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. She died iu 1711, seven years after she had given birth to 

 A Noble Son Gabriel Manigaiilt, who in a long and useful life ac- 

 cumulated a fortune so large that he was able to give a 

 loan of £220,000 — a remarkable fortune in those days — 

 to the colonial government for carrying on its war for in- 

 dependence. This he did at an early period, when there 

 was no certainty whether payment would ever be pos- 

 sible. Thus he repaid the debt his parents owed to the 

 land which had given them asylum and a home. 



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rt^°u!^l^ Besides these Huguenots who came direct from France, 



a considerable number of the refugees who came at first 

 to New York and New England, after a short residence 

 in those colder climates, found their way to Carolina, 

 which became a general rendezvous, as originally con- 

 templated by their distinguished leader Coligny shortly 

 after the discovery of America. Another and a very 

 considerable company of French came from Acadia, 

 when, after Nova Scotia had been surrendered to England, 

 the Acadians were dispersed among the English colonies, 

 as a measure of safety. About fifteen hundred of them 

 were sent to Charleston, and some of them rose to wealth 

 and distinction, though the larger part of them left the 

 country as soon as it was possible to get away. 



1764 In 1764 another colony of Huguenots came from 



France, iu charge of Eeverend Mr. Gilbert, a popular 

 preacher, who prevailed on a number of persecuted fam- 

 ilies, after the peace of Paris, to seek a home in South 

 Carolina, which was now highly reported of by the 

 French residents there. On his solicitations the govern- 

 ment of England, which appreciated the quality of the 

 French Protestants as settlers, encouraged the project, 

 and furnished the means of transportation. Going to 

 England, Mr. Gilbert directed the movements of the emi- 

 grants, who found it necessary to leave France privately, 

 at different times, and iu small numbers. They rendez- 



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