Chap. III. of the ENGLISH in AMERICA. 
SECTION XXL 
"The Hijlory of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Colony of 
georgi A ; with the Attempt made upon it by the Spaniards, and their total 
Defeat, Interfperfed with Original Papers, 
I. An introduBory Account of the Motives which gave Rife to this Defgn of fettling to the South of Ca-^ 
rolina, and the Nature op the Colony propofed, 2. A large ExtraB op the Charter granted by his pre^^ 
fent Majefy, for incorporating the dCrupiees^ and enabling them to carry their Dfgn into Execution, 
3. Ehe Rephlufion taken by the Erufees when incorporated^ por fecuring Eflates in Land to the original 
Riant ers and their Heirs Male, and for the perpetual Exclufon of Negroes, 4. Rhe firfi Colony fent over 
under the DireBion of James Oglethorpe, Efq'y the Rown of Savannah laid out, and the firft Rreaty with 
the Creek Indians. 5. Rhe Return of Mr. Oglethorpe to England, in 1734, and his bringing with 
him Tomochichi and other Indians 5 the ABs prepared by the Rrufees for the Government of Georgia, ap- 
proved by the Lords ofRrade and Plantations, and ratified by his Majefiy. 6. Rhe great Embarkation, irt 
the Tear the extraordinary Grant of twenty five thoufand Pounds by Parliament, grounded upon a 
Memorial from South Carolina ; with a Copy of that Memorial. 7. Rhe Hiftory of the Colony farther 
continued, together with an Account of the Improvement made therein, and Indulgencies granted to the 
Planters by the Rrufees. 8. Rhe fame SubjeB purfued to the Tear 1740, and a View of the Number of 
People fent over by the Rrufees, prom the Rime their Charter was granted to the Clofe of that Tear. 9. A 
ProfpeB of the Country of Georgia as it is now fettled, the Number, Situation, and Importance of the 
Rowns, Forts, &c. ereBed there j with various other Particulars. 10. Rhe Condition op the People in 
this Colony on the breaking out op the War with Spain, and the Refolution taken of aBing in ConjunBion 
with the Q^xoWnmns, ofenfvely, Spaniards, ii. A fuccinB Account of the Expedition againf 
Fort St. Auguftin, and the Confequences op that Expedition. 12. Rhe Grand Invafon on that Colony 
by the whole Force op New Spain, and the true End of this extraordinary Armament. 13. Rhe total and 
wonderful Defeat op that great Force by his Majefy' s Forces, under the Command op' General Oglethorpe. 
14. Rhe Congratulations on the News of this important and decifve ABion, from the Governors of our fe- 
veral Colonies, to General Oglethorpe j which fews their Senfe of the Confequences of this happy Repulfe. 
15. Rhe prefent State of the Colony op Georgia confidered, and its Importance demonf rated, as a Frontier 
againf French Spaniards, as an Afylum for dipirefedEn<fi{hvntVi, and foreign Protefants as a 
necef'ary Means por maintaining a good Corref'pondence with all the Indian Nations, as an excellent Sup- 
port to the Ifands of Jamaica and Barbadoes, arid as a Colony from whence we may reafonably expeB Silk, 
Wine, Pot-afjes, &c. 
I- ^ I ^ H E laft of the Britijh Colonies in Point of 
Settlement, and of which hitherto we have 
had no accurate or juft Account, much lefs a clear and 
authentic Hiftory, is Georgia of which 1 intend to 
treat with as much Perfpicuity as polTible, that the 
Reader may apprehend the Nature of the Country, the 
Importance of its Situation, the Motives upon which it 
was fettled, theProgrefs of thatDefign, the Attempts and 
Difappointments of the Spaniards, the prefent Situation 
of Things there, and the Hopes that we may rationally 
entertain as to its Fate and Succefs. This is certainly a 
very extenfive Plan ; but at the fame time it is the only 
Plan upon which we can proceed, in order to give the 
inquifitive and public-fpirited Reader, a true Notion of 
the Nature and Importance of this new Settlement *, 
which is undoubtedly of far greater Confequence to this 
Nation than hitherto it has been generally conceived to 
be : And therefore fuch a Hiftory as we propofe will be 
equally neceffary and entertaining; neceffary, asiteffedu- 
ally compleats the Hiftory of the Britijh America, of 
which this is not only the laft Colony in Point of Tim.e, 
but the laft allb in refpedt to Situation, inafmuch as it 
extends as far fouthward as we claim any Right to, and 
fills up entirely the Difcoveries of the Cabots, which 
have been fo often mentioned ; entertaining, as it confifts 
almoft wholly of new Matter, and as it fhews that even 
in this Age, when Luxury and all its Attendants, feem 
to be fo firmly eftablifhed in Europe, a Scheme has been 
Rrmed for erefting in the pleafanteft and moft' fruitful 
Part of North America, a Britijh Settlement, upon the 
trueft Principles of Virtue, Induftry, and Freedom, 
which cannot fail of ftriking firm and deep Root, and of 
lioiirilhing in fuch a manner as to do Honour to thofe 
wortlg^, difinterefted, and public-fpirited Perfons who 
were firft concerned in laying the Foundation of this De- 
ign, and by whofe hearty and vigorous Endeavours it 
has been fo far as it is carried into Execution. 
in order to proceed regularly, it is requifite to obferve, 
tiat about fourteen Years ago, when this Nation enjoyed 
apro ound Peace, and when there appeared nojuft Caufe to 
apprehend its being fpeedily interrupted, fome Perfons of 
great Diftindtion, from Principles of true Patriotifm, 
and I.ove to Mankind, obferving what great N umbers of 
People there were in thefe Kingdoms, who from a Variety 
of Misfortunes and untoward Accidents, found themfelves 
in no Condition of fubfifting, at leaft of fubfifting in 
fuch a Way as to be ufeful to themfelves and the Com- 
munity, which is the foie Means whereby a Number 
of People become a Blefling, generoufty turned their 
Thoughts towards the Means of employing fuch Mul- 
titudes of diftrelfed and indigent Perfons for their own 
and the public Good. Thefe Speculations produced at 
firft fome Thoughts of improving the moft northern Parts 
of our Plantations on the Continent of America ; but 
upon more mature Refledlion, and for very good Rea- 
fons, they changed their Purpofes, and turned their 
Thoughts to the South, particularly to that Part of 
America which makes properly our Frontier towards the 
Spaniards and the French, and which, though within 
the Bounds of the Province of Carolina, as defcribed in 
its Charter, was in reality no Part of it, as not being at 
all fettled ; and for that Reafon, rather a Burden than 
an Advantage to the Province to which it belonged. 
Upon confining their Thoughts to this Country, they 
very quickly perceived, that though it had been fo long 
negledted, it was neverthelefs the moft valuable Part of 
our Poffefiions in North America, and the moft capable of 
being made a fruitful, populous, and ufeful Country, 
though at that time lying entirely wafte, overgrown with 
vaft Woods, which gave Shelter to a few Indians, Run- 
away Negroes, and other Banditti ; affording great Ad- 
vantages to the Spaniards in time of War, and upon the 
Extremities of v/hich great Incroachments might be made 
before this Nation could have proper Intelligence of them. 
They faw that as to Climate and Situation no Country 
could claim a better, that it extended feventy Miles from 
North to South, and that it was three hundred Miles from 
the Midft of the Coaft to the Apalachian Mountains, 
the Country widening all the way ; they were convinced 
that when a little opened and cleared, there could not 
be 
