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Palace Court
August the 3d 1732.
The Hon*10 Edward Digby Esq' took his place as Chairman, being
appointed so by the Charter.
In the Common Council were present The Hon"1" Edward Digby
Esqr Chairman The K' Honlle Lord Viscount Percival
George Heathcote
Thomas Tower
Robert Hucks [ Esq"
James Vernon
William Belitha
James Oglethorpe
The Common Council immediately Entered upon Business.
Bead the Charter and proceeded to the Election of Officers.
Mr Hucks acquainted the Trustees in the said Common Council that
in Consideration of the Generosity of the Design, Benjamin Martyn
Esqr offered to serve the Trustees for the Space of One year as Secre
tary without any Pay or Consideration, and then Gave a very hand
some Character of the Abilitys & worth of the said Mr Martyn.
Mr Heathcote confirmed what had been said relating to Mr Martyn,
and Seconded the Recommend8 him as Secretary.
Agreed. That Mr Martyn be chosen Secretary of the Trustees &c. for one year.
Agreed. That Measures be taken to prevent the Publishing in the News
Papers anything relating to this Society that shall be disadvantagi-
ous to their Designs ; And that Mr Oglethorpe be desired to take
the said Measures & to cause such Paragraphs to be Published in the
said News Papers as may be proper for the promoting of the said De
signs, and also to Cause Commissions and Boxes to be prepared.
Adjourn'd.

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Palace Court
August the 23d 1732
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mr Oglethorpe in the Chair
Mr Hucks
Mr Vernon
Mr Tower
Mr Laroche
Mr Hales
Mr Belitha
Mr Heathcote
Agreed. That Mr Harman Verelst be Accomptant to this Corporation ; and
he was Sworn in accordingly.
Ordered that Mr Verelst do Acquaint the Bank of England That they
are desired to keep the Cash of the Trustees, and to Pay out the same
to the Order of any Five of the Common Council; And do Sign a Certifi
cate for that Purpose in the following words, Viz'
Resolved. That the Court of Directors of the Governor & Company of the
Bank of England be Desired to Give Orders to their Cashires for the
Receiving any Sums of Money which shall be paid into their hands on
account of the Corporation of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony
of Georgia in America; And to Give Receipts for the same; To be placed
to the Credit of the said Trustees.
And That any five of the Common Council of the said Corporation
whose Names are hereafter mentioned, viz' John Lord Viscount Per-
cival, Edward Digby Esqr, George Lord Carpenter, James Oglethorpe,
George Heathcote, Thomas Tower, Robert Moore, Robert Hucks, Rogers
Holland, William Sloper, Francis Eyles, John Laroche, James Vernon,
William Belitha Esq'8, and Stephen Hales, A. M., Are Impowered by
Writing under their hands, to Order the issuing and paying out of Any
Sum or Sums of Money on Account of the said Trustees, And to Adjust
Accounts with the Bank, and discharge them from the same.
Adjourn'd.

! COLONIAL RECORDS. 5
Palace Court
October the 3d, 1732
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mr Heathcote in the Chair
Mr Hucks
Mr More
Mr Tower
Lord Carpenter
Mr Oglethorpe
Mr Belitha
Mr Hales
Benjamin Martyn Esq1 was Sworn in Secretary.
Agreed That Seventy and five pounds be Advanced Mr William Houstoun
on his signing Articles for the Performance of his Proposals as delivered
Viz' 1" To take his Passage in the first Ship that shall Sail from the River
for Jamaica, by the way of Madera. While the said Ship lyes at
Madera (which will be probably about three weeks) he designs to
inform himself of the manner of cultivating the Vineyards and make-
ing the wines there, and to carry with him to Jamaica Cuttings of
their best sorts of Vines and Seeds, Roots, or Cuttings of any other
usefull Plants he shall meet with on that Island, which are wanting
in our American Colonies.
2d He intends to go from Jamaica to the several Spanish Colonies at
Carthagena, Puerto Bello, Campechy & Vera Cruz, and for that
end begs of the HonWe Trustees, to procure of Sir John Eyles and
others of the Directors of the HonWe South Sea Company Letters of
Recommendation to their respective Factors, that they may assist
him in obtaining what he goes about. But particularly to Mess"
Pratter & Rigby their Agents at Jamaica, that they may grant him
his passage on board the Company's Vessels to the said Ports ; And
to their Factors at Puerto Bello, that they may send him upon some
pretext or other to Panama, because unless he goes as the Company's
Servant he will not be allowed by the Spaniards to cross the Coun-
trey.
3d He proposes to Stay at each of these places as long as shall be found
necessary for obtaining all that can be gott from them ; and upon

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his Return from one of them to Jamaica ; to leave the Plants he shall
bring over, with the Person he shall Judge most capable and willing
to take care of them, while he goes to the remaining Places in
Search of others.
As there are four different Voyages intended, besides that to Madera
and Jamaica ; He is of Opinion that they may be finished in a year &
half or two years.
The Conditions of his Going are, the Paying him after the rate of
2001 a year half yearly for three years in Case the Sums Given for that
purpose shall amount thereto ; and in Case they amount to less, then he
to serve such a time only as shall be in Proportion to the said Sum of
2001 a year.
He to send such Cuttings of Vines & other Plants as he shall be Able
to Gett, to Mr S' Julian at Charles Town in South Carolina.
And for the Remainder of his Term, after his Voyages are finished, he
is to Go into Georgia.
He agrees that during the Life of Lord Petre he will Serve for 1501 a
year. Sign'd a Draught on the Bank for the said 751 by Mr Heathcote, Mr
Oglethorpe, Mr Belitha, Mr Tower & Mr Hucks N° 8603B & delivered it
to Mr Heathcote until Mr Houstoun sign the articles.
Agreed That an Imbarkation not exceeding Thirty five Men and their Fam-
ilys be made for Georgia upon the Charity received by the Trustees.
Agreed That 8001 be Lodged in Mr Heathcote's hands for the said Purposes.
Ordered a Draught to be made out accordingly.
Ordered That Lord Carpenter, Mr Oglethorpe, Mr Heathcote, Mr Hucks,
Mr More, Mr Tower, Mr Belitha and Mr Hales or any Two of them do
Treat with proper Persons for carrying on the said Imbarkation.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank for 3001 to George Heathcote Esqr by Mr
Hucks, Mr Tower, Mr Oglethorpe, Mr Belitha and Mr Hales N° 8, 604B .
Ordered That a Draught be made on the Bank for 20' for the necessary Ex-
pences of the Office payable to Robert Hucks Esqr.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank for the said 201 by Mc Heathcote, Mr
Tower, Mr Belitha, Mr Hales and Mr Oglethorpe N° 8, 605B .
Adjourn 'd to Tuesday the 24th
of October 1732 at four of the
Clock in the afternoon.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 7
Palace Court
October the 24'" 1732
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mr Tower in the Chair
Mr Oglethorpe
Mr Hales
Mr Belitha
Mr Hucks
Mr Vernon
Mr Heathcote
Mr Eyles
Lord Carpenter
The Persons to go on the first Imbarkation attended, and were called
in, Four excused themselves from going.
The Articles of Agreement were read, And being asked, if they had
anything to object to them, Four of them severally made the following
Requests :
1st That the sending such Goods after their Persons as they would not
be allowed to take with Them might be considered.
2 That Daughters might inherit as well as Sons.
3 That the Widows Dower might be consider'd.
4«iiy That they might go on Board themselves when their Goods went,
and that Provisions might be granted them.
Agreed That the Persons who now go over, and desire the same, shall h^ve
the Priviledge of naming a Successor to the Lands granted them, Who,
in case they dye without Issue, Male, shall enjoy the same to them and
their Heirs Male for ever.
Agreed That the Widows shall have their Thirds as in England.
Order'd That the Persons who go shall send their Goods to Mr Plumstead
pack'd up in one or more Chest or Chests, and mark'd N° 1. & 2. and
that they may go on Board themselves at the same time.
Order'd That Each Comerade ship shall be lodged on Board according to Lot.
Agreed

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That three hundred Pounds shall be lodged in Mr Heathcote's Hands
to pay Mr Plumstead for Tools as f> Bill, and to defray other Charges for
the Imbarkation.
Sign'd a Draught for that Purpose by Thomas Tower, William Be
litha, James Vernon, Robert Hucks, and Stephen Hales. N° 8606. B.
Adjourn'd to Thursday October
the 26 1732 at 4 o'Clock in the
Afternoon.

Palace Court
October the 26th 1732
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mr Hucks in the Chair
Mr Heathcote
Mr Eyles
Mr Vernon
Mr Tower
Mr Hales
Mr Belitha
Lord Carpenter
Read a Lease and Release granting five thousand Acres of Land in
Georgia in America to Thomas Christie, Joseph Hughes, and William
Calvert in Trust.
ReceivM the King's Instructions to the Governor at South Carolina.
Order'd That Mr Hucks do pay two Guineas to the Clerk for his Extraordinary
trouble in transcribing them and the Copy of the Charter.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the Lease and Release
granting five thousand Acres in Georgia to Thomas Christie, Joseph
Hughes, and William Calvert in Trust.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Refer'd to Mr Hucks and Mr Tower the preparing a Chest of Medicines
for the first Imbarkation. Adjourn'd to Wednesday No
vember the 1st at 4 o'Clock in
the Afternoon.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 9
Palace Court
November the lBt 1732
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mr. Laroche in the Chair
Lord Percival
Mr Oglethorpe
Mr Vernon
Mr Hucks
M, Tower
Mr Hales
Mr Belitha
The Account of Benefactions, and how they were applied before the
passing of the Charter, was read and approv'd.
The Account of Mr Oglethorpe's Receipts and Disbursements, since
the passing of the Charter to the 25th of October 1732, for the use of
the Colony was read, and approv'd.
An Account of the Associates of Dr Bray to the 31st of August 1732
was read and approv'd.
On the whole ten Pounds fiveteen Shillings and five Pence due from
Mr Oglethorpe.
Which Mr Oglethorpe paid accordingly.
Order'd That One hundred and One Pounds three Shillings and Seven Pence
Surplusage of Mr Oglethorpe's Account of Receipts and Disbursements
since the passing of the Charter to the 25th of October 1732 be transfer'd
to the Account of the Associates of Dr Bray, the same arising from the
application of the Associate Trust Money.
Order'd That all these Accounts be enter'd in the Books together with the Ac
count of the Associate's Effects.
A Power to James Oglethorpe Esqr to set out, Limit, and Divide five
thousand Acres of Land in Georgia in America, was read, approv'd, and
order'd to pass the Seal.
A Power to James Oglethorpe Esq' to grant Licenses to Persons to go
out of Georgia, as Occasions shall require, was read, approv'd, and
Order'd to pass the Seal.
An Appointment of James Oglethorpe Esq1 to give Directions to

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Thomas Christie, Joseph Hughes, and William Calvert concerning the
Divisions of Lands in Georgia, was read, approv'd, and order'd to pass
the Seals.
The Seal was accordingly affixed to the aforesaid Powers.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Powers.
Adjourn'd to Wednesday, No
vember the 8th 1732 at one o'
the Clock.

Palace Court
November the 8th 1732
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mr Vernon in the Chair
Lord Percival
Mr Heathcote
Mr Laroche
Mr Oglethorpe
Mr Tower
Mr Hucks
Mr Hales
Mr Belitha
Order'd That Six hundred Pounds be paid into Mr Heathcote's Hands and that
a Draught be made on the Bank of England for it. Signed a Draught
for the said Six hundred Pounds by James Oglethorpe, James Vernon,
Thomas Tower, Stephen Hales, and William Belitha N° 8607. B.
Adjourn'd to 4 o'Clock.
Palace Court
The same Day 4 o'Clock in the Afternoon
Present in Common Council Assembled
The same Gentlemen
Agreed That Mr Oglethorpe do set out three hundred Acres of Land in Geor
gia in America to be appropriated for the Use of the Church of the

COLONIAL RECORDS. 11
Town of Savanah, and a Site for the Church, and the Minister's House
in the Town, and likewise a Burial Place at a proper Distance from the
Town. The following Deeds were read, and the Seal of the Corporation affix'd
to Each of them.
A Deed dated the 7th of November 1732 appointing Peter Gordon,
William Waterland, and Thomas Causton Bailiffs of Savanah ; and
Thomas Christie Recorder; Joseph Fitz waiter and Samuel Parker Consta
bles ; John West and John Penrose Tythingmen of the said Town.
A Deed of the same Date appointing Peter Gordon, William Water-
land, Thomas Causton, Thomas Christie, George Symes, Richard Hodges,
Francis Scott, and Noble Jones Conservators to keep the Peace in the
said Town.
Two other Deeds of the same Date Impowering James Oglethorpe
Esqr to administer the Oaths of Allegiance Supremacy, and Abjuration ;
and the Oaths of Office to the several Persons appointed officers in the
two first mention'd Deeds.
A Deed Dated the 8'" of November 1732 displacing Peter Gordon,
and appointing George Symes in his Stead.
A Deed of the same Date displacing William Waterland, and ap
pointing Richard Hodges in his Stead.
A Deed of the same Date displacing Thomas Causton, and appoint
ing Francis Scott in his Stead.
A Deed of the same Date displacing Thomas Christie, and appointing
Noble Jones in his Stead.
A Deed of the same Date displacing Joseph Fitzwalter, and appoint
ing Richard Cannon in his Stead.
A Deed of the same Date displacing Samuel Parker, and appointing
Joseph Coles in his Stead.
A Deed of the same Date displacing John West, and appointing
Francis Mugridge in his Stead.
A Deed of the same Date displacing John Penrose, and appointing
Thomas Young in his Stead.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said several twelve Deeds.
Mr Heathcote deliver'd in his Account and Vouchers of the two
Draughts of three hundred Pounds Each, whereon the Balance in his
hand is one hundred twenty Nine Pounds fourteen Shillings.

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Mr John Salmon and Mr Charles Harrison attended, and desired
twelve hundred acres of Land in Georgia in trust for twelve Persons to
carry on the Pot Ash Trade.
Which was agreed to on the following Terms.
lBt The Grant shall be made to such Persons as they shall nominate in
trust for twelve Persons, and their Heirs Male ; And no like Grant to
any other Number of Persons in Partnership to be made for ten Years.
2dly Ten Men on their account shall arrive in Georgia within one Year,
or the Grant to be void.
3d'7 They are to have Ground Plots for four Houses within the first
Town; and they may make two thousand Pounds w' of Sope till further
License. 4tMy The Lands shall be within the Precincts of the Town of Savanah,
half a mile along the River, and into the Country sufficient to make up
the twelve hundred Acres, and shall not be alienated without License
from the Common Council.
5,hly Their Servants shall have the same Allotment of Land, as is
given to others in the same Circumstances, at the Expiration of their
Service.gthij They are to covenant to clear in three Years Sixty Acres of Land.
7thly No Private Person shall be prevented carrying on the Pot Ash
Trade, if he thinks proper.
gtuy if gjx hundred Acres be not cleared and improved within ten
Years, the whole Grant shall revert to the Trustees, but if they clear
Eight hundred within that time, the Common Council will grant them
three hundred Acres more.
gthiy They shall plant a thousand White Mulberry Trees on every hun
dred Acres of Land.
10,lllj They shall pay a Quit Rent of five Shillings of the Money of Great
Britain ^ ann. for every hundred acres for three Years after the Ex
piration of seven Years from the Date of the Grant, and ten shillings
$ ann. for every hundred Acres of Land for ever after.
Mr William Roaker attended, and desired Leave to go over, and settle
in Georgia, carrying four Servants with him, and paying the Expences
himself. Agreed to on the following Terms.
Is' On carrying four Men Servants able to work, and bear Arms to be
landed in Georgia before Christmas 1733, he shall have five hundred
acres of Land lying together in Georgia set out for him.

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2d,y Thirty Acres of Land shall be cleared and improv'd within five
Years from the Date of the Grant, and two hundred and Fifty within five-
teen Years, and if they are not, the Whole shall revert to the Trustees.
3dly The Grant shall be to him and his Heirs Male for ever.
4""y His four Servants shall have the same Allotment of Land at the
Expiration of their Service, as others have.
5""T He shall pay a Quit Rent of five shillings $ ann. of the money
of Great Britain, for every hundred acres of Land for three Years, after
the Expiration of seven Years from the Date of the Grant, and ten
shillings <$b ann. for every Hundred Acres of Land for ever after.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
December the 7* 1732
Present in Common Council Assembled
Lord Percival in the Chair
Lord Carpenter
Mr Hucks
Mr Digby
Mr Heathcote
Mr Tower
Mr Vernon
Mr Holland
Order'd That One hundred Pounds be paid into the Hands of Mr Heathcote,
and that a Draught be made on the Bank of England for it.
Order'd That Twenty five Pounds be paid by Mr Heathcote to Mr Verelst for
his great Care and Service.
Sign'd a Draught for the above hundred Pounds payable to Mr Heath
cote by Lord Percival, Edward Digby, James Vernon, Rogers Holland,
and Robert Hucks N° 8608 B.
Read a Lease of twelve hundred Acres in Georgia granted to William
Reyner, John Salmon, Charles Harrison, Thomas Smith, and John
Coates for ten Years to cultivate and improve the said twelve hundred
acres in the Potash Trade, wherein is a Covenant for assuring the said
twelve hundred Acres in Tail Male to them and seven others by them to

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be nominated, at One hundred Acres each, on their Performance of
Covenants, and a further Condition for granting the said Persons three
hundred Acres more on condition that they cultivate Eight hundred
Acres in ten Years.
Order'd That the Seal be affix'd to the said Lease.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Lease.
Read a Charter Party between the Common Council of the Trustees and
Mr Samuel Wragg Part Owner and Mr John Thomas Commander of the
Ship Ann.
Order'd That the Seal be affix'd to the said Charter Party.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Charter Party.
Mr Roger Lacy attended, and desired for himself and four other
Persons five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia each, carrying over
with them Each Man four Servants.
Agreed to on the following terms.
lBt The Trustees agree to give to Each Person, carrying over four
Male Servants five hundred Acres of Land in Tail Male ; And to
their Servants, upwards of Eighteen Years of Age, at the Expira
tion of their Service such Quantity of Land, as shall be given to
Other Persons Servants in the same circumstances.
2dly The Trustees will supply them with Arms not exceeding thirty
Firelocks ; and Ammunition for the same, for their Defence as Oc
casion shall require.
3dly The Trustees will also supply them with Provision for thirty Peo
ple for twelve Months from the Day of their Arrival in Georgia ;
That is, after the Rate of five Pounds of Flower, and Five Pounds
of Meat for Each of them ^ Week.
4thIy They shall pay a Quit Rent after the Rate of ten Shillings, of
Money of Great Britain, for every hundred Acres, the first Payment
to be made at the Expiration of ten Years.
5tUy That if One hundred Acres of each five hundred Acres shall not
be clear'd within the said ten Years, the Grant of the Whole shall
be void, and all the Land shall revert to the Trustees.

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gunj if tnev ^yg wjthout Issue Male, the Lands shall descend to their
Wives in Tail Male.
7mj The Grant And all Articles therein contain'd to be of no Effect,
Unless they arrive in Georgia in America, within twelve Months
from the Date thereof. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
December the 21s' 1732
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mr Digby in the Chair
Lord Percival
Mr Tower
Mr Vernon
Mr Laroche
M1 Holland
Mr Hales
Lord Carpenter
Mr Hucks
Mr Heathcote
Read a Grant of five hundred Acres in Georgia in America to Roger
Lacey. Another Grant of five hundred Acres to James Lacey.
Another Grant of five hundred Acres to Joseph Hetherington.
Another Grant of five hundred Acres to Theophilus Hetherington.
Another Grant of five hundred Acres to Philip Bishop.
Order'd. That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to each of the said Grants.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd. That the Secretary do countersign the said five Grants.
Recd of Roger and James Lacey, Theophilus and Joseph Hethering
ton, * five Guineas the Consideration Money, mention'd in their Grants,
to be applied to the Purposes of the Charter.
Order'd. That the Secretary do sign the Copy of the Grant of twelve hundred
Acres to William Reyner, John Salmon, Charles Harrison, Thomas

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Smith, and John Coates, in Order for the same being register'd in
Georgia, and to be of equal Evidence with the Original.
Mr Henry Pinkerton attended the Common Council, and desired
leave to go over and settle in Georgia, carrying three Servants with
him, and paying the Expences himself.
Which was agreed to on the following Terms.
1" On carrying three Men Servants able to work, and bear arms to be
landed in Georgia before Christmas 1732, He shall have three hun
dred Acres of Land lying together in Georgia set out for him.
2dly His three Servants shall have at the Expiration of their Service,
and his Certificate of their Good Behavior twenty five Acres Each.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Janry the 10th 173|
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mr Heathcote in the Chair
Mr Digby
Lord Percival
Mr Laroche
Mr Hucks
Mr Vernon
Mr Sloper
Mr Hales
Lord Carpenter
Read a Grant of three hundred acres in Georgia to Mr Henry Pinker-
ton in Tail Male.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the Same.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Grant.
Read a Power to James Oglethorpe Esqr to set out, limit, and bound
twelve hundred Acres, and convenient Space for four Houses in Georgia
to William Reyner, John Salmon, Charles Harrison, Thomas Smith,
and John Coates, their Executors, Administrators, and Assigns.

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Order'd
That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Power.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Power.
Read Articles of Agreement between the Trustees and Several Per
sons Who are to embark on board the James Captain Yoakley.
Adjourn'd

Palace Court
Janry the 31" 173f
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mr Tower in the Chair
Lord Percival
Mr Hucks
Mr More
Mr Eyles
Mr Holland
Mr Laroche
Mr Vernon
M1 Digby
Mr Heathcote
Order'd That One hundred Pounds be paid into the hands of Mr Heathcote,
and that a Draught be made on the Bank of England for it.
Sign'd a Draught for the said one hundred Pounds payable to Mr
Heathcote by Thomas Tower, Lord Percival, Robert Hucks, James
Vernon, and Rogers Holland N° 8609 B.
Order'd That the following Gentlemen, Lord Percival, Mr Tower, MT Hucks,
Mr Digby, Mr More, Mr Heathcote, Mr Eyles, Mr Holland, Mr Laroche,
and Mr Vernon be a Committee of Accounts, and that Any three of
them do make a Quorum. Adjourn'd.

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Palace Court
Febry the 21" 173$
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mr More in the Chair
Lord Percival
Mr Hucks
Mr Tower
Mr Vernon
Mr Holland
Mr Laroche
Mr Hales
Mr Digby
Mr Heathcote
Lord Carpenter
Mr Eyles
Mr Sloper
M1 John Pennefather attended, and desired leave to go and settle in
Georgia paying the Expences himself, and carrying three Servants with
him. Agreed to on the following Terms.
1" On carrying three Men Servants with Him able to work, and bear
Arms to be landed in Georgia before Christmas 1733 he shall have three
hundred Acres of Land lying together in Georgia set out for him.
2dly His three Servants shall have at the Expiration of their Service,
and on his Certificate of their good Behavior twenty five Acres Each of
them. 3dly The Grant shall be to Him and his Heirs Male, and he is to have
a Power of disposing of it to His two Nephews Francis Sheerman and
Robert Sheerman, and to His Daughter Mary Nary's Male Children.
4tbly He is to have a convenient Space of Ground to build a House in
Savanah.
Read a Grant of three hundred acres of Land in Georgia to the said Mr
John Pennefather.
Order'd That the Common Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Grant.
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Grant.

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Mr William Gough Sen1 and William Gough Junr attended, and
desired leave to go and settle in Georgia, paying their own Expences,
and carrying One Servant Each of them.
Agreed to grant the said William Gough Sen' and Junr Eighty Acres
of Land Each of them and twenty Acres to Each of their Servants at
the Expiration of their Service.
Read two Several Grants of Eighty Acres of Land to the Said
William Gough Sen' and Junp.
Order'd That the Common Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Grants.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Grants.
Read a Letter from Mr Quincy desiring a Servant may go over with
Him as a Planter, And that the Trustees will defray the Expences, He
not being able to do it himself.
Agreed That the Common Council of the Trustees will defray the Expence of
Mr Quincy's Servant's Passage, and give him at the Expiration of his
Service twenty five Acres of Land.
Mr Laroche acquainted the Board, that he had waited on Lord
Carteret, and that his Lordship agreed to the Draught of his Convey
ance of one undivided Eighth Part of Georgia to the Trustees, and his
Lordship desired a Counterpart of it with the Corporation Seal affix'd to
it, and a Copy of the Charter granted by the King, written on Parch
ment.Order'd '
That a Counterpart of the Draught be writ out, and that the Corpor
ation Seal be affix'd to it, and a Copy of the Charter be writ on
Parchment for Lord Carteret,
Mr Robert Hetherington attended, and desired leave to go and settle in
Georgia, paying the Expences himself, and carrying four Servants with
him. Agreed to on the same terms, on which Mr Lacy, Mr Joseph Hether
ington and their Friends are to go over, except the Grant of Provisions
And Arms. Adjourn'd to Wednesday Febry the
28th 173f at 4 o'Clock in the
afternoon.

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Palace Court
Febry the 28th 173$
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mr Holland in the Chair
Lord Percival
Mr Digby
Mr Heathcote
Mr Vernon
Mr More
Mr Sloper
Mr Hales
Read a Grant of five Hundred Acres of Land in Georgia to Mr
Robert Hetherington
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the Same.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Grant.
Mr Amatis and Giacomo Ottone attended, and deliver'd to the Board
Proposals for their going and settling in Georgia.
Read the Counterpart of Lord Carteret's Grant to the Trustees of one
Undivided Eighth Part of Georgia.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affixed to the said Counterpart
to be Exchanged with Lord Carteret's.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Counterpart.
Adjourn'd to Wednesday March the
7tL 173f at 4 o'Clock in the after
noon.

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Palace Court
March the 7th 173f
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mr Eyles in the Chair
Lord Percival
Mr Digby
Mr Tower
Mr Hucks
Mr Vernon
Mr Laroche
Mr Hales
Order'd That Six hundred of the Reasons for Establishing the Colony of
Georgia be bought for the Trustees.
Order'd That Mr Heathcote do pay for the Same.
Order'd That One hundred Pounds be paid into the hands of Mr Heathcote,
and that a Draught be made on the Bank of England for it.
Sign'd a Draught for the said one hundred Pounds by Robert Hucks,
John Laroche, James Vernon, Thomas Tower, and Stephen Hales N°
8610 B.
Order'd That the Advertisement in the South Carolina Gazette of Janry 13"1
173f sign'd by the Governor, with the Extract of a Letter from thence
be publish'd in One of the News Papers,
Mr Amatis and Giacomo Ottone attended.
Resolved That no more Persons do come from Italy at the Expence of the
Trustees. Resolved That the Trustees will give a certain Sum to those who are arrived
from thence for their Return to Italy, or will defray the Expence
or their Passage to Georgia, where they will allow them five Pounds of
Sic at and five Pounds of Flower ^> Week for Each head for the
first Year, And give Mr Amatis One hundred and fifty Acres of
Land, and ten Pounds for the first Year, and will grant to the Other
Men one hundred Acres of Land Each of them.
Adjourn'd

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Vestry Room of S' Mary Le Bow Church Cheapside
March the 15"1 173$
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mr Laroche in the Chair
Lord Percival
Mr Vernon
Mr More
Mr Holland
Mr Hucks
Mr Sloper
Mr Hales
Mr Digby
Mr Heathcote
Mr Eyles
Resolv'd That Nicolas Amatis, Jacques Camuse, and his Wife and three Chil
dren be carried over to Georgia.
Resolv'd That Giacomo Ottone be sent back to Italy, and that Mr Symmonds
do advance a Sum not exceeding fifteen Pounds for that Purpose.
Order'd That Mr Heathcote do pay to Mr Symmonds the money necessary for
the said Purposes.
Resolv'd That Nicolas Amatis, Jacques Camuse with his Wife and three Chil
dren be (if they desire) brought back from Georgia at the Expence of
the Corporation, if the Scheme of raising raw Silk do's not succeed.
A Report from the Committee of Accounts, whereon the Ballance
in Mr Heathcote's Hands appears to be One hundred and two Pounds,
fifteen Shillings, and Eleven Pence one farthing, was read and approv'd
of.Resolv'd That two hundred Acres of Land be given to Mr Henry Fletcher if he
carries over a Man Servant with him, or if he do's not carry over a Man
Servant one hundred and fifty Acres. Adjourn'd to Palace Court on Wed
nesday March the 21st 173$ at 4
o'Clock in the Afternoon.

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Palace Court
March the 218t 173$
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mr Vernon in the Chair
Lord Percival
Lord Tyrconnel
Lord Limerick
Mr Chandler
Mr Tower
Mr Frederick
Mr L'Apotre
Mr Wm Heathcote
Mr G. Heathcote
Mr Hucks
Alderman Kendal
Mr More
Dr Bundy
Mr White
Mr Nicolas Amatis attended, and agreed with the Common Council to
go over to Georgia with Jacques Camuse, and his Wife, and three Boys.
Resolv'd That Mr Symmonds be desired to provide Bedding for the said Persons,
Shirts, Shifts and other Necessaries.
Resolv'd That Lord Percival, Mr Hucks, Mr Heathcote, and all the Gentlemen
who were in the Trust before March the IS"1 Instant be a Committee for
preparing an Account of the Proceedings of the Trustees for establishing
the Colony of Georgia in America.
Order'd That Mr Burton and Mr Smith be desired to print the Sermons which
they preach'd on the Subject of establishing the Colony of Georgia in
America.Resolv'd That if any Person will carry over Six able Men Servants to Georgia,
and pay all the Expences himself, without putting the Trustees to any
Charge whatsoever, He shall be intitled to five hundred acres of Land,
,on the same terms on which others are settled there, and his Servants at
the Expiration of their Service shall have twenty Acres Each Man.

24 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Resolv'd That twenty five Acres of Land be given to Each of the Servants
going with Mr Lacy and Others on the Silk Trade in consideration of
their early Application.
Resolv'd That for the future no Servant going to Georgia, shall have more than
twenty Acres of Land.
Mr James Lacy applied to the Board for a License for his staying at
home to transact the Business of his Brother, and the Others going on
the Silk Trade.
Resolv'd That James Lacy may have a License for staying at home for the
said Purpose.
Resolv'd That James, and Roger Lacy, Theophilus, Joseph, and Robert Hether
ington, and Philip Bishop may have a License to enter into Copartner
ship with Reyner, Salmon, and others to be concern'd in making Potashes.
Adjourn'd t o Wednesday
March the 28'" 1733 at 4
o'Clock in the Afternoon.

Palace Court
March the 28"1 1733
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mr Hales in the Chair
Earl of Shaftsbury
Lord Tyrconnel
Lord Percival
Mr More
Mr Frederick
Mr White
Dr Bundy
Read a Grant of two hundred acres of Land in Georgia to Mr Henry
Fletcher. Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Grant.
Which was affix'd accordingly.

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Order'd
That the Secretary do countersign the said Grant.
Order'd That the Revd Mr James Quincy be a Passenger in the great Cabin,
-and that five Pounds be allowed him for refreshments in his Passage.
Read a License for James Lacy's staying at home.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said License.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said License. >
Resolv'd That fifty Acres of Land be given to Every Saltzburgh Family, who
shall go and settle in Georgia.
Mr Reyner attended on account of the Copartnership for carrying on
the Potash Trade, and objected to the Proposal of Mr Lacy and the Rest
concern'd in the Silk Business joining in Copartnership with them.
Resolv'd That Capt. Coram be desired to attend the Muster of the thirty Ser
vants going with Mr Lacys, Hetheringtons, and Philip Bishop on board
the Pearl Capt. Thompson.
That he be desired likewise to attend the Muster of the Passengers on
Board the Peter and James Capt. Cornish.
Order'd That Mr Symmonds do pay for three Machines for winding off Silk,
and that one be kept in England for the use of the Trustees.
Adjourn'd.

2b' COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Tuesday April the 3rd 1733
Present in Common Council Assembled
Lord Tyrconnel in the Chair
Lord Limerick
Lord Percival
Mr Vernon
Mr Wm Heathcote
Mr Sloper
Mr G. Heathcote
Mr White
Mr Laroche
Mr Hucks
Mr More
Mr Tower
Mr Amatis attended the Board, and they came to a final Agreement
with him under the following Resolutions.
Resolv'd That the Charge of Passage to Georgia be defray'd for the said Amatis,
and his Servants. Viz' Jacques Camuse, His Wife and three Sons as
agreed the 15'" of March 173$
Resolv'd That a House be allotted for Him and his Family, and that one
hundred Acres be granted him ; and fifty Acres to his Servant Camuse
at the Expiration of his Service.
Resolv'd That Provisions be allowed him, and his Servants for one Year in the
same proportion as to those already sent.
Resolv'd That proper Materials be furnish'd him for carrying on the Work of
making Raw Silk.
Resolv'd That the Profits of his Labour be for his own use.
Resolv'd That a Salary be allowed him for four Years after the Rate of twenty
five Pounds <$*> Ann. on Condition that he delivers as many Machines
and Coppers as the Trustees or their Agents shall require, on the

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payment of three Pounds for Each Machine and Copper, and shows how
to use them; And discovers the secret of making Raw Silk to such
Persons as shall be appointed for that Purpose.
Resolv'd That the Charge of all their Passages from Georgia to any Port
in England or Italy be defray'd (if required) he quitting all Rights and
Pretensions to the Grant of House and Lands, except such as shall be
cultivated at the End of five Years, which is to be at his own Disposal,
with the Consent however of the Trustees, and under the usual Limita
tions ; and leaving all the Machines, Coppers, and Materials which are,
or shall be furnish'd him at the Expence of the Trustees.
Resolv'd That a Sum not exceeding two Guineas be allowed Mr Nicolas Amatis
for Linen. Adjourn(d.

Palace Court
Wednesday Aprill the 18th 1733
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mr Frederick in the Chair
Lord Percival
Mr Vernon
Mr Wm Heathcote
Mr L' Ap6tre
Mr G. Heathcote
Mr More
Mr Hucks
Mr Hales
Lord Tyrconnel
Mr White
Mr Digby
Mr Simond attended, and produced two Bills of Exchange drawn by
James Oglethorpe Esq', Viz'.
Cue for one hundred Pounds payable ten days after sight ; The Other
for two hundred Pounds payable one Month after sight.
Order'd That the said Bills of Exchange be accepted and paid when due.

28 COLONIAL RECORDS.
The Committee of Accounts made a Report that two hundred and
five Pounds Eighteen Shillings were due to Mr Simond.
Order'd That three hundred and twenty Pounds be paid,into Mr Heathcote's
hands on Account.
Order'd That a Draught be made on the Bank of England for three hundred
and twenty Pounds payable to Mp George Heathcote.
Sign'd a Draught for the same by Stephen Hales, Thomas Frederick,
Lord Percival, Robert Hucks and James Vernon. N° 8611 B.
Order'd That two hundred and five Pounds Eighteen Shillings be paid to Mr
Simond.Resolved That Lord Tyrconnel, Mr Hucks, Mr William Heathcote, and Mr
White and any others of the Trustees who will attend be desired,
and are deputed to apply for a Sum of Publick Money for the use
of the Colony.
Order'd That a Message be sent to James Gerard Agent for Merchants
in relation to his publishing his hiring of Servants for the Colony
of Georgia without the Trustees Authority.
Read a Grant of two hundred Acres of Land in Georgia to Mr
Samuel Holmes.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Grant
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Grant.
Order'd That a Paragraph be publish'd in One of the News Papers with an
account of the Collections in the Parish of S' Botolph Aldgate amount
ing to thirty four Pounds Eight Shillings.
Read a Letter from Mr Oglethorpe dated Febry the 10'" 173$ with a
Copy of the Governor and Council of South Carolina Letter to him, and
(sio)
a Copy of the Assembly's Resolution on his Arrival with the Colony.
Read a Letter from his Excellency the Governor of South Carolina to
the Trustees.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 29
Order'd That Extracts of the said Letters with the Copy of the Governor and
Council's Letter to Mr Oglethorpe, and the Copy of the Assembly's Res
olution be publish'd in One of the News Papers,
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Aprill the 25th 1733
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mr William Heathcote in the Chair
Earl of Shaftsbury
Lord Limerick
Lord Percival
Mr Vernon
Mr Tower
Mr Hucks
M' George Heathcote
M' White
M' Holland
Mr Sloper
Lord Tyrconnel
M' More
M' Frederick
Mr Laroche
Order'd That Six hundred more of the Books call'd Reasons for Establishing
the Colony of Georgia &c. be bought and that one of them be deliver'd
to Every Member of Both Houses of Parliament.
Resolved That Mr Frederick be desired to return the thanks of the Trustees to
James Hume Esq' Speaker of the Assembly at Charles Town in South
Carolina, and to M' Whitaker for their generous assistance to M'
Oglethorpe and the Colony of Georgia. Adjourn'd.

30 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Monday Aprill the 30"1 1733
Present in Common Council Assembled
Lord Percival in the Chair
Earl of Shaftsbury
Mr Frederick
Mr Sloper
M' L'Ap6tre
Mr Vernon
M' Eyles
Mr Wm Heathcote
Mr Digby
M' Holland
Mr Laroche
Lord Tyrconnel
Mr Tho" Tower
Mr Geo. Heathcote
Mr Christopher and M' Charles Clifton attended and desired leave to
go and settle in Georgia each of them carrying two Servants and paying
the Expences themselves.
Resolved That one hundred Acres of Land be given to Mr Christopher Clifton,
and one hundred more to Mr Charles Clifton under the usual Limita
tions ; and that twenty Acres be given to Each of their Servants at the
Expiration of their Service.
Sr Abraham Elton attended and desired three Several Grants of Land
to Mr Rob' Williams, John Williams, and Cornelius Sanford of Bristol
Each of them carrying six Servants, and paying the Expences.
Resolved That five hundred Acres of Land be granted to Each of the said Persons.
Resolved That twenty five Acres of Land be given to each of the Servants of
the said Persons at the Expiration of their Service.
Resolved That an Account be prepared to be laid before the Board at the next
Meeting of the Number of Acres already granted to Persons who have
gone or are going at their own Expence.

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Mr Thomas Fosset attended, and desired leave to settle in Georgia
carrying five Servants at his own Expence.
Which was not agreed to.
Resolved That the Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord Tyrconnel and Mr Vernon be
desired to ask the Bishop of Londons Encouragement of Collections in
his Diocese for sending over Saltzburghers to Georgia.
Mr Simond attended and produced Mr Oglethorpe's Letter dated 8'"
Feb'7 173$ with advice of two Bills drawn on Account of the Trustees
to accept and pay. Viz' One for £100 Sterl. payable ten, days after
Sight, and the Other for £200 payable One Month after Sight.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday May the 9th 1733
Present in Common Council Assembled
Lord Carpenter in the Chair
Lord Percival
Lord Tyrconnel
Mr Hales
Mr Vernon
Mr White
M' More
M' Tho" Tower
Order'd That the two Grants of Land to Mr Christopher Clifton and Mr Charles
Clifton be postpon'd. Adjourn'd

32 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Friday May the 11th 1733
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Geo. Heathcote in the Chair
M' Tho8 Tower
Mr Laroche
M' White
Mr More
M' Hucks
M' Sloper
M' Hales
M' Holland
Lord Limerick
Mr William Heathcote
M' Vernon
M' Frederick
Read three Several Grants of Land of five hundred Acres of Land
Each in Georgia to Mr John Williams, M' Robert Williams, and Mr
Cornelius Sandford,
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Grants.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Grants.
Order'd That Giacomo Ottone do make Another Machine for winding off Silk
to be kept for the use of the Trustees.
Order'd That M' Simond be desired to advance to the said Ottone from time to
time such Sums of Money as he shall require not exceeding three pounds
six shillings and sixpence for making the said Machine.
Resolved That Mr Thomas Tower be desired to agree with an Engraver
for making Another Seal for the Corporation.
Order'd That M" Mary Overend, M" Elizabeth Bowling and her Daughter
Mary Bowling Aged Eleven Years be sent over to their Friends
in Georgia at the Expence of the Corporation.

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Order'd
That James Lacy's License for staying in England be enter'd.
Order'd That two hundred Pounds be paid into the hands of George Heath
cote Esq' to pay a Bill of Exchange drawn by James Oglethorpe Esq'
on Mr Simond on Account of the Trustees for that Sum a Month after
sight, which came to sight of M' Simond the 13th of last Month and for
which the said Mr Simond is to produce Mr Oglethorpe's Advice to
the said Trustees as well as of the hundred Pound Bill already
paid him.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank for the said two hundred Pounds by Mr
Hucks, M' Hales M' Vernon Mr Tower and M' Frederick N° 8612 B.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Thursday May the 17'" 1733
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mr Hucks in the Chair
Lord Percival
Lord Tyrconnel
Lord Carpenter
M' Vernon
M' Wm Heathcote
Mr Hales
M' L' Apostre
M' George Heathcote
Read a Grant of One hundred Acres of Land in Georgia to Edward
Jenkins, he carrying over two Servants at his own Expence.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Grant.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Grant.
Adjourn'd.

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34 COLONIAL RECORDS. ' ~''i
Palace Court
Thursday May the 24th 1733
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Holland in the Chair
Lord Percival
M' White
M' Thos Tower
Mr Wm Heathcote
Mr Vernon >
M'L' Apostre
Alderman Kendal
M' Sloper
M' Hucks
Lord Tyrconnel
Mr More
M' Frederick
A Petition of Robert Hetherington and Theophilus Hetherington,
setting forth, that Robert Hetherington having sent his Grant of
five hundred Acres of Land with Mr Lacy's Grant to Georgia ; And
being since married which prevents his going immediately ; and desiring
that the said Robert Hetherington's Grant may be waved, and made to
Thomas Fawsatt of Woodstock ; And, that Theophilus Hetherington
having also sent his Grant of five hundred Acres of Land to Georgia, a
Grant of two hundred and fifty Acres, Part of the said five hundred
Acres may be made to his Brother Robert Hetherington ; was read.
It appearing to the Board that Thomas Fawsatt had given, and
was to give no other Consideration than twenty Guineas (the Charge at
which the said Robert Hetherington had been,) the said Petition was
agreed to.
Order'd That an Entry be made of the said Petition, and that the said
Petitioners do sign their Waver of the said former Grants and of
all Benefit therefrom.
Resolved That Mr Oglethorpe be desired to send back the said Grants, which
the said Hetheringtons have sent as aforesaid.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 35
Order'd That new Grants be made out agreeable to the said Petition, allowing
three Years for Robert Hetherington to go over.
Resolved That every Parish Boy or Girl who shall be bound to M' Roger Lacy
to serve him as an Apprentice untill his or her Age of twenty four Years,
and shall serve him accordingly, be intitled at th'e Expiration of that
term and Service to twenty Acres of Land to be granted to such Boy or
the Husband of such Female accordingly with the usual Limitations and
Conditions. M' Roger Lacy desired that after his Wifes Decease the Limitations
of his Grant may go to his Brother Theophilus Lacy and the Heirs Male
of his Body.
Order'd That the said Roger Lacy's Wife do appear at this Board to give her
Consent.Resolved That fifty able Men be sent over to Georgia with all possible Expedi
tion.
Resolved That if Mr Vernon and the Gentlemen, who have collected for
the Saltzburghers, deposit in the hands of the Trustees twelve hundred
and fifty Pounds, to be put by the Trustees under a proper Security,
They will engage the Payment of fifty Pounds <$> Ann to a Protestant
German Minister to perform Divine Service for the Protestant Emigrants
from Germany in Georgia, till such time as a Provision is made
of cultivated Lands there for the said Minister, to the full value
of fifty pounds $ ann and upwards.
Resolved That half a Crown $ week be allowed to Atherton, and half a Crown
to his Wife from the date of the last payment.
Order'd That Giacomo Ottone's Bill be refer'd to the Committee of Accounts.
Order'd That the Chalice and Patine for the first Church in the Town of Sa
vanah be sent over by the first Ship. Adjourn'd.

36 COLONIAL RECORDS. ']
Palace Court
Tuesday May the 29th 1733
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Sloper in the Chair
Mr Tho8 Tower
M' Frederick
M' White
M' More
Alderman Kendal
M' Hucks
M' Will™ Heathcote
Mr Holland
M' Geo. Heathcote
M' Roger Lacy and his Wife Mary Lacy attended and the Covenant of
the Trustees in the said Roger Lacy's Grant in favour of his Wife was
read, and She gave her Consent, that in case her Husband should dye in
her Lifetime without any Issue Male by her, that then after her Decease
the five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia granted to the said Roger
Lacy should be granted in Moieties ; One half to Theophilus the Brother
of Roger Lacy and the Heirs Male of his Body ; and the Other half to
Francois Guillart of Everdon in the Canton of Bern in Swisserland, and
the Heirs Male of his Body.
Mr John Tuckwell of Wallingford Berkshire attended and gave in
proposals for furnishing the Colony of Georgia with Iron Monger's Ware.
Order'd That Mr John Tuckwell do get ready with all possible Expedition the
Iron Ware (mentioned in the account deliver'd him) for the Colony.
Whereas at a Common Council held the 23d of August last, any five
of the said Common Council then consisting of fifteen in Number were
impower'd by writing under their Hands to order the issuing and paying
out of any Sum or Sums of Money on Account of the said Trustees, and
to adjust Accounts with the Bank of England, and to discharge them
from the same.
And Whereas William Belitha Esq' by reason of his ill state of health
hath resigned being One of the said Common Council, and the Rev1 D'
Bundy hath been elected in his room, and the Number of the said Com
mon Council hath pursuant to his Majesty's Charter been increased, to

COLONIAL RECORDS. 37
twenty four Whose Names are as follows. Viz' Anthony Earl of Shaftes
bury, John Lord Vise' Percival, John Lord Vise' Tyrconnel, James Lord
Vise' Limerick, George Lord Carpenter, Edward Digby Esq', James
Oglethorpe Esq', George Heathcote, Thomas Tower, Robert More, Rob
ert Hucks, Rogers Holland, William Sloper Francis Eyles, John Laroche,
and James Vernon Esquires, Stephen Hales A M., Richard Chandler,
Thomas Frederick, Henry L'apostre, William Heathcote, John White
Esquires, Robert Kendal Esq', Alderman, and Richard Bundy D.D.
Resolved That the said Order of Common Council of the said 23d of August
1732, and all Powers and Authorities thereby given shall from hence
forth be, and are hereby declared Null and Void.
And Whereas it is necessary to appoint some Persons to Whose Orders
the Bank shall pay such Monies as the Common Council shall adjudge
proper and necessary to be issued in pursuance of their Charter.
Resolved That the Bank of England be desired to direct their Cashiers from
time to time to pay all such sums of Money as shall by any five of the
Common Council whose Names are subscribed be in writing under their
hands order'd ; And such Orders shall for and as to such sums so paid be
a sufficient Discharge to the said Bank. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Tuesday June the 5th 1733
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mr Frederick in the Chair
Lord Percival
M' Tho8 Tower
M' More
M' Hucks
M' Holland
Mr Geo. Heathcote
Alderman Kendal.
Order'd That a Letter be sent to M' Oglethorpe to give Joshua Sacheverel fifty
Acres under Christie's Grant.

3 8 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Order'd That Mr Simond be desired to pay Giacomo Ottone two pounds, eight
Shillings and three pence, the Balance of his Account, and One Pound
Sixteen Shillings for work done since his Discharge and ten Shillings and
sixpence for his trouble.
Order'd That One hundred and fifty four Pounds Seven Shillings and One Penny
be paid into Mr George Heathcote's hands on Account.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank for the said Sum by Lord Percival, Mr
Frederick M' Thos" Tower, Mp Robert Hucks and Alderman Kendal N°
8613 B.
Order'd Several Stores to be bought for the next Imbarkation.
Order'd Several Trinkets to be bought for Traffick with the Indians to
the value of twenty Pounds.
Order'd That M' Brownjohn do buy Sage, Mint, and other Plants for the next
Imbarkation. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Monday June the ll"1 1733
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mr White in the Chair
Lord Limerick
Mp More
Mr Vernon
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Hucks
Mr Eyles
Mr Laroche
Read a Lease and Release granting two thousand Eight hundred acres
of Land in Georgia to John Barnes, Henry .Parker and Joshua Sach
everel in Trust.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the same.
Which was affix'd accordingly.

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Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Lease and Release.
Resolved That M' George Heathcote be desired to pay M' Adam Anderson One
hundred and Nine Pounds Eighteen Shillings and four Pence being the
Balance of the Associates Cash. Adjourn'd

Palace Court
Wednesday June the 13th 1733
Present in Common Council Assembled
Lord Percival in the Chair
M' Hucks
M' Laroche
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Vernon
Alderman Kendal
Mr William Heathcote
Mr Holland
Mr Hucks acquainted the Board that Alderman Kendal M' White and
he had been at the Bank of England and balanc'd the Account, and that
it appear'd on exchanging the Vouchers, that the following Receipts
were outstanding. Viz' One hundred Pounds paid in by M' George
Jackson for an Unknown Person Sept' the 5th 1732., One hundred and
fifty Pounds by John Page Esq' October the V2th 1732 ; fifty Pounds by.
M' Barnard Frederick for the Earl of Derby Jan'y the 23 173$, Two
Pounds two Shillings by the Reva M' Lister of Leverpool, five pounds five
Shillings by M' Tho8 Hampson of the same Place both paid in Febry the
8th 173$ and sixty three Pounds by Sr Joseph Eyles March the 8th 173$;
And that the said Alderman Kendal M' White and He had promis'd to
deliver the said Receipts as soon as the Trustee shall receive them, or to
indemnify the Bank for want of the same.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to perform the said Promise to
the Bank.

40 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Order'd That One thousand Pounds be paid into Mr George Heathcote's
Hands on Account.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the said sum by Tho'
Tower, Robert Kendal Lord Percival, Rogers Holland and Robert Hucks
N° 8615 B.
Resolved That any three of the Common Council be a Committee of Accounts.
Resolved That a Committee be appointed to settle the Account which shall be
printed, and that any three of the Common Council be the said Committee.
Read the General Account to be laid before the Lord Chancellor,
Master of the Rolls, the Chief Justice of the King's Bench, Chief Justice
of the Common Pleas, and the Chief Baron, or any two of them, pursuant
to the Charter ; and Agreed thereto, and the Balance thereof on the 9"1
of June Instant, was One thousand four hundred Sixty Eight Pounds
fifteen shillings and ten Pence. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday July the 4th 1733
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mr George Heathcote in the Chair
Lord Percival
Mr Vernon
M' Tho8 Tower
Mr Chandler
M' L'apostre
M' Frederick
Alderman Kendal
Read a Grant of five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia to Thomas
Fawsett. Another Grantof two hundred and fifty Acres to Robert Hetherington.
Another Grant of two hundred and fifty Acres to Theophilus
Hetherington.

