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sail for the Northern States of America. After a tour of 

 preaching, he came to Georgia in 1739, and laid the founda- 

 tion of an orphan-house, to which he gave the name of Be- 

 thesda. On the petition of the trustees, the Rev. Wm. Norris 

 was appointed Missionary to Savannah in 1740 ; and the Rev. 

 Mr. Bosomworth to Frederica, in 1743. The latter did not 

 remain long in the mission, but was succeeded in 1745 by the 

 Rev. Mr. Zouberbugler, who, two years after his arrival, re- 

 ported the number of inhabitants in Savannah at 602, and of 

 communicants at 57. A schoolmaster, by name Ottolenghi, 

 '• a very serious and devout convert from Judaism," was added 

 to the Mission in 1750 ; and the Rev. Jonathan Copp was 

 sent out as Missionary to Augusta. Upon his arrival, Mr. 

 Copp found a congregation of from 80 to 100 persons, but only 

 eight communicants ; and there was no other settled clergy- 

 man within 130 miles of him. The situation of this gentle- 

 man was very trying. He had neither house nor glebe, and 

 there appeared but little chance of his receiving even the 

 small allowance of £20 a year, which had been promised to 

 him by the vestry. But, independently of all this, he and his 

 family were living in constant apprehension of an incursion 

 and attack by the Indians. He continued, however, to main- 

 tain his ground in this mission for five years ; and in 175(i re- 

 moved to a parish in South Carolina. In 1758 the Assembly 

 passed an act for dividing the province into eight parishes, re- 

 cognizing the doctrine and discipline of the Church of England, 

 and granting a salary of £25 sterling to every clergyman em- 

 ployed in the province. The Mission of Augusta remained 

 for some time vacant; but, in 1764, was again filled by the ap- 

 pointment of the Rev. Samuel Frink. Mr. Frink remained in 

 Augusta about three years, The population at the time of 

 his first report, was 540 whites, 501 negro slaves, and about ' 

 90 Chickasaw Indians. In 1767 he was removed to Savan- 

 nah, and was succeeded by the Rev. Edward EUington, June 

 30, 1768, who informed the Society for the Propagation of the 

 Gospel, that there was not one place of worship of any deno- 

 mination, within a hundred miles of him, any way. This 

 faithful Missionary did every thing in his power to remedy 

 this evil, generally setting out on Monday, and travelling 30 or 



