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be a pleafanter or healthier Country upon the Face of the 
Globe j that the Soil would prove fruitful, and eafy to 
be cultivated ; that therefore People might fubfift 
there upon very moderate Labour*, which Circum- 
ftances induced them to think, there could be no Place 
more proper found for the Habitation of the unhappy 
People before-mentioned. 
But befides thefe Sentiments of private Pity, they 
were influenced likewife by Motives of public Utility : 
They forefaw that if this Projedt could be brought to bear, 
it would turn vaffly to the Advantage of North and South 
Carolina^ then lately purchafed by the Crown, by providing 
an effedlual Frontier againfl; the Spaniards and the French, 
which they had hitherto wanted, and of the Want of 
which they had loudly complained : They judged by 
this Means, that new Alliances might be contradled 
with the Indians ; or in cafe that could not be effedled, 
the new Colony muft certainly keep them in Awe, and 
prevent their being fo terrible as within a few Years be- 
fore they had been to the People of Carolina : And they 
faw juft Reafons to believe that this new Colony, when 
eftablifhed, might cultivate many rich and valuable 
Commodities for the Service of Great Britain. Thefe, 
and many other Reafons of like Nature, engaged them 
to think ferioufly of bringing fo compafTionate, fo pradti- 
cable, and fo ufeful a Projeft to bear *, in order to which 
they found it neceflary to apply themfelves to the Crown 
for fufficient Powers, to enable them to fet this Under- 
taking on foot. They did fo, and received all the 
Countenance and Encouragement they could deflre or 
expedl, as will appear by the following Extradl from the 
Inftrument by which they were incorporated, and fo put 
into a Condition of legally executing what they had fo 
charitably projedled. 
2. “ His Majefty King George II. by his Letters Pa- 
“ tent, bearing Date the 9th Day of June, 1732, reci- 
“ ting, amongfl; other things, that many of his poor 
‘‘ Subjedts were, through Misfortunes, and want of 
“ Employment, reduced to great NecelTities,' and 
“ would be glad to be fettled in any of his Majefty’s 
“ Provinces in America ; where, by cultivating the Lands 
“ wafte and defolate, they may not only gain a com- 
“ fortable Subfiftance, but alfo ftrengthen his Majefty’s 
“ Colonies, and increafe the Trade, Navigation, and 
“ Wealth of his Majefty’s Realms ; and that the Pro- 
“ vinces in North America had been frequently ravaged 
by Indian Enemies, more efpecially that of South Ca- 
“ rolina, whofe Southern Frontier continued unfettled, 
“ and lay open to the Neighbouring Savages *, and that 
to relieve the Wants of the faid poor People, and to 
“ protedl the Subjedts of South Carolina, a regular Co- 
“ lony of the faid poor People fhould be fettled and 
“ eftablifhed in the Southern Frontiers of Carolina and 
for the Confiderations aforefaid, conftitute a Corpora- 
“ tion by the Name of the Trujlees, for eftahlijhing the 
“ Colony of Georgia in America, with Capacity to pur- 
“ chafe and take Lands *, to fue and to be fued ■, to 
have a common Seal, and to chufe Members in the 
“ faid Corporation on the third Thurfday in March year- 
ly ; with reftraining Claufes that no Member of the 
“ faid Corporation fhould have any Salary, Fee, Perqui- 
“ fite. Benefit, or Profit, whatfoever, for adling therein *, 
“ or fhould have any Office, Place, or Employment of 
“ Profit, under the faid Corporation *, with a Diredlion 
“ to the faid Corporation, every Year to lay an Account 
“ in Writing before the Lord Chancellor, Chief Juftice 
“ of the King’s Bench, Mafter of the Rolls, Chief Juftice 
of the Common Pleas, and Chief Baron of the Exche- 
“ quer, or any two of them, of all Money or Effedfs by 
them received or expended, for carrying on the good 
“ Purpofes aforefaid *, with a Power to make Bye-Laws, 
“ Conftitutions, Orders, and Ordinances ; and granted, 
amongfl other things, to the faid Corporation, and 
their SuccefTors, under the Refervations therein men- 
tioned, feven undivided Parts (the whole into eight 
equal Parts to be divided) of all thefe Lands, Coun- 
“ tries, and Territories, fituate, lying, and being, in that 
Part oi South Carolina in America, which lies from the 
moft Northermoft Stream of a River there, called the 
“ Savannah, along the Sea Coaft to the Southward, unto 