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Order'd
That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Grants.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Grants.
Read a Power to James Oglethorpe Esq' to direct the granting and
disposing of two thousand Eight hundred Acres of Land in Georgia.
Another Power to the said James Oglethorpe Esq' to set out the same.
Read four Several Appointments of Constables.
Read an Agreement in favour of Roger Lacy's and his Wife's Rela
tions further interest in the five hundred Acres granted to the said
Roger Lacy.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Powers and
Appointments and Agreement.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Powers and Appointments.
Read a Letter from M' Oglethorpe with advice of his drawing One
Bill for one hundred Pounds, and Another Bill for One hundred forty
Eight Pounds payable to Mr Simond.
M' Simond attended and produc'd a Bill for fifty two Pounds ten
shillings dated Febry 12th 173$ Another Bill for ninety Eight Pounds
nine Shillings and one Penny, dated May 14th 1733 and another Bill for
Ninety nine Pounds twelve Shillings and three Pence of the same Date.
Order'd That the said Bills be accepted and paid when due.
Order'd That five hundred Pounds be paid into M' George Heathcote's Hands
on Account.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the same sign'd by Lord
Percival Tho8 Tower Henry L'apostre James Vernon and Robert
Kendal N° 7626 I. Adjourn'd.

42 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Wednesday August the 1"' 1733
Present in Common Council Assembled
' M' Thos Tower in the Chair
Lord Percival
M' Laroche
Mr Vernon
M' L'apostre
Mr Hucks
D' Hales
D' Bundy
M' Geo. Heathcote
Mr Frederick.
Resolved That Mr Vernon M' Tho8 Tower M' L'apostre Mr Frederick M' Hucks,
Mr Geo. Heathcote and Dr Hales or any two of them be appointed
to get a Saw Mill made from the Model given by Mess" Tibbalds.
After reading the Minute of August the third 1732 appointing
Mr Martyn Secretary of the Trustees &c for one Year.
Resolved That the said M' Martyn be continued Secretary to the said Trustees
&c during Pleasure.
Read a Grant of five hundred Acres of Land to M' Patrick Houston.
Read another Grant of four hundred acres of Land to M' George
Moore.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Grants.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Grants.
Order'd That five Guineas be given to M' Harbin for his Services.
Order'd That one Guinea and a half be given to M' Brown for his Service in
the information relating to Bacon the Irish Roman Catholick.
Resolved That the Members of the Common Council or any three of them be

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a Committee of Embarkation for sending over such Saltzburghers
as shall come to Rotterdam in order to go and settle in Georgia.
Resolved That there be an Embarkation of English as soon as possible, and
that the said Committee do manage the same.
Resolved That three thousand Pounds be paid into the hands of George Heath
cote Esq' on Account.
Resolved That any five of the Common Council do sign a Draught on the Bank
of England for the said three thousand Pounds.
Resolved That one hundred and Sixty Firelocks and Bayonets be purchas'd of
M' Thomas Gregory at nine Shillings each .
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Thursday October the 18'" 1733
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Robert Hucks in the Chair
Mr Vernon
Mr Chandler
M' L'apostre
D' Bundy
D' Hales
M' Frederick
Lord Carpenter.
Read an Appointment of Robert Parker Sen' late of Lyn Merchant
to be Chief Constable George Buckman of Leightenberg, and William
Johnson Dalmas to be Constables, and Arthur Ogle Edgecombe and
William Riley to be Tything Men of the Village of Thorpe part of the
Precincts of the Town of Savanah.
Read a Power to James Oglethorpe Esq' and in his Absence to James
S' Julian Esq' in South Carolina and Francis Scott Gent, in Georgia to
set out limit divide and bound two thousand eight hundred Acres
of Land in Georgia.

44 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Read a like Power in the same Manner to direct the granting and
disposing of the said two thousand Eight hundred acres.
Read a Lease and Release of the said two thousand Eight hundred
Acres to John Ambrose Isaac King Clarke, and Arthur Ogle Edgecombe
in Trust.
Read a Lease and Release of two thousand five hundred Acres of
Land in Georgia to George Buckman, Christopher Ortman and William
Sale in Trust.
Read a Power to James Oglethorpe Esq' and in his Absence to
James S' Julian Esq' in South Carolina and Francis Scott Gent"
in Georgia to set out limit divide and bound the said two thousand
five hundred Acres.
Read a like Power in the same Manner to direct the Granting
and disposing of the said two thousand five hundred Acres.
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of three hundred Acres of Land
in Georgia and of Ground for a house in the Town of Savanah to
William Sale of London Merchant.
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of two hundred Acres of Land
in Georgia, and of Ground for a House in the Town of Savanah to
William Terry of Brentford in the County of Middsc* Merchant.
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of five hundred Acres of Land
to Patrick Tailfer of Edinburgh Physician.
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of four hundred Acres of Land to
Andrew Grant of Edinburgh Merch*
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of four hundred Acres of Land to
John Baillie of Edinburgh Merchant.
Read a Ratification of the Articles of Friendship and Commerce between
the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and the
Chief Men of the Nation of the lower Creeks.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the before mention'd
several Deeds.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said several Deeds.
Adjourn'd.

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Palace Court
Wednesday November 14"1 1733
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Holland in the Chair
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Vernon
M' Chandler
M' More
M' L'apostre
M' Hucks
Dr Bundy
Mr Geo. Heathcote
M' Frederick
Lord Carpenter
Alderman Kendal
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of five hundred Acres of Land in
Georgia to William Stirling of Glasgow Merchant.
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of five hundred Acres of Land to
Hugh Stirling of Glasgow Merchant.
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of five hundred Acres of Land to
James Houston of Glasgow Merchant.
Read a Power to James S' Julian Esq' and M' Francis Scott to execute
in the Absence of James Oglethorpe Esq' such several Powers and
Appointments made to him as shall remain Unexecuted by him.
Read a Power to James Oglethorpe Esq' and in his Absence to James
S* Julian Esq' and M' Francis Scott to set out, limit, and bound, and to
take and deliver Possession and Seisin of several Parcels of Land to
Patrick Tailfer, John Baillie, Andrew Grant, William Sale, William
Terry, James Houston, Hugh Stirling, and William Stirling.
Read a Power to James S' Julian Esq' and M' Francis Scott to grant
Licenses in the Absence of James Oglethorpe Esq' to Persons to depart
or pass out of the Province of Georgia without any forfeiture for such
Departure or passing out.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said several Grants
and Powers.
Which was affix'd accordingly.

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Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Grants and Powers.
Read a Petition of William. Sale of London Merchant setting forth,
that as he is preparing to go and settle in Georgia with six able Men
Servants pursuant to the Conditions in his Grant, he prays that two
hundred Acres more may be granted to him on the same conditions as
his present Grant on his producing Certificates of four other able Men
Servants going over on his Account.
Resolv'd That the said Petitions be comply'd with on his performing the Con
ditions of the same.
Read Several Letters from the Revd M' Urlsperger relating to the
Saltzburgh Embarkation.
Resolv'd That in case there be not a sufficient Number of Saltzburghers to
make up the Number Seventy five for the present Embarkation, the said
Number of Seventy five be compleated at home.
Resolv'd That the Gentlemen of the Common Council or any three of them be
a Committee for the said Purpose.
Resolv'd That M' Vernon and D' Bundy be desired to propose to the Society
for promoting Christian Knowledge, that on paying over three thousand
Pounds to the Trustees, they will engage under their Seal to pay three
several Salaries of fifty, thirty, and ten Pounds ^ Ann to the Minister,
Catechist and School Master of the Saltzburghers in Georgia.
Resolv'd That M' George Heathcote be desired to pay fifty Guineas to M'
Martyn the Secretary and twenty five pounds to M' Verelst the
Accomptant.
Resolv'd That M' Callard be desired to pursue the Directions of M' Floyer in
relation to M' Wilson's Estate. Adjourn'd

COLONIAL RECORDS. 47
Palace Court
Wednesday November 21s' 1733
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Laroche in the Chair
M' Vernon
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Chandler
M' L'apostre
M' Geo. Heathcote
Mr Holland
Lord Carpenter
Mr Hucks
Read a Letter from Mr Oglethorpe dated August 12th 1733 Savanah,
with an Account of the Death of Several Persons of the Colony which
he imputed to the drinking of Rum.
Resolved That the drinking of Rum in Georgia be absolutely prohibited, and
that all which shall be brought there be staved.
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of one hundred and fifty Acres of
Land to Nathaniel Polhill of Southwark Upholsterer.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the same.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Saturday December 15th 1733
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Vernon in the Chair
Earl Egmont
M' Tho" Tower
M' Frederick
M' Holland
M' L'apostre
Dr Bundy
D' Hales

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Read a Letter from Mr D. Wolters at Rotterdam with a Petition of
Jean Lovis Poyas Vaudois to be sent over to Georgia with several Oth
ers of the Vaudois, and setting forth that two hundred of the Vaudois at
present in the Canton of Bern are desirous of going to Georgia, and that
the Canton of Bern will defray the Expences of the said Vaudois to Rot
terdam. Resolved That D' Bundy be desired to acquaint Mr Wolters that the Fund of
the Trustees by their Engagement with the Saltzburghers is too small for
them to undertake to send over Many of the Vaudois ; That the Trus
tees think it proper for the said Vaudois to petition his Majesty the King
of Great Britain to be sent over to Georgia, and to induce the Seigniory
of Bern to recommend the said Petition by their Minister residing here ;
That the Trustees will engage to send over to Georgia Jean Lovis Poyas
with others of the Vaudois not exceeding forty in Number at their Ex-
pence. Read a Letter from M' Van Reck acquainting the Board with his
Resolution of conducting the Saltzburghers to Georgia, and with several
Passages relating to the Behavior of the Captain of the Ship.
Order'd That the Secretary do write a Letter of thanks to M' Van Reck for
his Resolution to conduct the Saltzburghers to Georgia, and to acquaint
him that the Trustees make him a Present of ten Guineas.
Order'd That the Secretary do write a Letter to Capt. Coram at Dover return
ing him thanks for his Orders to the Captain of the Ship in relation to
his treatment of the Saltzburghers, and to desire him to give ten Guineas
to M' Van Reels.
Resolved That five hundred Pounds be paid into the Hands of George Heath
cote Esq' on Account.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the said Sum of five
hundred Pounds N° 7628 I by the Earl of Egmont M' Vernon M'
Tower M' L'apostre and Dr Hales.
Resolved That the following Resolutions and Agreements in the Minutes of the
Trustees October the 12"1 1732, and recommended to the Common Coun
cil by the said Trustees May the 24'" 1733 be inserted as the resolutions
of the Common Council in their Minutes of this Day.

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Resolved " That the Trustees for Establishing a Colony in Georgia in Amer-
" ica do greatly approve the Proposal of the Society for promoting Chris-
" tian Knowledge for defraying the Expence of settling Certain of the
" poor Saltzburghers in Georgia in America ; And will readily join and
" concur in sending and settling so many of them, as by the Contribu-
" tions which the said Society shall transmit to the Trustees, and what
" other Money the Trustees shall for that purpose receive, they shall be
" enabled to send and settle in the said Colony.
Resolved "That the said Society be desired to inquire by their Correspondents
"in Germany in the Names of the said Trustees, Whether any of the said
" Saltzburghers will be willing to become British Subjects, and to settle
' ' in the said Colony of Georgia on the Terms to be ofier'd by the said
"Trustees.
Resolved " That the said Society be desired to publish such further Accounts of
"the deplorable State of the poor Saltzburghers as they shall think
"proper, and at the same time to make publick the Design of the said
" Society jointly with the said Trustees to apply such Contributions as
" shall be receiv'd for the Relief of the said poor Saltzburghers to the
" settling as many of them as they shall be able as British Subjects in
" Georgia in America.
Resolved " That the Thanks of Mr Trustees be given to M' Vernon and the
(sic)
' ' Reva Dr Bundy for the great Pains they have taken in this affair.
"Agreed to the following Articles for the poor Saltzburghers to go to
" Georgia. Viz*
l8t "The Trustees will defray so far as their Contributions will enable
" them the Charges of Passage and Provisions for the Voyage to Georgia
" in America of such Emigrants, Tirnberghers, or Exiles from Bertolds-
" goden as are persecuted for the Protestant Religion.
2dly " To all those Who want it some Allowance will be made for tools.
3«y a On their Arrival in Georgia Each Family will have Provisions
" given them Gratis till they can take in their Harvest, and also Seed
" will be there given them sufficient to sow the Lands they shall in the
"first Year make ready for sowing.
4thly "Each Man shall be intitled to three Lots Viz' a Lot for House
"and Yard within the Town, a Lot for Garden Plots near the Town,
[4 c. T.]

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' ' and a Lot for Tillage at a small distance from the Town sufficient in
" the Whole to give a comfortable Subsistence to themselves and Fam-
" ilies; And that they shall have the said Lands Freehold to themselves
"and their Heirs Male for ever.
5,hly " They shall obey such Orders and Regulations for the Mainte-
" nance of Property Peace and good Government as the Trustees shall
" think necessary from time to time to establish ; And on their Arrival
" shall assist each other in clearing their Lands, building Houses, and
"such Other Works as shall be necessary for their mutual Safety, in
" common with his Majesty's Other Subjects there.
gtuy << That they upon their settling in Georgia shall become Denizens
' ' and have all the Rights and Privileges of Englishmen.
7my " That they shall be protected in the free Exercise of their
" Religion, and in the full enjoyment of all the Civil and Religious
' ' Rights of the Free Subjects of Great Britain.
Resolved That the following Agreement in the Trustees Minutes of Nov' the
Is' 1732 and recommended to the Common Council May 24th 1733
be inserted in their Minutes of this Day.
" Agreed to allow M' Cox for a Case of Instruments and for Bedding.
Resolved That the following Orders, the first in the Minutes of the Trustees
Nov' 10'h 173$ and the two Last in their Minutes Feb'7 14th 173$
all recommended to the Common Council May 24th 1733 be inserted in
their Minutes of this Day.
Order'd " That M' Verelst do buy such seeds as M' Tho8 Tower shall direct.
Order'd " That five hundred of the Designs be printed on Demy Paper with
"the Maps.
Order'd " That Mr Carman get the same Printed.
Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 51
Palace Court
Saturday December 29 1733
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mp L'apostre in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
M' Digby
M' Heathcote
S' William Heathcote
Alderman Kendal
M' Vernon
M' Laroche
D' Bundy.
Resolved That M' Smith be desired to agree with some Person to get a Plate
engrav'd for the Commissions (with the late Alterations) to take
Subscriptions and collect Monies for the Purposes of the Charter.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Saturday Jan'y 5'" 173f
Present in Common Council Assembled
S' William Heathcote
Earl of Egmont
M' Heathcote
Mr Vernon
M' Frederick
Mr L'apostre
M' White
D' Bundy.
Read a Letter from Mr Oglethorpe with Advice of Several Bills amount
ing to Eleven hundred Pounds; Of which Bills one of two hundred
Pounds dated October 23d 1733 was produced.
Order'd That the said Bill of two hundred Pounds be paid when due.
Two Bills of fifty Pounds Each payable to Mr Isaac Chardon of

52 • COLONIAL RECORDS.
Charles Town or his Order, of which no Letter of advice has been
receiv'd, were produced.
Order'd That the said Bills be paid on the Trustees being indemnify'd, or that
Interest be allowed from the time of the Bills being due till Advice of
them is receiv'd.
Order'd That Six hundred Pounds be paid into the Hands of George Heath
cote Esq' on Account.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the said Six hundred
Pounds by the Earl of Egmont Sr William Heathcote M' Vernon Mr
Frederick and M' White N° 7629 I.
Order'd That the Secretary do subscribe in the Name of the Trustees to
Mr Popple's Map
Order'd That forty Shillings be paid to M™ Atherton for her trouble in taking
care of the Silkworms. Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Saturday Jan'y 19ft 173f
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' White in the Chair
Lord Tyrconnel
M' More
Sr Willm Heathcote
M' Digby
Mr Heathcote
M' L'apostre
Mr Hucks
D' Bundy
M' Laroche
M' Chandler
Alderman Kendal
It being represented That the two fifty Pound Bills drawn by M'
Oglethorpe September the 17th & 18th 1733, of which no Advice was

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received, have been paid in honour of the Drawer to prevent them
being return'd without the Indemnity as was proposed.
Resolved That the Common Council being satisfy'd the said Bills were duly
drawn, do agree to such Payment so made, to avoid the Expence
of Re-exchange, Commission, and Interest which would have attended
the Bills being protested.
A Bill of Exchange for One hundred Pounds drawn by M' Oglethorpe
September 17th 1733 was produced, of which No Advice has been re
ceived, payable to M' Isaac Chardon or Order at ten days sight.
Order'd That the said Bill be paid when due in honour of the Drawer and for
the aforesaid Reasons.
Read an Extract of a Letter from the Rev4 M' Urlesperger dated
Augsburgh Jan17 7th 1734, proposing a Commission to be sent to Mr
Goebel from the Trustees to demand the Effects due to the Saltzburgh
Emigrants that are embark'd for Georgia.
Resolved That Thanks be given to the Rev4 Mr Urlsperger and M' Goebel for
their offer of Service; That it is apprehended no such Commission can
be given without the Consent of the Emigrants ; That the Trustees will
take care to transmit to Georgia whatever Effects belonging to the Baid
Emigrants shall be convey'd to the said Trustees.
Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Wednesday Jan17 23d 173f
Present in Common Council Assembled
D' Bundy in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
S' William Heathcote
Alderman Kendal
M' Sloper
M' Laroche
M' White
Mr More
M' Hucks

54 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Resolved
That it be a standing Order that the Clause of the Charter requiring
all Grants, or a Memorial of the Substance and Effect thereof to be reg
ister'd with the Auditor of the Plantations be comply'd with, by regis-
tring such Memorials of Each Grant instead of the Grants themselves
in Order to reduce the Fee of a Guinea taken for registring each Grant
to half a Guinea.
Order'd That three half Guineas be paid for half fees on registring with the said
Auditor the three Grants to James Houston, Hugh Stirling, and Wil
liam Stirling, Their Attorney Dr Houston paying the other three half
Guineas. On reading the Petition and Proposal of Jean Lovis Poyas Vaudois
for an Allowance of his Charges in travelling thro' the different Towns to
Belect proper Persons among the Vaudois to be carried over and settled
in Georgia.
Resolved That Dr Bundy be desired to acquaint M' D. Wolters at Rotterdam
that the Trustees do give fifty Guilders to M' Jean Lovis Poyas ; and
that the said Jean Lovis Poyas be empower'd to engage a Number not
exceeding forty of the Vaudois, who are most fit for the raising and
winding off Silk, and Wine Dressing ; And that he send over an Ac
count of the Age and Sex of the said Vaudois.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Jan'y 30th 173f
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mr Tower in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
Lord Tyrconnel
Mr More
Mr Vernon
Mr Hucks
Mr Laroche
M' L'apostre
M' Jacob Bell produc'd a Bill of Exchange for fifty Pounds dated

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October 19th 1733 drawn by M' Oglethorpe on the Trustees, and paya
ble to M' Isaac Chardon or Order ten days after sight.
A Letter of Advice being received of the said Bill of Exchange
Order'd That the said Bill be accepted and paid when due.
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of One hundred and fifty Acres of
Land in Georgia to Joseph Wardrope.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Grant.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Grant, and the Memorial
of the said Grant in Order to be register'd in the Auditor of the Plan-
(sic)
tation Office.
Order'd That the Secretary do give M' Wardrope a Letter to the Master of
the Georgia Sloop to give the said M' Wardrope and his Servants a Pas
sage from Charles Town to Savanah Town in Georgia.
Read a Letter from the Revd Mr Burton proposing the Endowment of
the Office of a Catechist in Georgia, and acquainting the Trustees that
an Anonymous Benefactor had propos'd to give ten pounds <$)> Annum
during the term of his Life or for the Space of five Years certain to any
Person nominated by the Trustees for the said Office.
Resolved That the Secretary do write to Mr Burton acquainting him that the
Common Council of the Trustees will grant a competent Allotment of '
Land for the Use of the said Catechist, and that they desire to know
whether he has fix'd on any particular Person for a Catechist.
Order'd That the Secretary do write to M' Van Reck or in his Absence to M'
Balzius to inquire what Effects the Saltzburgh Emigrants have left be
hind them in Saltzburgh, and to make proper and particular Inventories
of their Effects and to send over an Authority to the Trustees, or Who
ever else the Trustees may appoint to demand the said Effects.
Adjourn'd

56 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Wednesday Feb'y 6, 173|
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Hucks in the Chair
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Digby
M' Vernon
M' White
M' Holland
M' L'apostre
D' Bundy
Earl of Egmont
Earl of Shaftesbury
Sr William Heathcote
Mr Laroche
M' More
D' Hales
Mess'8 Knight and Jackson produc'd a Bill of Exchange drawn by Mr
Oglethorpe dated Savanah Nov' 15th 1733 for One hundred and fifty
Pounds Sterl. payable to G. Morley Esq' or order of which Advice had
been received.
Order'd That the said Bill of Exchange be accepted and paid when due.
Order'd That five hundred Pounds be paid into the hands of George Heathcote
Esq' on Account.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the said five hundred
Pounds by M' Hucks, Lord Shaftesbury, Lord Egmont, Lord Tyrconnel
and M' Vernon N° 7630 1.
Resolved — Nemine Contradicente
That No Bills drawn by any Person Whatsoever on the Trustees be
accepted or paid without proper Advice given to the Board by the Per-
Bon Who drew the Bill. Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 57
Palace Court
Friday Feb'y 8th 173|
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Holland in the Chair
Earl of Shaftsbury
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Tho8 Tower
Mr More
Mr Digby
M' Hucks
M' L'apostre
D' Bundy.
Order'd That fifteen Guineas be paid into the hands of M' Callard on Ac
count.Order'd That the Deer Skins and Rice which are at present in the office be
sold to the best Advantage. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Feb17 13 173f
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Laroche in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
S' William Heathcote
M' Digby
M' White
M' More
M' Tower
Mr Hucks
D' Bundy'
Mess'8 Heron and Arnold produced two Bills of Exchange drawn by
M' Oglethorpe each for fifty Pounds sterl. One dated Oct' 6'" 1733 the
other Oct' 17. 1733 of which Bills Advice has been receiv'd.

58 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Resolved
That the said Bills be accepted and paid when due.
M' Rogers produced a Bill of Exchange dated Dec' 5. 1733 drawn by
M1 Oglethorpe for One hundred Pounds payable to M' Isaac Chardon or
Order ten days after sight.
Mr Spering produced a Bill of Exchange dated Nov' 24 1733 drawn
by M' Oglethorpe for One hundred Pounds payable ten days after Sight.
Mess" Heron and Arnold produced a Bill of Exchange dated Novr
16'" 1733 drawn by Mr Oglethorpe for fifty pounds payable to M' Rich
ard Woodward or Order ten days after sight.
Of these three several Bills no Advice has been receiv'd, But the Com
mon Council taking into consideration the Letter of M' Oglethorpe dated
Nov' 15th 1733, in which he gives a general advice that he should draw
for several Sums on the Trustees ; And taking into Consideration like
wise the great Expence and many ill Consequences to the Colony which
may attend the said Bills being protested
Resolved That the said Bills be accepted and paid when due.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Feb'y 20th 173f
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mr Vernon in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Digby
Alderman Kendal
Mr Sloper
M' Eyles
Dr Bundy
M' Laroche
M' More.
S' William Codrington produced two Bills of Exchange dated Oct'
318' 1733 drawn by M' Oglethorpe One for fifty Pounds payable to
Mess" Jenys and Baker or Order, the Other for fifty Pounds payable to
Major Barnwell or Order, of which Bills Advice has been receiv'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 59
Resolved That the said Bills be accepted and paid when due.
M' Robert Millar attended with a Recommendation from S' Hans
Sloane to succeed M' William Houston deceas'd as Botanist, and to
serve for the Remainder of the term of three Years being two Years and
forty six Days.
Mr Miller of Chelsea acquainted the Board that the Earl of Derby,
Lord Petre, the Duke of Richmond and Mr Dubois approved of the said
Robert Millar, and would continue their Subscriptions for the time pro
posed. Resolved That the Common Council will pay as they proposed at first fifteen
Pounds <$>> Ann. for the remainder of the three Years, but will not be
answerable for any Deficiency of the Other Gentlemen's Subscriptions.
Resolved That Mr Robert Millar be appointed to succeed M' William Houston
as Botanist, and to serve two Years and forty Six Days being the re
mainder of three Years. Adjourn'd

Palace Court
Wednesday Feb17 27th 173|
Present in Common Council Assembled
Lord Tyrconnel in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
M' Digby
M' More
Mr White
M' Tho8 Tower
M' L'apostre
M' Vernon
Mr Sloper
M' Holland
D' Bundy
Mr Hucks
M' Frederick

60 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of One hundred and fifty Acres of
Land to James Haselfoot.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Grant.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Grant, and the Memorial
of the said Grant in order to be enter'd in the Auditor of the Planta
tion Office.
Resolved That an application be made to the R' Hon"16 the Lord High Chan
cellor for some Preferment in or near London to be given to the Revd
M' Samuel Smith for the great Service he has been of to the Trust.
Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Wednesday March 6th 173|
Present in Common Council Assembled
S' William Heathcote in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
Mr Geo. Heathcote
Mr Hucks
M' Tho8 Tower
Mr More
M' White
Mr Vernon
Mr Eyles
M' Digby
M' Holland
D' Bundy
Read a Contract with Robert Millar Who is appointed to succeed M'
William Houston as Botanist.
Which was approv'd of.
Read Instructions to the said Robert Millar for his Conduct in the sev
eral Voyages to be made by him.

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Order'd
That the Secretary do sign the said Instructions.
Receiv'd Letters from M' Jean Lovis Poyas and refer'd them to the
Committee of Correspondence.
Order'd That Humphry Bright be sent to Georgia by the first ship.
Resolv'd That a Grant be made of Seventy five Acres to William Bateman.
Resolved That half a Years Salary be advanced to Robert Millar the Botanist
after the rate of one hundred and fifty pounds ^>> Ann. being Seventy
five Pounds from Lady Day 1734 there being sufficient Money in the
Bank paid in by the Subscribers to Botany and Agriculture for that
purpose. Resolved That four Pounds thirteen Shillings be paid to D' Bundy being th e
Value of fifty Guilders paid by M' Wolters to Jean Lovis Poyas which
the said Dr Bundy had answer'd to the Account of the said M' Wolters.
Read a Letter from Several Persons from Portsmouth and refer'd the
same to the Committee of Correspondence.
Resolved That thirteen Pounds ten Shillings and Eleven Pence be given to the
Parish Officers of S' George's Hannover Square for their trouble in mak
ing a Collection thro' the said Parish.
Resolved That an Advertisement be published in some of the News Papers that
Whereas the Trustees have been inform'd Several Persons have gone
about the Country offering Money and Land in the Name of the Trus
tees to any Persons Who are desirous of going to Georgia ; This is to
certify that the Trustees have never given such Power to any Persons
Whatsoever, and that they never use any Solicitations to induce any
People to go over. Adjourn'd.

62 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Wednesday March 13th 173f
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' White in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Hucks
M' Frederick
Mr L'apostre
Dr Bundy
Resolved That Mr Tower be desired to draw up a State of the Case of the Jews
being in Georgia in order to be laid before the next Board.
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of Seventy five Acres of Land in Geor
gia to William Bateman
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Grant.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Grant, and the Memorial
of the said Grant in order to be register'd by the Auditor of the Planta
tions. Adjourn'd.
Vestry Room of St. Bride's Church
Thursday March 21s' 173 J
Present in Common Council Assembled
Earl of Egmont in the Chair
M' Hucks
M' Laroche
D' Hales
Sr William Heathcote
M' ThoB Tower
M' Holland
M' Heathcote
M' Digby
M' Belitha.

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M' Reynolds produced a Bill of Exchange dated Savanah Oct' 23
1733 drawn by M' Oglethorpe payable to M' Isaac Chardon or Order for
One hundred and fifty Pounds Sterling, of which Advice has been re
ceived. Order'd That the said Bill of Exchange be accepted and paid when due.
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts whereon the Pay
ments made by George Heathcote Esq' out of the Imprests made to him
appear to be five thousand nine hundred and fifty seven Pounds, four
Shillings and six Pence One farthing, and the Balance in the hands of
the said George Heathcote Esq' appears to be One hundred and twenty
Seven Pounds Six Shillings and One Penny, and the further Sum of fif
teen Pounds Nine Shillings and four Pence three farthings is in the hands
of M' Harman Verelst Accomptant.
Order'd That five hundred Pounds be paid into the hands of George Heath
cote Esq' on Account. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday March 27,h 1734
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Digby in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Vernon
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Laroche
M' White
Mr Eyles
M' L'apostre
Alderman Kendal
Sr William Heathcote
The Common Council taking into consideration the Reference from
the Board of Trustees March 13'h 173f That Where there shall be a
failure of Heirs Male to inherit Lands in Georgia, the Trustees should

64 COLONIAL RECORDS.
regrant those Lands to the Husband of an Heiress or Legatee who shall
go and abide there.
Read the Extract of a Letter from M' Dumont at Rotterdam.
Resolved That it be an Instruction to the Committee of Correspondence, that
that they do draw up an Answer to Mons' Dumont to inform him of the
State of the Grants already made and what Interest Widows have now in
the Lands granted in Georgia by the Law of England, tho' not specified
in the Grants, in order to obviate the Objections in his Letter ; And that
the Trustees propose to grant to any Younger Child Males, or to fe
males, on their Marriage to any Persons not having Lands already in
Georgia, (willing to covenant to reside there) Lands and to their Heirs
Male. Read a Letter from M' F. Causton (by order of Mr Oglethorpe) with
advice of Bills drawn for two hundred Pounds sterling paid for forty
Servants, which two hundred Pounds appear to be part of the Sums
paid without Advice ; with a Bill of Parcels also bought of Capt. Wood
amounting to Seventy Eight Pounds two Shillings and four Pence; in
discharge whereof M' Hyam produced a Bill of Exchange for Seventy
Eight Pounds Sterling, dated Savanah Jan'y ll"1 173| drawn by M'
Oglethorpe. Order'd That the said Bill of Exchange be accepted and paid when due.
M' Simond produced a Bill of Exchange for two hundred and Eighty
Eight Pounds Sterling dated Savanah Jan'7 21" 173f drawn by M'
Oglethorpe of which no Advice had been receiv'd.
Resolved That M' Simond be desired to keep the said Bill till Advice is receiv'd
of the same.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for five hundred Pounds pur
suant to an Order of Common Council March 21s' 173f by M' Digby,
Lord Tyrconnel, Earl of Egmont, M' L'apostre and S' William Heathcote
N° 7631 I.
Order'd That Mr Thomas Hucks be desired to brew a Guile of the best strong
Beer of fifteen Tons at Six Pounds "§, Ton for the use of the Colony.
Read a Letter from M' Oglethorpe dated Sept' 17'" 1733 Savanah by
Cap* Daubuz of the Georgia Pink. Adjourn'd.

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Palace Court
Saturday Aprill 6"1 1734
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Tho8 Tower in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Digby
M' Vernon
M' Laroche
Mr Chandler
M' L'apostre
Order'd That three hundred Pounds be paid into the hands of George Heath
cote Esq' on Account.
Order'd That sixteen Guineas be paid to M' Peter Gordon as a Consideration
for his Draught of Savanah.
Order'd That twenty five Pounds be paid to M' Verelst as half a Year's Sal
ary due Feb'7 23d
Order'd That twenty Six Pounds fi fteen Shillings be paid to M' Smagge for a
Mahogany Book Case and Table.
Signed a Draught on the Bank of England for three hundred Pounds
by the Earl of Shaftesbury Lord Tyrconnel Mr Tho8 Tower M' Vernon
and Mr Laroche. N° 7632 I. Adjourn'd.

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66 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Friday June 7,h 1734
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Laroche in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
M' Heathcote
M' Frederick
M' Vernon
Mr T. Tower
Mr Chandler
Dr Bundy
M' Jean Lovis Poyas attended, and delivered a Paper containing sev
eral Conditions and Demands in favour of the Vaudois.
After taking the same into Consideration
Resolved That the said Demands made in the said Paper cannot be complied
with.
Resolved That the Trustees will defray the Expences of the said Poyas coming
from and going back to Rotterdam, and of his Subsistance here, and will
likewise give a Month's Subsistance to the forty Head of Vaudois from
29th May last.
Resolved That the said Expences be defray'd out of Lord Tullamoore's Bene
faction. M' Tower acquainted the Board that he had receiv'd a Letter from
M' Callard of New Inn desiring to know what Name shall be made use
of as Relator in the Bill of Relation about the Charity from M' Wil
son's Estate.
Order'd That M' Callard do name M' Benjamin Martyn as Relator in the said
BUI. Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of two hundred Acres of Land to S'
Francis Bathurst of the County of Gloucester Baronet.
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of seventy five Acres of Land to
Henry Hardymand of (Slc)

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Order'd
That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said two Grants.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Grants, and a Memorial
of the said Grants in order to be register'd by the Auditor of the Plan
tations. A Letter from M' Simond was read mentioning Mr Oglethorpe's Bills
in his Hands to amount to One thousand two hundred thirty Eight
Pounds and that two hundred Eighty Eight Pounds part thereof was for
Goods sold and deliver'd by Capt. John Yoakley to M' Oglethorpe on
the Colony's account.
Which appearing to the satisfaction of the Board
Order'd That the said Bill of two hundred Eighty Eight Pounds be paid.
Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Friday June 218' 1734
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Vernon in the Chair
M' Oglethorpe
Earl of Egmont
Alderman Kendal
M' Hucks
M' Tower
M' Heathcote
M' Frederick
Mr L'apostre
M' Chandler
Read the General Account to be exhibited pursuant to the Charter
and agreed thereto, And the Balance thereof on the 9"1 of June Instant
was Six thousand one hundred and Eight pounds fourteen Shillings and
three pence.
Several Bills of Exchange amounting with the Interest and Noting to
One thousand and fifty One Pounds and Eleven Shillings being pro
duced.

68 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Order'd
That the said Bills of Exchange be paid.
Resolved That four thousand and four hundred Pounds be paid into the hands
of George Heathcote Esq' on Account.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the same by the Earl of
Egmont M' Vernon Mr Hucks Mr T. Tower and Alderman Kendal N°
76331. Several Bills being produced amounting to Eight hundred pounds
payable July 2d 1733, two Bills amounting to One hundred and fifty
Pounds payable July 4. , One Bill for Six hundred Pounds payable July
10, two Bills amounting to five hundred Pounds payable July 22, and
several others amounting to One thousand two hundred and forty
five Pounds payable July 24, in the whole two thousand Eight hun
dred and ninety five Pounds.
Order'd That the said Bills be paid when due.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday June 26,b 1734
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Chandler in the Chair
M' Vernon
M' Hucks
Earl of Egmont
M' Oglethorpe
Lord Carpenter
M' L'apostre
M' Laroche
Alderman Kendal
Order'd That two hundred Receipts be printed for the Use of the Bank.
Read a Letter from Mons' De Pfeil dated Ratisbon June 14'" 1734
directed to M' Vernon, relating to a Settlement in Georgia desired by a
German Baron.

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M' Oglethorpe acquainted the Board that M' Poyas desired a further
Gratuity for the trouble he has taken in relation to the Vaudois.
After taking the same into Consideration.
Resolved That it appears to the Board, that the said M' Poyas has receiv'd a
sufficient Recompence, and that the Trustees will have nothing more to
say to him. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Tuesday July 23d 1734
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' L'apostre in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
M' Oglethorpe
Lord Carpenter
M' Laroche
Mr Hucks
D' Hales
D' Bundy
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of One hundred Acres of Land in
Georgia to George Brigham.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Grant.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Grant, and a Memorial of
the said Grant in order to be register'd by the Auditor of the Plantations.
Order'd That fifteen hundred Pounds be paid into the hands of George Heath
cote Esq' on Account.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the same by M' L'apos
tre, Earl of Egmont, Mr Laroche, Mr Hucks, and D' Hales N° 7634 I.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to a Recommendation to
the Lords of the Treasury of M' Verelst for the first Vacancy of a King's
Waiter in the Custom House.

70 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Order'd
That Richard Millechamp be sent to Georgia in consideration of twelve
Pounds to be paid by M' Digby for his going Over.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Monday October 7th 1734
Present in Common Council Assembled
Alderman Kendal in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
M1 Oglethorpe
Mr L'apostre
M' Vernon
Mr Heathcote
Capt. Eyles
Dr Hales. •
Read a Charter Party between the Common Council of the Trustees
and M' Simond and Company Owners, and George Dunbar Master of
the Ship Prince of Wales.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Charter Party.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Order'd That the Grant and Enfeoffment of two hundred Acres of Land to S'
Francis Bathurst Bar' dated June 7lh 1734 be cancel'd.
Read a new Grant and Enfeoffment of two hundred Acres of Land to
S' Francis Bathurst Bar'.
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of five hundred Acres of Land to
Bullfinch Lamb.
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of five hundred Acres of Land to An
dreas Godofredus Deitzius.
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of One hundred Acres of Land to Ed
ward Wade.

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Order'd
That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Grants
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Grants, and Memorials of
the said Grants in order to be register'd by the Auditor of the Plantation.
Order'd That Jane Leake and her Daughter Catherine have a Passage in the
Prince of Wales to Georgia
Order'd That William Calloway, Francis Piercy and Joseph Smith have Each
of them a Town Lot on the customary Tenure and Conditions.
Order'd That William Calloway and his Servant be put on the Store and fur-
nish'd with Tools.
Order'd That Thomas Millidge Son of Thomas Millidge Deceas'd have a Li
cence to lease his House and Lot to his Brother John Millidge that he
may be enabled to take care of his two Sisters and Younger Brother in
Georgia.
Order'd That One hundred of D' Hale's Books against drinking distill'd Liq
uors be sent to the People in Georgia.
Resolved That James Oglethorpe Esq' George Heathcote Esq' and Henry
L'apostre Esq' be impower'd to purchase Presents for the Indians to the
Value of four hundred Pounds granted by his Majesty for the said Pur
pose. Adjourn'd.

72 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Wednesday October 9th 1734
Present in Common Council Assembled
Earl of Egmont in the Chair
M' Oglethorpe
M' Vernon
L* Hales
Alderman Kendal
M' Heathcote
M' Eyles
M' L'apostre
William Crombie attended and agreeing to pay his own Passage and
Capt. Dunbar answering for his Maintenance
Order'd That the said William Crombie have a Town Lot on the customary
Tenure and Conditions.
Order'd That John Cunningham have a Town Lot on the customary Tenure
and Conditions if Alderman Kendal reports that his Creditors are satis
fied. Order'd That six Pieces of Cannon and thirty Balls for Each of them, and
fo ur Barrels of Powder be bought of M' Simond at the Town of Savanah
at the prime Cost,
Order'd That William Calloway have a License to sell Beer Ale and all other
Liquors except distill'd Liquors and all mixtures therewith.
George Hows attended with his Father and desired to go to his
Brother Robert Hows in Georgia.
Order'd That the Passage of the said George Hows be defray'd, and that he
be maintain'd for a Year in Georgia.
Order'd That the Passage be defrayed of the following Persons. Viz' Peter
Gordon his Wife and two Servants, Henry Loyd his wife and One Serv
ant John Millidge and One Servant, Thomas Egerton Grandson to

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Thomas Young, Henry Bishop Servant to M' Boltzius and two Servants
for the Magistrates.
Order'd That the said Persons be all maintain'd for a Year.
Order'd That Bedding be provided for M" Leake and her Daughter and such
of the Trust Passengers who want it.
Order'd That Watch Coats be provided for such of the said Passengers Who
want them.
A Proposal was made for the Passage of M' Mackilvey back to Geor
gia to be defrayed
Which was not granted.
The Indians attended about the Prices of Goods which they deal in,
and desired to have such of them lower'd as may be and Tomochachi
said he paid ten Pounds of Leather for a Blanket at Yamacraw.
Refer'd the Consideration thereof to M' Oglethorpe.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday October 16'" 1734
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Oglethorpe in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
Mr Thomas Tower
Mr Heathcote
Capt Eyles
M' L'apostre
D' Hales
M' Hucks
Read an Appointment of Thomas Causton to be second Bailiff of the
Town of Savanah in the room of Richard Hodges deceas'd.
Read an Appointment of Henry Parker to be third Bailiff of the
Town of Savanah in the room of Thomas Causton.

74 . COLONIAL RECORDS.
Order'd
That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Appointments.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Read a Lease and Release of two thousand five hundred Acres of
Land in Georgia to Peter Gordon Thomas Causton Henry Parker the
three Bailiffs and Thomas Christie the Recorder in Trust for the Saltz
burghers and Others.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Lease and Re
lease. Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same. •
Read an Indenture for binding Henry Bishop of the Charity School
of S' Dunstan in the West London Labourer as Servant to the Trustees
for seven Years in order to be assign'd over to Mr Boltzius.
Read an Indenture for binding William Ewen as Servant to the
Trustees for two Years in order to be assign'd over to M' Causton
Resolved That fifty Acres of Land be given the said William Ewen when his
Time is out.
Order'd That the seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said two Indentures.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
A Bill drawn by M' Thomas Causton for two hundred sixty two Pounds
Eight Shillings, Another Bill for fifty Pounds, And Another Bill for One
hundred Pounds being produced by M' Simond and the Uses for which
they were drawn being Specified
Order'd That the said Bills be accepted and paid.
M' Simond produced several Bills drawn by M' Chardon amounting
to One thousand four hundred and Eighty five Pounds but there being
no Account of the particular Services for which the said Bills were
drawn
Order'd That five hundred Pounds of the said One thousand four hundred

COLONIAL RECORDS. 75
Eighty five Pounds be paid, it appearing probable that so much may
have been expended in provisions for the Service of the Colony.
Order'd That a Common Council be summon'd this day fortnight to consider
further of the said Bills.
Order'd That One thousand five hundred Pounds be paid into the hands of
George Heathcote Esq' on Account.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the same by M' Ogle
thorpe, the Earl of Egmont M' Vernon Mr T. Tower and M' Hucks N°
7635 I.
A Letter from Mr Oglethorpe dated Savanah Sept' 27'" 1733 recom
mending M' George Dunbar of Inverness to a grant of Land being pro
duced by M' Dunbar and read.
Order'd That the same be refer'd to the Consideration of a future Common
Council. Order'd That in the Charter Party sign'd October 7th Instant the Heads to be
Ship'd be Eighty five, and the Water to be served be One Quart during
the Beer ^> Diem, and two Quarts after the Beer is expended, and that
no lime for paying the Freight should be mention'd.
Resolved That One hundred Pounds part of the Money given by his Majesty for
the Indians be given to M' Musgrave Interpreter to the said Indians.
Resolved That a Grant of five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia be given to
the said Musgrave on the customary Tenure and Conditions
Resolved That Elizabeth Cundell wife of John Cundell now in Georgia with her
three Children be sent over to Georgia
Resolved That Capt. George Dunbar be desired to visit the Southward Settle
ments in Georgia. Adjourn'd.

76 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Saturday October 26. 1734
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mr Tho8 Tower in the Chair
Mr Oglethorpe
Mr Hucks
Mr Vernon
Capt. Eyles
M' L'apostre
Lord Carpenter
D' Hales
Read a Power for the setting out, limiting, and bounding two thou
sand five hundred acres of Land granted to Peter Gordon, Thomas
Causton, Henry Parker, and Thomas Christie in Trust for the Saltz
burghers and Others.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Power.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Order'd That five Guineas be given to M' Vat the Conductor of the Saltz
burghers to Georgia for Conveniencies during his Passage.
Resolved That M' John Vat be the Secretary in Georgia for the Saltzburgh af
fairs under the direction of their Ministers, and that he from time to
time do write to the Trustees about all transactions relating to them.
That the said M' John Vat do keep such Accounts and write such
Letters as shall be desired by M' Causton the" Storekeeper ; And as the
Common Council of the Trustees see the Merit of the Work he does in
keeping and writing such Accounts, Letters, and other things, they will
reward him accordingly.
That the said M' John Vat have a Lot in the Town of Savanah on the
customary Tenure and Conditions, and a Servant to be upon the Stores.
Resolved That if the said M' John Vat finds the Country disagrees with him, he
is to have leave to return home, and have his Passage defrayed to his
own Country by the Trustees.

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Resolved That the Passage be defrayed of a Man and Maid Servant for M'
Thomas Causton, and that they be put upon the Stores.
Resolved That Alexander Ross, Thomas Baillie and Daniel Stewart have Each
of them a Lot in the Town of JSavanah on the customary Tenure and
Conditions. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Monday November IT"1 1734
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Hucks in the Chair
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Vernon
Lord Carpenter
Mr Chandler
M' Heathcote
M' L'apostre
Capt. Eyles
D' Bundy
Order'd That Six hundred Pounds be paid into the hands of George Heath
cote Esq' on Account.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the same by M' Hucks
M' Vernon M' L'apostre M' Tho8 Tower and M' Chandler N° 7636 I.
Order'd That in the Summons for the next Common Council the following
Words be Inserted Viz' to consider of a proper Reward for Mr Verelst's
trouble in his Attendance on the Indians and the late Imbarkations,
and likewise a proper Reward for the House-keeper.
Adjourn'd.

78 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Wednesday November 20"1 1734
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Vernon in the Chair
M' Oglethorpe
Earl of Egmont
Lord Carpenter
D' Bundy
Mr Hucks
M' Tho" Tower
M' Heathcote
Mr L'apostre
Resolved That fifty Guineas be given to M' Verelst the Accountant for the
trouble he had in attending on the Indians.
Resolved That twelve Guineas be given to Mr Atherton and his Wife House
keeper and Messenger for the trouble they had in attending on the In
dians. Read a Letter from M' Samuel Eveleigh with a Bill for three hun
dred twenty Seven Pounds five Shillings and Eight Pence.
Order'd That the said Bill be accepted and paid when due.
Order'd That four hundred Pounds be paid into the hands of George Heath
cote Esq' on Account.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the same by M' Ver
non, Earl of Egmont, M' Hucks M' T. Tower and M' L'apostre N°
7637 I.
Resolved That the Sum of One hundred Pounds in the hands of George
Heathcote Esq' assign'd for the payment of a Bill drawn by M' Ogle
thorpe on Mess" Simond and C° dated October 24'" 1733 (which
proves a Mistake; no such Bill being drawn) be assign'd for the pay
ment of a Bill for One hundred Pounds drawn by M' Oglethorpe on
Mess" Simond and C° dated October 25th 1733, of which the Trustees
have received Advice. Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 79
Palace Court
Wednesday December 11th 1734
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' L'apostre in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
M' Hucks
Mr Oglethorpe
M' Heathcote
M' Laroche
D' Bundy
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Vernon
Order'd That the Bill of two hundred thirty Eight Pounds Nine Shillings and
Eight Pence drawn by Mess" Jenys and Baker September 5'" 1734, and
presented last Wednesday be paid when due.
Order'd That One hundred and one Pounds thirteen Shillings and four Pence
be paid to M' Simond for the freight of twenty heads one third of Pas
sengers on Board the Prince of Wales ; Seventy Pounds for the freight
of the Eight Indians in the Great Cabin : Six Pounds Sixteen Shillings
and Six Pence for the Charge of inclosing the twenty One Cabins be
tween Decks at Six Shillings and Six Pence Each for the Conveniency
of the Passengers ; And Eight Pounds ten Shillings half Charge of the
Awning upon Deck, in all One hundred Eighty Six Pounds Nineteen
Shillings and ten Pence.
Order'd That two hundred Pounds be paid into the hands of George Heath
cote Esq' on Account.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the same by Mr L'apos
tre M' Hucks M' Laroche M' Tower and M' Vernon N° 7638 I.
Read a Petition of Bulfinch Lambe for a Lot of Land in the Town of
Savanah sufficient to build a House and Storehouse there, and to have
the five hundred Acres which are granted to him set out on the side of
a River.
Order'd That Instructions be sent to set out the said five hundred Acres as
near a River as may be where Lands are not already taken up.

80 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Rejected the Other Part of the Petition.
Order'd That two Pounds two Shillings be paid to M' Harbin for his Bill, and
in full of his trouble over and above the ten Shillings and Six Pence be
fore paid to him.
Order'd That the sum of forty three Pounds thirteen Shillings and four Pence
be applied out of the Money contributed for Religious Uses for inclosing
the Glebe for the Minister of Savanah, and that Mr Causton be directed
to get the same done, and to draw on the Trustees as the Work is done,
and that the Revd M' Quincy do certify on each Draught that the Work
is so done. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Tuesday Jan'3' 7th 173|
Present in Common Council Assembled
Earl of Egmont in the Chair
Lord Limerick
Lord Carpenter
M' Laroche
M' Hucks
M' Vernon
M' Chandler
M' L'apostre
D' Bundy
Mr Heathcote
Capt. Eyles
M' Oglethorpe
Read the Case of John Roberts Esq' touching a Barony which he
claims in Georgia.
Resolved That it is the Opinion of the Board that the said John Roberts Esq'
has no foundation for such Claim.
Receiv'd a Bill of Exchange from M' Isaac Chardon for One hundred
Pounds Sterl. dated Charles Town Nov' 12th 1734 payable to M' John
Baker thirty Days after sight.

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Advice of the said Bill being Receiv'd.
Order'd That the said Bill be accepted and paid when due.
Order'd That four hundred Pounds be paid into the hands of George Heath
cote Esq' on Account.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the same by the Earl
of Egmont Mr Hucks Mr Laroche Mr Vernon and M' L'apostre N°
7639 I.
A Bill of Exchange drawn by Mr Isaac Chardon dated October 28th
1734 for forty Eight Pounds payable to M" Frances Watt at thirty Days
after sight being produced and Advice of the said Bill being Receiv'd.
Order'd That the said Bill be accepted and paid when due.
Order'd That thirty Seven Pounds ten Shillings a Quarter's Salary due at
Christmas last to Robert Millar the Botanist be paid to Andrew Millar
Attorney to the said Robert Millar.
Order'd That M' Chardon's Letters dated October 24'" Nov' 4 and 18th 1734
be refer'd to the Committee of Correspondence.
Resolved That five hundred Acres of Land be granted to Nicolous Ludovicus./'
Count of Zinzendorf and Pottendorf.
Resolved That twenty Acres of Land be granted to Each of the said Count Zin-
zendorf's ten Male Servants at the Expiration of their Service contigu
ous to the Lands of the said Count Zinzendorf.
Resolved That a Lot in the Town of Savanah be given to M' Spangenberg on '"'
the Customary Tenure and Conditions. Adjourn'd.

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Palace Court
Friday Jan17 10th 173|
Present in Common Council Assembled
Lord Carpenter in the Chair
M' Oglethorpe
M' Vernon
M' Sloper
M' L'apostre
M' Laroche
Alderman Kendal
Mr More
Dr Bundy
Resolved That the Earl of Egmont M' Digby, Lord Carpenter, James Ogle
thorpe, George Heathcote, Thomas Tower, Robert More, Robert Hucks,
Rogers Holland, William Sloper, Francis Eyles, John Laroche, James
Vernon Esq" Dr Hales, The Earl of Shaftesbury Ld Tyrconnel, Lord
Limerick, Richard Chandler Thomas Frederick, Henry L'apostre Esq"
Sr William Heathcote, Alderman Kendal John White Esq' and D' Bun
dy, Or any three of them be a Committee to settle the Imbarkation of
the Swiss, Grizons and Germans with Capt" William Thompson of the
Ship, call'd the Two Brothers ; And that they be impower'd to receive
of the sd Swiss, Grizons and Germans Security for the repayment of their
Passage to Savanah and Purisburgh.
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of five hundred Acres of Land in
Georgia to Nicolaus Ludovicus Count of Zinzendorf and Pottendorf.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Grant.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Grant.
Resolved That the said Count Zinzendorf have Leave to be absent during Pleas
ure in consideration of his sending over ten Male Servants to cultivate
his Lands.
Resolved That a Lot in the Town of Savanah be given to David Nitschmann
on the customary Tenure and Conditions.

