The source of this uncorrected OCR text may be viewed in the DjVu format at: http://fax.libs.uga.edu/egmont/14207 or http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/ugafax/egmont/14207 Volume 1420? i 03) Copy of the Agreement with Dr. William Houstoun the Botanist, 4th October 1732. To all whom it may Concern Enow Ye Thpt I William Houstoun Doctor of Physick of the University of St. Andrews Do Covenant and Agree that in Consideration of the yearly Salary of & 200 to be paid unto me or my order in the manner following Vizt. & 100 at the Feast of St. Michael and L 100 on the 25th March That I will serve the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America in the following manner vizt. Thpt I will forthwith embark on board a Ship bound for the Mpderas and will from thence proceed to America and will for the Space of Two Years at my own Charge and Expence travel to such Psrts thereof as the Trustees shall think proper in order to collect all such Planks as shall be contained in my Instructions from the seid Trustees and that I will use my utmost Diligence for collecting the same and that I will carry or cause them to be carried to Georgia and that I will constantly correspond with an from time to time transmit to the said Trustees all such Observations as I shall apprehend may be usefull to the said Colony pnd after the Expiration of the said Two Years or sooner if the Trustees shall think proper I will go and reside in the said Colony of Georgia at my own Charge snd Expence and use my utmost Endeavours there for the preserving & propagating of the said Plants and follow such Orders therein as I shall receive from the said Trustees. And Whereas the Rt. Honble. The Lord (34) Petre has engaged to pay unto me L 50 p Ann. towards defraying the Charge of my said Travels I declare that I do accept of the said Engagement as part of the said t 200 p Ann. Salary. And that the said Trustees will be thereby discharged by paying unto me L 150 p Ann. during the Life of the said Lord Petre but in Case the said Lord Petre shall dye within the Space of the said Three Years then the Trustees shall psy unto me the full L 200 as aforesaid And that in Case they shall not think fit so to do then that they shall shorten the said Term of Three Years proportionably as the whole Sum shall fall short of I) 600. Signed Wm. Houstoun %i London October 4th: 1732. Received on Account of the said Trustees Seventy five pounds being in full for one half Year's Payment commencing at Michaelmas la^t past. L 75:0:0 Signed Wm. Houstoun (3?) Copy of the Instructions to Dr. William Houstoun October 12th : 1732. Sir You are Ordered by the Common Council of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America to go on board the Ship Amelia Ceptn. Brooks Commander now lying in the River Thames and bound for Msdera and Jamaica. When You arrive at Madera You are ordered to inform your self of the manner of cultivating the Vines and making Wines there, and to carry with You to Jamaica Cuttings of their 3 (37) best Sorts of Vines, and Seeds Roots or Cuttings of any other useful Plants You shall meet with on that I eland wch. are wanting in the British Colonies, but particularly the Cinnamon Tree. And. if You can find any Vessel going front thence to South Carolina, You must also send some of each of the abovementioned things directly there addressed to Mr. St. Julian at Charles Town. From Jamaica You are ordered to go to the several Spanish Settlements at Carthagena, Puerto Bello, Campechy and Vera Cruz, as soon ps You can have the opportunity of any Vessel's going to the said Places; And if You cen, You are to cross the Country to Panama,. At all these Places You are to use your utmost Diligence to procure the Seeds pnd Roots of all usefull Pl^ntp, such as Ipecacuana, Jallap, Contrayerva, SaTsaparilla, and Jesuits Bark, the Trees vhich yield the Peruvian (38) and Capivi Balsams, the Gum Elemi &c. the Cockineal Plant with the Animals upon it; And all other things that You sh3.ll judge may be of use to the Colony of Georgia. When You return from any of the eaid plpces to Jamaica You a.re to leave the things You shall hpve brought over with the Person You shall find most capable and willing to take Care of them, while You go to the other Spanish Ports in search of others; But if You can have the Opportunity of a Ship going to Charles Town, You are still to send some of each kind to Mr. St. Julian there. When You have visited each of the aforesaid Places and collec ted from them all that shall be in your Power, You are to expect our further Orders to be sent You to Jamaica directing You how to proceed in transporting your self and them to Georgia, where You are to Spend 4 (38) the remaining part of the Three Years in taking care of the Culture of what You shall carry with You. And You are particularly desired to inform your self of the Nature and Culture of the xhixA white Mulberry Tree, which is most proper for the Nourishment of Silkworms. As likewise of all Sorts of Logwood & other Woods and Barks of use in Dying, in order to the Propagating of them in Georgia. (41) Copy of a Letter from Mr. Msrtyn to Governor Johnson dated Westminster October the 18th 1732. Sir I do my self the honour to write this Letter to You by Order of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia: Which is to inform ^ Your Excellency that an Embarkation of Eighty, or thereabouts of His Majesty 'e Subjects Naturaly Born will be ready to set Sail on the seventh of next Month for the said Colony, and are to be got on Shore at Port Royal within your Government. Jsmes Oglethorpe Esqr. one of the Trustees will accompany them himself and will bring with him His Majestye Orders conteined in an Instruction for your Excellency by which You are directed to give ell due Countenance and Encouragement for the Settling of the spid Colony of Georgia, by being aiding and Assisting to such of His Majestys Subjects as shall come into the Province of Carolina, after such a Recommendation there will be little Occasion for pny Other Especially considering that the Success of this Undertaking must so greatly redound to the Security and Advantage of 3 (41) that Province the Government of which His Majesty has intrusted to Your Cere. Whpt the Trustees have now to desire of your Excellency, is That You would be pleased to use your imnediate Endeavours with the Council and Assembly, thst Provision be made according to their Promise for the Sustenance of the Newcomers till they can raise it themselves; and thst twenty Negroe Labourers, and four pair of Sawyers be hired to assist in Clesring the Ground for this New Settlement which is designed to be made on the South side of the River Savannah as nepr to Port Royal as will be convenient and Your excellency is further desired to take proper Hepsures for informing the Indian Neighbours of the Approaching arrival of this new (42) Settlement and to dispose them to live in Friendship, and good Neighbourhood with them by Assuring them they will meet with the like and th^t you would (if Your Excellency think it edviseable) engage some of the^ mos^ Friendly among the Indians to come down and assist them in Hunting, &c. Mr. Oglethorpe will bring with him a.n Authentick Copy of the Charter under His Majesty's own Signet, and annexed to the Instruction, by which you are required to cause it to be forthwith regist'red and enter'd upon Record by the proper Officer within your Province. The Trustees direct me to acquaint You that they cannot conclude this Letter without remonstrating to Your Excellency the great Conse quence th^t no Disappointment should happen to this first Embarkation on their first Arrivsl within Your Province both in regard to so great a Number of his Majesty's Subjects, who expose their Lives pnd For tunes to come and Settle by You, and likewise in regard to the worth 6 (42) Gentleman vho has so charitably undertaken