the moft Southern Stream of a certain other great 
“ Water or River, cdFizdiSkit Alatamaha, and Weftward 
“ from the Head of the faid Rivers, refpeftively in diredt 
“ Lines to the South Seas. To have and to hold the 
“ fame to them, the faid Corporation, and their Sue- 
“ cefTors for ever j for the better Support of the faid 
“ Colony, under the yearly Rent of four Shillings Pro- 
“ clamation Money of South Carolina, for every hundred 
“ Acres of the faid Lands, for every of which the faid 
“ Corporation fhould Grant, Demife, Plant, or Settle, but 
“ not to commence until ten Years after fuch Grant, 
“ Demife, planting or fettling; and erededand created 
“ the faid Lands, Countries, and Territories, into one 
“ independent and feparate Province, by the Name of 
“ Georgia ; and made the Inhabitants who fhould refide 
“ therein free, and not fubjed to any of the Laws, Or- 
“ ders, Statutes, or Conftitutions of South Carolina, ex- 
“ cept the Commander in chief of the Militia ; and au- 
“ thorized the faid Corporation, for the Term of twenty 
“ one Years, from the Date of the faid Letters Patent, 
“ to form and prepare Laws, Statutes, and Ordinances, 
“ for the Government of the faid Colony, not repugnant 
“ to the Laws and Statutes of England ; to be prefented 
“ under their common Seal to his Majefty in Council, i 
“ for his Approbation or Difallowance ; and that the 
“ faid Laws fo approved of, fliould be in full Force and > 
“ Virtue, within the faid Province. And impowered . 
“ the faid Council for the Time being of the faid Cor- 
“ poration, or the major Part of them, to difpofe of, 
“ expend, and apply all the Money and Effeds belong- 
“ ing to the faid Corporation, and to make Contrads 
“ for carrying on and effeding the good Purpofes there- ; 
“ in intended ; and that they fliould from Time to Time 
“ appoint a Treafurer, Secretary, and fuch other Offi- 
“ cers, Minifters, and Servants of the faid Corporation, 
“ as they fhould fee proper for the good Management 
“ of their Affairs, and at their Pleafure to remove them, 
“ and appoint others in their ftead ; and that they fliould 
“ appoint reafonable Salaries, Perquifites, and other Re- 
“ wards for their Labour or Services ; and that fuch 
“ Officers fliould be fworn before they ad, for the faith- : 
“ ful and due Execution of their refpedive Offices and 
“ Places ; and declared that the Treafurer and Secretary 
“ for the Time being, fliould be incapable of being 
“ Members of the faid Corporation ; and granted to the 
“ faid Corporation, that it fliould be lawful for them, 
“ their Officers and Agents, to tranfport and convey, 
“ into the faid Province, fuch of his Majefty’s Subjeds, 
“ and Foreigners, as were willing to go and inhabit, and 
“ refide there ; and declared all Perfons born within the 
‘‘ faid Province, and their Children, and their Pofterity, 
“ to be free Denizens, as if they had been born within t 
“ any of his Majefty’s Dominions *, and impowered the 
“ faid Common Council, in the Name of the Corpora- 
“ tion, and under their common Seal, to diftribute, 
“ aflign, transfer, and fet over fuch particular Portions 
“ of the faid Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, 
“ unto fuch of his Majefty’s Subjeds and others, willing 
“ to live in the faid Colony, upon fuch Terms, and for 
fuch Eftates, and upon fuch Rents, Refervations, and 
“ Conditions, as the fame might lawfully be granted j 
“ and as to the faid Common Council, or the major 
“ Part of them, fliould feem fit and proper, provided 
“ no Grant fhould be made of any Part of the faid 
“ Lands, unto, or in truft for, or for the Benefit of, any 
Member of the faid Corporation ; and that no greater 
“ Quantity of the faid Lands be granted, either entirely 
“ or in Parcels, to, or to the Ufe of, or in truft for, any 
“ one Perfon, than five hundred Acres ; and declared 
“ that all Grants made contrary to the true Intent and : 
“ Meaning thereof, fhould be abfolutely null and void. 
“ And granted, that the faid Corporation, for the Term . 
“ of twenty one Years, from the Date of the faid Let- 
“ ters Patent, fliould have Power to ere 6 l and confti- ■ 
“ tute Judicatures, and Courts of Record, or other Courts i 
“ to be held in his Majefty’s Name, for the hearing and I 
“ determining all Manner of Crimes, Offences, Pleas, , 
ProcefTes, Plaints, Aftions, Matters, Caufes, and I 
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