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added the Rev. Isaac Chanler, the Rev. Alex- 

 ander Garden, the Rev. Henry Haywood, and 

 the Rev. Richard Clarke, all from England, 

 who settled in Carolina, as clergymen, and be- 

 came conspicuous not only by their learning and 

 talents, but also by means of various publications 

 of more or less value, which yet remain to attest 

 the reality of both. 7 



But notwithstanding the literary taste, conversa- 

 tion, and writings of these individuals, the insti- 

 tutions formed for the diffusion of knowledge were 

 few in number, and by no means of respectable 

 character. For the first thirty years of the eighteenth 

 century, the Free School before-mentioned was 

 the only grammar school in South-Carolina. For 

 the next forty years there were only three in the 

 Province, and all these were in Charleston, or its 

 vicinity. In 1749 an association was formed in 

 Charleston, for the establishment of a public Li- 

 brary; but it was not till towards the close of the 

 century that this institution grew to any high de- 



the Bahama islands. Returning to England in 1726, he employed' him- 

 self for a number of years in preparing for publication his great work, 

 entitled, The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Is- 

 lands. The first part of this work appeared in 1730, and it was com- 

 pleted in 1748, in two volumes fojio. He died in London, in 1749. Gro- 

 novius, of Leyden, called a shrub of the Tetrandrous class Catesbea, after 

 him. 



q The Rev. Isaac Chanler was born at Bristol, in England, in 1701, 

 and came to South-Carolina in 1733. He settled, as Pastor of a Baptist 

 Church, on Ashley River, in 1736, where he continued till his death, in 

 1749. Besides several smaller works, he published, The Doctrines of Glo- 

 rious Grace unfolded, defended, and practically improved, 4to. Boston, 1744. 

 The Rev. Alexander Garden was a different person from the physi- 

 cian and naturalist of the same name. He made several publications on 

 theological subjects. The Rev. Henry Haywood arrived in Charles- 

 ton, from England, in 1739, from which time, till his death, in 1755, he wag 

 minister to the Socinian Baptists in that city. He translated into English, 

 Dr. Whitby's Treatise on Original Sin; and had prepared for the press 

 a large volume in defence of the Apostolical Constitutions. He published 

 a defence of Dr. Whitby, against Dr. Gill, and also a Catechism. 

 The Rev. Richard Clarke, from England, was an elegant classical 

 scholar. He published several pieces on the Prophecies, and on Universal 

 Redemption. He was for some time Rector of St. Philip's Church la 

 Charleston. 



