorpe President
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
S' William Heathcote
M' Laroche
M' Tuffnel
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Calthrope
M' Holland
M' Smith
M' Vernon acquainted the Trustees that he had desired the Revd D'
Wilson to preach the Anniversary Sermon before them, Who declin'd it,
but said he would speak to the Revd Arch Deacon Hayter to do it.
Read an Extract of a Letter from Captain William Woodrofe of
Charles Town South Carolina to Capt. Alexander Heron, Acquainting
him of the Silver Mine lately Discover'd and that the said Mine is with
in the Province of Georgia.
Captain Andrew Breading attended and deliver'd in a Narrative
dated this twenty third Day of January 174$ sign'd by himself, giving
an Account of his Proceedings in recovering a Box of Papers relating to
the Colony of Georgia Which had fallen into the Enemies hands ; and
Deliver'd in a Receipt of the Captain of the Vessel Who carried him

442 COLONIAL RECORDS.
from the Me of Wight to Morlaix for ten Pounds ten Shilling 'for his
Passage. Dated Morlaix Dec' 28'h 1743. Sign'd Haeley Hoskins.
Resolved That the said Narrative and Receipt be refer'd to the Committee of
Accounts Who are to meet on Monday next January 30tb- And that
the said Committee do consider and report to the Common Council What
Reward may be proper to give the said Captain for his Trouble.
M' George Whitefield Attended and deliver'd in an Account of the
Money receiv'd by him and M' Habersham for the building of the
Church, and the Disbursements made by them on that Account.
Resolved That the same be refer'd to the Committee of Accounts.
The Rev4 M' Zoubli attended and being ask'd What he demanded of
the Trustees for going to reside as Minister at Vernonburgh and Acton
in the Province of Georgia, he propos'd fifty Pounds ^> Annum ; And
his Expences of going thither and of coming from Switzerland. And
then he withdrew.
Resolved. That M' Zoubli be acquainted that the Trustees cannot Agree to his
Proposals Adjourn'd.

Queen's Square Westminster
Monday January 30th 174$
Present
M' Vernon President
M' Eyre
S' William Heathcote
M' Burton
M' Digby
General Oglethorpe
S'John Philipps
S' John Barrington
M' Holland
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Percival
M' Smith

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Read a Letter from the Revd Mr Smith that D' Wilson has eugag'
the Rev4 M' Bruce Preacher at Somerset House to preach the Anni
versary Sermon before the Trustees.
Resolved That the Rector of S' Margaret's Church at Westminster be desired
to permit the Anniversary Sermon to be preached at the said Church,
And that Notice thereof be sent to the Rector of S' Bride's.
Order'd That the Secretary and Accountant do prepare the Necessary Letter
to M' Stephens.
Order'd That the Secretary do examine and take down in Writing the Re
ports of the Several Persons lately arriv'd from the Colony of Georgia in
relation to the State of it, and lay the Examinations before the Trustees.
The Secretary acquainted the Board That pursuant to their Order he
had enter'd in Each of the Secretary's of State's Offices a Caveat against
the passing of a Grant to any particular Persons of the Silver Mines said
to be discover'd in South Carolina, in the following Words Viz'
The Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America
understanding that an Application has been, or is design'd to be made
by Certain Persons in a Petition to his Majesty for a Grant of a Silver
Mine said to be discover'd in South Carolina ; And the said Trustees
having great reason to believe (if there is such a Mine) that it is within
the Province of Georgia, They having receiv'd Information that it is in
the midst of the Nation of Cherokee Indians, and is Southward of one
or more Branches of the River Savanah ; And his Majesty having been
graciously pleas'd by his Royal Charter to the Trustees for Establishing
the Colony of Georgia bearing Date June 9tb 1732 to grant to them the
Territories lying and being from the most Northern Stream of the River
Savanah unto the most Southern Stream of the River Alatamaha, And
likewise to grant to them all Mines, as well Royal Mines of Gold and
Silver as Others within the said Territories.
The Trustees do therefore desire that no Grant of any Such Mine be
pass'd without previous Notice being given to the Trustees that they may
be heard thereupon in proper time.
Benj. Martyn, Sec"" to the Trustees.
Georgia Office Jan" 19th 174f
The Secretary likewise acquainted the Board that he paid a Fee of
ten Shillings at Each of the said Offices for entering the above Caveat,

444 COLONIAL RECORDS.
And that he likewise left in the hands of Thomas Hill Esq' Secretary to
the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, one of the said
Caveats but without paying any Fees for the same.
Adjourn'd.

Queen's Square Westminster
Saturday February 4'b 174$
Present
M' Eyre President
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon
S' John Philipps
M' L'apostre
M' Tuffnel
Gen1 Oglethorpe.
Read a Letter to M' Stephens drawn up by the Secretary.
Read Extracts of several Minutes in the Book of the Proceedings of
the President and Assistants relating to John Pye their Clerk's Publish
ing the Debates and Other the Transactions of that Board, and his not
attending his Office, and his Deserting the Colony upon Advice of the
Spaniards Attacking Frederica ; And that the President and Assistants
by their Minute of July 20'b 1742 had dismiss'd the said John Pye from
the Office of Clerk and by their Minute of Aprill 26tb 1743 had ap
pointed Nicholas Rigbye Clerk to the President and Assistants in the
room of John Pye
Resolved That the said Minutes be recommended to the Consideration of the
Common Council.
Order'd That M' Thomas Hawkins be summon'd to attend the Trustees on Sat
urday February 11*" at eleven o'Clock.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Consideration of the Common Council
the Appointing of one or more additional Assistants.
The Secretary laid before the Board a Certificate of the Services of
Capt. Andrew Breading in recovering the Box of Letters and Papers
out of the Ship Britannia taken by the Spaniards ; and recommending

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him to the Lords Comm'8 for Executing the Office of Lord high Admiral
of Great Britain for an Employment in his Majesty's Navy.
Order'd That the same be transcrib'd fair in order to have the Corporation Seal
Affix'd to it at the next Meeting of the Trustees.
Adjourn'd.

Queen's Square Westminster.
Saturday February ll'b 174f
Present
M' Tuffnel President.
M' Vernon
M' Eyre
M' Percival
M' Holland
Mr Smith
Gen1 Oglethorpe.
M' Digby
M' Cornewall
M' Chandler
Earl of Egmont.
Read a Testimonial of Captain Andrew Breading's Conduct in recov
ering a Box of Letters and Papers out of the Ship Britannia taken by
the Spaniards and carried into a French Port, and Recommending the
said Capt. Breading to the Lords Commissioners for Executing the Office
of Lord high Admiral of Great Britain for an Employment in his
Majesty's Navy.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd thereto.
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Receiv'd a Paper under the hand and Seal of Henry Archer Esq'
Dated January 28'b 1743 containing his Resignation of the Office of
Common Council Man of the Trust.
Lieutenant Col Alexander Heron of Gen1 Oglethorpe's Regiment At
tending the Board, and being Examin'd in relation to the State of the

446 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Island of S' Simons and the Southward Part of the Province of Georgia
says. That the Land of the said Island has a mixture of sand in it, but
is fertile enough. That he has been at Virginia, South and North Caro
lina, and Other Parts of America, and that he has seen at Frederica on
S' Simon's Island as good Indian Corn Pease Beans Cabbages Turnips
Carrots Onions and Other Garden Stuff as at any of the former Places,
And that the Soil is good for any sort of Garden Stuff. That Soldiers
by their Planting have made three times more than their Pay on One or
tw© Acres of Land. That five Acres of his own were cultivated by the
labour of One Man (a Soldier) two or three days in the Week. That
Daniel Mackullan and Archibald Wright two of the Soldiers have to
gether rais'd about fifty pounds Value a Year on their Plantation by
joint labour, Poultry and Other things included. That he has often seen
Capt. Carr's Plantation, and never saw so fine a One in all Virginia
That William Ruff, Who lives at the said Plantation, produced last Year
a barrel of tobacco as good as any in Virginia, Which was purchas'd for
the Regiment. That the Palatines on the German Village on S* Simon's
(being six or Seven Families) have no other Dependance but the Pro
duce of their Lands. That They raise sufficient for their Support.
That he has often bought of them Pease, Sallading, Fowls and Other
Things. That Widows among these Palatines have supported themselves
and Families on their Plantations, but that he do's not know any except
them Who support themselves only by Planting. That there are con
siderable Numbers of Cattle Hogs and Poultry, and great plenty of Fish
both Sea and River fish : That he thinks People may maintain them
selves very well by Planting if they will be industrious. That there is
great plenty of Bees on the Island, and he has seen Walker's hives of
them which are very numerous. That the Water of the Island is very
good, is about six feet under the surface of the Land and is not at all
brackish, and that the Town of Frederica is supplied from two Wells.
That on the Island there is a Ridge of Land about two hundred Yards
from the Sea cover'd with Live Oak about a Mile in length, and a Pond
of fresh Water betwixt that and Another Ridge.
Captain George Dunbar of Gen1 Oglethorpe's Regiment Attending the
Board being likewise Examin'd Says. That the Land of S' Simon's is as
good as any in North America. That  Ragless One of the Palatines
at the German Village maintains himself and Family only by Planting
as the Other Palatines do ; That he never saw Any of them employ'd
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selves and Families by their Plantations ; But that except these Pala
tines he do's not know any Persons Who subsist themselves wholly by
planting except one Smith a Farmer of D' Hawkins's. That he has seen
Capt. Carr's Plantation Which is a very thriving one. That all sorts of
Garden Stuff grow extreamly well, and particularly Asparagus all the
year round without Dunging the Lands. That the Increase of Indian
Corn is very great. That he himself occupied one Field on S' Simons
four Years. That on three or four Acres he had fifty three Bushels of
Indian Corn cleared besides a third more at least spoil'd or lost at the
time of the Invasion. That Vines thrive extreamly well there, and he
has himself grafted European Vines on the Wild ones on the Island,
And that in one Year there have been Shoots of twenty seven feet from
the Grafting as big as his finger. That Cotton grows on the Island but
no great Quantity, and he has himself a few Stalks of it. That he has
white Mulberry trees Which grow very well, but they are not the
natural product of the Country. That he thinks Silk, Wine Oyl and
Cotton may be rais'd very well there. That he has seen very good
European Wheat at the General's Farm. That in his own Garden at
Frederica he had last year an hundred Bushels of Peaches and Nectar
ines. That they have plenty of Beef from Darien at two pence or three
pence half penny tjji pound. That Mutton is about four pence or five
pence but there is no great Number of Sheep. That the Water for
Shipping is as good at Frederica as any place, and he would never desire
better, and that the Ships water there. That no Part of S' Simons Is
land is ten feet higher than Another That Pine trees are an hundred
and thirty or forty feet high That the Live Oak trees are fifteen feet
before You come to Branches, and are sixty feet in heighth. That the
Wood on S' Simon's is chiefly Live Oak. That Walker has eighty hives
of Bees in Frederica, and that there is great plenty both of Sea and
River Fish, And One Archer in particular maintains himself and Fam
ily by fishing. And he further says, That People, if industrious, may
live very well by planting, and may work at some part of the Day in
any Part of the Year.
Capt Patrick Mackay Attending the Board and being Examin'd says
That a Man may work in the Southward Part of the Colony Eight hours
of the Day at any time of the Year, And that there is a Breeze of Wind
from the Sea from the Morning till the Evening in the hottest Days.
Lieutenant George Cadogan being Examin'd says That he has seen
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North America. That he has seen Capt. Carr's Plantation Which is
very thriving, And that he saw twelve hundred Bushels of Corn Which
were rais'd on the said Plantation in the Year of the Invasion That from
the Dutch Village about two Miles from Frederica the Town is supplied
with great Quantity of Garden Stuff. That besides the Palatines there,
One Shotz lives by Cultivation as Olner and Barber do on another Is
land about thirty Miles from S' Simon's. That he has seen many Vines
on S' Simon's and many People are now raising Vineyards.
Lieutenant Patrick Sutherland being Examin'd says. That he has
seen Capt. Carr's Plantation Which is a very thriving One, and that
Capt Carr two Years ago had fifty Acres cleared. That he has seen
many Vines and great quantity of Corn on S' Simon's.
Ensign Edmund Wansell being Examin'd says to the same purpose as
Lieutenant Patrick Sutherland
M' Rozendale being Examin'd says. That he has been six years on S'
Simon's Island, has rais'd a great deal of Indian Corn as well as Pease,
Beans, Potatoes Spanish and some English, and great plenty of Garden
Stuff of most kinds. That he knows by Experience Any Man Who will
work may live very well upon the Produce of his Lands. That there is
Plenty of fresh Beef from Darien at two pence half penny a pound.
That three four or six Beasts come from thence at a time sometimes
twice a Week or three times in a fortnight. That there is great plenty
of Poultry Swine's flesh, Venison and Fish That Vines thrive there
very well, and he has eaten good Grapes, black ones in particular.
Serjeant Hall being Examin'd says. That he had a Plantation on S'
Simon's Island, and another on Cumberland. That both Lands are
capable of producing Corn. That he has himself rais'd Corn Pease Po
tatoes, and all sorts of Garden Stuff. That he sow'd four Acres of Corn
last Year but one, and out of six Winchester quarts of Corn which he
sow'd he should have' had Seventy Bushels if his fences had not been
broken down, but he got in forty bushels. That six Grains of Corn to
an hill of six feet of Ground produce above a quart of Corn. That the
Palatines at the Dutch Village live by their Cultivation. That Seven
teen Families (of Soldiers) at Newhampton on S' Simon's would be glad
of their Discharge from their Regiment in order to live on their Culti
vation. That there are great Numbers of Orange trees at Newhampton
both of the Sevil and China kind, That he has seen D' Hawkins's Orange
trees very flourishing And that these grow best in the open Air.
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S* Simon's. That he thinks any Man may lively his planting if there
is Peace. That if he was dismiss'd from theTlegiment he could support
himself in Food and Clothing on his Plantation. That he believes the
Soldiers would be glad to be dismiss'd from their Pay to live by their
labour on their Plantations, and would live better on Plantations of four
Acres a Man than at present on their Pay. That he himself planted
four years together, and left a good Crop of Corn on the ground when
he came away. That in the third Year he believes he had on five Acres
One hundred and five Bushels of Corn. That the Water was not trouble
some to his Lot. That he has seen exceeding good^Wheat on the Island.
The Barley is good and so is the pease. That he has try'd Rice Which
was very good. That he had great Number of Fruit Trees. That the
Land mends every year by turning, especially if dress'd with Oyster
Shells. That he has made an hundred Bushels of Lime out of Oyster
Shells. That a Man can work there more days in a Year than in Scot
land, And that Clearing the Ground is Winter's Work.
James Billinghurst being Examin'd says That he has been Eight
Years in Georgia. That he was bred a Gardener. That he has been
Employ'd in Farming both at Savanah and Frederica. That on S' Si
mon's English Wheat, Buck Wheat, Barley, Rye and Oats and Every
thing that grows in England will grow. That they sow Wheat before
Christmas and reap it in May. That two Pecks and an half of Wheat
were sow'd in an Acre, And That between five and six Acres produc'd
one hundred and fifty Bushels of Wheat at the General's Farm near
Frederica. That there was afterwards a fine Crop of Barley where the
Wheat had been before. That two Acres of Barley produced about
forty Bushels. That two Acres of Buck Wheat in Ground where the
English Wheat had been produc'd rather more than the Barley. That
three Acres of Oats produc'd the first Year of Ploughing about ten
Bushels an Acre. And That three Acres of Rye produc'd the first Year
about ten Bushels an Acre. That the Vines in the Farm flourish very
much, That he planted there himself last year five thousand White
Mulberry Trees, which thrive very well, as do the Orange Trees Which
he planted two Years ago. That the Frost nips the Orange Trees at
Sav anah but not at Frederica. That the Apples at this Place are very
good. That Wine has been made at Savanah, That he has seen at Sa
vanah and other Parts of the Colony Wheat Barley and Rye. That he
believes a poor Man may live by planting only. That he may clear two
Acres in a Year, and take care of six Acres when cleared.
Adjourn'd.
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Vestry Room of S' Margaret's Westminster.
Thursday March 15'" 174|
Present
S' John Philipps Bar' President
M' Vernon
Gen1 Oglethorpe
D' Hales
M' Smith
M' Anderson.
Read a Letter from the Honbl° Alexander Hume Campbell Esq' Dated
March 9th 1743 setting forth that as his Engagements would not permit
his Accepting the Office of Common Council Man of the Trust he de
sired the Gentlemen would elect Another in his Room.
Read the Minutes of the Eleventh of last Month mentioning the Re
ceipt of a Paper sign'd by Henry Archer Esq' Dated January 28th 1743
containing his Resignation of the Office of Common Council Man of the
Trust. Then the Trustees proceeded to the Choice of two Common Council
Men in the room of M' Hume Campbell and Mr Henry Archer And
Velters Cornewall Esq' and the Honble Philip Percival Esq' were duly
Elected. The State of the Accounts and Proceedings of the Trustees for the last
Year was read and approv'd of And Order'd to be enter'd.
Resolved That the Thanks of the Trustees be given to the Rev4 M' Bruce for
his Excellent Sermon preach'd this Day before them, And that he be
Desired to print the same. Adjourn'd.

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Queen's Square Westminster
Tuesday Aprill 3d 1744.
Present
M' Vernon President
Earl of Shaftesbury
Gen1 Oglethorpe
M' Cornewall
S' John Barrington
M' Tuffnel
M' L'apostre.
The Oath of Office as Common Council Man of the Trust was Admin
ister'd to Velters Cornewall Esq'. Adjourn'd.
Queen's Square Westminster
Saturday Aprill 7tb 1744
Present.
Earl of Shaftesbury President.
M' Vernon
M' Philipps
M' Eyre
M' Tuffnel
M' Digby
M' L'apostre
Gen1 Oglethorpe
S' John Barrington
M' Smith
Earl of Egmont
M' Cornewall.
Read a Letter from M' William Stephens to the Secretary Dated Sa
vanah November 25'b 1743 mentioning among Other Things his trans
mitting a true and Authentick Copy under the Town Seal of Savanah of
the Proceedings of the Magistrates in relation to Robert Vaughan and
his Creditors pursuant to an Order of the Trustees Dated July 4. 1743.
And likewise his transmitting a True and Authentick Copy under the

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Town Seal of Savanah of the Proceedings in the Affair of M' William
Sterling pursuant to an Order of the Trustees Dated July 19. 1743
Order'd That the Secretary do by a Letter acquaint M' James Crockatt (One of
the Creditors of Robert Vaughan) at Whose Complaint a Copy of the
Proceedings relating to the said Vaughan was order'd to be transmitted
to the Trustees, that it is receiv'd, And that he may peruse it at the
Office when he thinks proper, or may have a Copy of it on his paying
for Copying the same.
Notice being taken in reading the Proceedings relating to Robert
Vaughan, that John Pye Recorder of the Town of Savanah had misbe
haved himself in traducing the Conduct and Characters of the Magis
trates of Savanah.
Order'd That the Secretary do write to Mr John Pye and acquaint him that the
Trustees are much displeas'd with his Conduct therein : And That it is
his Duty to respect the Magistrates, and support the Dignity of their
Office. The Trustees then took into consideration the Proceedings in the Affair
of M' William Sterling ; And After reading the Letter from Thomas
Hill Esq' Secretary to the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Planta
tions Dated July 14 1743 to the Secretary to lay before the Trustees
Several Papers relating thereto ; And the Secretary's Letter to the Presi
dent and Assistants Dated July 19 1743 And the Copy of the Pro
ceedings.Order'd That a Copy of the said Proceedings be made and deliver'd to Gen1
Oglethorpe. M' Thomas Jones being call'd in was directed to draw up and lay be
fore the Trustees An Account of What he knows in relation to the
Confinement of M' William Sterling, and attest the said Narrative
upon Oath.
Gen1 Oglethorpe laid before the Trustees a Petition of Several Inhab
itants of Augusta in the Province of Georgia That a Court may be
appointed there for Deciding all Causes Which do not amount to ten
Pounds Sterling.
Resolved That the said Petition be refer'd to the Consideration of the Common
Council. Adjourn'd.

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Queen's Square Westminster.
Saturday May 5'" 1744
Present
M' L'apostre President
M' Vernon
S' William Heathcote
M' Tuffnel
M' Smith
Gen1 Oglethorpe
Earl of Shaftesbury.
The Secretary acquainted the Trustees that he had receiv'd a Letter
from Thomas Hill Esq' Secretary to the Lords Commissioners for Trade
and Plantations Dated Aprill 17*b 1744 that their Lordships having un
der Consideration two Acts made by the Georgia Trustees in 1742 refer'd
to their Board by the Lords of the Committee of Council that their
Lordships Desired to have some Discourse with him upon the Subject of
the said Acts; And that he accordingly attended their Lordships Aprill
the 19th And their Lordships made an Objection to that Part of the Act
for Repealing so much of the Act made in the Eighth Year of his pres
ent Majesty, Intitled An Act to prevent the Importation and Use of
Rum and Brandies into the Province of Georgia as Prohibits the Impor
tation of Rum into the said Province from the Other British Colonies,
Which confines the Importation of Rum into the said Province to be by
way of Barter for Lumber, Goods, or-Other Merchandises of the Prov
ince, as likewise to their being no Permission of the British Distillery in
(sic)
the said Act.
Their Lordships likewise said That the Clause in the Act for the bet
ter Regulation of Publick Houses and Retailers of Rum in the Province
of Georgia, And for suppressing the odious and loathsome Sin of Drunk
enness ; Making it ten Pounds Security for any One Who should sell
Rum without a proper License, not to offend again in the like manner
was improper, the Sum of ten Pounds being too great.
Resolved That it is the Opinion of the Trustees that they cannot consent to any
Alteration in the said two Acts, And that the Secretary do acquaint the

454 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, that if they do not ap
prove of the said two Acts, the Trustees desire they will return them.
The Trustees being Inform'd that Francis Fane Esq' Council to the
Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations had made an Objection
to the Act Intitled An Act for Establishing the Tenures of Lands in the
Province of Georgia and reducing the Quit Rents Viz' That it contain'd
two different Tenures of Lands in the said Province.
Order'd That the Secretary do acquaint the Lords Commissioners for Trade
and Plantations with the Desire of the Trustees that the said Act may be
return'd to them that they may reconsider the same.
Adjourn'd.

Queen's Square Westminster
Thursday May 24"1 1744
Present
Gen' Oglethorpe President
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon
M' L'apostre
M' Percival
M' Smith
M' Digby
Read a Petition of Isaac Gibbs dated Abercorn October 18th 1743
Setting forth that with two Sons he settled at Abercorn about four Years
ago, and obtain'd a fifty Acre Lot for the Youngest Son, and now prays
for a Lot of fifty Acres for his Eldest Son, particularly the Trust Lot
lying on the Southside of the Place on the Creek Side.
Resolved That the said Petition be recommended to the Consideration of the
Common Council.
Read a Letter from the Rev4 M' Thomas Bosomworth Dated Frederica
February 10tb 174f Setting forth that upon the 21" Day of December
last he arrived at the Colony of Georgia.
Order'd That a Letter be sent to M' Bosomworth to acquaint him that the

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Trustees expect he should go and reside at the Town of Savanah , At
which Place he was appointed to reside as a Missionary
Adjourn'd.

Queen's Square Westminster.
Friday June 15th 1744
Present
M' Holland President.
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' L'apostre
Gen1 Oglethorpe
Read a Petition to his Majesty in Council Setting forth That Whereas
James Maxwell and Cornelius Docherty Carolina Traders have deliver'd
a Petition to his Majesty in behalf of themselves and Others Inhabitants
of the Province of South Carolina, setting forth, That they have purchas'd
of the Cherokee Indians a Tract of Land containing in length about
eight Miles, and in breadth about six Miles in the Cherokee Nation,
Which the Indians in their Method transfer'd to them ; And that they
have lately discover'd Symptoms and Appearances of Iron, Tin, Lead
and Copper with a mixture of_Silyej: in the said Lands, and therefore
Praying his Majesty to grant the said Lands to them.
The Trustees do therefore humbly represent to his Majesty, That the
said Mines are described to be in the midst of the Cherokee Nation, and,
being to the Southward of one or more Branches of the River Savanah,
are within the Limits of the Territories granted by his Majesty's Royal
Charter to the Trustees, by Which All Mines, as well Royal Mines of
Gold and Silver as Others are granted to the Trustees.
But if the said Mines should not be found to be within the Province
of Georgia, The Trustees beg leave to represent to his Majesty how dan
gerous it may be to grant Royal Mines to Private Persons, Who, by be
ing so far distant from the Seat of Government in either of the Prov
inces of South Carolina or Georgia, may by their disorderly behaviour
occasion great Quarrels and Disturbances between his Majesty's Subjects
and the Indians, And thereby give an Inlet to the French, Which may
be attended with Consequences very fatal to both Provinces, especially
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456 COLONIAL RECORDS.
And Therefore the Trustees do humbly pray that no such Grant may
be made, or that they may be heard before the Granting of the Same.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd to the said Petition.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Adjourn'd

Queen's Square Westminster
Thursday September 13tb 1744.
Present
M' Vernon President
M' L'apostre
M' Percival
D' Hales
M' Smith.
Read the Proceedings of the President and Assistants of the Province
of Georgia on the 30tb of March 1744, referring to the Trustees a Part of
M' Bolzius's Letter to the President, Dated the 27th of the said March,
Desiring to know Whether he had any Power at Ebenezer to prevent
Disorders and Wickedness, Which would increase, if the People under
his Care imbibed the Notion, that he and M' Gronau had nothing to say
or decide in Secular Affairs, And Assuring the President that he aimed
at Nothing else but the true Spiritual and Temporal Welfare of the In
habitants Which he would endeavour to promote as long as the Trustees
were pleas'd to let him have necessary Power for obtaining the said End
as they had done in time past.
Resolved That it is the Opinion of the Trustees to recommend to the Common
Couucil to appoint M' Bolzius and M' Gronau Conservators of the
Peace for the District of Ebenezer in Georgia.
Read a Petition from Joseph Stanly Praying a Confirmation of his
Granting to James Campbell of Savanah a Town Lot a Garden Lot and
Farm Lot containing fifty Acres in consideration of Eight Pounds a
Year Sterling reserved to himself for Life, and that the same may be
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Resolved That the Prayer of the said Petition be recommended to the Common
Council Adjourn'd.

Queen's Square Westminster
Friday November 30'b 1744
Present.
D' Hales President
Mr Vernon
S' John Barrington
S' John Philipps
M' Digby
M' L'apostre
M' Tuffnel
M' Laroche
M' Anderson
Lord Tyrconnel.
Read a Letter from M' John Calwell Bailiff of Frederica Dated Au
gust Is' 1744 to the Trustees giving some Account of the State of Fred
erica and Other Matters.
Read a Letter from M' John Terry Recorder of Frederica to the
Trustees Dated August Is' 1744 giving some Account of the State of
Frederica and Other Matters.
Read Another Letter from M' John Terry to the Trustees Dated Au
gust 27"1 1744.
Resolved That Summons be sent to all the Trustees to meet on Tuesday Decem
ber ll'b to take into consideration the State of the Colony as appears
from the la3t Advices from thence. And the Trustees to proceed upon
that Business and no Other.
The Trustees being acquainted that the Right Honble the Earl of
Granville had lately receiv'd a Grant from the King of a Tract of Land
in Carolina in consideration of his surrendering to the King all his In
terest in the Letters Patent granted by King Charles the Second to the
Lords Proprietors of Carolina, Pursuant to his Lordship's Petition to his
Majesty in the Year 1729.

