Chap. m. of- the ENGLISH in AMERICA. 
pointed in their Views as to the Produce of this new 
Colony ■, but that it is both poffibie and practicable to 
raife therein as good Silk as we can purchafe with Mo- 
ney (which is, generally fpeaking, the Cafe at prefent) 
from any Part of the World. 
It remains, according to the Plan that we have laid 
down, to give a Defcription of this new Province in the 
Manner it is now fettled, that the Reader may fee what 
the Fruits have been of the Care and Expence of the Le- 
gillature, the Prudence and Attention of the Truftees, 
and the Vigilance and Adtivity of thofe intrufted by 
them in the Management of their Affairs in this Part of 
the World. And though, as yet, they have not received 
fo copious and fo exadt a Defcription of their new Co- 
lony as they expedl ; yet, from what we are enabled to 
fay upon this Subjedt, it will inconteftibly appear, that 
much has been done, that many Towns have been fettled, 
great Improvements made in the Neighbourhood of each 
of them, feveral Fortrelfes eredled, due Care taken of 
the Frontiers, and, in a Word, as much performed as 
could be rationally expedted in fo fhort a Space of Time, 
and all Circumftances confidcred. 
The Town of Savannah is about ten Miles up the 
River Savantiah. There are, befides Warehoufes and 
Huts, at leaf!; one hundred and thirty Houfes in the 
Town. As thefe, for the fake of Air, and to prevent 
the fpreading of any Fire, are built at fome Diftance 
from each other, they make feveral fpacious Squares and 
wide Streets. There is a regular Magiftracy fettled in 
the Town, which the d'ruftees are obliged to be at the 
Expence of fupporting, till the Colony arrives at fuf- 
ficient Strength to do it. There are, in the Town, a 
Court-houfe, a Store-houfe, a Goal, a Houfe for the 
Truftees Servants, a Wharf, a Guard-houfe, and fome 
other public Buildings. A Church is at prefent building, 
and a Clergyman is fettled there. The Town is exceh 
lently fituated for Trade, the Navigation of the River 
being very fecure, and Ships of three hundred Tons can 
lie within fix Yards of the Town, and the Worm does 
hot eat into them. About four Miles from Savannah^ 
inland from the River, are the two Villages, Highgate 
and Hamflead^ which lie at about a Mile diffance from each 
) other : The People fettled there apply themfelves chiefly 
to Gardening, and fupply the Town of Savannah with 
, Quantities of Greens, and Garden-fluff : There are 
twenty Plantations within twenty Miles round Savannah^ 
which have each of them from five to thirty Acres of 
Land, fhared. 
About fifteen Miles from Savannah is a Village called 
Ahercorn \ about twenty Miles further up the River is 
the Town of Ebenezer^ where the Salt [burghers are 
, lettled with two Minifters ; one of whom computed, 
I that the Number of his Congregation, in July 1738, 
i, confifted of one hundred and forty-fix ; therefore, as the 
Infants could not be reckoned in the Computation, and 
as feven more have fmee been fent and fettled with them, 
it is believed the Numbers have increafed, cfpecially 
^ fmee the Tov/n is fo healthy, that by a T.etter fent to 
1' the Society for promoting Chriftian Knowledge, by the 
i( Reverend Mr. Bolzius, one of the Minifters 2X.Ebenezer^ 
1 dated the 26th of June 1740, he declared. That in a 
) Year’s time one Perfon only had died, which was a Child 
; fourteen Years old. The People are induftrious and 
i fober, they raife not only a fufficient Qiiantity of Corn 
li and other Produce for their own Subfiftence ; but they 
I fell great Quantities to thofe at Savannah^ who have not 
; been fo careful of their Plantations. They have o-reat 
’’ Herds of Cattle, and are in fo thriving a Conditioi-Tthat 
)<not one Perfon has abandoned his Settlement, or fent 
y;over the leaft Complaint about the Tenures, or the Want 
iof Negroes : On the contrary, they in a Body petitioned 
: againft the Ufe of Negroes •, and their Minifters have 
) declared, that their figning that Petition was a voluntary 
r ’ ^tid at their Defire another Embarkation of their 
Countrymen, who are willing to go from Germany and 
i join them, is defigned to be fent with all convenient 
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g About ten Miles from hence, upon a River running 
mito Savamtah^ is a Place called Old Ehenezer^ where is a 
WovwPen, and a great Niiiuber of Cattle for the Ufe of 
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the Public, and for Breeding. At a confiderable Diftance 
from hence is the Town of Augujia, before deferibedj 
which, from the great Refort of Traders and Indians^ 
is in a thriving Condition, and is, and will be, a 
great Protedtion to both the Provinces of Carolina and 
Georgia againft any Defigns of the French. In the 
fouthern Part of the Province is the Town of New In- 
vernefs., upon the River Altamaha.f where the Highlanders 
are fettled. And about twenty Miles from hence, on the 
Eland of St. Simon., near the Sea, is the Town of Frede- 
rica., with a regular Magiftracy, as at Savannah fup-’ 
ported at the Expence of the lYuftees : Strong Forti-’ 
fications round the Town are almoft finifhed. And at 
the South-eaft Point of the Ifland, are Barracks for three 
hundred and thirty Men. There are Settlements on the 
Elands of lekyl and Cumberland, which lie a fmall DiF 
tance from each other to the fouthward of Frederica j and 
on the laft two Forts are built, one of which was de- 
feribed before, and the other was finiftied in Apil 1 740. 