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Order'd That a certified Copy of Count Zinzendorf's Grant be sent over to
Georgia to be register'd in the proper office and that Possession of his
Land be deliver'd to M' August Gottlieb Spangenberg Attorney for the
said Count Zinzendorf, as if the Original Grant was produced.
Order'd That M1 Child's Benefaction of Cheese be sent over to Georgia for the
use of the Stores by Captn William Thompson.
Order'd That four Barrels of Sope, And five Tuns of Strong Beer be sent by
Capt" William Thompson for the Use of the Stores.
Order'd That the Charge of Cask and Freight of One Tun of Strong Beer
credited William Calloway by Thomas Hucks Esq' in Order to retail in
Georgia be paid, and that William Calloway do repay for the same the
Sum of four Pounds, whereof two Pounds to be repaid in the Casks
themselves when empty, if he is desirous of returning them for the Use
of the Colony.
Order'd That the Magistrates at Savanah do grant a License to Bulfinch
Lambe to be absent for a Year after he has built his House, and on his
leaving two of the ten Servants (which he is oblig'd to carry over) to cul
tivate his Lands.
Refer'd to the Committee of Correspondence to write a Letter to Count
Zinzendorf. Adjourn'd.

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Palace Court
Wednesday Jan" 15th 173|
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mr Oglethorpe in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
Lord Carpenter
M' Digby
S' William Heathcote
M' White
Mr Laroche
Mr Hucks
M' Holland
Capt. Eyles
M' T. Tower
M' Vernon
Mr Chandler
D' Bundy
M' More
Resolved That Saturday Morning next be appointed a Common Council tor re -
ceiving the Report whether the Swiss Grizons and Germans agree to the
Articles proposed to them.
Order'd That such of them who do agree to the said Articles do sign them.
Resolved That the said Swiss and Grizons be dispens'd with from being bound
One for Another for the repayment of the Money lent to them for their
Passage. Order'd That the Reading of the Charter Party with Capt. William Thomson
and the Owners of the Ship called the Two Brothers be put off till Sat
urday next.
Resolved That Mess" Bevan be desired to provide a Box of Medicines for the
next Imbarkation.
M' Vernon reported to the Board that the Laws to which the Seals
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and had been refer'd to a Committee of Council, Who had taken the
same into Consideration, and refer'd them to the Lords Comm" for
Trade and Plantations for their Opinion.
Resolved That Mr Oglethorpe M' Vernon Lord Tyrconnel, M' Tho8 Tower M'
Chandler and M' More be desired to attend the Board of Trade when
they take the said Laws into Consideration.
Read a Letter from M' Tho8 Lowndes intimating a Scheme for raising
a Fund for the Settling of the Colony, and desiring the Earl of Egmont
M' Sloper Mr Vernon and M' Oglethorpe may be impower'd to treat
with him.
Resolved That the said Gentlemen be desired to receive the Proposal of the
said M' Lowndes, and report the same to the Board.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Tuesday Jan'y 21" 173|
Present in Common Council Assembled
Earl of Egmont in the Chair
Lord Tyrconnel
Lord Carpenter
M' Oglethorpe
Mr White
M' More
Mr Hucks
M' Digby
S' William Heathcote
M' Heathcote
Read a Letter from M' Jere : Joge nominating M' Thomas Minnet of
London Merchant to be engaged with M' John Rieusset in the Charter
Party for the Ship Two Brothers.
Order'd That M' Verelst the Accountant be directed to keep a Leidger Book
after the Italian Manner.
Order'd That thirty Seven Pounds Part of the Six hundred Pounds given by

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his Majesty for a Loan to One hundred Swiss Grizons and Germans be
lodged in the hands of M' Heathcote
Resolved That M' Horner do examine the Several Swiss and Grizons, and Mr
Spangenberg the Germans, who are to embark for Savanah and Puris-
burgh, and certify to the Board Whether they are Protestants.
Read a Charter Party between the Common Council of the Trustees
and M' John Rieusset Merchant Owner, and William Thomson Master
of the Two Brothers, and Thomas Minnet of London Merchant.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Charter Party.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Charter Party.
Order'd ;
That the Amount of ten shillings fi Head be sent for the Several
Swiss Grizons and Germans being the Balance of their Bond for the
Loan to them ; And that it be put in a Box deliver'd to M' Spangen
berg consign'd to M' Causton Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Wednesday Feb'y 5'" 173|
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Digby in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
Earl of Egmont
Lord Limerick
M' Oglethorpe
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Vernon
S' William Heathcote
M' Holland
M' Laroche
Lord Carpenter
M' L'apostre
M' Chandler
D' Hales
Lord Tyrconnel
D' Bundy.

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M' Oglethorpe laid before the Board an Account of Receipts and Dis
bursements in Georgia from 1732 to 6th of May 1734 the Title of Which
was read.
Order'd That the said Account and all the Accounts refer'd to therein be re
fer'd to the Committee of Accounts.
Resolved That All the Gentlemen of the Common Council be Members of the
Committee of Accounts.
Ordei'd That the two Draughts presented this Day by Mr Oglethorpe to the
Trustees (specified in the Minutes of the Trustees) be put in Frames with
a Glass over them and hung up in the Office
Order'd That a Committee of Accounts be appointed to meet on Saturday the
15th Instant at nine o'Clock in the Morning, and that Summons be issued
to all the Members of the Common Council to give them Notice thereof.
M' Oglethorpe laid before the Board an Account of the State of the
Colony.Order'd That the said Account be refer'd to the Committee of Accounts Who
are to meet on the 15'u Instant.
Order'd That the Letter to Mr Chardon be refer'd to the said Committee
A Bill of Exchange for One hundred Pounds dated August 23d 1734
drawn by M' Tho8 Causton payMe to Richard Woodward was presented to
the Board.
Order'd That M' Verelst the Accountant be impower'd to accept the said Bill
for the Trustees in case he finds it necessary to avoid the said Bills being
protested. Order'd That Eight Pounds be paid to M' D'aguillon for the use of the Daugh
ter of the late M' De Ferron being the Value of the Improvements upon
the Lands of the said M' De Ferron escheated to the Trustees by his
Death without Issue Male. Adjourn'd.

88 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Present in Common Council Assembled
Wednesday Febry 26'" 173|
Earl of Shaftesbury in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Lord Limerick
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Oglethorpe
M' Vernon
Mr T. Tower
M' Hucks
Mr Holland
Mr Sloper
M' Heathcote
Order'd That Six hundred Pounds be reimbursed to M' Heathcote and M'
Desmeth advanced by the said Gentlemen for the Imbarkation of the
Swiss Grizons and Germans on board the Two Brothers Capt. William
Thomson. Order'd That the Petition of Elizabeth Wood late Wife of John Warren be
refer'd to the Committee of Accounts.
Order'd That a Town Lot in Savanah be granted to Martin Eversen on the
Customary Tenure and Conditions.
Order'd That Summons to the Trustees to meet on Thursday March 20th 173f
be printed.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for Six hundred Pounds
payable to M' Heathcote and M' Desmeth by the Earl of Shaftesbury,
Earl of Egmont, Lord Tyrconnel, M' Vernon and M' Holland N° 7641 1.
Resolved That M' Oglethorpe M' Talbot M' Tower and any Gentlemen of the
Common Council Who please be desired to attend the Lords Comm" of
Trade and Plantations on a Conference desired by their Lordships in re
lation to the Defence and Security of South Carolina.
M' Verelst reported to the Board that he had waited on M' Stephen
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dated August 23d 1734 drawn by M' Thomas Causton payable to Rich
ard Woodward ; And that M' Winthrope agreed to keep the Bill with
out acceptance untill it becomes due. Which being reported to be due
on Monday next being the third of March, and no Advice of the said Bill
being receiv'd
Order'd That in consideration of Mr Winthrope's great Civility the said Bill be
paid when due in honour of the Drawer Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday March 5'" 173f
Present in Common Council Assembled
Lord Tyrconnel in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Lord Limerick
M' Oglethorpe
M' Vernon
M' G. Heathcote
M' L'apostre
Earl of Shaftsbury
M' Frederick
M' Holland
A Bill of Exchange for Seventy Pounds dated Savanah Dec' 7th 1734
drawn by Mr Thomas Causton on the Trustees payable to Richard Wood
ward and C° thirty Days after Sight was presented to the Board.
A Bill of Exchange for three hundred Pounds dated Savanah Dec'
17"" 1734 drawn by Mr Thomas Causton on the Trustees payable to Paul
Jenys and C° thirty Days after sight was also presented
Order'd That the said Bills be accepted in order for payment.
There not being Money in the Bank for the general Uses of the Col
ony sufficient for the payment of the said Bills, M' Heathcote offer'd to
pay the said Bills when due in honor of the Trustees till there shall be
Cash sufficient Adjourn'd.

90 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court '
Monday March 17'" 173|
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' L'apostre in the Chair
Earl of Shaftsbury
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
Mr Hucks
M' Holland
Mr Digby
Mr Sloper
Lord Carpenter
Mr Oglethorpe
S' William Heathcote
Read a Letter from M' Thomas Causton dated Savanah Jan'y 16"'
1734 mentioning among other things a full Account of Watson's Be
haviour in Savanah relating to the Death of Skee the Indian.
Read Instructions to the Bailiffs and Recorder of the Town of Savanah
in the Province of Georgia on the Case of the said Watson.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Instructions.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Instructions.
Order'd That a Letter be immediately sent to M' Thomas Causton with the
said Instructions inclosed, and with Orders to make M' Musgrove full
amends for the loss of his Servant Justus, and for a Gift to be given to
the Relations of Skee, and fifty Pounds Currency to be also given to
Edward Jenkins and Others as a Reward for their apprehending the
Murderer of Wise. Adjourn'd.

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Vestry Room of S' Bride's Church
Thursday March 20th 173$
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mr White in the Chair
M' Vernon
M' Tho8 Tower
Earl of Shaftsbury
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
Lord Limerick
M' Digby
Mr Hucks
Mr Laroche
M' Holland
D' Bundy
Order'd That fifty Pounds be paid to the Secretary, and fifty Pounds to the
Accountant as part of the Consideration for their past Services.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday March 26'" 1735
Present in Common Council Assembled
Earl of Egmont in the Chair
Earl of Shaftsbury
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Sloper
M' Hucks
M' Laroche
M' Holland
Mr Oglethorpe
M' Tho8 Tower
Resolved That two hundred Pounds be paid into the hands of George Heath
cote Esq' on Account.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the said two hundred

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Pounds by the Earl of Egmont M' Sloper M' Holland M' Hucks, and
M' Tho8 Tower N° 7642. I Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Aprill 2d 1735
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mr Oglethorpe in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Vernon
Mr Sloper
M' Laroche
M' Hucks
Sr William Heathcote
M' Verelst the Accomptant reported that there was on Board the
James Capt. Yoakley a Box containing three Sorts of Silk, weighing
Box and all 158wt brought directly from Savanah.
Order'd That the Accomptant do apply to the Commissioners of the Customs
for a View of the said Silk, and for their Opinion whether it ought to
be enter'd liable to a Duty or No.
A Memorial of David Nitschmann Master of the Household to Nic-
olaus Ludovicus Count of Zinzendorf and Pottendorf with a Proposal
from the said Count to send over fifty five Heads of People to Georgia,
and desiring the Trustees to lend the said Persons four hundred and for
ty Pounds for their Passage thither, and several Necessaries ; was read.
The several Paragraphs of the said Memorial being read over a second
time, the seven first Articles were agreed to : And to the last the Board
returned for Answer, that When the Money is repaid, the Trustees will
be ready to receive new Proposals.
Read A Memorial from Thomas Christie to the Trustees praying to be
come a Tenant upon a Lease for twenty One Years for a Trust Lot now
vacant in Savanah for building a Timber House paying ten Shillings <P>
ann, and at the Expiration of every Seven Years One Years Value ac
cording to the improvement made thereon.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 93
Order'd That the said Memorial be refer'd to the Committee of Correspond
ence. A Letter from M' John Pheasant with a Proposal to furnish the Col
ony with shoes was read and refer'd to the said Committee.
Henry Myer attended and presented a List of several Swiss Who are
desirous of going as Servants to Georgia
Order'd That the same be refer'd to the Consideration of the said Committee
of Correspondence.
Order'd That the said Committee of Correspondence do meet on friday next
being Aprill 4th. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Aprill 16th 1735
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Hucks in the Chair
Earl of Shaftsbury
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
Lord Limerick
Mr Digby
Mr White
Alderman Kendal
M' Holland
D' Hales
M' Oglethorpe
M' Laroche
Mr Tho8 Tower
M' Vernon
Order'd That M' Chardon's Letters and Accounts and the Answer to M' Char-
don's Letters be refer'd to the Committee of Accounts.
A Complaint being made to the Board by William Littel Grandfather
to William Littel an Infant at Savanah in Georgia, that the Father of

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the said Infant being dead at Savanah, and the Mother of the said In
fant being since married to John West and likewise dead ; That John
West keeps possession of the House belonging to the late William Lit
tel, to the prejudice of William Littel the Infant, and that the said
House can let for ten or twelve pounds Sterling.
Order'd That Instructions be sent to the Magistrates of Savanah that they do
immediately inquire whether any Guardians have been already appoint
ed by the Will of the late William Littel, And if not, that the Trustees
do assign Samuel Marcer to be his Guardian at the request of William
Littel the Grandfather ; That the house of the late William Littel by
the In tail belongs to William Littel his Son, the, Rent of which must be
in the first Place applied to the maintenance of the Infant, and the Res
idue to the improvement of his Lot ; and that the Infant must in the
mean time be kept at M" Parkers. As for the Personal Estate, if the
said William Littel made any Will, and gave any Part thereof to the
Infant, then the Magistrates are to take care to dispose of the same, and
pay the profits thereof to the Guardian to be dispos'd of in the manner
aforesaid. That if the said William Littel died intestate, then the Share
belonging to the Infant by the Statute of Distributions of Intestates
Estates, being two thirds of his late Father's personal Estates to be dis
pos'd of and applied likewise for the maintenance of the Infant during
his Minority, and the Improvement of his Lot ; And the said Guardian
of the said Infant is to enter into a Bond with a sufficient enalty by
way of Security for his application of the Rents an d Profits of the In
fants real Estate, and of the Disposal of his Personal Estate as before
directed. Resolved That it be refer'd to M' Oglethorpe M' Thomas Tower and M' Holland
to consider of proper Grants to be made of Glebes for the several Min
isters in Georgia.
Read a Petition of Thomas Pratt for License to sell his House in
Savanah
Order'd That the said Petition be consider'd the next board.
Read a Petition of Thomas Pratt for Rent for his House in Savanah
which is used at present for the sick People there.
Refer'd the same to the Committee of Accounts.
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for sixty One Pounds ten Shillings for thirteen thousand Eight hundred
and Sixty six Pounds of Rice and Casks bought of Nathaniel Barnwell
and deliver'd at Savanah payable thirty Days after sight to Richard
Woodward and Company ; Which Bill was presented by Acceptance by
Richard Partridge Aprill 9th 1735.
Read a Bill of Exchange drawn by M' Thomas Causton Janry 25th
1734 to supply the most Necessitous on the Reduction of the Stores for
forty Pounds Which was presented for Acceptance by Mess" Heylin
Rogers and C Aprill 9th 1735 payable thirty days after sight to the Or
der of Mess" Paul Jenys and C°.
Order'd That the said Bills be accepted and paid when due.
Read a Letter from the Revd Mr Elisha Millechamp desiring two
Servants to be sent to his Brother Thomas Millechamp in Georgia.
Order'd That the Charge of the Passage for the said Servants be paid by the
Trust as a Loan to the said Thomas Millechamp.
Order'd That two Silver Watches of six pounds Value Each be bought of M'
Horseman Watchmaker and sent to the Captain of the Scout Boat and
the Captain of the Rangers as Presents from the Trustees.
Order'd That a Town Lot be granted to William Cookesey under the usual
Limitations and Conditions ; And that he may have Liberty of having
Provisions at the Storehouse for himself and two Servants in the same
proportion as are granted to Others, for Which the Money is to be paid
at the Office here Adjourn'd.

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Palace Court
Wednesday Aprill 23d 1735
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Sloper in the Chair
Earl of Shaftsbury
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Thos Tower
M' White
Alderman Kendal
Mr Vernon
S' William Heathcote
D' Bundy
M' Oglethorpe
M' Holland
M' Digby
The Board took into Consideration the Petition of Thomas Pratt for
License to sell his House in Savanah.
The said Thomas Pratt being called in, and ask'd why he returned
from Georgia, he said it was for the Recovery of his Health Being also
asked, if he had any proper License under hand and Seal or in Writing
for his Return, He answer'd He had not. Being likewise asked, if he
intended to return to Georgia to cultivate his Lands according to the
Tenure of the Grant to him, He replied, That being in Service in Eng
land he could not. Being also asked if he was married, he replied he
never was married.
Resolved That the said Thomas Piatt has forfeited his Grant.
Resolved That the Lot in Savanah lately belonging to the said Thomas Pratt
be granted to Margaret Bovy and the Heirs Male of her Body lawfully
begotten under the same Limitations and Conditions.
Read the Law to prevent the Importation and the Use of Rum and
Brandies in the Province of Georgia ; the Law for maintaining the
Peace with the Indians in the said Province, and the Law for rendering
the Colony of Georgia more defensible by prohibiting the Importation
and Use of Black Slaves or Negroes into Georgia, to which several
Laws his Majesty has given his Royal Assent.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 97
Order'd
That fair Copies of the said Laws be made in order to be printed by.
Order'd That One thousand of Each of the said Laws be printed.
Read a Letter from M" S. Haselfoot setting forth that She is at a loss
how to procure two Servants to be sent to her Husband James Hasel
foot in Savanah, and desiring the Trustees to assist her in procuring
them, and desiring likewise that Credit may be given her Husband for
his Maintenance in Savanah for a Year if he wants it.
Resolved That two foreign Servants be sent to the said James Haselfoot the
first Opportunity, Mrs Haselfoot paying ten pounds for the Charge of the
Passage of the said Servants at the Office here.
Resolved That Credit be given in Savanah to the said James Haselfoot for a
Year's Maintenance if he wants it.
Resolved That it be refer'd to M1 Thomas Tower and Mr Holland to prepare a
Draught of an Act for Powder Duty in Georgia.
Resolved That it be refer'd to the said Gentlemen to prepare a Sumptuary Law
to prevent the Use of Gold and Silver in Apparel furniture and Equi
page in Georgia.
Resolved That a Committee of Correspondence be appointed to meet o' friday
Morning next at 10 o'Clock to consider of George Lewis Wentz's Pro
posal for bringing over foreign Protestant Servants for the People in
Georgia, and to take into Consideration any Letters that may be di
rected to the Trustees. Adjourn'd.

[7 C. v.]

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Palace Court
Monday May 5'* 1735
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mr Vernon in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Oglethorpe
Mr Geo. Heathcote
S' William Heathcote
M' Holland
Mr L'apostre
M' Hucks
Capt. Eyles
D' Hales
M' George Lewis Wentz attended on his Proposal to engage One
hundred German Servants for the Colony of Georgia to be brought into
the River of Thames at twenty Shillings <P> Head, and the said Wentz
desired to have such Money advanced to him from time to time as he
may want to enable him to procure and bring over the said Servants
Resolved That twenty Pounds be advanced to the said George Lewis Wentz
before he sets out on his journey ; That twenty Pounds be further paid
him at Worms in case he brings One hundred Servants thither, or lour
shillings ^> Head for so many as he brings. That twenty Pounds be
further paid him at Cologn under the same Conditions. That twenty
Pounds be further paid him at Rotterdam under the same Conditions ;
And that twenty Pounds be further paid for him to the Master of the
ship who shall bring the said One hundred German Servants or four
Shillings ^. Head for so many as he shall bring.
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of the House and Lot in the Town of
Savanah (lately belonging to Thomas Pratt and since forfeited to the
Trustees) to M" Margaret Bovy and the Heirs Male of her Body.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Grant.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Grant.

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Read a Petition of Mary Bateman Mother of William Bateman now
in Georgia, setting forth, That her Son William Bateman went to Geor
gia by the way of Charles Town at his own Expence, with one Servant
to take Possession of a Grant of Seventy five Acres of Land ; That his
Servant left him at Charles Town ; That he has had great Illness, and
been at extraordinary Expences on Other Occasions ; And praying
Credit for a Year's Maintenance for himself and his Wife in Georgia
and to have the Assistance of a Servant.
Resolved ,
That Credit be given to the said William Bateman and his Wife for a
Year's Maintenance, and that a Servant be sent to him.
Read a Petition of John Strudwick Brandon desiring a Lot of fifty
Acres in Georgia on his payment of ten Pounds for the passage of him
self and a Servant ; And that his Servant may be maintain'd on the
Stores for a Year.
Agreed to the Prayer of the said Petition.
Resolved That the Order for five Tuns of strong Beer Which was to have been
sent by the two Brothers Capt. Thomson be enlarged to ten Tuns. And
that the said Beer be sent by the James Capt. Yoakley.
Order'd That three hundred weight of Gunpowder being One hundred weight
of Cannon Powder and two hundred of treble ffs be sent by the said
Ship for the Stores.
Resolved That a Town Lot in Savanah be granted to Austen Weddell ; And
that he and his Wife be sent over by the said Ship And that they be
maintain'd for a Year.
Resolved That a Town Lot in Savanah be granted to John Thomson who carries
two Servants with him at his own Expence.
Order'd That the Passage be paid to George Muir the son of James Muir at
present in Georgia
Order'd That John Robinson be sent as a Servant to M' Gronau, and Nicolas
Carpenter as an Under Servant to M' Bolzius.
Order'd That thirty Seven Pounds ten shillings be paid to M' Andrew Millar

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ss Attorney for his Brother Robert Millar for a Quarter's Salary due at
Lady Day last as Botanist.
Resolved That Ann Bliss be sent by the James Capt. Yoakley to act as Nurse
in Georgia.
Order'd That One hundred Pounds be paid into the hands of George Heathcote
Esq' on Account.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the same by Lord Tyr
connel M' Vernon M' Holland M' L'apostre and D' Hales N° 7643 I.
Resolved That five Guineas be given to the Doorkeepers, Housekeeper and
Messenger of the House of Commons.
Order'd That One thousand weight of Copper Farthings be sent to Georgia in
five Firkins ; One hundred Pounds Sterling (part of the Value of the
said Farthings) being to make good so much Provisions for the first Em
barkation of the Saltzburghers now in Georgia
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday May 7th 1735
Present in Common Council Assembled
Earl of Shaftsbury in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Mr Vernon
M' Holland
M' Tho8 Tower
Sr William Heathcote
M' L'apostre
M' Oglethorpe
Order'd That the Bedding be prepared for the foreign Servants Who are to
embark on board the James Capt. Yoakley consisting of four Yards and
One Quarter of Canvas for ^allias, and a Bolster stuff'd with Straw,
and a Blanket.

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Order'd
That Mr Verelst do provide the same Bedding for the English Pas
sengers as usual.
Instructions to George Lewis Wentz for his Conduct during his Jour
ney to Procure One hundred German Servants for Georgia were read.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Instructions.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Instructions.
Resolved That a Town Lot be granted to William Pitches under the usual
Limitations and Conditions, and that he be maintained for a Year.
Resolved That M' Vernon M' Tho8 Tower Mr Holland and Mr Oglethorpe Or
any others of the Common Council be a Committee to settle what Pro
visions shall be bought at Philadelphia against the new People shall ar
rive in Georgia Who are to embark in August ; And that the said Com
mittee do meet on Saturday next at 3 o'Clock in the Afternoon.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Saturday May 10ih 1735
Present in Common Council Assembled
Lord Limerick in the Chair
M' Oglethorpe
M' Holland
M' Vernon
M' Tho8 Tower
Sr William Heathcote
D' Bundy
Mr L'apostre
Lord Carpenter
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the following Indentures
of Servants bound to the Trustees. Viz' Gasper Schumaker and Chris
tian his Wife for five Years from the Date of the Indenture, Agatha

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Bandley, Hans Frederick Christer and Maria Magdalena his Wife,
Thomas Meyer and Ursula his Wife and Andreas Michell and Margaret
his Wife, All for the same term, Henry Meyer Son of Thomas Meyer
for ten Years, Margaret Maddis Widow of Peter Phizzel for five Years,
Margaret Phizzel Daughter of Peter Phizzel for two Years. Barbara
Phizzel Daughter of the said Peter for six Years, Katherine Phizzel
Daughter of the said Peter for Eleven Years, Nicolas Carpenter for the
same term, and John Robinson for nine Years from the Date of the In
denture. Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Indentures.
M' Peter Gordon attended and deliver'd in a Memorial to the Trustees
with several Letters and Papers from several of the Inhabitants of Sav
anah Viz'.
A Letter from Robert Parker to M' Gordon dated March 2. 1734.
A List of Goods brought into the Store by William Sale and Damages
said to be receiv'd by Robert Parker Jun'.
A Letter from Mr West to M' Gordon. March 10. 1734
A Letter from M' Quincy to M' Gordon. March 3. 1734.
A Letter from Patrick Houston to M' Gordon March l8' 1734, with a
Memorial of Grievances.
A Memorial from Patrick Houston D' Tailfer and Others deliver'd to
M' Gordon.
A Letter from Patrick Houston Patrick Tailfer and Andrew Grant
Jan'y 21" 1734.
A Letter from Susan Bowling to M' Gordon March 20th 1734.*
A Letter from Joseph Watson to M' Gordon March 10'" 1734.
A Petition of the Freeholders of Georgia against frequent Courts.
And a Petition of Robert Pringle to the Trustees about the Division
of Elisha Dobrees Effects.
Which were severally read. Adjourn'd.
* Not clear in the original.

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Palace Court
Friday May 23d 1735
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' L'apostre in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
Lord Limerick
Lord Carpenter
M' Tho8 Tower
Mr Geo. Heathcote
Alderman Kendal
Sr William Heathcote
M' Oglethorpe
M' Hucks
M' Frederick
Lord Tyrconnel
A Report was made from the Committee to whom it was refer'd to
settle what Provisions should be bought at Philadelphia against the new
People shall arrive in Georgia Who are to embark in August next.
That M' Simond attended and offer'd to deliver Flower in Georgia at
eleven Shillings Sterl. $ 100 pounds Weight, and that he could not do
it cheaper because Flower is now twelve Shillings and six Pence ^> 112
pound Weight at Philadelphia. But in case the Price shall be fallen
under twelve Shillings and Six pence <$>> 112 pd8 w' at Philadelphia he
will make a proportionable deduction. And that M' Simond desired a
Letter might be written to M' Penn to recommend the procuring flower
for Lading and dispatch to the James Capt. Yoakley.
Resolved That M' Simond be desired to procure seven hundred Barrels of Phil
adelphia flower at the above mention'd Price.
Order'd That a Letter be sent to Mr Penn to return him thanks for his Bene
faction as ^ Invoice and to desire him to dispatch the James Capt.
Yoakley by procuring seven hundred Barrels of Flower for his Lading.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the following Indentures
of Servants bound to the Trustees Viz' Thomas Lee and Adalhait Hoff
man. Which was affix'd accordingly.

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Order'd
That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Order'd That a Grant be prepared for a Town Lot in Savanah to John Tuck
well Rowland Pytt and William Donne to them and the Survivor of
them and Heirs Male of such Survivors on condition of their sending
over to Savanah and keeping there two Servants to be employ'd in Hus
bandry on such Lot under the usual Limitations and Conditions.
Resolved That Mr George Heathcote M' Vernon M' Hucks M' Oglethorpe and
Mr L'apostre or any three of them be a Committee to adjust and deter
mine M1 Chardon's and M' Amatis s Accounts.
Resolved That a Grant be made to M' Paul Hamilton of Edistow in South Car
olina of five hundred Acres of Land in that Place which is commonly
known by the name of Scots Island, and lately mark'd out by Mr Jones
the Surveyor for Capt. Francis Scot on the same terms on Which the
first Grants were made the said M' Paul Hamilton having been a Con
siderable Benefactor to the Colony.
Order'd That three thousand four hundred Eighty Nine Pounds three Shil
lings and Nine Pence half Penny being Money drawn upon the Trustees
by Bills in M' Simond's hands be paid together with Interest for such of
them as were due before this day
Order'd That such other Monies be paid to M' Simond as are due to him for
freight and Stores.
Order'd That One thousand Pounds be paid into the hands of M' George
Heathcote on Account.
Order'd That the Sum of forty five Shillings be paid to Mess" Peter and James
Theobald for one Quarter of a Hundred of Deals in dispute whether
they were ship'd on board the Hopewell Capt. James Miffant Sept' 4'"
1733.
Order'd That three Chaldrons of Coals be provided for the Office.

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Order'd
That half a Ton of half Pence be bought at the Tower for the use of
the Colony at ten Pounds fourteen Shillings ^ Cw'
(sic)
M' Verelst reported the Muster taken on board the James Capt.
Yoakley May 14. 1735 Whereby the Passengers on account of the
Trust were twenty nine Persons making twenty three Heads of freight
two thirds, Whereof five at five Pounds ^> Head and Eighteen two
thirds being Servants bound to the Trust at four Pounds ^> Head.
Order'd That two hundred Pounds be paid out of the Money granted by Par
liament to Mr Benjamin Martyn the Secretary and two hundred Pounds
to M' Harman Verelst the Accomptant fur their past Services.
Resolved That any five of the Common Council when present be impower'd to
draw on the Bank of England for the several Purposes order'd by the
Common Council of this day. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday June 25th 1735
Present in Common Council Assembled
Earl of Egmont in the Chair
Lord Carpenter
M' Geo. Heathcote
M' Tho8 Tower
Dr Hales
Mr Holland
M' L'apostre
M' Hucks
Mr Frederick
M' Laroche
Mr Vernon
M' Oglethorpe
Mr Simond attended and being called in and ask'd what the Charge
would be of the Ship Prince of Wales sailing to North Britain to take in
One hundred and thirty Heads of Passengers for Georgia ; He acquainted

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the Board that the Charges of the said Ship would be two pounds thir
teen Shillings and four pence ^ Day.
Resolved That an Embarkation be appointed.
Resolved That the Earl of Egmont M' Oglethorpe Mr Vernon Mr Thomas Tower
or any three of the Common Council be a Committee to prepare the
Necessaries for the said Embarkation.
Resolved That the same Gentlemen be a Committee to settle the Terms of Peo
ples going to Georgia.
Order'd That a Bill drawn by M' Isaac Chardon on the Trustees for One hun
dred Pounds dated Aprill 7th 1735 and payable thirty days after sight,
of which a Letter of Advice was receiv'd the 4th of this Month be ac
cepted and paid when due.
Order'd That a Bill drawn by M' Thomas Causton on the Trustees for three
hundred Pounds dated Aprill 14th 1735 and payable to Paul Jenys and
C° or Order thirty days after sight produced the 18"1 of this Month be
accepted and paid when due, M' Jenys having charged himself with a
Bill of three hundred Pounds the 25th of Aprill 1735 in Account with
the Trust.
Order'd That Sev en Bills of Exchange drawn by James Oglethorpe Esq' on
M' Simond and C° and paid by M' Simond be repaid him, amounting to
three hundred Sixty three Pounds six Shillings being for the several
Sums and of the Dates following. Viz' One of the 12th of Feb'y 1732
payable to M' Isaac Chardon for fifty Pounds. One of 23d March 1732
payable to the same Person for fifty two Pounds ten Shillings One of the
23d March 1732 payable to the same Person for fifty Pounds. One of
the 3d Aprill 1733 payable to M' Thomas Farrington for thirty five
Pounds. One of the 21st of Jan'y 1733 payable to Captain John Yoakley
for fifteen Pounds Sixteen Shillings. One of the 27th of March 1734 pay
able to Mr Isaac Chardon for One hundred Pounds. And Another of
the 6th of May 1734 payable to the same Person for sixty Pounds. The
said Bills having been drawn on Account and for the use of the Trust.
Order'd That twenty Pounds for the freight of Francis Piercy, Joseph Smith,

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Ann his wife, and Elizabeth his Daughter aged seven Months and John
Jones his Man Servant, Passengers Who went to Georgia by the Prince
of Wales Capt. Dunbar, be paid, being recommended by D' Hales and
M' Oglethorpe.
Mr Oglethorpe having presented to the Trust a large Cyprus Canoe,
six Oars, One Mast, two Side Boards and two Cedar Planks to make a
Rudder, Which came from South Carolina by the Carolina Galley Capt.
Abraham Snelling.
Order'd That the freight of the said Canoe be paid, and that it be clean'd and
put in Order. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday July 2d 1735
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mr Oglethorpe in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Mr Vernon
Mr Laroche
Mr Thomas Tower
M' L'apostre
Dr Bundy
D' Hales
Mr Hucks
A Bill of Exchange dated Charles Town May 13"1 1735 for four hun
dred and fifty Pounds payable to Mess" Peter and I. C. Simond or Order
thirty Days after sight was presented to the Board.
Advice of the said Bill being receiv'd.
Order'd That the said Bill be accepted and paid when due.
Order'd That Interest upon the Bills of three hundred sixty three pounds and
six Shillings drawn on Mr Simond and paid by him, and order'd by the
last Board to be repaid to M' Simond, be paid from the respective times
when M' Simond paid the said Bills.

108 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Resolved That a Town Lot of fifty Acres in Savanah be granted to William
Woodrooffe.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to perform the Promise made by
M' Thomas Tower M' Heathcote and Mr Eyles to the Bank of England
to deliver up the out standing Receipt for ten Pounds ten Shillings paid
in by an Unknown Person Sept' 26'" 1734 When the said Receipt shall
come into the hands of the Trustees or to indemnify the Bank for the
same. Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for One thousand four
hundred Pounds payable to George Heathcote Esq' on Account in pur
suance of an Order of Common Council May 23d 1735 by the Earl of
Egmont Mr L'apostre D' Hales M' Thomas Tower and M' Laroche N°
7644 I.
Sign'd Another Draught on the Bank of England for three thousand
Eight hundred and fifty Eight Pounds Seven Shillings and Eight Pence
payable to M' Simond or Order in pursuance of an Order of Common
Council May 23d 1735 by the Earl of Egmont M' L'apostre D' Hales
Mr Thomas Tower and Mr Laroche N° 7645 I.
Order'd That the Accomptant do inquire into the State of Exchanges between
London and South Carolina, and make a Report thereof to the Trustees.
Resolved That two thousand Pounds be paid into the hands of George Heath
cote Esq' on Account.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the same by M' Ogle
thorpe the Earl of Egmont M' Vernon M' L'apostre and M' Hucks N°
7646 1.
The Board agreed to the Rules for the Year 1735 to be observed in
the Embarkations which they send over to Georgia.
Order'd That the Secretary do sign the said Rules.
Order'd That five hundred of the said Papers of Rules be printed for the use
of the Common Council.
Read a Memorial from M' Simond for Demurrage on the Prince of
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Order'd
That the said Memorial be refer'd to the Committee of Accounts.
Order'd That fifty Pounds be given as a Reward for the services of William
Kilbury late Commander of the Heathcote Sloop in Georgia, and that
the said fifty Pounds be paid to Mr Harman Verelst to be applied by
him as follows. Viz' in the first Place fifteen Pounds to M' Thomas Har
bin being so much lent by the said Harbin to the said Kilbury in order
to fit him out ; And that the Sum of twenty Pounds a further Part
thereof be retained in the hands of Mr Verelst for putting out the
Daughter of the said William Kilbury Apprentice to a Manteau Maker ;
And that the Residue of the said fifty Pounds be paid to the Widow of
the late William Kilbury.
Order'd That One Ton of half Pe nee be procured at the Tower for the use of
the Colony, the Cost of the said half Pence amounting to two hundred
and fifteen Pounds.
The Board agreed to Rules to be observed with relation to Persons
going at their own Expences to Georgia.
Order'd That five hundred Papers of the said Rules be printed for the use of
the Common Council.
Order'd That One Canoe Boat with ten Oars One Other Canoe Boat with
Eight Oars, and one other Boat of Six Oars, all of the same Nature
with the Scout Boat be order'd to be built in South Carolina for the use
of Georgia, and that Orders for the same be sent by the first Shipping.
Order'd That Thomas Siddon do attend the Board in relation to his Petition
that his Niece  Clarke be sent for from Georgia.
(sic)
Read a Petition of Nathaniel Polhill praying a License for staying
longer in England.
Resolved That License be granted to Nathaniel Polhill to stay six Months longer
in England before he embarks for Georgia.
Order'd That M' Causton be directed to receive of Mess" Jenys and Baker the
Money now in their hands, or that shall from time to time be receiv'd

110 COLONIAL RECORDS.
by them for the use of George Morley Esq' and that he do draw from
time to time on the Trustees payable to George Morley Esq' or Order in
London thirty days after sight for Each Value receiv'd of them as re
ceiv'd amounting to about two hundred Pounds Sterl. ^ Annum.
Resolved That the Loan of a Servant be allowed to William Heddon (recom
mended by M' Piers) Who is to go over at his own Expence.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday July 16 1735
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Thomas Tower in the Chair
Mr Oglethorpe
Earl of Egmont
M' Laroche
M' Frederick
M' L'apostre
Dr Bundy
D1 Hales
Mr Vernon
Read Instructions for Lieutenant Hugh Mackay impowering him to
agree with and bring together One hundred and ten Freemen and Serv
ants to which fifty Women and Children are allowed from that Part of
Great Britain called Scotland.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Instructions.
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Instructions.
Resolved That Credit be allowed to the said Lieutenant Hugh Mackay for
Eighty Pounds for the Charges of raising, marching and maintaining
One hundred Men till put on board the Ship that is to carry them to
Georgia.

COLONIAL RECORDS. Ill
Resolved
That forty English Men with their Families be sent to settle in
Georgia.Resolved That a Number of Persecuted German Protestants not exceeding One
hundred Souls Men Women and Children be sent to settle in Georgia.
Resolved That One hundred and Sixty Heads from Scotland whereof One
hundred and ten to be Men be likewise sent to settle in Georgia.
Resolved That twenty Eight Swiss, & Grizons be sent as Servants to Georgia.
Order'd That a Letter be sent to George Lewis Weutz with directions to bring
over no more than Eighty Heads from Germany.
Resolved That the Trustees will advance such a Sum of Money as shall be
necessary for discharging the Expence3 of the Journey and Voyage of a
Number of persecuted German Protestants not exceeding One hundred
Men Women and Children with their Baggage from the City of Ratis-
bon under the Conduct of M' Philip George Frederick De Reck to the
Port of London on their way to Georgia; The Society for promoting
Christian Knowledge having engaged to reimburse within Six Months
the said Money advanced by the Trustees for the Purpose before men
tioned. A Bill of Exchange drawn by M' Thomas Causton dated Savanah
May 8'" 1735 for two hundred Pounds payable to Paul Jeny's Esq' and
C° thirty Days after sight was presented to the Board.
Advice of the said Bill being receiv'd.
Order'd That the said Bill be accepted and paid when due.
Order'd That six hundred double sighted Guns be bought for the Indians be
ing Part of the Presents to be made to them.
Resolved That Mr Oglethorpe be desired to write a Letter to Col. Bull to desire
him to purchase in South Carolina such live Cattle as may be necessary
for the use of the Colony.

112 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Resolved That a Lot in the Town of Savanah be granted to Archibald Mackil-
very under the usual Limitations and Conditions.
Resolved That five hundred Acres of Land be granted to M' Hugh Bailey Col
lector of his Majesty's Customs at Orkney.
Order'd That thirty Seven Pounds ten Shillings a Quarter's Salary due at
Midsummer last to Robert Millar the Botanist be paid to his Attorney
Mr Andrew Millar.
Resolved That five hundred Acres of Land be granted to Patrick Mackay Esq'
of Cyder hall in the County of Sutherland, and to the Heirs Male of
his Body, and in failure to the Heirs Male of the Body of Catherine
Mackay his Daughter pursuant to a Letter of Recommendation from M'
Oglethorpe Sept' 27. 1733.
Resolved That five hundred Acres of Land be granted to M' George Dunbar of
the County of Inverness and to the Heirs Male of his Body and in fail
ure thereof to William Dunbar pf the same County and to the Heirs
Male of his Body in pursuance of the said Letter.
Resolved That five hundred Acres of Land be granted to Lieutenant Hugh
Mackay.
Resolved That forty Pounds Sterling be given to the Storekeeper and ten
Pounds to M' Thomas Causton second Bailiff of the Town of Savanah
ten Pounds to Henry Parker third Bailiff and ten Pounds to Thomas
Christie the Recorder and ten Pounds to John Vanderplank and ten
Pounds to Noble Jones the two Constables.
Receiv'd a Packet of Letters from Georgia.
Refer'd the same to the Committee of Correspondence.
Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 113
Palace Court
Thursday July 24'" 1735
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' \7ernon in the Chair
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Laroche
D' Hales
Mr L'apostre
Earl of Egmont
M' Oglethorpe
M' Hucks
Alderman Kendal
M' Tower acquainted the Board that M' Vernon and he had waited on
the Gov' and Directors of the Bank of Eugland about the Notes proposed
to be issued in Georgia and that the said Gov' and Directors desired the
word Notes might be alter'd to the Words Bills of Exchange.
Resolved That Bills of Exchange to the Amount of four thousand Pounds be
made out to be issued in Georgia payable in England in the form fol
lowing. Viz'.
Georgia Bill of )
Exchange payable [¦ A N° 1 Westminster 24 July 1735.
in England j
Thirty Days after Sight We the Trustees for Establishing the Colony
of Georgia in America promise to pay this our Sola Bill of Exchange to
James Oglethorpe Esq' or his Order the Sum of One Pound Sterling at
our Office at Westminster to answer the like Value receiv'd by him in
Georgia on the Issue hereof as testified by Indorsement hereon signed by
himself.
£1.0.0.Sealed by Order of the Common
Council of the said Trustees for
Establishing the Colony of Georgia
in America.
Of Which said Sum of four thousand Pounds five hundred Pounds
are to be in Bills of Exchange of twenty Shillings Each Bill, One thou
sand Pounds in Bills of forty Shillings Each, five hundred Pounds in
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114 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Bills of five Pounds Each, One thousand Pounds in Bills of ten Pounds
Each, And One thousand Pounds in Bills of twenty Pounds Each, mak
ing twelve hundred and fifty Bills to the Amount of the said four thou
sand Pounds.
Resolved That the said Bills be seal'd and that they be sign'd by the Accomp
tant. Resolved That a Memorial be prepared to the Lords Commissioners of his
Majesty's Treasury desiring his Majesty's License to suffer the Sum of
One thousand Pounds of Silver Coin of this Kingdom to be shipt from
hence for his Majesty's Province of Georgia in America.
A Bill of Exchange was produced by a Letter from I. Gignoux Clerk
to M' Simond for two hundred Pounds drawn by M' Chardon June the
5th 1735 at thirty Days Sight to Mess" Peter and I C Simond or Order.
Resolved That the Acceptance and Payment of the said Bill be postpon'd till
Mr Chardon has made good the Disallowances on his Account And that
he be wrote to for that Purpose, and that M' Simond be acquainted
therewith.
Order'd That a Register Book be prepared with strong Paper Leaves and se
cured with Parchment in the Joints and bound with Oak with Clasps.
And that a Desk be got for it, and a Case of Mathematical Instruments
with Pencils and Rulers for the Register, and that two Circumferenters
and a Spirit Level be provided for the Surveyor.
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of five hundred Acres of Land to
Leiutenant Hugh Mackay.
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of fifty Acres of Land to William
Woodrooffe.Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Grants.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Grants, and a Memorial of
the Grant to Lieutenant Hugh Mackay in order to be register'd with the
Auditor of the Plantations.
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enter'd upon their Lands pursuant to their Grants and how far the same
have been cultivated. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday August 13'" 1735
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' L'apostre in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Lord Carpenter
M' Laroche
Mr Tho8 Tower
M' Vernon
M' Hucks
D' Bundy
D' Hales
Mr Frederick.
The Accomptant reported the Muster taken on board the Georgia
Pink Capt. Daubuz. Whereby Seventeen Persons making thirteen
Heads and one half are Passengers at five Pounds "$> Head on the Trust
Account, And ten Persons Servants making Seven Heads and One third
at four Pounds <P> Head.
Resolved That John Brownfield be appointed Register for the Province of Geor
gia during Pleasure, and that he do take no other fees but what are
allotted by the Common Council.
A Report was made from the Committee of Accounts which sat on the
15th of Feb'y 173| That they had examined M' Oglethorpe's Account
from 1732 to 1734 And found the Charge therein mention'd to be fifty
five thousand one hundred thirty Seven Pounds, thirteen Shillings and
five Pence Currency of S° Carolina being Seven thousand Eight hundred
seventy three Pounds four Shillings and Nine Pence One farthing Ster
ling. And having examin'd the several Articles in the Discharge of the
said Account by the respective Accounts and Vouchers relating thereto,
and produced to the Committee ; the Committee did find thereby proper
Discharges to all the Articles therein contain'd (* excepting to such Ar
ticles the Vouchers for Which are refer'd to in the said Account to M'

*No closing bracket.

116 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Oglethorpe's General Book ; Which when produced to the Committee
the Discharge of the said Account will amount to the Sum of fifty three
thousand six hundred and twelve Pounds, Seven Shillings and five Pence
three farthings Currency of South Carolina being Seven thousand Six
hundred and fifty five Pounds Six Shillings and Nine Pence one farthing
Sterling. Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts which sat on the 21st
of July 1735. That they had examin'd Mr Chardon's several Accounts,
and the Objections made to several Items therein, and Accounts not
properly Vouched, and the Committee did agree that M' Oglethorpe
should be desired to call upon M' Chardon for his several Vouchers and
to settle his said Accounts.
That they had likewise resolv'd that the Allowance for Commission to
£ £
Mp Chardon be 5 <p Cent for the Value of Goods bought, and 1 <jji Cent
for the payments of Money for the use of the Trust, and no more.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Resolutions of the
Committee of Accounts.
Read a Report from the said Committee of the same day. That they
had examin'd M' Amatis's several Accounts and the Objections thereto,
and had resolv'd that they should be deliver'd to James Oglethorpe Esq'
who should be desired to settle with the said M' Amatis the said Ac
counts in order to adjust the Accounts of M' Chardon.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Resolution.
Read a Report from the said Committee of the same Day, That Mr
Oglethorpe had produced his General Book, and the Vouchers therein
contain'd relating to his Account Whereby proper Discharges were pro
duced for all the Articles contain'd in his said Account excepting for two
hundred and ten Pounds South Carolina Currency paid to Joseph Heth
erington the 26th of Febpy 1733, for One hundred and Nineteen Pounds
like Currency paid to Roger Lacy the 27'" of Feb'7 1733 and for twenty
Pounds like Currency paid to John Abercrombie the 25tu of Aprill 1734
amounting to three hundred and forty Nine Pounds Currency, which
being deducted out of the Sum of fifty three thousand six hundred and
twelve Pounds Seven Shillings and five Pence three farthings Currency,
the Total of the Discharge of his said Account reduces the same to the
Sum of fifty three thousand two hundred and sixty three Pou'nds Seven

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Shillings and five Pence three farthings Currency, which the said Mp
Oglethorpe is entirely discharged of, and which Sum being deducted
from the Sum of fifty five thousand one hundred and thirty Seven
Pounds thirteen Shillings and five Pence Currency, the Total of the
Charge on him in his said Account, The Balance thereof amounts to
One thousand Eight hundred and seventy four Pounds five Shillings and
Eleven Pence One farthing Currency, being two hundred Sixty Seven
Pounds fifteen Shillings and three half Pence Sterling.
A Bill of Exchange for two hundred Pounds drawn by Mp Chardon
dated Charles Town June the 5th 1735 payable thirty Days after Sight
to Mess" Peter and I C Simond was produced.
Advice of the said Bill being receiv'd
Order'd That the said Bill be accepted and paid when due.
A Bill of Exchange for three hundred and Eighteen Pounds Seven
Shillings and Eight Pence half Penny drawn by Mr Chardon dated
Charles Town June 25th 1735 payable thirty Days after sight to Mess"
Peter and I C Simond was produced.
The said Bill being the Balance of Mr Chardon's Accounts.
Resolved That the said Bill be not paid but kept to answer the Disallowances
on the said M' Chardon's Accounts.
A Bill of Exchange for three hundred Pouuds drawn by Mr Chardon
June 26"1 1735 payable to Mess" Peter and I C Simond thirty Days
after sight was produced And a Letter from Mp Chardon dated June 25
1735 mentioning the said Bill to be for Provision Money against M'
Causton's Draughts should be made.
Resolved That the Payment of the said Bill be postpon'd till Vouchers shall ar
rive of the said Money being paid to M' Causton.
Read a Report from the Committee of Embarkation that they were of
Opinion that a Charter Party should be prepared for the Prince of Wales
Capt. George Dunbar for One hundred and thirty Heads certain from
Scotland at five Pounds ^> Head and half freight for all short ship'd
with four Beef Days, One Pork Day, and two Burgoo Days, on which
Burgoo Days five Pints of Pease or Oatmeal Gritts, half a Pound of
Butter and a Pound of Cheese to be the Allowance for Every five Heads,
and for the Voyage to Scotland, and while there to be at Eighty Pounds
(sic)
a Month of thirty Days.

118 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Order'd
That a Charter Party be prepared accordingly, and that the Seal of
the Corporation be affix'd to the same, and that the Secretary do coun
tersign the same.
Refer'd to the Committee of Embarkation to consider to what Tonnage
Freight of Goods shall be paid for on board the Ship Simond Capt.
Cornish in consideration of there being no more than One hundred and
twenty Heads of Passengers to be ship'd on board her.
Resolved That a Charter Party be prepared upon the Resolutions of the said
Committee.Resolved That Mp Simond do supply the Colony with six hundred and fifty
Barrels of Beef clear of bloody Pieces, each Barrel containing two hun
dred and twenty four Pounds Weight at twelve Shillings and Six pence
<Pi Cw' deliver'd in Georgia from Cork, and also with two hundred Firkins
(sic)
of the best Butter each containing fifty Six Pounds weight at One Pound
four Shillings <p. CW delivered in Georgia from Cork.
(sic)
Resolved That three thousand Pounds be paid into the hands of George Heath
cote Esq' on Account.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the same by Mp L'apos
tre the Earl of Egmont Mp Vernon M' Hucks and D' Hales N° 7647 I.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to a Grant of fifty Acres to
M" Mary Pember and after her Decease to Edward Seymour and the
Heirs Male of his Body.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That a Trust Grant be made of ten thousand Acres of Land to John
Brownfield Thomas Proctor and Samuel Perkins the Survivor or Survi
vors of them in the like manner and form as was granted for the Town
of Savanah, and that the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the same
and that the Secretary do countersign the same.
Order'd That One hundred Pair of Shoes at four shillings <jji Pair be bought of
John Cox according to the Pattern sent in from Mr Tuckwell.
Adjourn'd.