458 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Resolved That the Secretary do get a Copy of the said Petition and Grant from
the proper Offices for the use of the Trustees, to consider in what manner
Such Surrender will affect the Province of Georgia, erected after the
said Petition from the Earl of Granville was presented, as to the Quit
Rents which shall arise therein. Adjourn'd.
Queen's Square Westminster
Tuesday December 11th 1744
Present.
Earl of Shaftesbury President
M' Vernon
S' William Heathcote
Earl of Egmont
M Laroche
M' Eyre
M' Tracy
M' Chandler
S' John Barrington
S' John Philipps
D' Hales
M' Anderson
Lord Tyrconnel
M' L'apostre
Gen1 Oglethorpe
M' Tuffnel.
Read a Letter from Mr John Calwell Bailiff of the Town of Frederica
dated August Is' 1744 to the Trustees, giving an Account of the State
of Frederica and complaining that the Magistrates meet with great Diffi
culties in the Execution of their Duty from Capt Horton Commanding
Officer of the Regiment Station'd in Georgia, and particularly that Capt
Horton detains the Town Seal from the Magistrates.
Read a Letter from M' John Calwell dated November 3d 1743 com
plaining that M' Thomas Hawkins (first Bailiff of Frederica) when he
came to England did not leave with him either the Constitution or the
Town Seal of Frederica, And Other Matters.

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Read a Copy of a Letter to the Trustees from M' John Terry Recorder
of Frederica Dated February 13lb 1743 Acknowledging the Receipt of
his Appointment as Correspondent with William Stephens Esq' to give
from time to time an Account of the Southern Part of the Province,
And returning thanks for the Additional Salary of twenty Pounds ^
Annum Allow'd him on the said Appointment.
Read a Letter to the Trustees from M' John Terry Recorder of Frederica
Dated August Is' 1744 relating several Particulars in which the Magis
trates of the said Town have met with great Obstructions in the Execution
of their Duty from Capt Horton Commanding Officer of the Regiment
Station'd in Georgia, and from Other Officers of the Regiment.
Read another Letter inclos'd in the former from M' John Terry
Dated August 27*11 1744 to the same Purpose, And praying for a Grant
of two Lots in the Town of Frederica, one of them to himself, And the
Other to a Relation of his living with him.
A Motion was then made That the Trustees do Apply to the King in
Council, That his Majesty will be graciously pleas'd to send his Orders to
the Commanding Officers of the Regiment station'd in Georgia in the
Absence of Brigadier General Oglethorpe that he shall not presume to
interfere in the Civil Government of the Province upon any Occasion
And a Debate arising thereon.
Resolved That the said Debate be Adjourn'd to Monday the 17*b Instant.
Adjourn'd.

460 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Queen's Square Westminster
Monday December 17*b 1744
Present
Earl of Shaftesbury President
M' Vernon
S' John Philipps
Earl of Egmont
S' John Barrington
Mr Laroche
S' William Heathcote
M' Tuffnel
M' Burton
M' Smith
M' Anderson
M' Thomas Tower
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Tracy
Gen1 Oglethorpe
M' L'apostre
M' Frederick.
The Trustees resum'd the Debate upon the Motion to Apply to the
King in Council that his Majesty will be graciously pleas'd -to send his
Orders to the Commanding Officer of the Regiment station'd in Georgia
in the Absence of Brigadier Gen1 Oglethorpe that he shall not presume to
interfere in the Civil Government of the Province upon Any Occasion ;
Upon Which the said Motion was withdrawn, and the Trustees came to
the following Resolution. Vizt.
Resolved Nemine Contradicente
That the Civil Government of the Province of Georgia is vested in
the Trustees by his Majesty's Royal Charter, in consequence whereof the
Trustees constituted Courts of Judicature at Savanah and Frederica, and
appointed three Bailiffs and a Recorder for each Court, before Whom All
Manner of Crimes, Offences, Pleas, Processes, Plaints, Actions, Matter,
Causes, and Things Whatsoever arising or happening within the Province
of Georgia or between Persons inhabiting or residing there, Whether the
same be Criminal or Civil, and Whether the said Crime be Capital or not
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tried according to the Laws and Customs of the Realm of England and
of the Laws enacted for the said Province.
Resolved Nemine Contradicente
That no Military Officer, as such, ought, or hath any right, to inter
fere in any Civil Matters Whatsoever cognizable within the Courts of
Judicature already Establish'd, or that shall hereafter be Establish'd by
the Trustees in the Province of Georgia.
Resolved Nemine Contradicente.
That the Secretary do communicate the foregoing Resolutions to the
Magistrates within the Province of Georgia with the names of the Trus
tees present this Day ; And that Brigadier Gen1 Oglethorpe be desired to
communicate the same to the Commanding Officer for the time being in
the said Province.
Resolved That the Letters of M' John Calwell and Mr John Terry be refer'd to
the Committee of Correspondence, and that they be desired to inquire
into the Reasons Why there is but One of the Bailiffs at present at the
Town of Frederica. Adjourn'd.
Queen's Square Westminster
Saturday January 19*11 174|
Present
Lord Tyrconnel President
Earl of Shaftesbury
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
S' John Philipps
M' Cornewall
S' William Heathcote
Gen1 Oglethorpe
M' Laroche
M' Chandler
M' Smith
M' Thomas Tower
M' Thomas Archer
M' Tuffnel
M' L'apostre.

462 COLONIAL RECORDS.
M' Thomas Hawkins and M' Thomas Marriot first and second Bailiffs
of the Town of Frederica being call'd in, and ask'd by the Trustees, What
was the Reason of their leaving the Province of Georgia in July 1743 ;
They laid before the Board a Certificate Dated Horse Guards January
18th 174| sign'd by King Gould Deputy Judge Advocate that the said
Thomas Hawkins and Thomas Marriot were order'd in the Year 1743 to
attend in England on his Majesty's Service as Necessary Witnesses upon
the Complaints of Lieutenant Colonel Cook against Brigadier General
Oglethorpe and then they withdrew.
Resolved That the Administration of Justice in the Town of Frederica became
suspended by the Absence of Thomas Hawkins and Thomas Marriot first
and second Bailiff of the said Town, Who were order'd to attend in Eng
land upon his Majesty's Service as aforesaid.
Resolved That the said Thomas Hawkins and Thomas Marriot be required to de
liver up to the Trustees the Instruments whereby they were respectively
appointed Bailiffs of the Town of Frederica
M' Thomas Hawkins and M' Thomas Marriot being call'd in again
were made acquainted with the said Resolution, and they promis'd to de
liver up the said Instruments accordingly, And then they withdrew.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council that the Secretary be
order'd to acquaint M' John Calwell third Bailiff of the Town of Fred
erica and M' John Terry, Recorder of the said Town, That, the Powers
of the Town Court of Frederica having been suspended ever since the
first and second Bailiff left the Province, Their Powers as Bailiff and Re
corder are likewise suspended ; And that if the said Calwell and Terry
think proper to leave their Settlements at Frederica, the Trustees will
grant to them sufficient Lots of good Land within the District of Savanah.
And that the Expences which they shall be at on such Removal being
laid before the Trustees They will consider the same. That the Secretary
be likewise order'd to write to the President to direct the proper Officer
to allot to the said Calwell and Terry, (upon their Application) the same
Quantity of Land within the District of Savanah, as they are now pos
sess'd of at Frederica under the usual Limitations and Conditions. And
that the Secretary do likewise acquaint the said Calwell and Terry that
they are required to send over to the Trustees by the first Opportunity

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the Instruments Whereby they were appointed Bailiff and Recorder or
the Town of Frederica.
A Motion being made That if Any Person, being President, A Mem
ber of the Court of Assistants, Bailiff or Recorder of any Court of Judi
cature, shall accept of any Military Employment in the Province of
Georgia Such Person shall from such time be incapable of holding or ex
ercising the said Civil Office.
Resolved That a Day be appointed for the Trustees to take the same into Con
sideration.Resolved That the thirtieth of this Month be the said Day, and that Summons
be sent both to the Trustees, and to the Common Council to attend on
that Day.
Resolved That in the Summons sent to the Trustees it be mention'd, To consider
of making the President and Court of Assistants a Court of Appeal.
General Oglethorpe dissented from the Resolutions of this Day and de
sired leave to enter his Dissent in the Books :
I James Oglethorpe
do dissent from ye foregoing
Resolutions Adjourn'd.

464 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Queen's Square Westminster.
Wednesday January 30th 174|
Present
S' John Barrington President
M' Thomas Tower
M' Chandler
S' John Philipps
M' Vernon
Earl of Egmont
M' Laroche
S' William Heathcote
Gen1 Oglethorpe
M' Holland
M' Christopher Tower
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Tuffnel.
The Trustees resum'd the Consideration of the Motion made at the last
Board. Vizt. That if any Person being President, a Member of the
Court of Assistants Bailiff or Recorder of any Court of Judicature, shall
accept of any Military Employment in the Province of Georgia ; Such
Person shall from such time be incapable of holding or exercising his said
Office ; And with an amendment (viz* leaving out the Words, President,
a Member of the Court of Assistants) the same was Agreed to as follows.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council That if any Person
being Bailiff or Recorder of any Court of Judicature, shall accept of any
Military Employment, in the Province of Georgia, Such Person shall
from such time be incapable of holding or exercising his said Office
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council That Commissions be
granted to particular Persons, as Bailiffs and Recorder of the Town Court
of Savanah, to be lodg'd in the hands of the President for the time being,
and issued by him for supplying any Vacancy in case of Death or the
Acceptance of such Military Employment till the Trustees can be made
acquainted with such Vacancy
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ment to the President, to Any Member of the Court of Assistants, Bailiff
or Recorder of any Court of Judicature without proper Notice being
previously given to the Trustees ; And that the General be desired to
signify his Orders to the Commanding Officer of the Regiment in his Ab
sence pursuant to the said Resolution.
A Motion being made To consider of the Constituting a Court of Ap
peal in the Province of Georgia, And that the President and Court of
Assistants be the said Court of Appeal.
Resolved That for the present no such Court be appointed.
Gen1 Oglethorpe dissented from all the Resolutions but the two last,
and desired leave to enter his Dissent in the Book.
Adjourn'd

Queen's Square Westminster
Saturday February 23. 174£
Present.
M' Tuffnel President.
Earl of Shaftesbury
Mr Vernon
M' Eyre
S' John Philipps
S' John Barrington
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Laroche.
S' John Philipps acquainted the Trustees with several Objections made vide Min-
by the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations to the several 5tti 1744
Acts prepared by the Trustees, and refer'd to their Lordships by the
Lords of the Committee of Council
Resolved That it be refer'd to S' John Philipps, M' Henry Archer, Mr Thomas
Tower and M' Wright to consider the said Acts, and the Objections
made by the Lords of Trade to the same.
Adjourn'd
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466 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Vestry Room of S' Margarets Church
Thursday March 21" 174£
Present
S' John Philipps President
Earl of Shaftesbury
Gen1 Oglethorpe
j -/ ' M' Vernon
D' Hales
M' Burton
M' Smith
M' Anderson
Lord Tyrconnel.
The General Abstract of the Account of the Trustees from the 9"1 of
June 1744 to this present Day with Observations thereon was read and
Order'd to be enter'd.
The Trustees proceeded to the Election of a Common Council Man in
the room of the R' Hon"18 Lord Sidney Beauclerk Deceas'd, and S'
Jacob Bouverie was unanimously elected.
Then the Trustees proceeded to the Choice of a Trustee and the Rev"
D' Thomas Wilson was Unanimously elected.
Resolved That the Thanks of the Trustees be given to the Rev4 M' Arch Dea
con Derne for his Excellent Sermon preach'd before them this Day, and
that he be desired to print the same.
Adjourn'd.
Queen's Square Westminster.
. Friday Aprill 12th 1745
Present
M' Vernon President
Sr John Philipps
M' L'apostre
M' Cornewall
M' Smith
Earl of Shaftesbury
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Resolved That M1' Thomas Clendon Attorney be Appointed to appear in behalf
of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia on the first Day
of next Term in the King's Bench in the Cause commenc'd against the
Trustees by the Rev4 M' William Norris
The Trustees taking into Consideration That under several of the
Grants of Lands in Georgia Quit Rents are become Payable.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council to order a List of all
such Grants Whereon Quit Rents are now payable, or shall be within
one Year to be made out, and sent over to the President and Assistants
in Georgia with a Copy of the Clause in the Charter Requiring the Pay
ment of the Quit Rents And to direct them to appoint a proper Person
to demand and receive the same for the Use of the Trust, Such Person
giving a Proper Security. Adjourn'd

Queen's Square Westminster
Tuesday June 4th 1745
Present
M' Smith President
M' Vernon
M' Digby
M' Laroche
M' Thomas Tower.
Read a Letter from M' Thomas Ramsden Dated Whitehall May 30th
1745, Setting forth That by Order of their Excellencies the Lords Jus
tices, He sends the Trustees a Copy of a Petition of Matthias Wust and
Wendall Brakefield on behalf of themselves and many other German
Protestants Praying to be sent to Georgia; And that he desires the
Trustees will consider and suggest to their Excellencies against their next
Meeting such Method as shall occur for Sending the said Persons to
Georgia. Then was Read the Petition of Matthias Wust and Wendall Brake-
field Setting forth That the Petitioners being embark'd at Rotterdam on
board an English Bottom'd Vessel for settling themselves in the English
Plantations in America, were taken Prisoners in their Voyage and car-

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ried into Bilboa in Spain, and thereby lost all their Effects ; And by the
Cartel Ship called the Drake, Employ'd for the Exchanging Prisoners of
War, were brought into Plimouth Harbour on the 31" of March last,
and landed at Gosport, destitute of all Relief.
, That the Petitioners are still desirous to settle and maintain themselves
in the English American Plantations, had they the Means they have
been (as above) depriv'd of for so doing ; But being utterly incapable of
pursuing such Desire or of falling into Labour to subsist themselves in
England. The Petitioners therefore Who have many of their Countrymen in the
Province of Georgia in America most implore their Excellencies to com
miserate their present Circumstances (being brought to England as his
Majesty's Subjects without any Means of Supporting themselves) And to
give such Directions for sending them to join their Countrymen in Geor
gia, or such Other Relief to their present Distress as their Excellencies
in their great Wisedom and Compassion shall think fit.
Which Petition as likewise the Reference from the Lords Justices the
Trustees having taken into Consideration.
Resolved That an Estimate be prepared of the Expences Which would attend
the transporting and Settling of the said Germans in Georgia whether
as Freemen or Servants.
Resolved That a Report be made to their Excellencies the Lords Justices of
Great Britain ; That in Obedience to their Excellencies Order of Refer
ence upon the Petition of Matthias Wust and Wendall Brakefield on be
half of themselves and One hundred Seventy One Other German Prot
estants Signified to the Trustees by a Letter from M' Thomas Ramsden
Dated the 30"1 of last Month, Setting forth, That the said Petitioners
embark'd at Rotterdam on board an English Bottom'd Vessel for settling
themselves in the English Plantations in America, were taken Prisoners
in their Voyage, and carried into Spain, and thereby lost all their Ef
fects, and by the Cartel Ship call'd the Drake (employ'd for the Ex
changing Prisoners of War) were brought into Portsmouth; That They
are still desirous of settling themselves in the said Plantations, had they
the Means they have been depriv'd, And therefore Praying, That as
(sic)
Several of their CountryMen are in the Province of Georgia, They may
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Trustees to consider and suggest to their Excellencies Such Method as
shall occur to them for sending the Petitioners to Georgia.
The Trustees do humbly represent to their Excellencies, that the
sending over such a Number of Foreign Protestants would in their
Opinion be a National Service, by an Addition of Strength to that Col
ony ; That in Execution of the Trust repos'd in the Trustees, They are
very willing to accept of the Petitioners as Settlers there, and assign
them Lands, And that they wish it was in their Power to defray the Ex
pences that will attend the transporting and Settling the Petitioners ;
But as out of Regard to the Exigencies of the Publick, the Trustees
have for these two Years past declin'd the Applying for any Parliamen
tary Assistance, Their Stock is reduced so low, that it will only enable
them to support the Civil Government for a Short time longer, Which is
at present the sole Concern of the Trustees, as without it the Colony
must be dissolved
The Trustees therefore have form'd an Estimate of the Necessary
Charges of transporting and Settling the Petitioners in Georgia (Which
is to be annex'd to this Report;) And they do humbly submit the Whole
to their Excellencies Great Wisedom.
Resolved That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd to the said Report.
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the Same.
Adjourn'd

Queen's Square Westminster
Monday August 19th 1745
Present
M' Vernon President
M' Thomas Tower
M' L'apostre
D' Hales
M' Smith
Read a Letter from the Secretary of the Lords Justices to the Trustees
Accountant Dated June 26. 1745 That their Excellencies had taken into
consideration his Memorial of the 24*b of June and the Report of the

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Trustees Dated the 4th of June concerning the German Protestants at
Gosport, Who had been taken by a Spanish Privateer in their Voyage
to America, and were brought to England by a Cartel Ship ; And They
had been pleaB'd to direct that the said Germans should be sent to Geor
gia as Servants, they being willing and desirous to go upon those Terms
And that the Accountant should contract for transporting them thither
as Servants, upon the foot of the Estimate Annex'd to the Report above-
mention'd of the Trustees And that the Trustees were desired to give the
necessary Directions for receiving and settling the said Germans in the
Colony of Georgia in the usual manner upon their Arrival there.
The Accountant then acquainted the Trustees that in pursuance of the
said Letter he had contracted with the said Germans for their being
transported to Georgia as Servants, and likewise for their Clothing,
Bedding, Arms, Ammunition, Working Tools and Necessaries for their
Use, And also for their Passage on board the Judith Capt. Walter Quarne
upon the foot of the said Estimate ; And that the said Germans had
sign'd an Agreement to serve four Years from their Arrival in Georgia
they being allowed One Working Day in Six Every Week to labour on
their own Lands in order to raise a future Support for themselves there
from, upon this Condition, that if they shall be able to maintain them
selves at the end of three Years, then the last Year's Service shall be re
mitted ; And that in consideration of the present Ages of several of
their Children being unfit for Service, Such Males as are under the Age
of Seventeen, shall serve till twenty One ; And such Females as are under
the Age of fourteen, shall serve till Eighteen.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council to grant to Every
Man of the said German Servants of the Age of twenty One Years and
upwards fifty Acres of Land, and that the President and Assistants may
order Lands to be set out for that Purpose as soon as may be.
Resolved That the Disposition of the said Servants be in the President and As
sistants in the following manner. Viz*
That two of them be allotted to the President, or to any One of the
Assistants Who cultivate Land and are in want of Hands.
And if there are in the District of Savanah Any Who have cultivated
Lands and are in want of Help that One of the said Servants be allotted
to Each of them ; in Which District M' Thomas Causton's Settlement
may be considered.

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And the rest are to be distributed among the Inhabitants of Ebenezer,
and Township of Vernonburgh, with the adjacent Villages, consulting
for the first with M' Bolzius, and for the Other with M' Burkholder.
The Accountant acquainted the Trustees that the Number of said
Germans were Seventy three ; Whereof twelve were married People,
that One of them had a Son aged six Years, and Another a Daughter
aged eight Years Who were too young to be yet separated from their
Parents. That there was a Girl of seven Years belonging to either
Wusts Mother or Maria Ratien too young to be separted from Whom she )
belongs. That a Widow also had a Son aged seven, and a Girl aged
nine, not yet to be separted from her; But that the rest consisted of;
fifteen Men, Nine Women, Seventeen Boys, and One Girl, all fit for'
Service.
Resolved That the President and Assistants do place out the said Servants
together and separate as abovemention'd.
Resolved That those Children not now placed out separate be so placed out when
they arrive at the Age of twelve Years.
Resolved That the Children Who are placed out from their Parents do serve in
the same District in jWhich their Parents are placed out, if it conve
niently can be, Whether that of Savanah, Ebenezer, or Vernonburgh.
Resolved That Each Man Servant shall have his Lot set out for him within the
District, where he shall serve, and to be as near his Service, as conve
niently it can be.
Read the Copy of a Letter from M' Stephens dated Feb" 26 174f and
Another Letter from him Dated Aprill 30"1 1745 relating to the Inter
ruption of Correspondence, and the Want of a Supply. That of One
thousand Pounds in Sola Bills by the James Capt. Bull sent the 7^ of
March 174^ being then not arrived.
Order'd That the Accountant do state to M' Stephens the several Supplies sent
him, And the Estimates he was order'd to defray, and to what time the
sum of five hundred Pounds now going will carry the Expence of the
Colony. Read a Petition from Thomas Ellis to be employ'd as Surveyor on the
Death of M' Avery, and read also the Minutes of the Proceedings of the

472 COLONIAL RECORDS.
President and Assistants of the third of March last, recommending to
the Trustees that the future Surveyor should be paid only for What
Service he do's pursuant to Agreement.
Resolved That Thomas Ellis be recommended to the Common Council to be so
employ'd. Read a Letter from M' Bolzius dated Aprill 9th 1745 acquainting the
Trustees with the Perfection the Saltzburghers had brought their Pounding
Mill for Rice and Barley to ; And that the Saltzburghers were Debtors
to the Trust the Sum of One hundred Pounds, Supplied them in the
Year 1741 by Gen1 Oglethorpe ; Whereof fifty Pounds had been ex
pended in carrying on their Mill Works ; And Desiring the remaining
fifty Pounds may be allow'd for the Expence of the said Pounding Mill ;
And the Accountant acquainting the Trustees, that such Supply had not
yet been claim'd of the Trust by Gen1 Oglethorpe.
Resolved That if such Claim shall appear to be made by Gen1 Oglethorpe in
his Account with the Trust and shall be Allowed ; That it be recom
mended to the Common Council to allow the said Application of the
beforemention'd remaining fifty Pounds to the Saltzburghers; And, as
it is not in the Trustees Power further to assist the Saltzburghers with
Money, That it be also recommended to the Common Council to make
the Saltzburghers a Present of the Iron and Timber of the late Saw
Mill at Ebenezer, which is now in their Custody.
Read Letters from M' Dobell the Register Dated last December 27"1
and February the 15th and 21s' Which being accompanied with satisfac
tory Lists of the Inhabitants of Savanah, the Township of Vernonburgh,
and the Adjacent Villages, and of the Orphan House at Bethesda.
Order'd That the Receipt thereof be acknowledg'd in a Letter to M' Dobell,
and the Satisfaction they have given the Trustees ; But that it be recom
mended to him at the same time to pay due Obedience to the Authority
of the Civil Government there invested by the Trustees in the President
and Assistants.
Order'd That the President and Assistants do deliver to the Register Copies of
the Lists of Trust Grants, and Grants made by the Trustees to Persons
intending to go to Georgia at their own Expence ; for him to make a
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Persons possessing Lots under them, And When they or their Predeces
sors became first possess'd, And Which of the Grants to Persons at their
own Expence have been used, And Who the present Claimants under
them appear to be ; And that the President and Assistants do instruct
the Register to make a List of those Persons possess'd of Lands, Who do
not appear to have any Grants thereof made to them, and to state the
Commencement of Occupying or Settling such Lands ; In Order to en
able the President and Assistants to ascertain the Commencement of
Quit Rents payable for all such Grants or Lands Settled.
Order'd That the President and Assistants do send to the Trustees under the
Publick Seal a List of all such Grants, Which upon this Examination
do not appear to have been used, and are thereby become void or
forfeited. Read a Letter from M' Charles Watson dated Aprill 18th 1745 Alledg-
ing that the Accusation against him, of his having been guilty of Gam
ing, and running in Debt, was not only a Partial One, but a notorious
scandalous Falsity, And, that when he should be more fully inform'd
thereof, he would answer the minutest Circumstance in the most ample
Manner. Order'd That a Copy of his Accusation and by Whom made be sent in Answer
to his said Letter, and that untill Satisfaction be receiv'd concerning his
Conduct, he be suspended from the Offices of Bailiff, an Assistant, and
an Issuer of Sola Bills ; And that a Copy of his said Letter and the
Trustees Answer to him be sent to M' Stephens, Who is to transmit to
the Trustees the Defence the said Charles Watson shall make, with his
Observations upon the Whole in order for the Trustees Determination
thereon. Read a Petition of Emerie Widow and her Son and Daughter
(sic)
relating to the releasing to her a Demand of ten Pounds Advanc'd her
in the Year 1739 to buy her Necessaries in England on her Return to
Georgia, When her Husband was living, Which he was to repay in
Georgia.
Resolved That in consideration of the present Circumstances of the said Widow,
It be recommended to the Common Council to release the said Demand
to her. Adjourn'd.