Upon the South-end of the Ifland it commands the 
Inlet of Amelia Sound, is ftrongly pallifaded withFlankets, 
and is defended by eight Pieces of Cannon : Barracks are 
built upon this Ifland for two hundred and twenty Men, 
Vvlth Store-houfes, which were finifhed in Odiober 1738. 
There are fix Forts in the Province, and a Battery of 
Cannon erefted to fecure the Harbour at St. SimoFs, un- 
der which Ships may fafely lie. Indians, from thePre-* 
fents which they have annually received from the Truftees, 
and from the Juftice and Humanity with which they 
have been treated, are fecured in the Britijh Intereft, not- 
withftanding the Arts both of the French and the Spa- 
niards to feduce them. By this. South Carolina has been 
free from Wars, in which (as the Preamble to his Ma- 
jefty’s Charter fet forth) they had frequently fufiered, 
and fo late as the Year 1715 had been laid almoft wafte 
with Fire and Sword ; and by the Security which South 
Carolina received by fuch a Frontier as Georgia is to it, 
very large Tradls of Land have been cultivated in the 
fouthern Part of that Province, which no Perfon would 
venture to fettle on before ; and a great Quantity of Rice 
raifed thereon. 
This is a clear Proof of the Injuftice of fiippofing that 
the Nation hath hitherto received no Advantage from 
this Colony ; fmee whatever has been gained by Carolina, 
in virtue of the Protedlion fhe enjoys by the Settlement 
of this new Province, ought to be looked upon and con- 
fidered as the Produce of Georgia ; and though even this 
may not be any great Matter hitherto, yet as it is an Inftance 
of the Benefits to be expebled from this Colony, it 
ought to be kindly accepted, as an Earneft of better 
Things. As to the Number of People fent over to, and 
fettled in, Georgia, within the Space of eight Years, they 
amounted to upwards of two thoufand, taking in thofe 
that went at their own Expence, which, if compared 
with the fmall Number of People that were in Carolina, 
after it had been fettled forty Years, will enable us to 
diftinguifli betv/een the Confequences of Attention to 
private Profit, and Concern for the public Good ; To 
fay the Truth ; of all the Methods that have been hitherto 
tried, in fixing Colonies in diflant Parts of the World, 
this may very truly and on good Grounds be pronounced 
the beft ; becaufe by it due Provifion is made, that the. 
People fent over Ihall all be carefully fettled and well 
taken Ca.re of, and fupported from time to time with 
proper Supplies ; that this Care fhould not ceafe imme- 
diately, on their having Plantations, but be continued 
till the People are in a Condition to fupport themfelves. 
By this Method Towns are formed, not at Random 
and by Chance, but in proper Situations, and for o-ood 
Reafonsj not purely for the fake of immediate Advan- 
tages, but with Views to the general Good, and future 
Benefit of the Colony. By this Means, every Step made 
by the rifing Plantation may be diredled to public Ufe, 
and every Meafure be calculated for the Service of the 
Mother-country ; which cannot be expedled where Grants 
are made to the Ufe, and for the Service, of particular 
People, where Numbers of Men tranfport themfelves for 
the fake of a better Livelihood, at their own Exoence, 
or where People are tranfported againft their Will ^ fince 
in all thefe Cafes it is to be prefumed, that Men will 
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