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Palace Court
Wednesday Sept' 3 1735
Present in Common Council Assembled
Dp Bundy in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Mp Oglethorpe
Mp Geo. Heathcote
Mp Thos Tower
M' Laroche
M' L'apostre
Dp Hales
Mp Hucks
Read a Memorial from M' William Bradley concerning the Cultiva
tion of some of the Publick Lauds belonging to the Trust for the Use of
the Trust.
The said M' Bradley being call'd in, and several Questions ask'd, he
did agree, that he would undertake to cultivate One hundred Acres of
Land with the use of thirty Serv'* belonging to the Trust within the
Space of one Year, upon Condition, that the Trustees should allow him
for his Reward the use of ten Servants more for one Year to be employed
in cultivating his own Lot, which said Servants after the Expiration of
One Year to remain as his Servants ; And the Sum of One hundred
Pounds Sterling to be paid him out of that Year's Produce of the Publick
Lands, which he shall so cultivate for the Use of the Trust.
Resolved That Articles of Agreement be drawn up in writing, and executed by
the said Mp Bradley in pursuance of the said Proposal, and that Mv
Oglethorpe, M' Hucks and Mr Heathcote be desired to revise the same,
and see it Executed.
Resolved That Mr Eveleigh be allowed the freight of the first Lumber he has
sent over as an Encouragement for his great Zeal in promoting so usefull
a Trade.
Resolved That M' Thomas Causton and John Vanderplank in M' Causton's Ab
sence be appointed the Officers to put in Execution the Act to prevent

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the Importation and use of Rum and Brandies in the Province of Geor
gia. Resolved That the Constables for the time being be appointed the Officers to
put in Execution An Act for rendering the Colony of Georgia more de
fensible by prohibiting the Importation and Use of black Slaves in the
Province of Georgia.
Resolved That James Oglethorpe Esq' be the Commissioner for putting in Ex
ecution an Act for maintaining the Peace with the Indians in the Prov
ince of Georgia.
Resolved That Austen Weddell be appointed the Treasurer for the Indian Af
fairs in the Province of Georgia.
Resolved That Thomas Causton be appointed first Bailiff of the Town of Savan
ah in the Room of Peter Gordon, That Henry Parker be appointed
Second Bailiff in the room of the said Thomas Causton, and that John
Dearne be appointed third Bailiff in the room of the said Henry Parker.
Resolved That proper Commissions and appointments be prepar'd in pursuance of
the said Resolutions.
Read a Lease and Release for ten thousand Acres of Land to John
Brownfield Samuel Perkins and Thomas Proctor in Trust.
Read a Power to James Oglethorpe Esq' to set out, limit, divide and
bound the said ten thousand Acres of Land.
Read a Power to James Oglethorpe Esq' to give such Orders and Di
rections touching the Granting and Disposing of the said Lands as he
shall judge fit and necessary.
Read a Power to James Oglethorpe Esq' to grant Licenses under his
hand and Seal to depart out of the Province of Georgia.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Lease and Re
lease and the said Several Powers, and Appointments.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of five hundred Acres of Land to
Patrick Mackay Esq'.

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Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of five hundred Acres of Land to
John Mackay Esq'.
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of five hundred Acres of Land to
Capt. George Dunbar.
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of five hundred Acres of Land to
M' John Cuthbert.
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of five hundred Acres of Land to
Mr Thomas Baillie.
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of fifty Acres of Land to Archibald
Mackilvery. Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said several Grants.
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Grants and Memorials of
the said Grants in order to be register'd with the Auditor of the Planta
tions. A Bill of Exchange for thirty Pounds sterl. drawn by Mp Paul Amatis
dated Savanah May 22. 1735 payable to Mp Samuel Montaigut thirty
Days after sight on account of sundry Charges and Expences laid out in
the Trust Garden was presented to the Board.
Another Bill of Exchange for twenty four Pounds Sterling drawn by
Mp Paul Amatis dated Savanah June 3. 1735 payable to Mess" Yeo-
mans and Escott thirty days after Sight for the aforesaid Purposes was
presented to the Board.
Resolved That the said Bills be not accepted the said M' Amatis having no Or
ders to draw on the Trustees.
A Bill of Exchange for One hundred and Seventy four Pounds Sterl.
drawn by M' Thomas Causton payable to Hugh Brian or Order thirty
Days after sight was presented to the Board.
Resolved That the said Bill be accepted and paid when due.
A Report was made from the Committee of Accounts that the Com
mittee do find the following Sums have been imprest to George Heath
cote Esq1 since the Ninth Day of June 1734. Viz'

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£
21s' of June 1734  4400
23 of July 1734  1500
16. of October 1734  1500
11th of Nov' 1734  600
20. of Nov' 1734  400
11th of Dec' 1734  200
7lhJanpy 173*  400
26. March 1735  200
5th May 1735  150

£
9350.0.0.
And that the Accomptant had received from particular Benefactors
not paid into the Bank of England to the Amount of One thousand
three hundred Seventy Nine Pounds, Eleven Shillings.
And that the Committee having examin'd the Payment Book with the
Vouchers from Page (77) beginning June 13th 1734 to Page (133) and
ending June the 9th 1735 did find that Vouchers were produced for all
the Payments therein mention'd amounting to ten thousand Seven hun
dred and twenty Nine Pounds Eleven Shillings, and thereby did find
the said George Heathcote Esqp clear and acquitted of the said Imprests.
And That the Committee having Examin'd the General Receipt Book
containing the Monies contributed and receivd in England did find that
between the 9th of June 1734, and the 9th of June 1735 the Sum of
four thousand Nine hundred and fifty One Pounds Nine Shillings and
five Pence had been receiv'd, and on Examining the Balance in the
Bank unapplied on the 9th of June 1734, the Committee did find the
same to be the Sum of Six thousand One hundred and Eight Pounds
fourteen Shillings and three Pence ; Which being added to the said Re
ceipt makes together the Sum of Eleven thousand and Sixty Pounds
three Shillings and Eight Pence ; Whereout deducting the Payments
abovemention'd being all the Payments made in England between the
9'" of June 1734 and the 9tL of June 1735, the Balance of the General
Account ending the 9'" of June 1735 remaining unapplied by the Trust,
the Committee did find to be the Sum of three hundred and thirty
Pounds twelve Shillings and Eight Pence ; Which Sum the Accountant
at the Bank has certified to be in the hands of the Governor and Com
pany of the Bank of England on the said 9tD of June 1735
Adjourn'd.

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Palace Court
Wednesday Sept' 24th 1735
Present in Common Council Assembled
Earl of Egmont in the Chair
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Hucks
M' Holland
M' Heathcote
Mp L'apostre
M' Frederick
Dp Bundy
Mp Oglethorpe
M' Laroche
D' Hales
Read an Appointment of Thomas Causton to be first Bailiff of the
Town of Savannah.
Read an Appointment of Henry Parker to be second Bailiff of the
Town of Savanah.
Read an Appointment of John Dearne to be third Bailiff of the Town
of Savanah.
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of five hundred Acres of Land to
Walter Augustine of Cat Island.
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of five hundred Acres of Land to
Paul Hamilton of Edistow.
Read a Lease and Release of ten thousand Acres of Land to Thomas
Causton, Henry Parker John Dearne, and Thomas Christie in Trust.
Read a Power to James Oglethorpe Esq' to set out, limit, divide, and
bound the said thousand Acres of Land.
Read a Power to James Oglethorpe Esqp to give such Orders and Di
rections concerning the Disposal of the said Lands as he shall judge fit
and necessary.
Read an Appointment of James Oglethorpe Esq' to be the Commis
sioner for putting in Execution An Act for maintaining the Peace with
the Indians in the Province of Georgia.
Read an Appointment of Charles Wesley A M to be Secretary for the
Indian Affairs in the Province of Georgia.
Read an Appointment of Austen Weddell to be Treasurer for the In
dian Affairs in the Province of Georgia.

124 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Read an Appointment of Thomas Causton and in his Absence John
Vanderplank to be the Officers to put in Execution An Act to prevent
the Importation and use of Rum and Brandies in the Province of
Georgia Read an Appointment of the Constables for the time being, or any of
them, to be the Officers to put into Execution an Act for rendring the
Colony of Georgia more defencible by prohibiting the Importation and
Use of black Slaves or Negroes in the same.
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of five hundred Acres of Land to
John Musgrove and the Heirs Male of his Body.
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of five hundred Acres of Land to
Capt. James Gascoigne.
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of five hundred Acres of Land to
Mp William Horton.
Read an Appointment of the Bailiffs and Recorder for the time being
of the Town of Savanah to be the Officers for granting Licenses for sell
ing Beer, Ale, &c.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said several Powers,
Appointments and Grants of Land.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same, and Memorials of the
several Grants in Order to be register'd with the Auditor of the Planta
tions. Seal'd two Indentures for binding John Ridley and Charles Carter
Servants to the Trustees.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
A Bill of Exchange for One hundred Pounds Sterling drawn by Mp
Patrick Mackay dated Savanah July 18'" 1735 payable to William Mac-
kensie or Order at fourteen Days sight was presented to the Board.
Resolved That the said Bill be not accepted the said M' Mackay having no In
structions or Power from the Trustees to draw on them.
Order'd That a Letter be sent to the said M' Patrick Mackay with Directions
not to draw on the Trustees for the future without their Authority for
so doing.

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Resolved That Mr Simond be desired to give the Board his Opinion in what
Method a Correspondence may be best kept up with Swisserland for sup
plying the Colony of Georgia with People from thence.
Resolved That fifty Servants be procured in Holland by Mr Francis Harbin at
twenty five Shillings Each Head ; And that it be refer'd to the Commit
tee of Embarkation to give the said Francis Harbin proper Instructions
therein. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Friday September 26a 1735
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Oglethorpe in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Mr Heathcote
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Hucks
M' Laroche
M' L'apostre
Dr Hales
M' Holland
Read a Deed appointing Thomas Hawkins Samuel Perkins and Ed.
ward Addison Bailiffs, Francis Moore Recorder, John Brookes and Sam
uel Davison Constables, John Calwell and William Allen Tything Men
of the Town of Frederica.
Read a Power to James Oglethorpe Esq' to administer the Oaths of
Allegiance and Supremacy and Abjuration, and the Oaths of Office to
the Several Persons appointed Officers in the aforesaid Town.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the aforesaid Deed and
Power. Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.

126 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Resolved That three thousand Pounds be paid into the hands of George Heath
cote Esq' on Account.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of Englarfd for the same by Mp Ogle
thorpe, the Earl of Egmont, Mp Thomas Tower, M' Holland and Mp
L'apostre N" 7648 I.
Resolved That thirty two Pounds (Part of the two hundred Pounds paid into
the Bank yesterday, the Benefaction of a Gentleman Who desired to be
Unknown,) be paid to Mp Nitschmann for forty Shillings <$i Head to
himself and the other fifteen German Persecuted Protestants lately ar
rived with him.
Resolved That twenty Pounds be given to Mp John Brownfield for the Services
Which he has done for the Colony of Georgia.
Read a Petition from John and Elizabeth West desiring a License of
Alienation of the Lot which was the late Mp Hughes's, in a Moiety of
which the said Elizabeth West has a Right for her Life.
Resolved That the Common Council of the Trustees will grant the said Lot to
such Person as the said John and Elizabeth West shall nominate, Pro
vided the said Person hath not Lands already in the Province of Geor
gia in Possession or Expectancy.
Resolved That the Common Council of the Trustees will grant five hundred
Acres of Land to the said Elizabeth West and the Heirs Male of her
Body in consideration of her paying ten Pounds for the use of the Trust
and making over her Right in the aforesaid Lot.
Resolved That the five Pounds five Shillings the Benefaction of M" Dyonisia
Long paid in by the hands of D' Hales July 3. 1735 ; be on the Motion
of the said Dr Hales paid to the Rev" Mp John Wesley.
Resolved That the twenty five Persons, lately arrived from Germany under the
Conduct of Mp Nitschmann, be sent to Georgia on the Terms agreed to
by the Common Council Aprill 2. 1735.
Read a Charter Party between John Thomas Capt. and Samuel Wragg
Part Owner of the Ship London Merchant, and the Common Council of
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That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Charter Party.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Thursday October 2. 1735
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mp Tho8 Tower in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Mp Vernon
M' Hucks
M' Laroche
Mp L'apostre
Mr Oglethorpe
Dp Hales.
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts of September 10"
1734 to the Purport following.
That the Committee had resolved That twelve Pounds be paid to Mp
Simond for four Barrels of Gunpowder Shipp'd on board the Prince of
Wales Capt George Dunbar for Georgia November 2d 1734 the said Mp
Simond giying a Receipt specially to answer the same in case the said
four Barrels of Gun Powder should hereafter appear not to have been de
livered to M' Thomas Causton the Storekeeper at Savanah, but be Part
of those sent by the said Ship which were consign'd to M' Montaigut.
That the Committee had likewise Resolved That the freight of John
Godly from Georgia be paid with the Charge of his Subsistance there till
he sail'd being Six Pounds ten Shillings and Six Pence.
That Nineteen Pounds be likewise paid for the three Passengers on
Board Capt. Lusk's Ship
That the Expence of Freight of a Cask of Potashes and Other Charges
on Delivering it be also paid except the Duty and Bill Money being One
Pound two Shillings and Seven Pence which the Committee did not think
proper to be paid by the Trust.
That the Amount of Refreshments taken in at Deale for the Passen
gers on board the Ship Ann in November 1732 was fifty two Pounds

128 COLONIAL RECORDS.
thirteen Shillings and ten Pence, which is to be credited in Account to
James Oglethorpe Esqp.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Resolutions of the said
Committee. Read a Charter Party between Peter Simond and C° Owners, Joseph
Cornish Capt" of the Ship Simond, and the Common Council of the
Trustees. Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Charter Party.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of five hundred Acres of Land to Paul
Jenys Esq' of S° Carolina.
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of five hundred Acres of Land to John
Baker Esq' of S° Carolina
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of five hundred Acres of Land to M'
Rowland Pytt of the City of of Gloucester Iron Monger.
(sic)
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of fifty Acres of Land to Mp John
Tuckwell of Wallingford Iron Monger.
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of One hundred Acres of Land to M'
John Brown of London, Gent.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Several Grants.
Which was Affix'd accordingly
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Grants and Memorials
of the said Grants in order to be register'd by the Auditor of the Plan
tations.Order'd That a Letter be sent to the Magistrates at Savanah repeating the
former Directions of the Trustees that they do not draw any Bills on the
Trustees without giving Advice of the said Bills ; and that they do not
pretend on Any Account Whatsoever to draw Bills to answer any Other
than Ordinary Services before they have communicated the Reason and
Necessity of such Service, and have receiv'd from the Trustees leave for
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Resolved That four thousand Pounds be appropriated for the payment of cer
tain Bills of Exchange amounting to the said Sum, made out pursuant
to an Order of Common Council July 24 1735
Resolved That Licenses be granted to M' Rowland Pytt and M' John Tuckwell
for their Residence in England.
Resolved That fifty Pounds be given to M' De Reck for the Trouble he has had
in his Agency in Germany.
Resolved That One thousand Pounds be paid into the hands of George Heath
cote Esq' on Account.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the same by M' Ogle
thorpe Mp Hucks Mp Laroche M' L'apostre and M' Thomas Tower N°
7649 I.
Order'd That a Memorial of the Grants and Conveyances passed the Seal in
the last Year be prepared and signed, to be register'd with the Auditor
of the Plantations, which have not been register'd by particular Memo
rials. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Tuesday October 7th 1735
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mp Laroche in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
M' Oglethorpe
M' Thomas Tower
Mp Vernon
Capt. Eyles
Mr Geo. Heathcote
Mp L'apostre
D' Hales
M' Hucks.
[9 c. r.]

130 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of five hundred Acres of Land to M™
Elizabeth West and the Heirs Male of her Body.
x Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of five hundred Acres of Land to Mr
Philip George Frederick De Reck of Ratisbonne in Germany.
Read a License for M' John Tuckwell's Residence in England.
Read a License for M' Rowland Pytt's Residence in England.
Read an Appointment of John Brownfield Register of Lands in
Georgia. Read an Appoiutment of John Vanderplank Naval Officer in Georgia.
Read an Appointment of Richard Johnston first Bailiff of the Town of
Frederica in the Room of Thomas Hawkins.
Read an Appointment of Daniel Cannon Second Bailiff of the Town of
Frederica in the Room of Samuel Perkins.
Read an Appointment of John Calwell third Bailiff of the Town of
Frederica in the Room of Edward Addison.
Read an Appointment of William Abbot Constable of the Town of
Frederica in the Room of John Brookes.
Read an Appointment of John Levally Sen' Tything Man of the Town
of Frederica in the Room of John Calwell.
Read an Appointment of Daniel Parnell Tything Man of the Town of
Frederica in the Room of William Allen.
Read an Appointment of John Flower Constable of the Town of Fred
erica in the Room of Samuel Davison.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Grants, Li
censes, and Appointments
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same, and Memorials of the
Grants in order to be register'd by the Auditor of the Plantations.
A Bill of Exchange dated Savanah July 14th 1735 drawn by M'
Thomas Causton for five hundred Pounds Sterling payable to Paul
Jenys Esq' and C° thirty Days after Sight was presented to the Board.
Advice of the said Bill being receiv'd.
Resolved That the said Bill be accepted and paid when due.
Resolved That the Passage of the Women Who go with Count Pottendorf's Peo-

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pie be charged as Part of the fifty five Heads which the said Count pro
posed to send over to Georgia.
Resolved That any three of the Common Council meeting on Friday next be
impower'd to draw proper Instructions for the Conduct of the Magistrates
of Savanah upon all the Points in M' Causton's last Letter.
Resolved That forty Pounds be paid to Mp Wynantz for the Extraordinary
Charge and Expence of the People that came with Mp Nitschmann and
of the Children by them left behind. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Friday November 7th 1735
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mp Hucks in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Mp Eyles
M' L'apostre
M' Vernon
M' Tho8 Tower
Lord Carpenter
M' Laroche
M' Chandler
Dp Hales
Alderman Heathcote
Resolved That fifty Pounds be given to the Accomptant for his Extraordinary
Services in the late Imbarkations, and that M' Alderman Heathcote be
desired to pay the same.
M' L'apostre reported to the Board that two hundred and fifty Georgia
Bills of Exchange amounting to two thousand five hundred Pounds were
sealed October the 2d 1735, That five hundred more of the said Bills
amounting to One thousand Pounds were sealed October the 6"1 1735,
And That five hundred more of the said Bills amounting to five hun
dred Pounds were sealed October the 9th 1735 the Value of the Whole
being four thousand Pounds.

132 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Resolved That twenty Pounds be applied out of the Benefaction given Septem
ber 25th 1735 for the German Persecuted Protestants at forty Shilling
each Family to Mp Spangenberg, and Nine Others who went to Georgia
from Count Pottendorf in Janpy last.
Resolved That three thousand Pounds be paid into the hands of Mp Alderman
Heathcote on Account.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the same by. Mr Hucks,
the Earl of Egmont Mp Laroche M' Vernon and M' L'apostre N° 7650 I.
A Report from the Committee of Accounts of October 27th 1735 was
read to the Purport following
That M' Simond had attended and produced his Account with the
Trust of the following Articles Viz' twenty Pounds for freight of four
Heads by the Prince of Wales Captn Dunbar in October 1734, One hun
dred thirty five Pounds Eighteen Shillings and Eleven Pence for the
Saltzburghers, Seventy three Pounds for Gunpowder, twelve Pounds
Sixteen Shillings for Oznabrigs sent by Capt. Cornish, Sixteen Pounds
for freight of Live Oak Timber sent from M' Samuel Eveleigh, thirteen
Pounds Seven Shillings and Six pence for Coals sent by Captain Cor
nish, and Seven hundred fifty Nine Pounds Eighteen Shillings and four
Pence for freight and Other Charges of the Ship Simond, amounting in
the Whole to the Sum of One thousand and thirty One Pounds and
Nine Pence, and on examining the said Several Articles the Committee
had agreed thereto.
That Mr Reiusset and Captain Thomson had likewise attended and
agreed to take fifty Tons of Goods for the Trust to be cousign'd to Mr
Oglethorpe at thirty Shillings ^ Ton, on board the two Brothers to sail
for Tybee Island in fourteen Days.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts of October 29 1735 to
the Purport following.
That M' Wragg's Account had been laid before them consisting of
the following Articles Viz' twenty five Pounds Seven Shillings and
Eight Pence for Victualling the Passengers on board the London Mer
chant before the Ship was ready to sail, Fifteen Shillings for rebuilding
a Necessary House that had been pull'd down, five hundred Sixty three
Pounds Six Shillings and Eight Pence for freight of One hundred twen-

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ty Nine Persons, making One hundred and twelve Heads and two thirds,
on board the said Ship for Georgia ; And forty five Pounds for the
freight of thirty Tons of Goods at thirty Shillings "$> Ton. Amounting
in the Whole to the Sum of Six hundred thirty four Pounds nine Shil
lings and four Pence. And on Examining the said Several Articles the
Committee had agreed thereto.
That they had likewise agreed, that two Pounds two Shillings be paid
to the Pilot pursuant to M' Oglethorpe's Letter dated October 27th 1735.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.
The Accomptant reported the Muster taken on board the Ship Simond
Capt. Cornish to be One hundred and two Persons making Ninety three
Heads and a half, of which Persons fifty two were Males above Sixteen,
twenty Males under Sixteen, twenty Seven Females above Sixteen, and
three Females under Sixteen, and that the Dead freight Short Shipp'd
amounted to Seven Heads and a half. That Captain Mackay was to re
pay the Trust for the freight of his Wife and Servant, and D' Tailfer
for the freight of his Servant making three Heads, part of the said
Heads ; And that four Heads more of the said Heads are paid for out of
the Money for the Mission.
Resolved That the Dead freight for Six of the Heads short shipp'd be paid out
of the Money for the Mission, the same arising by accommodating the
Gentlemen on board for that Service, having room for ten, and being
but four in Number.
The Accomptant reported the Muster taken on board the London
Merchant Capt. Thomas to be One hundred and twenty Nine Persons
making One hundred and twelve Heads and two thirds ; of Which Per
sons Sixty three were Males above Sixteen, Seventeen Males under Six
teen thirty two Females above Sixteen, and Seventeen Females under
Sixteen.Resolved That Benjamin Brownjohn and Leonard Whiting, the Brother and
Servant of William Brownjohn in Georgia be sent over by the two
Brothers Capt. Thomson, and that their Passage be repaid to the Trust
by the said William Brownjohn in Georgia.
Resolved That a Maid Servant to Thomas Christie be sent over by the two

134 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Brothers Capt. Thomson, And that her Passage be repaid to the Trust
by the said Thomas Christie in Georgia.
Read a Letter from Mr Harbin dated October 31" 1735.
Order'd That a Letter with a Copy of the last be sent to him by the next
Post. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Monday November 17"1 1735
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Vernon in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Lord Carpenter
Mp L'apostre
Mp Chandler
Mp Hucks
M' Tho8 Tower
D' Bundy
M' Laroche
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts of November 10"'
1735 to the Purport following.
That Mp Simond's Account for the Beef and Butter from Ireland had
been laid before them ; As also the Muster of the Prince of Wales, to
gether with M' Simond's Letters about his Accounts. And That they had
resolved, that M' Simond should attend on his Accounts, and that in the
mean time twelve hundred Pounds should be paid to him on Account.
That they had likewise examin'd the General Account for the Year
ending the 9*b of June 1735 and agreed thereto.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.
Resolved That M' Vernon be desired to ask the Lord High Chancellor and
Master of the Rolls, when they will be attended with the Annual Account.
Resolved That any three of the Common Council be desired to attend the De
livery of the said Account.

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Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts of November 12'b
1735 to the Purport following.
That M' Simond had attended on his Account of Six hundred and for
ty Barrels of Beef and two hundred Firkins supplied the Trust from Ire
land, which amounted to Eight hundred and twenty One Pounds fifteen
Shillings and Six pence as ^> Invoyce and Bill of Lading, and on ex
amining the same the Committee had agreed thereto.
That M' Simond had likewise laid before them his further Account for
the following Articles. Viz' Sixteen Shillings and Six Pence for Broker-
idge on the Draughts on him from Ireland, One hundred and Seventy
Pounds for freight of the said Beef and Butter, two Pounds ten Shil
lings for the freight of John Ridley a Boy bound to the Trust ou board
the Peter and James ; And thirty five Pounds for the Detention of his
Ship about a License for loading Rice from Georgia; On Examining
which the Committee had agreed thereto
That the Whole Value of the Articles from Ireland for the said Ship
amounted to One thousand and thirty Pounds and two Shillings.
That Mp Simond had produced his Account of the following Charges
on the Imbarkation from Scotland Viz' ten Pounds Sixteen Shillings
for a Ton of Graft, Cask and Wateridge on board ; Eight Pounds three
Shillings and five Pence for two Barrels of Gun Powder on board ; One
hundred forty Nine Pounds Six Shillings and Eight Pence for the
Charge of the Ship Prince of Wales going to Scotland and taking in the
People there. Sixteen Pounds twelve Shillings and three Pence for
PJaids, Bonetts, and Shoes ; And Sixteen Pounds Seventeen Shillings
and one Penny for nets, the whole amounting to the Sum of two hun
dred and One Pound fifteen Shillings and five Pence.
That both the said Amounts made together the Sum of One thousand
two hundred and thirty one Pounds Seventeen Shillings and five Pence ;
Whereof twelve hundred Pounds had been paid to M' Simond upon Ac
count ; and that the Committee had order'd the remaining thirty One
Pounds. Seventeen Shillings and five Pence to be paid to M' Simond in
full of the said two Accounts.
And that the Muster Roll of the Passengers on board the Prince of
Wales imbarked at Scotland having been perused by the said Commit
tee, and it being Uncertain how Many the Heads thereof, amounting to
One hundred Sixty five and two thirds, were to be paid for by the
Trust ; They had order'd Six hundred and fifty Pounds to be paid to

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M' Simond on Account of the freight of the said Passengers, untill the
Account of the said freight can be settled.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.
Read a Grant of five hundred Acres of Land to William Bradley of
London. Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Grant.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same, and a Memorial of the
said Grant in order to be register'd with the Auditor of the Plantations.
Order'd That One Pound Eleven Shillings and Six Pence be paid for the use
of the said William Bradley for the Consideration Money of the said
Grant, and the Register thereof, and that William Bradley be made Debtor
for the same in Georgia.
Order'd That One hundred and fifty Pounds be insured upon Richard Lawley's
Goods shipp'd on board the two Brothers, and that the said Richard
Lawley be made Debtor for the Charge thereof in Georgia.
Order'd That William Bradley be made Debtor for whatever Expense the Trust
shall be put to for John Hughes his Nephew not going by the London
Merchant, after having been muster'd at Gravesend, and after his freight
had been paid for by the Trust as if on board that Ship ; He being now
to go by the two Brothers Capt. Thomson at the Expence of the Trust.
Order'd That Watch Coats and Bedding be provided for Benjamin Brown
john and Leonard Whiting, and that William Brownjohn be made
Debtor for the same in Georgia
Order'd That a Suit of Bedding be provided for Sarah Penkett, 'and that
Thomas Christie be made Debtor for the same in Georgia, She going over
as Servant to the said Thomas Christie
Adjourn'd

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Palace Court
Wednesday December 10th 1735
Present in Common Council Assembled
D' Hales in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Lord Carpenter
M' Tho8 Tower
Mp Vernon
M' Laroche
M' Hucks
M' L'apostre
D' Bundy.
The Accomptant reported the Muster taken on board the two Brothers
Capt. Thomson to be thirteen Persons making Eleven Heads and One
Third ; And that there were Sixty Tons of Goods on board the said Ship
Whereof thirty Seven Tons by Weight, and twenty three Tons by Measure.
Resolved That Matthew Brown and his Servant be sent to Georgia by the Way
of Bristol as part of the last Imbarkation.
Resolved That no more Persons be sent on the Charity till the Trustees are en
abled by a new Supply.
Read a Letter from M' Thomas Causton dated October 15'" 1735 with
the following Bills drawn by him on the Trustees. Viz'.
One Bill of Exchange dated September 14th 1735 for three hundred
and five Pounds and Six Shillings Sterl. payable to M' Samuel Eveleigh
or Order thirty Days after Sight.
A Bill of Exchange dated Savanah September 14th 1735 for One hun
dred Pounds Sterl. payable to Andrew Grant and David Douglass or
Order thirty Days after Sight.
A Bill of Exchange dated Savanah September 27th 1735 for thirty Six
Pounds fifteen Shillings Sterl. payable to Paul Jenys Esq' and C° or
Order thirty Days after Sight.
A Bill of Exchange dated Savanah Sept' 27th 1735 for twenty Seven
Pounds Sterl. payable to Paul Jenys Egq' and C° or Order thirty Days
after Sight.
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five Shillings Sterl. payable to Paul Jenys Esq' and C° or Order thirty
Days after Sight.
Resolved That the said Bills be accepted and paid when due.
The Board being inform'd that M' Simond had paid the freight of a
Quantity of Tar consign'd to the Trust, the said freight amounting to
Seventy three Pounds four Shillings and Seven Pence.
Order'd That the Tar be sold, and that Mp Simond be afterwards paid for the
freight of the same.
Resolved That five Guineas be given to Mr Atherton for his past Services, and
that One Shilling and Six Pence ^. week be added to his Allowance.
Resolved That One thousand Six hundred Pounds be paid into the hands of M'
Alderman Heathcote on Account.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the same by Dp Hales
M' Tho8 Tower, M' Vernon, the Earl of Egmont, and M' Hucks N° 7651 1.
Order'd That as soon as the Annual Account ending at the 9"1 of June last is
deliver'd to the Lord High Chaucellor and the Master of the Rolls, two
hundred and fifty Copies of the said Account be printed by M' Baskett
the King's Printer.
Resolved That some of the printed Proposals for those that go to Georgia at their
own Expence be given out to such Persons as any of the Trustees shall
think proper.
A Bill of Exchange dated Savanah Sept' 27th 1735 for fifty Pounds
Sterl. payable to Paul Jenys Esq' and C° or Order thirty Days after
Sight drawn on James Oglethorpe Esq' by M' Thomas Causton to be
placed to his own Account, was presented to the Board.
A Bill of Exchange dated Savanah Sept' 27tL 1735 for thirty Pounds
Sterl. payable to Paul Jenys Esq' and C" or Order thirty Days after sight
drawn on James Oglethorpe Esq' by Mp Thomas Causton being Money
advanced to Robert Parker was presented to the Board.
Resolved That the two said Bills be accepted and paid when due in honour of
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Order'd That Plato's Works Greek and Latin and his Republique french be
bought for the Use of the Mission in Georgia.
Order'd That an Auger for boring the Earth value three Pounds be provided
for the Use of the Colony. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Friday Jan'y 16'b 173f
Present in Common Council Assembled
Lord Tyrconnel in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' Tho8 Tower
Mp Hucks
M' Laroche
M' Holland
D' Bundy
Resolved That M' Vernon M' White M' Tho8 Tower the Earl of Egmont and
such others of the Common Council as shall please to attend be a Com
mittee to consider' of a proper Method to raise a Provision for the Main
tenance of a Minister in Georgia, and that any three of them be a Quo
rum ; and that ihe Committee do meet on Monday next at one o'Clock.
A Bill of Exchange dated Savanah August 12. 1735 for Sixty Nine
Pounds Sixteen Shillings and three Pence drawn by M' Thomas Causton
and payable to M' Richard Woodward and C" being the Balance of M'
Woodward's Account for Sundries deliver'd for account of the Magazine
was presented to the Board.
Advice of the said Bill being receiv'd
Order'd That the said Bill be accepted and paid when due.
A Bill of Exchange dated Savanah Oct' 24. 1735 for One hundred
Pounds Sterling drawn by M' Thomas Causton payable to Elisha Foster
or Order thirty Days after sight was presented to the Board.
No Advice of the said Bill being receiv'd.

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Resolved
That the Acceptance of the said Bill be postpon'd till Advice comes
of the same.
Resolved That the Demurrage for the Ships Simond and London Merchant
claim'd by the Owners from November l8' 1735 to the 10'" of December
following, and the Victualling the Passengers on board the said Ships
for the said time be allowed and paid.
Peregrine Fury Esq' Agent for South Carolina attended and desired
that such Money as is or shall be due to him from the said Province of
South Carolina may be permitted to be paid by the said Province to the
Use of the Colony of Georgia for Bills on the Trustees here to pay the
same to him.
Resolved That Mr Oglethorpe be desired to receive of the Treasurer or Commit
tee of Correspondence of the Province of South Carolina the Money
which is or shall be due to the said Peregrine Fury Esq' and that he do
draw from time to time on the Trustees payable to the said Peregrine
Fury Esq' or Order in London thirty Days after sight for Each Value
receiv'd by him of the said Province for the said Mp Fury, Giving the
Trustees a Letter of Advice of and with Each Bill so to be drawn.
Resolved That the Money due to M' Chardon upon the State of his last Ac
count ending October 25th 1735 be paid by M' Oglethorpe in Georgia,
and that Mp Chardon's Bill for three hundred Pounds drawn June 26.
1735 be not paid by the Trust.
Order'd That the said Resolution be sent to M' Oglethorpe, and that Mr
Chardon's Account be likewise sent with it.
Resolved That the Salary due to Mr Robert Millar the Botanist be paid up to
Michaelmas last, when Money shall come in from the Subscriptions for
Botany and Agriculture sufficient for the Payment of the same.
Resolved That the Payment of Robert Millar's Salary for last Christmas Quar
ter be postponed till Advice shall arrive of the said Millar's being alive
at the end of the said Quarter.
Read a Petition from Susannah Haselfoot on behalf of her Husband
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Lot in Savanah, and to have the One hundred and fifty Acres granted
to him Feb'7 27. 1733 set out together as near as may be to some River
or Island, Notwithstanding he has not carried three Servants over with
him according to the Conditions of the said Grant ; And also desiring a
Loan of two Servants to make up with the Servant which he has the
Number required by the said Grant.
Resolved That if the Town Lot in Savauah has been convey'd to the said James
Haselfoot he may have leave to surrender the same, bot if it has not
been convey'd to him in consideration of his Improvemeuts thereon the
Trustees will grant the same to such Person not having Lands in Geor
gia as shall make him Satisfaction for his Improvements thereon, And
that the One hundred and fifty Acres Granted to him the said Feb'7 27.
1733 be set out together according to the Prayer of the said Petition on
his surrendring his Town Lot if already convey'd to him ; And That if
there are any Servants undispos'd of in Georgia M' Oglethorpe be de
sired to let the said James Hazelfoot have the Loan of two upon the
usual Conditions.
Read Articles of Agreement between the Trustees and William Brad
ley dated October 7 1735.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the same.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Sec""7 do countersign the same.
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts of December 24"1
1735 to the Purport following.
That they had read Mp Oglethorpe's Letter dated December 10th 1735
complaining that the Watch Coats bought of Mr Edward Robinson had
shrunk intolerably, upon which they resolv'd that the said Edward Rob
inson should be acquainted therewith, and should never be employ'd in
serving the Trust with any thing for the future.
That the Committee had taken into Consideration the Accounts of
Demurrage for the Ships Simond and London Merchant claim'd by the
Owners from November l8' 1735 to Dec' 10th following and of Victual
ling the Passengers on board the said Ships for the said time.
That Observing in the Account for the Ship Simond that the Victual
ling of two Custom house Officers at Eight Pence a Day each was
charged for forty Days when in the Account for the Ship London Mer-

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chant the Victualling of two Custom house Officers was charged but for
Nineteen Days. They resolved that no more than Nineteen Days Vict
ualling of the said two Officers should be allowed.
That the said Committee further observing in the Account for the
said Ship Simond, that fourteen Pounds were charged for the Prime
Cost of three Barrels And one hundred and One Pieces of Pork, Part of
the Ships Provisions found unfit for use (being salted in the hot Season,)
And that by Letter from M' Oglethorpe dated Cowes November 6 1735
three Barrels of the same were sent back by the Way of Portsmouth,
which Mp Simond took ; They were of opinion that the said fourteen
Pounds ought not to be charged to the Trustees. And They did further
observe that in the Credic Part of the- said Account the Sums of four
Pounds thirteen Shillings and Eight Pence, and four Pounds twelve
Shillings and Seven Pence were credited for Flower and Raisins sup
plied by Mp Oglethorpe by way of Replacing the said Pork which the
Committee were of Opinion ought not to be Credited therein, but
charged by Mp Oglethorpe to the Account of Refreshments for the Pas
sengers on board the said Ship.
That the said Committee on examining the several Articles in the Ac
counts for the Ship London Merchant were of Opinion, That the Sum of
ten Shillings and Six Pence Charged as paid to the Clerk of the Hawk
Sloop of War ought not to be allowed, it not appearing for what Paid.
That the Sum of five Pounds for the Passage of a Servant taken in at
Cowes for M' Bradley ought not to be paid, because the Passage of John
Hughes the said Bradley's Nephew has been already Paid, Who did not
go by the said Ship. That the Sum of Seven Shillings for a Cradle for
him should not be allowed because no Cradles are paid for till deliver'd
in Georgia. That the Sum of One Pound Six Shillings and Eight Pence
Charged for forty Days Victualling of One Head more than was on Board
must be disallowed, And that the Sum of two Pounds thirteen Shillings
and four Pence overcomputed in Seventy four Pounds One Shilling and
four Pence in the Account of Victualling must also be disallowed.
That the Committee on reading the Case of M' William Bradley did
find thereby that three Passengers were left on Shore whose Victualling
Charged at two Shillings for December 10"1 1735 must not be allowed ;
And did observe that half freight for the said three Passengers amount
ing to Seven Pounds ten Shillings must be charged to the Owners of the
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having receiv'd whole freight for the said three Passengers who are now
to be sent at the Expence of the Trustees.
That Mr William Bradley attending the said Committee and repre
senting the destitute Condition of himself, Son, and M' John Robinson
and their Expences occasion'd by their being left behind by the Ship
London Merchant tho' sent on Shore at Portsmouth to engage a Midwife
to go to Georgia for the sake of Women Passengers near their time on
board the said Ship and the Ship Simond ; The Committee had Agreed
that twenty Pounds should be paid them for their said Expences, and
that they should be sent Passengers to S° Carolina by Capt. Piercy's
Ship at five Pounds <jj>> Head, and that Watch Coats and Bedding should
be furnished them for use in their Passage.
That Mp Oglethorpe having given to the Trust a fine Coach Stone
Horse, and desired in his Letter dated Dec' 3. 1735 that the Trustees
would send it by Capt. Piercy's Ship. The Committee had agreed that
the said Stone horse should be sent accordingly, and that ten Pounds be
paid for the freight of the said horse when deliver'd at Charles Town to
Paul Jenys Esqp to be sent by him to Georgia for the use of the Trust.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.
Read a Petition of Mr William Bradley desiring thirty Guineas may
be advanced him for the payment of the Passage of two Servants and to
defray other Expences : Col. Cecil having agreed to accept a Bill drawn
on him by the said William Bradley for the payment of the same.
Resolved That the said Petition be granted. Adjourn'd.

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Palace Court
Monday Feb'7 2. 173f
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' White in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
Earl of Egmont
M' Digby
M' Vernon
Mr Laroche
Mp Tho8 Tower
Alderman Heathcote
M' Hucks
Capt. Eyles
D' Bundy
Lord Tyrconnel
A Bill of Exchange dated Savanah Nov' 25 1735 for One hundred
and fifty Pounds Sterl. drawn by M' Thomas Causton payable to George
Morley Esq' being Value receiv'd of Mess" Jenys and Baker was pre
sented to the Board by Mr Morley.
Resolved That the said Bill be accepted and paid when due.
A Bill of Exchange dated Octp 24 1735 for One hundred Pounds
Sterl, drawn by M' Thomas Causton payable to the Order of Elisha
Foster having been Noted for Non Acceptance for want of Advice, and
being payable on the 4th Instant, and no Letter of Advice being yet
receiv'd. Resolved ThatM' Fonnereau (who has the said Bill,) be desired not to return
it Protested for Non-Payment ; and That in Consideration thereof he shall
£
be allowed 5 $ Cent Interest from the time the said Bill shall become
payable to the time of the Trustees receiving Advice of its being drawn.
Mr Simond having sent an Account of the Money due to him on the
Sale of two hundred and forty Barrels of Tar sent from Georgia and
consign'd to the Trustees by the Ship Two Brothers Capt. Thomson,
being more than the freight and Charges thereon, amounting to thirty
three Pounds and One Penny, And for the freight and Wateridge of a

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Barrel of Potash by the said Ship Eight Shillings and three Pence
making together thirty three Pounds Eight Shillings and four Pence.
Resolved That the said Sum of thirty three Pounds Eight Shillings and four
Pence be paid And that if the Bounty shall be received on importing
the said Tar the said Sum of thirty three Pounds and One Penny for
freight and Charges exceeding the Money arising by the sale of the said
Tar be repaid thereout, together with five Pounds Sixteen Shillings and
Eight Pence deducted out of the said freight by way of Surcharge on the
Owners of the Ship two Brothers for half freight of Passengers who went
on Shore after whole freight had been paid for them before they left
England, making together the sum of thirty Eight Pounds Sixteen Shil
lings and Nine Pence to be repaid out of the said Bounty.
Mp Simond having sent an Account of thirteen Pounds four Shillings
and three Pence the Value of Provisions received by Mp Thomas Caus
ton of Capt. Yoakley. August 5th 1735
Resolved That the said Sum be paid.
Resolved That five hundred Pounds be paid into the hands of Mr Alderman
Heathcote on Account.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the same by M' White,
Earl of Egmont M' Vernon M' Hucks and M' Digby N° 7652. I.
M' Vernon made a Report from the Committee to consider of a proper
Method to raise a Provision for the Maintenance of a Minister in Geor
gia, That they had taken the same into Consideration and come to an
Opinion that three hundred Acres of Land be granted to proper Trustees
(who are to be changed at the Will and Pleasure of the Common Coun
cil of the Trustees,) to be cultivated out of the Monies which are or shall
be received for Religious uses ; And that out of the clear Monies arising
from the Profits of the said Land so cultivated Such Sum as the Common
Council of the Trustees shall think proper be in the first Place paid to
the Minister Who shall from time to time be appointed by the Common
Council for the time being to officiate in the Town of Savanah. That
such a Sum as the Common Council shall think proper and direct be then
paid to a School Master And that the Remainder shall be applied to the
Repairs of the Church and such Other Uses and Purposes as the Common
Council shall think proper and direct.
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Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.
M' Harbin having had a Letter of Credit from Mp Simond during his
Commission at Rotterdam and having made no use of the same return'd
it at the Board. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Feb'7 11 173|
Present in Common Council Assembled
D' Bundy in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
Mp Vernon
M' White
Lord Carpenter
M' Hucks
Mp Holland
M' Laroche
M' Tho8 Tower
The Board taking into Consideration the Minute of the last Board re
lating to the Report from the Committee appointed to consider of a proper
Method to raise a Provision for the Maintenance of a Minister in Georgia.
Resolved That the same do not stand as the Resolution till it has been re-
consider'd.
Resolved That it be reconsider'd on AVednesday the 18th Instant at 11 o'Clock
and that the Reconsideration thereof be specified in the Summons to the
Common Council.
Mp Simond having sent an Account of Seven hundred Eighty two
Pounds three Shillings and Nine pence Sterl. due to him for Six hundred
and Ninety Barrels of Flower, sixteen Barrels of middling Bread, five
Barrels of Beef, One Barrel of Pork, thirty firkins of Butter, and twelve
Casks q' forty two Gallons each of Beer deliver'd in Georgia from Phila-

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delphia, as ^ Invoyce receiv'd inclosed in Mp Causton's Letter dated
December 7. 1735.
Resolved That the said Sum of Seven hundred Eighty two Pounds three Shillings
and Nine Pence be paid to Mp Simond at the Bank of England.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank for the same by Mp White Mp Tho3
Tower M' Hucks M' Laroche and M' Holland N° 7653 I.
Resolved That two hundred acres of Land be granted to M' Thomas Ormston on
his carrying over with four Servants.
(sic) Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Feb'7 18th 173-f
Present in Common Council Assembled
Earl of Egmont in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
Lord Carpenter
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Vernon
M' Tho" Tower
Mp Holland
Mp White
M' Laroche
Mp L'apostre
D' Bundy
M' Hucks
D' Hales
Alderman Heathcote.
Resolved That the further Consideration of the Minute of Monday Feb'7 2. re
lating to the Report from the Committee appointed to consider of a ^
proper Method to raise a Provision for the Maintenance of a Minister in
Georgia be Adjourn'd to Thursday Feb17 26. Instant.
Adjourn'd.

148 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Thursday Feb'7 26. 173f
Present in Common Council Assembled
Lord Carpenter in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Thos Tower
Mr Vernon
Capt. Eyles
M' Hucks
S' William Heathcote
M' Chandler
D' Bundy
D' Hales.
The Common Council taking into Consideration the several Resolutions
made by them on the 8th and 23d of November 1732 and on the 11th of
December 1734 in relation to the setting out and cultivating Lands for
the Religious uses of the Colony ; And Observing that no Grant hath as
vy\ yet been made of any Lands for the said Purposes ; after mature Deliber
ation and Debate of the Premises, and in pursuance and in Execution of
the said former Resolutions
Resolved That a Grant be forthwith made under the Seal of the Corporation of
three hundred Acres of Land to certain Trustees to be appointed and from
time to time to be changed and alter'd as the Common Council or the
Major Part of Such of them as shall be for that purpose assembled shall
think fit and proper ; And that all such Monies as has been or shall be
receiv'd for the Religious Uses of the Colony shall be applied with all
\ convenient speed towards the cultivating and improving the said three
hundred Acres ; And that the neat Proceed arising from the Produce and
Profits of the said Lands shall be from time to time applied to the Re
ligious Uses of the said Colony in general only, in such manner, as the
said Common Council or the Major Part of such of them as shall be for
that Purpose assembled shall think fit and proper.
Order'd That a Copy of the said Minute be immediately transmitted to M'
Oglethorpe And that the Grant of the three hundred acres for Religious

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Uses be so soon as it is under the Seal transmitted to M' Oglethorpe ac
companied with a Letter to desire him to order the said three hundred
Acres to be forthwith survey'd either together or in Parcels in the best
Spots of Land unsurvey'd in the Neighbourhood of the Town of Sa
vanah. Order'd That Mp Oglethorpe be acquainted at the same time what money the
Trustees have in hand for Religious Uses in general, which may be ap
plied to the cultivating of the three hundred Acres, and that he be de
sired to propose a Method for the said Cultivation. And that he be
acquainted what Money is in hand for building the Church, and be de
sired to transmit immediately a Plan and Estimate for the said Church.
Resolved That M' Alderman Heathcote be desired to pay the Sum of three
hundred thirty six Pounds Eleven Shillings to the Accomptant in order
to discharge the Expence of the Saw and Corn Mills and Nails to be
shipt at Bristol for Georgia.
Resolved That One hundred and fifty Acres of Land be granted to M' Rees
Price of Landovery in Carmarthenshire South Wales under the usual
Limitations and Conditions. Adjourn'd.

Vestry Room of St. Bride's Church.
Thursday March 18th 173|
Present in Common Council Assembled.
M' Hucks in the Chair.
Earl of Egmont
M' Holland
M' Vernon
D' Hales
Lord Tyrconnel
Lord Carpenter
Mp Tho9 Tower
Mp Laroche
Dp Bundy.

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Resolved That Eight Guineas be paid to M' Amos Callard to reimburse him for
Council's Fees paid by him on hearing the Cause for the Disposition of
six thousand Pounds left by Mp Timothy Wilson among his Mother's
nearest Relations, or to be laid out by his Trustees to Charitable uses
whereof the Colony of Georgia is proposed to partake.
Order'd That a Bill of Exchange for One hundred Pounds drawn by Mr
Thomas Causton Oct1 24th 1735 payable to Elisha Foster which was pre
sented Jan'y 2. 1735 and payable the 4,h of Feb'7 last be paid with Inter-
£
est at 5 ^ Cent from the said 4th of Feb'7 a Letter of Advice being re
ceiv'd of the said Bill.
Order'd That a Bill of Exchange for two hundred Pounds drawn by Mr
Thomas Causton Nov' 5 1735 payable to Paul Jenys Esq' and C° Which
was presented Jan17 21" 1735 and payable the 23d of Feb17 last be paid
s
with Interest at 5 fi Cent from the said 23 of Febpy a Letter of Advice
being receiv'd of the said Bill.
Order'd That a Bill of Exchange for two hundred Pounds drawn by M'
Thomas Causton Dec' 8. 1735 payable to Mp Hugh Brian, Which was
presented the 13tb of this present March, be accepted and paid when due.
a Letter of Advice being receiv'd of the said Bill.
Order'd That a Bill of Exchange for two hundred Pounds drawn by Mp Thomas
Causton Dec' 25 1735 payable to Paul Jenys Esqp and C° be accepted
and paid when due. A Letter of Advice being receiv'd of the said Bill.
Resolved That One thousand three hundred Pounds be paid into the hands of
M' Alderman Heathcote on Account.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the same by Mp Hucks,
Lord Tyrconnel Mp Vernon D' Hales and M' Holland N° 7654 I.
Adjourn'd.

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Palace Court
Wednesday March 31s' 1736
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Holland in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
Earl of Egmont
Mp Digby
Mp Sloper
M' Tho8 Tower
Dp Bundy
M' Vernon
Lord Tyrconnel
Sr William Heathcote
Read a Grant of three hundred acres of Land to Thomas Causton
Henry Parker Thomas Christie and John West in Trust to be cultivated
for the Religious uses of the Colony.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Grant.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of two hundred Acres of Land to
Mp Thomas Ormston of Edinburgh Merchant.
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of One hundred and fifty Acres of
Land to M' Rees Price of Landovery of Carmarthenshire South Wales.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said two Grants.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Grants, and a Memorial of
the same in Order to be register'd by the Auditor of the Plantations.
Resolved That a Catechist be appointed at the Town of Savanah in Georgia. -
Resolved That James Oglethorpe Esq' be desired to find out among the Persons •
settled at Savanah a proper Person for such Catechist.
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paid in by M' Burton for five Years certain or during the Life of the
said Benefactor be applied to such Catechist.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Aprill 21s' 1736
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Laroche in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
Mp Digby
Mr Chandler
Alderman Heathcote
M' L'apostre
S' William Heathcote
Earl of Shaftesbury
Lord Carpenter
Whereas M" Katherine Southwell has this day paid in by the hands of
the Earl of Egmont One hundred Pounds, and desired to have the same
applied in cultivating Lands for Religious Uses in Georgia towards the
maintenance of a Catechist at Savanah out of the net Proceed of such
Lands. Resolved That out of such Proceed an Allowance be made towards the Mainte-
'nance of a Catechist at Savanah.
Resolved That the four Persons recommended by the Mayor and Aldermen of
Liverpool be sent to Georgia at the Expence of the Trust
Whereas there are already in Georgia more People than the Trustees
know well how to support
Resolved That no more Persons be sent to Georgia at the Expence of the Trust
for the Year 1736.
Order'd That the Secretary do sign the said Resolution and that it be posted
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Read a Petition of John Mosely and Robert Peck Slop sellers near
Billingsgate to serve the Trust with Bedding Watch Coats and Cloath-
ing. Receiv'd a Bill of Exchange dated Savanah Janry 20'h 173f for two
hundred and Seventy two Pounds Sterling drawn by Mp Thomas Caus
ton and payable to Mp Samuel Eveleigh or Order thirty days after sight.
Advice of the said Bill being receiv'd
Order'd That the said Bill be accepted and paid when due.
Receiv'd a Bill of Exchange dated Charles Town Feb17 4 1735 for
thirty Eight Pounds Seventeen Shillings and two Pence Sterl. drawn by
M' Isaac Chardon being the Balance of his Account for Provisions pay
able to Mess" Peter and I C Simond thirty days after sight.
Resolved That the said Bill be returned to M' Chardon, and that M' Oglethorpe
be desired to pay the said M' Chardon what is due to him.
Resolved That the Account sent by M' Oglethorpe of Money due to the Own
ers of the Ship Prince of Wales Capt. George Dunbar be refer'd to the
Committee of Accounts.
Receiv'd a Bill of Exchange dated Charles Town Feb'7 27 173f for
three hundred and forty two Pounds Seventeen Shilling and two Pence
drawn by Mess" Jenys and Baker payable to Capt. James Pearce and
C° or Order being for live Cattle provided for the Colony.
Order'd That the said Bill be accepted and paid when due.
Receiv'd a Bill of Exchange dated Savanah Jan'7 16 1735 for two
hundred Pounds Sterl. drawn by Mp Thomas Causton payable to Paul
Jenys Esqp and C° or Order thirty days after sight.
Advice of the said Bill being receiv'd.
Order'd That the said Bill be accepted and paid when due.
Resolved That six hundred Pounds be paid into the hands of Mp Alderman
Heathcote on Account.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the same by Mp Laroche
the Earl of Egmont S' William Heathcote M' Digby and Lord Tyrcon
nel N° 7655. I. Adjourn'd.