the conducting them and to whose Zeal, pnd Indefp.tigpble Cpre the whole Design is so much in debted. I am Sir, Your Excellency's Most humble and most Obedient Servant (45) Copy of the Charter party for the Ship Ann to Beaufort Town in South Caroling, 6. Novr. 1732. This Charter party of Affreightment Indented and mpde the Sixth day of November Anno Dom. 1732. And in the Sixth Year of the Reign of George the Second King of Great Britain Ac. Between Samuel Wragg of London Merchant pert Owner and John Thom&s Master of the Ship Ann Burthen Two Hundred Tons or thereabouts now in the River of Thames of the one part and the Common Council of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the other part Witnesseth That the said part Owner and Master have letten and the s?id Common Council hired, the said Ship for a Voyage with her to be made from London to Beaufort Town in South Carolina in America on the Terms pnd Condition following. First the said pprt Owner nd Master for themselves their Executors and Administrators Do Covenant promise end Agree to and with the said Common Council and their Successors and Assigns by these Presents thpt the said Ship being tight and strong and well mann'd 7 (43) tackled and provided fit for Merchant's Service shall on or before the Seventh day of November, Instpnt depart from Gravesend with all such Goods and Merchandizes as the spid Freighters or their Assigns shall in the interim think fit to Load and put on board her not exceeding what She mpy reasonably Stow and carry in her except reasonable and con venient Room for the said (46) Ship's Crew her Stores and the Stowage of Eight Tons of Goods which is reserved for the Use of the said Master and Owners of the said Ship And before such her Departure from Grpves- end shall receive and take on board her from the said Freighters or their Assigns Passengers not exceeding One hundred whole Heads and with the said Goods and Passengers directly as Wind and Weather will permit proceed and sail to Beaufort Town in South Carolina (or as near thereto as She can safely get) and then Stay four Days (if not sooner dis charged) to deliver the Goods taken in Ft London and set on Shore the said Passengers with all and singular their Baggage and so end her Voyage the Perils and Dangers of the Seas and Restraint of Princes and Rulers during the Voyage always excepted And further the said part Owner and Master Do Covenant and Agree to and with the said Freighters that the spid Passengers shall have four Beef Days Two Pork Days and One Fish Day in every Week during their being on their Passage and that they the said paTt Owner and Master will before the said Ship's Depar ture out of the River of Thames put on board her for the Use of the said Passengers a. convenient and sufficient Quantity of Provisions vizt. Eighty four Butts of Water, Eight Tons of Beer, Forty hundred weight of Beef, Nineteen hundred weight of Pork, Sixty hundred weight of Bread with a sufficient Quantity of Fish, Flour, Pease, Butter Suet and 8 (46) Plumbs and shall ceuse the said Passengers during all the time of their "being on board the said Ship to be Served out dayly their (4?) sii Allowance of Provisions in this manner (to wit) On the four Beef Days four pounds of Beef for every Mess of Five Men snd two pounds and an half of Flour and half a pound of Suet or Plumbs On the two Pork Days five pounds of Pork end two pints and an helf of Pease for every Five Men and on the Fish Day Two pounds a.nd an half of Fiph and half a pound of Butter for every Five Men the whole at Sixteen Ounces to the pound And allow each Man Seven pound of Bread of Fourteen Ounces to the pound p Week and Two Quarts of Beer p Man p Diem for the Space of Six Weeks And moreover that the said part Owner and Master shell before the said Ship's Departure from London cause Thirty five Cradles to be built and fixed between the said Ship's Decks with boarded Bottoms the Cradles to be each five feet eight Inches in the Clear in the inside and that there shall be a Canvas Curtain fixed to hang four feet below the Beam from the Bulk head of the Lazeretta to the Bulk head of the Gun Room on both Sides And further the said part Owner ajid Master Do Covenant and Agree to deliver the said Thirty five Cradles at the said Ship's Side within four days after the said Ship's Arrival st Beaufort Town aforesaid being paid & allowed for the same at the rate of Seven Shillings p Cradle In Consideration whereof the said Freighters for themselves and their Successors Do Covenant promise and Agree to and with the said part Owner and Master tneir Executors Administrators snd Assigns by these Presents that they the said Freighters their Succes sors or (^8) Assigns shall and will not only put on boprd the said Ship at Grpvesend Seventy whole Heads certain pnd dispatch her from 9 (48) thence by the Seventh day of November Instant and upon her Arrival at Bepufort Town aforesaid unload and take out all the Goods and Passen gers "belonging unto them together with the said Thirty five Cradles and th?t within the four Days above limitted for doing thereof But also shall and will well and truly pay or cause to be oaid unto the said part Owner or Mester or their or one of their Assigns in London the Sum of Four pounds Sterling p Head for each of the said Seventy whole Heads certain and Two pounds of like Money p Head for the remaining Thirty Heads if they shall not be Shipped. But if j^ Shipp'd or any part of them then the Sum of Two pounds p Heed more for as many of the spid Thirty as shall be Shipped The Heads to be Accoted. in this manner Vizt. Every Person Shipped above the Age of Twelve Years to be accounted a whole Head and for all Persons Shipped of the Age of Seven Years and under the Age of Twelve to be accounted two for one and for Passengers Shipped above the Age of Two Years and under the Age of Seven to be accounted }f three for one Bat no Freight for any Passenger under the Age of two Years The aforementioned Freight to be paid upon the Imb?rka.tion of the said Passengers and their Goods Provided always that it shall be lawful for the s?=id Freighters their Successors or Assigns to keep the said Ship on Demurrage in the River of Thames and at South Carolina by the Space of fifteen days at each place besides the Dpys (49) above limitted for her Stay at the ssme or so many of them as need shall require They the said Freighters or their Assigns paying to the said Master his Executors or Assigns for every Day of such Detention the Sum or Value of Two pounds Ten shillings p day and Eight pence Sterling p day p whole Head for Victually day by day as the 10 3^*a (49) same shall grow due Any Thing aforesaid to the contrary notwithstanding And to the Performance hereof the said Master bindeth himself his Executors Administrptors and Ship and the ssid Common Council of the Trustees hereby bind and oblige themselves and their Successors the either to the other in the Penal Sum of Six Hundred pounds Sterling firmly hereby In Witness whereof the said Common Council of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have affiyed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees to these Presents and the s?id Samuel Wragg and John Thomas have severally set their Hands and Seals to another part thereof remaining in the Hands of the said Trustees the Day and Year first above written. (53) Copy of a Letter from Horatio Walpole Esqr. to Govr. Johnson dated 5th. Novr. Sir You must before this time have heard that His Majesty for diverse mighty Considerations that are obvious with respect to the Interest and Trade of this Kingdom s.nc. for the Security of his Colonies, especially of the Frontiers of So. Carolina, in America has been pleased to grant a Charter for Incorporating a Number of Gentlemen by the name of "The Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia". I cannot sufficiently express the indefatigable