A Brief Account Of The Establishment Of The Colony Of Georgia

Author : UNKNOWN. AUTHOR
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330942239
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book A Brief Account of the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia written by UNKNOWN. AUTHOR and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Brief Account of the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia: Under Gen. James Oglethorpe, February 1, 1733 London, July 22, 1732: On Thursday last, the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America, held their first regular meeting. Their Charter was read; as also, a certificate from the Lord Chief Baron of his Majestys Exchequer, by which it appeared that Rt. Hon. the Ld. Vise. Percival had qualified himself as President, and taken the oath for the faithful administration of his trust. Then, the President administered the oath for the faithful administration of their trust, to the several Trustees present. Sept. 22, 1732.On Thursday last, the Ld. Carpenter sat for the first time, as one of the Trustees for Georgia in America; and after taking the oaths, was chosen President, in the absence of the Ld. Vise. Percival. Sir Gilbert Heathcote acquainted the Court of Directors of the Bank, with his Majestys having granted a Charity, for relieving necessitous people, by establishing of the aforesaid Colony: and after shewing the great charity of the undertaking, and the future benefit arising to England, by the strengthening all the American Colonies, and increasing our Trade and Navigation, and raising raiv-silk, for which upwards of 200, 000 a year is paid to Piedmont; he himself gave a very handsome benefaction to the design, and was followed by all the Directors then present. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.