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Palace Court
Wednesday May 19 1736
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mp Vernon in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
Lord Carpenter
Mp Laroche
M' Thos Tower
M' L'apostre
Alderman Cater
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of One hundred Acres of Land to Pat
rick Graham of Crieff in Scotland Apothecary.
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of One hundred Acres of Land to
Henry Pitts of Carlisle Carpenter.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said two Grants.
Which was affix'd accordingly
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said two Grants, and Memorials
of them in order to be register'd with the Auditor of the Plantations.
Receiv'd a Bill of Exchange dated Savanah Feb'7 3. 1735 drawn by
Mr Tho8 Causton for One hundred Pounds Sterl. payable to Robert Ellis
or Order thirty days after sight.
Receiv'd a Bill of Exchange dated Savanah Feb'7 3 1735 drawn by
M' Thomas Causton for One hundred Pounds Sterling payable to Rob
ert Ellis or Order thirty days after sight.
Receiv'd a Bill of Exchange dated Savanah Jan'7 26 1735 drawn by
M' Thomas Causton for two hundred Pounds Sterl. payable to Paul
Jenys Esq' and C° or Order thirty days after sight
Resolved That the said three Bills be accepted and paid when due the Letters
of Advice being supposed to be sent by way of Lisbon.
Resolved That the Consideration of the three Bills of Exchange drawn by MP
Oglethorpe March 3. 1735 be postpon'd.
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by the two Brothers Capt. Thomson ; They being recommended by Dp
Best and the Parish of St. Lawrence Jewry, and having the Promise of
the Board to be sent previous to the Resolution of Aprill 21" 1736.
Resolved That twenty Tons of strong Beer be sent to Georgia by the two
Brothers Capt. Thomson.
Resolved That the same Quantity of Spice and other Grocery, Sope, Rape Oil
and Cotton Wick as was sent with M' Oglethorpe be sent by the two
Brothers.Resolved That the Accounts of Demurrage and Victualling of the Passengers on
board the Ships Simond and London Merchant and Provisions &c. be
refer'd to the Committee of Accounts.
Resolved That Capt. Thomson's Letter dated May 19 1736 be refer'd to the
said Committee.
Read a Letter from the Rl Hon"1" Lord Harrington One of His Maj
esty's principal Secretary of State with an inclosed Letter from his Ex
cellency Horatio Walpole Esq' and a Memorial of three hundred Pala
tines desiring to be sent over to Georgia.
Resolved That a Letter be immediately sent to Lord Harrington desiring his
Lordship to represent to his Majesty the utter Inability the Trustees are
in to engage in any Expence for the transporting of any more Forreigners
or Others to Georgia. Adjourn'd.

156 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Wednesday June 2 1736
Present in Common Council Assembled
Earl of Shaftesbury in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
Mp Tho8 Tower
Mp Vernon
M' Hucks
M' Laroche
M' Chandler
Mp L'apostre
Alderman Cater
Resolved That a Town Lot in the Town of Savanah be granted to M' Hugh
Anderson.Resolved That the said Mp Hugh Anderson be appointed Inspector of the Publick
Gardens and of the Mulberry Plantations in Georgia. .
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts of May 5 1736 that
they were of opinion that M' Simond's Account of the Freight, Victual
ling Demurrage and Pilotage of the Ship Prince of Wales could not be
settled with the Trust untill Capt. Dunbar shall be examin'd thereupon.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts of May 26 1736, that
the Committee had taken into Consideration an Account of Demurrage
and Victualling the Passengers on board the Ship Simond at Savanah
River, and of Provisions and Goods deliver'd out of the said Ship for the
use of the Colony amounting in the Whole to two hundred and Nine
Pounds four Shillings and Seven Pence ; and having examin'd the same
they were of Opinion that the said sum should be paid.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report, and that the
said Sum of two hundred and Nine Pounds four Shillings and seven Pence
be paid.
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts of May 26 1736 that
the Committee had taken into consideration the Account of Demurrage

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and Victualling the Passengers on board the Ship London Merchant at
Savanah River Amounting to One hundred and fifty Pounds four Shil
lings; That they found the said Sum overcharged Six Shillings and
Eight Pence and therefore Reduced the same to One hundred forty Nine
Pounds Seventeen Shillings and four Pence which they were of Opinion
should be paid.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report and that the
said Sum of One hundred and forty Nine Pounds Seventeen Shillings
and four Pence be paid.
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts of May 26 1736 that
they had consider'd the Memorial of Capt. William Thomson dated May
19. 1736 Praying an Allowance for twelve Days Detention of the Ship
two Brothers, and for Victualling Seven Passengers on board the said
Ship for that time at Savanah River ; And on perusing his Instructions
to make the Island of Tybee and wait four days without Demurrage to
deliver his Lading as M' Oglethorpe should direct, and considering the
said Captains arrival before M' Oglethorpe ; The Committee submitted
it to the Common Council whether the Specialty of the Case did not re
quire a Consideration.
Resolved That twenty Six Pounds sixteen Shillings be paid to the Owner of
the said Ship two Brothers for the said Detention of the Ship and Vict
ualling of the Seven Passengers.
Resolved That Draughts be made on the Bank of England for the two several
Sums of two hundred and Nine Pounds four Shillings and Seven Pence
and One hundred forty Nine Pounds Seventeen Shillings and four
Pence. Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for two hundred and Nine
Pounds four Shillings and Seven Pence payable to Mess" Peter and I C
Simond or Bearer by the Earl of Shaftesbury Earl of Egmont M' Ver
non Alderman Cater and M' Thomas Tower N° 7656 I.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for One hundred forty
Nine Pounds Seventeen Shillings and four Pence payable to M' Joseph
Wragg or Bearer by the Earl of Shaftesbury Earl of Egmont Mp Ver
non Alderman Cater and Mp Thomas Tower N° 7657 I.
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of One hundred Acres of Land to
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Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of One hundred Acres of Land to
Isaac Young of Eslech Martin in the County of Gloucester.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said two Grants.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Grants, and Memorials of
the said Grants in order to be register'd with the Auditor of the Planta
tions. The Board being inform'd that Bullfinch Lamb, Who had a Grant
of five hundred Acres of Land dated October 7 1734, had not perform'd
the Conditions of the said Grant in going over to Georgia within the
time limited by the Common Council
Resolved That the said Grant of five hundred Acres of Land to the said Bull
finch Lamb is Void.
Received a Bill of Exchange dated Savanah December 27'" 1735 for
Eighty five Pounds ten Shillings and Seven Pence Sterling drawn by
Mp Thomas Causton payable to Paul Jenys Esqp and C° or Order thirty
Days after sight being so much due to Capt. Eneas Mackintosh on the
Balance of Accounts for Pay and Provisions at Fort Prince George.
Advice of the said Bill being receiv'd.
Order'd That the said Bill be accepted and paid when due.
Receiv'd a Bill of Exchange dated Tybee Road March 3 1735 for two
hundred Pounds drawn by Mp Oglethorpe payable to Mp Charles Purry
or Order thirty Days after sight.
Advice of the said Bill being received
Order'd That the said Bill be accepted and paid when due.
Receiv'd a Bill of Exchange dated Tybee Road March 3 1735 for One
hundred Pounds drawn by James Oglethorpe Esq' payable to Mp Rich
ard Woodward and C° or Order thirty days after sight.
Receiv'd a Bill of Exchange dated Tybee Road March 3 1735 for two
hundred Pounds payable to Paul Jenys Esqp and C° or Order thirty
days after sight drawn by James Oglethorpe Esq'.
No Advice of the said two Bills being receiv'd.
Resolved That the said two Bills be not accepted for Payment.

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Resolved That any five of the Common Council be impower'd to draw on the
Bank of England from time to time for the payment of the Sola Bills of
Exchange. Resolved That Six Reams of Paper for Sola Bills Value twelve Shillings ^
Ream be provided.
Resolved That Eight Guineas be given to Richard Cooper the Millwright in
consideration of his being out of Employment from Jan17 31 1735 in
daily Expectation of going to Georgia with the Saw Mill.
Resolved That Eight Pence <|ft Day be given to James Smitherd the Other
Millwright for his Subsistance from Janpy 31st 1735 for the aforesaid Con
sideration. Order'd That the Accountant do write an Account of the State of the Trust
Cash, and the Estimate for the Expences for the Year 1736, and that
the said Account and Estimate do lye upon the Table.
Order'd That the Skins which were drest be sold.
Resolved That out of the ten thousand Pounds granted in the last Session of
Parliament One hundred Pounds be given to the Secretary, and that
One hundred Pounds be given to the Accountant.
Adjourn'd.

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Palace Court
Wednesday June 23 1736
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' L'apostre in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
Lord Carpenter
M' Tho8 Tower
Mp Laroche
Alderman Heathcote
Alderman Cater
M' Hucks
Order'd That a Draught be made on the Bank of England for four hundred
and Sixty Pounds ten Shillings and Seven Pence payable to Mp Alder
man Heathcote for two Bills paid by the said M' Heathcote in honour
of the Trust, and in part of the freight and Goods on board the two
Brothers. Resolved That any five of the Common Council be hereby impower'd to draw
on the Bank of England for One thousand One hundred thirty three
Pounds seventeen Shillings and Eight Pence out of the ten thousand
Pounds granted last Session of Parliament when the same shall be re
ceiv'd from the Exchequer, for the Payment of the following Bills and
Expences. Viz'.
A Bill of Exchange to Thomas Causton payable July the 18'" 1736
for two hundred Pounds.
A Bill of Exchange to Thomas Causton payable July the 18"1 1736
for One hundred Pounds.
A Bill of Exchange to David Prevost payable July the 19th 1736 for
two hundred ninety nine Pounds ten Shillings and One Penny.
A Bill of Exchange to David Prevost payable July the 19"1 1736 for
Seventy Pounds.
A Bill of Exchange to David Prevost payable July the 20th 1736 for
thirty Pounds.
A Bill of Exchange to Capt. Thomas Barnes payable July the 218'
1736 for One hundred and ten Pounds Eight Shillings and Six Pence.
One hundred and Seventeen Pounds fifteen Shillings and and Nine
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Pence being the Balance for freight and Goods on board the two
Brothers. One hundred Pounds given to the Secretary June 2. 1736
One hundred Pounds given to the Accountant June 2. 1736.
Six Pounds three Shillings and four Pence paid by the Accountant to
Capt. Thomson for Primage and other Charges.
Resolved That any five of the Common Council be impower'd to draw on the
Bank of England for the further Sum of four hundred forty Seven
Pounds for the payment of the following Bills (Whereof Advice is re
ceiv'd,) when the said Bills shall come to hand. Viz'.
A Bill of Exchange to Col. Bull dated March 2. 1735 for two hun
dred Pounds.
Two Bills of Exchange to Robert Ellis dated March 28 1736 for One
hundred Ninety Seven Pounds.
A Bill of Exchange to Caleb Davis dated Aprill 12. 1736 for fifty
Pounds. Resolved That any five of the Common Council be impower'd to draw on the
Bank of England for the further Sum of five hundred Pounds for the
Payment of House Rent and other incident Charges.
Seal'd an Indenture for binding John Sims Servant to the Trust for
ten Years.
Resolved That the Sum of five hundred Pounds be insured on board the two
Brothers. Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for four hundred Sixty
Pounds ten Shillings and Seven Pence by M' L'apostre Earl of Egmont,
M' Tho8 Tower M' Hucks and Mp Laroche N° 7659 I.
The Accountant reported that pursuant to an Order of June 2 1736 a
Draught had been made on the Bank of England for five hundred
Pounds for the payment of Sola Bills to the said Amount sign'd on June
the 10'" 1736 by M' Laroche Mr Vernon Mr Hucks the Earl of Egmont
and M' L'apostre N° 7658 I. Adjourn'd.

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Palace Court
Wednesday August 4th 1736
Present in Common Council Assembled.
Alderman Cater in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
M' Chandler
M' Tho" Tower
Mp Vernon
Mr L'apostre
Alderman Heathcote
D' Hales
Lord Carpenter
M' Laroche.
Resolved That Sola Bills of Exchange to the Value of three thousand One hun
dred and fifty Pounds be made out, whereof One thousand Pounds to be
in Bills of One Pound Each, One thousand One hundred and fifty
Pounds in Bills of five Pounds each, and One thousand Pound in Bills
of ten Pounds Each, making One thousand three hundred and thirty
Bills Resolved That the said Bills be issued in Georgia by James Oglethorpe Esq'
and that they be sent to him for the said Purpose with all convenient
Speed in order to defray the Expences estimated and appointed in the
Trustees Letter to him of June the 17th 1736
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Sola Bills of
Exchange. Order'd That the Accountant do sign the said Bills
Resolved That the Common Council will perform the Promise made by Mr
Vernon M' L'apostre and Alderman Cater to the Bank of England to
indemnify them against an Outstanding Receipt for five Pounds five
Shillings paid in by M' Joseph Burton August 2. 1735
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of five hundred acres of Land to Mp
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Read a Orant and Enfeoffment of five hundred Acres of Land to
Mr Thomas Boyd of Pitcon in the Shire of Aire in Scotland Gent".
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said two Grants.
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Grants and Memorials of
the said Grants in order to be register'd with the Auditor of the Planta
tions. Mp Millar the Botanist attended and desired the Payment of his Salary
due at Midsummer last.
Besolved That When the Earl of Derby shall have paid in the fifty Pounds due
from the late Earl of Derby on account of his Subscription for the im
provement of Botany and Agriculture, Mr Oglethorpe be return'd ten
Pounds insuper, and that Seventy five Pounds be then paid to the said
Mr Millar the Botanist being so much due to him at Midsummer last,
which determines the Contract between the Trustees and the said Millar.
Receiv'd a Bill of Exchange dated Savanah May 14. 1736 for One
hundred Seventy three Pounds Seven Shillings and Nine Pence drawn
by Mp Thomas Causton payable to George Morley Esq7 or Order thirty
days after sight.
Resolved That the said Bill be accepted and paid when due.
A Bill of Exchange having been presented the 16th of last July for
five hundred Pounds drawn by James Oglethorpe Esq' May ll'h 1736
payable to Mp Samuel Eveleigh or order being for the Payment of Guns
Duffels &c bought in Charles Town South Carolina as Express'd in the
Letter of Advice dated May 11th 1736.
Resolved That the said Bill be not accepted nor paid.
Resolved That One thousand Pounds be paid into the hands of M' Alderman
Heathcote on Account with Liberty to pay the same over into the hands
of M' Alderman Hankey.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the same by Alderman
Cater, the Earl of Egmont, D' Hales M' L'apostre and M' Tho8 Tower
V 7663 I.

164 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Read an Appointment of M' Hugh Anderson to be Inspector of the
publick Gardens and Mulberry Plantations in Georgia.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Appointment.
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts setting forth, that
Capt. Dunbar had attended, and being Examin'd concerning the freight
of John Cuthbert and ten Servants as also the freight of the ten Serv
ants belonging to John Mackay on board the Prince of Wales from
Scotland to Georgia which was charged to the Trust. And Mp Ogle
thorpe's Letter having been read relating to the Number of Heads
shipp'd on board the said Ship and Which arrived in Georgia ; Which
in the Account stated by him he made to be 163 Heads instead of 162$
as appeared by the Muster taken at Inverness where Mp Mackay's Daugh
ter was enter'd of the Age of a Year and a half and carried out into the
Column of Ages ; Whereas it was alledged that None under the Age of
two Years were carried out, whereby the said Heads amounted to 163.
That on considering the said freight of the Abovemention'd thirty One
Passengers, and that such freight was covenanted by Grantees of five
hundred Acres Lots to be born by them. The said Committee were of
Opinion, that the same ought not to be charged to the Trust, but paid
by the said Grantees or the labour of their Servants in Georgia untill
One hundred fifty five Pounds shall arise from such labour to be paid to
Mp Purry at Savanah for the use of Mp Simond.
That the said Committee had also consider'd the Charter Party for the
Ship Prince of Wales, whereby one hundred and thirty Heads were
covenanted to be shipt by the Trust, or half freight paid for what should
be short shipt. And that by Indorsement of the said Charter Party
Leave was given to take on board to the Number of One hundred and
Sixty, Yet the Instructions confining such Number to consist of Freemen
and Servants whereof 110 were to be Men, and 50 allowed to be Women
and Children, and not to be Gentlemen Grantees of 500 Acres Lots and
their Servants, unless they paid their Passage themselves. The said
Committee had therefore deducted the said 31 Heads from the said 163
Heads whereby the Heads remaining amount to 132, of which Number
Seventeen having paid their own Passage ; They were of Opinion, that
the Trustees were liable to pay lor no more than One hundred and fif-

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teen Heads which with the said seventeen Heads make two Heads more
than were covenanted to be shipt.
That the said Committee having examin'd the other Articles of the
£
Account stated by Mp Oglethorpe the 13th of FebT7 last of 12. 4. 0. £37.
4. 0. £5. 13. 4. £104. 0. 0. and £7. 0. 0. for Victualling, Demurrage
and Pilotage of the Ship Prince of Wales ; Were of Opinion that the
£
same ought to be paid ; Which together with 575. — for the freight of
the said 115 Heads Amounts in the whole to the Sum of £741. 1. 4.
Whereof £650 having been paid upon Account to Mr Simond by Order
of a Committee of Accounts the 12'h of November last : There remain'd
due to Mp Simond to balance the said Account with the Trust the sum
of £91. 1. 4 and no more, Which they were of Opinion ought to be paid
to the said Mp Simond ; And that the Sum of £155. 0. 0 appears to be
overcharged to the Trust for the said 31 Passengers in the said Account
stated by Mp Oglethorpe.
That the said Committee had taken into Consideration an Account ot
sundry Cannon Ordinance and Provisions deliver'd by Capt. George
Dunbar at Georgia the 28"1 of February last, as by Mp Causton's Receipt,
and charged by M' Simond to amount to £235. 8. 8. And having Ex
amin'd the same did agree thereto. But it appearing to the said Com
mittee, that the said Capt. Dunbar was Debtor for seven Casks of Pow
der and two Casks of Cheese Value £12. 0. 2. They had deducted that
Value from the said Sum of £235. 8. 8. Whereby there remains to be
paid to M' Simond the sum of £223. 8. 6 in full of the said Account.
Read another Report from the Committee of Accounts setting forth,
that the said Committee had taken into Consideration an account de
liver'd by Capt. Thomas for the Owners of the Ship London Merchant,
a d
for £17. 13. 6 due to the said Owners being 10. 6 paid by the said Capt.
Thomas to the Clerk of the Hawk Sloop of War for sailing Instructions
for the better keeping Company to Georgia ; and £17. 3. 0 for forty
Nine Cradles landed with the People at seven Shillings each. And were
of Opinion that the said sum of £17. 13. 6 ought to be paid.
That Capt. George Dunbar had again attended the said Committee
and presented a Memorial representing on his Owners behalf, that his
sailing Orders (Which he had not with him when he attended the Com
mittee the first time,) directed him to take in the Men that Lieutenant
Hugh Mackay should bring down ; And that it appears thereby that M'

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John Cuthbert was employed in getting the Freemen and Servants for
Georgia ; And that it was proposed to Mp Oglethorpe that Mp Cuthbert's
Servants should immediately begin to work out their Passage whom Mr
Oglethorpe agreed to employ for that purpose as soon as he should find
occasion for them. And that twenty of the Men which Lieutenant
Mackay brought down were Servants to Mp Patrick Mackay and Mp
John Mackay ; Which sailing Orders having been perused by the said
Committee, and a Copy thereof annex'd to the said Report and consist
ing of Directions to take in one hundred and thirty Heads of Passengers
at Crommarty or Inverness, to give Lieut' Mackay notice of Capt. Dun
bar's arrival, and to take in the Men with the Women and Children that
the said Lieut' Mackay should bring down. And the said Committee
observing by Mp Oglethorpe's Letter of the 13"1 of Feb17 1735, that he
states, that the Trustees allowed to give Passage to One hundred and
sixty Heads, Whereas by the Indorsement on the Charter Party Leave
was only given for taking so many Heads on board. And further Ob
serving by the said Letter that the Servants of Patrick Mackay and John
Cuthbert were to be paid for to the Trust by them in Provision and
Labour ; And the said Capt. Dunbar having represented, that the In
dentures for the Servants of John Mackay were deliver'd for the use of
the Trust, that such Servants shall be employ'd by the Trustees untill
M' John Mackay shall pay their Passage and Charges relating to those
Servants without accounting such Labor as Part.
The said Committee have in this their second Report stated All the
said Facts relating to the thirty One Heads objected to in their first Re
port Special for the Common Council to consider and determine thereon.
Resolved That the Sums of Ninety One Pounds one Shilling and four Pence
and two hundred twenty three Pounds Eight Shillings and Six Pence
contain'd in the first mention'd Report be paid according to the Opinion
of the said Committee.
ReEolved That it appears by the Accounts stated by M' Oglethorpe with the
Owners of the Ship Prince of Wales, and his Draught on the Trustees at
the foot of the said Account, and also by his Letter dated Feb'7 13th
1735, that he had lent the Passage of the said thirty One Heads to be
repaid to the Trust by their labour in the Publick Works of the Colony,
or in such Provisions as they shall raise more than will support them
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Resolved That the Sum of One hundred fifty five Pounds be paid to M' Simond
for the Passage of the said thirty one Heads ; And that M' Oglethorpe is
accountable to have the same repaid to the Trust in Provisions and La
bour in Georgia as aforesaid, and that he be acquainted with this Reso
lution ; that a particular Account may be kept of such Provision and
Labour as paid for the Discharge of the said Sum.
Order'd That a Draught be made on the Bank of England for four hundred
Sixty Nine Pounds Nine Shillings and ten Pence payable to Mp Simond
being the Amount of the beforemention'd Sums.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the said Sum by Mp
Alderman Cater the Earl of Egmont Dp Hales Mp L'apostre and Mp Tho8
Tower N° 7662. 1.
The Accountant reported that a Draught had been made on the Bank
of England the 7"1 of July last for two thousand and Eighty Pounds
Seventeen Shillings and Six Pence pursuant to an Order of Common
Council made the 23d of June last for the Payment of the Bills and Ex
pences in the said Order mention'd, and that Mp Vernon the Earl of Eg
mont, Mp L'apostre, Mp Laroche and Mp Hucks had sign'd the same N°
7660. I.
The Accountant also reported That Another Draught had been made
on the Bank of England the 28,h of July last for three hundred Pounds
pursuant to an Order of Common Council made the 2d of June last for
Payment of Sola Bills, and that the said Draught was sign'd by the Earl
of Egmont Mp L'apostre M' Vernon D' Hales and M' Laroche N° 7661 1.
Adjourn'd.

168 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Friday September 10 1736
Present in Common Council Assembled
Dp Bundy in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Mp Tho8 Tower
Mp L'apostre
Lord Carpenter
M' Eyles
Mp Hucks
Dp Hales.
A Bill of Exchange for one hundred Pounds drawn by Mp Oglethorpe
June 5 1736 to Thomas Causton or Order for Currency to be deliver'd
in the Magazine on Account of the Colony was presented August 10 by
Mess" Robert and William Fead.
A Bill of Exchange for One hundred and fifty Pounds drawn by Mp
Oglethorpe June 2 1736 to Richard Woodward or Order for Provisions
on Account of the Colony was presented August 12 by Richard Shubrick.
A Bill of Exchange for fifty Pounds drawn by Mp Oglethorpe June 2
1736 to Richard Woodward or Order for Provisions on Account of the
Colony was presented August 12 by Captain Nickleson.
A Bill of Exchange for two hundred Pounds drawn by M' Oglethorpe
June 2 1736 to Richard Woodward or Order for Provisions on Account
of the Colony was presented August 13 by Mess" Green and Tysus.
A Bill of Exchange for two hundred and fifty Pounds drawn by Mr
Oglethorpe June 2 1736 to Hugh Brian or Order Value receiv'd in Ac
count for the use of the Colony was presented August 14 by Mess" El-
ger and C°.
A Bill of Exchange for One hundred Pounds drawn by M' Oglethorpe
June 4 1736 to James Williams or Order for Currency paid into the
Magazine and Goods deliver'd there on Account of the Colony was pre
sented August 14 by Mess" Victorin and C°.
A Bill of Exchange for One hundred and Seventy five Pounds drawn
by Mp Oglethorpe June 2 1736 to William Hazzard or Order being Value
receiv'd of him in the purchase of Provisions as ^> Account and Advice
was presented August 18 by John Govan.
A Bill of Exchange for two hundred Pounds drawn by M' Oglethorpe
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in the purchase of Provisions as <|ft Account and Advice was presented
August 18 by M' Palmer.
A Bill of Exchange for two hundred and Sixteen Pounds fourteen
Shillings drawn by Mr Oglethorpe June 5 1736 to Samuel Eveleigh or
Order for Goods deliver'd &c. for the use of the Colony was presented
August 18 by Mess" Samuel and William Baker
A Bill of Exchange for fifty Pounds drawn by Mr Oglethorpe June 4
1736 to Thomas Causton or Order for Currency to be deliver'd into the
Magazine on Account of the Colony was presented August 18 by Allen
Brett. A Bill of Exchange for forty Pounds drawn by M' Oglethorpe June 8
1736 to Thomas Causton or Order for Value receiv'd on Account of the
Colony was presented August 18 by Allen Brett.
A Bill of Exchange for One hundred and fifty Pounds drawn by M'
Oglethorpe June 30 1736 to Thomas Causton or Order for Currency on
Account of the Colony was presented August 21 by Mess" Robert and
William Fead.
A Bill of Exchange for One hundred Pounds drawn by M' Oglethorpe
June 4 1736 to Thomas Causton or Order for Currency to be deliver'd
into the Magazine on account of the Colony was presented August 25
by M' James Martin.
A Bill of Exchange for fifty Pounds drawn by M' Oglethorpe June 5
1736 to Thomas Causton or Order for Currency to be deliver'd into the
Magazine on Account of the Colony was presented August 26 by Mess"
Whitebred and Hoskins.
A Bill of Exchange for ten Pounds drawn by M' Oglethorpe June 12
1736 to Robert Parker Sen' or Order for Value receiv'd on Account of
the Colony was presented August 25. 1736 by Mess" Elger Smith
and C°.
A Bill of Exchange for twenty five Pounds drawn by M' Oglethorpe
June 8 1736 to Thomas Causton or Order for Value receiv'd on Account
of the Colony was presented Sept' 2 1736 by Mess" Elger Smith and 0>.
A Bill of Exchange for two hundred Pounds drawn by M' Oglethorpe
July 3 1736 to John Hammerton Esq' or Order for Carolina Currency
on Account of the Colony was presented Sept' 3 1736 by M' Taylor.
A Bill of Exchange for forty Pounds drawn by M' Oglethorpe July
3 1736 to Patrick Houston or Order for Value receiv'd on Account of
the Colony was presented Sept' 6 by M' Sheafe. ,

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Order'd
That the Aforesaid Bills be paid.
Order'd That M' Bevan's Bill amounting to twenty three Pounds thirteen Shil
lings be paid.
Mp Thomas Causton having charg'd himself with two Bills drawn by
Mp Oglethorpe March 3d 1735 (whereof no Advice was receiv'd with the
said Bills) amounting to three hundred Pounds, and Mp Simond having
paid them in honour of the Drawer
Order'd That the said two Bills be paid with Interest on One hundred Pounds
thereof from June 7. 1736. and on the remaining two hundred Pounds
£
from the 17 of the said Month of June at the rate of 4 <$>> Cent ^ Ann.
Order'd That a Draught be made on the Bank of England for Nine hundred
Seventy four Pounds fourteen Shillings and two Pence payable to Mp
Simond. Resolved That One thousand five hundred Pounds be paid into the hands of
Alderman Heathcote on Account.
The Accountant reported to the Board that the One thousand three
hundred and thirty Sola Bills, amounting to three thousand One hun
dred and fifty Pounds, which were order'd by the Common Council of
August 4 1736 to be seal'd, had been sealed accordingly in presence of
three Trustees at three several Meetings.
Resolved That One thousand five hundred Pounds in the said Sola Bills be im
mediately sent to Mp Oglethorpe. Viz' One thousand Bills at One Pound
Each. And One hundred Bills at five Pounds Each. And that the Re
mainder of the said Bills be lock'd up.
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts of Sept' 8. 1736.
That Capt. Yoakley had attended, and being examin'd concerning his
Detention in Savanah River from Nov' 28 1735, declared that he was
detain'd by M' Thomas Causton, and sent up by him pursuant to the
Directions contain'd in a Letter from Mp Oglethorpe for that purpose (as
Mp Causton told the said Yoakley,) to sound the Inlets to the Alatamaha
River, which kept him till the 2 of January following ; When he was
further detain'd by the said M' Causton to wait for M' Oglethorpe's Ar-

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rival ; And that on the 8'" of FebP7 following he agreed with Mp Ogle
thorpe to go to the Alatamaha with Goods and Passengers, and to lye
there as a Guard ship, in consideration of his being allowed Demurrage
at sixty Pounds $ Month from Novp 28 1735 while in Savanah River :
the said Captain Yoakley acquainting Mp Oglethorpe, that he would go
directly to Charles Town in case he had not such Allowance made him.
And That the Committee, having perus'd the Accounts of the Demur
rage of the said Ship and Reward to the Captain, amounting to three
hundred and Seventy Eight Pounds thirteen Shillings and four Pence ;
and of Provisions shot and Bullets deliver'd by the said Captain Yoakley,
whereon there is five Pounds Eighteen Shillings and ten Pence farthing
due ; Were of Opinion that both those Sums should be paid on the said
Captain's making an Affidavit of the said Declaration.
An Affidavit to the said Purport being produced.
Resolved That the Board do agree to the said Report.
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts of the same Day,
That the Committee having perus'd the Accounts of Demurrage and Re
ward to Captain Dymond amounting to two hundred Eighty Nine
Pounds, and finding overcomputed in two Articles One Pound Sixteen
Shillings ; They had deducted the same, and reduced the said Account
to two hundred Eighty Seven Pounds four Shillings, which they were
of Opinion should be paid.
Resolved That the Board do agree to the said Report.
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts of the same Day,
that the Committee, having consider'd of M' William Jeffrey's Account
for Postage of Letters, and of keeping and sending six Couples of
Hounds from S' Humphrey Howarth to Mp Oglethorpe, were of Opinion,
that Eight Shillings and four Pence should be paid for the Postage of
Letters and that the Consideration of the twelve Pounds Eighteen Shil
lings and Seven Pence for the Charges of the Hounds should be post-
pon'd ; it not appearing to the Committee at present how the Trustees
can charge themselves therewith.
Resolved That the Board do agree to the said Report.
Resolved That One hundred Acres of Land be granted to John Gibson of Car
lisle Merchant.

172 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Read a Petition from Mess" Rowland Pytt and John Tuckwell setting
forth, That they having sent over to Georgia large Cargoes of Goods to
M' John Brownfield their Agent and Factor at Savanah ; and as it is
possible their said Agent or Factor may happen to dye possess'd of large
Effects belonging to the said Petitioners, which may fall into Unknown
Hands and be imbezzled to their great Loss. For the prevention there
of, they desire that an Instruction may be sent to the Magistrates of the
Town of Savanah to take cognizance of their said Effects, and the Books
and Papers of the said John Brownfield in case of his Death ; And in
spect the same to find out and possess themselves of any Goods in the
hands of Other Persons, which the said John Brownfield may have in
trusted for Sale. And also to examine what Debts may be then due to
the said Petitioners, and to cause Inventories of the said Goods, and
Lists of the said Books and Debts to be made at the Expence of the said
Petitioners, and sent to them inclosed to the Trustees. And that the
said Magistrates be instructed to appoint some proper Person to dispose
of the said Goods and collect the Debts for the use of the said Petition
ers ; And to regulate themselves in the disposal of them According to
Invoyce, and the last Prices the said John Brownfield sold for.
Order'd That Instructions be sent to the Magistrates of the Town of Savanah
pursuant to the said Petition.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for Nine hundred Seventy
four Pounds fourteen Shillings payable to M' Simond by the Earl of
Egmont M' L'apostre M' Tho8 Tower M' Hucks and Mp Eyles N° 7665
I. Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for One thousand five hun
dred Pounds payable to Alderman Heathcote by the Earl of Egmont
M' L'apostre M' Tho8 Tower M' Hucks and M' Eyles N° 7666 I.
The Accountant reported that a Draught had been made on the Bank
of England the 8'" of this inst' September for five hundred Pounds pur
suant to an Order of Common Council made June 2 1736, for payment
of Sola Bills ; And that the said Draught was signed by M' L'apostre
M' Tho8 Tower the Earl of Egmont xMp Hucks and Mp Eyles N° 7664 I
Adjourn'd.

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Palace Court
Wednesday Novp 10 1736
Present in Common Council Assembled
Earl of Egmont in the Chair
M' L'apostre
D' Hales
M' Tho8 Tower
Lord Carpenter
M' Hucks
Mp Laroche
D' Bundy
M' Vernon
Mp Chandler.
A Bill of Exchange for twenty two Pounds Nineteen Shillings and
two Pence One farthing drawn by Mp Oglethorpe June 8 1736 to Thom
as Causton or Order for Value receiv'd on Account of the Colony was
presented October 2 1736.
A Bill of Exchange for two hundred and ten Pounds drawn by Mr
Oglethorpe July 22 1736 for Value receiv'd of Abraham Minoss in the
purchase of Provisions and other Goods was presented Oct1 13 1736.
A Bill of Exchange drawn by Mp Oglethorpe July 3 1736 payable to
Patrick Houston or Order for Sixty Pounds Value receiv'd in Account
for the Use of the Colony was presented Octp 26.
A Bill of Exchange drawn by M' Oglethorpe July 24 1736 for three
hundred Pounds Value receiv'd of Samuel Montaigut and C° on Account
of the publick Magazine was presented Octp 26.
A Bill of Exchange drawn by M' Oglethorpe July 24 1736 for four
hundred Pounds Value receiv'd of Samuel Montaigut and C° on Account
of the publick Magazine was presented Oct' 26.
A Bill of Exchange drawn by M' Oglethorpe July 23 1736 for two
hundred Pounds to Peregrine Fury Esq' or Order for Value receiv'd of
Othniel Beal Esqp and C° for defraying the necessary Expences of the
Colony was presented the 1" Instant.
A Bill of Exchange drawn by Mr Oglethorpe July 29 1736 for two
hundred Pounds to Peregrine Fury Esq' or Order for Value receiv'd of
Othniel Beal Esq' and C° for defraying the necessary Expences of the
Colony was presented the 1" Instant.
A Bill of Exchange drawn by Mr Oglethorpe July 30 1736 for One

174 COLONIAL RECORDS.
hundred and fifteen Pounds payable to William Roper for the purchase
of sundry Provisions on Account of the Colony was presented the 3d
Instant. Advice of the five last Bills on board Capt. Jewdevin's Ship which
siil'd from Carolina August 19th.
A Bill of Exchange drawn by Mp Oglethorpe March 27 1736 for One
hundred Pounds payable to Robert Ellis or Order for Value in Account
as f)> Advice dated March 28 1736 and receiv'd was presented the 9'"
Instant by Jonathan Ellis.
A Bill of Exchange drawn by Mp Oglethorpe August 7th 1736 for two
¦hundred Pounds not yet presented, but Advice of it receiv'd.
Order'd That the said Bills be accepted and paid when due.
Resolved That One thousand six hundred Pounds be paid into the hands of Al
derman Heathcote for the' payment of the aforesaid Bills and on Ac
count. Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the said Sum by the
Earl of Egmont M' Laroche M' Chandler D' Hales and M' Hucks N"
'7667 I.
Report was made to the Board that the Earl of Derby for the late
Earl of Derby for One Year, the Duke of Richmond S' Hans Sloan
Charles Du Bois Esq' Alderman Heathcote, James Oglethorpe Esq' and
the Company of Apothecaries had resolved to continue their Subscrip
tions for the improvement of Botany and Agriculture for two Years
further, and to make up the Deficiencies of the late Earl of Derby for
the second Year.
Resolved That the Trustees will continue their Subscription of ten Pounds 1$>
Ann for the said Purpose for two Years further.
Resolved That When Seventy five Pounds shall be paid in by the Subscribers to
the new Contract, so much be paid to the Botanist by way of Advance.
Read a Contract with Robert Millar the Botanist for two Years from
Midsummer last pursuant to the new Subscription.
Read Instructions to the said Robert Millar for his Conduct during
¦the said two Years.
Order'd That the Secretary do sign the said Instructions.

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Read a Letter from M' Henry Newman Secretary to the Society for
promoting Christian Knowledge with a Letter inclosed from the Reva
Dp Ayerst Prebend of Canterbury recommending three Women to be
sent to Georgia.
Resolved That a Letter be sent to the said D' Ayerst to acquaint him, that the
Trustees have not ability to send any Persons at present to Georgia.
Mp Robert Parker's Letter and Paper containing several Complaints
against the Magistrates of Savanah dated Nov' 9 1736 being read.
Order'd That the said M' Parker be acquainted 'that the said Paper of Com
plaints shall be sent over to Georgia, And the truth of them inquired
into ; And that the Trustees, so far from finding themselves indebted to
him, do find there is a Charge of Eighty Pounds upon him.
Resolved That the Accounts transmitted by Mess" Jenys and C° and by Mp
Causton be refer'd to a Committee of Accounts
Adjourn'd

Palace Court
Wednesday December 15 1736
Present in Common Council Assembled
Lord Carpenter in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
Mp Laroche
M' Tho8 Tower
M' L'apostre
Dp Hales
Dp Bundy.
The Secretary acquainted the Board that he had attended the Lords
Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, Who order'd him to tell the
Trustees, that their Lordships desired a conference with them on the
Subject Matter of the Representation of the Council and Assembly of
J3outh Carolina on the 13"1 of Jan17 next.
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts October 20" 1736 to
«the Purport following That they had examined the Annual Account

176 COLONIAL RECORDS.
from June 9 1735 to June 9'h 1736 And that the Balance of the said
Annual Account ending June 9 1736 remaining unapplied the said
Committee did find to be the Sum of five thousand Seven hundred Nine
ty Eight Pouuds Six ShiMings and Eight Pence. Which Sum the Ac
comptant at the Bank has certified to be in the hands of the Governor
and Company of the Bank of England on the said 9'h of June 1736.
The said Annual Account was read and agreed to.
Resolved That any three of the Common Council be desired to wait on the Lord
High Chancellor and the Master of the Rolls with the said Annual Ac
count.Order'd That the Secretary do wait on the Lord Chancellor and the Master of
the Rolls to know when they will be attended with the said Account.
Resolved That as soon as the Annual Account is presented two hundred and fif
ty Copies of it be printed.
Order'd That twenty five Pounds be paid to the Revd M' Charles Wessley for
the Expences of his Passage to England.
Resolved That M' Van Reck be employ'd to engage foreign Servants in Ger
many for the use of the Colony.
Resolved That thirty Guineas be advanced to the said M' Van Reck to enable
him to go on the said Service.
The Accomptant acquainted the Board that on Nov' 13 last Six hun
dred Pounds were drawn on the Bank by a Draught to M' Alderman
Heathcote for the payment of Sola Bills pursuant to the standing Order
of the Common Council and that the said Draught was sign'd by Mp
Thomas Tower Mp Vernon Mp Chandler M' Laroche and Mp L'apostre
N° 7668 I. Adjourn'd

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Palace Court
Wednesday Jan'7 12 1736
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Tho8 Tower in the Chair
Lord Tyrconnel
Lord Carpenter
M' Vernon
Mr Laroche
Mp Hucks
Mp L'apostre
Dp Hales
Dp Bundy
M' Oglethorpe
The Common Council being acquainted that there are two hundred
and Sixty Six Barrels of Rice and Seven Cases of Skins on Board the
two Brothers Capt. Thomson for the use of the Trust.
Order'd That the said Rice and Skins be enter'd as imported and sold.
A Bill of Exchange dated Sept' 29 1736 drawn by M' Oglethorpe for
two hundred Pounds to Mp John Crockat or Order for Value receiv'd
having been presented yesterday, And Notice being taken that the said
Bill was drawn four days after the Advertisement in the South Carolina
Gazette, whereby the Trustees declared that they would pay no more
Bills but the Sola Bills M' Oglethorpe acquainted the Board that he
was at that time at Frederica, and had then no Notice of the said Ad
vertisement, and that the said Bill was drawn for Services of great Im
portance to the Colony.
Order'd That the said Bill be accepted and paid when due.
Order'd That One thousand Pounds be paid into the hands of Alderman
Heathcote on Account.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the said Sum by M'
Tho8 Tower Mp Vernon Mp Laroche Mp Hucks and Mp L'apostre N° 7669
I. Order'd That One hundred Pounds be paid to the Accountant for his Extraor-
[12 c. r.]

178. COLONIAL RECORDS.
dinary trouble in attending the Trustees Business at the Custom house
and in making, checquing and accepting the Sola Bills and Other Busi
ness not relating to his Office of Accomptant.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for five hundred Pounds
for the Payment of Sola Bills by Mp Tho8 Tower Mp Laroche Mp Vernon
Mp L'apostre and Dp Hales N° 7670 I.
Order'd That a Letter be sent by Capt. Nickleson to M' Jenys to send back
the Sola Bills for fifteen hundred Pounds Which were sent to Mp Ogle
thorpe but not receiv'd by him before he left Georgia.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Jan'7 19 173f
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mr Laroche in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
Lord Carpenter
Mp Oglethorpe
M' L'apostre
Alderman Heathcote
Sp Wm Heathcote
Read a Letter of Advice of Six Bills drawn by M' Oglethorpe October
22. 1736 for Provisions amounting to the Sum of four hundred Seventy
five Pounds thirteen Shillings and Eleven Pence half Penny payable to
Robert Ellis ; And John Goodwin's Receipt for the same being produc'd
as paid him by M' Oglethorpe ; And Notice being taken that the said
Bills were drawn twenty Seven Days after the Advertisement was pub-
lish'd in the S° Carolina Gazette, whereby the Trustees declared that they
would pay no more Bills but the Sola Bills.
M' Oglethorpe acquainted the Board that he was at that time at Fred
erica, and had then no Notice of the said Advertisement, and that the
said Bills were drawn for Provisions
Order'd That the said Bills be accepted and paid when due.
On Examining the List of Bills drawn by M' Oglethorpe with those

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that have been presented, and it appearing that a Bill for One hundred
Pounds was drawn by him Septp 20 1736 to Capt. Mackpherson And be
ing drawn before the aforesaid Advertisement was publish'd in the
South Carolina Gazette.
Order'd That the said Bill when presented be accepted and paid when due.
The Board taking into Consideration the Bill for five hundred Pounds
drawn by M' Oglethorpe May ll"1 1736 payable to M' Samuel Eveleigh
or Order Which was protested for Non Payment pursuant to the Refusal
of the Common Council August the 4th last: And M' Oglethorpe having
acquainted the Common Council that the said Bill was drawn to prevent
the Spaniards being supplied with Guns and Duffils for the Indians; and
also acquainting the Common Council that Part of the Guns and Duffils
bought had been deliver'd in Georgia and applied in Presents to the In
dians in friendship with the English, And that the Residue was at Charles
Town ready to be deliver'd on a future Occasion for Presents for the
Indians or Other purposes.
Order'd That the Accountant do pay the said Bill with five Shillings and Nine
Pence the Charge of Noting and Protesting thereof together with Interest
from the Day of the Protest ; And that M' Oglethorpe do account for the
same as above.
Lovis Gammot de la Lovissiana des Troupes Detachers de la Marine
having been examin'd by the Trustees, and having given them an Ac
count of the trench Settlements, and the Engagements between the
Chickesaws and French
Order'd That two Guineas be given to him.
Resolved That M' Ferdinando John Paris be appointed Sollicitor for the Trus
tees in their Cause with the Lieutenant Gov' the Council and Assembly
of S° Carolina upon the Representation of the Latter about the Act for
Maintaining the Peace with the Indians in Georgia
Resolved That M' Sollicitor Gen1 Ryder Mp Murray Mp Charles Clarke of Lin
coln's Inn and M' Taylor White be retain'd as Council in the said Cause.
Resolved That One thousand Pounds be paid into the hands of Mp Alderman
Heathcote on Account.

180 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the same by Lord
Tyrconnel M' Oglethorpe M' L'apostre M' Laroche and S' William
Heathcote N° 7672 I.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for Six hundred Pounds
for the payment of Sola Bilk pursuant to a standing Order of Common
Council June 2. 1736 by the Earl of Egmont Lord Tyrconnel M' Vernon
M' Laroche and Mp L'apostre. N° 7671 I.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Feb17 9 173f
Present in Common Council Assembled
Dp Hales in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Laroche
M' Hucks
Alderman Heathcote
Sp William Heathcote
Alderman Cater
M' Digby
M' L'apostre
Resolved That ten Guineas be advanced to M' Vat upon Account till his Claim
can be settled.
Agreed to the Payment of two hundred Pounds to the Owners of the
Ship two Brothers upon Account of freight till their Claim can be settled.
Resolved That ten Guineas be paid to M' Archibald Mac Baine Who was sent
to England by M' Oglethorpe in order to go to Scotland for Servants,
and left Georgia 12th July last.
Resolved That Seventy five Pounds be paid to the Secretary for half a Year's
Salary due at Christmas last.
Resolved That Seventy five Pounds be paid to the Accountant for half a Year's
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Resolved That fifty Acres of Land be granted to John Venables upon his pay
ing his own Passage and upon his Father's paying twelve Pounds to in
demnify the Trust for his Subsistance for one Year.
Resolved That twenty five Pounds be paid to Mp John Lewis Tschiffelly M"
Causton having sent a Receipt of a Bond for the said Sum to be paid by
the Minister at Purisburgh.
Receiv'd an Account from Mp Thomas Causton of Provisions and
Arms receiv'd for the Colony amounting to the Sum of two hundred
Sixty three Pounds Eight Shillings and One Penny
Order'd That the Accountant do compare the same with the Accounts he has
receiv'd and pay the same if he finds it to be true.
Read a Memorial of Capt. William Thomson on his last Voyage to
Georgia and Return to England.
Resolved That the same be refer'd to the Committee of Accounts.
Received a Bill of Exchange for One hundred Pounds drawn by M'
Ellis on Mp Oglethorpe dated Decr the 8th 1736. Philadelphia ; Which
Bill Mp Oglethorpe acquainted the Common Council was drawn for the
Use of the Colony on Account of Madeira Wine to be delivered to the
Store. Resolved That the same be accepted and paid when due.
Resolved That Seven hundred Pounds be paid into the hands of Alderman
Heathcote on Account.
Signed a Draught for the same by the Earl of Egmont Dp Hales Lord
Tyrconnel S' William Heathcote and Mp L'apostre N° 7673 I.
Resolved That Mp Oglethorpe M' Tho8 Tower and M' Laroche, And any Others
of the Common Council who will attend be a Committee to confer with
Mp Paris on Monday next on the State of the Evidence that is to be
brought before the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations on
the Hearing of the Subject Matter of the Representation of the Lieuten
ant Gov' Council and Assembly of South Carolina and to consider in
what manner to perpetuate the said Evidence in case the said Hearing
shall be put off.