Zepl and Pains which the Gentle men principally concerned in the Management and Conduct of this Affair have employed and continue to emplo# in providing the necessary means and making the proper Dispositions for bringing this glorious & (53) extensive Undertaking to Perfection, and the greet Encouragemt. they hpve met with here. Among the rest Mr. Oglethorpe a. Member of Parlia ment with whom I have the happiness of being particularly acquainted, exerts an Industry and Attention on this occasion equal to his e'rest Capacity and Knowledge in things of this nature; and being moved with no other Consideration besides his natur?! Disposition and Eagerness to encourage a Publick Benefit, h?s resolved to undertake a troublesome and tedious Voyage to America, to forward and promote this great Design, And as he is desirous to get the best Information he can thet may be of use to him especially in laying the foundation of this Establishmt. upon which the future Progress and Advancement of it mpy in a grept measure depend; my particular Friendship for him as well as Concern for the heppy Success of so general a Good oblige me to recoxtnend him nost earnestly to your Acquaintance which I em sure will be very agreable to You, and will induce You to give him such Lights as Your Experience and Knowledge in the Settlement and (5^) Cultivating of Colonies may Suggest to You, & may be of Service to him in this gre^t Undertaking. I shell only add that the Civilities which You and your Friends by your means shall Shew to Mr. Oglethorpe will be a particular Obliga tion to Sir Your most humble Sxxix Servt. You will introduce Mr. Oglethorpe to Mr. Whitacre. 12 (35) Copy of a Letter from the Duke of Newcastle to Govr. Johnson dated 8th. Novr. 1732. Sir Mr. Oglethorpe a Member of Parliament Mid one of the Trustees appointed by His Majesty's Letters Patent, for the Settling a Colony of His Majesty's Subjects on the Borders of Carolina, "being willing to go in Person thither to inspect its first Est^blishnant, I desire if You can any ways contribute to the Success of an Undertaking, from which so much advcrnt^ge may be expected to the Trade and Navigation of this Kingdom, as well as considerable Addition of Strength ,?nd Security to His Majesty's Colonies in America, You will give him all the Assis tance in Your Power; And any Personal Acts of Friendship and Civility that You shall do him will particularly oblige me who em with great Truth and Regprd. &c. Like Letter was pent to the G-overnours of South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Penailvania, New York, New England, Barbadoes, North Csrolina 1732 (57) Commision to Henry Herbert L.D. to perform Novr. 8 Georgea Ecclesiastical Duties i Whereas Henry Herbert Doctor of Lsws, has generously offer'd by his Majesties leave and permission to go & assist in Settling the 13 (37) Colony of Georgea in Americp, by performing pll Religious and Ecc- le?ia?tical Offices: We the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georges, in America, do hereby authorize & impower the Said Henry Herbert to do and perform all religious & Ecclesiastical Offices thpt Shall be necessary for the better establishing & promoting the Christian Religion in the S?id Colony, and all other the good Ends ajid purposes thereby intended, agreable to the Lpws of England & the Tenour of our Charter. In wittness whereof, the S?=id Trustees have to these presents affixed their Comon Seel the 8. November in the 6th year of George of Great Britain France and Ireland Xing, Defender of the Faith &c. Annoque Domini 1732. (59) Copy of a Letter from the Lords of the Admiralty to the C?ptpins of His Majesty's Ships which are or shall be employed on the Coast of Virginia and Cprolina dated 10th Novr. 1732. Whereas We are informed that Mr. Oglethorpe a Member of Parlia ment and one of the Trustees appointed by Letters Patent for Settling a Colony of His Majesty's Subjects on the Borders of Carolina, is willing to go in Person thither to inspect its first Establishment; end We being desirous, that if we csn any way contribute to the Success of an Undertaking from which so much Advantage may be expected to the Trade and Navigation of this Kingdom, as well as considerable Addition of Strength and Security to His Majesty's Colonies in Americp, do therefore 14 (39) recommend it to You to give him all the Assitunce in your Power, so far as the same may be conveniently done with regard to the other Services to which You have teen or may be appointed. Given under our Hands the 10th Novr. 17?2. Torrington Ch; Wager By Command of their A- Hamilton Lordships Tho: Franklund J. Burchett. (65) Copy of a Letter from Mr. Martyn to Sir Thomas Lombe dated January the 24th 1732/3 Sir As the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia think the raising Raw silk on the new Settlement will be of grsat Advantage to the Trade of Great Britain, They desire your Sentiments of the design of the Probability of Succeeding therein and the proper Steps to be taken to bring the Work to Perfection They are Likewise desirous of knowing if you have ever msde any Experiments of the Carolina, Silk; and would be glad of Your Opinion of the Nature, Quality, and Usefullness of it They are sensible Your Judgement will add a Weight to their Proceeding and will be an Inducement to the World to give their Appro bation of it I am Sir Your most Obedient and most humble Servant I4a (61) 16 NoVbr. 1732 A List of the Persons sent to Georgia on the Charity by the Trustees for Establishing the Colony there By Capt. Thomas No, of Persons Paul Amatis aged understands the Nature & Production of Raw Silk 1 Timothy Bowling Aged 38. Potashmaker 1 Wm. Calvert Trader of Goods aged 44, Mary his Wife Aged 42 Wm. Greenfield aged 19 & Charles Greenfield aged 16 his Nephews, Sarah Greenfield aged 16 his Neice & Elizabeth Wallis Aged 19 his Servant 6 Richard Cannon Calendar & Carpenter aged 36, Mary his Wife aged 33, his Sons Marma.duke aged 9 & James Aged 7 months, his daughter Clementine Aged 2^ & his Servant Mary Hicks aged 6 James Carwell Peruke maker aged 35 & Margaret his wife aged 32 2 Thomas Cpuston Callicoe Printer Aged 40 1 Thomas Christie Merchant aged 32 & Robert Johnson his Servant aged 17 2 Robert Clark Taylor aged 37, Judith his wife aged 29, & his Sons Charles Aged 11, John aged 4, Peter aged 3 James aged 9 months I4b (61) No. of Persons Henry Close Clothworker aged 42, Hannah his Wife aged 32 & Ann his daughter sged under 2 3 Joseph Coles Miller & Baker aged 28, Anna his wife aged 92, Anna his daughter aged 13, & Elias Ann Wellen his Servant aged 18 4 Joseph Cooper Writer aged 37 1 Wm. Cox Surgeon Aged 4l, Frances his wife aged 35* Wm. his Son aged above 12. Eunice his daughter aged 2-3/4 and Henry Lloyd his Servant aged 21 5 Joseph Fitzwalter Gardener Aged 3! 