474 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Queen's Square Westminster
Monday Oct' 28th 1745
Present
M' Smith President
M' Vernon
M' Eyre
Earl of Shaftesbury.
The Accountant acquainted the Trustees that on the 20'b of August
last he represented by Memorial to their Excellencies the Lords Justices
of Great Britain, That he had pursuant to their Excellencies Direction,
signified by M' Thomas Ramsden the 26th of June before contracted for
transporting the Seventy three German Protestants as Servants to Geor
gia, (Who had been taken by a Spanish Privateer in their Voyage to
America, and were brought to England by a Cartel Ship) and for their
Clothing Bedding, Arms, Ammunition, Working Tools and Necessaries
upon the Foot of the Estimate annex'd to the Report of the Trustees to
their Excellencies of the 4tb of the said Month of June; And that the
Proportion of the Expence of the said Seventy three Germans amounted
to Six hundred and twenty Pounds twelve Shillings, besides their Sub
sistance in England, And that he computed their Subsistance and In
cidental Charges from the 30'b of May last to the time of their Embarka
tion, Which could not be Estimated being added would not exceed in
the Whole the Sum of Eight hundred Pounds ; And that he further
represented that the Trustees had given the necessary Directions for
receiving and settling the said Germans in the Province of Georgia
And therefore pray'd their Excellencies Order for issuing the Sum of
Eight hundred Pounds in full for the Discharge of the real Expence of
the said Service.
That the Lords Justices sent the said Memorial to the Lords Commis
sioners of his Majesty's Treasury to issue the same accordingly But on his
Majesty's happy Arrival at that time, A Warrant was prepared and
sign'd by his Majesty and countersign'd by the Lords of the Treasury the
16tb of September last directed to the Paymaster of his Majesty's Forces
for paying to the Accountant the said Sum of Eight hundred Pounds
without Account to reimburse him the Expence of the said Service out
of such Monies as remain'd in the hands of the Paymaster of the Sum
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lings and four Pence issued to him out of the Supplies for the Year 1744
for the Charge of Rangers and Others to be Employ'd in Georgia, But
the Paymaster saying he could not comply with such Direction because
the said Sum of Nineteen thousand One hundred Sixty Eight Pounds
Eighteen Shillings and four Pence stood appropriated by Establishment
for Other Services in Georgia, The Accountant applied to the Lords
Oommissioners of his Majesty's Treasury setting forth the Purport of his
Majesty's Royal Sign Manual, aud the Answer given by the Paymaster
Gen1 thereon ; Which being read their Lordships were pleas'd to direct a
Letter to be sent to the Paymaster on the 16th Instant Desiring him to
pay the said Sum of Eight hundred Pounds pursuant to his Majesty's
Warrant in that behalf, And the said Memorial was inclos'd therein ;
And that on the 19tb Instant the said Paymaster paid the said Sum ac
cordingly. Order'd That the said Memorials Warrant and Letter be enter'd in the Trustees
Office. The Accountant acquainted the Trustees that the Earl of Egmont had
given two Tubs of Vine Cuttings to be sent by the Ship Judith, One for
the Northern and the Other for the Southern Part of the Province of
Georgia.Resolved That the thanks of the Trustees be given to the Earl of Egmont for
his said Benefaction.
The Accountant acquainted the Trustees that James Billinghurst and
his Family, Who came over with Gen1 Oglethorpe, being gone to Gos-
port to return to Georgia by the Ship Judith and to settle there, Gen
Oglethorpe recommends the said Billinghurst to the Trustees for a Grant
of the little Mand opposite to M' Noble Jones's Fort.
Order'd That a Letter be sent to the President to know from the Situation of
the said Island Whether it is proper for the Trustees to part with it out
of their hands, and Whether there is any Objection to the Granting it to
the said Billinghurst, And if it appears there is not, that it be recom
mended to the Common Council to grant the same to the said James Bil
linghurst. Read a Letter from M' Patrick Mackay Dated October 23. 1745 Set
ting forth, that he had receiv'd from M' Harman Verelst a Paper Intitled
Sums in Charge on Capt. Patrick Mackay taken from his own proper Account

476 COLONIAL RECORDS.
in the Trustees Leidger in Georgia. That he has endeavour'd to settle this
his proper Account in as clear a light as he possibly could do here, Where
he has not all his Papers. That he has given the Store Credit for What
he either order'd them to pay, or knows was paid on his Account. That
there are many Articles Which he cannot understand how he came to be
charg'd with. These he returns (with this Letter) with Remarks and An
swers in a Paper apart. And they are the only Articles can properly be
refer'd to the President and Assistants in Georgia to be cleared up by the
Store Books and his Papers.
That he has left full Powers with Mess'8 Peter and James Cleopas Si
mond to settle if possible all his Accounts, and desires the Trustees to
bring them to some Conclusion.
Resolved That the said Letter with M' Mackay's Paper of Remarks be refer'd to
the Accountant for him to consider and report thereon.
Read a Letter from the Rev4 M' Thomas Bosomworth (lately return'd
from Georgia) Dated York October 12. 1745 taking Notice of his meet
ing with General Oglethorpe, with whom he believes he shall go against
the Rebels, and intimating that he has no intention of returning soon to
Georgia
Order'd That the Secretary do send a Copy of the said Letter to the Rev4 Dr
Bearcroft, and desire him to lay the same before the Society for propa
gating the Gospel
Read a Petition of M' Charles Watson Dated this present 28"1 of Oc
tober Setting forth, that in the Year 1742 he was appointed a Magistrate
of the Town of Savanah also one of the Assistants to the President there,
and an Issuer of the Trustees Sola Bills ; that he continued in the Colony
till the 8'b Day of June last, When he left it in order to come to Eng
land Where he arrived the 26th of August last. That the sole Reason of
his leaving the said Colony and returning to England was, by the Advice
of his Friends, the better to clear up by a Personal Appearance the falsity
of some Aspersions on him, Which if true must tend to the great Dam
age, if not Ruin, of his Reputation That he finds M' Thomas Jones late
of the Colony is mention'd to be his Accuser, And the Facts with which
he is charg'd are fully set forth in a Letter written to him in Georgia,
but deliver'd to him since his Return from thence by M' Verelst, Who
stopt it on hearing he was coming to England. That the Petitioner has
been at a great Expence in coming to England, and waiting for a Meet-

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ing of the Trustees, An Expence he can no ways justify to his Creditors,
but that it is iu defence of his Character, and that he is ready to answer
the Allegations agaiust him Whenever the Trustees shall be pleas'd to
hear the same.
Therefore he humbly hopes that in regard to his Circumstances and
other Premises, they will be pleas'd to take the Merits of the Charge
against him, and his Defence, this day under Consideration, and fully
restore to, or discharge him from, the Offices he was appointed to in
Georgia. M' Charles Watson and M' Jones being called in. Mv Jones's Charge
against M' Watson was read. Vizt.
That M' Watson borrowed of the said Mr Jones Money at two different
times, Value fifteen Pounds together, for Which Watson gave him prom-
isory Notes, and instead of repaying him had injur'd him to a great
Degree. To Which M' Watson answer'd that he paid One Sum of ten Pounds
Part of the said fifteen Pounds on the first of October 1744 to M' Jones's
Attorney in Georgia, And the Note for the same was then deliver'd up
to him, And that the remaining Sum of five Pounds was paid in the
mouth of June last to M' Jones's Attorney, And the Note for the same
was then deliver'd up, And that he has the same Notes in his Possession
at his Lodgings, Which he shall be ready to produce. And that the Rea
son why he did not pay the said Notes sooner was, because they were
payable only to M' Jones Who at his coming to England did not leave a
proper Authority with any One for receiving the same.
M' Jones acknowledg'd his receiving in the Month of June last an Ac
count of the first Note for ten Pounds being paid in November last. Be
ing ask'd whether the Notes were payable only to him, he said he believ'd
they were to him or Order. As to the Injuries which he had complain'd
M' Watson had done him he did not specify Any.
The Other Parts of M' Jones's Charge against M' Watson were like
wise read. Viz'
That M' Watson soon discover'd himself to be a Profane Man by Curs
ing and Swearing, And that under pretence of an Office he kept a Room,
Where he practis"d and instructed People to play at Dice to the great
Detriment of several of them.
Which Charge Mr Watson denied to be true, and desired his Denial
might be allow'd the same Weight as M' Jones's Affirmation. And M'

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Jones being call'd on to prove the same, he said he knew Nothing of it
upon his knowledge, but he had heard it from Others.
Adjourn'd.

Mr Vernon's Grovesnor Street.
Friday November 1st 1745
Present
Earl of Shaftesbury President
M' Vernon
S* William Heathcote.
Read a Petition of the Rev4 M' Barth. Zouberbuhler of S' Gall in
Swisserland Dated Oct' 31" 1745 Setting forth, That the Petitioner went
over to Purysburgh in the Province of South Carolina with his Father
and the other Swiss Families Which settled there ; Where his Father
dying the Petitioner went to Charles Town in the said Province, and sev
eral of his Countrymen not far from the said Town being destitute of a
Minister, the Rev4 M' Garden, the Bishop of London's Commissary, rec
ommended the Petitioner to his Lordship to receive Deacon's and Priest's
Orders to qualify him for that Service
That the Petitioner, taking his Passage in a Ship for New England,
and from thence on board of One that went to Cape Breton, was so long
detain'd before his Arrival in England to receive Holy Orders, that his
Countrymen in South Carolina (as the Petitioner is inform'd) are dissat
isfied at his Staying so long, and are inclin'd to have one M' Giezen Tan
ner, Who actually officiates among them ; But the Petitioner, hearing
that M' Thomas Bosomworth, the Trustees Missionary at Savanah, is now
in England, in case he should be otherwise '.provided for, and not return
to Savanah, humbly offers himself to the Trustees to officiate in the Eng
lish Language at Savanah on the same Terms M' Bosomworth did ; With
this Addition, that as the Petitioner is Master of the German Language,
and thinks he has sufficient of the French, and there are Inhabitants in
aud near Savanah of those Nations, the Petitioner also engages to offici
ate for them in those Languages according to the Ceremonies of the
Church of England
M' Zouberbuhler attending laid before the Trustees the Deeds of his
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Resolved That the Rev* M' Barth. Zouberbuhler be appointed the Missionary at
Savanah in the Province of Georgia in the room of the Rev4 M' Thomas
Bosomworth, Who has quitted the Colony.
Order'd That the Secretary do write a Letter to the Rev4 M' Thomas Bosom
worth and acquaint him that the Trustees look'd on his Letter Dated
York October 12*" 1745 to M' Verelst (Which was read at the last
Board) as a Resignation of the Office of a Missionary at Savanah, to
Which they have given their Consent ; And that in consequence thereof
they have appointed Another Gentleman to succeed him, Who has under
taken to fix his Residence altogether at Savanah.
Order'd That the Secretary write a Letter to William Stephens Esq' to acquaint
him that the Rev4 M' Barth: Zouberbuhler is appointed the Missionary
at Savanah in the room of M' Thomas Bosomworth.
Resolved That a Memorial be presented to the Society for propagating the Gos
pel in Foreign Parte, Desiring that the Allowance of fifty Pounds <jj)>
Ann. Which was granted to the Rev4 M' Thomas Bosomworth may be
transfer'd to the Rev4 M' Barth. Zouberbuhler.
Resolved That the Secretary do write a Letter to the Bishop of London to desire
his Lordship's Letter to the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treas
ury in favour of M' Zouberbuhler for the usual Allowance of twenty
Pounds granted to Missionaries on their first going over.
Order'd That the Secretary inspect Mr Stephens's Journals, and make a Report
What he finds in them relating to the Conduct of M' Charles Watson.
The Accountant laid before the Trustees the Notes of Hand Which
M' Charles Watson had formerly given to M' Thomas Jones, and Which
he alledg'd at the last Board he had discharg'd, and had at that time in
his possession at his Lodgings, And Which he has since deliver'd to the
Accountant ; And it appear'd that both the said Notes were payable only
to M' Jones as M' Watson declar'd ; That One of them was dated May
24'° 1742 for the Sum of ten Pounds And that the Contents of the said
Note were receiv'd October Is' 1744 by Mess'" Harris and Habersham by
Virtue of a Power of Attorney from M' Thomas Jones ; And that the
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payable only to M' Jones, and on the said Is' of October 1744 was taken
up, and renew'd to Mess'8 Harris and Habersham Attorneys for the said
Mr Jones, and has been since paid. Adjourn'd.

Queen's Square Westminster
Monday November ll"1 1745
Present
M' Chandler President
M' Vernon
S' John Barrington
D' Hales
M' Smith
S' John Philipps
Earl of Shaftesbury.
Read a Memorial to the Incorporated Society for propagating the Gos
pel in Foreign Parts Setting forth That the Rev" Mr Thomas Bosom
worth, Who was the Missionary at Savanah in the Province of Georgia
having returned to England and quitted his Office there, The Trustees
have appointed the Rev'1 M' Bartholomew Zouberbuhler the Missionary
at Savanah in his Room.
They therefore desire the Society will transfer the Allowance of fifty
Pounds a Year from the Rev4 M' Thomas Bosomworth to the Rev4 M'
Bartholomew Zouberbuhler, Who is embark'd on board the Ship Judith
for the Province of Georgia
That the Trustees have given it in Charge to the said M' Zouberbuhler,
as well as to the President and Assistants to forward the Cultivation of
the Lands Appropriated for the use of the residing and Officiating Min
ister at Savanah by the Servants Whom ihey maintain for that Purpose.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd to the same.
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Read a Deed of Appointment of the Rev4 Mr Bartholomew Zouber
buhler to be Missionary in Savanah in the Province of Georgia ; and

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for Authorizing and empowering him to perform all Ecclesiastical Offices
in Georgia
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd to the same.
Which was Affix'd accordingly
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same
Adjourn'd.

Queen's Square Westminster
Monday December 2. 1745
Present
S' John Philipps President
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' Smith
Earl of Shaftesbury
D' Wilson
M' Tuffnel.
Order'd That a Petition to the Honblc the House of Commons be prepared, Set
ting forth, That the Trustees have with the greatest CEconomy carried on
the Settlement of the Colony of Georgia and supported its Civil Govern
ment as required of them by his Majesty's Royal Charter for three Years
past by the Aid only of the last Parliamentary Grant in the Year 1743.
That on the twenty Ninth of June 1742. It was amongst Other things
Resolved by the House of Commons that it was very necessary and Ad-
vantagious for this Nation that the Colony of Georgia should be preserv'd
and supported.
And the Trustees beg leave to represent that it is not in their Power
to carry on those Services and maintain the Civil Government, so Essen
tial to the very Being of the Colony, without the further Assistance of
the House.
Order'd That the said Petition be fair transcrib'd in order to be laid before the
Trustees at their next Meeting.
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Resolved That Mr Chandler and M' Eyre be added to the Committee (appointed
February 23 174^) for considering the Acts prepared by the Trustees
and refer'd by the Committee of Council to the Lords Commissioners
for Trade and Plantations And the Objections made by the Lords of
Trade to the said Acts, And that any three of the Gentlemen be a Com-
mitttee. The Trustees being acquainted that the Incorporated Society for
propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parte had desired that A State of
What the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia have done
towards the providing for the Maintenance of a Minister to reside and
Officiate at Savanah in Georgia might be laid before them ; And such a
State being prepared and Read
Order'd That the Secretary do sign the same, and that it be laid before the
Society. Read the Duplicate of a Letter from M' John Terry Dated May 3.
1745 And Another Letter from the said M' Terry Dated July ll"1 1745.
Order'd That an Answer be drawn up by the Secretary to the said Letter of
July 11'" according to the Directions now given in order to be laid be
fore the Trustees at their next Meeting.Adjourn'd.

Queen's Square Westminster
Friday December 20th 1745
Present
S' John Philipps Bar'
M' Vernon
Mr Smith
Earl of Egmont
S' William Heathcote.
M' Vernon acquainted the Trustees that the Memorial to the Incor
porated Society for propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts had been
refer'd to a Committee of the said Society, Who were of opinion that
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might be transfer'd from the Rev4 M' Thomas Bosomworth to the Rev4
M' Bartholomew Zouberbuhler, would entitle the said M' Zouberbuhler
only to the Remainder of the Term of three Years, for which the said
Allowance was granted to M' Bosomworth.
Resolved That the said Memorial be withdrawn.
Resolved That Another Memorial be presented to the Incorporated Society for
propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts, recommending the Rev4 Mr
Bartholomew Zouberbuhler to succeed the Rev4 M' Thomas Bosom
worth in the Mission of Savanah with the usual Salary for such time as
the Society shall think proper.
Read a Memorial to the said Purpose.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to said Memorial
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Read a Petition to the Honble House of Commons for a Supply, as
Order'd to be drawn up at the last Board.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Petition.
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
M' Charles Watson attended at the Board and resign'd his Offices of
Bailiff of the Town Court of Savanah, and One of the Assistants for the
Province of Georgia ; And it appearing that the Sum of thirty Nine
Pounds ten Shillings has been paid by M' Verelst to the said M' Watson
in part of the Sum of fifty Pounds upon the foot of the Minute of the
Common Council Monday November 11th 1745, Which Sum of fifty
Pounds was to be paid to the said Watson (on Condition that he should
transport himself by the first Opportunity to the Colony of Georgia) for
Defraying his Passage to England, towards his Subsistance during his
Stay in England, and for Defraying his Passage back again to the Col
ony of Georgia, and in full of all his Demands upon the Trust, except
for his Salary as Bailiff and Assistant; And M' Watson, by resigning the
said Offices, and refusing to return to the Colony, not performing the
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was paid to him, He was required to repay the same, Upon Which he
promis'd to give sufficient Security for that Purpose before the first of
next January.
Order'd That the Accountant do take of the said M' Charles Watson such suf
ficient Security for the aforesaid Sum of Thirty Nine Pounds ten
Shillings. Adjourn'd

Queen's Square Westminster
Monday December 23 1745
Present
M' Vernon President.
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Smith.
The Accountant laid before the Trustees a Letter Dated this present
234 of December from Mr Charles Watson to him, setting forth, That he
should be oblig'd to the Trustees if they would permit him to resign his
Commission ; And as they are of Opinion that he has no right to the Sum
of Thirty Nine Pounds ten Shillings Which he has receiv'd, he will pro
cure a proper Person to become Bound with him iu a Bond for the re
payment of the same, if it shall appear on a fair State of the Case, that
he has receiv'd it unjustly ; On the Other hand, if they please to allow
him What he has already receiv'd towards reimbursing him his Expences,
and his Salary to this Day, in lieu of Extra Services, he shall be thank-
full, and will then sign a Receipt in full of all Demands, tho' it is a much
smaller Sum than he ever could have thought the Trustees would have
adjudg'd he merited. As to the Sum of Ten Pounds ten Shillings still
in M' Verelst's Hands, he is contented, That should be applied for pay
ing the Passage of some Other Person in his Place.
Resolved That an Extract be made of the Minutes of the Common Council and
the Trustees relating to M' Watson, and that the same and the aforesaid
Letter be refer'd to M' Thomas Tower for his Opinion WThat may be
proper for the Trustees to do in the said Affair.
Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 485
Vestry Room of S* Margaret's Church
Thursday March 20'" 174f
Present
D' Hales President
M' Vernon
M' Anderson
Earl of Shaftesbury
D' Wilson
M' Burton
M' Smith.
The State of the Accounts and Proceedings of the Year 1745 was read
and Order'd to be enter'd.
Resolved That the Thanks of the Trustees be given to the Revd M' Glocester
Ridley for his Excellent Sermon preach'd this Day, And that he be de
sired to print the same. Adjourn'd.

Queen's Square Westminster
Wednesday Aprill 2. 1746
Present
Earl of Shaftesbury President.
M' Vernon
S' William Heathcote.
Read a Letter receiv'd by the Post March 31st from M' John Dobell
Dated Savanah Oct' 29. 1745
Order'd That a Letter be sent to M' Dobell acknowledging the Receipt of the
same. The Trustees after this taking into consideration the Difficulty that has
all along attended the Correspondence between them and the President and
Assistants, And that no Letter has been receiv'd by the Trustees from
any of their Officers in the Province of a fresher Date than Aprill 30th
1745 except the foregoing.

486 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Order'd That the Secretary do write to the Governor and Council of South
Carolina setting forth the aforesaid Difficulty of Correspondence, and
Desiring them to receive and inclose in theirs to England the Dispatches
from Georgia to the Trust, and to transmit to Savanah the Letters and
Parcels directed thither from the Trustees ; And that Whatever Ex
pences may attend this the President M'i William Stephens will have
Orders to defray.
Order'd That a Copy of the said Letter be sent to the President.
Adjourn'd.

Queen's Square Westminster
Monday May 19tb 1746
Present
M' Thomas Tower President.
Gen1 Oglethorpe
M' Vernon
M' Laroche
D' Wilson
Earl of Shaftesbury.
The Accountant laid before the Trustees a Copy of a Bill drawn on
him by the Rev4 M' Thomas Bosomworth, Which was noted for Non Ac
ceptance the third Instant, Which Bill is in the following Words. Viz'
Frederica Georgia Feb" 11. 1744
Excec£50 Sir At thirty days sight after this my second Bill of Exchange my first
and third of the same tenor and date not being paid pay to M' Edward
Jenkins or Order the sum of Fifty Pounds Sterling in part of Bounty
settled by the HonWc the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Geor
gia upon different kinds of Grain raised within the said Colony in the
Year 1739 and place to said Account of Sir Your very humble Servant
Tho8 Bosomwobth.
To M' Harman Verelst
in Queen's Square Westminster.

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(Endors'd) Pay to M" Mary Whaley or Order the Contents of the with
in Bill. Edw1 Jenkins.
Order'd
That the Answer to be given to the said Bill when brought for pay
ment be as follows.
"That all Claims for raising of Corn in the Year 1739 were to be made
"and paid, if found due, by the proper Officers in Georgia, to whom the
"Trustees have now wrote to examine the Claim of Mary the Wife of
"Thomas Bosomworth, and to pay what they shall find due to her on
"such Claim."
Read a Deposition of Mary Bosomworth relating to the Corn raised by
her late Husband Jacob Matthews in the aforesaid Year 1739 and by
her self in the Year 1742.
M' Thomas Jones attending produced an Account Wherein the said
Jacob Matthews is Debtor to the Trustees in October 1738 to the
Amount of Eighty One Pounds Sixteen Shillings and three pence three
farthings ; In October 1739 to the Amount of Seventeen Pounds Eight
een Shillings and ten Pence farthing more, And since that time in a
further Amount of Fifteen Pounds four Shillings and Six Pence half
Penny. Making together the Sum of One hundred and fourteen Pounds
Nineteen Shillings and Eight pence half Penny.
Read a Memorial of the said Mary Bosomworth, receiv'd by the Post
from Portsmouth the 5*b of last December, Desiring a Grant to her Hus
band M' Thomas Bosomworth of a Tract of Land called Yamacraw from
the West Line of the Town of Savanah to Pipemaker's Creek ; And also
Desiring Payment of an Account therewith presented Whereon the Sum
of One thousand two hundred and four Pounds Nine Shillings and Eight
Pence is stated to be the Balance. But the same consisting of a Claim for
One hundred Pounds a Year as Interpreter to the Indians for twelve
Years, Whereof the Sum of two hundred Pounds is mention'd to have
been receiv'd of Gen1 Oglethorpe in part ; and for Fifty Pounds Reward
for the first Load of Wheat ; for One hundred and fifty Pounds for Boun
ties on Corn Pease and Potatoes raised in the Year 1739 ; And for Four
Pounds Nine Shillings and Eight Pence for Bounties on Corn Pease and
Potatoes raised in the Year 1742.
Resolved That it be refer'd to the Common Council to consider of that Part of
Mary Bosomworth's Memorial Which relates to the Grant of the Tract
of Land And to order Copies of the aforesaid Accounts of Jacob Mathews

488 COLONIAL RECORDS.
and Mary Bosomworth to be sent over to the President and Assistants in
Georgia with an Instruction to them that no Salary as Interpreter was
ever granted by the Trustees, And that Whatever Service Mary Bosom
worth has done in that Station She has been fully satisfied for ; That as
to the Reward of Fifty Pounds claim'd for the first Load of Wheat raised
in Georgia the Trustees never engag'd themselves in any such Promise ;
And as to the Bounties on Corn Pease and Potatoes raised in the Years
1739 and 1742 That the President and Assistants should examine into
the foundation of those Claims ; Which not being properly made when
Other Claimants became intitled and were paid, Nor ever made in the
Lifetime of Jacob Mathews nor since his Death by his Widow (to the
knowledge of the Trustees) untill by the said Memorial and the Deposi
tion of the said Mary Bosomworth; It thereby appears that in those
Years no such Bounties were expected by the said Jacob Mathews, or his
Widow, by their not applying in time fcr the proper Views and Measure
ment by two Freeholders; Directed to certify the Quantities raised in
order to ascertain the Bounties, Which greatly affects the present Claims ;
However if it should appear to the satisfaction of the President and As
sistants that Any thing is really due to the late Jacob Mathews or bis
Widow for such Bounties over and above what is due from the said Jacob
Mathews to the Trustees, that they may be authoris'd to pay such Over
plus. Adjourn'd.

Excise Office Old Jewry
Thursday June 12th 1746
Present
M' Vernon President
M' Eyre
M' L'apostre
M' Tho' Tower
M' Smith.
Read Several Letters from the Revd M' Bolzius dated in January and
February 174f, Mentioning among other Particulars that the Saw Mill
at Ebenezer is brought to perfection, and in a condition to saw with two
Saws above One thousand feet of Boards in twenty four Hours. That by
consent of the President and Council at Savanah he had borrow'd six

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Brasses belonging to the Trustees Old Saw Mill, and preserv'd in the
Store at Savanah, and he desires a Grant of the same to the Saltzburgh
ers. That M' Von Munch, an eminent Merchant at Augsburgh has con
tributed a great deal to the happy Settlement of Ebenezer, as well as to
the raising the Saw Mill, he having besides Many Gifts in Money and
Goods generously lent M' Bolzius about two hundred Pounds for two
Years. Resolved That the six Brasses Which were lent from the Store to M' Bolzius be
granted to the Saltzburghers for the use of the Saw Mill.
Order'd That the Secretary write a Letter to M' Von Munch, returning him
the Trustees thanks for his Benefactions and kindness to M' Bolzius and
the Saltzburghers ; That he acquaint him that the Trustees are desirous
of seeing him One of their Body; and propose to elect him a Trustee at
the Anniversary Meeting in March next and they hope he will have no
Objection thereto ; That with this Letter to M' Von Munch a List of the
Trustees and the most Material Papers and Sermons be likewise sent.
Read a Letter from the Revd M' Thomas Bosomworth Dated Frederica
Feb" 24 174|- That in consequence of Affidavit under the Seal of the
Colony of Georgia sent to the Trustees of the Quantity of different kinds
of Grain raised in the said Colony by M' Jacob Mathews in the Year
1739 And his Widow (now Mary Bosomworth) in the Year 1742, he had
that day drawn upon the Accountant (to whom the Letter was written)
a Set of Bills of Exchange for the Sum of fifty four Pounds Nine Shil
lings and Eight Pence Sterling in part of Bounty Money settled by the
Trustees upon different kinds of Produce in the said Years And the Ac
countant acquainting the Trustees that a Notorial Copy of Another Bill
for fifty Pounds, Dated the 10'b of February last, had been brought to
him drawn by the said M' Bosomworth.
Resolved That the same Answer be given to the said two Bills as was order'd by
the Trustees May 19lh to be given to the Bill for fifty Pounds drawn by
M' Bosomworth February 11th 174f .
Adjourn'd.

