GENERAL SUMMARY. 



CIVIL AND MILITARY HISTORY. 



1732 June 9, Charter of Georgia granted, and 21 Trnstees appointed. 

 " July, First meeting of the Trustees lield in London. 



." Nov., First ship leaves England with 116 persons for Georgia. 



1733 Feb., Colonists arrive in Georgia. 



" Treaty of amity and commerce made by Oglethorpe with the Indians in Savannah. 



" Saltzburghers arrive at Ebenezer. 



" Tomochichi, his queen, and other Indians, accompany Oglethorpe to England, and are pre- 

 sented at court. 



1734 Oglethorpe carries to England 8 pounds of raw silk, the first produced in Georgia. 

 " Impiiriation and use of rum and brandies into Georgia forbidden by the Trnstees. 

 " Twenty families of Jews arrive in Savannah. 



1735 Augusta laid otf. 



" Colony of Saltzburghers arrive at Ebenezer. 



1736 130 Highlanders arrive.at the Alatamaha and build a town, which they named New Inverness, 



now Darien. 



" John and Charles Wesley arrive in Savannah. 



1737 Oglethorpe appointed General of the forces in Georgia and South Carolina. 

 " George Whitfield arrives in Georgia. 



1738 Gen. Oglethorpe meets the chiefs of four Creek towns at Coweta, afterwards Fort Mitchell. 



1739 Tomochichi dies, and is buried with military honours. 

 " 'War declared by England against Spain. 



1740 Col. Palmer and his force surprised and defeated near St. Augustine. 

 " Whitfield's orphan house erected near Savannah. 



1742 Battle at Bloody Marsh, St. Simon's Island, in which Gen. Oglethorpe obtains a complete vic- 



tory over the Spaniards. 



1743 Christ Church in Savannah erected. 



" Gen. Oglethorpe leaves Georgia, and Capt. Horton has charge of the colony. 

 " Col. Wm. Stephens made President of Georgia. % 



1744 Gen. Oglethorpe marries in England. 



" Charles Harris and James Habersham establish the first commercial house in Georgia. 



1747 Colony much excited by the claims of Bosomworth and his Indian wife Mary. 



1749 Slaves allowed by the Trustees to be brought into Georgia. 



1750 Number of persons in Georgia 1500. 



" Uniou Society of Savannah founded. 



1751 First Colonial Assembly held. 



'■ Rev. Jonathan Copp sent as a missionary to Angnsta. 

 " Quaker settlement, west of .liugusta, abandoned. 



1752 Trnstees resign their charter, and the province formed into a royal goyernment. 



" 31,950 acres of land granted to emigrants from Dorchester, S. C, and settlement made at 

 Med way. 

 1754 Capt. John Reynolds appointed Governor of Georgia. 

 17.55 First legislature, consisting of three branches, held. 

 " Gov. Reynolds lays out Ilardwick in what is now Bryan county, and recommends that it be 



made the capital of Georgia. 

 " 400 papists arrive in Georgia. 



1756 E.\ ports from Georgia amount to $74,484 44. 



1757 10.50 pounds of silk received in Savannah, the product of Georgia. 

 " Henry Ellis appointed Governor. 



1758 Province divided into eight parishes. 



" Very warm. Thermometer stood at 102 in the shade. 



I7.59 Dispute between Bosomworth and colony settled. 



1700 Jame^ Wright appointed Governor. 



1703 First newspaper published in Georgia, called the Georgia Gazette. . 



17fi5 Four additional parishes laid off. 



1708 Dr. Franklin appointed agent for Georgia. 



1770 Legislature of Georgia express their sentiments in regard to the conduct of the mother country. 



1771 Gov. Wright embarks for England. 

 " James Habersham acts as Governor. 



1772 E.xports from Georgia, in 217 vessels, amonnt to £121,077 sterling. 



1773 June 1, Txeaty at Augusta by Sir James Wright and John Stewart with the Cherokecs and 



Creeks. 

 " Gov. Wright returns to Georgia. 

 " William Bartrani, the celebrated botanist, makes a tour through Georgia. 



1774 Inhabitants of the province invited to meet in Savannah, to consider what measures ought to 



be adopted in regard to the arbitrary acts of the British government. 



1775 Dr. Lyman Hall elected to Congress by the inhabitants of St. John's parish. 

 " Powder magazine broke open in Savannah by the sons of liberty. 



" Liberty meeting held at Tondee's tavern in Savannah. 

 " Nov. 25, Snow fell eighteen inches deep. 