1 Walter Fox Turner aged 35 1 John Gready understands Farming Aged 22 1 James Goddard Carpenter & Joyner Aged 38, Elizabeth his wife aged 42, John his Son aged under 9 & Elizabeth his daur. aged 5 ^ Peter Gordon Upholsterer aged 34 & Catherine his wife aged 28 2 Richard Hodges Basket maker aged 50, Mary his Wife aged 42, & his daughters Mary aged 18, Elizabeth aged 16 & Sarah aged 5 5 I4c (61) No. of Persons Joseph Hughes in the Cyder Trade & understands Writing & Accompts aged 28 & Elizabeth his wife aged 22 2 Noble Jones Carpenter aged 32, Sarah his wife aged 32, Noble his Son aged 10 months, Mary his daughter aged 3 & his Servants Thomas Ellis aged 1? & Mary Cormock aged 11 6 (62) Brought Over 60 Win. Littell understands Flax & Heap aged 31, Elizabeth his wife aged 31. his Son Wm. aged under 2 & Mary his daur. aged 5 4 Thomas Millidge Carpenter & Joyner aged 42, Elizabeth his wife aged 40, his Sons John aged 11, Richard aged 8, & James aged 1% & his daughters Sarah aged under 9 and Frances aged 5 7 Francis Mugridge Sawyer aged 39 ' 1 James Muir Peruke maker aged 38, Ellen his Wife aged 38, John his Son aged 18 months & Elizabeth Satchf ield his Servant aged 25 4 Joshua Overend aged 40 1 Samuel Parker A Heelmaker & understands Carpenter*s Work aged 33, Jane his wife aged 36, & his Sons Samuel aged 16 & Thomas aged under 9 ^ I4d (62) No. of Persons John Penrose Husbandman aged 35 & Elizabeth his wife aged 46 2 Thomas Pratt aged 21 1 John Samrnes Cordwainer aged 42 1 Francis Scott a reduced Military Officer aged 40 & his Servt. John Cameron aged 35 2 Joseph Stanly Stocking maker & can draw & reel Silk aged 45, Elizabeth his wife aged 35, & ^ohn Mackoy his Servant aged 25 3 George Symes Apothecary aged 55* Sarah his wife aged 52, & Ann his daughter aged 21 3 Daniel Thibaut understands Vines aged 50, Mary his Wife aged 40, James his Son aged under 12 & Diana, his daughter aged under 7 4 John Warrin Flax & Hgmp Dresser aged 34, Elizabeth his Wife aged 27, his Sons Wm. aged 6, Richard aged 4, John aged 1^ & one to be baptized aged 3 weeks & his daughter Elizabeth Aged 3 7 Wm. Waterland late a Mercer aged 44 1 John West Smith aged 33, Elizabeth his wife aged 33, & Richard his Son aged 5 3 I4e (62) No. of Persons James Wilson Sawyer aged 21 1 John Wright Vintner aged 33, Penelope his Wife aged 33, John his Son aged 13 & Elizabeth his daughter aged 11 4 Thomas Young Wheelwright aged 45 1 16. Novr. 1732 Muster'd on board the Ann at Gravesend. Total 114 The Freight of which Passengers amoted. to 91 Heads. (63) By Capt. Smyter on board the Volant. No. of Persons Samuel Grey Silk Throwster aged 30 & his Apprentices Ohetwin Furzer aged 16 & Cornelius Jones aged 15 3 John VanAerplank breddat Sea aged 48 1 Total 4 13 (69) Copy of a Letter from Mr. Martyn to Governor Johnson d^ted at West minster January the 24th 1732/3. Sir By Order of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia, I have the Honour to Acquaint You that they hpve received a Letter dated September the 28th 1732 from Your Excellency to Mr. Oglethorpe whoa by this time they suppose You have seen In the Absence of Mr. Oglethorpe, it was sent to them by Col. Cecil. It adds not a little to their hopes of Success to see their Designs approved by One o' Your Excellency's knowledge Directed by Your Advice and Supported by Your Generousity; For which they think themselves much Obliged to You and particularly for preventing a Survey and Purchase of any Lands in Georgia and for not granting a,ny Titles. They entirely agree with yanxK Your Excellency, that the first Imbprkation required a Man of knowledge for the Director: As Mr. Oglethorpe has been pleased to undertake it they have nothing to fear on that Account. One of Mr. St. Julian's Capacity and Character must undoubtedly be very Serviceable on their first Arrival, and whatever assistance he can give to the Settlement will certainly be acknowledg'd with thanks by the Trustees. They are very much pleased thpt their Conduct hitherto agrees so well with Your Advice; They have sent None but People inured to Labour; who are prepared for the hardships they must undergo, and a,re determined chearfully to support them All of them likewise have the Character of Sober Industrious, and Morel Men. As You have pdvised, 16 (6$) None of them will go ashore pt Charles Town; The Ship will go to, and lye as near the Place where they are to be Settled as possible. The ^L (70) Place will be determined by Mr. Oglethorpe; But the Trustees have thought proper to plant them as near the Savannah ss conveniently they can, that they may be at a greater Distance from the Spaniards, and be better able to receive from and give Assistance to th?-t Province under Your Excellency's Care. The Trustees cat order me to return their thanks for Your in tended Subscription, but are pleased to find by Mr. Hutchinson that You will dispose of it in Carolina in such a Manner; as will be of greater advantage to the Settlement, than if it was received by them here. They are very much concern'd thpt Your Excellency's Sac happiness has been disturbed by any Domestick Losses, and hope for the future it will meet with no Interruption. 'The Trustees pre very senseible, that it is needless to recom mend any further to Your Excellency the Assistance and Protection of this new Settlement But they direct me to assure You, that Whatever shall be done by Your Excellency for their Service, and support will be remembred with th^t Esteem, which is due to such Humanity. I am Sir Your Excellency's Most Obedt. End most Humble Servant 17 (73) Copy of a Letter from Mr. Benjamin Martyn to Mr. Oglethorpe dated at Westminster Jany. the 24th 1732/3 Sir As the Trustees have resolved to omit no Opportunity of writing to You I have received their commands to send You en Account of what they have done since you went, end the present State of their Affairs. They hsve delivered their Grants of Land to William Reyner, John Salmon, Charles Harrison, Thomas Smith and John Coetes, the Co partnership for carrying on the Pot esh Trade. Ten able Men on their Account are to be landed in Georgia before Christmas 1733 The Trustees have likewise delivered their Grants of Land to Roger and James Lacy; Theophilus and Joseph Hetherington, and Philip Bishop. Each of these is obliged to carry four Servants with him, and they are all determined if possible to carry more. For your fuller Satisfaction Sr. I trve enclosed with this Extracts of the said Grants. The Common Council of the Trustees have also sgreed to grant Mr. Henry Pinkerton three hundred Acres of Land on his carrying at his own Expence three Servants with him his Servants at the Expiration of their Service are to hsve twenty five Acres E?ch of them which the Trustees are of Opinion should for the future be the Settled Allowance. All these I believe haxxE have resolved to embark as soon as they can conveniently. The Trustees h?ve received a Letter directed from Governor Johnson to You it was (with another of no moment) sent open to them by Col. Cecil I have inclosed herewith a Copy of it, and of the Anever, which by Order of the Trustees I have writ to His Excellency. 18 (74) The Trustees have in a. manner fixed en e Clergyman (Mr. James Qaincy) who is very veil recommended they have reason to believe. The Society for propagating the Gospel in foreign Parts will give him as good a Salary as they sllov any of their other Missionaries; As he will be sent over very soon they suppose Sir you will think it neces sary to get what Conveniences You can for him to ley out the for the Church end order preparations for building it as well as the Ministers House. They doubt not but You will take care in selling out of any Lpnds to reserve Necessary Roads to the Church, ss well ss to Marketts, and Rivers. Mr. Harbin has attended the Trustees and informed them, that one Thomas BaZon, a square well set Man a.bout forty 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 St^.te of the Colony. Tho' they themselves lay no Stress on the Information, they have thought proper Sir to acquaint You with it. An Invitation is already sent to Germany for sending Over Fifty Saltzburgh Families, to be transplanted at the Charges of the particular Collection for those people. The Trustees hope for a Publick 3ncourpgement at the meeting of the Pprlipjnent, that may enable them to send over a considerable Number of People, for strengthening the Colony at nresent the Sub scriptions come in but slowly Which You will observe by seeing the Stpte of the Cash t'Thich for your Satisfaction Sr. is here drawn out 19 (74) Cash in the Bank at present 2119:0:11 Whereof for the Associate of Dr. Bray 114:19:0) And for Religious Uses 93: 1:0) 208:0: — 2111:0:11 1395:0:0, Neet B^llance for the Colony 716:0:11 (73) The Trustees thought an Additions! Strength would be very neces sary to the Colony and agreeable to You they have therefore by this Ship sent Paul Cheesewright a Sswyer, snd Rebecca his Wife, Robert Hows a Sawyer, Ann his Wife and Mary Rx his Daughter, Henry Hows a Sawyer, Edward Johnson s Carpenter and Sawyer, Thomas Tebbut a Spwyer, end Ann his Wife Jacob Watts a Turner and Sawyer, and Win. S^very a Blacksmith. Ten heads of Freight at 4 L Each. The Trustees Sr. hope You hpve enjoyed a perfect Share of heslth, as well as Dr. Herbert; They hope also that no Sickness has happened among the People, as they doubt not by your Care no Uneasi ness has been to disturb the pleasure of Your Voyage. I think my self very h^ppy t.hnt is Obeying the Trustees commands, I have at the same time an Opportunity of assuring you, That I am Sir Your most Obedt. snd most humble Servt. 