490 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Queen's Square Westminster
Thursday July lO'" 1746
Present
M' Smith President
M' Vernon
M' Eyre
M' Laroche
M' Thomas Tower
M' L'apostre.
Read a Petition of Charles Watson setting forth, That having left his
Affairs in Georgia unsettled, and met with great Disappointments in Eng
land ; he was desirous to return to Georgia under such Appointment as
should be thought fit, wherein he engages to exert his Capacity with
Diligence and Integrity, Being sensible of the Esteem he has lost by his
imprudent coming to England without the Trustees Direction for that
Purpose. Which being taken into Consideration.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council that M' Charles Wat
son be appointed to succeed M' William Spencer in the Office of third
Bailiff of the Town of Savanah ; in case M' Samuel Marcer or M' Patrick
Graham hath not accepted the said Office.
Resolved That if either Mp Samuel Marcer or Patrick Graham hath accepted the
aforesaid Office, It be recommended to the Common Council to remove
M' John Pye from the Office of Recorder of the Town Court at Savanah
and appoint M' Charles Watson Recorder in his Room. M' John Pye hav
ing neglected the Duty of his said Office.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council to approve of the Ac.
countant's Advancing to the said Charles Watson the sum of ten Pounds
ten Shillings to pay his Passage to Georgia, and the further Sum of ten
Pounds to supply him with Necessaries on his going over ; As no Salary
can commence payable to the said Charles Watson untill he is admitted
into the Office intended for him. Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 491
Monday December 29 1746
Present
Earl of Shaftesbury President
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
S' William Heathcote
M' L'apostre.
Read several Letters and Papers brought from Georgia by the Tartar
Man of War. Viz' A Copy of Mr Stephens's Journal from December
25. 1744 to the 26'" of Feb" following, from June 24. 1745 to the 31s'
of August following, from October 18tb 1745 to the 31s' of Dec' follow
ing And from July 31" 1746 to the IV of September following.
A Copy of the Proceedings of the President and Assistants from No
vember 23. 1744 to the 23d of Feb" 1744, From June 15 1745 to the
31s' of August following From October IV 1745 to the 31" of Dec'
following. And from July 21" 1746 to the 28*b of August 1746.
Two Letters from M' Stephens to the Secta" Dated June 24tb 1745
And August 31" 1745.
Five Letters from M' Stephens to the Accountant Dated June 24""
1745, August 31" 1745, October 18tb 1745, July 31st 1746 and Sept' 15
1746. Four Plans of the Church at Savanah ""«¦
A Letter from M' William Spencer to the Trustees Dated July 31st
1746. A Letter from M' Patrick Graham to the Trustees and an Affidavit
relating to M' John Terry.
Copies of the Schedules of Several Papers sent at different times to
the Trust.
Copy of an Advertisement fix'd up by several Carpenters at Savanah.
A Letter from M' John Dobell to the Trustees and a Petition for a
Town Lot at Savanah to be confirm'd to him.
A Petition of Alexander Wood for five hundred Acres on Withering.
ton otherwise Oyster Bluff.
A List of Indian Traders to whom Licenses were granted for the Year
1746 sign'd John Dobell.
A List of Trust Grants made for parcelling out Lots to Inhabitants of
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492 COLONIAL RECORDS.
A List of Leases Grants and Conveyances made by the Trustees to
Persons intending to go over to Georgia and cultivate the same at their
own Expences. sign'd John Dobell Register.
A State of Savanah distinguishing the present Proprietors of Houses,
and the Inhabitants in the several Wards and Tythings. sign'd John
Dobell Register
And a List of the Names of the Children at Savanah Free School
taken July 16th 1746. by John Dobell School Master.
It appearing to the Trustees upon reading M' Stephens's Journal that
on the 26th of Feb" 1744 Several German and Swiss Settlers at Vernon
burgh, Acton and adjacent Places brought him a Petition to the Trus
tees, Setting forth the great Want they were in of a Minister, that they
were more than two hundred and forty in Number, Men Women and
Children. All agreeing in the same Protestant Confession according to
the Institution of Calvin, And Desiring that the Revd M' Joachim Zubli
might be appointed their Minister Which Petition was in a Ship taken
in its Passage to England.
The Trustees took the same into Consideration, And after reading the
Minutes November Is' 1745 by Which the Rev" M' Bartholomew Zou
berbuhler was appointed Minister at Savanah, Who undertook to preach
and officiate not only in the English Language to the Inhabitants of Sa
vanah, but in the German and French likewise to the aforesaid Inhabi
tants of Vernonburgh and Acton.
Resolved That it be recommended to the said M' Zouberbuhler to make an Al
lowance of ten pounds <P> Ann to the Revd M' Joachim Zubli, on con
dition that the said M' Zubli officiates for him as an Assistant at the
aforesaid Places of Vernonburgh and Acton &c, Which are at'too great a
Distance, for the Women and Children especially, to go to Divine Wor
ship ; And the said Allowance to commence from the time that the said
M' Zouberbhuler shall receive a third Servant to be maintain'd for him
by the Trust, during his making the said Allowance.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council to maintain a third
Servant for M' Zouberbuhler, during his making an Allowance of ten
pounds ^P Ann. to the aforesaid M' Zubli
It appearing to the Trustees likewise by the Proceedings of the Presi
dent and Assistants on August 3. 1745 that upon the Application of the
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to erect a Tabernacle for Divine Worship (Which might serve likewise
for a School) the President and Assistants had order'd the Surveyor to
lay out two Acres, being Part of the Vacant Land between the Town.
ships of Vernonburgh and Acton, and had order'd forty Shillings to be
expended in the purchase of Necessaries for the said Service.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council to approve of the
same ; And also, That, if the said Setlers shall agree by joint Labour to
cultivate any Land for the Subsistance of their Minister, Fifty Acres
may be granted out of the aforesaid Vacant Land for the Religious Uses
of the said Settlement.
The Trustees then took into consideration Part of M' Stephens's Jour
nal Dec' 3d and 4"" 1745 And a Letter from M' Stephens Dated Sept'
15. 1746, by which it appear'd that the Church is as yet unfinish'd, that
the Roof of it is cover'd with Shingles, but, as to the Sides and Ends of
it, it remains a Skeleton.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council that Orders be sent
to M' Stephens, that the Outside of the Church should with the utmost
Dispatch be feather boarded then tarr'd and sanded, and the Inside Walls
be boarded and painted ; And that M' Stephens be directed to 6end to
M' Bolzius for Whatever Plank may be necessary for the said Purposes.
And that a Letter may be written to M' Bolzius to furnish the President
and Assistants with Cypress or any Other the most durable Plank on as
reasonable Terms as possible, and to let him know, that when the Ac
counts for the same are settled between him and the President and As
sistants, the Trustees will pay him for the said Plank.
Then the Trustees read the Proceedings of the President and Assist
ants on the 14"1 of Dec' 1744, by Which it appear'd that upon a Petition
of Christopher Ortman They had come to a Resolution that the said Mr
Ortman had been misrepresented to the Society for promoting Christian
Knowledge, And that they made the said Ortman School Master at
Vernonburgh and Acton with an Allowance of twelve Pounds <$i Ann.
Order'd That it be recommended to the Common Council, That the Sec"" do
write to M' Stephens and acquaint him that the Trustees entirely disap
prove of and disallow the Settlement of twelve Pounds a Year upon the
said Christopher Ortman. That they are surpris'd at the Resolution
Which the President and Assistants came to. Viz' "That M' Ortman

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was misrepresented to the aforesaid Society," without hearing any Body
but M' Ortman himself upon that Subject ; That the Trustees cannot but
take notice of and condemn the Inference drawn by them, Vizt. That
the placing the said M' Ortman at Vernonburgh and Acton is a Saving
to the Trust, as if they were oblig'd to maintain Every Body Who for
Misbehaviour may have been discharg'd, Which the Trustees can never
come into.
It appearing by the Proceedings of the President and Assistants on
Jan" 15th 1744, that M's Avery had deliver'd up to them four different
Plans drawn by her Deceas'd Husband Mr Joseph Avery Surveyor.
Order'd That the Sec'"" do send the Trustees Directions to M' Stephens, to
send home the said Plans only by a Man of War, and to wrap them in
an Oil Skin, and put them in a Box, filling this up afterwards with
Saw Dust.
It Appearing by the Proceedings of the President and Assistants Jan"
30"1 1744, that M' John Millidge (An Officer at Fort Argyle) had peti-
tion'd them for a Grant of five hundred Acres of Land on the River
Ogeechee, And that they recommended him as an Industrious Man to
the Trustees, tho' the said Millidge is already possess'd of a Town Lot and
fifty Acres of Land at Savanah, which is uncultivated.
Resolved That it be propos'd to the Common Council, that the Secretary be
order'd to write to the President, and acquaint him, that the Trustees can
not resolve to grant the five hundred Acres to the said John Millidge
because the President and Assistants have not represented his Substance
and Ability to cultivate the same, Which they ought to have done, since
his Town Lot at Savanah has been entirely neglected ; If it shall appear
however, that he has (independent of his Military Command) sufficient
Means for cultivating five hundred Acres, the Trustees will have no Ob
jections to granting the same, on condition that he shall relinquish his
Town Lot at Savanah.
Order'd That the Secta" do acquaint M' Stepheus, that the Trustees had order'd
a Return to be made to them of the Grants and Leases, Which had been
occupied, in order to ascertain the Quit Rents and make a proper Return
thereof to the Auditor of the Plantations ; Which has not yet been re
ceived by them ; That a Copy of One however has been sent to them
by Mr John Dobell the Register, And by this there appear to be Reasons

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given Why the Proprietors of Lands have not occupied the same, Which
the President and Assistants were not required to do, but only to state
the Facts.
Read a Petition of M' John Dobell at Charles Town South Carolina,
desiring the Trustees to confirm the Grant of a Town Lot at Savanah
to him.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council to confirm the same
with a Proviso, that the said John Dobell returns within a Year to culti
vate, and occupy the same by himself or Servants; And that Mr Dobell
be acquainted that he may afterwards upon his Application have leave
of Absence or a Power of Alienation. That it be recommended like
wise to invite the said John Dobell back to Savanah to take Care of the
School, and execute again the Office of Register.
It appearing by M' Stephens's Journal August 21s' 1746. that the
Revd M' Thomas Bosomworth had sent to South Carolina for six Negroes
to be employ'd at his Plantation at the Forks at the Alatamaha River ;
And that Negroes have been creeping into the Colony at Augusta and
other remote Places.
Order'd That the Sec**" do write to M' Stephens, and acquaint him, that the
Trustees are surpris'd, that He as President, and the Assistants have not/
taken any Step to punish and put a Stop to such a Violation of the Law
against Negroes, nor propos'd any Means for the Trustees doing it, but
have contented themselves with seeing, and complaining of it.
An Advertisement being read, sign'd by several Carpenters at Savanah,
and stuck up at several Places in the said Town, Whereby they have
combin'd and resolved not to work below particular Prices Specified therein.
Order'd That the Act of Parliament Intitled be sent over to the
(sic)
President and Assistants, with Orders for them to apprize the People of
the Consequences of the said Act, and to put the same in force.
Read a Letter from M' Patrick Graham (one of the Assistants) Dated
Sept' 13tb 1746 Setting forth That an Allowance of Twenty pounds a
Year is in the Trustees Estimate for a Surgeon to dispense Medicines to
such poor People as cannot employ One ; That the said Allowance has
never yet been accepted by any Person. That He, having been bred an
Apothecary and Surgeon desires the same, And that thereby he can give
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Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council to give the said Al
lowance of twenty Pounds a Year to M' Patrick Graham, And that the
Medicines, of Which he has sent a List, be sent over for the use of the
poor People,
Upon reading a Paragraph in M' Stephens's Journal July 30*b 1745
setting forth, That he as President and the Assistants had granted a Li
cense to a Person at Augusta for keeping a Publick House there, And
that Capt. Kent had complain'd thereof, as being a Lessening of his Au
thority as Conservator of the Peace there.
Order'd That the Secretary do acquaint M' Stephens that He and the Assistants
might and should have left it to Capt Kent to grant the said License,
since the Capt, as Conservator of the Peace, had the same Power as
Justices of the Peace have in England, and being upon the Spot must
be the best Judge of a proper Person for having a License. That Capt.
Kent was not a Conservator of the Peace, when the Powers were granted
to the President and Assistants to license Publick Houses.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council to confirm the fol
lowing Grants made by the President and Assistants. Vizt.
A Grant made July 26 1745 of a fifty Acre Lot at the new Village
on Skeedaway Island to Thomas Sparnel.
A Grant of a fifty Acre Lot in the Town of Savanah made the same
Day to Christian Camphire.
A Grant of a fifty Acre Lot at Abercorn made June 7'b 1745 to James
Grant, mention'd in the Minutes of the President and Assistants No
vember 6'b 1745
A Grant of a fifty Acre Lot at Abercorn made Nov1 22. 1745 to
Christian Dasher.
And a Grant of a Lot in the Town of Savanah made Dec' 23 1745
to Jacob Holbrook.
Resolved That it be recommended likewise to the Common Council to approve
of the Purchase made by John Lawrence of Frederica of the Lot N* 2
in the first Tything of the lower New Ward of Samuel Clee, the Presi
dent and Assistants having recommended the same ; Provided that the
said John Lawrence occupies the said Lot by himself or Servants.
Adjourn'd

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Friday January 2. 1746.
Present
M' L'apostre President
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon
M' Thomas Tower
M' Laroche.
Order'd That a Memorial be prepar'd and sign'd by the Secretary to the Lords
Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury for issuing the sum of Four
thousand Pounds granted in the last Session of Parliament to the Trustees,
for the further Settling and Improving the Colony of Georgia.
Adjourn'd.
Friday January 30"1 174f
Present
Gen1 Oglethorpe President
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' Laroche
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Thomas Archer
M' Tuffnell
M' Smith.
Read a Letter of Attorney Appointing M' Harman Verelst the Ac
countant to receive the sum of Four thousand Pounds granted to the
Trustees in the last Session of Parliament for the further settling and Im
proving the Colony of Georgia.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd to the Same
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Resolved That M' Laroche be desired to keep the said Letter of Attorney till
the Issue of the Money is ready to be made at the Exchequer, and to at
tend the receiving the same, and paying it afterwards into the Bank of
England for the Use of the Trust.
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M' Smith reported to the Board that the Rev4 M' John Berriman,
Rector of S' Albans Wood street has engag'd to preach the Anniversary
Sermon on the third Thursday in March next.
Adjourn'd.

Monday February 16. 174$
Present
M' Thomas Tower President.
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon
M' Chandler
M' Thomas Archer
D' Hales
Resolved That it be refer'd to the Committee of Correspondence to consider of
proper Methods for procuring full Information of the State of the Colony.
Order'd That the Sec*"7 do write to Thomas Corbet Esq' Sec'*" to the Lords
Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral to procure
their Lordships Orders to Capt. Hamar of the Adventure Man of War
to take under his Care a Box of Papers for the Colony of Georgia.
Adjourn'd.

Monday March 2. 174f
Present
M' Vernon President
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
Earl of Shaftesbury.
Seal'd pursuant to an Order of the Common Council February 16.
174$ a Deed appointing Major William Horton a Conservator of the
Peace at Frederica
Seal'd pursuant to an Order of the Common Council February 16 174f
a Deed appointing M' John Calwell a Conservator of the Peace at
Frederica.

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Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Order'd That the Letters to William Stephens Esq' be Subscrib'd and Super-
scrib'd to him as President and to the Assistants.
Adjourn'd.

At the Vestry Room of S* Margaret's Church.
Thursday March 19*b 174$
Present
D' Hales President.
M' Vernon
Gen1 Oglethorpe
M' Cornewall
D' Wilson
Mr Burton
M' Anderson
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Smith
The State of the Accounts and Proceedings of the Trust for the Y ear
1746 was read and order'd to be enter'd.
Then the Trustees proceeded to the Choice of a Common Council Man
in the room of M' Edward Digby Deceas'd, and the Rev4 D' Wilson was
elected. They likewise proceeded to the Choice of Trustees and Francis Cokayne
Esq' Alderman of the City of London and Samuel LLoyd Esq' were
unanimously elected.
Resolved That the Thanks of the Trustees be given to Samuel LLoyd Esq' for a
Model of a Machine for Winding of Silk presented by him to the Trust.
Resolved That M' Chretien Von Munch and the Rev4 Mr Samuel Urlsperger of
Augsburgh be appointed Corresponding Members of the Trust for the
Service of Saltzburghers and Other Germans Who may be inclin'd to go
to Georgia.
Resolved That the Thanks of the Trustees be given to the Rev4 M' Berriman for

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his Excellent Sermon preach'd before them this day, And that he be de
sired to print the same. Adjourn'd.

Friday May 29*" 1747
Present
M' Smith President
Earl of Shaftesbury
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
Gen1 Oglethorpe
M' Eyre
M' Thomas Tower
Sr William Heathcote
M' Tuffnel
M' LLoyd
Mr Cornewall
M' Chandler.
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank of England for the Sum of Four
thousand Pounds paid in by the Accountant the 21s' Instant, Which was
receiv'd that Day at the Exchequer, being the Money granted to the
Trustees out of the Supplies for the Year 1746 ; And the Accountant
having reported that he receiv'd the same without Fees, Which were re
mitted by the following Offices for the use of the Colony. Viz'
£
By the Treasury  7. 3. 6.
By the Clerk of the Pells ... 15. 7. 0
By the Auditor of his Maj'7'8 Exchequer 25. 7. 0
By the Tellers  60. 0. 0

107. 17.

Whereby the Net Money arising by the said Issue ) 0009 9 fi
would have been only  j

£4000. 0. 0

Order'd That the Secretary do return the thanks of the Trustees to the several
proper Officers for their said respective Benefactions.

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The Accountant then acquainted the Trustees that the Cash in the
Bank of England this Day for the Use of the Trust amounts to Five
thousand seven hundred and fifty five Pounds One Shilling and Eleven
Pence.Resolved That Gen1 Oglethorpe and Thomas Tower Esq' be desired to represent
to the R' Honbl" Horace Walpole Esq' Auditor of the Plantations the
Condition of the Colony of Georgia with regard to the Quit Rents, and
to ask his Opinion in what manner they may be best reliev'd therein.
Adjourn'd.

Thursday July 16. 1747
Present
M' Chandler President
Mr Vernon
M' L'apostre
D' Hales
M' Smith.
Read a Letter from M' John Terry, late Recorder at Frederica, and
Correspondent with the President and Assistants in Georgia, Dated
the 28"1 of May last, setting forth the hardships he has suffer'd for doing
his Duty in the said Office of Correspondent, the Losses he sustain'd by
being oblig'd to quit his Improvements at Frederica, and the ill Treat
ment he receiv'd at Savanah, Which oblig'd him to quit the Colony and
go to Charles Town in order to embark for England ; And that being
taken Prisoner in his Passage by the French, it had occasion'd great and
unavoidable Expences ; And it appearing by a Letter to the said Mr
Terry dated the 6'b of February 1744, that his said Employments were
to cease at Frederica on the Receipt thereof, Which was the 14"1 of June
1745 ; And that the Trustees encourag'd his going to settle at Savanah,
with an Intent to provide for him the first Vacancy, And that on his
laying before them his reasonable Expences of removing to a new Settle
ment in the District of Savanah, they should be consider'd ; And it fur
ther appearing by the Accounts receiv'd, that the said M' Terry has been
paid in Georgia up to Midsummer 1745 his Salaries as Recorder and
Correspondent, the first at twenty pounds a Year, and the Other at ten
Pounds a Year, and ten pounds a Year Additional since the President &

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Assistants were appointed for the whole Province, As also his Allowance
of twelve pounds three Shillings and four Pence a Year for the Mainte
nance of a Servant, as also that the said M' Terry had drawn a Bill on the
Trustees Accountant the 4"1 of December 1745 for twenty five Pounds
more, Which was paid in July 1746.
Resolved That it is the Opinion of the Trustees to recommend it to the Common
Council to allow the Bill for twenty five Pounds to be as an Equivalent
for the said M' Terry's Expences in removing from Frederica ; And that
Two Years further Allowances amounting to one hundred & four Pounds
six Shillings and Eight Pence be paid to him, in consideration of his
Losses and Sufferings and in full of all Demands Whatsoever from the
Trustees, he signing a General Release, Provided that M' Terry was not
paid in Georgia beyond Midsummer 1745; And in case he was paid fur
ther, then so much as he may have so receiv'd to be Accounted as Part.
Read a Petition of John Neild, late Clerk to the several Ministers at
Frederica since the Year 1739 ; Setting forth, that he was appointed
Clerk in June 1739, and receiv'd no Salary but from Midsummer 1743 ;
And Praying four Years Arrears, being twenty Pounds, may be paid
to him.
And it appearing that on October 22. 1739 M' Francis Moore receiv'd
the Sum of Four hundred Pounds to discharge the Trustees Estimate at
Frederica from Michaelmas 1739, (the Commencement thereof) Wherein
Five pounds a Year were appropriated for a Parish Clerk there.
Resolved That the Accountant do inquire of the said M' Francis Moore,
Whether he paid the said John Neild any, and What Part of the said
Allowance ; And in case he did not pay any.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council to pay to the said
John Neild What he has not receiv'd of the said Allowance from
Michaelmas 1739.
Read a Letter drawn up by the Secretary to William Stephens Esq'
Order'd That the same be sent by the first Opportunity.
Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 503
Tuesday August 4*a 1747
Present
M' Vernon President
D' Hales
Mr Smith.
Seal'd the following Appointments Viz'.
of William Spencer to be second Bailiff of Savanah and One of the
Assistants in the room of M' Charles Watson.
of M' Samuel Marcer to be third Bailiff of Savanah and One of the
Assistants in the room of M' William Spencer.
And of M' Charles Watson to be Recorder of Savanah in the room of
M' John Pye remov'd from that Office
Order'd That they be countersign'd by the Accountant in the Absence of the
Secretary and sent to Georgia by the first Opportunity.
Adjourn'd
Monday December 21" 1747
Present
Earl of Shaftesbury President.
Earl of Egmont
Gen1 Oglethorpe
M' Vernon
S' John Barrington
S' William Heathcote
M' Smith
Read a Letter from M' Thomas Smith Deputy to the R' Hon"1'
Horatio Walpole Esq' Auditor Gen1 of the Plantations in America, with
an Extract of Memorials of Grants of Lands in Georgia, that have been
exhibited by the Trustees, and register'd in the said Auditor's Office ;
and setting forth, that he was directed by M' Walpole to desire he may
be acquainted, whether any more Lands have been granted by the Trus
tees than what are contain'd in the aforesaid Extract of Memorials ; and
Whether any, and What Part of the Quit Rents have ever been paid
upon any of the Grants hitherto made, or to whom, for his Majesty's

504 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Use, according to his Letters Patent, that they may be duly accounted
for, Audited, and passed.
Order'd That a Letter be sent to M' Smith, desiring him to acquaint the R'
Honble Horatio Walpole, Auditor Gen1 of the Plantations; That the
Trustees being mindful of his Majesty's Instructions in their Charter,
sent a Letter to the President in Georgia dated the 19'° of August 1745,
relating to the Commencement of Quit Rents there, and requiring a Re
turn to be made proper for ascertaining the said Quit Rents on each
particular Grant, And That, in pursuance of the said Orders, a Return
has been made, Which was receiv'd in the Month of March last; But
this not being satisfactory to the Trustees, They have thought proper to
renew their Orders to their Officers in Georgia, for Another more com
pleat to be transmitted to them by the first Opportunity ; Which, as soon
as receiv'd, will be sent to the Auditor.
Resolved That a Memorial of M' John Terry to the Trustees, Dated November
30'b 1747, and a Letter from the same to the Trustees Accountant re
ceiv'd December 20*" 1747 be refer'd to the Consideration of Thomas
Tower, Richard Chandler, Robert Eyre and Henry Archer Esq™ or any
two of them ; And they are desired to report their Opinion on the same.
The Accountant acquainted the Trustees, that a Quantity of Silk was
brought over by the Ship Success Captain William Thomson in Septem
ber last. Viz' Thirty four Pounds and three Quarters sent from Savanah
in September 1746, Which was to have been brought by the Tartar
Man of War, but was left at Charles Town ; And Four Pounds of fine
Silk sent from the Saltzburghers at Ebenezer in May last, besides some
coarse Silk not yet weigh'd.
Resolved That M' Lloyd be desired to view the said Silk, and give his Opinion
of the Goodness of it, and what may be proper to be done with it.
Gen1 Oglethorpe laid before the Trustees a Letter from Major William
Horton to them, Dated Frederica May 5*b 1747, relating to several Fam
ilies coming from Other Parts of the Continent of North America to
settle in Georgia, and proposing a Sum not exceeding four hundred
Pounds to be Appropriated for their Service.
Resolved That the same be recommended to the Consideration of the Common
Council.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 505
M' Smith laid before the Trustees a Letter from M'8 Lucy Mouse,
Dated Savanah May 1501 1747, Setting forth That She has suffer'd many
Misfortunes since She has been there, and has bred up a large Family
with great Difficulty, That two Daughters are dependent on her still, her
Eldest having lost her Husband, being kill'd by the Spaniards. That
about five Years ago her Husband died, and She is therefore oblig'd to
quit her Plantation at Skeedaway, and seek a Livelihood at Savanah,
Where She has not an House but that of her Son in Law. That in her
Absence from Skeedaway the Boards &c of her House have been stolen,
and put up in an adjacent Isle, and the Frame burnt by the Indians.
That the Inhabitants of Skeedaway (with the consent of the Magistrates)
agreed to sell each their Share of the Cattle that was upon the Island,
as also the Shares of those Deceas'd at a Price they should all agree to,
and the Purchaser was limited to the time of two Years to get up the
Stock, after that to put on fresh as they were able. That two of the
Deceas'd were indebted to her Husband, as appears by his Books, to
whom She legally administer'd. That the Purchase Money of the living
Freeholders has been paid, but the Magistrates have order'd, that what
is due to the Deceas'd be paid into the Store, without first satisfying her
Demand, tho' they have seen her Account, and don't contradict it. That,
as She has no House any Where, and must follow her Business in Sa
vanah, She hopes the Trustees will grant her the Lot of Mr Peter Grant,
himself, his Wife and Child being dead.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council That if the said Lot
of Peter Grant be lapsed to the Trustees, it be given to the said M'8
Lucy Mouse, and if it is not lapsed, that some other at Savanah be
granted to her ; And That Instructions be sent to the President and As
sistants, that Justice be done to her in relation to her Claim ; that is to
say, if the Trustees have no Demand stated, shewing a Debt Due to
them from her, or her late Husband, that then her Share of the Stock
arising by the sale of Cattle at Skeedaway be paid to her instead of its
being paid to the Store ; And if any such Debt is due, then the Balance
over and above the said Debt be paid to her.
Adjourn'd.

506 COLONIAL RECORDS.

Saturday February 13. 174|
Present
M' Vernon President
Earl of Egmont
D' Wilson
M' Smith
The Oath of Office as Common Council Man of the Trust was admin
ister'd to the Revd D' Wilson Adjourn'd.

At the Vestry Room of S* Margaret's Church
Thursday March 17*h 174£
Present
Earl of Shaftesbury President
M' Vernon
M' Tracy
S' William Heathcote
M' Holland
D' Wilson
M' Smith
M' Anderson
M' Lloyd.
Resolved That an Instruction be prepared and afterwards seal'd and counter
sign'd by the Secretary to the President and Assistants to the following
Purport. That, after so many Declarations that the Introduction and
Use of Negroes in the Colony is not only inconsistent with the Intention of
his Majesty's Charter, but also directly contrary to an Express Act ap
prov'd of by his Majesty in Council in the Year 1735 for the Year
1735 for prohibiting the Importation and Use of Negroes, Declar
ing the Meaning and Intention of the said Charter; The Trustees
are surpris'd any Expectations of them can yet remain at Savanah,
and in other Parts of the Colony ; And therefore it must be, and
is, upon that foundation, a Resolution of the Trustees never to per
mit the Introduction of Negroes into the Colony of Georgia, as the

COLONIAL RECORDS. 507
Danger which must arise from them' in a Frontier Town is so evi
dent ; And as the People, Who continue to clamour for Negroes
declare that the Colony can never succeed without the use of them,
it is evident they don't intend by their own Industry to contrib
ute to its Success, and must therefore rather hinder than promote it ;
The Trustees therefore require it may be signified to all the Inhabitants
of the Colony, that if any of them persist in declaring they cannot suc
ceed without Negroes, it would be of service to the Colony as well as
themselves for them to retire into any other Province, where they will be
freely allow'd the Use of Negroes.
The State of the Accounts and Proceedings of the Trust for the Year
1747 was read and order'd to be enter'd.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Consideration of the Common Council
to give the Sum of five Pounds to each of the two Saltzburgh Young
Women, Who have learnt the art of winding Silk from the Coquons.
Resolved That the Thanks of the Trustees be given to the Revd M' Thoresby
for his excellent Sermon preach'd before them this Day, And that he be
desired to print the same. Adjourn'd.