182 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Receiv'd a Receipt from M' Oglethorpe dated November the 3d 1736
for Eight Servants Whose Indentures were deliver'd to him by Lieuten
ant Hugh Mackay. and for which he had agreed to pay him One hun
dred and twenty Pounds for the use of the Trust.
Order'd That the said Sum be paid when due being drawn payable one Month
after sight.
Agreed to the Payment of thirty One Pounds ten Shillings Decp 22 last
as a further advance to M' Van Reck on his going to engage foreign Serv
ants for Georgia. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday March 2d 173f
Present in Common Council Assembled
Earl of Egmont in the Chair
Mp Vernon
Mp Tho8 Tower
Lord Carpenter
M' Oglethorpe
M' Laroche
Mp Holland
D' Hales
Capt. Eyles.
Read a Letter from M' Benjamin Berry dated Feb'7 19 1736 with a
Proposal of Terms on which he is willing to serve the Trustees as their
Instrument for converting Timber in Georgia.
The said Mp Berry being called in, the Chairman acquainted him that
the Board thought his Proposal very usefull to the Publick, but that it
would engage the Trustees in an Expence too great for them to bear.
Order'd That Another Saw Mill be provided for the use of the Colony.
Order'd That fifty Muskets and Bayonets be bought for the use of the Colony.
Resolved That a Credit be given to Mp Hugh Anderson of 12 Bushels of Corn,

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and two hundred Pounds of Meat for himself and Each of his Servants
for a Year in case he may want it.
Order'd That M' Causton be directed to buy such a Quantity of Gun Powder
as is at present wanted in the Colony
Resolved That Count Zinzendorfs Request be refer'd to the Committee of Cor
respondence who are to determine thereupon
Resolved That M' Simond be desired to let M' Causton have a Credit on his
Correspondents at Savanah in Money or Provisions not exceeding five
hundred Pounds. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Monday March 21" 173|
Present in Common Council Assembled
Alderman Heathcote in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
Earl of Egmont
Mp Holland
Mp Vernon
Mp Tho8 Tower
Mp Laroche
Mp Sloper
Mp Oglethorpe.
The Minutes of the Common Council Assembled the 2d Instant being
read, wherein Mr Simond was desired to let Mp Causton have a Credit on
his Correspondents at Savanah in Money or Provisions not exceeding
five hundred Pounds ; And the Common Council now Assembled being
acquainted that the House of Commons on the 17"1 Instant had agreed to
the Resolution reported from the Committee of Supply, that a Sum not
exceeding twenty thousand Pounds be granted to his Majesty towards
settling and securing the Colony of Georgia in America ; And the said
Common Council having perused the Minutes of the Common Council
held the 4'" of August last, when three thousand One hundred and fifty
Pounds Sterl. Value was order'd to be made out in the following Sola

184 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Bills, Viz' One thousand Bills of One Pound Each, two hundred and
thirty of five Pounds Each, And One hundred often Pounds Each to be
issued in Georgia by James Oglethorge Esq' and sent to him for that
purpose with all convenient speed ; as also the Minutes of the Common
Council held the 10th of September last, when only fifteen hundred
Pounds Value in the said Bills was then order'd to be sent immediately
to M' Oglethorpe. Viz' One thousand Bills of One Pound Each, and One
hundred of five Pounds Each. And the remaining Value in the said
Bills to be lock'd up. And it appearing by the Minutes of the Common
Council held the 12th of Jan'7 last, that M' Oglethorpe had not receiv'd
the said Bills before he left Georgia, And that the said Bills were sent for
back by reason they could not be issued in Mp Oglethorpe's Absence,
Resolved That Mp Oglethorpe be desired to issue to Francis Moore now in Eng
land One thousand Pounds Sterl. Value in Sola Bills often Pounds Each,
Part of the said Bills which remain lock'd up, And that the said Issue be
dated upon a day in November last before Mp Oglethorpe and the said
Francis Moore left Georgia ; And that the said Bills be sent by the Peter
and James Capt. George Dymond to Mp Causton as Cash for the present
Supply of the Colony. And that the five hundred Pounds Credit in
Provisions or Money which Mp Simond was desired to give M' Causton
be countermanded. And that out of the said Sum of twenty thousand
Pounds voted in Parliament, after the same shall have been receiv'd and
paid into the Bank of England, Any five of the Common Council be
impower'd to draw upon the Bank of England from time to time for the
payment of the said Sum of One thousand Pounds in Sola Bills now
order'd to be sent to M' Causton, as they shall become payable on their
Return to England in the same manner as for the payment of the four
thousand Pounds Sola Bills already issued in Georgia.
Resolved That ten Pounds be advanced to Samuel Lacey's Wife for Necessaries
And that She and her two Children be sent to Georgia, her Husband to
repay the said ten Pounds and the Charge of their Passage in Georgia.
Resolved That the Sola Bills that are paid be cancel'd by a Punch thro' the Seal
in the presence of any One of the Common Council and two of the
Trustees.Resolved That Six Pounds five Shillings be paid to M" Lawley being the Bal
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above that Value, and Agreeing the same should be answerable if the
Money should have been Applied in Georgia.
Read a Petition of Jacob Lopez de Crasto setting forth that he having
(sic)
married Ziporath late Wife of David Lopez de Paz who had allotted to
(not clear)
him fifty Acres of Land, and the said Lopez de Crasto being possess'd of
fifty Acres of Land in his own Right desires leave to dispose of a Moiety
of the One hundred Acres of Land to such Purchaser as he can get for
the same.
Order'd That the said Petition be refer'd to Mr Causton And that he do make
a Report to the Trustees as soon as he can upon the Allegations of the
said Petition.
Resolved That ten Guineas be paid to M" Mary Cooper for One Year's Rent of
her house in the Town of Savanah rented by M' Parker the third Bailiff
of the said Town from the 1601 of June 1735
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts of Feb'7 23 1736.
That they had read a Memorial from Capt. Thomson setting forth a
Claim of twenty two Pounds for Eleven Days Detention on his Arrival
in Georgia in August last, — of Eighteen Pounds thirteen Shillings for
Sweet Oyl Cheese Sugar and Gun Powder deliver'd at Savanah the 8th
of September last. — of three hundred and twenty Pounds for the Run
of the Ship two Brothers from Georgia to London with Mr Oglethorpe
and Goods and Passengers, — of thirteen Pounds One Shilling for fitting
up Cabbins, filling the Water Casks, shifting and loading the Rice, and
for two Barrels of strong Beer, and twenty Pounds of Sugar used in the
Voyage, and of Sixty Pounds for thirty days demurrage of the Ship after
Charter'd before she could sail, making in the whole four hundred thirty
three Pounds fourteen Shillings, which the Committee having no Objec
tion to, are of Opinion the same should be paid out of the Produce ot
two hundred sixty six Barrels of Rice lately sold Which the said Ship
brought over, and that the two hundred Pounds Which had been paid
upon Account of the said Sum should be replaced by the said Produce.
That an Account of Presents made by Capt. Dempsey the Agent sent
to the Governor of S' Augustine to several Persons there being laid be
fore the Committee and Amounting to Eighty three Pounds two Shillings
Which the said Capt" had not been paid for by Mp Oglethorpe, the Com
mittee have no Objection to the Payment thereof.

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Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.
The Accomptant reported that he had examin'd the Account of Pro
visions and Arms deliver'd in November last for the use of the Colony,
and had paid two hundred sixty three Pounds in full in discharge of the
same. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday March 30th 1737
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mp Tho8 Tower in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Lord Carpenter
Mp Oglethorpe
Mp Holland
Mp L'apostre
Dp Hales
Mp Laroche
M' Eyre
Lord Tyrconnel.
Receiv'd an Account of Guns and Duffils bought by M' Samuel Eve-
leigh the Balance Whereof is fifty six Pounds Nine Shillings and Eight
Pence for the use of the Colony.
Receiv'd Another Account of Provisions and Necessaries bought by
M' Samuel Eveleigh the Balance Whereof is Nine hundred forty One
Eleven Shillings and three Pence for the use of the Colony.
Order'd That the said Accounts be refer'd to the Committee of Accounts.
Order'd That the Skins be sold at two Shillings and Nine Pence ^>> 8 w'.
(SiC)
Resolved That the Person, Who having by his care and diligence recover'd and
brought to the Trustees a Survey of the Coast of Georgia Which had
been taken at their Expence, and for the use of the Trust, but had been
secreted from them, have five Guineas for his said trouble.

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Read a Letter from Daniel Maclacklan containing a Plan for carrying
over a considerable Number of Highlanders to Georgia.
Resolved That the same be postponed for further consideration.
Read a Proposal from M' Zouberbuhler for carrying over fifty Fami
lies not exceeding One hundred and fifty Persons from Swisserland to
Georgia.
Resolved That the same be refer'd to the Committee of Correspondence.
Resolved That twenty five Pounds be paid to the Revd Mp Charles Wesley for
officiating as a Missionary in Georgia.
Resolved That the Attorney Gen1 be retain'd upon M" Watson's Petition.
Resolyed That upon all Occasions Where the Trust may be engaged in Law Af
fairs the Attorney Gen1 and Solicitor Gen1 be retain'd.
Resolved That S. Hurst be employ'd as a Clerk to the Storekeeper in Georgia
upon the same terms as John Pye is employ'd.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Friday Aprill the 1" 1737
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mp Holland in the Chair
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Oglethorpe
Mr Vernon
Mp Eyre
S' William Heathcote
Alderman Heathcote
D' Bundy.
A Representation of James Oglethorpe Esq' in favour of M' Hugh
Mackay late Lieutenant in his Majesty's Service was laid before the
Board in the following Words.

188 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Gentlemen As no Society can subsist without rewarding those Who do well, and
punishing those Who do ill, the Common Council of Trustees are em-
power'd by the Charter to give such Rewards as they shall think proper
for Services perform'd ; I think I am in justice obliged to certify to You
that Mp Hugh Mackay late Lieutenant in his Majesty's Service, was
(pursuant to Powers granted by You to me for appointing Officers to
train and exercise the Militia of Georgia) commission'd to command the
Hundred of Darien, and brought over with him upwards of One hun
dred Men from Scotland, That after that, I being very much pressed by
the Alarms of the Spaniards order'd Mp Hugh Mackay to quit his Im
provements in the Darien, and to come down with his Servants, and
take the Command of the Militia at S' Andrews, and fortify the same,
which he with great chearfullness did, undergoing with great Indefatiga-
bleness the most severe fatigues, which naturally arose from want ol
Shelter in hard Rains and hot Suns. That by his indefatigable labour
he with a few and ignorant Men fortified that Place. That when he had
just got himself shelter'd from the Injury of the Weather and the dan
ger of the Enemy in that Settlement, I was forced to hurry him down to
new Difficulties, for Capt. Hermsdorf, the German Who commanded at
S' George's having forsook that Post, and I having myself been Obliged
to carry back the Men thither, but being forced soon to leave the Place to
go to Savanah to the general Conference of the Creek Indians to be there
held ; It gave me great Uneasiness in what Hands to trust so important
a Charge in the Southern Frontiers ; The exactness and knowledge of M'
Mackay Which he had acquired by long Service made me wish for him,
but I could not with any Justice expect his taking upon him a second
fatigue of so severe a Nature as beginning a fortification where there was
no Cover, bad Water, Neighbouring Enemies, and Men Who had lately
mutinied and had not been accustomed to Discipline. He had already
gone thro' the hardships of making two new Settlements, and as soon as
by his Industry he had surmounted the first Difficulties, built houses, and
begun to make the Place comfortable, to tear him away again from the
enjoyment of those Improvements I thought too hard. He knew the
difficulties I was under, and offer'd that Service which was what I could
not in justice have asked. He knew at the same time the danger of
sickness, and that no Constitution already wasted could hold out against
so severe a fatigue. He knew also that his settlement at Darien by be
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making any future Establishment. But he seeing the Necessities I was
under, and the danger of the Colony, he preferring the Welfare of the
Colony and the King's service to the hazard of his life, and private In
terest, he stay'd at S' George's, discharging all the offices of a good
Soldier, a Knowing Officer, and punctual Distributor of Provisions &c.
He lost the greatest Part of his Servants, was himself given over with a
burning Fever, and was at that time summon'd by the Spaniards, to
which he return'd a proper Answer, and preserved the Place till my Re
turn. I think therefore the Acquainting You with this is a publick Serv
ice, since it gives You an Opportunity by rewarding him, to encourage
that publick Spirit which must be the Support of all Societies, and with
out which not only new Colonies, but even the most powerfull Nations
must perish. James Oglethorpe.
The Board having taken the said Representation into consideration
Resolved That the thanks of the Trustees be given to M' Hugh Mackay for the
many Services perform'd by him for the Trust.
Resolved That One hundred Pounds Sterl. be given to the said Mp Mackay.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Monday Aprill 18th 1737
Present in Common Council Assembled
Lord Tyrconnel in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Lord Talbot
Lord Carpenter
Sp William Heathcote
Mp L'apostre
Lord Limerick
Mp Oglethorpe
Mp Laroche.
Resolved That it be refer'd to the Committee of Correspondence to contract

190 COLONIAL RECORDS.
with the Owners of the Ship two Brothers to go to Inverness to take in
forty Men for Georgia at five Pounds ^> Head.
Resolved That twenty Shillings ^ Head be allowed for engaging the said forty
Men and twenty shillings ^ Head be likewise allowed for Cloathing and
Bedding for the said forty Men.
Resolved That the Trustees will pay the Passage of forty Men from Inverness to
Georgia at five Pounds <$>> Head by the two Brothers Capt. Thomson.
Resolved That Capt. Thomson be oblig'd to stay fourteen days at Inverness for
the reception of the forty Men, and in case he do's not receive them with
in that time that he be at liberty to stay or go with such as he may re
ceive.
Resolved That the Committee be impower'd to give a reasonable allowance for
so many of the forty Men as shall not be deliver'd in Georgia.
Resolved That fifteen Barrels of Gunpowder for small Arms be sent by the Ship
two Brothers for Georgia.
Order'd That One hundred Muskets and Bayonets, two hundred Indian Arms,
three hundred Weight of Musket Bullets, three hundred weight of In
dian Gun Bullets, six hundred weight of Lead one Pair of Bullet Molds
of nine holes Each for the Musket Bore, and two Iron Ladles be sent to
Georgia by the Ship two Brothers.
Order'd That three hundred Pair of Shoes be made at four Shillings <P> Pair
according to the Pattern John Cox made the Shoes that were order'd
Aug. 13. 1735.
Read the Proposals of Mp William Stephens of the terms on which he
is willing to serve as Secretary for the Trust within the Province of
Georgia.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Proposals.
Resolved That Mp William Stephens be appointed Secretary for the Affairs of
the Trust within the Province of Georgia.

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Resolved
That it be refer'd to the Committee of Correspondence to prepare and
settle proper Instructions for M' Stephens before his setting out.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Aprill 27 1737
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mp L'apostre in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
Earl of Egmont
Mp Tho8 Archer
S' William Heathcote
Alderman Heathcote
M' Holland
M' Laroche
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of five hundred Acres of Land to
William Stephens Esq' of the Isle of Wight and to his third Son Thomas
Stephens with the Preamble of the Agreement with the said William
Stephens to act as Secretary for the Trust within the Province of Georgia.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the same.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same, and sign a Memorial of
the said Grant in order to be register'd with the Auditor of the Planta
tions.Resolved That the Earl of Egmont M' Vernon Mp Tho8 Tower M' Oglethorpe
Mp L'apostre and any of the Common Council Who will attend be a
Committee to prepare Instructions for M' Stephens as Secretary for the
Trust within the Province of Georgia, and any three to be a Quorum.
Resolved That it be refer'd to the same Committee to prepare a Device for a
Town Seal for the Town of Savanah.

192 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Resolved That a Town Lot of fifty Acres within the Town of Savanah be
granted to John Warwick.
Mp Stephens was sworn in Secretary for the Trust within the Province
of Georgia.
Resolved That three hundred Acres of Land be granted in Trust to be set out
at Frederica for raising a Maintenance for a Minister and School Master
there and for other Religious uses.
Seal'd Articles of Agreement with John Pye to be a Clerk in Georgia
for writing and keeping Accounts there.
Seal'd Articles of Agreement with Samuel Hurst to be a Clerk in
Georgia for writing and keeping the Accounts there.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the aforesaid Articles.
Resolved That forty Servants be employ'd in clearing and cultivating a Farm
Lot of Lands reserved for the Publick to be call'd Bouverie's Farm in
discharge of Sp Jacob Des Bouverie's Benefaction for sending over Serv
ants to Georgia, which forty Servants at twenty five Pounds Each for
all Charges will make the Expence of One thousand Pounds.
Order'd That an Account of the Annual Produce of the Said Lands be kept
distinct, and enter'd as the Produce of Bouverie's Farm to be applied for
the Benefit of the Colony.
Read a Constitution for William Stephens Esq' to be Secretary for the
Affairs of the Trust within the Province of Georgia.
Read Instructions to the said M' Stephens for his Conduct as Secretary.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Constitution
and Instructions.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Read a Paper of Private Instructions to the said M' Stephens.
Ordered That the Secretary do sign the same.
Adjourn'd.

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Palace Court
Friday Aprill 29"1 1737
Present in Common Council Assembled
S' William Heathcote in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Mp Vernon
Mp Oglethorpe
Mp Tho8 Archer
Mp Laroche
M' Holland
M' L'apostre
Mp Digby
Earl of Shaftesbury.
Resolved That One hundred and fifty Acres of Land be granted to Mp Thomas
Upton. Resolved That a further Sum of five Guineas be given to the Person Who by his
care and diligence recover'd and brought to the Trustees a Survey of the
Coast of Georgia, Which had been taken at their Expence, and for the
Use of the Trust, but had been secreted from them.
Read Proposals of Mp John Matthias Kramer Secretary to Count Zin
zendorf to translate some Part of the Book call'd Reasons for Establishing
the Colony of Georgia into High Dutch at the Trust's Expence ; And to
engage a Number of Persons in High Germany to go over to Georgia
and to conduct them from Worms to Rotterdam at the said Persons Ex-
pence ; And he submits it to the Trustees to give him such Allowance for
his trouble as they shall think fit.
Resolved That it be refer'd to the Committee of Correspondence to consider the
same, & to settle Instructions to the said Mp Kramer ; and to contract
with Mess" Hope for the Passage of Sixty Heads of twelve Years of Age
and upwards to be repaid to the Trust in six weeks after their Arrival in
Georgia, or they to be indented to the Trust for Servants.
The Board taking into consideration the following Memorial of Capt.
Charles Dempsy.
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194 COLONIAL RECORDS.
To the Honble Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in
America.
HonbIe Gentlemen.
Being employ'd by Mp Oglethorpe in carrying his first Letter to the
Governor of S' Augustine relating to the English and Scotch Settling on
the Alatamaha River near the Province of Florida, occasion'd may sub
sequent Correspondences Conferences and Negotiations before the Treaty
was concluded in October 1735, which Services took me up nine Months,
in which time I was three times cast away between Georgia and S'
Augustine in going backwards and forwards, and my Person was often
threaten'd and in danger whilst there.
Mp Oglethorpe remitted me by Caleb Davis fifty Pounds Sterling, by
John Crokatt two hundred Pounds Sterling, which with further Credit
of One hundred Pounds Sterl. I had from Caleb Davis's House at S'
Augustine defray'd my Expences of Launches Hire, Port Charges, Main
tenance of myself, Major Richards, MpHorton, and several other Persons
at S' Augustine, where all Provisions are excessive dear, gaining and
sending Intelligence to M' Oglethorpe from and by safe Hands, accom
panying the Spanish Officers to and from Georgia, and other extraordi
nary Charges untill my Return for England in November 1736. Which
was at M' Oglethorpe's Request to testify the said several Correspond
ences, Conferences, and Negotiations, Which occasion'd my refusing an
honourable and profitable Employment in the Spanish Service on the
Recommendatory Letters I carried over with me for that Purpose.
My Constitution has suffer'd so much by all those Catastrophes that
since my Return to England I have been obliged to keep my Bed for
most part of the time And Advices And Other Attendance having been
to me so expensive, and as I neglected my own Affairs for the Service of
the Colony, I humbly represent the Whole to Your Consideration, and
am. Your Hon" most faithfull and Obed' Serv'
6th of Aprill 1737. Ch8 Dempsy.
Resolved That the thanks of the Trustees be given to Capt" Charles Dempsy for
the many Services perf orm'd by him for the Colony.
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in consideration of his Services and the many hardships and hazards he
met with in performing the same.
Resolved That four hundred and twenty-five Pounds be paid into the hands of
M' Alderman Heathcote on Account.
The following Sola Bills being sent to be issued by Mr Oglethorpe in
pursuance of the Order of Common Council Sept' 10th 1736. Viz' One
thousand of One Pound Each from N° 501 to 1500 Inclusive, And One
hundred of five Pounds Each from N° 101 to 200 Inclusive. Which Mr
Oglethorpe did not receive before he left Georgia ; But they being safe
arrived in Georgia, And by Letters from Mr Causton dated Jan'7 27
1736 several of them appearing to have been paid away in discharge of
Certified Accounts, tho' there was no Indorsement on the Back sign'd by
M' Oglethorpe, but fill'd up to M' Causton, and wherewith he has charg'd
himself in Account with the Trust as by his said Letters.
Resolved That fifteen hundred Pounds out of the twenty thousand Pounds
granted this Session of Parlament be appropriated for the payment of the
said Sola Bills, or so many of them as shall happen to have been paid
away before the Order of Jan'7 12 1736 for returning them to England
was receiv'd ; And that after the said twenty thousand Pounds shall be
receiv'd and paid into the Bank of England any five of the Common
Council be impower'd to draw upon the Bank of England from time to
time for the payment of the said Sola Bills tho' M' Oglethorpe has not
sign'd the Indorsements thereon, they being return'd with Accounts at
tending them, or for Value paid to M' Causton to account for.
Resolved That untill the twenty thousand Pounds granted by Parlament in this
Session shall be receiv'd four hundred and thirty three Pounds out of the
Unappropriated Money be paid into the hands of M' Oglethorpe to pay
the following of the Abovemention'd Sola Bills, Which M' Causton as ^
Advice has paid away as receiv'd of M' Oglethorpe. Viz'.
To Mess'8 Minis and Salomons from A. N° 501 to ) £
715 at One Pound each dated Jan'7 27 1736 . . [¦ 215. 0. 0.
To Capt. Barnes from C N" 101 to 108 at five 1 40 0 0
Pounds Each, dated Jan'7 27. 1736  J
To John Brownfield from A N° 1001 to 1178 at ) 17a 0 n
One Pound Each Feb'7 9th 1736  } 1/0. u. u.
£433. 0. 0.

196 COLONIAL RECORDS.
And that after the said twenty thousand Pounds are receiv'd the said
Sum of four hundred and thirty three Pounds be replaced, and that M'
Oglethorpe be discharg'd from the said sum by the delivery of the said
Bills to be cancel'd.
Read M' Causton's Letter of Advice to Mr Oglethorpe dated Feb'7 lO'"
1736 of his drawing the following Bills on him Viz'.
One for fifty Pounds dated Jan'7 10 1736 to M' Cha. Purry
One for fifty Pounds dated Feb'7 10. 1736 to Mess" Pytt and Tuck
well. And One for thirty Pounds dated Feb'7 10. 1736 to Thomas Hucks
Esq'. Which Bills were drawn in part of two hundred Pounds do enable M'
Causton to settle his new Farm ; And it appearing that the said M'
Causton has been employ'd four Years and upwards as Storekeeper and
one of the Magistrates ; And M' Oglethorpe acquainting the Board that
M' Causton had not taken Credit for the fifty Pounds voted for him by
the Common Council.
Order'd That the said Bills be accepted and paid when due.
Read a Proposal from M' Zouberbuhler the Execution Whereof would
amount to two thousand and thirty two Pounds ten Shillings besides One
hundred Pounds c$> Ann Expence to the Trust.
Resolved That M' Zouberbuhler be acquainted that the Trustees cannot comply
with the said Proposal.
Receiv'd a Bill of Exchange dated Savanah June 7th 1736 drawn by
M' Oglethorpe for twenty five Pounds Sterling for Value receiv'd on Ac
count of the Colony.
Order'd That the said Bill be accepted and paid when due.
M' David Provost having transmitted to M' Rodrigues Pacheco a cer
tified Account of One hundred and twelve Pounds Eighteen Shillings and
Eleven Pence Sterling for Provisions deliver'd in Georgia Dec' 1" 1736
before the fifteen hundred Pounds Sola Bills arrived in Georgia ; And it
being observ'd that some of the said fifteen hundred Pounds Sola Bills
might happen to be paid in discharge of the said Certified Account
Which M' Bland the Goldsmith offer'd to secure the Trust from any
double Payment of.

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Resolved
That on M' Bland's giving such Security the said Account of One hun
dred and twelve Pounds Eighteen Shillings and Eleven Pence be paid.
Read a Letter sign'd Lachlan Maclachlan and Donald Cameron giving
Account of several Considerable Families of the Highlanders in Scotland
Who are desirous to go to Georgia.
Resolved That some Papers of the Terms which the Trustees have settled for
People going to Georgia at their own Expence be sent to the said Mess"
Lachlan Maclachlan and Donald Cameron.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank for four hundred and twenty five
Pounds payable to M' Alderman Heathcote by the Earl of Shaftesbury
Earl of Egmont M' Vernon M' L'apostre and M' Laroche N° 7675 I.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank for four hundred and thirty three
Pounds payable to James Oglethorpe Esq' by the Earl of Shaftesbury
Earl of Egmont M' Vernon Mr L'apostre and M' Laroche. N° 7674. I.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday May 11'" 1737.
Present in Common Council Assembled.
D' Bundy in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
Earl of Egmont
M' Laroche
S' William Heathcote
Alderman Heathcote
M' Holland
M' L'apostre
M' Vernon
M' Oglethorpe.
Resolved That fifty Pounds be paid to Francis Moore in consideration of his
acting Storekeeper and Clerk to M' Oglethorpe from October 1735 to
Jan'7 173f
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198 COLONIAL RECORDS.
of the Rent of her house at Savanah by M' Causton to whom she has
given a Letter of Attorney, and repaid to the Trust.
Read a Letter of Francis Harbin praying for some Consideration for
his going to Holland in order to procure Servants for the Colony.
Resolved That twenty Pounds be given to the said M' Harbin in full for his
Services. Read a Memorial of Captn William Thomson setting forth that Where
as John West of the Town of Savanah and Elizabeth his Wife have nom
inated him for a Grant of the Town Lot in Savanah late belonging to
Joseph Hughes deceas'd with the Deed of Sale annext thereto he prays
for a Grant of the said Lot, and leave to alienate the same.
Resolved That John West and Elizabeth his Wife have leave to alienate the
said Lot to a Person duly qualified and recommended by Capt. William
Thomson. Resolved That two Guineas be lent to M" Elizabeth Stanley to be repaid by her
Husband in Georgia.
Resolved That the Trustees will give to M' Wragg six Guineas Sterling ^
Head for Eighty foreign Servants to be deliver'd in Georgia from Rot
terdam provided None be under twelve Years of Age or above forty.
Resolved That One hundred Pounds be paid to M' Paris upon Account of Coun
cil's Fees and Charges of the Carolina Representation.
Resolved That the Charge of the Servant sent to James Haselfoot by the Peter
and James Capt. Dymond be paid by the Trust to be repaid by the said
James Haselfoot.
Receiv'd a Certified Account from M' Causton to Mess" Minis and
Salomons dated December 29 1736 before the Sola Bills were receiv'd
amounting to two hundred and Eighteen Pounds seven Shillings and five
Pence Sterling.
Resolved That the same be refer'd to the Committee of Accounts.
Resolved That fifty Acres in the Town of Frederica be granted to George Fos
ter Who go's at his own Expence by Capt. Thomson.

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Receiv'd a Bill of Mr Richard Wilson Gun Maker for Arms amount
ing to One hundred and two Pounds five Shillings and Nine Pence.
Resolved That the Accomptant do examine and pay the same if he finds the
Account to be true.
Resolved That the remaining twenty five Pounds of the fifty Pounds formerly
order'd to the Revd M' Charles Wesley be paid him here.
Order'd That two hundred and fifty Pounds be paid into the hands of M' Al
derman Heathcote on Account.
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of One hundred and fifty Acres of
Land to Thomas Upton.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the same.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same, and likewise sign a
Memorial of the said Grant in order to be register'd with the Auditor of
the Plantations.
Read Instructions to M' John Matthias Kramer to engage Sixty for
eign Servants for the Service of the Colony.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd to the same.
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Resolved That ten Pounds be given to the said Mr Kramer in consideration of
his having waited here and his carrying the said Instructions into Exe
cution. Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for two hundred and fifty
Pounds by the Earl of Egmont M' Vernon M' L'apostre M' Holland and
M' Oglethorpe N° 4576. O.
A Proposal being made by Daniel MackLachlan for engaging One
hundred Highlanders to go to Georgia and that the Trustees will allow
to Each Man Servant carried over by the ten Gentlemen mention'd in
the said Proposal twenty Bushels or five Scots Bolls of Meal and a Stand
of Arms And that the Trustees will defray his Charges down to Scotland.

200 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Resolved That the Trustees will allow to Each Man Servant carried over by the
ten Gentlemen mention'd in the said Proposal the twenty Bushels or five
Scots Bolls of Meal and the Arms as desired, but will not advance any
Money for the said Daniel Macklachlan's Expences.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday June 6th 1737
Present in Common Council Assembled.
Earl of Egmont in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
Lord Carpenter
M' Vernon
Mr Oglethorpe
M' Holland
M' Laroche
Mr L'apostre
Read a Grant of three'hundred Acres of Land in Trust to William
Horton Thomas Hawkins Willes Weston and Thomas Hird of Frederica
to be cultivated in order to* raise a Maintenance for a Minister at Fred
erica and for other Religious^Uses.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Grant.
Which was Affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Read a Petition of M' John Vat setting forth that October 26 1734 he
was appointed by the Trustees to be the Secretary in Georgia for the
Saltzburgh Affairs, and to be rewarded by the Trustees according to the
Merit of the Work which he was to do in writing Letters and keeping
their Accounts.
That he arrived in Georgia the 28th of December following, and was
employ'd by Mr Causton to receive and keep an Account of Provisions
Tools &c for the Saltzburghers
That there remains due to him for Provisions for his Servant forty Six
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And therefore prays that the said Balance of forty Six Pounds Eight
Shillings and Seven Pence be paid to Rubrecht Kalcker his Servant in
Georgia And that an Allowance be given to him the said Vat for his said
Service and time.
Resolved That M' Causton be directed to pay the said Balance to the said
Rubrecht Kalcker.
Resolved That Sixty Pounds Sterling be given to the said Mr John Vat which
with the sum of twelve Pounds paid to him by M' Causton in Georgia
and fifteen Pounds fifteen Shillings receiv'd by him of the Trustees since
his Arrival in England is in full for his Services in Georgia, and his At
tendance here since his Arrival.
Resolved That Skins imported from Georgia by the two Brothers weighing three
thousand and Sixty Eight Pounds Weight be sold to M' Simond for four
hundred and fifteen Pounds Nine Shillings and two Pence being two
Shillings and Eight Pence half Penny a Pound.
Seal'd Articles of Agreement with Samuel Smallwood to serve the
Trust as Clerk to the Storekeeper at Frederica for three Years.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Receiv'd from M' Causton a Bill of Parcels ^mounting to One hundred
and Eighty Eight Pounds Eight Shillings and four Pence made payable
to William Clay dated Feb'7 22. 1736.
Resolved That any five of the Common Council be impower'd to draw on the
Bank of England after the 9'" of June in order to pay the said Bill in
case Mess" Knight and Shuttleworth will give their Note to be answer
able for the same in case Sola Bills shall appear hereafter to have been
given in payment for the said Account upon or since the said 22d of-
Feb17. Receiv'd from M' Robert Ellis three Accounts Which by his Letter of
March 21st 1736 amount to three hundred and Seventy two Pounds
Nineteen Shillings and two Pence half Penny Sterling.
Resolved That the same be refer'd to the Committee of Accounts.
Resolved That it be refer'd to a Committee to consider of a Plan for the Churches

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Which are to be built in Georgia Any three of the Common Council to
be the said Committee. Adjourn'd

Palace Court
Wednesday July 6. 1737
Present in Common Council Assembled
Lord Carpenter in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Lord Talbot
S' William Heathcote
M' Vernon
Mr L'apostre
M' Laroche
M' Holland
The Accomptant acquainted the Common Council that pursuant to an
Order of the 2d of June 1736 a Draught had been made on the Bank
for five hundred Pounds for the payment of Sola Bills and was sign'd the
10'" of June 1737 by the Earl of Egmont M' Holland M' Oglethorpe M'
L'apostre and M' Laroche N° 4577. O.
M' L'apostre acquainted the Board that on the 13th June the last
Year's Vouchers to the 9th Instant included were exchang'd with the
Bank, And that the Balance of the Trustees Cash in the Bank on that
day amounted to three thousand five hundred and Nineteen Pounds
thirteen Shillings and Eleven Pence
M' L'apostre further acquainted the Board that the following Sola
Bills paid in the last Year were cancell'd and affix'd to their Checques
amounting in the whole to the sum of two thousand six hundred and
sixty seven Pounds. Viz' two hundred and sixty Nine which were of
One Pound Each part of five hundred made out ; three hundred and
twenty Nine which were of two Pounds Each part of five hundred made
out; Sixty Eight which were Bills of five Pounds Each Part of One hun
dred made out ; fifty two which were of ten Pounds Each Part of One
hundred made out ; And forty four which were Bills of twenty Pounds
Each Part of fifty made out.
The Accomptant acquainted the Board that of the aforesaid Balance
of three thousand five hundred and nineteen Pounds thirteen Shillings

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and Eleven Pence, One thousand three hundred and thirty three Pounds
stand appropriated for the payment of Outstanding Sola Bills the residue
of the four thousand Pounds made out ; One thousand Nine hundred and
twenty Pounds fourteen Shillings and Eight Pence farthing for Partic
ular Uses ; and two hundred sixty five Pounds Nineteen Shillings and
two Pence three farthings for Establishing the Colony.
Resolved That a Committee of Imbarkation be appointed to consider what Pro
visions and Tools may be necessary to be provided for the Colony of
Georgia for the Year 1737, And that any three of the Common Council
be a Committee for the said Purpose.
Resolved That Capt. Dunbar's Memorial be refer'd to the Committee of
Accounts. M' Vat presented a Memorial desiring a further Gratuity for his At
tendance and Services.
The same being Read.
M' Vat was call'd in and acquainted by the Chairman that the Trus
tees could make him no further Allowance.
Resolved That M' Robert Howe's House be rebuilt as it was before it was burnt
down out of the Fund for Religious Uses.
Resolved That when the twenty thousand Pounds granted the last Session of
Parliament shall be received from the Exchequer Any five of the Com
mon Council be impower'd to draw on the Bank for Six thousand two
hundred and Eighty Eight Pounds Nine Shillings and four Pence One
farthing to make good the following Demands. Viz'.
Three hundred and Eighty Nine Pounds Eight Shillings and Nine
Pence One farthing to be paid over to make good the application of S'
Jacob Bouverie's Benefaction.
Two hundred Pounds to answer a Bill drawn by Mr Oglethorpe Aprill
27 1736 to Paul Jenys Esq' and C° not yet come to hand.
One hundred Pounds for a Bill drawn by M' Oglethorpe Sept' 20 1736
to Capt" Macpherson payable July 7 1737
One hundred Pounds for a Credit on Caleb Davis at S' Augustine in
October 1736 not yet drawn for.
One hundred and five Pounds three Shillings and Eleven Pence being
so much paid by M' Verelst for the Trust since the 9"1 of June 1737

204 COLONIAL RECORDS.
One thousand five hundred Pounds for Sola Bills paid away by M'
Causton without M' Oglethorpe's Indorsement, for which the said Sum
was appropriated by the Common Council Aprill 29th 1737
And for the following Certified Accounts. Viz*.
To M' Samuel Eveleigh Nine hundred and Ninety Seven Pounds Six
Shillings and Nine Pence.
To M' William Bellinger two hundred and thirty four Pounds Seven
teen Shillings and three Pence.
To M' Hugh Brian five hundred and Seventy Eight Pounds two Shil
lings and Eight Pence.
To Col. William Hazard Sixty Nine Pounds twelve Shillings
To M' Samuel Montaigut and C° two hundred and Sixty Six Pounds
One Shilling and Eight Pence.
To Mess" Minis and Salomons two hundred and Eighteen Pounds
Seven Shillings and five Pence.
To Mr Robert Ellis three hundred and Seventy One Pounds Eighteen
Shillings and Eleven Pence.
For half a Year's Salary to the Secretary due at Midsummer last
Seventy five Pounds.
For half a Year's Salary to the Accountant due at Midsummer last
Seventy five Pounds.
For a Quarter of a Year's Rent for the house Seven Pounds ten
Shillings. For One thousand Pounds for Sola Bills sent for the Service of the
Colony since Lady Day 1737 Order'd by the Common Council March
21" 173f Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 205
Palace Court
Wednesday August 10th 1737
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Oglethorpe in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' Eyre
S' William Heathcote
D' Bundy
D' Hales
M' Chandler
Alderman Heathcote.
The Accomptant acquainted the Common Council that pursuant to
the Order of the 6tb of July last the six following Draughts had been
made upon the Bank of England, and sign'd by the Earl of Egmont M'
Vernon M' L'apostre D' Hales and M' Holland, and dated the 14th of
the said Month.
N° 4579 O. To M' Alderman Heathcote to pay outstanding Orders
Seven hundred Pounds.
N° 4580 O. To Mess" Samuel and William Baker in full of two Cer
tified Accounts from Georgia. Nine hundred and Ninety Seven
Pounds Six Shillings and Nine Pence.
N° 4581. O. To Mess" Pomeroy and Sons in full of two Certified Ac
counts from Georgia Eight hundred and twelve Pounds Nineteen
Shillings and Eleven Pence.
N" 4582. O. To M' Simson Levy in full of a Certified Account from
Georgia two hundred and Eighteen Pounds Seven Shillings and five
Pence.
N° 4583. O. To M' Lawrence Williams in full of three Certified Ac
counts from Georgia three hundred and Seventy One Pounds Eight
een Shillings and Eleven Pence.
N° 4584 O. To Mess" Peter and I. C. Simond in full of four Certi
fied Accounts three hundred and thirty Pounds thirteen Shillings
and Eight Pence.
And for Sola Bills Part of the fifteen hundred Pounds sent by Capt
Keat One thousand and Seventeen Pounds.
A Certified account being brought for payment dated May 4, 1787.
Whereon M' Causton has stated Seventy five Pounds Nine Shillings and

206 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Eleven Pence Sterl. due to Mess" Minis and Salomons. And M' Caus
ton having certified the 2d of May 1737 to have receiv'd fifty Pounds f^
their Account Currant for fifty Pounds in Sola Bills, And no Other Ac
count appearing, so that it is reasonable to conclude the said fifty Pounds
were paid them in part of the said Seventy five Pounds Nine Shillings
and Eleven Pence.
Resolved That twenty five Pounds Nine Shillings and Eleven Pence be paid to
the Order of Mess" Minis and Salomons in full of the said Account Un
less Any Other Account shall be produced for the said fifty Pounds.
Resolved That to Each of the Servants Who are out of their time before Christ
mas next fifty Acres of Land be granted, (the Land to be set out in Vil
lages) on proper Certificates of their good Behaviour; And that a Cow
and a Sow be given to Each of them.
Resolved That M' Oglethorpe be desired to issue to Francis Moore now in Eng
land Six hundred and fifty Pounds Sterl. Value in Sola Bills of five
Pounds Each ; Being the Residue of three thousand One hundred and
fifty Pounds Value in Sola Bills made out by Order of the Common
Council August 4'" 1736 which remain lock'd up. And that the said
Issue be dated upon a Day in November last before M' Oglethorpe and
Francis Moore left Georgia ; And that the said Bills be sent by the Mary
Ann Capt. Thomas Shubrick under Consignment to Paul Jenys Esq' at
Charles Town to be forwarded by him to M' Causton as Cash for the sup
ply of the Colony ; And that any five of the Common Council be im
power'd to draw upon the Bank of England from time to time for the
payment of the said Sum of Six hundred and fifty Pounds in Sola Bills
now order'd to be sent to M' Causton, as they shall become payable on
their Return to England in the same manner as for the payment of the
four thousand Pounds Sola Bills already issued in Georgia.
Resolved That Sola Bills of Exchange to the Value of four thousand Eight hun
dred and fifty Pounds be made out, Whereof One thousand Eight hun
dred and fifty Pounds to be in Bills of One Pound Each ; One thou
sand five hundred Pounds in Bills of five Pounds Each, And One thou
sand five hundred Pounds in Bills of ten Pounds Each, making two
thousand three hundred Bills.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 207
Resolved
That the Plates for printing the said Bills be altered in such man
ner as James Oglethorpe Esq' may sign them whether in England or in
Georgia ; And that the said Bills be issued in Georgia by James Ogle
thorpe Esq' or his Order to defray the established Expences in Georgia
to Lady Day 1738.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Sola Bills of
Exchange. Order'd That the Accomptant do sign the said Bills
A certified Account from Georgia being laid before the Common Coun
cil whereon the Sum of three hundred Sixty Eight Pounds five Shillings
and ten Pence South Carolina Currency appears to be due to Jemmet
Cobley And a letter of Attorney being produced impoweringM' Thomas
Bishop to receive the same.
Order'd That forty Nine Pounds two Shillings and One Penny be paid to the
said M' Thomas Bishop in discharge thereof being at the rate of Seven
hundred and fifty Pounds Currency for One hundred Pounds Sterling.
An account being received of the Delivery of Seventy Pipes of Ma
deira Wine at Frederica at thirteen Pounds Sterling a Pipe, and of five
Pounds five Shillings for the Pilotage amounting to Nine hundred and
fifteen Pounds five Shillings demanded by Captain James Pearse as due
to M' Robert Ellis for the same ; But it appearing that One hundred
Pounds Sterling having been paid to M' Lawrence Williams for a Bill
drawn on James Oglethorpe Esq' the 8th of December last by the said
Robert Ellis on Account of his Contract for the said Wine.
Order'd That the Sum of Eight hundred and fifteen Pounds five Shillings be
paid to Captain James Pearse the Order of the said Robert Ellis in full
of the said Account. And that a Draught be made on the Bank of Eng
land for the payment thereof.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for Eight hundred and fif
teen Pounds five Shillings to Capt. James Pearse by M' Oglethorpe the
Earl of Egmont S' William Heathcote M' Eyre and D' Hales N° 4586 O.
The Accomptant acquainted the Common Council that pursuant to an
Order of the Common Council of the 29'" of Aprill last a Draught had
been made on the Bank for fifty Pounds to David Salomons for the pay-

208 COLONIAL RECORDS.
irent of Sola Bills and was sign'd the 20th of last Month by the Earl of
Egmont M' L'apostre M' Holland M' Laroche and M' Vernon N° 4585 O.
Resolved That as the Town of Savanah is very much increas'd Gowns be sent
over for the Magistrates to wear in Court, And that those for the Bailiffs
be Purple edg'd with Furr, And that for the Recorder be black tufted.
Resolved That thirty One Pounds ten Shillings be paid to M' William Stephens
for his Expences, he having waited three Months at the Request of the
Trust before he was order'd to imbark for Georgia.
A Certified Account from Georgia being laid before the Common Coun
cil amounting to One hundred and Eighty One Pounds Seven Shillings
and three Pence for Provisions deliver'd by M' Thomas Ware.
Order'd That the said Account be paid to the said M' Thomas Ware or his
Order. A Certified Account from Georgia being laid before the Common Coun
cil Amounting to two hundred and fifteen Pounds Eighteen Shillings and
five Pence for Provisions and Necessaries deliver'd by M' Lawrence
Wessels.Order'd That the said Account be paid to the said M' Lawrence Wessels or his
Order. M' Daniel Booth having sent an Account of the Charges of making
the Piece of Georgia Silk, and of Silk added for the Shute &c. amount
ing to twenty Six Pounds.
Order'd That the said Sum be paid to M' Booth for the said Charges.
Resolved That the Sum of three thousand Pounds be paid into the hands of M'
Alderman Heathcote for the Use of the Trust.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the same by M' Ogle
thorpe the Earl of Egmont S' William Heathcote M' Laroche and D'
Hales N° 4587 O. Adjourn'd

COLONIAL RECORDS. 209
Palace Court
Wednesday October 5 1737
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mr Vernon in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
Earl of Egmont
S' William Heathcote
Col. Oglethorpe
M' L'apostre
D' Hales
D' Bundy
Lord Carpenter.
A Report was made from the Committee appointed for the Settling and
Determining the affair of M' Peter Gordon's Memorial, that they had
taken the said Memorial into Consideration, wherein he set forth, that
by an Illness which he had contracted in Georgia, be had been obliged to
go to Carolina and afterwards to return to England ; That he afterwards
return'd to Georgia, and had under his Care the Indian Chiefs and the
Passengers in their Voyage to Georgia, That upon his coming back again
to represent the State of the Colony, he had applied soon after to the
Trustees for leave to dispose of his House and Land and an Allowance
for the great Expences he had been at in the Service of the Colony, And
that he never had receiv'd above two Months Provisions from the Pub
lick Stores, nor the Arrears of Provisions due to him which was offer'd to
him by Mr Causton the last time he was in Georgia. And That the
Committee were of Opinion, that thirteen Pounds Seven Shillings and
One Penny should be given to him as an Allowance for the Arrears of
One Year's Provisions for himself and his Wife.
That they were likewise of Opinion that the said Peter Gordon should
have leave to dispose of his House and Land to such Person as on his
appearing before the Trustees should be approv'd of by them.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.
The Accomptant acquainted the Common Council that pursuant to
the Orders of the Common Council a Draught had been made on the
Bank of England for One thousand Pounds the 21" of September 1737
to M' Alderman Heathcote N° 4588 0. and sign'd by the Earl of Eg-
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210 COLONIAL RECORDS.
mont Col. Oglethorpe, M' L'apostre M' Eyre and M' Thomas Tower for
the payment of Sola Bills.
The Accomptant acquainted the Common Council that the four hun
dred and thirty three Pounds Imprest to James Oglethorpe Esq' to an
swer the like Sum in the Payment of Sola Bills paid away by M' Causton
as Cash receiv'd of M' Oglethorpe, part of the fifteen hundred Pounds
Sola Bills paid away without M' Oglethorpe's Indorsement has been ap
plied in discharge of the said Sola Bills to that amount whereby the said
whole fifteen hundred Pounds Sola Bills are paid.
Order'd That fifteen hundred Pounds of the four thousand Eight hundred and
fifty Pounds Sola Bills directed to be made out the 10th of August last
be sent immediately to Georgia, And that any five of the Common
Council be impower'd to draw for the payment thereof on their Return.
Order'd That the Residue of the Sola Bills directed to be made out for the
Service of the Colony be sent to Georgia from time to time as Any five
of the Common Council shall think fit ; And that any five of the Com
mon Council be impower'd to draw on the Bank of England for the Pay
ment thereof on their being return'd to England after their having been
issued in Georgia.
The Accomptant made the following Report of the State of the
Trustees Cash as it stood the 30"1 of September last.
The Sola Bills order'd to be made out and yet unsent to Georgia will
provide for an Exceeding of the Establish'd Allowance to Lady Day
1738 as far as the Sum of £700. And after Appropriating Money for
all the Sola Bills sent and to be sent, and for all particular uses besides.
The Balance in the Bank for the Colony this 30'" of £
September 1737 amounts to  5977. 6. 0|.
And in M' Alderman Heathcotes hands  1452. 6. 7
Total to be Applied for the Colony .... 7429. 12. 7|T
Whereof for the following Demands.
The Balance of the Account of Ser- ~\ £
vants from Scotland yet Un- >¦ 30. 0. 0
settled, About  )
For 99^ Heads of Foreign Servants ~)
sent from Cowes, and for the V 619. 15. 0.
Ships delivering them at Tybee )

COLONIAL RECORDS.

•211

[.1256. 18. 0.

J

331. CO.

10. 0
0. 0

10. 7.

16.

13.

1

49.

18.

6

173.

18.

5

7.

13.

3

223.

9.

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6

For Cloathing and Maintenance of
them, and the 40 Servants from
£
Scotland at 6. 10. 0 a Year }. 1813. 10. 0.
Each head for two Years untill
their Labour can defray that
Charge  J
For the Beef Butter and Tallow from ")
Ireland and Flower and Beer
from England, and Freight and
Primage thereof to Georgia . .
For the Saw Mill and freight and
Primage thereof to Georgia . .
For 300 pair of Shoes ....
For 6 p8 of Strouds 40 p" of Duffils, \
and for Dying the Strouds and > 185. 0. 0
Package  J
For 300 Indian Guns in List Cases . . 127.
For 500 w' of Bullets and a Barrel
of Powder for the Darien .
For Freight thereof and of the 50 ) i in 0
Mu.-quets for them . . . . j
For Freight of M' Stephen's Son ")
and three Men Servants to >- 25. 0. 0
Georgia  j
For Working tools for One hundred ~\
Men Servants at 20 Shillings [ 100. 0. 0
Each  )
To the following Persons as ^ Account.
£
Mess" Crokatt and Sea- \
man )
M' Simond 
D° for Mess" Montaigut ")
&&.... j
Capt. Daubuz . .
Mess'8 Pytt and Tuck- ")
well . . . . j
M' Ball for Mess" Wil- \
liams & C° . . } ~567. 16. 2.

212 COLONIAL RECORDS.
For the Office and Charges in Eng- )
land for 6 Months to Lady [ 300. 0. 0
Day 1738  ) 
5426. 16. 8.
Balance remaining . . . 2002. 15. llf
Whereout the Expence of the Carolina and Georgia Disputes must be
£
defray'd, whereof 100 has been paid.
Resolved That any five of the Common Council be impower'd to draw upon the
Bank of England for any Sum not exceeding four thousand Pounds as
Occasion shall require for the Payment of Provisions from England and
Scotland, Servants from Cowes, and Otter Charges in pursuance of the
Orders of the Committee for providing Necessaries for this Year's Service
in Georgia.
Order'd That twelve Pounds be repaid to M' John Venables which he paid in
the 15th of Feb77 last tor the Subsistance of his Son then going to Geor
gia, he staying only four days in Georgia, and being now return'd to
England.
Order'd That fifteen Barrels of Herring from Scotland each Barrel containing
One thousand at sixteen Shillings Each Barrel be bought and sent to
Georgia. Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of five hundred Acres of Land to M'
Robert Hay late of Edinburgh Cooper recommended by Patrick Linde-
say Esq' Provost of Edinburgh.
Read a Grant and Enfeoflment of One hundred and fifty Acres of
Land to John Amory of Boston in the County of Lincoln Yeoman.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Grants.
Which was Affix'd accordingly
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same And Memorials of the said
Grants in order to be register'd with the Auditor of the Plantations.
Order'd That One Pound Eleven Shillings and six Pence the Consideration
Money and charge of registring the Grant to Mr Robert Hay be paid by
the Accountant the same to be repaid by M' Hay in Georgia on execut
ing the Counterpart there and receiving the Grant.

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Mr Oglethorpe acquainted the Common Council that in pursuance of
the Trustees Memorial to his Majesty dated August 10 1737, setting forth
the State of the Colony of Georgia, and the Inability of the Trustees to
protect his Majesty's Subjects settled there against the Dangers Which
they are Apprehensive of from the late Increase of Spanish Forces at
Havanah and S' Augustine. And praying that his Majesty will order a '
necessary Supply of Forces for the Protection of the Province; That
his Majesty had order'd a Regiment of six hundred Effective Men to be
rais'd for the Defence of the Colony and to be sent thither, And that his
Majesty had appointed him Colonel, James Cochran Esq' Lieut. Col1 and
William Cook Esq' Major of the said Regiment.
M' Oglethorpe acquainted the Board that Lieut. Col. Cochran was de
sirous of a Grant of five hundred Acres of Land in the Southern Part of
the Province he resolving to carry ten Servants over with him to Georgia. '
M' Oglethorpe likewise acquainted the Bo.ird that Major Cook was de
sirous of a Grant of five hundred Acres of Land in the Southern Divis- <
ion of the Province, he resolving to carry ten Servants over with him to
Georgia.Resolved That a Grant of five hundred Acres of Land be made to the said
Lieut Col James Cochran.
Resolved That a Grant and Enfeoffment of five hundred Acres of Land be
made to the said Major William Cook
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Grants, And
that the Secretary do countersign the same, and do sign Memorials of
them in order to be register'd with the Auditor of the Plantations.
M' Oglethorpe moved the Board that a Trust Grant might be order'd ;
to be made out for three thousand Acres of Land to be parcel'd out in"
five Acre Lots to the Soldiers of his Regiment that shall desire the same,
to hold to them during the time of their continuance in his Majesty's
Service in Georgia.
Order'd That a Grant be made out accordingly for three thousand Acres of
Land to three Trustees Who shall be named by M' Oglethorpe.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Grant, and that
the Secretary do countersign the same.