20 (77) Copy of a Letter from Mr. Martyn to Mr. Oglethorpe dated st Westminster February the 21st 1732/3 Sir I had the honour to send You by the James Captn. Yoakley An Account of the Proceedings of the Trustees of which I should have transcribed ? Copy to send by Mr. Gough, the Bearer of this, But his going away immediately will not allow the time. The Common Council of the Trustees have granted to this Mr. Wm. Cough Eighty Acres of Lend, end the sane Quantity to his Son Mm. Gough, on their carrying Each of them one Servant, who pre seperptely to have st the Expiration of their Service twenty Acres. The Common Council of the Trustees have delivered a Grant to Mr. John Pennefother of three hundred Acres of Land; He is to carry three Servants with him and to pay the Expences himself. They have resolved likewise to grant five hundred Acres to Mr. Robert Hetherington, who is to embprk with his Brothers and Mr. Lacy on the silk Trade and to be on the same terms with them Except the Grant of Provisions and Arms. The Trustees Sir j% Appointed Me about s fortnight a.go to wait on Mr. Alvaro Lopez Suasso. Mr. Anthony De Costa, and Mr. Francis S?.lvHdor Junr. for the Redelivery of their Commissions because they apprehended an Opinion of sending Jews would prejudice several SKsqst People agpinst contributing to the Design The Gentlemen were unwilling to give up the Commissions, and desired at lepst they might keep them till Your Return. By order of the Trustees I left with them a Copy of the Minute. 21 (77) This Evening Mr. Amatis's Brother attended the Common Council. He arrived last week with Giacomo Oltons end Jacques Camuse, who has trot, with him a t?ife and three Boys. (78) They ere to attend the Common Council again next week, who propose at that time coming to some Agreement with them. The Trustees Sir desire their Services to You, and Doctor Herbert as they are very Sollicitous for Your Wellfare, they are very Impatient for the New? of it. I hope you will believe me so too, and thpt I am Sir Your most Obedient humble Servant (81) Copy of a Letter from Mr. Martyn to Mr. Ogletherpe dated at Westminster March the 31st 173?. Sir The News of Your safe Arrival with the Colony at Carolina received with general Satisfaction by the Town, and a very particular One by the Trustees who are sensible thpt the Health of the people is chiefly owing to Your grept Humanity and Care of them. Since the Letter which I had the honour to send you by Mr. Gough the Trustees have resolved to send over Nicolas Amatis with his Servants Jacques C^muse. His Wife and three Sons, the Quantity of Land to be alloted them, and the manner of Settling them, The Trustees Sir 22 (81) leave entirely to you having no doubt of your regard to the Ability of the Corporation; Their Balls,nce at present amounting to no more than t 84?: 7:10^ For Religious Uses 162:16: 8 For Bota.ny & Agriculture 23: 0: 0 This Balance of I< 847:7:10^ The Trustees ere of Opinion should Stand answerable for any Engagements you have made, for those Engage ments they 3ay lye under for providing Meat and Flour for those Who have been sent and for House Rent, and necessary Expences et home. The Common Council of the Trustees have resolved to send over Henry Fletcher, Mary his Wife, Henry his Son Ellen and Mary his two Daughters, a Man and a Maid Servant, and h?ve resolved to give him two hundred Acres of Land. The Common Council have settled the Quantity of Land to be given to Each of the Servants going with Roger Lacy the Hetheringtons and Phillip Bishop, to be twenty five Acres (82) and have resolved that for the future twenty shall be the settled Allowance. They have likewise granted a Lycence for James Lacys staying pt home, on his Allegation of the necessity for his transacting the Business of his Brother, and the rest concerned with hin. This I mention Sr. to You, that his Grpnt may be registred. I believe it will be some pleasure to You to know that the Corporation of Liverpool have set a very good Example to Others by having Subsribed Fifty pounds out of their Corporate Stock; Their Rectors have also recommended the SaggnxxxgiBdEK Encouragement of the undertaking in their Sermons, and are at present going from House to 23 (82) House thro* the Town to collect private Benefactions. The Trustees heve received two Letters from Mr. Houstoun directed, to You. One from Madiera dated November the 9th 1732, with advice of his having sent two Tub? full of the Cuttings of Vines directed to Mr. St. Julian at Charles Town, and that there is but One Cinamon Tree in Mpdiera: The Other from Kingston Pt Jamaica, Dated Deer. 21st 1732 with an Accot. of his having obtained of Mr. Fratter the South Sep. Company's Agent, a Conveyance to Panama. On Thursday the 15th Instant Mr. Burton preach'd the Anniver sary Sermon et Bow Church in Cheapside, and the Trustees pursuant to the Charter elected Nine New Members of the Common Council and one in the Room of Mr. Belitha, who has resigned, because his Confinement in the Country prevents his Attendance The New Member^ are Tne Rt. Honble. the Earl of Shaftsbury, The Rt. Honble. Lord Viscount Tyr- connell, The Rt. Honble. Lord Visct. Limerick, Richd. Chandler, Thomas Frederick Henry L'Apotre Wm. Heathcote, and John White Esqrs. Robert Kendal Esqr. Alderman, and Dr. Bundy. At the same time they chose the following Trustees The Rt. Honble. (83) The Earl of Derby The Rt. Honble. Lord D'arcy, Christopher Tower, John Page, Wm. Hanburg, Erasmu& Phillips Esqrs. Sir John Gonson ana Mr. George Tyer Aldermen of Liverpool. The Trustees desire their Services to You and Dr. Herbert. They hope the Country answers in Every pprticular Your Expectatation, and that Your Health continues perfect I am Sir Your most Obedient humble Servant 24 (85) Copy of a Letter from Mr. Martyn to Mr. Oglethorpe dated at Westminster April 4th 1731. Sir The Bearer of this is Mr. Nicolas Amatis, whom the Trustees have sent over with his Servant Jacques Camuse, His Wife and his three Sons since the last letter which I had the Honour to write to You, the Common Council have come to a f inpl Agreement under the following Resolutions. That a House be allotted for him and his Servants and that one hundred Acres out of the five thousand granted in Trust to Christie end others be granted to him; ?nd that fifty Acres be given to his Servant C?muse at the Expiration of his Service. That Provisions for one Year be allowed him and his Servants in the spme Proportion as to those plready sent. That proper materials be furnished him to carry on the Work of making Raw Silk. That the profits of his Labour be for his ovn Use That a Salary be allowed him for four years after the R?te of 25 p Annum on Condition that he delivers as many Machines and Coppers as the Trustees or their Agents shall require on the payment of three pounds for each Machine and Copper: And Show's how to use them and discovers the Secret of making the rev Silk to such persons as shpll be appointed for that purpose That the Charge of his and his Servants passage from Georgia to any port England or Italy be defrayed, if required, He quitting all Rights and pretensions to the Grant of House and Lands (except such as 23 (83) shall be (86) cultivated at the End of five Years which is to be at his own