Saturday March 19"1 174$
Present
M' Tracy President.
Earl of Shaftesbury
Gen1 Oglethorpe
M' Vernon
D' Wilson
M' Holland
Mr Smith
M' Cornewall
M' Tuffnel
Order'd That the Secretary write a Letter to Thomas Corbett Esq', desiring
him to acquaint the Lords Commissioners for executing the Office of
Lord high Admiral, that the Trustees understand their Lordships have

508 COLONIAL RECORDS.
been pleas'd to appoint Mark Care Esq' Judge of the Court of Admiralty
in the Province of Georgia upon the Representation of Lieut. Col1 Heron,
without the knowledge of, or any Application from the Trustees, in
whom alone the Government of the Province of Georgia is vested ;
Which the Trustees are desirous their Lordships should be acquainted
with ; That the Trustees however have no objection to the said M' Care
for the Appointment for the said Office of Judge of the Admiralty ; but
on the contrary they recommend him to their Lordships for it.
Order'd That a Copy be made of the several Papers laid before his Grace the
Duke of Newcastle at the time when his Majesty's Title to the Limits of
his Possessions on the North West Continent of America was contested by
Mons' Geraldino the Minister for the King of Spain, and likewise of
Mons' Geraldino's Letter to the Duke of Newcastle, his Grace's Letter to
the Trustees and the Trustees Memorial to the Queen.
Resolved That the Earl of Shaftesbury, Gen1 Oglethorpe, James Vernon Esq',
Robert Tracy Esq' and D' Wilson be desired to attend his Grace the
Duke of Bedford, Principal Secretary of State, to desire his Grace's Fa
vour to and Protection of the Colony of Georgia at this critical Juncture.
Resolved That a Letter be sent to the Secretary at War to represent to him,
that the Trustees think themselves and the Colony of Georgia under their
Care and Government much aggriev'd by Lieut. Col. Heron's raising Re
cruits for the Regiment within the said Colony ; That this must render
abortive their Endeavours to support and improve the Colony, for Which
they have from time to time sent People at the Expence of the Publick,
and be in the end a Misapplication of the Money granted by Parliament
for that Purpose ; That besides, it is, as they conceive, contrary to the
express Orders given at the first raising of the said Regiment. That the
Trustees cannot but think if the Officers of the said Regiment are per
mitted to raise Recruits in any Part of America, it must prove of bad
Consequence for many Reasons, which it is needless to trouble the Secre
tary at War with. Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 509

Friday March 25'b 1748
Present.
D' Wilson President
Earl of Shaftesbury
S' William Heathcote
M' Vernon
D' Hales
M' Smith
Gen1 Oglethorpe
M' Lloyd
Resolv'd That it be recommended to the Common Council to give directions for
enlarging the Wharf at Savanah.
Resolv'd That it be recommended likewise to the Common Council that Orders
be sent for finishing the Church as soon as possible.
Seal'd (pursuant to an Order of the Trustees at the General Meeting
March the 17th) an Instruction to the President and Assistants to be sig
nified to the Inhabitants of the Colony of Georgia that the Introduction
and Use of Negroes will not be permitted.
Seal'd (pursuant to an Order of the Common Council March the 19*k)
an Appointment of M' Joann Lodvick Meyer to be a Conservator of the
Peace at Ebenezer.
Read a Letter from Capt. George Dunbar, desiring a Grant of five
hundred Acres of Land upon the Island contiguous to Darien, and a
Right of Common upon the remaining Part of the said Island ; And in
consideration of the same he proposes to resign his former Grant.
Resolved That the same be recommended to the Common Council.
Read a Petition of M' William Shrubsole Gent" setting forth, That He
and his Wife intend very soon to embark for Georgia, and he proposes
to settle and cultivate Lands there as far as his Abilities will permit him ;
And therefore he desires the Trustees will grant him a Tract of Land in
the Colony convenient to his Place of Residence.
And being call'd in to explain himself, he desir'd a fifty Acre Lot upon
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510 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Resolved That the same be recommended to the Common Council.
The Earl of Shaftesbury reported, that He, and Gen1 Oglethorpe, M'
Vernon, M' Tracy, and D' Wilson did, (in pursuance of a Minute of the
Trustees the 25th Instant) attend the Duke of Bedford, One of his Maj
esty's Principal Secretaries of State, with the Request of the Trustees;
And that, in return to the same, his Grace express'd his good Wishes for
the Colony of Georgia, and acquainted them that if the Trustees had any
Papers to lay before his Majesty, He would readily do it.
Order'd That the Secretary write a Letter to William Chetwynd Esq', Secre
tary to the Duke of Bedford as Secretary of State, and acquaint him,
That, as, at the Approaching Congress, the Limits of his Majesty's Pos
sessions in America may come under Consideration, the Trustees think it
their indispensable Duty, to lay before his Grace the Agreements made
with the Governor of Florida, and Officers of the King of Spain's Terri
tories adjoining to the Colony of Georgia, before the Commencement of
the War ; Shewing What the Trustees were then in possession of pursu
ant to his Majesty's Charter, together with the Right of the Crown of
Great Britain to the River Alatamaha or S* Mattheo (of late by the
Spaniards call'd S' Juan) and also the Names of the Indian Nations in
the said Province in alliance with his Majesty, Who have acted against
the Spaniards during the present War, in pursuance of his Majesty's
Orders.Order'd That in the next Letter to the President and Assistants they be di
rected to give an Account to the Trustees,, What Persons have applied to
them for leave to cut Timber in any Parts of the Province unoccupied,
What the Nature of their Applications was, and What Rule the Presi
dent and Assistants observe in granting or refusing License for the same.
The Secretary laid before the Trustees a Letter to him from Thomas
Corbett Esq' to the following Purport, That, since his Conversation with
him concerning the Appointment of Mark Care Esq* to be Judge of the
Vice Admiralty in the Province of Georgia, he had recollected that no
Vice Admiralty Powers have yet been settled in the Province, for Which
Reason M' Care cannot have a Warrant to be Judge of the Vice Admi
ralty Court.
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Lords of the Admiralty, and desire to know in what Manner the Trus
tees must apply for such Vice Admiralty Powers to be establish'd in the
Province of Georgia. Adjourn'd.

Friday April 1" 1748
Present
Mr Vernon President
Earl of Shaftesbury
8' William Heathcote
M1 Chandler
M' Lloyd
M' Smith
Gen1 Oglethorpe
M' Tuffnel.
The Secretary acquainted the Trustees, that (in pursuance of their
Order March the 25*) he had waited on Thomas Corbett Esq', Who
told him, that a Vice Admiralty Court could be erected only by his
Majesty's Order in the Province of Georgia, and, this being erected, the
Lords Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord high Admiral
would, upon the Application of the Trustees, appoint the proper Officers
of the said Court.
Resolved That a Petition be presented to his Majesty in Council, setting forth,
that, Whereas soon after the Commencement of the War with Spain,
his Majesty's Royal Proclamation was publish'd to encourage his Maj
esty's Subjects to annoy and distress the Enemy ; But as there is no Vice
Admiralty Court existing in the Province of Georgia for condemning
such Prizes as shall be taken and carried into the Harbours of the said
Province, And as Doubts may arise hereafter to the great Vexation and
trouble of the Captors ; And Whereas great Inconveniencies might at
tend his Majesty's Subjects going into any other Province to procure
their Prizes to be condemn'd in the Vice Admiralty Courts therein.
The Trustees humbly pray his Majesty will be graciously pleas'd to
order a Vice Admiralty Court to be erected in the Province of Georgia
with the proper and usual Powers and Privileges, Which are granted to
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particularly for condemning of such Prizes, as may be taken during the
present War.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd to the said Petition.
Order'd That the Secretary countersign the same.
Read a Letter from the R' Honble Henry Fox Esq' Secretary at War
to the Trustees, dated this Day, setting forth, that he has put into the
hands of their Accountant M' Verelst some Papers for their Perusal, and
desires They will give him their Opinion What Estimate of Expence
will be absolutely necessary for the Provincial Defence and Safety of
the Southern Frontier to the Provinces on the Continent of North
America, Which They are Trustees for Establishing of; to be under
their Direction in the Application, by proper Authority and Instructions
from his . Majesty, hoping they will endeavor to establish it on such a
Foot, as may make a small Sum effectual, for he thinks verily a large
One cannot be obtain'd.
The said Papers being laid before the Trustees, the Titles of the same
were read and mark'd as follow. Vizt.
A. Estimate of the Charge of two Troops of Rangers, an Highland
Company, Boatmen, half Gallies or Schooners for the Service of
Georgia for the Year 1747.
B. Estimate by Which the Government will save near Seventeen thou
sand Pounds ^ Ann for the extraordinary Services in Georgia.
C. Draught of an Instruction to be sent from his Majesty to the Trus
tees to carry the Estimate into Execution.
N° 1. Deposition of William Gray at Augusta June 28 1747.
2. Representation of the English Traders in the Creek Nation to
Col. Heron.
3 Speech of Malatchi Opya Mico, Emperor of the Creek Nation to
Col. Heron.
4. Lieutenant Col. Heron's Answer to a Speech made by Malatchi
Opya Mico Emperor of the Creek Nation.
5. Declaration in favor of M™ Mary Bosomworth.
6. Copy of Col. Heron's Letter to Mr Bosomworth. Frederica July
8th 1747.
7 Declaration of the Creek Indian Chiefs of Malatchi Opya Mico
being their King.

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D. Extracts of Letters relating to the Services of M' Bosomworth and
his Wife.
E. Representation of M' Abraham Bosomworth to the Secretary at War.
Resolved That the Trustees be summon'd to meet on Monday next, April the
4'b, for the special Consideration of the said Papers, and the Letter from
the Secretary at War.
M' Lloyd reported, that he had receiv'd from Derby the Georgia Silk
Which had been organzin'd there amounting to about (sic) and, upon the
Trustees desire, he gave his Opinion, that the best way of disposing of
the said Silk will be to put it into the hands of several Weavers, to
work it up, by which they'll be Judges of its Goodness ; But that this
should be suspended till more Silk may be brought from the Province,
to be join'd to the Silk receiv'd from Derby, and the rest Which is in
the possession of the Trustees.
Resolved That the said Silk, with the Other Parcel in the Possession of the
Trustees, be kept till more may be brought from the Province of Geor
gia, And that the Management of the same be left to the direction of
M' Lloyd. Adjourn'd.

Monday April 4'" 1748
Present
Earl of Shaftesbury President
M' Vernon
S' William Heathcote
D' Wilson
S* John Philipps
M' Eyre
M' Tuffnel
Gen1 Oglethorpe
M' Tracy.
Read the Letter from the Secretary at War Dated April 1" Instant
refer'd then by the Trustees to the Consideration of the Board summon'd
to meet on this Day.
Read the Paper mark'd A. intitled an Estimate of the Charge of two
[33 c. r., v. i.]

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Troops of Rangers, an Highland Company, Boatmen, Half Gallies or
Schooners for the Service of Georgia for the Year 1747. refer'd at the
same time.
Read the Paper mark'd B. intitled an Estimate by which the Govern
ment will save near Seventeen thousand Pounds $ Ann for the
extraordinary Services in Georgia refer'd at the same time.
Resolv'd That the Secretary do write to the R' Honble Henry Fox Esq' Secre
tary at War, and acquaint him, That the Trustees having ever since the
Year 1738 been discharg'd from the care of the Defence of the Colony,
They have not from that time intermeddled with the Military Affairs ;
And as they have had no Intimation What Sum will be afforded, They
are not Judges What Estimate of Expence will be necessary for the
Provincial Defence and Safety of the Southern Frontier to the Prov
inces on the Continent of North America, But, from a serious PeruEal
of the Papers, and from the information They have receiv'd of the State
of the Colony, They beg leave to represent it as their Opinion, That the
Friendship of the Indians is absolutely necessary to be cultivated, for
which purpose it is requisite, that Presents should be given them from
time to time, for Which they apprehend there should be an Annual
Fund ; That a proper Number of Rangers is absolutely necessary to
cover the several Settlements, it not being in the Nature of the Indians
to be brought under the Discipline of that Service ; And That a proper
Number of arm'd Vessels or Boats is likewise absolutely necessary to
keep a communication with the Forts and protect the Islands; — And
That When the Trustees shall receive his Majesty's Instructions, they
will use their utmost Endeavours to carry them into Execution.
The Word Or between the Words Vessels and Boats being objected
to, and the Word And being propos'd to be inserted in its room ; the
Question was put whether the Word Or should stand part of the Reso
lution or not, and was carried in the Affirmative.
Adjourn'd.

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Tuesday May 24. 1748
Present
M' Thomas Tower President
M' Vernon
S' William Heathcote
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Chandler
M' Smith
M' Lloyd
Gen1 Oglethorpe
M* Cornewall
M' Eyre.
Read a Letter from M' John Potter, Secretary to his Grace the Duke
of Bedford as Secretary of State, Dated Aprill 26"" 1748, with an Ex
tract from a Letter from his Grace the Duke of Bedford to M' Glen,
Governor of South Carolina of the same Date; signifying, that "his
"Majesty hath been graciously pleas'd to direct the Sum of three thou
sand Pounds Sterling to be annually sent from hence, to be distributed
"in Presents to the Indians contiguous to, and in Alliance with the
"Provinces of South Carolina and Georgia, in such manner, as the
"Governor, Council and Assembly of South Carolina, in conjunction
"with such Person, as shall be appointed by the Trustees for Georgia,
"shall judge most for his Majesty's Service, and may best answer the
"intended Purpose of securing the Friendship of those Indians; And
"that particular Accounts, properly vouched, of the Distribution of the
" Presents are to be transmitted to his Grace from time to time'' and
further signifying (in Mr Potter's Letter to the Secretary) "his Majesty's
"Pleasure, that the Trustees should appoint such Person to act in con
junction with the Governor, Council, and Assembly of South Carolina
"in the Distribution of the Presents.
Order'd That the Secretary write to M' Potter, and acquaint him, that as the
Trustees are always dispos'd to pay the readiest Obedience to his Majesty's
Commands, They will use their Endeavors to carry these into Execution
with the utmost punctuality, and will take care that Accounts of the
Distribution of the Presents to the Indians, properly vouched, shall be
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be guilty of any Mistake, They beg leave to observe to his Grace, that
they apprehend the Intention of his Majesty is, that two Persons should
be appointed, One by them, and the Other by the Governor Council and
Assembly of South Carolina, to act in conjunction for the Distribution
of the Presents.
They further beg leave to offer it to his Grace as their Opinion, that
it might be proper to buy the Presents in England, as the Goodness of
them could be more depended on, and as there would be a Saving of at
least twenty ^> Cent in the Purchase of them here.
Gen1 Oglethorpe declar'd his Dissent to the Proceedings of this Day,
and will enter the same. Adjourn'd.

Tuesday May 31s' 1748
Present
M' Vernon President
S' William Heathcote
Alderman Cockayne
M' Tuffnel
M' Smith
M' Lloyd
M' Chandler
Earl of Shaftesbury
Resolved That William Stephens Esq' be appointed to act in conjunction with a
Person to be appointed by the Governor Council and Assembly of South
Carolina in the distribution of the Presents to be sent from England to
be given to the Indians contiguous to, and in Alliance with the Provinces
of South Carolina and Georgia.
Resolved That M' Patrick Graham be appointed a Coadjutor to M' Stephens in
the said Agency.
Read an Appointment of William Stephens Esq' for the said Agency.
Read an Appointment of M' Patrick Graham as Coadjutor in the said
Agency.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Appointment.
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Order'd That the Secretary countersign the said Appointments.
Order'd That the Secretary write to M' John Potter and acquaint him, that
the Trustees think it their Duty to acquaint his Grace the Duke of Bed
ford that, being desirous of giving the earliest Proof of their Obedience
to his Majesty's Commands, They have appointed, under the Seal of the
Corporation, a Person to act in conjunction with a Person to be appointed
by the Governor Council and Assembly of South Carolina, in the dis
tribution of the Presents to the Indians contiguous to, and in Alliance
with the Provinces of South Carolina and Georgia, And that the Person,
whom they have nominated, has been many Years, and is now the Com
missioner for Indian Affairs in the Province of Georgia.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council that M' James Hab
ersham be appointed an Assistant for the Province of Georgia.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council that M' Francis
Bichler be appointed a Constable at Ebenezer to have the care of the
Militia Arms, and to muster the People there ; And that he should have
an Allowance of five Pounds Sterling a Year
Resolved That it be recommended to the Committee of Correspondence that a
Letter be written to M' Sam1 Urlsperger at Augsburgh about procuring
German Servants for the Settlement of Ebenezer.
Resolved That the Silk Which M' Lloyd is desir'd to dispose of, be sent to his
House. Resolved That it be recommended to the Committee of Correspondence to pre
pare and settle the Instructions to M' Stephens, appointed by the Trustees
to act in conjunction with a Person to be appointed by the Governor
Council and Assembly of South Carolina, in the distribution of Presents
to the Indians, and to settle the Instructions likewise to the Coadjutor.
Adjourn'd.

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Friday July 1" 1748
Present
M' Smith President
M' Vernon
M' Eyre
S' William Heathcote
M' Thomas Tower
Read the Letter from John Potter Esq' Dated April 26'" 1748, written
by Command of the Duke of Bedford Secretary of State, and an Ex
tract of his Grace's Letter to M' Glen. Governor of South Carolina;
signifying that his Majesty hath been graciously pleas'd to allow the Sum
of three thousand Pounds Sterling to be Annually sent from hence to be
distributed in Presents to the Indians contiguous to, and in alliance with
the Provinces of South Carolina and Georgia ; And that a Person should
be appointed by the Trustees to act in conjunction with the Governor
Council and Assembly of South Carolina in the Distribution of Presents.
Read a Minute of the Trustees May 31" 1748 by Which William
Stephens Esq' was Appointed Agent for the Trustees in the Distribution,
and M' Patrick Graham was appointed Coadjutor to M' Stephens in the
said Agency.
Then the Trustees proceeded to draw up Instructions for M' Stephens
for his Conduct as Agent.
Which being read and Approv'd of
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Instructions.
Order'd That the Secretary countersign the same.
Order'd That the Secretary write a Letter to Peregrine Furye Esq', Agent for
the Province of South Carolina, to acquaint him, that before any Person
is appointed to purchase the Presents for the Indians, it may be proper
to offer it to the Consideration of the Secretary at War, that some Part
of the sum of three thousand Pounds, (Which his Majesty has been
pleas'd to grant for Presents to the Indians) should be reserv'd to be sent
over to both the Provinces, to defray any Expences they may be at in
the Distribution of the Presents ; And that the Trustees have not ability
to undertake any Expence of this kind
Adjourn'd.

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Monday July 18*" 1748
Present
M' Vernon President
M' Smith
D' Hales
Read a Letter of Attorney from the Trustees to Thomas Walker, em
powering him to demand of Ralph Arscott a Case of Goods shipp'd on
board the Judith and not deliver'd according to the Bill of Lading.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd thereto
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
M' Sherwin from the War Office attended, and acquainted the Trus
tees, that the Secretary at War had applied to M' Fury, Agent for the
Province of South Carolina, to recommend a Person to be concern'd on
behalf of that Province, to purchase Presents for the Indians, contiguous
to South Carolina and Georgia, And that it would be proper for the Trus
tees to recommend a Person to be concern'd in the said Purchase on be
half of Georgia.
Resolved That M' Harman Verelst the Trustees Accountant be recommended to
be c oncern'd in such Purchase of Presents on behalf of the Province of
Georgia, he having formerly been employ'd in making such Purchases
Adjourn'd.

Wednesday December 21s' 1748
Present
Earl of Shaftesbury President
M' Chandler
M' Vernon
Lord Tyrconnel
Gen1 Oglethorpe
S' William Heathcote
Mr Smith
D' Wilson
M* Anderson
M' Lloyd
M' Tuffnel.

520 COLONIAL RECORDS.
The Secretary acquainted the Trustees that two days before he waited
on the Secretary at War, Who inform'd him that Lieut. Gen1 Ogle
thorpe's Regiment, station'd in the Province of Georgia, is order'd to be
disbanded, And that three Independent Companies are to be form'd out
of the same, and to be station'd in the Province of South Carolina.
Lieut. Gen1 Oglethorpe, being present, confirm'd the same, and that
he had receiv'd Orders for disbanding the Regiment ; Which Orders were
not yet dispatch'd.
Order'd That the Secretary do write a Letter to John Potter Esq' and acquaint
him, that the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia, being in
form'd, that the Regiment, Which was station'd in that Province is
order'd to be disbanded, and that three Independent Companies are to be
form'd out of the same, and to be station'd in South Carolina, think it
their Duty, on this Occasion, to lay before his Grace the Duke of Bed
ford, his Majesty's principal Secretary of State, Somethings, Which they
conceive to be of the highest Importance, and which they desire his Grace
will be pleas'd to lay before his Majesty.
Monsieur Geraldino, Minister from the King of Spain, by a Letter to
his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, his Majesty's principal Secretary of
State dated "y O t' *^6, (a Copy of Which to be annex'd) laid a
Claim to as far as 33 Degrees and 50 Minutes of Latitude, Which com
prehend all the Province of South Carolina as well as of Georgia, And
this Claim, with Alarms given at that time by the Spaniards to the
Colony of Georgia, made the Trustees think it their Duty to present a
Memorial to his Majesty, dated August 10th 1737, "That, by a necessary
"Supply of Forces, the Province, Which is the Southern Frontier of
"North America, might be protected against the great Dangers that then
"seem'd to threaten it" Whereupon his Majesty order'd this Regiment to
be posted in Georgia and South Carolina for the Defence of the South
ern Frontier of his Majesty's Dominions on the Continent of North
America The Trustees therefore, from a Sense of their Duty, think it incum
bent on them, to represent, that the Colony of Georgia, by Virtue of
such Orders, will be left without Protection, and that the Spaniards, hav
ing before the War laid a Claim to this Colony (Which Claim the Trus
tees have never yet heard they have withdrawn) will, they apprehend,
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that thereby so many of his Majesty's Subjects, (invited there under the
Protection of his Majesty's Charter) as well as Foreign Protestants, (en-
courag'd to take Refuge there from Popish Persecution) will be expos'd
to the Rage of their inveterate and irreconcileable Enemies.
M' Lloyd acquainted the Trustees, that he had sold Part of the Silk
from Georgia (Which after organzining he was desired to dispose of) to
the Amount of One hundred and fourteen Pounds Nine Shillings, to M'
James Brady opposite to the White Horse at Mile End, for Which he
had taken his Note dated the 24lb of last Month, and payable in three
Months from the Date, Which is the usual Method in Trade.
Order'd That the Accountant do give M' Lloyd a Receipt for the said Note,
and lodge it at S' Joseph and S' Thomas Hankey's, to be receiv'd when
due for the use of the Trustees. Adjourn'd.

Friday December 23. 1748
Present
M' Chandler President
Earl of Shaftesbury
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Vernon
M' Tuffnel
M' Lloyd
D' Wilson
M' Smith
Gen1 Oglethorpe
M' Burton.
The Secretary acquainted the Trustees, that he went on Wednesday
last to the Secretary of State's Office, with the Letter to M' Potter,
Which was sent immediately to his House, he not being then at the
Office. That he waited on him again yesterday, When M' Potter ac
quainted him, that he had deliver'd the Letter to the Duke of Bedford.
Resolved That there be a Meeting of the Trustees summon'd for Monday the 9'"
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Order'd That the Accountant do immediately make out Lieut. Gen1 Ogle
thorpe's Account, to be laid before the Committee of Accounts, for them
to examine, and report to the Common Council.
Adjourn'd.

Monday January 9 174^
Present
M' Tracy President
Earl of Shaftesbury
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Vernon
M' Tho8 Tower
Gen1 Oglethorpe
S' William Heathcote
M' Smith
D' Wilson
M' Burton
M' Chandler
M' Lloyd
A Representation to the R' Honbl8 Henry Pelham Esq' first Lord
Comm* of his Majesty's Treasury, and Chancellor of the Exchequer,
was drawn up, setting forth, That, out of regard to the Exigencies of the
Publick, the Trustees have refrain'd from making any Application for a
Supply for the Colony for these three last Years, but have contented
themselves with being able to maintain the Civil Government of the
Colony. The Colony (Which is the southern Frontier of his Majesty's Domin
ions in North America) was in as flourishing a Condition as could be
reasonably expected in so short a time from its first Establishment ; But
the Inconveniencies attending the War have prevented it from being in
a Condition to support the Civil Government.
That, notwithstanding these Disadvantages, the Trustees have been
attentive to the making such Improvements in the Colony, as may give
a reasonable Expectation of such Returns, as will very fully compensate
the Expences the Nation has been at for its Establishment ; And the
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of singular Use to this Kingdom, Which is that of Silk, both as to the
Increase of it within these three Years, and the Goodness of the Com
modity. That, for the ordinary Expences of supporting the Civil Government
of Georgia, and for Occasional Assistance to those Who may join the
Colony, and for sending proper Persons thither from time to time, the
Trustees humbly conceive the Annual Sum of three thousand Pounds
may be necessary.
Whereas the Trustees are inform'd^ that .the Regiment is to be
disbanded, And Whereas Many of the Soldiers may be inclin'd to stay,
and cultivate Lands in the Colony, upon a reasonable Encouragement ;
The Trustees propose that the Sum of two thousand Pounds should be
allow'd. for providing Subsistance, for a Year, for such of them, and
their Families, as shall be willing to stay and become Planters.
All Which the Trustees humbly desire the Chancellor will be pleas'd
to lay before his Majesty, that he may be graciously pleas'd to order
these Services to be provided for in some Estimate.
If there are any other Measures, in Which the Trustees may be of
Service, They will be always ready to receive his Majesty's Commands,
and endeavor to carry them into Execution.
Order'd That the Secretary do sign the same, and that it be presented to the
Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The Secretary laid before the Trustees a Letter to him from J Potter
Esq', Dated Whitehall 24 Dec' 1748, that he receiv'd the Secretary's
Letter, written by direction of the Trustees, of the 21s' of Dec', Which
he put the next day into the hands of his Grace the Duke of Bedford,
and was now to acquaint him, for the Information of the Trustees, that
such Directions would be given, as it was apprehended, would fully an
swer the Purpose of the said Letter.
Read a Memorial to the Incorporated Society for propagating the
Gospel in Foreign Parts, Desiring the Continuance of the Allowance of
fifty Pounds ^> Ann to the Revd M' Bartholomew Zouberbuhler, as their
Missionary in Georgia.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd to the said Memorial.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Read a Letter from Samuel Lloyd Esq*, dated Jan" 2. 174f, relating

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to the Silk organzin'd by him for the Trust, and stating the Goodness
and Value of it, and the Proofs of it thro' all the Operations.
Resolved That the Thanks of the Trustees be given to M' Lloyd for the said
Letter, and for his great Service to the Trust in Organzining and dis
posing of the Silk, and preserving the proper Proofs of the Identity of
it, for the satisfaction of the Publick. Adjourn'd.

Thursday February 2. 174|
Present
S' John Philipps President
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon
M' Chandler
M* Eyre
S' William Heathcote
D' Wilson
M' Frederick
M* Tracy
S' John Barrington
Gen1 Oglethorpe
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Tuffnel.
The Accountant laid before the Trustees a Receipt from the Bank of
England dated 11'" Jan" 1748 for the Sum of two hundred Pounds
Sterl. receiv'd of him, Which he receiv'd of Galfridus Mann Esq' on
Account of the Trustees. ,
The Secretary laid before the Trustees a Letter sign'd on the Cover J
Potter, Which being open'd at the Board, appear'd to be Dated White
hall Jan" 28"1 1748, and set forth "That his Grace the Duke of Bedford,
having taken Notice that a Translation in French of the Secretary's
Letter to M' Potter of the 218' of December last, in relation to an Order
for Disbanding the Regimept of Foot in Georgia is printed in the Hague
French Gazette of the 29th Jan" N. S., and that a Paragraph likewise
relating to this Matter is printed in the Whitehall Evening Post of the
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inclos'd with this Letter, to be laid before the Trustees of Georgia, that
they may inquire, in the best manner they can, Whether any, or What
Copies of the Secretary's said Letter to M' Poster have been given to
any Person or Persons, and to Whom, and to desire that they would use
their best Endeavors to find out by Whose Means or Contrivance the
said Letter was communicated to the Authors of the Utrecht and Hague
Gazettes, and the said Paragraph in the Whitehall Evening Post, Which
varied from the Letter by the Addition of Invidious Remarks, was
therein inserted"
After the said Letter was read, the Secretary's Letter to M* Potter of
the 21" of December was read, and compar'd with the Translation in
the Hague French Gazette of the 27lb of January N. S. Then the
Translation in the Hague Gazette, and the Paragraph in the Whitehall
Evening Post of the 26tb of January were also read.
Order'd That the Secretary do write a Letter to M' Potter, setting forth, That
he has laid before the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia
his Letter, dated the 28*k of January last signifying "That his Grace
the Duke of Bedford having taken Notice, that a Translation in French
of the Secretary's Letter to M' Potter of the 21" of December last, in
relation to an Order for Disbanding the Regiment of Foot in Georgia,
is printed in the Hague French Gazette of the 27*b of Jan" N. 8. and
that a Paragraph likewise relating to this Matter is printed in the White
hall Evening Post of the 26th of January ; His Grace had directed those
two Papers to be sent to the Secretary, in order to be laid before the
Trustees, &c".
That it was with the utmost Concern and Surprize the Trustees found
that a Paper from their Office, especially of such Importance, had
made its way into any Foreign Gazette at this critical Juncture. They
are truly sensible of the pernicious Consequences of it, for, No Notice
being taken at the same time of What his Majesty has been graciously
pleas'd to order, Vizt. That Detachments of Soldiers from three Inde
pendent Companies in South Carolina are to be station'd in proper
Places in Georgia, to preserve the Possession of the Province, The pub
lishing this Letter separately may tend to confirm the Spaniards in the
Opinion, they have entertain'd of their Right to the Provinces of Geor
gia and of South Carolina, And it must necessarily raise Apprehensions
and Distrusts in the Minds of those foreign Protestants, Who are
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inclin'd, upon the Establishment of Peace, to go from Europe to join
them ; This Letter must occasion their Despair of finding that Protection,
Which They have expected, and has been promis'd to them in that Part
of his Majesty's Dominions.
That the Trustees read also, with the greatest Astonishment, the Para
graph in the Whitehall Evening Post, relating to said Letter, and con
taining Invidious Remarks on the Disbanding of the Regiment, Remarks
entirely foreign from their Sentiments, and Which the Letter could not
authorize the News Writers to make ; That They think it their Duty on
this Occasion to declare their perfect Satisfaction in What his Majesty
has been pleas'd to order. They have not one Doubt of the Safety of
the People under their Care being preserv'd, or of the Possession of the
Province of Georgia being maintain'd.
Then the Secretary and Accountant were examin'd, Whether Any, or
What Copies of the Secretary's Letter to M* Potter of the 21" of De
cember last, had been given to any Person or Persons, and to Whom.
The Secretary acquainted the Trustees, that when the said Letter was
settled, he was order'd to write it out fair, and carry it immediately to
the Secretary of State's Office ; That he seal'd it up in the Presence of
two or three Trustees, and then deliver'd the foul Copy to the Account
ant, in order to have it enter'd in the Entry Book ; That the Accountant
afterwards sent the said foul Copy to him, Which he burnt ; That he
gave no Copy to any One.
Then the Accountant was examin'd and said, that he enter'd the Let
ter in the Entry Book, Which has ever since been lock'd up, and that
he gave no Copy of the same, except One to Lieut. Gen1 Oglethorpe at
his Desire.
Order'd That it be added to the Letter to M' Potter, That, in pursuance of his
Grace the Duke of Bedford's Directions the Trustees have made the
strictest Inquiry, in the best Manner they could, Whether Any, or What
Copies of the Secretary's Letter to M' Potter, of the 21s' of December
last, have been given to any Person or Persons, and to Whom ; And
They do not find after such Inquiry, that any Copy of the Secretary's
said Letter has been given out of the Office to any Person, except One
Which was given to Lieut. Gen1 Oglethorpe, at his Desire, on the Day
the said Letter was written.
That They are entirely ignorant by whose Means or Contrivance the
said Letter was communicated to the Authors of the Utrecht and Hague

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Gazettes, or the said Paragraph in the Whitehall Evening Post (which
is varied from the Letter by the Addition of invidious Remarks) was
therein inserted.
Then the Whole Letter being read over, And the Question being put,
That the aforesaid be the Letter to M' Potter, in answer to his Dated
28a Jan" 1748.
It pass'd in the Affirmative.
A Petition to the House of Commons for a Supply being drawn up
and read, the Question was put, Whether the following Paragraph. Viz'
(That his Majesty having likewise been graciously pleas'd to order De
tachments of Soldiers from three Independent Companies (Which are to
be Station'd in South Carolina) to be station'd in three several Places in
Georgia to preserve the Possession thereof, it has been signified to the
Trustees, that it might be proper for them to procure Provisions for the
said Detachments ; Which they are willing to undertake, if enabled by
this Honble House.) should stand part of the Petition
It pass'd in the Affirmative
Order'd That the Petition be written fair, and that the Seal of the Corporation
be affix'd to the same
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
The Seal of the Corporation was affix'd to an Appointment of M'
Patrick Graham to be the fourth Assistant in Georgia in the room of
Samuel Marcer appointed third Bailiff of Savanah, and of M' James
Habersham to be the fifth Assistant in Georgia in the room of Patrick
Graham pursuant to an Order of Common Council 9th of January 174f
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Adjourn'd.

