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feet long and twelve feet wide, made of split boards. In this 

 hut also, divine service was performed. 



Dec. 10, 1735, the trustees ordered Plato's Works, in 

 Greek and Latin, to be bought for the use of the colony. 



King Tomachichi died October 5, 1739, four miles from 

 Savannah, aged 97. His corpse was brought to the city and 

 buried in Percival Square with appropriate honours. 



The following ecclesiastical returns of Savannah were 

 sent to England by the Rev. Mr. Frink, in 1771 : 



Church of England, . . . 1185 



Lutherans, . ... 193 



Presbyterians and Independents, . 499 



Jews, ...... 49 



Negroes, ...... 40 



Infidels, 30 



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In November, 1796, the first destructive fire occurred in 

 Savannah. It broke out in a bake-house in Market Square, 

 and destroyed 229 houses, besides out-houses, &c. Estimated 

 loss of property, one million of dollars. 



In May, 1814, arrived in the waters of Savannah, the U. 

 S. sloop of war Peacock, Lewis Warrington commander, (now 

 Commodore Warrington, the 5th on the present list of post- 

 captains,) bringing in as a prize H. B. M. brig of war Eper- 

 vier, Captain Wales, of eighteen guns. The Epervier had 

 on board $110,000 in specie, which was condemned and dis- 

 tributed according to law. She was built in 1812, and was 

 one of the finest vessels of her class in the British navy. 



In April, 1819, arrived the steamship Savannah, from New- 

 York. This steamer was projected and owned in Savannah, 

 and was the first steamship built in the United States, and 

 the first that ever crossed the Atlantic. She left Savannah 

 in May, for Liverpool, and afterwards proceeded to St. Peters- 

 burg. 



In May of this year, James Monroe, the fifth President of 

 the United States, visited Savannah, accompanied by Mr. 

 Calhoun, Secretary of War, General Gaines, and others. He 

 was received with a southern welcome. 