214 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Order'd That a Copper gilt Mace be provided for the Court of the Town of
Savanah.
Order'd That a Bill of Exchange drawn by M' Causton dated May 18"> 1737
on M' Oglethorpe for fifty Pounds be accepted and paid, it being in Part
of Recompence to the said M' Causton for his acting four Years and up
wards as Storekeeper And One of the Magistrates in Georgia ; And be
ing Part of two hundred Pounds to enable the said M' Causton to settle
his new Farm.
Resolved That the Memorial of John Vat praying a further Recompence for his
Service and Attendance be rejected
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to an Indenture to Samuel
Landers, and that the Secretary do countersign it.
Read a Letter from the Revd M* Charles Wesley desiring his Salary
for the last Year may be paid to him.
Order'd That fifty Pounds be paid to the said M' Wesley as Missionary, and
for a Year's Salary due at Michaelmas last.
A Certified Account for Steers and Cows deliver'd by Robert Perry-
man amounting to One hundred and thirty two Pounds five Shillings
and four Pence was laid before the Board.
A Certified Account of Necessaries deliver'd by Samuel Montaigut
and C° between Nov' 26 1736 and Lady Day 1737 Amounting to One
hundred and Seventy three Pounds Eighteen Shillings and five Pence
was laid before the Board.
A Certified Account of Tools and Necessaries deliver'd by John
Brownfield Factor for Mess" Pytt and Tuckwell between Jan'7 7 1736
and Midsummer 1737 amounting to two hundred and twenty three Pounds
Nine Shillings and Eight Pence one farthing was likewise laid before the
Board. A Certified Account of Provisions and Necessaries deliver'd by Mess"
Robert Williams and C° between June 14 1736 and June 1737 the Bal
ance whereof is Ninety Six Pounds three Shillings and three Pence far
thing was likewise laid before the Board.
An Account of Eleven Casks of Flower and ten Hhd8 of Beer which
Capt. Dymond deliver'd to M' Causton June 24 1737 Which M' Simond

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has computed to be forty Nine Pounds Eighteen Shillings and Six Pence
was likewise laid before the Board.
An Account deliver'd by M' John Crokat of Melasses deliver'd in
Georgia by M' Oglethorpe's Order August 20th 1736 which has not been
paid for, amounting to Sixteen Pounds thirteen Shillings and One
Penny farthing was laid before the Board.
Order'd That the said Accounts be paid.
Resolved That Seven hundred and fifty Pounds be paid into the hands of M'
Alderman Heathcote on Account.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the same by M' Vernon,
the Earl of Shaftesbury Earl of Egmont D' Hales and S' William Heath
cote N° 4589 O.
Read a Petition of John Amory and Sarah his Wife (now going to
Georgia,) praying a Credit if Occasion should require of fifty Pounds
Sterl. in Provisions or Necessaries in Georgia.
Resolved That a Letter of Credit be given to the Petitioners on their giving a
proper Security for the payment of the same out of their Estate in Lin
coln Shire. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Nov' 23 1737
Present in Common Council Assembled
D' Hales in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Lord Carpenter
Col. Oglethorpe
M' Vernon
M' L'apostre
M' Holland
M' Laroche
The Accountant acquainted the Common Council that pursuant to the
Order of the 5th of October last. Viz' That any five of the Common Coun
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require for any Sum not exceeding four thousand Pounds for the pay
ment of Provisions, Servants from Cowes, and Other Charges iu pursu
ance of the Orders of the Committee for providing Necessaries for this
Year's Service in Georgia, Seven hundred and Seventy Pounds had been
drawn for upon the Bank the twenty sixth of last Month for payment
of five hundred Pounds in Bills from Ireland on Account of Provisions
bought there, two hundred and ten Pounds for the Saw Mill, and Sixty
Pounds for three hundred Pair of Shoes And that the said Draught was
sign'd by M' Vernon, M' Eyre, M' Chandler M' L'apostre, and Alderman
Cater N° 4590 O.
The Accomptant acquainted the Common Council, that pursuant to
the Order of the 5"1 of October last, four hundred and thirty Pounds had
been drawn for upon the Bank the 9th Instant for payment of Provisions,
Indian Guns and Other things provided for this Year's Service in Geor
gia, and the said Draught was sign'd by the Earl of Egmont M' L'apos
tre M' Holland M' Vernon and Lord Carpenter N° 9796 '.
Receiv'd a Certified Account from Pettiaugua hire freight and Pro
visions dated August 22 1737 Whereon One hundred sixty Six Pounds
Nineteen Shillings and four Pence Sterl. is stated due to Samuel Lacy
Receiv'd a Certified Account for Provisions and Necessaries dated July
23 1737 amounting to three hundred Eighty One Pounds four Shillings
and five Pence due to Francis Johonnot with a Letter of Advice thereof.
Read a Letter from Mr Causton dated August 10th 1737 advising of two
Certified Accounts to Mess" Minis and Salomons for Provisions from New
York dated August 10"1 1737. the One for One hundred forty One Pounds
Eighteen Shillings and ten Pence half Penny. And the Other for three
hundred and Seventeen Pounds fifteen Shillings and Eleven Pence.
Making together four hundred and fifty Nine Pounds fourteen Shillings
and Nine Pence half Penny Sterl. Whereof the Account for three hun
dred and Seventeen Pounds fifteen Shillings and Eleven Pence is come
for Payment.
Receiv'd a Letter of Advice from M' Causton dated July 26 1737
advising of a Certified Account to Benjamin Appelbe dated July 26 1737
for One hundred and forty Eight Pounds two Shillings and Eleven Pence
half Penny Sterl. Which is brought for Payment.
Receiv'd a Certified Account for Necessaries dated July 21s' 1737
amounting to Seventy Six Pounds five Shilling and two Pence due to
Mess" Samuel Montaigut and C°.
Receiv'd a Certified Account for Steers deliver'd in Georgia dated Au-

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gust 1" 1737 amounting to One hundred and forty Seven Pounds due
to William Bellinger.
All which Certified Accounts receiv'd and advised of amount together
to the Sum of One thousand three hundred and Seventy Nine Pounds
Seven Shillings and four Pence.
Order'd That the said Accounts be examin'd by the Accountant, And if they
are found to be truly computed aud cast, that they be severally paid.
Order'd That a Draught be made on the Bank of England for the said Sum of
One thousand three hundred and Seventy Nine Pounds Seven Shillings
and four Pence payable to M' Alderman Heathcote for the Payment of
the said Bills.
Sign'd the said Draught N° 9797 ' by Dr Hales the Earl of Egmont
M' Laroche M' Holland and M.' L'apostre.
Order'd That it be an Instruction to the Committee for sending over to Geor
gia the Sola Bills Order'd to be made out the 10th of August last. That
they be careful of keeping back so many Sola Bills as the Amount of any
Certified Accounts that may hereafter come to hand, and be dated after
the Arrival of M' William Stephens in Georgia, Who sailed the middle
of August last with the Establish'd Allowances. Of which Sola Bills
One thousand Eight hundred Pounds Part of four thousand Eight hun
dred and fifty Pounds have been already sent, and three thousand and
fifty Pounds remain. And that the said Committee do also consider,
Whether the Supply of Provisions and Necessaries receiv'd in Georgia
from July last to the time of M' William Stephen's Arrival, Which is or
shall be known, will not be so far Assisting to the Colony, as to lessen
the Necessity of sending the Whole Sola Bills remaining, five hundred
Pounds f>> Month being the computed Expences abroad One Month with
Another Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of five hundred Acres of Land in Geor
gia to George Preston Jun' of Valyfield in the County of Perth Esq'
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd to the said Grant.
Which was Affix'd accordingly
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morial of the same in order to be registered with the Auditor of the Plan
tations. Resolved That the said George Preston have leave to be Absent during Pleasure
in consideration of his sending over ten Servants to cultivate his Land.
Seal'd Grants and Enfeoffments of five hundred Acres of Land in
Georgia to Lieut. Col. Cochran and to Major William Cook which were
Order'd the 5th of October last.
Resolved That Each Soldier of Col. Oglethorpe's Regiment shall have an Allot
ment of five Acres of Land in Georgia, to cultivate for his own Use and
Benefit, and shall hold the same during his continuance in his Majesty's
Service in Georgia.
And for a further Encouragement to the said Soldiers good Behaviour.
Resolved That Each Soldier who shall at the end of seven Years Service from
his inlisting in the said Regiment be desirous to quit his Majesty's Serv
ice, And shall have his regular discharge, and shall settle in Georgia,
shall on his Commanding Officer's Certificate of his good Behaviour, be
intitled to a Grant of twenty Acres of Land, to hold to himself and the
Heirs Male of his Body for Ever.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said two Resolutions,
and that the Secretary do sign the same.
Adjourn'd.

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Palace Court
Wednesday December 7th 1737
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' L'apostre in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Col. Oglethorpe
M' Laroche
S' William Heathcote
D' Bundy
M' Holland
D' Hales
Mr Vernon
M' Eyre.
Receiv'd a Certified Account of Provisions and Necessaries deliver'd
by Mess" Woodward and Flower dated August 3. 1737 the Balance
Whereof amounts to two hundred and sixty Six Pounds fourteen Shil
lings and Seven Pence Sterl. brought by M' Peter Flower.
Receiv'd Another Certified Account of Provisions and Necessaries de
liver'd by Mess" Samuel Montaigut and C dated August 17. 1737 the
Balance Whereof amounts to two hundred Eighty five Pounds three Shil
lings and Nine Pence Sterling, brought by M' Simond
Receiv'd Another Certified Account of Provisions and Necessaries de
liver'd by M' Eveleigh dated Sept' 9 1737 the Balance Whereof amounts
to One hundred Ninety Seven Pounds thirteen Shillings and four Pence
brought for Payment by M' Baker.
Receiv'd Another Certified Account of Provisions and Necessaries de
liver'd by Mess" Minis and Salomons dated October 7th 1737, the Bal
ance Whereof amounts to three hundred Ninety three Pounds Eighteen
Shillings and four Pence brought for Payment by M' Simson Levy.
Read a Letter of Advice from M' Thomas Causton which mentions
Another Certified Account of Provisions and Necessaries deliver'd by
Mess" Minis and Salomons amounting to Seventy Eight Pounds Nine
Shillings and Six Pence Sterl.
Receiv'd Another Certified Account of Provisions and Necessaries de
liver'd by Mr Robert Ellis dated August 6'" 1737 brought for Payment
by Mr Lawrence Williams amounting to four hundred Ninety four Pounds
One Shilling.
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liver'd by M' Robert Williams and C° dated August 8"1 1737 brought for
payment by M' Lawrence Williams the Balance Whereof amounts to
forty Eight Pounds fifteen Shillings and four Pence.
Read a Letter of Advice from M' Causton which mentions Another
Certified Account of Provisions and Necessaries deliver'd by M' William
Clay amounting to One hundred forty Nine Pounds Sixteen Shillings
and two pence.
Order'd That the said Certified Accounts be paid.
Resolved
x That five hundred whole Deal Boards be bought and sent to Georgia
for the building of the Church at Savanah.
M' Burrington (late Governor of the Province of North Carolina) at
tended and desired the Trustees would pay to him here in England such
Sums as may be due to him in Carolina, and order their Officers in
Georgia to receive the same Sums there in lieu of what may be paid to
him here.
Resolved That Governor Burrington be acquainted that the complying with his
Request is inconsistent with the Method which the Trustees have pre-
scrib'd for their Conduct, and that they cannot therefore do it.
The Chairman accordingly acquainted the Governor with the said
Resolution.Order'd That a Bill drawn by M' Thomas Causton on James Oglethorpe Esq'
for twenty Pounds dated August the 10th 1737 in full of the two hundred
Pounds, order'd by the Common Council Aprill the 29th 1737 to be placed
to the Account of M' Causton's four Years Service in Georgia from Feb77
1732 (Col Oglethorpe having then acquainted the Common Council that
the first fifty Pounds Order'd for M' Causton's Service had not been
taken Credit for by him,) be paid.
Resolved That five hundred Acres of Land be granted to Capt. William Wood
recommended by Lieut. Col. Cochran.
Order'd That a Grant of the same be made out and that the Seal of the Cor
poration be affix'd to the same.
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Memorial of the same in order to be register'd with the Auditor of the
Plantations. Order'd That a Draught be made on the Bank of England for two thousand
five hundred and Eighty three Pounds being for the payment of the
above Certified Accounts being One thousand Nine hundred and fourteen
Pounds twelve Shillings, and for the Residue and freight of the Irish
Cargo being Six hundred Sixty Eight Pounds Eight Shillings.
Sign'd a Draught for the same by M' L'apostre the Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon S' Willm Heathcote and Mr Eyre N° 9798 '•
Read a Memorial of M' Hugh Anderson desiring a Lot of fifty Acres
may be granted to his Younger Son a Minor
Resolved That a Lot of five hundred Acres be granted to the Son of the said M'
Hugh Anderson if he desires the same Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Jan'7 25th 173|
Present in Common Council Assembled.
S' William Heathcote in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Eyre
Dr Bundy
M' Sloper
M' L'apostre.
The Accomptant acquainted the Common Council that pursuant to
the Order of the 5th of October last for any five of the Common Council
to draw upon the Bank of England as Occasion should require, for Any
Sum not exceeding four thousand Pounds for the payment of Provisions
&c. Six hundred and sixty Eight Pounds Eight Shillings, Part of two
thousand five hundred Eighty three Pounds had been drawn for upon the
Bank the 7th Instant.
The Accomptant acquainted the Common Council also that pursuant
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the Bank of England for five hundred Pounds the 14"1 of December
1737 to M' Alderman Heathcote for the payment of Sola Bills. N° 9799 '
and sign'd by the Earl of Egmont M' L'apostre M' M' Vernon M' Hol-
(sic)
land and Mr Laroche.
The Accomptant also acquainted the Common Council That pursuant
to the Order of Common Council of the 5th of October last for any five
of the Common Council to send the Residue of the four thousand Eight
hundred and fifty Pounds Sola Bills directed to be made out for the Serv
ice of the Colony the 10th of August last; five hundred Pounds had
been sent, and that in the whole two thousand Pounds of the said Sola
Bills have been sent.
A Certified Account for Provisions and Necessaries amounting to forty
three Pounds Sixteen Shillings and four Pence due to M' David Provost
dated July 15 1737 with a Letter of Advice thereof being brought to the
Board for Payment.
A Certified Account for Provisions amounting to two hundred
twenty Six Pounds four Shillings and Nine Pence due to M' Thomas
Ware and dated August 10th 1737 with a Letter of Advice thereof being
brought for payment.
A Certified Account for Provisions and Necessaries amounting to two
hundred Ninety three Pounds three Shillings and Eleven Pence due to
M' William Van Der Spiegel and dated Sept' 29 1737 with a Letter of
Advice thereof being brought also for payment.
A Certified Account for Provisions and Necessaries amounting to One
hundred thirty Eight Pounds twelve shillings and Eleven Pence due to
Benjamin Appelbe and dated Sept' 28th 1737 (of which no Letter of Ad
vice) being brought also for payment.
A Certified Account for Pettiaugua Hire amounting to Sixty two
Pounds Seventeen Shillings and One Penny due to James Searle to Bal
ance, and dated 20th Sept' 1737 with a Letter of Advice thereof being
brought for payment.
A Certified Account for Provisions and Necessaries amounting to One
hundred Sixty Six Pounds three Shillings and Eleven Pence due to Sam
uel Montaigut and C° and dated 4th October 1737 with a Letter of Ad
vice thereof being brought also for payment.
A Certified Account for payment of the Southern Rangers at Fort Ar-
gyle amounting to four hundred twenty five Pounds and four pence due
to Capt. James Mackpherson to Balance, and dated 2d of October 1737
with a Letter of Advice thereof being brought also for payment.

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A Certified Account for Pay and Provisions at Fort Prince George and
of Expences for the Indians amounting to two hundred twenty One
Pounds ten Shillings and Six Pence due to Capt. tineas Mackintosh to
Balance, and dated 14'" October 1737 with a Letter of Advice thereof
being brought also for payment.
A Certified Account for Provisions and Necessaries amounting to three
hundred Eighty four Pounds Seven Shillings and ten pence due to Rob
ert Ellis and dated 17 October 1737 with a Letter of Advice thereof being
brought also for payment.
Resolved That (Advice being come that since the Dates of the foregoing Certifi
cates One thousand Six hundred and fifty Pounds in Sola Bills are ar
rived in Georgia for which Money is appropriated to answer on their Re
turn,) The aforesaid Certified Accounts be return'd to Georgia for pay
ment there, they being in themselves only Bills of Parcels for Goods sold
and deliver'd to be paid for in England or Georgia as the Trustees shall
think proper.
Order'd That publick Notice be given in Georgia that the Trustees having
supplied, and intending to supply the Colony with Sola Bills in order to
answer the Expences thereof ; No Bills of Parcels or Certified Accounts
whatsoever for Provisions or Necessaries sold and delivered in Georgia
for the use of the Trust, or Money due or to grow due there on their Ac
count will be paid in England, That their Storekeepers have receiv'd Or
ders to defray all Expences and Charges of the Colony by the Trustees
Sola Bills remitted to them to be issued there for that purpose. And
That no Other Payments will be made by the Trustees for the Charges
abroad, but by the payments of the Sola Bills sent from England to de
fray such Charges.
The Accomptant acquainted the Common Council that pursuant to the
Orders of the Common Council a Draught had been made upon the Bank
of England for One hundred and fifty One Pounds the 11'" Instant to
Peregrine Fury Esq' for the payment of Sola Bills N° 9800 ' and sign'd
by the Earl of Shaftesbury Earl of Egmont S' William Heathcote Mr
Laroche and M' L'apostre
The Accomptant acquainted the Common Council that pursuant to the
Order of the 5'" of October last for Any five of the Common Council to draw
upon the Bank of England as Occasion should require, for Any Sum not
exceeding four thousand pounds for the payment of Provisions &c. two

224 COLONIAL RECORDS.
hundred and fifty Pounds had been drawn for upon the Bank the 1 i'"
Instant N° 9801 ' and sign'd by the Earl of Shaftesbury Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon M' Laroche and M' L'apostre.
Resolved That no more Sola Bills be sent to Georgia till the Trustees are enabled
by a new Supply to answer them.
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts to the Purport follow
ing ; That they had examin'd the Annual Account from June 9*" 1736
to June 9th 1737, And that the Balance of the said Account ending June
9'" 1737 remaining unapplied, the Committee did find to be the Sum of
three thousand five hundred and Nineteen Pounds thirteen Shillings and
Eleven Pence ; Which Sum the Accomptant at the Bank has certified to
be in the hands of the Governor and C° of the Bank of England on the
said 9'" of June 1737.
The said Account was read and agreed to.
Resolved That any three of the Common Council be desired to wait on the Lord
high Chancellor and the Master of the Rolls with the said Annual Account.
Order'd That as soon as the Annual Account is presented One hundred and
fifity Copies of the same be printed Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Feb'7 8'" 173|
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Eyre in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Tho8 Tower
Mr Vernon
M' Sloper
Col. Oglethorpe
M' Laroche.
Resolved That the Persons Who are in possession of any Certified Accounts
from Georgia be acquainted, that the Trustees have sent Sola Bills to

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Georgia to answer the Expences for which the said Accounts were Cer
tified ; And that if they will stay till the Trustees can hear from thence
relating to the application of the said Sola Bills sent thither, the Trus-
£
tees will allow them from this day 4 tp. Cent Interest for the said
Accounts till they are paid in England
Resolved That five hundred Pounds be paid into the hands of M' Alderman
Heathcote on Account.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the same by M' Eyre
the Earl of Egmont M' Vernon M' Sloper and M' Tho8 Tower N° 9802 '
Adjourn'd.

Vestry Room of S" Bride's Church
Thursday March 16. 173$
Present in Common Council Assembled.
Earl of Egmont in the Chair
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Vernon
Col. Oglethorpe
Mr Eyre
D' Hales
Mr L'apostre
M' Smith
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of five hundred Acres of Land to
James Carteret Esq'.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the same.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same, and do sign a Memorial
of it in Order to be register'd with the Auditor of the Plantations.
Adjourn'd.

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Palace Court
Wednesday March 29a 1738
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Tho8 Tower in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Mr Vernon
gr Wm Heathcote
M' Ch. Tower
M' Tracy
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Laroche
M' L'apostre
M' Smith
Resolved That it be an Instruction to the Committee of Correspondence to in
quire how the Servants who have been sent to Georgia for the use of the
Trust have been and are employ'd.
Resolved That it be an Instruction to the said Committee to inquire how the
Silk Winders have been employ'd and what they have done ; And how
the Directions of the Trustees from time to time relating to the cultiva
tion of the Mulberry Plants and the Delivering them out to the People
have been complied with.
Resolved That it be an Instruction to the said Committee to consider the con
duct of M' Noble Jones the Surveyor and report their Opinion thereon
to the Board.
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts.
The Board taking the same into consideration.
Resolved That the following Advertisement be sign'd by the Secretary, and
that it be forthwith publish'd in the London Gazette ; And that it be
publish'd in the South Carolina Gazette, and affix'd upon the Door of
the Storehouse at Savanah, and the Door of the Storehouse at Frederica.
The Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America, out
6f a due regard for Publick Credit, do hereby give Notice, that they
have resolved that all Expences Which the Trustees have already
order'd or shall hereafter order to be made in America for the use of the

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said Colony, shall be defray'd and paid for in Georgia in Sola Bills of
Exchange only under the Seal of the said Trustees. And They do further
give Notice that no Person whatsoever has Any Authority from them,
or in their Name or on their Account to purchase or receive any Cargoes
of Provisions, Stores or Necessaries, or to contract any Debt or create
any Expence Whatsoever in America, And that no Persons may be ig
norant thereof, the Trustees have order'd, that this Notice shall be affix'd
and remain on the Door of the Storehouse at Savanah, and on the Door
of the Storehouse at Frederica in the Province of Georgia in America ;
and shall be publish'd in the London Gazette, and South Carolina
Gazette. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Aprill 12. 17?8.
Present in Common Council Assembled.
D' Hales in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Ch. Tower
M' Tho8 Tower
S' William Heathcote
Col. Oglethorpe
M' Tho8 Archer
M' Henry Archer
M' Digby
M' Tracy
M' L'apostre
Mr Smith.
Read a Letter from M' William Stephens dated Jan'7 19 173|-
Wherein he acquaints the Trustees of the Dissatisfaction among several
Persons upon the Tenure of their Lots being confin'd to Heirs Male.
Order'd That the Secretary do write to M' Stephens and insert in his Letter
the Clause in the printed Terms (settled by the Common Council and
offer'd to such Persons Who go at their own Expence,) relating to the
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228 COLONIAL RECORDS.
adhere to the Covenants which have been made in their several Grants,
and that they will take the forfeit of Grants of those Persons who
neglect to cultivate their Lands.
Read a Petition of Abraham DeLyon of the Town of Savanah, setting
forth that he hath been a Freeholder of the said Town upwards of four
Years without any charge to the Trust, That he hath expended the sum
of four hundred Pounds in the Improvement of his Lot, and the culti
vation of the Vines which he carried with him from Portugal, which he
hath brought to great Perfection, But as the carrying this Business on
requires a greater Stock of Cash than he can at present command, he
desires a Loan of two hundred Pounds, and proposes several Persons as
Securities for the repayment of it within the term of six Years.
Order'd That the said Petition be refer'd to the Committee of Accounts to
report their Opinion thereon.
Order'd That the several sorts and Quantities of Drugs, which M' Hawkins
has sent an Invoyce of, be bought, and sent over to Frederica.
Order'd That 90 Tons of Flint Stones be bought for the Churches at Georgia.
Order'd That Two Tons of Swedish and two Tons of of Siberia Iron in Bars and
(sic)
two hundred Weight of Steel be bought for the use of the Churches at
Georgia. Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts that they were of
opinion that the amount of the Cargo of Provisions from Philadelphia
may be properly paid for out of the Money reserved for the maintenance
of the Servants sent to and arrived in Georgia, and the Account thereof
being received amounting to Eight hundred forty seven Pounds five
Shillings and Eight pence half Penny.
Order'd That the said sum of Eight hundred forty seven Pounds five Shillings
and eight Pence half Penny be paid out of the said reserved Money.
Order'd That the sum of forty five Pounds Nineteen Shillings be paid for the
Mace which is to be sent over for the Magistracy at Savanah.
The Board being acquainted that the Ship three Sisters Which de
liver'd One hundred and twenty Heads and a half of Servants in
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Order'd That the further Sum of two hundred Pounds be paid to M' Wragg
upon Account of the said Passengers untill the extraordinary Charge for
want of a Pilot at Tybee can be settled.
Order'd That the Account of the said Charge be refer'd to the Committee of
Accounts. A Certified Account of Provisions and Fire Stones deliver'd by M'
Robert Ellis dated Feb17 1" 1737 amounting to five hundred and four
Pounds nine Shillings and Eleven Pence was brought for payment.
On reading the Letter of Advice of the said Account the said Provis
ions appear to be rather deposited for sale than wanted for the Trust.
Order'd That the said Account be return'd.
Order'd That the sum of ten Pounds ten Shillings be paid to M" Mary Cooper
for the Rent of her House for a Year due to her June 16. 1737. The
second Bailiff of Savanah renting the said House, and Mr Causton hav-
•ng a Letter of Attorney from the said M" Cooper to receive the rent.
Read a Petition from M' Peter Gordon and his Wife setting forth
that in pursuance of the Trustees leave they do surrender to the Trust
their House, Garden Lot, and Farm Lot situate at Savanah ; And that
they propose for their Successors M" Ann Cook and M" Susannah Cook
Daughters of Major William Cook, and the Heirs Male of their Bodies
to be joint Proprietors thereof, and the Survivors of them and praying
the Trustees approbation thereof.
Resolved That the said House, Garden Lot, and Farm Lot be granted to M"
Ann Cook and M" Susanah Cook pursuant to the Prayer of the said Pe
tition.
Resolved That Eleven hundred Pounds be paid into the hands of M' Alderman
Heathcote on Account.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for One thousand Eight
hundred and fifty Pounds being Eleven hundred Pounds order'd as
above, and seven hundred and fifty Pounds for the payment of Sola Bills
by D' Hales the Earl of Egmont, Lord Tyrconnel M' L'apostre and Col.
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230 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Resolved That the Letters and Papers receiv'd this day from the Colony of
Georgia be refer'd to the Committee of Correspondence
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Aprill 26th 1738
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' L'apostre in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
M' Digby
S' Wm Heathcote
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Tracy
M' Tho8 Archer
M' Henry Archer
M' Smith.
Read a Grant and Enfeoffment of five hundred Acres of Land to
Capt" Alexander Heron of Col. Oglethorpe's Regiment.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the same.
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same And a Memorial of it in
Order to be register'd with the Auditor of the Plantations.
Order'd That a Lease and Release of three thousand Acres in Trust for fifty
Acre Lots to Men Protestants Who shall desire to have them within
three Years from the Date thereof, be prepared
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the same after its being
perused by the next Board of Trustees.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to a Lease and Release ot
three thousand Acres of Land in Trust lor five Acres to each Soldier of

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Gen1 Oglethorpe's Regiment after its being perused by a Board of
Trustees. Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Adjouru'd.

Horn Tavern
Monday May 1" 1738
Present in Common Council Assembled
Sr William Heathcote in the Chair
Lord Tyrconnel
Col. Oglethorpe
M' Digby
M' Vernon
M' Alderman Heathcote
M' Sloper
M' Tho8 Archer
M' Henry Archer
M' Thomas Tower
M' Tracy
M' Smith
M' L'apostre.
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts to the following Pur
port, That they had examin'd several Accounts Currant lately received
from Georgia ; Whereby they find that large Credit had been given to
several Persons by M' Causton for which no Orders had been sent from
the Trustees, And were of Opinion, That he must be called upon to give
an Account to the Trustees Why such Credits were given. That they
had likewise consider'd of the List of Servants transmitted to the Trus
tees by M' Stephens, Wherein the first Article consists of forty Servants
upon Account of the Trust brought into the Colony by Capt" Thomson
n November last and order'd to the Darien for the sawing of Plank un-

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der the Direction of Lieutenant Moore Mackintosh ; Which being a
Charge upon the Trust ; They submitted it to the Consideration of the
Common Council, Whether it is not necessary to appoint some other In
spectors to take care that the Servants under his Direction be so em
ploy'd, And an Account taken of what they have done, and shall con-

232 COLONIAL RECORDS.
tinue to do ; And how the Produce of their Labour has been Applied for
the Benefit of the Trust. That fifty six more Servants on board the
Ship Two Brothers (tho' brought into the Colony at the Owners Risque,
and forty four of them contracted for by private Inhabitants selling at
their own Expence) have been placed by Mr Causton to the Account of
the Trustees, And have all but twelve been distributed by him to private
Persons without any Authority for such Proceedings : And therefore were
of Opinion that the Charge of the said forty four Servants must be answer'd
for by M' Causton. That by the Ship Three Sisters Capt" Hewitt One
hundred and twenty Heads and a half of Foreign Servants were brought
into the Colony the 24'" of December last ; Whereof sixty seven Heads
were put under the care of M' Bradley, and the Committee submitted it
to the consideration of the Common Council, whether it is not necessary
to appoint some other Inspectors to take an Account how those Servants
are employ'd, and how the Produce of their Labour shall be accounted for
to theTrust. That Nine Heads and a half more of the said Servants were
^indented to M' Causton withoutany Authority for his so doing ; Wherefore
/ the Charge of them must be answer'd for by him. And That they had ex
amin'd the Sums paid in, and applicable for building Churches in Geor
gia, which amounting to Eight hundred and forty three Pounds fifteen
Shillings and four Pence, besides Sixty five Pounds more subscrib'd for,
making together Nine hundred and Eight Pounds fifteen Shillings and
four Pence. They submitted it to the consideration of the Common Coun
cil to desire Captain Tomas the Ingineer on his Arrival in Georgia to
\ make an Estimate for building a Church at Savanah, and send the same
Vto the Trustees by the first Ship.
Which Report was agreed to, and the several Matters therein submit
ted to the Consideration of the Common Council were judg'd to be nec
essary and order'd accordingly. Adjourn'd.

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. Palace Court
Wednesday May 3 1738
Present in Common Council Assembled
Earl of Egmont in the Chair
Col. Oglethorpe
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Vernon
M' Laroche
M' Tracy
M' L'apostre
M' Smith
M' Ch. Tower.
Resolved That Robert Gilbert be appointed third Bailiff of the Town of Savanah
in the room of John Dearne deceased.
Resolved That a Lot of fifty Acres in the Town of Savanah be granted to M'
Andrew Logie.
Resolved That a Lot of fifty Acres in the Town of Frederica be granted to M'
Holiday Lawes.
Resolved That M' John Clarke be appointed Secretary for the Indian Affairs in
the room of the Rev" M' Charles Wesley.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the Appointments of
Robert Gilbert as third Bailiff of the Town of Savanah and John Clarke
as Secretary for the Indian Affairs ; And that the Secretary do counter
sign the same. Adjourn'd.

234 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Wednesday May 10th 1738
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Laroche in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
S' William Heathcote
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Tracy
M' Henry Archer
Mr Vernon
Mr L'apostre
M' Smith
Col. Oglethorpe
Lord Tyrconnel.
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts dated March 23. 173-J
to the Purport following. That the Accountant had acquainted the
Committee, that by the Accounts received from Georgia the Expences
for the Colony in America for seven Months from November 1736 to
Midsummer 1737 amounted to five thousand nine hundred and five
Pounds five Shillings and nine Pence half Penny. Which is Eight hun
dred forty three Pounds twelve Shillings and three Pence <jji Month.
And for Nine Months from Midsummer 1737 to Lady Day 1738 includ
ing the Sola Bills sent for defraying the said Expences to that time, they
amounted to five thousand Seven hundred twenty Nine Pounds Nineteen
Shillings and Seven Pence farthing. Which is Six hundred thirty Six
Pounds thirteen Shillings and three pence ^> Month.
That besides these Expences paid and appropriated for Payment, there
are Demands for Certified Accounts of Stores, Necessaries, and Pay still
due and unpaid to the amount of two thousand two hundred and twenty
Eight Pounds fifteen Shillings and five Pence ; Which when paid out of
the Eight thousand Pounds granted this Session of Parliament, the said
Stores Necessaries and Sola Bills now in the Colony will be more than
sufficient to supply the Expence thereof upon the foot of the last Estab-
lish'd allowances sent over with Mr Stephens untill the end of July 1738,
the said Allowances not amounting to five hundred Pounds a Month.
Which Establish'd Allowances being twice read over the following
Articles thereof the Committee were of Opinion ought to be immediately
struck off, and be no louger defrayed by the Trustees, they relating to

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the Defence of the Colony, Which the Trustees are no further concern'd
in the providing for, because the Money granted in this Session of Parlia
ment is only towards settling the Colony. Which several Articles are as
follow.The Expence of Capt. Mackpherson and twenty ) £ ^> Ann
five Rangers at Fort Argyle  j 629. 14. 4
The Expence of M' John Cuthbert and six Rangers 168. 0. 0.
The Expence of M' Willy and three Rangers . . 96. 0. 0
The Expence of M' Tho8 Jones and two Men . . 35. 2. 8
The Expence of Capt. Mackintosh and ten Men ) 041 7 n

at Fort Prince George
The Expence of the Captain Lieutenant and fif- "j 004 n n
teen Men at Fort Augusta  j
The Expence of the Ingineer Gunner Master of )
the Pettiaugua two Men and four Labourers [- 143. 17. 10
at Frederica  j
The Expence of an Ensign, Overseer of the Works, ~\
ten Men a Storekeeper and Surgeon and two V 257. 2. 10
Carpenters at S' Andrews  J
The Expence of the Carolina Scout Boat consist- ")
ing of a Patroon and twelve Men and Pro- [¦ 308. 2. 6.
visions for them  )
Total relating to Defence of the Colony . £ 2203. 7. 2

That the Committee were further of Opinion that the two Persons
employed in the Store at Frederica the Expence Whereof is forty Eight
Pounds a Year ; And the Storekeeper and Cattle Keeper at the Darien
the Expence whereof is twenty Six Pounds a Year ought also to be
struck off, the time of Maintenance of the Inhabitants in the Southern
Division of Georgia expiring in February last. And that for the keeping
of such Stores as may be necessary hereafter for the said Division the
Care of them should be under the Direction of One Storekeeper for the
whole Province.
That the Committee afterwards took into Consideration the future
Expences of the Colony in America ; And were of Opinion that they
should be limited to the following Articles and Sums for One Year to
commence from Midsummer next.
For the Services of the three Bailiffs and the ) £
Recorder at Savanah and the three Bailiffs r 80. 0. 0

and Recorder at Frederica

236 COLONIAL RECORDS.
For the Services of the six Constables and twenty
four Tything Men in the said Towns for six
Wards in Each and a Constable and four Tyth- V 300. 0. 0
ingmen to Each Ward at five Pounds a Year
Each  J
For the Service of a Storekeeper at thirty pounds ^|
a Year and a Clerk to him at ten Pounds a I 4g_ q q
Year and Eight Pounds a Year more in lieu j
of Provisions  J
For the Services of two more Clerks engaged by ")
the Trust to be employ'd as the Trustees shall j 3g_ q q
order at ten Pounds a Year each, and Eight \
Pounds a Year more each in lieu of Provisions. J
To an Overseer for his Services in looking after ) 10 0. 0
the Millwright &c  j
For the Maintenance of the Secretary for the Af- ")
fairs of the Trust in Georgia and his Son at
ten Pounds a Year and of his ten Servants at }- 120. 0. 0
Six pounds a Year each, and for his extra- |
ordinary Charges at forty pounds a Year . J
For four Ministers in Georgia at fifty Pounds a ) 200 0 0
Year each  j
For the necessary Support of the Sick, the Widows ")
and Orphans in the Northern Part of the [¦ 100. 0. 0
Province  J
For the necessary Support of the Sick, the Widows
aud Orphans in the Southern Part of the 50. 0. 0

Pro

vince

For a Messenger to maintain a Correspondence ) 50 0 0
between Savanah and Charles Town . . . j
For a Messenger to maintain a Correspondence ) 80 0 0
between Frederica and Savanah . . . . j
For the two Millwrights to be paid as employ'd at
a rate not exceeding four Shillings a day each
and to be hasten'd in bringing their Work to
a conclusion 
For M' Auspourger the Surveyor to be employ'd ") 54 15 0
in surveying the Lands  j
And an Assistant to him as Occasion shall require
at twelve Pence a day (Bio)
The Smith for the repair of the Indian arms and )
other Repairs at twenty five pounds a Year [¦ 50. 0. 0
for Each  )
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The Gardiner in the publick Garden at one shil- ) 23 9 6
ling and six pence for each working Day . j
A Cow keeper at Ebenezer ...... 24. 12. 7.
And One Shilling f*, Cow for all to One hundred,
but All above to be sent to Ebenezer (SiC)
A Sea Boat at Tvbee ) Jnsteid of the hire of two
. o tj i ti -i ¦ r Fcttiauguas which Charge ., „ _ _
A bea rsoat at H redenca J amounted to £ 113. 9. 0
And for Contingencies to include all Charges of
the Indians (except Presents which are to be
sent from England only,) and all other ac
cidental (except extraordinary) occasions not i on n n
£ '
exceeding 5 <$ Month for the Northern Part
£
and 5 "§> Month for the Southern Part of the
Province 
Which several Expences the Committee were of Opinion should be de
frayed by the Issues of Sola Bills in Georgia for that purpose to be sent
over under the Trustees Seal and to be fill'd up to William Stephens Esq'
M' Thomas Causton and M' Henry Parker ; To Each of Whom an Ac
count of the said Expences to be defray'd therewith should be sent ; And
that any two of them should be impower'd to issue the said Bills from time
to time as Occasion for those Expences should arise ; And that they should
be directed to send the Trustees an Account sign'd by both of them on
Every Issue shewing to whom and for what Services agreeable to the Ex
pences order'd by the Trust each respective Issue was made, with a List
of the several Bills so issued
Resolved That the Common Council do agree with the said Committee in every
Article of the said Report.
Order'd That the sum of five hundred Pounds be appropriated out of the Eight
thousand Pounds granted in this Session of Parliament when received to
answer the like sum in one hundred Sola Bills of five Pounds each to be
immediately sent over to Georgia (being part of the two thousand eight
hundred and fifty Pounds residue of the Sola Bills order'd to be made out
the 10'" of August last and still unsent,) towards defraying the above
establish'd Allowances for One Year from Midsummer next ; And that by
Indorsement on the said Bills Colonel Oglethorpe be desired to order the
same to be issued by Wm Stephens Esq' M' Thomas Causton and Mr Hen
ry Parker or any two of them ; And that they be directed to send the

238 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Trustees an Account sign'd by both of them who shall issue the said
Bills, shewing on every Issue to -whom and for what Services agreeable
to the above Expences each respective Issue was made together with a
List of the several Bills so issued.
Resolved That Col. Oglethorpe be indemnified against the Indorsements of the
said One hundred Sola Bills And all Other Outstanding Sola Bills in
dorsed by him And that the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to such act
of Indemnity and that the Secretary do countersign the same.
Resolved That when any of the said Sola Bills shall be returned to England for
payment after having been so issued in Georgia any five of the Common
Council be impower'd to draw on the Bank of England for payment
thereof. A further Report was made from the said Committee of Accounts, That
they had taken into consideration the Services of M' Thomas Causton
the Storekeeper employed upwards of five Years at an Allowance after
the rate of forty Pounds a Year ; And that the Business of the Store
keeper being now much reduced, and M' Causton being also otherwise
employ'd They were of Opinion, That he should have a Month's time
after the receipt of the Trustees next Letter to make out the Remain of
Stores, and his Several Accounts both of Cash and Stores to be forwarded
to England ; And that his Salary of forty Pounds a Year should be
continued from February last (to Which time it had been paid,) to the
end of the said Month after the Receipt of such Letter, And that he should
be assisted by the Clerks Whom the Trustees have sent over untill his
said Accounts are perfected ; Which when perfected and received (if al
lowed of by the Trustees after Examination) the said Committee were of
Opinion that M' Causton should be further gratified for his past Services.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree with the Opinion of the said
Committee A further Report was made from the Committee of Accounts That
they proposed M' Thomas Stephens Son of William Stephens Esq' to take
possession of the remaining Stores at Savanah and the care of the remain
ing Storesat Frederica to have an Account thereof sent to him from thence,
and to be under the Trustees Orders thro' him at the end of the said
Month after the Receipt of such Letter. And that they were of Opinion
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Clerk at ten Pounds a Year and eight Pounds a Year more in lieu of
Provisions for his said Clerk.
The Common Council taking the said Report into Consideration, and
that the future Stores would be chiefly kept at Frederica, and that M'
Thomas Stephens is of great Use to his Father ; And mention being made
That M' Thomas Jones Citizen and Cloth Worker of London was going
over with Col. Oglethorpe to be employ'd by him, And that Security was
to be taken for the faithfull Performance of those Trusts Which should be
committed to the care of the said Thomas Jones, And that he would be a
very fit Person to take Possession of the Remain of Stores on his Arrival-
Resolved That the said Thomas Jones be appointed Storekeeper for the Whole
Province at the Yearly Allowance of thirty Pounds ; And that he be
impower'd to take possession of the Remain of Stores on his Arrival in
One Month after the Receipt of the Trustees next Letter in Georgia and
be allowed from that time the said thirty Pounds a Year for himself be
sides a Clerk at the Allowances reported by the said Committee.
Read a Petition of Major William Cook setting forth, that his Sta
tion in Col. Oglethorpe's Regiment being at Frederica Where he designs
to build a good House, And that his Daughters Ann and Susannah being
joint Proprietors of the House Garden Lot and Farm Lot at Savanah late
ly belonging to Peter Gordon ; He therefore prays leave for his Daugh
ter Ann when of Age to be permitted to surrender her Interest in the
Abovemention'd Lot at Savanah to her Sister ; Whereby his said Daughter
Ann may be enabled to hold as her Property the House Garden Lot and
Farm Lot at Frederica Which he shall build and cultivate for her.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the Prayer of the said Petition.
Read a Letter from the Revd M' Whitefield at Gibraltar desiring some
Stationary Ware.
Order'd That a Box of Stationary Ware be sent to Mr Whitefield.
Col. Oglethorpe's Account towards discharging the Balance of One
thousand and Ninety three Pounds, and Nine Pence half Penny Sterling
stated to be due from him the 9'" of June last was deliver'd in, and the
Vouchers thereto belonging.
Order'd That the said Account and Vouchers be refer'd to the Committee of
Accounts to examine and settle the same with the Colonel.
Adjourn'd.

240 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Wednesday May 17. 1738.
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Vernon in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
M' Laroche
M' Hen. Archer
M' Smith
Lord Tyrconnel
S' William Heathcote
M' L'apostre
Earl of Shaftesbury
Resolved That the Expence of the Georgia Scout Boat consisting of a Patroon
and ten Men and Provisions for them being two hundred and fifty Eight
Pounds fifteen Shillings and one Penny stand Part of the future Ex
pences of the Colony from Midsummer 1738 to Midsummer 1739.
Resolved That it be refer'd to the Committee of Correspondence to draw up an
Advertisement for preserving a safe Method of Correspondence for the
Inhabitants of Georgia and their Friends in England, And that the said
Advertisement be sign'd by the Secretary.
A Petition from the Inhabitants of Highgate in Georgia complaining
of the Sterility of their Lands was read.
Resolved That William Stephens Esq' and M' Hugh Anderson be desired to go
to Highgate, and take a View of the Premises and make a Report there
of to the Trustees.
Read a Report from the Committee of Correspondence Aprill 26th
1738 to the following Purport, That they were of Opinion That M' Hen
ry Parker be allowed two Men Servants belonging to the Trust under M'
Bradley's care, such as he shall chuse to be for his own Use and to be
maintain'd by the Trust, untill further Order, and that Linen, and
Woolen Cloth and Shoes and Stockings and other Cloathing to the Value
of twenty Pounds be sent him in consideration of his Services as sec
ond Bailiff of the Town of Savanah, and that if the said Servants are
married, their Wives to go with them and to be maintain'd by the Trust.
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COLONIAL RECORDS. 241
he continues in the Office of Recorder of the Town of Savanah be
allowed two Servants belonging to the Trust now under M' Bradley's
Care to be for his own use and maintain'd by the Trust.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts Aprill 19'" 1738 That
they had read the Petition of Abraham DeLyon of the Town of Savanah
refer'd to the said Committee by the Common Council Aprill 12'" pray
ing a Loan of two hundred Pounds for carrying on his Improvements of
Vines in Georgia, and had read several Certificates of his Improvements
of Vines already made, and of the Abilities of the Securities offer'd by
the said Abraham DeLyon for the repayment of the said two hundred
Pounds within six Years ; And that they were of Opinion that Col.
Oglethorpe be impower'd to lend two hundred Pounds to the said Abra
ham DeLyon out of the Money in his hands unaccounted for to the
Trust, and take Bond from the Securities propos'd by M' DeLyon for re
payment of the same in six Years in the name of the Trustees.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.
Order'd That a Letter be sent to M' Thomas Causton pursuant to the Report
of the Committee of Accounts and Correspondence of March 23d last, ac
quainting him that the Trustees will allow and defray no other Expences
but those estimated for the Service of One Year from Midsummer 1738
to Midsummer 1739 ; And that Notice be taken in the said Letter of
the great Expences incurr'd by him for which he has given no satisfac
tory Account ; And that therefore he be directed to send over Copies of
all his Journals or Day Books and Leidgers from Lady Day 1734 and
that he continue to send the same every three Months.
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts May 3. 1738 That
they were of Opinion that Col. Oglethorpe be desired to direct a Remain
of Stores to be taken immediately on his Arrival and to know of M'
Causton What Demands Any Person has upon the Stores, That the
Trustees may be made acquainted with the State of their Affairs before
they create any new Expence, and that the said Remain of Stores and
Account of Demands upon the Stores be Certified to the Trustees.
That M' Wragg's Account of Freight and Charges of One hundred
and twenty one half Heads of Palatine Servants landed in Georgia at
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242 COLONIAL RECORDS.
five Pounds five Shillings $ Head freight And One hundred Eighty
seven Pounds Sixteen Shillings for extraordinary Charges was consid-
er'd ; And Capt Hewitt's Protest and Certificate was read to support the
extraordinary Charge for Want of a Pilot coming off from Tybee, And
it being agreed that M' Wragg should be allowed One hundred Pounds
for the Ships putting in to Tybee in her Way to Charles Town ; And
That the Committee were of Opinion that the said Sum and no more
ought to be allowed besides the freight, unless any further Reason can
be given upon Col. Oglethorpe's Inquiry into the case when he arrives
in Georgia. And there being a Demand upon Mr Wragg for thirty
Seven Pounds Seven Shillings and nine Pence receiv'd of the Passengers
deliver'd in Georgia When he shall receive from South Carolina the
freight and Charges of Detention of the Ship Three Sisters at Cowes ac
cording to the Duke of Newcastle's Letter, the Committee were of opin
ion that the Claim of the Exceeding of the One hundred Pounds shall be
kept open untill the said Inquiry and Demand upon Mr Wragg shall be
completed ; And That he having receiv'd Seven hundred Pounds in part
there remains due to him thirty two Pounds twelve Shillings and six
Pence. Which the Committee were of Opinion ought to be paid, as also
the further sum of thirty Nine Pounds two Shillings and six Pence for
Provisions deliver'd to M' Causton by Capt Hewitt making together
Seventy One Pounds fifteen Shillings
That they had read Capt Dunbar's Memorial dated Jan'7 2. 1737 set
ting forth a Claim of Primage for two Voyages of the Ship Prince of
Wales in the Years 1734 and 1735 to Georgia Of Which Ship One hun
dred and forty Tons were used for Stowage for the Imbarkations in Each
Voyage ; And That his Primage at two Shillings ^ Ton cjj), Voyage
amounted to twenty Eight Pounds. Which he had never receiv'd ; And
praying that the same may be carried to his Credit in discharge of the
Balance of fourteen Pounds fourteen Shillings and four Pence half Penny
due from him. And That the Committee were of Opinion upon tak
ing the same into consideration and examining into the Allowance of
Primage to other Captains for Goods Shipt on Account of the Trust
When the Whole Ship has been Charter'd, That the said twenty Eight
Pounds ought to be allowed, And the Balance of thirteen Pounds five
Shillings and Seven Pence half Penny be paid to Capt Dunbar in dis
charge of all Accounts between the Trustees and him.
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Resolved That it be refer'd to the Committee of Accounts to determine finally
the Application of the Trust Servants and make the proper Disposition
of them.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the Letter to M' Caus
ton, Which was drawn up by the Committee of May 16'" Instant.
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts and Correspondence
of May 16. Inst. That they were of Opinion that the Plan for the Church
at Savanah Which was drawn by M' Flitcroft be put into the hands of
Capt. Tomaz Ingineer And that he be desired When he arrives in Geor-.
gia to make such Alterations in the Plan as he may judge most necessary
to answer the intention of the Trustees, and to make an Estimate of the
Expence of building the Church, and to send the said Estimate over to
the Trustees by the first Opportunity and to inquire of M' Causton What
Number of the Trust Servants can be spared for the Work of building
the Church.
Resolved ;;'
That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts to whom Col. Ogle
thorpe's Account and Vouchers towards discharging the Balance of One
thousand and three Pounds and nine Pence half Penny stated due from
him to the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia upon the 9th
Instant was refer'd to examine and settle the same with him ; setting
forth That they had examin'd into the said Discharge deliver'd in by Col.
Oglethorpe amounting to the Sum of five hundred Seventy Eight Pounds
Seventeen Shillings and ten Pence three farthings and were of Opinion
that four several Sums therein contain'd which were paid by Col. Ogle
thorpe upon Account to Capt Cornish and Capt. Thomas, And Which
amounted to forty Pounds ten Shillings should be accounted for by the
said Captains. Vizt. twenty Pounds ten Shillings by Capt. Cornish and
twenty Pounds by Capt. Thomas And that the Sum of One hundred and
fifteen Pounds five Shillings the Average of three Pence ^> Head <jf>>
Diem in lieu of Refreshments. And all other Extraordinary Charges of
two hundred and thirty Heads One half of Passengers on board the Ships
Simond and London Merchant for forty Days at Cowes when the said
Ships were detain'd from the first of Nov' 1735 to 10'" December follow
ing is a reasonable and just allowance, the Nature of the Service not be
ing able to produce particular Vouchers for it ; And that the said Com-