cisposel, with the Consent however of the Trustees, and under the usual Limitations) pud lepving all the Machines, Coppers, and Materials, which are or shall be furnished him at the Expence of the Trustees. The Revd. Mr. Qulncy is embarked The Trustees have Ordered that he sh^ll be p Ppssenger in the great Cabin and have given five pounds for Refreshments during the Voyage. I am Sir Your most Obedient humble Servant (89) Copy of a Letter from Mr. Martyn to the Rt. Revd. John Hough Ld. Bishop of Worcester dated at Westmr. April the llth 1733* My Lord The Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have received by the Hands of the Rt. Honble. Lord Visct. Percival one hundred pounds the Benefaction of Your Lordship towards settling the said Colony. The pleasure with which they received it was heightened by Your Lordships approbation of their Designs, and they doubt not but Your Lordship's Example will (as it formerly has on the most important Occasion) have the greatest Influence on Others. The' this particular Instance of Your Goodness gave the Trustees so much Delight it could give them no surprise as Your Lordships Life has been One Series of 26 (89) Noble Actions for supporting the Liberties of Mankind, and Beneficient Ones for relieving their Necessitys I am My Lord Your Lordships Most Obedient humble Servant (93) Copy of the Petition to Parliament read in the House of Commons the 10th M^y 1733. To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament Assembled. The Petition of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America Humbly Sheveth That Whereas His Majesty h?th been graciously pleased to t?ke into Consideration th?t many of His poor Subjects, and many Foreigners who are willing to become His Subjects, are reduced to great Necessi ties, and would gladly be Settled in the British Provinces in Americ?; Where by cultivating the Lands at present waste and desolate, they might not only gain a comfortable Subsistance for themselves and families, but also Strengthen His Majesty's Colonies, pnd encrease the Trade Navigation and Wealth of Great Britain. 2? (9?) And Whereas His Majesty, for the more orderly carrying on the said good Purposes, h?th by His Roypl Charter bearing Date the Ninth day of June 1732 constituted a Body Politick and Corporate by the Name of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America, and hpth Grunted unto the said Trustees sad their Successors for ever certain Lands and Territories in South Carolina In Trust for establish ing the said Colony, and hath erected the same into an Independent Province by the Name of Georgia, and thereby empowered the said Trustees to ($4) take Subscriptions, and to gather and collect such Monies as should by any Person or Persons be contributed; Which said Trustees are at their own Desire restrained by Clauses in the Charter from receiving any Salary, Fee or Profit whatsoever. And Whereas many Saltzbur^hers and other persecuted and dis tressed Protestants would be glad to go and settle in the said Province of Georgip, where they may find under His Majesty's Protection an Asylum from Persecution and Arbitrary Power, but are unable at their own Charges to transport themselves thither; And as the settling them there will be s Charity highly becoming this Protestant Kingdom, the employing them in raising rough Materials for several of our most use ful Manufactures (with wch. none of our Plantations at present Supply us) will be of great Service to the Trade of this Nation, increase the Number of His Majesty's Subjects, and give further Employment to our Poor at home. And Whereas Your Petitioners (notwithstanding the Benefactions of many well disposed and charitable People) find themselves unpble to Send over any Number of the said distressed Protestants without the Assistance of Parliament. 28 (94) We therefore Your Petitioners do humbly prpy this Honourable House to take the Premisses into Consideration, and grrnit such Relief therein as this Honourable House in their great Wisdom shall think meet. By Order of the said Trustees Benj. Martyn Sectary. (97) Copy of a Letter from Mr. Martyn to Mr. Oglethorpe dated at Westminster May llth 1733. Sir Your Letter from Savannah dated Febry. 10th wss received "by the Trustees with great Joy, and repd "by the Town with a general Satisfac tion as well on Accot. of the Pleasantness of the Country and Your success in Establishing the people, as Your own velfpre in particular. It is with pleasure Sr. I can acquaint You that the Credit of the undertaking has since the Receipt of Your Letter been every day gaining greater Strength and the Petition of the Trustees to the Bsti Parliament has aett with the desired Success It was delivered to the House *by the Master of the Rolls, seconded by Sr. John Barnard, and supported by Mr. Walpole and Col. Bladen The House have voted ten thousand Pounds of Si. Christopher's Money to be given for carrying over Foreign and other Protestants and p Clause for it is ordered to be inserted in a Bill that gives fourscore Thouspnd Pounds of the same money for the Princess Royal Portion on her Marriage with the Prince of 29 (97) Orange, upon this Resolution of the House Mr. Vernon immediately writ into Germany for some of the persecuted Protestants to be sent over He has likewise acquainted the Board that a Sum between three and four Thousand pounds which has been collected for the Sa.ltzburghers is ready to be spplied to the sending them to Georgia so that I believe Sr. You may soon expect a considerable Embarkation. The Grant for two hundred Acres of Land to Ssml. Holmes which I mentioned in my last would be sent after him comes by this Ship. (98) The Trustees have received a Letter from Mr. Fen from Philadelphia directed to you and transmitted to them by Col. Cecil I ha.ve enclosed with this a Copy of it. The Common Council on Sr. Abraham Elton's desire have given three several Grants of Land of five hundred Acres each to Mr. Robert Williams John Williams and Cornelius Sandford of Bristol Each of them carrying Six Servants, Who are to have at the Expiration of their Service twenty five Acres Each Two of them embarked before the Grants were delivered. Sir Robert Clifton attended the Board for two Grants of Land to Mr. Christopher and Mr. Charles Clifton, which was consented to and the Grants were prepared, but it appearing afterwards that they were Roman Catholicks, the Grants were not executed. One of these has since been given to Mr. Edward Jenkins on changing the N^mes, Which I mention Sr. that You may know the reason of the Erasures. Jenkins is to have One hundred Acres of Land, And is to carry over two Servants paying all Expences himself. The Common Council have come to a Resolution to grant no more Land to Persons going at their own Expences till they hear from you, 30 (98) lest too much of the most Valuable Fart of the Land be engross'd "by a few to the prejudice of those Who are to be sent on the Charity. They desire Sir for the future you will be so kind as to send them word directly what Bills are drawn by You on the Trustees. They pre likewise desirous thut you will acquaint them what You think the Subsistance of ^very Family or every Man in Georgia will amount to for a year, that they may be better able to calculate the Expences, and the Numbers they can at any time send Over. (9$) The Common Council have just come to a Resolution to send over fifty Men with the utmost Expedition for the greater Security of the Colony. They have sent by this Ship Mrs. Mary Overend who desired to go to her Husband, Mrs. Elizabeth Bowling and Mpry Bowling her Daughter, Martha Causton, her Son Thom?s Mances San Causton, and her Niece Sophia Christiana Rophey They have sent likewise the Silver Chslice and Patine the Gift of an unknown Benefactor for the first Church in Savannah. The Common Council desire You uill acquaint them whether the Tools sent by the first Embarkation were all necessary or whether any and what were improper, and whether the Proportions were right or of what sorts there should be greater Quantities sent, and what Ammunition likewise is wanting or what Proportion is proper in another Embarkation And whether there is a good Situation for p Saw Mill and what you think the Expence of erecting One may be. They desire also that you will give them a Discription of the several Sorts of Land and let them know wh°t time you think the people should be there before they begin to prepare the Lends for sowing their seeds. 