Wednesday February 22. 174|
Present
Earl of Shaftesbury President
M' Vernon
M' Lloyd
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council to give the Sum of

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Five Pounds Sterling to a third Saltzburgh Woman, Who has acquired
the Art of Winding Silk, as a Reward for her Industry ; And that the
Sum of forty Shillings Sterl. be given to every Woman in the Province,
Who shall acquire the said Art within One Year.
That it be recommended likewise to the Common Council, that in
order to encourage the People to be industrious in the raising of Silk,
They be immediately paid for this in the following Proportions Viz'
Fourteen Shillings Sterl for Every Pound, of sixteen Ounces, of Net
Silk of the superfine Quality; twelve Shillings Sterl for every such
Pound of the second Sort call'd the Verone, and six Shillinga Sterl for
Every such Pound of the worst sort.
That as Some of the People may be able only to raise the Cocoons,
And Others only to wind the Silk ; They should be paid in the following
Proportions Viz'
For Every Pound (embracing sixteen Ounces) of the Cocoons, Wherein
is only one Worm, Which produce the first Sort of Silk of five or six
threads, The Sum of one Shilling Sterl be paid ; And as about Eleven
Pounds of these Cocoons will make One Pound of Silk, the Sum of
three Shillings Sterl be paid to the Winder of it.
For Every such Pound of the Cocoons, Wherein only one Worm is
contain'd, Which produce the second sort of Silk, Which is rounder and
of about eight threads, One Shilling Sterl be paid, And that the Sum of
two Shillings Sterl be paid to the Winder for Every Pound, of sixteen
Ounces, of the said Silk.
For Every such Pound of the Cocoons, Which produce the worst Sort
of Silk, that is those Cocoons Wherein two or three Worms had inter
mix'd, The Sum of four Pence Sterl be paid, And One Shilling Sterl
to the Winder of Every Pound, containing sixteen Ounces of such Silk.
That Orders be given that the Cocoons be immediately sent to the
Winders, Otherwise they will prove useless, unless for Seed.
That When any Cocoons are brought to be paid for, Some Person,
Who understands the Art of Winding, must attend in order to examine
them, of What sort they are, that the Proprietors of them may be paid
accordingly.Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council likewise that a Sum
of Money be deposited in the hands of M' Bolzius, in order to pay the
Saltzburghers upon the Spot for their Cocoons and Silk ; And that they
be permitted to wind off all their own Silk at Ebenezer.

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Order'd That in the next Letter to the President and Assistants, They be
directed to acquaint the Trustees, Whether M™ Camuse rais'd any Co
coons in the last Year, or reel'd off any Silk, And What became of them,
or it ; No Account having been sent of any Silk rais'd at Savanah since
the Year 1747, Nor has that Silk been yet receiv'd.
Adjourn'd.

At the Vestry Room of S* Margaret's Church
Thursday March 16tb 174|
Present
D' Wilson President
Earl qf Shaftesbury
S' William Heathcote
M' Chandler
S' John Barrington
S' John Philipps
Gen1 Oglethorpe
Lord Carpenter
D' Hales
M' Burton
M' Smith
M' Vernon
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Eyre.
The State of the Accounts and Proceedings of the Trust for the Year
1748 was read, and order'd to be enter'd.
The Trustees proceeded to the Choice of new Trustees. And the Earl
of Egmont, Anthony Ewer Esq' Edward Hooper Esq' S' John Cust Bar'
Slingsby Bethell Esq' Alderman of the City of London, and Stephen
Theodore Janssen Esq' Alderman of the said City were elected.
The Trustees then proceeded to the Choice of a Common Council Man
in the Room of Philip Percival Esq' Deceas'd, and Anthony Ewer Esq'
was elected.
The Resignation of Christopher Tower Esq' of the Office of a Member
of the Common Council under his hand and Seal was read
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The Resignation of Henry L'apostre Esq' of the Office of a Member of
the Common Council under his hand Seal was read likewise.
Then the Trustees proceeded to the Choice of two Members of the Com
mon Council in their Room, and Edward Hooper Esq' and Samuel Lloyd
Esq' were elected
Resolved That the Thanks of the Trustees be given to the Rev4 Mr George Har
vest for his Excellent Sermon preach'd before them this Day, and that
he be desired to print the same. Adjourn'd.

Tuesday May 16"1 1749
Present.
M' Vernon President
Earl of Shaftesbury
S* William Heathcote
M* Chandler.
Read a Letter dated Savanah May 8*" 1748, sign'd by William
Stephens Esq* President, and the four Assistants ; setting forth, that
Abundance of People had applied to them for Grants of Land in Geor
gia, and Numbers of Negro's had been introduc'd into the Province;
And that They had taken Methods to drive the said Negro's out of the
Province but ineffectually, And that any further Attempts to put the Act
against Negro's in Execution would in their Apprehension dispeople the
Colony ; And giving Reasons why they hop'd the Trustees might be in-
duc'd to permit them in the Province under Restrictions and Regu
lations. Read a Representation likewise Dated January 10*b 174| sign'd by the
President and Assistants, and a great Number of the Inhabitants of the
Province, and having the Town Seal affix'd to it, setting forth several
Restrictions and Regulations under Which They pray that Negro's may
be permitted to be introduc'd into the Colony of Georgia.
Resolved That it is the Opinion of this Board that a Petition be presented to his
Majesty in Council that The Act for rendering the Colony of Georgia more
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into the same, Which was made iu the Year of our Lord 1735, be
repeal'd. Order'd That a Letter be sent by the first Opportunity to the President and
Assistants to acquaint them with the said Resolution.
A Letter to the said Purport was accordingly drawn up.
Resolved That a Board of Trustees be summon'd to meet to morrow at One
o'Clock to consider further thereof. Adjourn'd.

Wednesday May 17 1749
Present
M' Smith President
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon
M' Chandler
M' Tuffnel
M' Ewer
D' Wilson
The Oath of Office of Common Council Man of the Trust was admin
ister'd to Anthony Ewer Esq'
Read the Minutes of the Trustees Proceedings yesterday, and the
Letter mention'd therein Dated Savanah May 4*b 1748, sign'd by the
President and the four Assistants, and likewise the Representation Dated
January 10th 174f- sign'd by the President and Assistants, and a great
Number of the Inhabitants, and having the Town Seal Affix'd to it, set
ting forth several Restrictions and Regulations under Which They pray
that Negroes may be permitted to be introduc'd into the Colony.
Resolved That the Trustees do agree with the Resolutions which the Board
of Trustees came to yesterday upon the said Letter and Representa
tion.
Resolved That the Earl of Shaftesbury M' Vernon M' Chandler, M' Thomas
Tower, M' Hooper and M' Lloyd be a Committee for preparing an Act
to be laid before his Majesty in Council, for repealing the Act for ren-

532 COLONIAL RECORDS.
dring the Colony of Georgia more defensible by prohibiting ilie Importation and
Use of black Slaves or Negro's into the same, Which was made in the Year
of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and thirty five, and for permit
ting the Importation and Use of them in the Colony under proper Re
strictions and Regulations.
Resolved That it be refer'd to the same Gentlemen to prepare a Letter to the
Duke of Bedford, principal Secretary of State, desiring Instructions may
be sent to his Majesty's Minister at the Court of Madrid, to insist that if
a Proclamation publish'd by the Governor of S' Augustine, inviting Ne-
gros from the British Provinces with a Promise of Freedom to such as
should desert to them, has not yet been, it may be immediately recall'd.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council, that a Salary of fifty
\ pounds ^ Ann be added to the Sum of fifty Pounds ^ Ann, given by
the Incorporated Society for propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts to
the Rev4 M' Bartholomew Zouberbuhler Missionary in Georgia ; And that
two Servants be put in the Estimate for him, And that he be desired to
return as soon as he can conveniently to Georgia.
That it be recommended likewise to the Common Council to send Or-
\\ders to the President and Assistants that the Parsonage House at
Savanah be immediately repair'd and made convenient for the Use of
M' Zouberbuhler.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council to recommend M'
William Russel to the Commissioners of the Customs to be appointed
Naval Officer in the Province of Georgia
Read a Letter from Samuel Lloyd Esq1 dated April 29*b 1749, that he
had receiv'd three Boxes of Raw Silk, lately imported from the Colony
of Georgia and the particular Weight of each Box was as follows. Viz'
S ozs g oz
A small Box without any ND q' 28 4 Gross and 11. 1 Net. — Which
come from Ebenezer, S. oz s or.
A middling D° N° 2. q'* 51 9. Gross and 17 8. Net.
A large D° N° 1 q'* 124. 13. Gross — 62. Net.
Resolved That M' Lloyd be desired to order the said Silk to be organzin'd, and
Thus in original and not very clear.

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dispos'd of afterwards to such Weavers as he may think proper, to work
it up into Pieces of Silk pursuant to his Directions, And that the several
Artificers be directed to preserve the Authenticity of it.
Adjourn'd.

Monday May 29'b 1749
Present
Earl of Shaftesbury President
M' Vernon
M' Eyre
M' Hooper
M' Ewer
M' Lloyd
D* Hales
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Smith.
The Oath of Office of Common Council Man of the Trust was ad
minister'd to Edward Hooper Esq' and likewise to Samuel Lloyd Esq'.
Adjourn'd.
Thursday June 22. 1749
Present
M' Chandler President
S' William Heathcote
M' Ewer.
Resolved That in the Minute of the Trustees May 17th 1749 for appointing a
Committee in relation to Negro's, the Words for drawing up a Petition-
to be omitted, and the following Words be inserted in the room of them.
Viz' for preparing an Act to be laid before ; And that at the end of the
said Minute the following Words be added. Vizt. for permitting the
Importation and Use of them in the Colony under proper Restrictions
and Regulations
Read a Memorial to the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's
Treasury, praying their Lordship's Directions for the Issuing the Sum of
five thousand three hundred and four Pounds three Shillings and four

534 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Pence granted in the last Session of Parliament for the further settling
and improving the Colony of Georgia in America for the Year One
thousand Seven hundred and forty Nine.
Order'd That the Secretary do sign the same.
Seal'd pursuant to an Order of Common Council May 29'b 1749 An
Appointment of Nicholas Rigby to be Secretary for Indian Affairs in
the Province of Georgia.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Seal'd a Charter Party of Affreightment dated June 9th 1749 between
Peter Bogg Master and Owner of the Ship Charles Town Galley, and
the Trustees, for the Passage of fifty Freighte at least to Georgia, at
Six Pounds Sterl. for Each Freight.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Read a Letter from Thomas Smith Esq' Deputy Auditor of the Plan
tations to the Secretary, setting forth, That he was directed by M'
Horatio Walpole the Auditor, to apply to know Whether the Trustees
can give a more satisfactory Answer to the Contents of his Letter of the
4"1 of December 1747, relating to the Grants of Land in Georgia, and
the payment of Quit Rents there.
Read an Answer to the said Letter and Order'd it to be sent to the
Deputy Auditor. Adjourn'd

July 4'b 1749
Present
M' Lloyd President
M' Hooper
M' Ewer
M' Vernon
M' Smith.
The Trustees being acquainted that the Rev4 D' Hales and the Rev*
M' Smith, to whom the Revd D' Crow left his Library to dispose of for
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COLONIAL RECORDS. 535
had agreed, that the said Library should be given for the use of the
Colony.
Resolved That the Thanks of the Trustees be given to D' Hales and M' Smith
for the same.
Resolved That two Catalogues of the said Library be made, and that the Li
brary be sent to Georgia under the care of the Rev4 M' Zouberbuhler
the present Minister, and be kept in his Custody for the use of the /'.
Trust ; That M' Zouberbuhler do sign both the Catalogues One to be
sent to Georgia with him, and the Other to be left with the Trustees.
That it be in the Trustees Power to divide the said Library hereafter as
they may see Occasion ; And that the President and Assistants do Once
in a Year visit the same, and see that it is carefully preserv'd.
Resolved That One hundred Horn Books, two hundred Spelling Books, One
hundred Primmers, fifty Psalters And fifty Testaments, Part of those in
the Custody of the Trustees, be sent to Georgia under the Care of M'
Zouberbuhler. Read the Contract with the German Servants going to Georgia.
Resolved That Every Married Couple shall serve together, and that no Girl un
der ten Years of Age, or Boy under twelve be separated from their
Parents.Resolved That in case Any of the said Servants shall within the Space of three
Months, from their Arrival in Georgia, pay or cause to be paid, into the
hands of the President and Assistants there, for the use of the Trust,
the Sum of Six Pounds Sterl, (being the Charge of their Passage) Such
Person or Persons, so paying the same, shall be declared to be free, and
shall be intitled, Each Man of twenty One Years of Age, to such Lands
in Georgia as he can cultivate, not exceeding fifty Acres.
Resolved That the said Germans be sent to Ebenezer to be indented Servants to
the Saltzburghers.
The Trustees being inform'd, that Nineteen Other German Protestants
are resolv'd to embark with the aforesaid German Servants, and go to
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536 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Resolved That fifty Acres of Land be granted to Each Man of twenty One
Years of Age, of the said Nineteen, in or near Ebenezer, or at Vernon
burgh and Acton as they shall chuse.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council that the Sum of One
hundred Pounds Sterl be given to the Rev4 M' Zouberbuhler for Which
he undertakes to rebuild the Parsonage House at Savanah in a proper
manner. Read a Letter of Attorney to M' Harman Verelst the Accountant to
receive for the use of the Trust the Sum of five thousand three hundred
and four Pounds, three Shillings and four Pence, granted in the last Ses
sion of Parliament for the further settling and improving the Colony of
Georgia for the Year 1749.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the same.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Adjourn'd

Thursday September 28'1' 1749
Present
M' Ewer President.
M' Eyre
M' Chandler
D' Hales
M' Smith
Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank of England for the Sum of five
thousand three hundred and four Pounds three Shillings and four Pence,
paid in by the Accountant this Day, Which was receiv'd by him at the
Exchequer, being the Money granted to his Majesty and issued to the
Trustees out of the Supplies for the Year 1749 ; And the Accountant
having reported that he receiv'd the same without Fees, Which were re
mitted by the following Offices for the Use of the Colony. Vizt.

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£
By the Treasury  7. 3. 6
By the Clerk of the Pells  20. 7. 0
By the Auditor of his Majesty's Exchequer 33. 12. 0
By the Tellers  79. 11. 0 140. 13. 6
Whereby the Net Money arising by the said Issue ) C1„0 „ 1A
would have been only ...... \ 5163- 9" 10
£ 5304. 3. 4
Order'd That the Accountant do return the thanks of the Trustees to the sev
eral proper Officers for their said respective Benefactions.
Adjourn'd.

Thursday November 16 1749
Present
M* Hooper President
M* Vernon
M' Eyre
M' Chandler
M' Lloyd
Read a Letter from the President and Assistants dated July 25"1 1749
Savanah in Georgia, setting forth that the State of the Province, with a
List of the Inhabitants, being compleat, was intended to be sent by the
first Opportunity; But as a most extraordinary Affair was just come to
their knowledge, They had thought proper to postpone all other Business,
and give the closest Application to that, to prevent the ill Consequences
which might attend it.
That the Rev4 M' Thomas Bosomworth, Who had for Years acted very
inconsistently with his Character, came four days before from the Creek
Nation with Malatchie, Whom he calls the present and only reigning
Emperor, and two other Chiefs of the said Indians, and without any
Orders from, or even the knowledge of the President and Assistants, ac
quainted them, that he had engag'd the Chiefs of the Creek Nation to
follow him, Whom he expected at Savanah in ten or twelve Days. That
the President and Assistants inquir'd of him What the Intentions of the
Indians were in coming down, to which Bosomworth's and his Wife's An-

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swers were very dark and trifling ; Which with some current Reports of
his Designs had induc'd them to get the best information they could from
Some, Who had been let into the Secret. That the Trustees might expect
to hear Every particular of this Affair at a convenient Season ; At pres
ent, They could only say, that near two hundred of the Creek Indians,
including their Chiefs, were expected at Savanah in a few days, that they,
or rather M'8 Bosomworth said, They appointed M' Abraham Bosomworth
their Agent, to transact their Affairs in England, that they design'd to
meet him at Savanah, And if he should not bring them due Satisfaction,
They intended in a very open and absolute Manner to forbid Any of his
Majesty's British Subjects to settle in the Colony above the flowing of the
Tides. That they would insist upon M' Bosomworth's being possess'd of
three Islands. Vizt. Ussawbah, S' Catherine's, and Sapphalaw, together
with the Lands fronting the River between the Town of Savanah and
Pipe Maker's Creek ; That this Talk should be determinate, And if not
to their Satisfaction, A Breach was threaten'd.
That the President and Assistants, upon this thought it proper, to pro
cure a good Interpreter to convince the Indians, that they were greatly
impos'd upon by a Self-interested and Designing Man ; And They should
not, if Necessity requir'd, be wanting to assert their Rights and protect
their Properties with a becoming Resolution.
Read a Letter from William Stephens Esq' President, to the Account
ant, Dated Savanah July 25'" 1749, With Advice of a Bill for the Sum
of One hundred Pounds drawn for the Expence of an Interpreter upon
the aforesaid Account, and for providing for the reception of a large Body
of Indians coming to Savanah.
Order'd That the Secretary do write to the President and Assistants by the very
first Opportunity, to acquaint them of the Trustees Approbation of their
Resolution to assert his Majesty's Rights, and protect the Properties of
the People under their Care, and likewise of their Conduct in procuring
an Interpreter, in order to undeceive the Indians ; And that the Trustees
only wait for the next Letters, to see whether the two hundred Creek In
dians (which were expected) did arrive at Savanah, And whether any
Demands were made in Person by Malatchie or Any Other Indians in
favour of M' Thomas Bosomworth or his Wife, or Any Menaces were
offer'd to them in case of Refusal, that the Trustees may lay the Whole
before the Government in a proper Manner, Which they cannot do at
present, as their Account is founded only upon Reports.

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Read a Representation of the President, Assistants, Magistrates, and
other the principal Landholders and Inhabitants within the Colony of
Georgia, dated July 7"1 1749, Setting forth, the Apprehensions of them
selves and Others, of the Province of Georgia being annex'd to the
Province of South Carolina, And of the Reports in Georgia and Carolina
that it is to be so annex'd ; And the many Inconveniencies Which must
attend it, as likewise the Frontiers of the Province not being sufficiently
guarded. Read Letters from the Rev4 M* Bolzius of the 16'b and 24,b of May last
relating to the Silk, and setting forth that the Regulations made by the
Trustees for purchasing the same in Georgia, and sent the ll'b of
March last, would (as he apprehended) discourage the Saltzburghers
from proceeding in the Culture of that Produce.
The said Regulations being read and reconsider'd.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council That over and above
the Prices of fourteen, twelve, and six Shillings Sterl. order'd to be paid
for a Pound (containing sixteen Ounces) of the respective Sorts of Silk
rais'd in Georgia, the following Bounties be also allow'd.
First. Of all Cocoons, Wherein One Worm only has spun, and that are
of a hard, weighty, and good Substance, The Sum of two Shillings
Sterl, be paid for a Pound of sixteen Ounces.
Second. Of all Cocoons, Wherein One Worm only has spun, of a weaker,
spotted, bruis'd, and therefore inferior Quality (Which consequently
must make an inferior Silk) One Shilling Sterl be paid for a Pound
of sixteen Ounces.
Third. Of all Cocoons, Wherein two Worms have spun and interwoven,
the Sum of Eight pence Sterl be paid for a Pound of sixteen
Ounces.
M' Bolzius having desir'd, by the aforesaid Letters, to know, if the
Silk drawn from fifteen to twenty Cocoons, once recommended to him,
would not be proper for the People to proceed on, as well as the fine Sort,
because they could reel as much again of that in a Day, as of the
fine Sort.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council, That, if Silk drawn
from fifteen to twenty Cocoons be clean, even, and well reel'd (as on the
Cleanness and neatness of it the Value depends) the Sum of fourteen

540 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Shillings Sterl be paid for Each Pound (containing sixteen Ounces) of
such Silk.
And That, to encourage Quantities of Cocoons being brought to the
Reelers, for their Employment, (as on this their Improvement in Reeling
will depend) The Bounties aforemention'd on the respective Sorts of Co
coons be paid for One Year for Any Such Cocoons, though rais'd in
Carolina. Adjourn'd

Monday Jan" 1. 17ff
M' Vernon President
M' Eyre
M' Lloyd
M' Tuffnel
M* Smith
Read a Letter from the President and Assistants to the Secretary dated
September 8th 1749 giving an Account of the Conduct of the Rev" M*
Thomas Bosomworth, and his Wife, and his Brother Adam Bosomworth,
in bringing down a large Body of Indians in an hostile Manner to Sa
vanah, and committing great Disturbances there, Opposing the Civil
Government, and declari ng that the said Indians came thither to meet
and talk with M* Abraham Bosomworth, Whom they had sent to Eng
land as their Agent, and likewise Demanding that a Moiety of his Maj
esty's Presents to the Indians should be delivered to Thomas Bosomworth
and his Wife for their sole Use and Benefit ; And also setting forth the
great Expences, Which must attend the coming down of the Indians,
and the entertaining them at Savanah.
Order'd That a Copy be made of the said Letter, and sent to Richard Nevil
Aldworth Esq' Under Secretary to his Grace the Duke of Bedford Sec
retary of State ; And that the Secretary do write to M' Aldworth at the
same time, and desire him to lay the said Letter before the Duke of
Bedford : And acquaint him that the Trustees apprehend that the Re
moval of M' Abraham Bosomworth from being one of the Agents for
distributing his Majesty's Presents to the Indians in Georgia will be the
most effectual Method for keeping the Indians quiet; And also ac-

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quaint him that the Trustees not being able to defray the Expences of
entertaining the Indians at Savanah, if they come thither for his Majesty's
Presents, or of sending the Presents up into the Country to them ; They
take the liberty of offering to his Grace's Consideration, whether it may
not be proper to signify that the Sum of two hundred Pounds, (Part of
the fifteen hundred Pounds allotted for the Presents in Georgia) should
be paid to the Trustees annually to answer the said Expences.
Receiv'd and Read the Proceedings of the President and Assistants
from Wednesday June 15th 1749 Exclusive to Tuesday September 12th
1749 inclusive, in Which the Whole Transactions of the Indians, and
the aforesaid Bosomworths are fully related.
Receiv'd the Journal of M' Stephens from June 23 1749 to September
IV 1749.
Receiv'd a Letter from M' Stephens Dated October 2. 1749 giving an
Account of the Arrival of the Rev4 M* Zouberbuhler and sundry Ger
man Protestants by the Charles Town Galley Capt. Peter Bogg on the
said Day.
Receiv'd a List of the Inhabitants of the several Settlements in the
Province of Georgia taken at Midsummer 1749.
Receiv'd Lists of the several Grants of Lands with the Names of the
present Possessors in the Province of Georgia taken at Midsummer 1749
and likewise an Inventory of Artillery, Stores, &c in the Southern Part
of the Province in June 1749.
Order'd That the Secretary do write to the President and Assistants, and shew
them What parts of the Trustees Directions sent on Jan" 2. 174f have
not been perform'd in taking the said Lists &c.
The Accountant acquainted the Board that he shall be ready to lay
the Trust Account before the Committee of Accounts on Saturday the
13'b Instant.
Order'd That a Committee of Accounts be summon'd for that Day.
Adjourn'd

542 COLONIAL RECORDS.

Saturday Jan" 13-174°
Present
Mr Lloyd President
M' Vernon
M' Ewer.
Read a Petition to the House of Commons for a Supply.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd thereto.
Which was affix'd accordingly. Adjourn'd.

At the Vestry Room of S' Margaret's Church
Thursday March 15th 174f
Present
M' Ewer President
M' Vernon
M' Chandler
M' Tracy
D' Hales
M' Burton
D' Wilson
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Hooper
Alderman Cockayne
M' Lloyd.
The State of the Account and Proceedings of the Trust for the Year
1749 was read, and Order'd to be enter'd.
Resolved That the Thanks of the Trustees be given to the Rev4 M' Francklin
for his excellent Sermon preach'd this day before the Trustees, And that
he be desired to print the same. Adjourn'd.

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Thursday May 24*b 1750
Present
M' Hooper President
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon.
Read a Letter from the Rev4 M' Bolzius dated Feb" 15"1 17|f, and
Another dated March 9* 174$-
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council to give M' Bolzius
the Sum of twenty Pounds Sterl towards the Repair of his House.
That it be recommended also to them to allow of M' Bolzius's Appli
cation of the Sum of Eighteen Pounds Sterl receiv'd by him, as mention'd
in his Letter of Feb" 15. for Redemption of the Servitude of three
Servants lately sent to Georgia by Capt. Bogg, in consideration of his
Expences mention'd in that Letter.
That it be recommended also to them to approve of M' Bolzius's
having from Savanah the old Iron Work, Which lay in the Store house,
in order to his erecting another Saw Mill, agreeably to his Letter of
March 9*
And That it be recommended to the Common Council to direct the
President and Assistants to accept the sum of three hundred and fifty
Pounds Sterl instead of four hundred Pounds, demanded by them for
the Stock of Cattle at the Cowpen, purchas'd by the Saltzburghers at
Ebenezer, in order to encourage these in their Industry.
Adjourn'd.

