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Thaddeus Mason Harris. Biographical Memorials of James Oglethorpe
Biographical Memorials of James Oglethorpe
Table of Contents
PREFACE
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
APPENDIX
INDEX, CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
JONATHAN BELCHER
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
SIR,
"JAMES OGLETHORPE."
"SAMUEL WESLEY."
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CONCLUDING REMARKS
OBITUARY NOTICE
OF. MRS. ELIZABETH OGLETHORPE, WITH EXTRACTS FROM HER WILL. OBITUARY NOTICE. COPIED FROM THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE FOR 1787, PAGE 1025
OGLETHORPE'S
ACCOUNT OF. CAROLINA AND GEORGIA
ACCOUNT OF CAROLINA AND GEORGIA
APPENDIX
FAMILY OF OGLETHORPE
II. DISCUSSION RESPECTING THE BIRTH-DAY OF OGLETHORPE
III
"ON THE PROSPECT OF ARTS AND SCIENCES IN AMERICA."
IV. REFERENCE TO DEBATES IN THE BRITISH HOUSE OF COMMONS IN WHICH OGLETHORPE TOOK A PART
V. PRISON-VISITING COMMITTEE
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
VI. RELEASE TO INSOLVENT DEBTORS, FROM PRISON
VII. SIR THOMAS LOMBE'S MILL FOR WINDING SILK
VIII. CASE OF CAPTAIN PORTEOUS
IX
X. OGLETHORPE'S DISINTERESTEDNESS IN THE UNDERTAKING
XI
R. JOHNSON
ROBERT JOHNSON, THOMAS BROUGHTON, AL. MIDDLETON, A. SKEENE, FRA. YOUNGE, JAMES KINLOCK, JOHN FENWICKE, THOMAS WARING, J. HAMMERTON
ROBERT JOHNSON
XII
XIII. ACCOUNT OF THE INDIANS IN GEORGIA, BEING PART OF A LETTER FROM OGLETHORPE, DATED 9TH JUNE, 1733
XIV. DUKE OF ARGYLE A PATRON OF OGLETHORPE
XV. HISTORICAL REFERENCES TO THE SETTLEMENT OF THE SALTZBURGERS IN GEORGIA
XVI
XVII. SETTLEMENT OF THE MORAVIANS IN GEORGIA
XVIII. SCOUT-BOAT
XIX
XX. OF THE MUTINY IN THE CAMP, AND ATTEMPT AT ASSASSINATION
XXI. FURTHER PARTICULARS OF TOMO CHICHI
XXII. MANIFESTO BY GENERAL OGLETHORPE
JAMES OGLETHORPE. XXIII. COLONEL PALMER
XXIV. AN ACCOUNT OF THE SIEGE OF ST. AUGUSTINE, IN A LETTER FROM ON BOARD THE HECTOR
REVEREND SIR,
JAMES OGLETHORPE
XXV. SPANISH INVASION
XXVI. COPY OF AN ORDER FOR A THANKSGIVING TO BE HELD TO THE PRAISE OF GOD, THAT HE HAS PUT AN END TO THE SPANISH INVASION.[1]
JAMES OGLETHORPE
XXVII. A LIST OF THE SPANISH FORCES EMPLOYED IN THE INVASION OF GEORGIA, UNDER THE COMMAND OF DON MANUEL DE MONTEANO
XXVIII. A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SILK CULTURE IN GEORGIA, BY WILLIAM B. STEVENS, M.D
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Thaddeus Mason Harris
Founder of the Colony of Georgia, in North America
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Parentage of Oglethorpe—Birth—Education—Christian Name—Education—Military Profession and Promotion—In the Suite of the Earl of Peterborough—Service under Prince Eugene of Savoy—Elected Member of Parliament—Visits a Gentleman in Prison—Moves in the House of Commons for a redress of the rigors of Prison Discipline—Appointed on the Committee—Extracts from his Speeches in Parliament.
James Oglethorpe, founder of the Colony of Georgia in North America—a distinguished philanthropist, general, and statesman—was the son of Sir Theophilus Oglethorpe, of Godalming, in the County of Surrey, Great Britain, by Eleanor, his wife, daughter of Richard Wall, Esq. of Rogane, in Ireland.[1] There has been, hitherto, great uncertainty with respect to the year, the month, and the day of his nativity; I have, however, what I deem good authority for deciding it to have been the twenty-first day of December, one thousand six hundred and eighty-eight.[2]
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