31 (99) On a Petition of Robert Hetherington ajid Theophilus Eethering- ton setting forth that Robert Hetherington having sent his Grant of Lend of five Hundred Acres with Mr. Lacy's Grant to Georgia and being since Married, which prevents his going immediately and desiring that the Grant of the said Robert Hetherington may be waved and made to Thomas Fawsett of Woodstock; and that Theophilus Hetherington having also sent his Grant of Land of five hundred Acres That two Hundred and fifty Acres of the said Five Hundred may be granted to his Brother Robert Eetherington. The Common (100) Council finding that Thomas Fawsett has given no other Consideration than twenty Guineas (the Charge which the said Robert Hetherington had been at) agreed to the same ami and have Ordered new Grants accordingly. They desire therefore the former Grants may be sent back sgsin and have allowed Robert Hetherington three Years to go over in. The Trustees Sir hope you enjoy your health perfectly They desire their Services to you I hope you will believe that I am Sir Your most Obedient humble Servant (105) Copy of a Letter from Mr. Martyn to Mr. Oglethorpe dpted at Westminster June the llth. 1733. Sir The Trustees being senseible of the Necessity of an immediate 32 (105) Embarkation both for the Assistance and Security of those who vent before, heve Selected a Number of the most Able Men and the lesst incumber'd with Families, who are to h?ve forty Acres Each Man I have inclosed.with this a Copy of their Names, They are to Sail the jOa_u&^SL. latter end of this Week in the Georgia Captn, Henrx/Btotbnz The Ship is large and airy for them she draws but ten foot and a half Water, and proposes therefore if possible to sail up the River, and land the People at Savannah Town of this I thought proper to give you an early information by this Ship, which sails tomorrow as some preparations msy be necessary to conduct her up the River, and receive the People. As Savannah Town is so pleasantly and gaxxKKiiH conveniently situated the Trustees Sir beleive You will think it atigh right to enlarge that and make it the Metropolis of the Country. They desire You will send them an Ac cot. by the next Ship what Turnery Ware is necessary to be sent over on future Embprkations, and tthether you want now or when it will be proper to send over Hemp seed, Flax Seed, Clover St. Foyne Lucerne and any other of the Grass seed. They desire likewise to know what Garden Roots, Seeds, and Plants are wanting, snd what Wheat, Bsrley, Oats, and other Grain shall be sent and when you think there will be ground Clear for them and whether any more Cyl shall be sent, and what will be proper to Use instead of Candles. I have inclosed with this two Cptologues of Seeds &c that you may mark in One of them the Articles which will be wanted and the Quantity of Each, and transmitt it to the Trustees. 33 (106) They desire Sir You will acquaint them what Stores ere wanted and thut You will Order an Accot. to be kept of the Remain of Stores, and to be sent over every hslf Year to the Trustees. I am Sir Your most Obedient humble Servant (109) Copy of a Letter from Mr. Martyn to Mr. Oglethorpe dated at Westminster June the 15: 1733* Sir I had the honour to write to you last Monday June the llth by the London Spy Capt. Mackless giving an Accot. of this Embarkation by the Ship Georgia Captn. Henry Dsubuz some of the People who were selected to go hpve failed, and One or two New ones are appointed. I shall enclose with this the true List of them as they appear on the Muster, which the Trustees are going on Board this Afternoon to teke. The Ship as I mentioned in my last proposes to Sail up the River if possible and land the People at Savannah Town With this Sir You will receive a Power to set out Limit, and bound two Thousp.nd Eight Hundred Acres granted to John Barnes, Henry Parker, and Joshua Sackeverel also a Power to direct the granting and disposing the seid two thousand Eight Hundred Acres and Execution of the Trust reposed in the said John Barnes, Henry Parker, and Joshua Sackeverel There ere also sent four Aooointments of Additional 14 (109) Constables to the Town of Savannah and the Precincts those of Vizt. John Barnes, Willipm &aac Brownjohn, and James Turner, and Henry Parker. You will receive Sir A Box of Tellicherry Bark, which is to be taken by Infusion in white Wine, end. is allowed in the East Indies to be the best Remedy in Fluxes. The Trustees are desirous of knowing how long You think Your Stay may be in Georgia and in whom You judge proper to lodge the Power of Superintending the People when you come away. The Earl of Derby, and Bishop of Worcester, who have been great Benefactors and to whom I send constsntly Accounts of the Progress that is made very earnestly desire their services to be sent You with wishes for Your health and Success. I am Sir Your most Obedt. Servant (111) Copy of a Letter from Mr. Martyn to Mr. Oglethorpe dated at Westminster June the 22. 1733 Sir Joshua. Sackeverel who is named in the Trust, do's not go in this Ship. He was designed to be put under Christies Grant in con sideration of his carrying over a great many Tools of his Own. In the Grants of forty Acres that are to be made, the reserved d Rent of four Shillings p 100. Acres is to be of lawfull Money of Great Britain I am Sir Your most Obedt. Servpnt 33 (H7) Copy of a Letter from Mr. Thos. Lovndes to the Trustees dated 2?th June 1733. Gentlemen Your charitable & noble Undertaking will meet with an insuper able Obstacle if an Act sent some time ago from So. Carolina called the Quit Rent Act be not immediately repealed; end which one Mr. Francis Young a Creature of Govr. Johnsons is on purpose with an unusual Appointment, sent over to Support. By the 15th Page of the Printed Copy of that Act, a void Grant made to Sir Robert Montgomery is revived confirmed and established; so i&&Ki that You are only Settling the Trpct betwixt Savannah and Ale.tamaha, for the use of those Sir Robert was Trustee for. The Lords Commissioners for Tr?de and Plantations not having in their Report against this Act mentioned the Inconvenience of reviving the Grant is look'd upon by the Claimants under it as a Confession of its Validity. If Possession be taken (as it easily may as the Lpw now stands) your Settlement will be ruined pnd your selves engpged in endless Perplexitiep. The Golden Inlands and Azilia are both in Montgomery's Grant. I would have waited on your hoot board my self but I am this moment setting out for Calais. I ^ believe 'twill be allowed I hpve some Notion of the Affairs of Carolina, having spent seven years in shewing the Ministers of whpt Consequence the Purchase of thet Province would be to the Publick, and in disposing the late Lords Proprietors to part with their Property, 36 (117) which at last I was Successfull in. (118) I hope Gentlemen, as a Rewprd for your Publick Spirit, You wi live to See Georgia rival Savoy in the Silk Manufacture, and Port Royal in South Carolina, to be look'd upon as the Gibraltar of America I am Gentlemen Your most Obedient and most humble Servant F. S. You must either apply to the King and Council j% instantly or procure a Supplemental Report from the Board of Trade declaring the Nullity of Montgomery's Grant. Two days ago I wrote to the Board of Trade upon this Subject. (121) Translation of a Letter out of Ex High Dutch from the Revd. Mr. Urlsperger to Mr. Newman dated Ausburg 10th of August 1733* Honoured and Dear Sir Being some days ago returned home from a Journey into Ssjtony to my beloved City of Ea.ll for the Sake of jny Health, which thank God is mighty well receovered. I shall inform You of several Points besides what I have mentioned in my last of June the 10th U.S. vizt. 1. Thrt I have received geverrl of your Letters partly in Saxony and 37 (121) partly after my Return hoiae. vizt. of May the 2$th of the 3d. 6th. & 10th. of July together with the Bill of Exchange of & 300 Sterling exactly paid by Mr. Munch. 