Friday May 25"1 1750
Present
M' Vernon President
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Hooper.
Order'd That the Secretary do sign the following Notice to be publish'd in the
London Gazette of Tuesday next, and the three subsequent Gazettes,

544 COLONIAL RECORDS. Georgia Office Westminster
May 25 1750
Whereas the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in
America thought it necessary in the first Establishment of that Colony
to restrain the Grants They made of Lots of Land to limited Tenures
only, in order thereby to prevent many Abuses, Which at that time
might probably have defeated the good Ends propos'd by that Establish
ment, and during the late War it might have been of dangerous Conse
quence to have alter'd the Tenures ; But as a General Peace and
Tranquillity happily prevail, the said Trustees are of Opinion, That the
intended Enlargement of the Tenures may now be safely made, and have
come to the following Resolution Viz' That the Tenures of all Grants
of Land Whatsoever already made to any Persons within the Province
of Georgia be enlarg'd, and extended to an absolute Inheritance ; And
that all future Grants of Land shall be of an Absolute Inheritance to
the Grantees, their Heirs and Assigns. Sign'd by Order of the Trustees.
Adjourn'd.

Friday June 15 1750
Present
M' Chandler President
M' Ewer
M' Lloyd
M' Smith
M' Vernon
M' Hooper
Read and Agreed to a Letter to Richard Nevil Aldworth Esq' with
the Return from the President and Assistants on the Reference of Let
ters and Papers sent to the Duke of Bedford by Lieut Col Heron
relating to the Indian Account, and the Expence of the Boatmen &c.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council, That the Allowance
of forty Shillings Sterl to each White Woman in Georgia, Who shall
acquire the Art of reeling Silk should be continued for One Year from
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Resolved That it be recommended also as the Opinion of the Trustees That the
Passage of James Woolford (Who has serv'd an Apprenticeship of eight
Years in the Colony) should be paid on his Return to Georgia; That his
Lot of twenty Acres should be enlarg'd to fifty upon the River Ogeeche,
That an Order should be sent for a License to be granted him for trad
ing with the Indians there (as he speaks their Language) and that a
Gun should be given to him.
And that the Passage of Anthony Pages Aged thirty One, a Native
of Languedoc, and Margaret his Wife Aged thirty five, and her Son
Michael Lucas Aged about Nine ; And likewise of Anthony le Sage of
the Cevennes Aged twenty five should be paid, And that the two Men
should have fifty Acres of Land Each, and that they should all have
Provisions for twelve Months, They being experienc'd in the Culture of
Silk.Resolved That it is the Opinion of the Trustees that two Dozen of Copper
Basons for the Use of Silk Reelers should be provided and sent to
Georgia.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council as the Opinion of-
the Trustees, that M' Henry Parker deserves a Reward of One hundred
Pounds Sterl. in consideration of his past Services in acting for the
President in Georgia.
M' Hooper acquainted the Trustees that the Earl of Shaftesbury, be
fore he went out o' Town, had presented to the Lord high Chancellor
the Trustees Accounts to the 9"1 of June 1749; And the Accountant ac
quainted the Trustees, that by the Earl of Shaftesbury's Directions he
attended the Master of the Rolls, and presented the like Accounts to him
in pursuance of the Trustees Charter.
Order'd That the Account to the 9*b Instant be made out, and exhibited (in
pursuance of the Charter) within the next Term.
Adjourn'd.

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Friday June 26 1750
Present
M' Hooper President
M' Vernon
M' Lloyd.
Read a Letter from the Rev4 M' Ziegenhagen notifying the Arrival
from Rotterdam of about sixty Germans, Who came out of Swabia,
and particularly the District of Ulm, with an Intention to go to Eben
ezer in Georgia at their own Expence ; That at their first setting out they
thought they had sufficient for their Journey, and Voyage to Georgia,
but finding their Stock falls short of the Expences necessary to defray
their Passage to Georgia, and they being recommended by M' Urlsperger
to him, he finds himself oblig'd to make their distressed Case known.
And the Revd M* Albinus attending with some of the said Germans, and
it being propos'd to them, that such of them, Who could not pay their own
Passage, should be sent as Servants by the Trustees, And they Agreeing
thereto.Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council as the Opinion of
the Trustees, that the Expence of the Passage of such as cannot pay
their own Passage should be defray'd by the Trust ; And that the Others
should be assisted with some necessary working Tools not exceeding ten
pounds Value ; And that Each Man of twenty One Years of Age and
Upwards be intitled to fifty Acres of Land, of those Who pay their own
passage ; And that those Who go as Servants should have Land allotted
for them contiguous to their Masters, with a Liberty of working on the
same one day in the Week.
Resolved That the aforesaid Germans be sent as soon as possible to save their
Expence of subsisting here; And Captain Thomson attending, it was
propos'd to him to find a Ship for Sixty Freights certain to be supplied
in the Voyage, as those sent by Capt. Bogg were ; But, Freights being
lower'd, the Sum of four pounds ten Shillings a Freight was propos'd to
him instead of six pounds Which he ask'd, and that he should be oblig'd
to take them on board on or before Saturday the 14th of next Month ; to
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Order'd That if the Ship propos'd by Capt. Thomson be approv'd of on a View
to be made to morrow, a Charter Party be made between the Trustees
and Captain Thomson , and the Master of the Ship, to Ship sixty Freights
certain for Which Captain Thomson is to be paid by the Trustees or the
Passengers after the Rate of four pounds ten Shillings Each Freight of
twelve Years of Age and Upwards, and in proportion for those under
twelve ; In consideration whereof Capt Thomson is to be oblig'd to have
them Shipp'd on board on or before Saturday the 14tb of next Month, or
subsist them at his own Expence.
Read an Appointment for holding an Assembly of the People of Geor
gia at Savanah between Michaelmas and Lady Day next, to propose, de
bate, and represent to the Trustees What shall appear to them to be for
Benefit, not only of each particular Settlement, but of the Province in
general. Read an Appointment of James Habersham to the Office of Secretary
for the Affairs of the Trust within the Province of Georgia in the room
of William Stephens Esq'
Read an Appointment of Henry Parker Esq' to be Vice President in
and for the Province of Georgia.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said three Appoint
ments, and that the Secretary do countersign the same.
Read a Memorial to the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury
for issuing the Sum of three thousand three hundred and four pounds
three Shillings and four pence granted in the last Session of Parliament
for the further settling and improving the Colony of Georgia.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Resolved That M' Patrick Graham be apppointed the Person in the room of
William Stephens Esq* to act in conjunction with the Agent for South
Carolina in distributing the Presents sent by his Majesty to the Indians.
Resolved That if it shall appear to the Vice President and Assistants, that M™
Anderson has been of service in reeling of Silk, and instructing the Peo
ple, They be impower'd to give her a Sum not exceeding twenty pounds,
as an Encouragement to her to persevere in her Industry ; And that they
be directed to procure her a larger House (in which She is to live with-

548 COLONIAL RECORDS.
out Rent) and such Accommodations and Materials as shall be found nec
essary for keeping the Worms, and reeling of Silk.
Adjourn'd.

Friday July 13. 1750
Present
M' Lloyd President
M' Vernon
M' Chandler
M' Eyre
D' Hales
M' Smith
Read a Letter from Capt. Thomson to M' Vernon representing, that
unless the Trustees will allow him Five pounds Sterl. for each Freight,
he cannot do the People justice, without being a Loser.
Resolved That as there will not be sixty Freights Which at the last Meeting
were to be certain, it be recommended to the Common Council, that the
sum of five pounds a Freight should be paid for the Germans and Others,
Whose Passage the Trustees are to pay ; And in consideration of the In
ability of the Other Germans, Who pay their own passage, the Sum of
four pounds and ten Shillings a Freight only should be paid for them.
Order'd That a Charter Party be prepared and dated this day between the
Trustees and Captain Thomson and the Master of the Ship Charming
Martha, on the above terms, and for not less than fifty Freights of both
kinds to be embark'd on Monday the 16'b Instant, And that the Seal of
the Corporation be affix'd thereto, and that the Secretary do countersign
the same.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council to appoint Henry
Parker Esq' (now Vice President in aud for the Province of Georgia) the
Commissioner for Licensing Persons to trade with the Indians, and for
the better regulating such Trade, and in the said Appointment to revoke
the Constitutions of Commissioners heretofore made to James Oglethorpe
Esq' and William Stephens Esq'.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council, that M' Noble Jones '

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be appointed An Assistant in and for the Province of Georgia in
America. The Secretary acquainted the Trustees that the Draught of the Release
from them to their former Grantees was settled.
Which being read, and Agreed to
Order'd That the said Release be engross'd, and that the Seal of the Corpora
tion be affix'd thereto, And that the Secretary do countersign the same.
The Accountant acquainted the Trustees that the Lords Justices had
sign'd a Warrant for the Issuing of the Sum of three thousand three hun
dred and four Pounds three Shillings and four pence, granted in the last
Session of Parliament for the further Settling and improving the Colony.
Order'd That the usual Letter of Attorney be prepared, and that the Seal- of
the Corporation be affix'd thereto, and that the Secretary do countersign
the same.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council to appoint M' James
Fraser a Conservator of the Peace at Augusta, as Captain Kent is re
turn'd to England.
Order'd That the Vice President and Assistants be directed to use all possible
Methods for immediately supporting the Lighthouse.
Resolved That M' Samuel Marcer be suspended from the Offices of third Bailiff
at Savanah and Assistant, untill he has clear'd himself from the Matters
laid to his Charge by the Letter sent to him from the President by the
Advice of the Board of Assistants dated April 21" 1750.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council to approve of John
Penrose to be Pilot at Tybee in the room of David Cunningham displac'd
for Neglect of Duty. Adjourn'd.

550 COLONIAL RECORDS.

Wednesday August 8*b 1750.
Present
M' Vernon President
M' Chandler
M' Lloyd
D' Hales
M' Smith
M' Hooper
M' Pickering Robinson Attending.
Read the Instructions for his Conduct in Georgia pursuant to the Res
olutions of the Common Council of the 11th of April last, jointly with
M'. James Habersham Which he has agreed to.
Read a Petition of James Usher on behalf of himself and Gilbert and
Marks Usher his Children and Others, for Lands in Georgia, and to be
assisted with Arms and Working Tools, and proposing to take over
several Servants with him.
Resolved That five hundred Acres of Land be granted to James Usher of New
town in the County of Meath in Ireland, And One hundred Acres in
Trust for Each of his said Children ; And that fifty Acres of Land be
granted to Each Male Person being a Protestant, Who shall go. with
him, and pay his own Passage, And fifty Acres likewise to every Man
Servant, being Protestant, at the end of his Service, on proper Certifi
cates of such Servant having communicated with the Establish'd Prot
estant Church in Georgia ; And that it be recommended to the Common
Council to allow them Arms and Working Tools for a Number not '
exceeding thirty.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council to give M' Joshua
Geekie the sum of twelve Guineas for his trouble in drawing the Release
of the late Tenures in Georgia, the Form of an Absolute Grant, and the
Act for permitting the Importation and Use of Negroes under proper
Restrictions and Regulations.
Read a Memorial to the Lords Justices in Council setting forth the
Reasons for preparing the Act for permitting the Use of Negroes, to be
presented with the said Act to their Excellencies.

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Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd thereto, and that the
Secretary do countersign the same.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd to the said Act.
Read a Memorial to the Incorporated Society for propagating the
Gospel in Foreign Parts, founded on a Petition from the Inhabitants of
Augusta to the Trustees, to procure a Missionary for that Town to be
appointed by the said Society.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd thereto, and that the Sec
retary do countersign the same.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council, that in consideration
of M' Pickering Robinson's going to Georgia without M' Faesch, the
Sum of One hundred Pounds be allow'd him on his Embarkation for
Georgia instead of fifty Pounds Which was Order'd. And that the Sum
of twenty pounds be allow'd him for a Clerk at the End of One Year
from his Arrival in Georgia, besides the One hundred Pounds M' Rob
inson is further intitled to at the End of the said Year.
Adjourn'd.

Thursday August 16. 1750
Present
M' Chandler President
M' Vernon
M' Hooper
M' Lloyd
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council to make a proper
Conveyance of the Ground upon which the Church is built at Augusta
and of the Church Yard to belong thereto, as also to grant three hun
dred Acres of Land to be cultivated for the Support of a Minister there.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council to order some Glass
to be sent over for the Windows of the said Church, as also a Pulpit
Cloth and Furniture for the Communion Table, to be sent over when a
Missionary is appointed by the Incorporated Society, and under his Care.

552 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Resolved That M' Lloyd be desired to procure a Machine for reeling Silk to be
sent by M' Pickering Robinson, and that it be recommended to the
Common Council to pay for the same.
Adjourn'd

Monday August 27*h 1750
Present
M' Lloyd President
M' Vernon
M* Hooper
M' Joseph Ottolenghe (a Convert from Judaism to Christianity)
attended on the Recommendation of the Revd D' Hales, and offer'd his
Service to go to Georgia to promote the Culture of Silk, he being a Na
tive of Piedmont, and represented as a Person fitly qualified for that
purpose ; When after due Consideration it was
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council to pay the Passage
to Georgia of the said M' Ottolenghe, his Wife, and an Acquaintance
proposed by him instead of a Man Servant to assist in the Cultivation of
Land ; And that M' Ottolenghe should be put into Possession of a For
feited Lot at Savanah with the fifty Acres of Land thereto belonging,
and that fifty Acres more should be granted to his said Acquaintance ;
And that They should be allowed three Years Subsistance at the rate of
Eight pence a Day Each for the Men, and six pence a Day for the
Woman ; In consideration of their using their utmost Endeavors to
promote the Culture of Silk in Georgia
Adjourn'd
Monday March 4*h 175a
Present
M' Vernon President.
M' Ewer
Earl of Shaftesbury.
The Accountant acquainted the Trustees that on the 2" of October
last he receiv'd for them and paid into the hands of S' Joseph and S*

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Thomas Hankey for their Use the sum of two hundred forty Seyen
pounds Seven Shillings and Eleven pence half penn)' of Mess'8 Hume
Wright and himself, Whereof the Sum of fifty pounds was for a Reward
to M' Griffith Williams the late Storekeeper, Who attended in Georgia
the Examination of Lieut. Col. [Heron's Demands on his Majesty trans
mitted to Georgia for that purpose, And the Remainder being One hun
dred Ninety Seven pounds Seven Shillings and Eleven pence half penny
was to reimburse the Trustees the Sum of thirty Eight pounds twelve
Shillings and ten pence half penny expended in Georgia in the said Ex
amination, and the sum of One hundred fifty Eight pounds fifteen
Shillings and One Penny the Charges attending the Delivery of the
Presents sent by his Majesty to the Indians ; Which Sum of two hun
dred forty Seven pounds Seven Shillings and Eleven pence half penny
was so paid for the said Purposes by Directions from the Lords Comm'8
of his Majesty's Treasury signified to the said Hume Wright and Har
man Verelst the 24*h of Sept' last by James West Esq' their Lordship's
Secretary. Receiv'd a Receipt from the Bank of England for the Sum of three
thousand three hundred and four pounds three Shillings and four pence,
paid in by the Accountant the 12"1 of November last, Which was receiv'd
by him at the Exchequer, being the Money granted to his Majesty and
issued to the Trustees out of the Supplies for the Year 1750 ; And the
Accountant having reported that he receiv'd the same without Fees
Which were remitted by the following Offices for the Use of the Colony.
Vizt. £
By the Treasury  7. 3. 6.
By the Clerk of the Pells  12. 13. 6
By the Auditor of hisMaj8 Exchequer  20. 18. 6
BytheTellers  49. 11. 0
90. 6. 6
Whereby the Net Money arising by the said Issue ) onio \q io
would have been only  j £3304. 3. 4
M' Vernon acquainted the Trustees that he had returned their thanks
to the several proper Officers for their said Benefactions, he being pres
ent When the said Money was receiv'd and paid into the Bank.

554 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Read a Petition to the House of Commons for a Supply.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd thereto.
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Adjourn'd.

Saturday March 16. 175£
Present
Earl of Shaftesbury President.
M' Vernon
M' Hooper.
Read a Letter from Thomas Hill Esq' with Observations on the Act
for permitting the Introduction and Use of Negroes in the Colony of
Georgia transmitted by Order of the Lords Comm'8 for Trade and
Plantations. Order'd That the Secretary do acquaint M' Hill that the Trustees will, as soon
as they conveniently can, transmit to their Lordships their Return to the
said Observations Adjourn'd.

At the Vestry. Room of S* Margaret's Church
Thursday March 21s' 175£
Present
S' John Philipps President
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Burton
M' Anderson
M' Vernon
D* Hales.
The State of the Account and Proceedings of the Trust for the Year
1750 was read and order'd to be enter'd.

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Resolved That the Thanks of the Trustees be given to the Revd M' Doughty
for his Excellent Sermon preach'd this Day before the Trustees And that
he be desired to print the same. Adjourn'd.

Monday March 25'h 1751
Present
M' Hooper President
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon
M' Ewer.
Read a Return to the Observations on the Draught of a Bill prepared
by the Trustees, relating to the Importation and Regulation of Slaves
in the Colony of Georgia, transmitted to the Trustees by Order of the
Lords Comm*8 for Trade and Plantations.
Order'd That the Secretary do wait on their Lordships with the said Return.
Adjourn'd.

Monday April 8th 1751
Present
M* Lloyd President
Earl of Shaftesbury
M* Vernon
M* Hooper
M' Ewer.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council to appoint Henry
Parker Esq' President of the Province of Georgia in the room of Wil
liam Stephens Esq', that the Sum of Eighty pounds f>> Ann be con
tinued to be paid to M* Stephens in consideration of his great Age and
his past Services ; And that in case of the Death of M' Stephens the
Sum of fifty pounds <P> Ann be added to the Salary of M' Parker as
President.

556 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council to appoint M' Pick
ering Robinson and M' Francis Harris Assistants; Each of them to have
a Salary of twenty pounds <P> Ann.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council to appoint M' Noble
Jones Register of the Province.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council to direct the Presi
dent and Assistants to purchase of M' Bolzius as many Mulberry Plants
as he shall have to dispose of, in order to distribute them among such of
the Proprietors of small Tracts of Land, as They shall find most dispos'd
to promote the Culture of Silk ; And that Payment for the same be
made out of the Money owing to the Trust from M' Bolzius and the Saltz
burghers for the Cattle purchas'd by them.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council to give the Sum of
thirty pounds Sterl. to M' Joseph Otholengi (Who is going to reside in
Georgia as a Catechist for the Instruction of the Negroes) in lieu of the
Maintenance of a Servant for three Years, Which was at first propos'd to
be allow'd him, and was resolv'd to be propos'd to the Common Council,
Especially as the said M' Otholengi is to receive no other Gratuity from
the Trustees except the Passage of himself, his Wife, and a Servant ; He
being allow'd an Annual Stipend from the Society for propagating the
Gospel, and the Associates of the late D' Bray.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council to pay the Passage of
M' Joseph Watson in his Return to Georgia
Adjourn'd.

Monday May 6tb 1751
Present
M' Ewer President
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon
M' Tracy
M' Frederick.

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Read a Memorial to his Majesty setting forth the progress made by the
Trustees in Establishing the Colony of Georgia, and the present State and
Condition of the Colony, and the Inability of the Trustees to support the
Civil Government thereof, to furnish the Detachments station'd in Geor
gia with Provisions, and to give Encouragements for the Culture of fine
raw Silk ; And likewise setting forth the ill Consequences Which may at
tend the not providing for the said Services.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd thereto.
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Resolved That the Earl of Shaftesbury and M' Vernon be desired to deliver the
same to his Grace the Duke of Bedford principal Secretary of State, and
desire him to present it to his Majesty. Adjourn'd.

Saturday May 18th 1751
Present
M' Vernon President
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Lloyd
M' Ewer
M' Hooper.
Read a Letter from the Vice President and Assistants dated {[March
175-5. Setting forth that they had receiv'd a Petition from M' Thomas
Bosomworth (of Which a Copy is sent by them) and ^likewise One from
his Wife claiming a Right to some of the Indian Presents ; That the As
sembly had represented Thomas Bosomworth's Proceedings in taking
Grants of Land from the Indians as illegal and treasonable ; And that
the Vice President and Assistants had told M' Adam Bosomworth They
concurr'd in Opinion with the Assembly
And. That They apprehend their Councils have|been betray'd to M'
Bosomworth by M' Samuel Marcer.
Read a Representation of the Assembly dated January^"1 1750, and
sign'd Francis Harris Speaker, complaining of the Behaviour of M'

558 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Thomas Bosomworth, and setting forth several Reasons against private
Persons purchasing Lands from the Indians, and the said Lands being
reserv'd.Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council to remove Mr Samuel
Marcer from his Employments of Bailiff and Assistant.
Order'd That the Secretary do write to the President and Assistants acknowl
edging the Receipt of the Box containing the several Letters and Rep
resentations brought by the Laird of Urie Capt. Campbell ; And that he
acquaint them, that the Trustees have taken into Consideration the Rep
resentation of the Assembly about the Reserv'd Lands for the Indians,
and M* Thomas Bosomworth's pretended Claim to those Lands; And
that They are much concern'd to find M* Bosomworth persists in so un
natural, undutifull, and illegal an Attempt as to enter into Treaties with
any Indians for the purchase of Lands within the Bounds of his Majesty's
Charter, the lower Creek Nation having, by express Treaty dated in the
Year 1733, and confirm'd and explain'd by Another Treaty dated August
21s' in the Year 1739, agreed with the Trustees and promis'd them, that
They would not treat with Any Other Person for the Sale of those Lands
but with the Trustees ; And therefore No Title can be made to the Re
serv'd Lands but by an Agreement to be made between the Trustees and
the lower Creek Nation in general ; for the effecting Which the Trustees
are of Opinion that there must be a proper Person pitch'd upon to go into
the Nation, and invite them to a Conference, at Augusta, or such Other
Place as the President and Assistants shall think proper, with the Presi
dent and Assistants, or such Persons as shall be deputed by them, in
order to brighten the Chain of Friendship by confirming and enlarging
the Treaties made and concluded between the Trustees and the lower
Creek Nations in the Years 1733 and 1739 ; And that the President and
Assistants be instructed to desire that the Nation would sell to the Trus
tees the Reserv'd Lands at Pipe Maker's Bluff, the few Indians, (Who
call'd themselves Yamacraws) Who had a Settlement there, being ex
tinct, or having at least long abandon'd the said Lands ; and likewise the
Islands call'd S' Catherine's Ossebaw, and Sappelo, these being of no
further Use to the Creek Nation, there being no longer Any Game for
their hunting ; And therefore the Trustees are ready to treat with them
for the purchase of the aforesaid Lands ; And the President and Assist
ants will be provided with presents for that purpose ; And the President

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and Assistants must inform the Bosomworths, that if They persist in this
unjustifiable Attempt of theirs, They will be prosecuted with the utmost
Severity of the Law ; And in the mean time the President and Assistants
must immediately give publick Notice in the Name of, and by Order of
the Trustees, that All his Majesty's Loving Subjects are caution'd to
avoid any Treaty with the Bosomworths for such Reserv'd Lands, that
They may not be deceiv'd by them, by laying out their Money for the
purchase of Lands to Which They can make them no Title.
Order'd That a Letter be sent to Capt Cadogan acknowledging the Receipt of
his Letter dated 12'b of March last, and acquainting him that the Trus
tees are pleas'd to find What They have done in procuring a Missionary
at Augusta, so satisfactory to the Inhabitants there.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council that M' Joshua
Geekie be engag'd to prepare the Draught of a Law about the Vacant
Lots.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council that Standard
Weights, Scales, and Measures be provided to be sent to the Colony.
Read an Address of the Assembly of Georgia to the Trustees sign'd
Francis Harris Speaker, dated January 15 1750, and under the Seal of
the Town Court.
Read a Representation of the Assembly relating to the Junction of the
Province with South Carolina, and setting forth the ill Consequences of
such Junction, if intended.
Read a Representation of the Assembly Desiring the Trustees to apply
for a Reduction of the Quit Rente!
Read a Representation of the Assembly setting forth that the Inhabi
tants of the Province are very attentive to the planting of Mulberry
Trees, and raising of Raw Silk, And that their hopes of making it in
time a Staple, are founded on the continuance of the Encouragements,
Which the Trustees have granted them.
Read a Representation of the Assembly desiring the power of making
By Laws, the same to be in force till disapprov'd of by the Trustees.
Resolved That the President and Assistants be acquainted that the Trustees can
not see any Occasion for granting such a Power ; But that on the Assem-

560 COLONIAL RECORDS.
bly's proposing any Laws, Which may be thought requisite, They may
depend on the Trustees making the same.
Read a Representation of the Assembly desiring a Court of Equity may
be appointed at Savanah, that Persons Who think themselves aggriev'd
by any Verdict or Judgement in the Town Court may appeal to.
Resolved That the President and Assistants be acquainted that the Trustees see
no Occasion for such a Court, and that it will tend to the Encourage
ment of vexatious Suits.
Read a Representation of the Assembly Desiring, that such Persons as
bring Negroes into the Colony from South Carolina, or Other Provinces,
may not be oblig'd by the Negro Act to pay any Duty on the Importa
tion of their Slaves ; And that those Who had Negroes on their Planta
tions before they were permitted to introduce them, may be likewise free
from the said Tax.
Resolved That the Vice President and Assistants be acquainted that the Trus
tees do not think there is any Reason to grant such an Indulgence ; And
besides, that the Act is now out of their hands, and is lying before the
Government for their Consideration.
Read a Representation from the Assembly relating to the District of
Savanah, setting forth, among other things, the Want of a Deck Boat
for the Pilot to go to Sea to the Assistance of any Ships in Distress on
the Coast, as the present Pilot Boat is a small open one, and so much out
of Repair, that the Pilot cannot go off to Sea in her but at the Risque of
his Life ; And also Setting forth the Want of an Engine for extinguish
ing Fires Which may happen in the Town of Savanah.
Resolved That the first Part of the said Representation relating to the Deck Boat
be laid before his Grace the Duke of Bedford, Principal Secretary of
State, And that it be recommended to the Common Council to purchase
a Fire Engine for the Town of Savanah.
Read a Representation of the Assembly relating to the Districts of Da
rien, Frederica, Midway &c. Setting forth, among other things, the Want
of Conservators of the Peace and Constables for those Districts ; And
likewise Setting forth, that there is now a beaten and open Path to Au
gustine, And but One Pass on that Road over the Alatamaha River, And
therefore it is necessary that a small Party should be station'd there to
prevent the Incursions of Spanish and other Indians.

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Resolved
That the latter Part of the Representation relating to the Necessity of
Stationing a Party at the said Pass, be laid before his Grace the Duke of
Bedford principal Secretary of State.
Read a Representation of the Assembly relating to the District of Au
gusta, setting forth that the Indian Trade in the Province is almost en
tirely monopoliz'd by a Company of Seven Persons at Augusta, Who
have not only a general Store at Augusta, but have likewise Each of
them Licenses for different Towns in the Indian Nation ; And setting
forth the Inconveniencies attending such a Monopoly ; And that They
apprehend the Remedy would be, That no Storekeeper at Augusta or in
the Precincts thereof, should have a License to trade, as it puts two dif
ferent Branches of Trade in One Person ; And further Setting forth the
Want of a proper Power at Augusta to decide not only petty Debts but
Petty Larcenies, that Town being so distant from Savanah, And there
fore Desiring three Conservators of the Peace may be appointed there,
with a Power to hold a Court in the Nature of a County Court.
Read M' Habersham's Journal from the 21s' December 1750 to the
4th of March 175f. Adjourn'd.

Saturday June 1" 1751
Present
D' Hales in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon
M' Ewer
M* Lloyd
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council to appoint M' John
Rae and M' James Campbell Conservators of the Peace at the Town of
Augusta, Capt4 John Mackintosh Conservator for the District of Darien,
and M' Audly Maxwell Conservator for the District of Midway River
and the great Ogeeche.
Read an Instrument containing Powers and Authority to Henry Parker
Esq' President of the Province M' Patrick Graham, M' James Haber
sham M' Noble Jones, M' Pickering Robinson, and M' Francis Harris, or
[36 c. r., t. i.]

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Any two of them, as Commissioners for meeting conferring and treating
with the Nations of Creek Indians for the purchase of the Lands from
Pipe Maker's Bluff to Savanah, and the three Islands of S' Catherine Os-
sabaw, and Sappelo for the Use and Benefit of the Trust ; And for them
or Any two of them to subscribe and affix any Seal to the said Treaty, as
They shall see proper, and likewise to do and perform all further Acts
and Requisites Which the Case may require.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Instrument,
And that the Secretary do countersign the same.
Read Instructions to the said Commissioners for their Conduct in con
ferring with the Nation of Creek Indians, and forming the Treaty with
them. Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd thereto, And that the Sec
retary do countersign the same.
Read the Constitution of an Annual Assembly of the People in
Georgia.Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd thereto, and that the Sec
retary do countersign the same.
Order'd That the Secretary do attend at the Treasury, and sollicit the Consid
eration of the Trustees Memorial to his Majesty, referr'd by the Privy
Council to the Lords of the Treasury. Adjourn'd.

Saturday June 15 1751
Present
Earl of Shaftesbury President
M* Vernon
M' Lloyd
D' Hales.
Receiv'd in a Letter from M' Andrew Faesch a Note for Seventy five
Pounds payable to the Accountant for the Use of the Trust from George
Mercer for Mess'8 Honeywood and Fuller, in return for so much Money

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advanced to the said M* Faesch on his proposing to go to Georgia to exe
cute a Commission there.
Order'd That the said Sum of Seventy five pounds be paid into the hands of
S' Joseph and S' Thomas Hankey (for the use of the Trust) with the sum
of One thousand Pounds drawn on the Bank for the payment of Sola
Bills. Resolved That there be a Meeting of the Trustees on Saturday the 29'b Instant,
And that every other Saturday be a Day appointed for such Meeting.
Read an Appointment of M' James Campbell as Conservator of the
Peace for the Town of Augusta.
Read an Appointment of M* John Rae as Conservator of the Peace
for the Town of Augusta.
Read an Appointment of Capt. John Mackintosh aB Conservator of
the Peace for the District of Darien &c.
Read an Appointment of M* Audly Maxwell as Conservator of the
Peace for the District of Midway River &c.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Appointments.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Adjourn'd.

Saturday July 6tb 1751
Present
M' Lloyd President
M' Vernon
Dr Hales.
The Trustees taking into Consideration their Expenses without any
Fund to answer them, except the Money due from Gen1 Oglethorpe to
the Trust.
Order'd That the Accountant do attend Gen1 Oglethorpe with his Account,
that the Balance thereof, being One thousand four hundred and twelve
Pounds and two pence half Penny may be paid to the Trustees, in order
to enable them to carry on the Service of the Trust.
Adjourn'd.

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Monday August 12'b 1751
Present
M' Hooper President
M* Vernon
M* Lloyd
D' Hales.
Read a Letter from M' John Browne dated Savanah May 20"1 1751
complaining of the Magistrates not performing the Orders of the Trustees
with regard to the Bounties on Cocoons, and the purchase of the Silk ;
And also an Advertisement, inclosed in the said Letter, published by the
Magistrates at Savanah Dated Aprill 26 1751 ; "setting forth the prices
"on the Silk and Cocoons settled by the Trustees ; And that it Appear
ing to the Magistrates, that it would be attended with many Difficulties
"and Inconveniencies (if practicable) to reel Each Person's Cocoons sep
arately, as Many Persons only raise small Quantities ; They gave Notice
''that They would, to prevent disputes and give a general Satisfaction,
"pay the following Prices to all Persons for Cocoons after sorted, raised
"within the said Colony, Who shall deliver them as aforesaid cured or
'fbaked, Which they find by several Experiments will be equal to What
"is allowed by the Trustees on the several Assortments of Cocoons and
"Silk aforesaid, Namely for the first three Shillings and sixpence, for
"the second, One Shilling and Eight Pence, and for the third One Shil-
"ling and One Penny."
Order'd That the Secretary do send the said Letter to the Magistrates, and ac
quaint them, that as it is written in a Language so abusive and injurious,
and contains such unjustifiable Reflections on the Magistrates, the Trus
tees should not have taken any Notice thereof if they had not appre
hended their former Orders with regard to the Bounties had been in
some Respects not clearly understood ; That, to obviate any Doubts and
for the Direction of the Magistrates, Their Resolution is, that the Boun
ties on the Cocoons or Silk Balls are to be immediately paid on the
Delivery of them, without waiting for the Baking of them, And after
wards When the Silk is reeled from the Balls, the Owners of them are
to be paid for the Silk according to the Value of them, as settled by the
Trustees. Viz' fourteen Shillings for the first Sort, twelve Shillings for
the Second, and Six Shillings for the third Sort.

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Several German Protestants attended the Board, and expressed their
Desire of going over to Georgia at their own Expence, in order to settle
with the Saltzburghers at Ebenezer, And the following Seven Elders
Viz' Michael Walliser, Michael Wienkraft, Daniel Renshard, John George
Gwant, John Oexlin, John Neidlinger, and John Peter Subdrein, being
Conductors of the Embarkation were called in, And They acquainted
the Board that their Number would amount to One hundred and fifty
Seven, Whereof fifty four Men, forty six Women, twenty Seven Boys,
and thirty Girls.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council, that fifty Acres of
Land be given to Each male of the Age of twenty One Years, And that
an Order be deliver'd to the said Germans for them to carry with
them to the President and Assistants to direct the surveying the Lands
for them without loss of time, at or near Ebenezer.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council that a Sum not ex
ceeding Eight Pounds be expended for Vinegar for the Cabins, Medi
cines during the Voyage, a Quantity of Sugar and Mountain Wine for
the Use of the said Germans.
The Accountant acquainted the Trustees, that he had written to Gen.
Oglethorpe on the 6th of July pursuant to the Trustees Order of the
same Day, And thaton Thursday July the 18th Gen1 Oglethorpe sending
to speak with him that Morning, at his house in Lisle Street ; He waited
on the General with his Account ; When the General told him, he had
receiv'd his Letter written by Order of the Trustees, And that the Dis
charge he had deliver'd in to their Charge was in his Favor ; And that
the Trustees Claims on him for reimbursement of Articles in his Ac
count with the Government was not payable untill such Account was
allowed by the Treasury on the Auditor's State thereof.
Order'd That the Accountant do write again to General Oglethorpe, and send
him the State of the Trustees Demands, and acquaint him how they be
came due ; And that the Trustees apprehend the General is mistaken in
supposing that the Trustees Claims on him for reimbursement of Articles
in his Account with the Government were not payable untill such Ac
count was allowed by the Treasury on the Auditor's State thereof; Be
cause such Sums were allowed by the Auditor as already received by
him to repay the Trustees Money expended by the General for his

566 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Majesty's Service ; And that the Accountant do farther acquaint the
General, that as by the Trustees Disappointment in Parliament last
Session, They are in great want of the Money to carry on the Service of
the Trust, They hope he will now pay the Balance of the Accountant sent
to him, being One thousand four hundred and twelve Pounds and two
Pence half Penny. Adjourned.

Saturday August 24'b 1751
Present
M' Vernon President
M* Hooper
M' Lloyd
Read a Letter from General Oglethorpe dated August 17th 1751 Set
ting forth, that having given an Answer to M' Verelst's first Letter in
the manner his second Letter mentions to have acquainted him, the
Trustees will find, that by the Account Delivered to the Trustees some
Years since, together with its Vouchers, there is due to him on that Ac
count a Balance from the Trust ; Besides Which, there is another Ac
count of Expences made by him for the Trustees, not then brought in,
because he had at that time an Account to pass with the Government,
in which he allowed to be entered certain Articles (Which he supposes
are those mention'd in M* Verelst's Letter) on behalf of the Trust ; And
in the Account he delivered into the Government some thousands of
Pounds, due to him, were set over to the Subsequent Account now under
Examination, By Which means the Credit he should had allowed him in
(sic)
the first Account being lessen'd did leave a Demand on him sufficient to
pay the Fees of passing that first Account Which usually happens.
He therefore abstains from giving in his further Demand on the Trus
tees, till this s ubsequent Account with the Government is reported, that
the Trustees might have a Means of setting One against another, for
those Claims stated by the Auditor in favour of the Trust are not de-
mandable untill the Auditor's Report with his Remarks thereupon shall
be considered by the Treasury, And their Lordships are of Opinion that
the said Articles are proper Credit to be allowed him.
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his Letter to the Trustees of the 17'11 Instant was this day laid before
them, Wherein he mentions that, besides the Account he delivered to
the Trustees some Years since, there is Another Account of Expences
made by him for the Trust not then brought in, Which the Trustees are
surprised at, and the more so as he made no mention thereof the 17"1 of
January 1748, When he was present at the Delivery of his Account,
Which has been examined and determined ; They therefore desire he
will, as soon as possible, let the Trustees know What such further De
mand he says he has on them is, the present Circumstances of the Trust
admitting of no Delay.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council that five hundred
Acres of Land be granted to M* David Kraaf t (Who is going to Georgia
at his own Expence) contiguous to Ebenezer.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council that five hundred
Acres of Land be granted to M* William Gerard Von Brahm, Who has
the Care of conducting this Embarkation of German Protestants now
making for Georgia.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council that Grants be made
of five hundred Acres of Land to M' Christian Von Munch, five hun
dred Acres of Land to M' Thomas Von Munch aged 29, five hundred
Acres of Land to M* Charle Von Munch aged 27, five hundred Acres of
Land to M* Christian Von Munch Aged 25. (the three last being Sons
of the first named Christian Von Munch, ) And of five hundred Acres
of Land of [Ml Remigius Von Miinch aged 34, Son in Law of the
said Christian Von Munch, And that the said five Lots together with
M' Von Brahme's be laid out at or contiguous to Ebenezer.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council that All the Male
Servants of the aforesaid Persons have fifty Acres of Land at the Ex
piration of their Service
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council that Orders be sent
to the Magistrates to give the German Protestants of the present Em
barkation some Working Tools out of the Storehouse at Frederica, And
that an Account be sent to the Trustees of the Particulars so applied.
Adjourn'd.

568 COLONIAL RECORDS.

Friday November 5'b 1751
Present
M' Lloyd President
M' Hooper
M' Vernon
Read a Letter from M' Richard Oswald Merchant in London Desiring
a Grant of five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia, And setting forth,
that the following Persons. Viz' M' John Stevenson, James Dennistoune,
Michael Herries, Alexander Walker, Andrew Blackburn, James John
son, William Crawford, John Crawford, and James Walker, all of Mer
chants in Glasgow intended to settle Plantations in Georgia, and desired
five hundred Acres of Land each. That M' James Walker proposed
going over directly to Georgia, And that the Others intended to send
over a sufficient Number of People to cultivate their Lands next Spring,
if they could hear that a Survey was made of their several Lots, And
the Grants of them were made.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council to grant five hundred
Acres of Land to Each of the aforesaid Persons, And that Orders be
sent to M' James Walker to be put in possession of his Lot, And a Sur
vey to be made of the other nine Lots of five hundred Acres of Land
Each, Which are to be granted to the said Nine Persons ; On Condition
that they send to Georgia, within twelve Months from the time of the
Survey being made, a sufficient Number of Hands to cultivate the same;
And that Instructions be sent to the Magistrates, that the said Lots be
laid out in the Southern Part of the Province.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council that a Sum not ex
ceeding three hundred Pounds be laid out in erecting another Filature
at Savanah, a House to lodge and assort Cocoons in, an Oven, Well, &c,
and a publick Filature at Ebenezer ; Which Sum is proposed by M'
Pickering Robinson and M' James Habersham in their Letter to the
Secretary dated June 12 1751, as sufficient for the said Purposes.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council that twenty four
new Copper Basons be purchased, and sent to Georgia by the first Op
portunity; Of Which twenty are to be nine Inches deep, eleven Inches

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wide, and twenty seven Inches long, And the Other for double Balls
eighteen Inches deep, exactly round, and twenty four Inches Diameter ;
All to be made with a Flat of One Inch from the Circle and a Rim of
One and a half Inch, to be of the Depths aforesaid from the Circle and
not from the Rim. Adjourned.

Wednesday January 8'b 1752.
Present
M' Ewer President
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon
M' Frederick
D* Hales
M* Chandler
M' Tracy
M' Tuffnell
M' Lloyd
The Earl of Shaftesbury reported from the Committee appointed by
the Common Council April 25th 1751 "for adjusting with the Adminis
tration the proper Means for Supporting and settling the Colony for the
future, and to take from time to time all such Measures as They should
find necessary for its Well Being ; And to frame, set the Seal of the Cor
poration to, and present such Representation or Representations, Memo
rial, or Memorials as They should think proper for that Purpose." That,
being informed that the Lords of the Council had appointed Thursday
Evening the 19*11 of December last, to take into Consideration the Trus
tees Memorial to his Majesty, And the Reports thereon from the Lords
Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, and the Lords Commissioners
for Trade and Plantations, The Committee had at a Meeting December
the 14,b desired and empower'd the Earl of Shaftesbury, M' Hooper, M'
Vernon, M' Tracy, M' Frederick and M' Lloyd to attend and deliver to
the Lords of the Council the following Paper in the Name of the
Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia, in case They should be
called upon by the Lords. Viz*
To the R' Honble the Lords of his Majesty's most Hon"18 Privy Council
The Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America,

570 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Who are ready, for the Service of the Crown, to surrender their Trust
for granting the Lands in the said Colony, think it their indispensable
Duty to offer the following Considerations to Your Lordships on behalf
of the People settled there.
That the Colony of Georgia be confirmed a separate and independent
Province, as it is expressly declared in his Majesty's Charter it shall be,
(in confidence of Which the Inhabitants both British and Foreign have
gone thither,) And as the Assembly of the Province of Georgia have
petitioned for, in a Representation to the Trustees dated January the
15'" 1750.
That the Inhabitants of the Colony be confirmed in their Titles and
Possessions Which have been granted to them under the Charter.
That the Arrears of Quit Rente, due at this time, be remitted, since
Most of the Inhabitants have been prevented by the War, and the
various Obstacles, that always occur at the first Settling of a Colony,
from cultivating so much of their Lands as it might be expected They
would have done ; And that the Quit Rents for the future be reduced
from four to two Shillings for Each hundred Acres, this last Sum being
as much as is usually reserved in any of his Majesty's Provinces in
America. That as there will be Occasion for a Secretary or Agent in England to
transact the Affairs of the Province here, and to carry on the Corre
spondence with the Government in Georgia, And as the Trustees Secre
tary M' Martyn has served them ably and faithfully in that Capacity
from the very Date of the Charter, and is much better acquainted with
the State of the Colony than Any Other Person residing in England,
And as the Trustees have the greatest Reason to believe it will be very
agreeable and Encouraging to the People there, They humbly desire
Your Lordships will be the Means of recommending him to his Majesty
for the said Employment, with such an Appointment as may be thought
proper. The Earl of Shaftesbury further reported, That on the 19*b of De
cember the Committee attended the Lords of the Council, And, being
called in, They were acquainted that the Lords had read the Memorial
of the Trustees to his Majesty, and the Reports thereon from the Lords
Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, and the Lords Commissioners
for Trade and Plantations ; And that the Lords of the Council had ob
served in the Report from the Lords Commissioners for Trade, that the
Trustees, Who attended them, had said, that if it should be expected,

COLONIAL RECORDS. 571
that, for the Service of the Crown, They should surrender their Trust
for granting the Lands in the Colony, They should have some Conditions
to offer to his Majesty's Council in behalf of the People settled there ;
And therefore the Lords of the Council desired to know if the Trustees
had such Conditions ready to lay before them. Upon which the Com
mittee delivered, in the Name of the Trustees, the aforesaid Paper
drawn up by the Committee December the 14*b, and then order'd to be
delivered in case it should be called for. — After Which the Committee
withdrew, And, after some time, being called in again, They were
acquainted "That the Lords of the Council could not advise his Majesty
"to recommend to Parliament the granting any Sum of Money to the
"Corporation of the Trustees, unless they were desirous to make an ab
solute Surrender of their Charter" — And if so, They were asked
"In What Manner They proposed to make the Surrender?" — Upon
Which the Committee again withdrew, And then taking into Considera
tion the present State of the Colony, and the total Inability of the
Trustees to defray the Expences of the Civil Government from Lady
Day 1751, to furnish the Troops stationed in Georgia with Provisions,
or to give any Encouragements for the Produce of Raw Silk, without a
further Supply ; They immediately drew up the following Paper, and
severally signed the same. Viz'
We, Whose Names are here Underwritten, being a Committee
appointed by the Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing
the Colony of Georgia in America, And, being fully Authorized by
them, do hereby signify, that We are ready and willing to make an
absolute Surrender of all the Powers, Rights, and Trusts, vested in
the said Trustees by his Majesty's Royal Charter, bearing Date the
9* Day of June 1732 without any Condition or Limitation, humbly
recommending the Rights and Privileges of the Inhabitants of the
said Colony to his Majesty's most gracious Protection.
Shaftesbury
December 19'h 1751. Rob' Tbacy
John Frederick
Sam1 Lloyd
Edward Hooper
That the Committee were then called in again, And They presented
the said Paper to the Lords of the Council, And then withdrew, And
were soon after acquainted by M' Sharpe, Clerk of the Council, that he
was order'd by their Lordships to inform them, that They had referred

572 COLONIAL RECORDS.
the said Paper to the Attorney and Solicitor Gen1 to consider thereof,
and report to their Lordships in What Manner the same might be most
effectually carried into Execution.
Resolved. That the Trustees do concur with, and approve of all the several
Steps taken by the Committee, And do in a particular manner approve
of, ratify, and confirm (as the Act of the Trustees) the Paper respect
ively signed by the five Members of the Committee December the 19*b,
and by them delivered to the Lords of the Council.
Resolved That the Thanks of the Trustees be given to the said Committee for
their Conduct in general, and in particular for their Care in recommend
ing the Rights and Privileges of the Inhabitants of the Colony to his
Majesty's Protection
Resolved That it be referred to the said Committee to consider What Papers
may be necessary, on behalf of the Inhabitants of Georgia, to lay before
the Attorney and Solicitor Gen1, When They take the Reference from
the Lords of the Council into Consideration, and to order the same to be
laid before them.
Resolved That the said Committee be empower'd to take all such further Meas
ures, as They .shall judge necessary, in order to perfect the Surrender of
the Trust, in confidence that his Majesty's Subjects, inhabiting the Colony
of Georgia, will suffer no Diminution in their Rights and Possessions, by
the Trustees delivering into his Majesty's Hands the Trust, Which They
received from his Majesty, on behalf of, and for the Benefit of his said
Subjects. Adjourn'd.

Saturday January 11th 1752
Present
M' Vernon President
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Ewer.
Read a Representation and Petition to the Honble the House of Com
mons ; setting forth, that the Trustees having hitherto supported the

COLONIAL RECORDS. 573
Colony of Georgia by the Assistance granted by this Honble House with
such Success, that They may presume to say, It will soon prove a bene
ficial Colony to Great Britain, not only on Account of its situation and
Ports, but for its various Products of great Utility to the Trade of this
Nation, and especially the Produce of Silk, for Which the Climate of
Georgia is most particularly adapted; And his Majesty having been
graciously pleased to accept of their Offer of the Surrender of their Trust.
They humbly pray this Hon"10 House to enable them to defray the
Expences incurred by them since the last Grant.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Petition.
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Resolved That the Earl of Shaftesbury be added to those Trustees Who are em
power'd to certify the Draughts for any Sums of the Georgia Trust
Money, Which may be at any time in the hands of S' Joseph Hankey
andC Resolved That all Certificates of Sola Bills to be paid by Money in the Hands
of S' Joseph Hankey and C° be signed by the Earl of Shaftesbury, M'
Vernon, M* Hooper, M' Ewer and M' Lloyd or any One of them
Resolved That it be recommended to the C° Council That They having on March
the 19tb 174$ Resolved to make good from Christmas 1750, as long as the
Parliament should enable them, the Deficiency of twelve pounds ten
Shillings ^ Ann. in the Salaries allowed by the Society for promoting
Christian Knowledge to the Rev4 M' Bolzius, and the Rev4 M' Lemke
the Saltzburgh Ministers, Which Deficiency was occasioned by the lower
ing of Interest ; That in consideration the Trustees Power to make good
such Deficiency will cease by the Surrender of their Trust, the Money
due from the Saltzburghers to the Trust, and unpaid by them for the
Cattle purchased from the Cowpen, be remitted, on their engagements
to make good the said Deficiency to their Ministers.
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council to appoint M' William
Russel third Bailiff of the Town Court of Savanah, in the room of M'
Samuel Marcer. Adjourned.

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Saturday February 29'11 1752.
Present
Earl of Shaftesbury President.
M' Vernon
M' Hooper
M' Ewer
M* Lloyd
Order'd That the Secretary do write to the Secretary of War and acquaint
him, that as the Trustees are about to surrender their Trust into the
hands of his Majesty They think it incumbent on them to give Notice
that the Payments for the Scout Boat in Georgia cannot go any longer
thro' the usual Channel, nor can They furnish the Detachments of Troops
stationed in Georgia with Provisions beyond Midsummer next.
Resolved That M* Lloyd be desired to look into the State of the Trust Accounts ;
And that the three Payment Books Vol. 1. 2. and 3, and likewise the
Book of Benefactions be sent to M' Lloyd for the said purpose.
Adjourn'd.

Saturday March 7 1752
Present
M' Hooper President.
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon
M* Lloyd
Order'd That the President and Assistants be acquainted that, as M' Samuel
Marcer has not, in a regular way, given in any Answer to the Charge
against him, deliver'd to him December the 7'b 1750 by M' William
Spencer by Order of the President and Assistants, the Trustees do not
allow of the Payment to him for his Salary as Assistant after the 21" of
April 1750, and that he is actually dismissed by the Common Council
from the Offices both of Assistant and third Bailiff' of the Town Court
at Savanah
Read a Paragraph in a Letter from the President and Assistants

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Dated that M' Holt the School Master behaved for some
(sic)
time pretty well, and had a thriving School, but of late his Behaviour
has been so bad, that he has but few Scholars ; And that it was very
probable that They should be obliged to send him to England, When
They should have an Opportunity of sending him directly from Savanah
Resolved That it be recommended to the Common Council that if M' Holt the
School Master is desirous of returning to England, rather than continue,
and settle as a Planter in Georgia, the Freight of his and his Wife's
Passage should be paid by the Trust. Adjourn'd.

Saturday March 28'b 1752
Present
M' Lloyd President
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon.
Read a Memorial to the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treas
ury Setting forth, the Trustees Offer to surrender their Trust to his
Majesty, And that the Parliament having, in consequence thereof, granted
to his Majesty the Sum of four thousand Pounds to enable the Trustees
to defray the Expences incurred by them.
They desire their Lordships Directions for the issuing of the said Sum
to them.
Order'd
That the Secretary do sign the same.
Adjourn'd.

Friday May 1" 1752
Present
M' Hooper President.
M' Cavendish
M' Ewer
M' Lloyd
Earl of Shaftesbury.

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Order'd That a Letter of Attorney to M' Benj. Martyn, empowering him to
receive the Sum of four thousand Pounds at the Exchequer, in pursu
ance of a Grant in the last Session of Parliament to enable the
Trustees to defray the Expences incurred by them, be prepared in order
to be sealed at a Meeting of the Trustees on Wednesday Morning the 6""
Instant. Signed a Draught on the Bank of England for One thousand and
thirteen Pounds, Eight Shillings and Seven pence for Balance, by the
Earl of Shaftesbury M' Hooper M' Cavendish M' Ewer, M' Lloyd.
Adjourned

Wednesday May 6'b 1752.
Present
Earl of Shaftesbury President.
M' Cavendish
M* Ewer
M' Hooper
M* Lloyd
Sealed the Letter of Attorney to M' Martyn empowering him to re
ceive the Sum of four thousand Pounds at the Exchequer.
The Trustees then proceeded to see the Papers, Books, and likewise
the Seal of the Corporation removed into safe Custody.
Resolved That the Secretary do engage some Bookseller to sort all the printed
Books left this Day at M' Verelst's, in order for their Removal forthwith ;
And that Mr Lewis the Clerk do examine Which Part of the said Books
belongs to the Trustees, And Which to the Associates, and do likewise
take care that the remaining Papers in the Desk, And all the other
Effects belonging to the Trust, be sent and deposited in the Room hired
for that purpose at M* Shropshire's Bookseller in New Bond Street
Resolved That proper Notice be given at the General Post Office, that all Let
ters directed to the Georgia Trustees, or to Benjamin Martyn their Sec
retary, or to Harman Verelst their Accountant be for the future sent
only to the said Benjamin Martyn in New Bond Street.
Adjourn'd.

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Tuesday June 23. 1752
Present
M' Cavendish President
M' Vernon
M' Hooper
M' Lloyd
Resolved That the Secretary do write to the President and Assistants in Georgia
to recommend M' James Habersham Jun' to have a Lot of five hundred
Acres set out for him contiguous to his Father's.
Resolved That the Secretary do in the same Manner recommend M* John Mon
tague for a Lot of five hundred Acres of Land in What Part of the
Province he shall chuse.
The Secretary acquainted the Trustees, that, in pursuance of the Letter
of Attorney to him dated the 6*b of May last, he had received at the
Exchequer the Sum of four thousand Pounds, granted in the last Ses
sion of Parliament.
Then the several Bills due from the Trustees, the Salaries to the
Officers, House Rent, Incidental Expences, to this time, being paid and
discharged, the Remainder of the Money was paid over to M' Cavendish,
M' Vernon, M' Hooper, and M' Lloyd in order to be applied by them
jointly with the Earl of Shaftesbury Robert Eyre Anthony Ewer, John
Frederick, and Robert Tracy Esq'8 for such Services and in such manner
as They or Any three of them shall think proper.
Then the Account of the Trustees from the 9'b Day of June 1751 to
the 9,b Day of June 1752 was read.
The Account also of the Trustees from the 9tb Day of June Ins' to
this Day inclusive was read.
Resolved That M' Hooper and M' Vernon be desired to deliver the same to the
R' Hon"18 the Lord High Chancellor and the Master of the Rolls.
The Secretary acquainted the Trustees that he had laid before the
Lords Justices the Memorial and Representation, setting forth the Manner
in Which the Trustees have discharged their Trust, and the present
State of the Colony and its Produces, particularly the Raw Silk, and the
Necessity of giving proper Encouragements for carrying on the culture
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of this, and of giving early and satisfactory Assurances to the People
that such Encouragements will be granted.
He likewise acquainted them that he had laid the Memorial and Rep
resentation of the same before the Lords Commissioners for Trade and
Plantations. Then was read a Resolution of the Common Council March 21" 1752,
that the Trustees or Any three or more of them be empower'd and
directed to affix the Seal of the Corporation to such Deed of Surrender
and Grant of the Trust, and likewise the Grant to his Majesty of the
one Eighth Part of the Lands and Territories lying within the Limits
described in the Charter, Which had been granted and sold to the Trus
tees by the R' Honbl8 John Lord Carteret, as should be prepared by his
Majesty's Attorney General.
After Which the Secretary laid before the Trustees a Counterpart of
an Indenture expressing and Declaring the said Surrender and Grant,
Which Indenture he had received from William Sharpe Esq' by order
of the Lords of the Committee of his Majesty's most Honble Privy Council
for Plantation Affairs, And Which When Sealed is to be exchanged
with a Counterpart under the Great; Seal, signifying his Majesty's Ac
ceptance of the said Surrender and Grant.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Counterpart
produced by the Secretary.
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
After Which the Seal was defaced

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