2. That I've thought fit to set apart the said L 300 solely for the Benefit of such Emigrants ss pha.ll resolve to go over to Georgia. 3. That there is as yet "but a. small Number of those Emigrants who are willing to embark for Georgia; the Reason hereof is, that no whole Transport is Istely arrived from the Saltzburgh Territories, but only some single Persons now and then, some following their Parents, others their Children, gone before them into Prussia. 4. It seems that besides former Difficulties attending the Transport into Georgia which we have in some measure found means to remove; Two new ones have been Started. The first of which is that in all the News Papers here snd s,t other Places, there has been published a large Letter from Pensylvania, by which every body is warned not to imberk for the said Colony. The Reason alledged is, that new Comers meet but with very coprse Reception there. The second Difficulty is caused (122) by the returning of 50 Timberger Emigrants from Zealand to Ratisbone which happened Isst week; The said Emigrants making loud Complaints of their being ill used by the Dutch, who keep none of the Conditions Stipulated with them: insomuch that if they had found ways and means all the rest would certainly have come bs.ck again. The Evangelick Body is highly concerned about it, a.nd it may prove of very bad Consequences, not only in regard to the Emigrants but to the Papists also: be the Complaints ill or well grounded. 38 (122) Now to come to mi Answer of your Letters, leaving what remains to the 13th. Instant. 1. I shall if possible make use of Mr. John Vat who hes been proposed for marching Commissary, and whose Letter to that Purpose I received yesterday; tho' Mr. Beet, the Envoy here residing has proposed another Person th?t is here. 2. Tine Reason why the publishing of the Description ^of Georgia has hitherto been delayed is, that the Envoy thought it (as it really is) necesssry, it should be done by Royal Authority. Nevertheless as You have been pleased Sir to observe to me in your lest of July i& the 10th. thgt the Trustees were authorized by King and Parlia ment, also as to this Point I shall this very week take the oppor tunity to propose this Affair to the Envoy, that so the said Des cription may forthwith be published under Royal Authority, without waiting for any further special Order from Court. 3. We shall Strive to follow the Intention of the Trustees as to the Number they h&ve marked down of Emigrants for the Transport of one Ship. 4. L shall employ all my Skill in the Choice of Persons fit for the Ministry and School tepching, and I have already found out two very learned and pious Students in Divinity, who out of pure (123) Love to promote the Honour and Interest of the Kingdom of Christ, are resolved to Serve this new Colony the one in Preaching and the other in Catechising or teaching in the School. 5. When I shall have a sufficient Number of Emigrants for the Transport of one Ship, I shall forthwith transmit an exact Specification of 39 (123) the same according to the Direction given "by the Honourable Com missioners. This Sir is what I have thought fit to communicate to You in great Haste. The next Post the rest shall follow. IJherewith I remain Honoured and Dear Sir Your most humble Servt. (125) Copy of a Letter from Mr. Thomas Lowndes to the Trus tees dated 14th. August 1733- Gentlemen The civil Message I received by your Secretary in the name of your Board inclines me to believe my Letter of the 2?th. June last was not unacceptable. The Publick Prints inform me You are going to trans port to Georgia some distressed Saltzburghers, I beg Leave to ohserve to You, that unless You do one thing, which I will most readily com municate to any Member of your Board and which can't easily be explained within the Compass of a Letter, Your Colony will be exposed to many In conveniences. I can Also shew You sone Papers, which may perhaps be of some Use to your Settlement, And after that too there may be something of Consequence to Your Province th?t I may propose. I wish You all possible Success and am Gentn. Your most Obedt. and most humble Servant 40 (129) Copy of the Power to Mr. Urlesperger to recommend Saltzburghers to Georgia, 12th September 1733. Omnibus ad quos has Presentes Literae Pervenerint Curatores Colonie Georgiana in America Salutem Plurimam dicunt Cum Serenissims et Potentissiiao Magno Britannia Regi Georgio Secondo nihil magis in qusm votis sit,/gBE3H ut Inopia et Miseries Pauperum succumat, tarn inter quern subditos suos./g^aat inter "Extraneos qui 4 Pptria suaReligionis Causa exulare Coguntuer; Majestas Sua Britannic? eum in finem Coloniam instituit sub Ipsius auspiciis in Terras sua Dictionis in America sitas de due end am Ejusg Cur am et A&ministrationem Nob is per Literas suas Patentes Regie suo Magna Britannia Sigillo munitas commisit. Nos itaq Regia hac Authoritate instructi et j% communiti dicta Colonia CuTFtores de Eumanitate et Pietstis ver^ Christiana Zelo Reverend! admodum Doctiq Viri Samuelis Urlespergeri Ecclesia Sta. Anna apud Augustanos Rectoris Dignissimi certiores facti, Ipsijm plena Potestpte muniendum esse judicavimun, sicut per Prpsentes hapce Nostrps Literas rit6 munimus, ut EyiLes quoscunq sive Emigrantes & Patria sua Profes- sionis Evangelic^ Cpuse,, quo sesse Colonia supradicta aggregare voluerint, et in Americam Proficissi, tanquam Colonas admittat, et cum illis de Conditionibus quo epto et consentsneo fuerint (130) trpnsigat secundum xz formam Eorum quo hac super re prascribere e^quum esse duximus, ausp hisce no^tris Literis adjunct? sunt; Promittentes quiccuid per dictum Dominum Urlespergerum cum Prefatis Exolibus sive Emigra.nti- bus tranpectum et conventum fuerit, Id Nobis rstum grptum acceptumq fore. In Cujus reifidem his Literis nostris per Mandatum nostrum A. Secretsrio nostro subscriptis Sigiiii Sigillum nostrum commune astigi 4i (130) curavimus Qua dabantur duodecimo die mensis Septembris Anno Dom. 1733 Regtiiq Hpjestatis sua Britannica Septimo. By Order of the said Trustees Benj. Martyn Sectary. (131) Copy of the Instructions to the Reverend Mr. Samuel Urlesperger from the Trustees for establishg. the Colony of Georgia in America. First. The Trustees fill defray the Charges by Land, and of Passage and Provisions for the Voyage to Georgia in America of Three Hundred Heads (to be computed of the Age of Twelve Years and upwards as one Head; Of the Age of Seven Years and under Twelve, two for one; Of the Age of Two Years and under Seven, three for one; And under the Age of Two Years are not to be computed, but Go freight free) of Emigrants from Saltzburgh and Bertoldsgoden, or any other from the Neighbouring Countries persecuted for the Protestant Religion. 2dly. To all those who went it, they will be furnished with Tools. 3dly. On their Arrive! in Georgip, each family will h-we Provision given them gratis, till they can take in their Harvest; And also Seed will be there given them sufficient to Sow all the La^ds they fsha.ll in the first Year make resdy for Sowing. 4thly. Each Man shall be Intitled to Three Lots of Land (that is to say) A Lot for House & Yards, a Lot for Garden Plots, ano a Lot for Tillage, sufficient in the whole to give a comfortable Maintenance to themselves an