244 COLONIAL RECORDS.
mittee did find that when the two hundred Pounds shall have been ad
vanced to Abraham DeLyon by Col. Oglethorpe on Account of the
Trustees as desired ; the Balance due from Col. Oglethorpe to the Trus
tees Which remains to be accounted for amounts to the Sum of four
hundred twenty four Pounds two Shillings and ten Pence three farthings.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report ; And that
when the Sum of two hundred Pounds shall have been advanced to
Abraham DeLyon the sum due from and remaining to be accounted for
by Col. Oglethorpe to the Trustees is four hundred twenty four Pounds
two Shillings and ten Pence three farthings to balance his whole Ac
counts with the Trust.
The Accountant acquainted the Common Council that Col. Oglethorpe
desired to stand charg'd with the Sum of forty Pounds ten Shillings paid
to Captain Cornish and Capt" Thomas upon Accouut it being doubtfull
that Sum might have been included in the Sum of forty Eight Pounds
two Shillings credited Col. Oglethorpe the 21" of Jan'7 1735 being paid
by him to the said Captains in part of Demurrage of their Ships and
Victualling their Passengers Which their Owners had given the Trustees
Credit for ; And That thereby the sum remaining to be accounted for by
Col. Oglethorpe will be increas'd to four hundred Sixty four Pounds
twelve Shillings and ten Pence three farthings. Which the General
agrees to stand charg'd with.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree with Col. Oglethorpe in the said
Sum of four hundred Sixty four Pounds twelve Shillings and ten Pence
three farthings remaining to be accounted for by him.
Order'd That these Resolutions be sent to Col. Oglethorpe under the seal of the
Trustees, and that they be sign'd by the Secretary.
Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 245
Palace Court
Wednesday May 31" 1738
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Smith in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Tho8 Tower
S' William Heathcote
Mr Laroche
M' L'apostre
M' Ch. Tower.
Resolved That four hundred thirty four Pounds thirteen Shillings and four
Pence be paid to Capt. William Thomson in discharge of M' Causton's
Certificate of fifty six Servants receivd of the said Capt. Thomson for the
use of the Trust.
Mr Causton's Certificate of Stores and Necessaries amounting to four
hundred and sixty Nine Pounds One Shilling and One Penny half Penny
deliver'd by Capt. Thomson was taken into Consideration.
Resolved That the Trustees will not pay the same, but that it be return'd to
Capt Thomson in order to recover of M* Causton.
Resolved That untill Capt. Thomson do recover the same of M' Causton four
huudred Pounds be lent to Capt. Thomson upon his giving a joint Bond
with his Owners and an Assignment of the Policy upon his Ship out and
home ; That he will use all proper Means for recovering the same from
M' Causton pursuant to the Instructions Which shall be given him by
the Trustees.
Resolved That fifty Pounds be paid to M' Simson Levy being so much deducted
out of a Certified Account to Mess" Minis and Salomons for Seventy five
Pounds Nine Shillings and Eleven Pence in August 1737 payable to
him. The said Sum of fifty Pounds having been paid in Sola Bills and
thought to be part of the Seventy five Pounds nine Shillings and
Elevens, but now appearing to be Otherwise.
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246 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Resolved That M' David Provost be the Person Who shall succeed the late M'
Joseph Hughes in his Lot at Savanah he being nominated by Capt
Thomson to the same.
Resolved That the two Sea Boats which were purchased by Col. Oglethorpe be
paid for, they being to be employed for the Pilotage in Georgia, the Ex-
pence of them amounting to fifty Eight Pounds four Shillings and five
Pence.
Resolved That Any five of the Common Council be impower'd to draw on the
Bank for a Sum not exceeding five hundred Pounds after the 9'" of June
for the future Service of the Colony to be paid into the hands of M' Al
derman Heathcote.
Order'd That the sum of One hundred Pounds be paid to the Accountant for
his extraordinary trouble in attending the Trustees Business at the Cus
tom house, and in making checquing and accepting the Sola Bills and
Other Business not relating to his Office of Accountant.
Resolved That tweDty five Pounds be given to M'John Brailsford for his Serv
ice in attending on the Trustees Account And that his Passage back to
Georgia be paid at the Expence of the Trust.
Order'd That the Accounts of August Gotlieb Spangenberg on behalf of the
Moravian Brethren be refer'd to the Committee of Accounts.
Received'a Certified Account to Mess" Minis and Salomons for Nine
ty Eight Pounds six Shillings and two Pence half Penny And Another
to the same Persons for four hundred thirty four Pounds Eight Shillings
and three Pence half Penny making together five hundred thirty two
Pounds fourteen Shillings and six Pence both dated Jan'7 22 1737.
Received Another Certified Account to Mess" Minis and Salomons for
Parcels deliver'd Jan'7 24 1737 amounting to One hundred twenty four
Pounds two Shillings and Eight Pence three farthings dated March 7
1737 Receiv'd Another Certified Account to the same Persons for Parcels
deliver'd March 6th 1737 amounting to Ninety Pounds fifteen Shillings
and five Pence dated March 7'" 1737
Receiv'd Another Certified Account to Samuel Tingley for One hun-

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dred forty four Pounds Sixteen Shillings and five Pence half Penny the
amount of Parcels deliver'd March 13 1737 dated March 20. 1737.
Receiv'd Another Certified Account to David Provost for three hun
dred forty Eight Pounds two Shillings and One Penny half Penny the
Amount of Parcels dated Feb'7 28 1737.
Resolved That the said several Accounts be return'd.
Adjourn'd

Palace Court
Wednesday June 7'" 1738
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' L'apostre in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' Holland
M' Ch. Tower
M' Laroche
M' Hen. Archer
M' Smith.
Seal'd a Deed Poll removing M' Thomas Causton from the Office of
first Bailiff of the Town of Savanah and appointing M' Henry Parker in
his room.
Order'd That in the Absence of the Secretary the Accountant do countersign it.
Read the Trustees Letter to Gen1 Oglethorpe of the 2d Instant.
Order'd That the said Deed Poll be sent to Gen1 Oglethorpe to be used ac
cording to the Trustees Letter.
Resolved That Gen1 Oglethorpe be desired to have M' Causton arrested and kept
in safe Custody or on sufficient Security until his Accounts from Lady
Day 1734 are examin'd into and approv'd of; And that he may remain in
Georgia in custody or on Sufficient Security, and that he be not sent over
to England untill the Trustees give further Directions concerning him.
The Accountant acquainted the Common Council that to compleat the

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Payments order'd to be made One hundred thirty two Pounds fifteen
Shillings and three Pence was wanting.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the said Sum to Mr
Alderman Heathcote N° 6511 by Mr L'apostre the Earl of Egmont M'
Vernon M' Laroche and M' Holland. Adjourn'd

Palace Court
Wednesday June 28th 1738
Present in Common Council Assembled.
S' William Heathcote in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
M' Laroche
Mr L'apostre
M' Hen. Archer
M' Holland
Mr Smith
M' Ch. Tower.
M' L'apostre acquainted the Common Council that on the 13th Instant
in the presence of M' Vernon M' Laroche and himself the last Years
Vouchers to the 9'" Instant included were exchang'd with the Bank ; And
that the Balance of the Trustees Cash in the Bank on that day amounted
to four thousand two hundred twenty six Pounds and Six Pence.
The Accomptant acquainted the Common Council that of the Above
mention'd Balance One thousand nine hundred and forty One Pounds
stand appropriated for the payment of Outstanding Sola Bills sent to be
issued in Georgia for the Service of the Colony. One thousand seven
hundred Sixty Nine Pounds Sixteen Shillings and Six Pence for partic
ular Uses. And five hundred and fifteen Pounds four Shillings for
Establishing the Colony, Which last Sum will be increas'd when the
Payments of the last Year are posted off to the Heads of Service.
The Accomptant acquainted the Common Council that pursuant to
the Orders of the Board a Draught had been made on the Bank of Eng
land to M' Alderman Heathcote for One thousand Pounds for the pay
ment of Sola Bills, and was sign'd the 10'" Instant by the Earl of Eg
mont M' Vernon M' L'apostre M' Holland and M' Laroche N° 6512 w.
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the Order of the Board May 31" to draw upon the Bank for five hun
dred Pounds for the future Service of the Colony, A Draught had been
made on the 26'" Instant for that Sum payable to M' Alderman Heath
cote and sign'd by M' L'apostre Earl of Egmont S' William Heathcote
M' Holland and M' Smith N° 6513 w.
A Certified Account for two hundred twenty seven Pounds Eighteen
Shillings and Six Pence three farthings dated March 27'" 1738 being
brought from Rhode Island for payment.
Another Certified Account for three hundred forty Nine Pounds Sev
enteen Shillings and Six Pence dated Aprill 17. 1738. to Robert Wil
liams and C° being brought for payment with a Letter of Advice.
Another Certified Account for two hundred forty One Pounds Nine
teen Shillings and Nine Pence dated Aprill 28. 1738 to Mess" Ellis and
Ryan being brought for Payment by M' Lawrence Williams.
Resolved That the said Accounts be sent back to Mr Thomas Causton, they be
ing Certified contrary to the Orders of the Common Council.
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts June 14 1738 (on
the Reference from the Common Council made the 17 May 1738 for the
said Committee finally to determine the Application of the Trust Serv
ants, and make the proper Dispositions of them,) to the Purport follow
ing. That they do find that forty Men Servants Which arrived in
Georgia on the Trust Account the 20'" of November 1737 by the Ship
two Brothers were sent to the Darien to Lieut. John Moore Mackintosh
in pursuance of the Trustees Letter dated May 27 1737, Who by the said
Letter was authoris'd to offer to each Freeholder there to take One, on
their giving Security by Bond to pay Eight Pounds Sterl. in twelve
Months time ; And to employ the Remainder of the said forty Servants
in sawing and cutting up Timber in any of the Ungranted Lands near
the Darien for the use of the Publick. And that ten Women One Girl
and One Boy Part of the Other Servants brought in the same Ship at
the Owners Risque were put under the care of the said Lieut. Mackin
tosh for the use of the Trust to be employ'd in the Publick Work. And
the said Committee are of Opinion that an Account should be sent from
Lieut. John Moore Mackintosh to be Certified by the Magistrates at
Frederica to shew to Which of the Freeholders at the Darien Any of the
said forty Servants have been dispos'd of, And how Many of them ; And
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Women One Boy and One Girl have been employ'd, And how the Profit
of their Labour is accounted for to the Trust.
That the Committee taking into Consideration that the Grant of three
hundred Acres of Land to M" William Horton, Thomas Hawkins,
(sic)
Willes Weston, and Thomas Hird dated 6'" June 1737 to be cultivated
for the Religious Uses of the Colony, and set out in the Southern Part
of the Province, was now sent over with Gen1 Oglethorpe to be set out
accordingly; They were of Opinion that Seven of the said Servants from
Scotland under the care of Lieut Mackintosh should be immediately em
ploy'd in the Cultivation thereof: And that the then Residue of all the
said Servants not dispos'd of to private Persons at the Darien should be
offer'd for the supplying the People at Frederica Who want Servants, On
each of them giving Bond to the Trustees for the payment of Eight
Pounds the Expence of Each of them in One Year unless that Sum can
be lessen'd by the Profit of their Labour for the time past being ac
counted for to the Trust. That of the Other Servants brought from
Scotland by the said Ship at the Owners Risque, And which the Trus
tees have paid Eight Pounds <p Head for, George Duncan is return'd as
Sick at Savanah in the List dated 21s' Jan'7 1737, Wherefore the Com
mittee are of Opinion that an Inquiry should be made What is become
of him, if dead, or dispos'd of and to Whom. That One Woman Serv
ant is return'd by the said List to be in the Service of William Stephens
Esq'. One Other Woman in the Service of John Brown, And One
Other Woman in the Service of John Vanderplank's Widow, Which the
Committee were of Opinion the Trustees should bear the Expence of.
As to two Men Servants in the Service of Archibald Mac Bean, The Com
mittee submit it to the Consideration of the Common Council, Whether
he shall be call'd upon to pay for them or not, he having been employ'd
in the engaging these Servants from Scotland to go to Georgia ; As to
One Woman Servant in the Service of Grace Redford the Widow of
Nath. Polhill Who was sent over on the Recommendation of S' John
Lade, The Committee are of Opinion that S' John Lade should be called
upon for payment to the Trustees of the Eight Pounds for such Servant.
But all the Other Servants amounting to thirty Seven in Number and
to thirty Six Heads aud a half in the Service of the following Persons
must be paid for to the Trustees by thern, or M' Thomas Causton must
stand answerable for the Payment. Viz' for four Men two Women and
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a half. For One Woman being Laughlan Mac Bean's Wife. One
Woman in the Service of Alexander Mac Lean. One Woman being
Benjamin Mackintosh's Daughter. Three Men and One Woman in the
Service of Lieut. John Moore Mackintosh. One Man in the service of
William Mackintosh. One Man in the Service of Kenneth Baillie.
three Men and One Woman in the Service of James Anderson, ten Men
and One Woman in the Service of John Brodie. And three Men and
three Women in the Service of Thomas Upton. But as to the last men
tion'd Six Servants Miss Lupton the Daughter of Councellor Lupton in
Quality Court being Sister to the Wife of the said Thomas Upton should
be called upon to try if she will defray the Eight Pounds "$> Head, or
Any Part thereof for the said Thomas Upton.
That the Committee do also find by a List of Servants from Germany
Who arrived at Georgia Dec' 24 last by the Ship Three Sisters, which
List was sent to the Trustees by M' Tho8 Causton Is' March last, twenty
nine Men, twenty seven Women Sixteen Boys and fifteen Girls making
Seventy Oue Heads two thirds are under the care of M' Bradley, ten
Men ten Women Seven Boys and thirteen Girls were employ'd at the
Crane and in the Garden making thirty Heads One Sixth, two Men two
Women and One Boy were assign'd to Capt Gascoigne making five
Heads, two Men two Women two Boys and two Girls were sent to the
Millwrights at Ebenezer making five Heads One Sixth. And that Mr
Causton had Nine Heads and a half of the said Servants Which he took
to his own Use. And they do further find That of the Seventy One Heads
two thirds of Servants under the care of M' Bradley, several of them
have been freed by Masters Who had leave to repay the Charges of send
ing them ; Wherefore the Committee are of Opinion that such of the
said Seventy One Heads two thirds as shall not be freed before the end
of the six Weeks granted for that Purpose, after providing the seven for .
cultivating the three hundred Acres for Religious Uses at Savanah, the '; \
two which are Order'd with their Wives for M' Henry Parker, and the/
two for M' Thomas Christie, should be employ'd in the Cultivation of
Bouverie's Farm Which must be set out to discharge S' Jacob Bouverie's
Benefaction for that Purpose.
That the Committee taking into Consideration that M' De la Motte
had serv'd as Catechist without having receiv'd any Gratification, are of^y'
Opinion that ten Pounds out of the Catechist Money should be paid him
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Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report, And that Mr
Thomas Causton be made Answerable to the Trustees for the Eight
Pounds paid for Each of the Servants with which he intrusted Archibald
Mac Bean.
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts of June 5'" Instant,
That they had taken into Consideration'.the two Certified Accounts re
ceiv'd from M' August Gotlieb Spangenberg for Work done by the
Moravian Brethren in Georgia dated the 10th of August, and 25th* of
Feb'7 last amounting to two hundred and sixty Pounds and ten Pence ;
And stating the same against the freight and Other Charges paid for the
said Moravians for which they jointly gave Bond to the Trustees amount
ing to two hundred and fifty six Pounds fifteen Shillings and six Pence,
Whereof Sixty Pounds were to carry Interest from Lady Day 1735
When they arrived in Georgia ; And finding a Balance of three Pounds
five Shillings and four Pence towards the said Interest to make up the
Amount of the said Certified Accounts, The Committee are of Opinion
that the two Bonds enter'd into to the Trustees the 21" Jan17 1734 and
14*" of October 1735 should be deliver'd up to the said Moravians and
stand Discharg'd by the said Certified Accounts.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.
Receiv'd an Account from M' Paris the Sollicitor of the Money paid
to him, and due to him for the Law Expences in hearing the Cause be
tween the Trustees and the Lieut. Gov' Council and Assembly of South
Carolina, and the Cause between the Trustees and M" Watson.
Resolved That the said Account be refer'd to the Committee of Accounts, And
that in the mean time fifty Pounds be paid to him on Account.
Read a Petition from Mess'8 Belanger and Nunez with Proposals for
raising Cochineal in Georgia.
Resolved That the said Petition be rejected the Proposals being too Extravagant
for the Trustees to comply with.
Read a Letter from M' Adam Anderson setting forth That the Incor
porated Society in Scotland for propagating Christian Knowledge are
willing to bestow a Sum of Money on their Missionary at Darien in
Georgia (over and above his present Annual Allowance of fifty Pounds)
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to enable him to procure Servants to cultivate the Lauds allow'd him,
on condition that the Land so improv'd be declared by the Trustees to
belong to their Missionary so long as the said Society shall continue to
send and support a Person duly Qualified to be their Missionary at that
Place. Resolved That M' John MacLeod have leave to surrender his present fifty Acre
Lot at the Darien to the Trustees.
Resolved That a fifty Acre Lot be granted for or towards the Maintenance of a
Missionary Minister at the Darien for so long a time as the Incorporated
Society in Scotland for propagating Christian Knowledge shall continue
to send and support a Person to be Missionary there, the said Missionary
to be approv'd of, and Authoris'd by the Trustees.
Adjourn'd.
Palace Court
Monday July 17. 1738
Present in Common Council Assembled.
M' Eyre in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
M' L'apostre
Sr William Heathcote
M' Hen. Archer
M' Tho8 Tower
D' Hales
M' Smith
Resolved That out of the Money appropriated for the Service of the Mission
aries twenty Pounds be advanced to the Revd M' Norris for cloathing &c.
And that his Passage in the Cabin of Capt. Thomson's Ship with the
charge for Refreshments in his Passage be paid for out of the said
Money. A Proposal was made for sending over to Georgia the Wife and Chil
dren of Marcus, a Jew at present in the Colony.
Resolved That as the said Marcus went to Georgia at his own Expence, the
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254 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Resolved
That the Certified Accounts which were order'd on the 8'" of Feb'7 last
£
to carry an Interest of 4 ^> Cent and which will be due on the 8'" of
August next be paid.
Resolved That any five of the Common Council be impower'd to draw upon the
Bank of England for the Sum of two thousand two hundred and Seventy
two Pounds and Eight Pence for the payment of the said Certified Ac
counts with the Interest due upon them And one Certified Account of
Sixty five Pounds ten Shillings and five Pence dated before M' Stephens's
Arrival in Georgia.
The Common Council taking into consideration that the several certi
fied Accounts hitherto sent over to England have been so sent by way of
Remittances to Merchants on the Credit of the Certificate of the Trustees
Storekeeper having received the Value according to the Particulars in
the said Accounts mention'd ; And that the Trustees may be liable to
many Suits and Expences, And the Credit and future Support of the
Colony be greatly hurt by not paying the said Accounts, Which must at
last be paid, if no fraud shall appear to the contrary.
Resolved That the four thousand two hundred and Nine Pounds thirteen Shil
lings and Nine Pence due upon the remaining certified Accounts be paid.
And that any five of the Common Council be impower'd to determine
Which of them shall require a Security to be given to the Trustees
against Frauds or double Payments ; And be also impower'd to draw
upon the Bank of England from time to time for the payment thereof.
Resolved That surveying Instruments be purchas'd for Mr Auspurger the Sur
veyor.
Resolved That One thousand Pounds be paid into the hands of M' Alderman
Heathcote on Account.
An Account stated in favour of M' Thomas Jenys and M" Elizabeth
Jenys Executor and Executrix of the late Mr Paul Jenys and certified by
M' Causton was laid before the Board.
Order'd That the Accountant do attend the Merchants Who are Owners of the
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mon Council to be due upon the same. And that the Accountant do
write to M' Thomas Jenys and M' Causton, And state the Account as it
stands between the Trustees and the late M' Paul Jenys.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for One thousand Pounds
payable to Mr Alderman Heathcote by M' Eyre, the Earl of Egmont Mr
L'apostre S' William Heathcote and D' Hales N° 6514".
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday December 20'" 1738
Present in Common Council Assembled.
M' Henry Archer in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Sr William Heathcote
M' L'apostre
M' Laroche
M' Tho8 Tower
D' Hales
M' Smith
M' Vernon
M' Eyre.
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts to the Purport following
that they had examin'd the Annual Account from June 9'" 1737 to June
9'" 1738. And that the Balance of the said Account ending June the
9'" 1738 remaining Unapplied, the Committee did find to be the Sum of
four thousand two hundred and twenty six Pounds and six Pence.
Which Sum the Accomptant at the Bank has certified to be in the hands
of the Gov' and C° of the Bank of England on the said 9'" of June 1738
The said Account was read and Agreed to.
Resolved That Any three of the Common Council be desired to wait on the
Lord high Chancellor and the Master of the Rolls with the said Annual
Account. Order'd That When the Annual Account is presented One hundred Copies of
it be printed.
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lowing. That they had examin'd the Account Currant sent the Trus
tees by the Executors of M' Isaac Chardon together with a Letter from
the said Executors dated the 27'" of August 1737. Desiring the Trustees
to settle the said Account with Mess" Peter and I C Simond. That they
had been attended by M' Simond for that purpose, Who acquainted the
Trustees, That M' Chardon's Estate paid him Interest at five Pounds ^
Cent <P> Ann. for Money due to him ; And therefore hoped the Trustees
would allow Interest at the same rate for what should appear due from
them to the said M' Chardon's Estate, That on the 25'" of June 1735 M'
Chardon by several Disallowances made him appear'd indebted to the
Trustees four hundred forty Six Pounds Six Shillings and Eight Pence
three farthings South Carolina Currency. Which by his Letter Feb'7
4'" lollowing and his Subsequent Account to that time he submitted to.
That from June 25'" 1735 to July 30 1736 his Payments for the Trust
amounted to three thousand One hundred and thirty Nine Pounds Nine
teen Shillings and two Pence S° Carolina Currency, As by four several
Accounts thereof approved by the Committee, Whereout Deducting this
Debt on the 25th of June 1735, The Balance due to his Estate from the
Trustees was found to be two thousand six hundred Ninety three Pounds
twelve Shillings and five Pence half Penny S° Carolina Currency, and in
Sterling at three different Rates of Exchange three hundred and Eighty
Pounds Seventeen Shillings. That it appearing a Bill of three hundred
Pounds was presented Jan'7 16 1735 And Another Bill of thirty Eight
Pounds Seventeen Shillings and two Pence Aprill 21st 1736. to the
Trustees for Acceptance And both drawn by M' Chardon on Account of
the Above Payments ; Which were not accepted by the Trustees, but
returned to Charles Town with Directions for his Applying to M' Ogle
thorpe then in Georgia for payment of what should really appear due to
balance M' Chardon's Account, according to the Commission the Com
mon Council had agreed to allow him ; But M' Chardon afterwards re
quiring One hundred and fifty Pounds more, And Mr Oglethorpe not
consenting thereto, the said Direction were not executed. The Commit-
sio
tee were therefore of Opinion that three hundred Pounds of the said Sum
of three hundred and Eighty Pounds Seventeen Shillings should carry
£
Interest at 5 $ Cent. $ Ann. from 16 Jan'7 1735 And also thirty
Eight Pounds Seventeen Shillings and two Pence more from Aprill 21"
1736 being the Account of the said two Bills so presented : And that the
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following M' Chardon had above One hundred Pounds Sterling in his
hands in Account with the Trust.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.
The Accomptant then acquainted the Common Council that he had
computed the Interest on the Abovemention'd two Sums from the re
spective Days they were to carry Interest to this Day, And that the same
amounted to the Sum of forty Nine Pounds One Shilling and ten Pence,
Which being Added to the Balance reported due to the Estate of the
said M' Chardon made the Sum payable pursuant to the Above Report
to be four hundred twenty Nine Pounds Eighteen Shillings and ten
Pence. Resolved That the said Sum be paid by a Draught on the Bank of England to
Mess" Peter and I C Simond.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the same by the Earl
of Egmont S' William Heathcote, M' L'apostre M' Laroche and D'
' Hales N° 6518".
Read an Extract of a Letter from the Revd M' Urlsperger to the Revd
M' Ziegenhagen dated 15th Sept' 1738 desiring That a Smith a Shoe
Maker And Other Saltzburgh Trades Men with some of the same Coun
try Unmarried Women, which are wanted at Ebenezer might be sent to
Georgia on the Trustees Account. M' Bolzius from Ebenezer having in
his Letters certified how necessary such People would be in the Saltz
burghers present Circumstances.
Resolved That a Sum not exceeding One hundred Pounds be applied for send
ing over to Georgia the said Trades Men And Unmarried Women. And
that M' Ziegenhagen be made acquainted therewith to communicate the
same to M' Urlsperger. And that the Persons so to be sent should be at
London by the middle of Feb'7 next.
The Committees of Any five of the Common Council impower'd the
17'" of July last to draw upon the Bank of England from time to time
for the payment of four thousand two hundred and Nine Pounds thir
teen Shillings and Nine Pence the remaining Certified Accounts then di
rected to be paid made the following Reports. That on the 23d of
August following a Draught was made upon the Bank of England N°
6516 w. for three thousand Nine hundred and sixty Seven Pounds to M'
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Alderman Heathcote for payment of all the said Certified Accounts
(except One for two hundred forty One Pounds Nineteen Shillings and
Nine Pence for Which a Security was necessary for the Trustees to be
indemnified against a double Payment) And that the said Draught was
sign'd by the Earl of Egmont M' Vernon, M' L'apostre D' Hales and M'
Smith. That on the 6'" of September foil the Draught of the Condition
of a proper Bond of Indemnity being approved of, the said Other
Account was order'd to be paid on M' Lawrence Williams signing such
Bond. And that a Draught was made on the Bank of England the
same Day N° 6517 w. for two hundred and forty One Pounds to the said
Lawrence Williams for Payment thereof ; And was sign'd by the Earl
of Egmont Mr Vernon M' Laroche M' Thomas Tower and D' Hales.
The Committee Who attended the cancelling of the Trustees Sola Bills
returned to England and paid within the last Year ending the 9'" of June
1738. made the following Report. That on the 30'" of October and 4th
of November last One thousand Eight hundred and forty Six of the said
Sola Bills were cancell'd in their Presence, and affix'd to their respective
Checques, And That the Value in the said Bills so cancell'd and filed
amounted in the whole to the Sum of four thousand five hundred and
thirty two Pounds.
Received a Certified Accompt for Provisions and Necessaries dated 7
March 1737 amounting to fifty Seven Pounds and Seventeen Shillings
due to Recompence Stanberry, Which was brought for payment soon
after the Order of the 17'" of July last for paying the Certified Accounts
then directed to be paid ; And the Accomptant acquainting the Common
Council That this Account was certified before M' Causton had acknowl
edged the Receipt of the Trustees Orders for certifying no more Accounts.
Order'd That the said Account be paid.
An Application from M' John Francis Fressin by Letter of Attorney
from the Heirs of Samuel Wagner Deceased late of Hampstead in Geor
gia for leave for Adrian Loyer of Savanah and Peter Morelle Officer and
Inhabitant of Highgate in Georgia as Executors appointed by the Will
of the Deceased to dispose of the Testators Lot at Hampstead was read.
Order'd That the same be refer'd to a Committee of Any three of the Com
mon Council, to report their Opinion thereon.
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the Store in Georgia for increasing their Salaries, or their being discharged
from their Contracts.
Order'd That the said Petition be refer'd to a Committee of Any three of the
Common Council to report their Opinion thereon.
The Accomptant acquainted the Common Council that a Certified Ac
count for Provisions and Necessaries dated the 20'" of August 1738
amounting to five hundred Eighty Seven Pounds and thirteen Shillings
due to Mess" Robert and John Williams was brought for payment the 2d
of this Month. And That another Certified Account dated 5'" of August
1738 amounting to four hundred twenty six Pounds and two Pence due
to Mess" Samuel Montaigut and C° was brought for payment the 7'" of
this Month.
Resolved That an Answer be given to the Proprietors of the said Accounts.
That the Trustees will not pay them, but they must send them to Geor
gia for payment.
Read the several Proposals of the Revd M' George Whitefield return'd
from Georgia for Priest's Orders, relating to his going back, and being
settled by the Trustees a Missionary in Georgia. Which Proposals were
inclosed in his Letter to the Accomptant from Kilruth in Ireland dated
16'" of last Month.
Read also the said Mr Whitefield's Letters of the 16th of this MoDth,
and of this Day explaining the said Proposals and adding a further
Proposal.Resolved That the said M' Whitefield be appointed Missionary at Savanah in
Georgia with an Allowance of fifty Pounds a Year, And that the said
Resolution be certified to the Bishop of London that he may be pleas'd
to admit the said M' Whitefield into the Holy Order of Priesthood
Resolved That the Revd M' William Norris appointed the 12'" of July last to
perform all Religious and Ecclesiastical Offices in Georgia in the Room
and Stead of the Revd Mr John Wesley be appointed Missionary at
Frederica in Georgia with an Allowance of fifty Pounds a Year. And
that he be directed to go to Frederica on M' Whitefield's Arrival at
Savanah. Resolved That Directions be given for building a House at Frederica for the said.

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M' Norris to live in ; And that a proper Place be made fit for the Inhabi
tants to Assemble in for Divine Service until a Church can be built
there.Resolved That the Benefactions to be collected by M' Whitefield under the
Commission he desires shall when Collected be particularly applied for
erecting an Orphan House in Georgia, and building a Place of Worship
for the Saltzburghers at Ebenezer.
Resolved That Supplies to M' George Whitefield shall be in Money
Resolved That a five Acres Lot at or near Savanah be granted to the Revd M'
George Whitefield to be fenced and cleared by the Trustees Servants ap
pointed to cultivate the three hundred Acres for Religious Uses at
Savanah.Resolved That a five Acres Lot at or near Frederica be granted to the Revd M'
William Norris to be fenced and cleared by the Trustees Servants ap-
, pointed to cultivate the three hundred Acres for Religious Uses at
Frederica
Resolved That six Pounds be paid to the Revd M' Whitefield as desired to buy
Necessaries for M' Habersham the SchoolMaster for the Year ensuing.
Resolved That the Church Yard at Savanah be new fenced, that two Christening
Basons and two Burying Cloths for Savanah and Frederica, and some
handsome brass Candlesticks for Candles at Evening Publick Worship
be bought as desired by the Revd M' Whitefield.
Resolved That the Offer of the Young Gentleman from Bristol proposed by Mr
Whitefield to be an Universal Apothecary at Savanah to serve the Poor
Gratis, and those that can pay at Prime Cost, be accepted of. And that
he be desired to send the Trustees a Particular of the Drugs Food, and
Rayment Which he shall require in Order to make an Estimate thereof.
Resolved That fifteen Pounds be paid to the Revd M' Whitefield Which he fur-
niah'd M' De la Motte with who was late School Master at Savanah on
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Palace Court
Wednesday Jan'7 31" 173s
Present in Common Council Assembled
Earl of Egmont President
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Thos Archer
M' L'apostre
M' Tracy
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Smith
M' Hen. Archer
M' Digby.
Read a Report from the Committee of Any three of the Common Coun
cil to whom was referr'd the Application of M' John Fressin by Letter
of Attorney from the Heirs of Samuel Wagner late of Hampstead in
Georgia for leave for Adrian Loyer of Savanah and Peter Morelle Officer
and Inhabitant of Highgate in Georgia as Executors appointed by the
Will of the Deceased to dispose of the Testator's Lot at Hampstead afore
said. That they were of Opinion that in pursuance of the Direction of
the Testator's Will his Executors may be impower'd to dispose of the
said Lot for the Benefit of his Heirs to any Person or Persons not having
Land in Georgia in Possession or Reversion under the same Tenure and
Covenants as held by the Deceased such Purchaser being first Approved
of by William Stephens Esq' Secretary for the Affairs of the Trust within
the Province of Georgia.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.
Read a Report from the said Committee that they had read the Peti
tion of Samuel Hurst and John Pye Clerks employ'd in the Store in
Georgia for increasing their Salaries or being discharg'd from their Con
tracts ; That they were of Opinion that the said Clerks should continue
to be employ'd untill the Accounts of the Store are made up ; And that
a Gratification for Cloathing them should be given over and above the
ten Pounds a Year ; if such a Gratification has not already been paid by
way of extraordinary Service ; And that then they may be discharg'd
from their Contracts if they shall at that time desire it.

262 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.
The Accomptant acquainted the Common Council that pursuant to
Orders of the Common Council, a Draught had been made on the Bank
of England to M' Alderman Heathcote for three hundred Pounds for the
payment of Sola Bills and was sign'd the 20'" of last Month by the Earl
of Egmont M' Vernon M' L'apostre M' Thomas Tower and D' Hales
N° 6519'.
Order'd That five hundred Pounds in Sola Bills directed to be issued by Wil
liam Stephens Esq' M' Thomas Causton, and M' Henry Parker or Any
two of them which were sent over by Gen1 Oglethorpe consisting of One
hundred Bills of five Pounds Each from N° 531 to 630 be issued. And
that Money be reserved in the Bank out of the Unappropriated Money
remaining Unapplied for Establishing the Colony to answer the same.
And that such Bills are to be issued for defraying the most necessary
Services of the Colony in the supporting and assisting the Industrious
and helpless. And that an Account thereof be sent over sign'd by the
two Who issue them, for what services they were so issued in order to
discharge them therefrom.
Order'd That fifteen Tons of strong Beer be bought and sent over to Gen1
Oglethorpe, And the Produce thereof be applied for the cloathing and
maintaining the Trustees Servants to be employ'd in cultivating Lands
for Religious Uses ; And be accounted for to the Trustees in the same
manner and by the same Persons as their Sola Bills are to be accounted
for. Read a Petition of William Cookesey, setting forth that he went over
to Georgia in 1735 with five Servants but not being able to get Land
run out he took a five Acre Lot of M' Causton at the yearly rate of
twenty Pounds <P> Annum. That M' Oglethorpe was pleas'd to give him
a forfeited Town Lot ; But there being a Mortgage upon the said Lot, it
did not prove of any Advantage to him, the House (upon Which he had
laid out a considerable Sum,) being seiz'd by the Mortgagee. And there
fore praying the the Trustees to give him a Grant of the said House.
(sic)
And the said Petition setting forth that by sickness and Death of his
Servants he was become in debt to the Trust he prays the Indulgence of
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discharg'd. That he has settled the Remains of his Family upon a Tract
of Land of One hundred and Eighty Acres yielded to him by Jacob
Matthews, for Which he prays the Trustees Grant, he having cleared
above eight Acres of it, and built an Hut, which cost him above twelve
Pounds. And as his Expences have been so great, he prays the Trustees
to grant him One Year's Provisions towards his Settlement upon the
new Tract, and to assist him in his Passage over to Georgia.
Resolved That the Trustees will accept of the Petitioners Payment of his Debt
at ten Pounds A Year, the first Payment to commence at the End of
two Years after his Arrival in Georgia on his intended Return thither.
With respect to the Town Lot said to be forfeited And the House
thereon Mortgag'd.
Resolved That, as no Person has Power to mortgage or alienate either their
House or Lot without License first had and obtain'd from the Common
Council of the Trustees, such pretended Mortgage is void ; And if the
Petitioner has the One hundred and Eighty Acres pray'd for to be
granted in Tail Male of his Body, he cannot possess the said Town Lot.
Resolved That William Stephens Esq' do inquire into the Title which Jacob
Matthews had to the one hundred and eighty Acres of Land yielded to
the Petitioner, whether the same is part of the five hundred Acres
granted to John Musgrove the 23d of October 1734 (Whose Widow the
said Jacob Matthews married) or is a distinct Tract ; And if it shall ap
pear that the Petitioner may possess the said One hundred and Eighty
Acres without prejudice to any Claiming under the said Grant to John
Musgrove.Resolved That in case M' Stephens shall find the Petitioner may possess the said
One hundred and Eighty Acres without prejudice to any claiming under
the abovemention'd Grant to the said John Musgrove ; Mr Stephens is
hereby impower'd to put the Petitioner into Possession thereof; And M'
Stephens is to send over a Description of the Premises in a Plott to the
Trustees with his Report thereupon to intitle the Petitioner to have a
Grant of the said one hundred and Eighty Acres sent to him under the
Seal of the Corporation to hold to him and the Heirs Male of his Body
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264 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Resolved That the Trustees cannot pay the Expence of his Passage nor allow
the Provisions desired.
Order'd That six hundred Pounds in Sola Bills be immediately sent over to
Georgia (being Part of the two thousand three hundred and fifty Pounds
.'Residue of the Sola Bills order'd to be made out the 10'" of August
.' 1737) to be Applied in cloathing and Maintenance of the Trustees
Servants Whose Services are to answer the Expence thereof, And be
Appropriated towards building a Church at Savanah and for cultivating
Lands for Religious Uses in the Northern and Southern Parts of Geor
gia ; And that by Indorsement on the said Bills Gen1 Oglethorpe be de
sired to order the same to be issued by William Stephens Esq' Mr Henry
Parker and M' Thomas Jones or Any two of them. And that they be
directed to send the Trustees an Account sign'd by both of them Who
shall issue the said Bills shewing on Every Issue to whom, and for what
Services, agreeable to the above Directions Each respective Issue was
made, together with a List of the several Bills so issued. And that the
said Bills consist of twenty of ten Pounds Each and four hundred of One
Pound Each. And that six hundred Pounds be reserved in the Bank to
answer the same out of the following Appropriated Monies remaining
unapplied. Vizt four hundred Pounds out of the Money for building of
; Churches, And two hundred Pounds out of the Money for the Religious
Uses of the Colony.
Resolved That Any five of the Common Council on the Return of these Sola
Bills (now order'd to be issued) to England for payment have power to
draw on the Bank from time to time for that purpose.
M' Adam Anderson having paid in forty Pounds from the Hon"18
i Society in Scotland for propagating Christian Knowledge to be paid over
to the Revd M' John MacLeod their Missionary at Darien in Georgia.
Order'd That Sola Bills to the Value of forty Pounds be likewise sent over to
answer the same, And that any five of the Council be impower'd to draw
on the Bank for the payment of the same on their Return.
Resolved That General Oglethorpe be indemnified against the Indorsements of
the aforesaid Bills. And that the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to
such Act of Indemnity and that the Secretary do countersign the same.

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Resolved That it be recommended to the Committee of Correspondence to send
over Instructions for a special Application of the Sola Bills for the Pur
poses for which they are sent. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Feb'7 7'" 173f
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Tho" Tower in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Vernon
M' Tho8 Archer
M' Henry Archer
M' Tracy
M' Smith
Order'd That Stationary Ware to the Value of twenty five Pounds be purchased
out of the Money for Religious Uses to be carried over by the Revd M'
Whitefield. Read a Letter from the Revd M' Bolzius dated Ebenezer Nov' 6. desir
ing the Trustees will contribute towards the erecting an Orphan House
at Ebenezer, and pay for the passage of two Families of Dutch Servants
for their Use.
Read a Letter from the Revd M' Gronau Nov1 6'" 1738 desiring the
Trustees Allowance of thirty Pounds disburst in building the Minister's
House.Order'd That it be refer'd to the Committee of Accounts to consider the said
Letters, and report their Opinion thereon to the Common Council.
Read a Letter from the Revd M' Urlsperger to M' Ziegenhagen Jan'7
29'" 173| setting forth that on Jan'7 27 N S. Seven Colonists design'd for
Georgia with their Baggage set out from Augsbourgh for Franckfort ;
intimating his Desire that the Trustees will defray the Charges of their
Passage from Franckfort to London and Georgia ; And desiring that a
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266 COLONIAL RECORDS.
with pleasure of the Charitable Contributions of the Family Van Hoeslin
towards the relief of the Saltzburghers ; And desiring likewise that a
Letter may be sent to the English Minister in Holland requesting his
Protection of them ; And to M' Dan1 Wolters at Rotterdam desiring his
Assistance to them and his providing them a speedy and convenient Pas
sage to England.
Resolved That as the Passage of the said Colonists will be paid for out of the
One hundred Pounds Appropriated for the Saltzburghers. Letters be
sent as desired. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Feb'7 28* 173|
Present in Common Council Assembled.
M' Sloper in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' Christopher Tower
M' Tho8 Tower
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Henry Archer
D' Hales.
Read a Report from the Committee to Whom the Letters from M' Bol
zius and M' Gronau dated Nov' 6. were refer'd that with the twenty
Pounds receiv'd from M' Vernon for the Use of the Saltzburghers, the
Balance Unapplied of the Benefaction to them was Seventy Six Pounds
two Shillings and Six pence. And that they proposed thirty Pounds to
be sent in Sola Bills to be issued to M' Gronau to make up the Charges
of building his Dwelling House from ten Pounds to forty Pounds. And
that forty Pounds should be sent in Sola Bills to be issued to M' Bolzius
towards the maintenance of Saltzburgh Widows and Orphans out of the
said Balance Unapplied.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.
Resolved That Seventy Pounds in Sola Bills be sent over to Georgia for the afore-

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said Purpose ; And that Col. Oglethorpe be indemnified for the Indorse
ments of the said Bills in the same manner as those which were order'd
the 31s' of last Month, Which will make the whole Sola Bills to be now
sent amount to Seven hundred and ten Pounds.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday March 28th 1739
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Vernon in the Chair.
Earl of Egmont
Lord Sidney Beauclerk
Sr William Heathcote
M' Sloper
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Tracy
M' Hen. Archer
M' L'apostre
D' Hales
M' Smith
Lord Tyrconnel.
Read a Report from the Committee of Correspondence that they were
of opinion that Eighty Sacks of flower be sent to Georgia, with the Saltz
burghers who are to go by the way of Charles Town. That the said
flower be consign'd to M' Thomas Jones. And that he do receive the
same by Bill of Lading in the presence of William Stephens Esq' and
the first and second Bailiff of Savanah, or two of them (M' Stephens to
be constantly One) Who are to witness to the receipt of them, thereby to
be a Charge on M' Thomas Jones the Keeper of the remain of Stores,
Who by written Orders (and no Otherwise) from M' Stephens and one of
the said Bailiffs is to issue them. And that the said Store keeper should
make up a Monthly Account in kind of his Receipts, Issues and Remains
to be testified by M' Stephens And One of the said Bailiffs, and trans
mitted by every Opportunity to the Trustees. And that such part thereof
as shall be thought necessary should be sent to the Southward Part of
the Province, M' Richard White should be appointed to receive in the
Presence of William Stephens Esq' and the first and second Bailiff of

268 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Frederica, or any two of them, Who are to witness to the receipt of them,
thereby to be a Charge on M' Richard White the Keeper of them, Who
by written Orders from any two of the said three should issue them, And
that he should make up a Monthly Account in kind of his Receipts, Is
sues, and Remains to be testified by two of the said three, and transmit
ted by every Opportunity to the Trustees.
That an Account should be made up in Georgia of the Provisions of
all kinds that shall appear to remain in the Stores at the time the present
Stores shall arrive there, distinguishing the respective Species, and Per
sons in whose hands the same shall appear to be.
That the Issues of the Stores should be in the first Place to the Trus
tees Servants, In the second to the Widows and Orphans, And after
wards to such Planters, Who are in necessity from sickness or any un
avoidable Calamity.
That the Keeper of the Stores should keep an Account of the Sex
Age and Circumstances of every Person to Whom the Provisions shall be
distributed with the Quantity thereof to Each Person, and should set
down the Number of days in the respective Monthly Accounts in proper
Columns. That they were of Opinion likewise that thirty Firkins of Butter, and
about twenty hundred weight of Cheese should be sent with the flower
and under the same directions.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.
Order'd That a Draught be made on the Bank of England for two hundred
and fifty Pounds for the above Provisions and freight of them.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the same by M' Vernon,
Earl of Egmont, Lord Sidney Beauclerk Lord Tyrconnel and M' L'apos
tre N° 6520'-
Resolved That out of the five hundred Pounds Sola Bills carried over by Col
Oglethorpe twenty Pounds be paid to William Stephens Esq' for the Ex
pences he has contracted by the Sickness of his Family : And that thirty
Pounds more be given him in consideration of his Losses by his Servants
Sickness.Resolved That the Revd M1 Norris's Salary now due to him be paid out of the

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five hundred Pounds in Sola Bills and that the fifty Pounds <$i Ann be
paid to him quarterly for the future.
Order'd That Copies of all Certified Accounts demanded here and unpaid be
sent over to William Stephens Esq' Mr Henry Parker and M' Tho8 Jones
te examine and return back to the Trustees with their Opinion if the said
Accounts are true, and still due, and unpaid, or if otherwise, to state the
same.Resolved That it be refer'd to a Committee to consider of proper Persons to be
Commissioners for examining and stating the publick Debts of the Col
ony, and inquiring into the Evidence for proving of the said Debts. And
that the Committee do prepare the Commission and Instructions for the
Commissioners. And that M' Tho8 Tower Lord Sidney Beauclerk M'
Sloper M' Henry Archer M' L'apostre Sr William Heathcote and Any
Others of the Common Council or Any three of them be the said
Comittee.Resolved That it be refer'd to the said Committee to give Instructions to the
said Commissioners to examine and state M' Causton's and M' Bradley's
Accounts. Resolved That it be refer'd to the said Committee to prepare an Estimate for
the future Expence of the Colony from Midsummer next for One Year
to Midsummer 1740.
Resolved That it be refer'd to the said Committee to consider in what manner
the forfeited Lots may be regranted.
Order'd That the Surveyors do send to the Trustees by every Opportunity
Maps of the Lands which they survey, for Whom, in what places, the
Number of Acres, and the time when survey'd.
Read a Report from the Committee of Correspondence March 21s'
173-| that they were of Opinion that in the next Letter to M1 Stephens,
he should be inform'd that the Trustees, (having observ'd in his Journal
that Joseph Hetherington Henry Bishop and Francis Elgar (Servant of
M" Lacy) had been indicted of Felony in killing some Cattle belonging
to Henry Parker, and had been found guilty of the Indictment : And
that the Magistrates had suspended passing a Judgement upon them till

270 COLONIAL RECORDS.
they had the Trustees Direction ;) were surpris'd that the Magistrates
had sent no Account thereof, and made no Application to the Trustees
by any Letter for their Opinion, That if the Matter had been laid before
the Trustees, they would have been inclinable to think that the said Per
sons should not have been indicted of Felony. That upon a clear con
viction of any Persons stealing or killing any Cattle that appear to be
the Property of any Other the proper Punishment for the same would be
a pecuniary Mulct of three times the Value.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.
Read a Report from the Committee of Correspondence of 26'" March
that, after taking Col. Oglethorpe's Letter 7*" October 1738 into consid
eration ; they were of Opinion, that an attested Copy of M' Horton's Ac
count of Cattle and Corn advanced to the Inhabitants of Frederica, and
attested Copies of Accounts between the Trust, and any Other Persons
in Georgia, as well of their Demands upon the Store, as of the Store's
Demands upon them, (whether by Money, Servants, or Goods) which
have hitherto been perfected in pursuance of Col. Oglethorpe's Orders,
as signified in his Letter October 7. be sent over with all convenient
Speed. That the Committee, taking into consideration the Petition of the old
Freeholders at Frederica, desiring a Loan of two pounds of Meat, six
pounds of Bread kind, and One Pint of Melasses, Each Head <P> Week,
Which by Col Oglethorpe's Letter is reduced by their own consent to
two pounds of Meat each Head ^> Week, Were of Opinion, that Col.
Oglethorpe should be desired to advance to the Petitioners in Money the
Value of two pounds of Meat each Head f> Week till Mich8 1739 and
no longer ; towards which it may be necessary to send to Col. Oglethorpe
Sola Bills by the first Opportunity to be accounted for by him.
That the Committee, taking into consideration a Petition of five Per
sons newly arrived at Frederica, desiring to be supplied on Loan till they
are able to supply themselves otherwise were of Opinion, that Col Ogle
thorpe should be desired to make the same Advance to them in Money
as to the old Freeholders, till Michaelmas 1739 and no longer.
That the Committee taking into consideration likewise that Part of
Col Oglethorpe's Letter wherein Mention is made of an Establishment at
S' Andrews consisting of Nineteen of the Trust Servants and ten hired
Men ; that he has made a reduction of the ten Men upon hire, but thinks
it necessary to allow them One Month's pay to return home, do suppose

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the Pay of these ten Men has already been defray'd by Col. Oglethorpe,
and may be allowed, But do not know what Services the Nineteen of the
Trust Servants are employ'd upon ; Nor What is meant by the Establish
ment at S' Andrews, Unless they are employ'd upon the Fortifications,
Which do not belong to the Trust, and therefore are of Opinion cannot
be allow'd.
That the Committee, observing that Mention is also made of a Sur
veyor Deputy Surveyor and Labourers to attend them ; but it not ap
pearing what Lands M' Auspurgor has yet laid out, or where he was at
the Writing of the Letter, they think it convenient that M' Auspurgor
be desired to write to satisfy the Board therein.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday May 2. 1739
Present in Common Council Assembled
D' Hales in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
Mr Tho8 Tower
M' Ch. Tower
Sr William Heathcote
M' L'apostre
M' Smith
M' Tracy
Lord Sidney Beauclerk
Resolved That it be an Instruction to the Committee appointed to prepare a Law
relating to the Tenure of Lands in Georgia, that in case of no Issue
Male or Female, the Proprietor of any Lot may be impower'd to appoint
any Other Person (not professing the Errors of the Church of Rome) as
his Successor.
Resolved That the Presents for the Indians be purchas'd in England, and that

272 COLONIAL RECORDS.
it be refer'd to the Comittee of Correspondence to consider the Quality
and Quantity of what will be necessary to be sent over.
Resolved That it be refer'd to the said Committee to consider What Shoes and
working tools will be necessary to be sent over for the use of the Colony.
Resolved That forty Sacks of flower of Household Second and Midlings be pur
chas'd for the use of the Southern Part of the Province.
The Accomptant acquainted the Board that there were several of the
Sola Bills which Col. Oglethorpe had indorsed in the wrong place, and
which were thereby spoilt.
Order'd That the Accomptant do inspect them and report to the Board the
Number and Value of them.
Read an Account from Col. Oglethorpe of Presents deliver'd to the
Indians out of the Parcels brought over to Georgia by him, of things
bought of M' Purry for Presents to the Indians, and of Cash paid on the
sh.
Trustees Account amounting to One hundred fifty Seven Pounds 15. as
by Prices of some Parts, and Calculations of other Parts
Order'd That fifteen Tons of strong Beer in Barrels be bought and sent by the
Ship Two Brothers, the Freight thereof to be paid as Col. Oglethorpe
desired, And the Amount thereof to be charged as a Payment to him.
.\ Read a Letter from the Rev4 Mr George Whitefield acquainting the
Board that he had collected upwards of five hundred Pounds for the Or
phan House in Georgia, and praying a Grant of five hundred Acres of
Land in trust for the use of the said Orphan House, with the privilege
of naming Who shall succeed him in it
Resolved That a Grant of five hundred Acres be made out accordingly subject
to a Quit Rent of three Pounds ^ Ann to commence ten Years from the
Date of the said Grant. Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 273
Palace Court
Wednesday May 9'" 1739
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mr Smith in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Mr Henry Archer
M' Thomas Tower
Mr Laroche
S' William Heathcote
M' L'apostre
Lord Sidney Beauclerk
The Revd Mr George Whitefield attended and acquainted the Board
that he declin'd the Acceptance of any Salary as a Minister at Savanah,
or for the management of the Orphan House in Georgia.
He likewise acquainted the Board that the Trustees Commission to
him not being for the purposes for which he had applied to the Trustees,
he never had made use thereof, and therefore beg'd leave to return the
same. Adjourn'd

Palace Court
Wednesday May 30'" 1739
Present in Common Council Assembled
Lord Tyrconnel in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Lord Sidney Beauclerk
M' Thomas Tower
S' William Heathcote
M' Tracy
M' L'apostre
M' Smith
The Revd M' George Whitefield having acquainted the Board that M'
Robert Hows of Savanah in Georgia is willing to alienate his fifty Acre
Lot to the said M' Whitefield for building an Orphan House.
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274 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Resolved
That Robert Hows have liberty to alienate his said Lot to the Revd Mr
George Whitefield, and that a License be made out for his Alienation
of the said Lot.
Read a Draught of a Grant of four hundred and fifty Acres to the
Revd M' George Whitefield in Trust for the Orphan House subject to a
Quit Rent of three Pounds $ Ann.
Order'd That the said Draught be engross'd, And that the Seal of the Corpo
ration be affix'd thereto, and to the aforesaid License in the presence of
any three of the Trustees.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same when seal'd, and a Memo
rial of the same in order to be register'd with the Auditor of the Plan
tations.
Resolved That five Pounds be given to Richard Atherton for a Suit of Cloaths.
Order'd That the Secretary do write a Letter to William Stephens Esq' ac
quainting him with the Trustees Grant to the Revd Mr George Whitefield
and Robert Hows's Alienation of his fifty Acre Lot for the use of the
Orphan House ; And that as the Trustees have this Design very much
at heart they desire him to see M' Whitefield put in possession of the said
fifty Acre Lot as soon as conveniently can be, and to expedite the lay
ing out of the four hundred and fifty Acres, the remaining Part of the
Grant to the said M' Whitefield for the use of the Orphan House ; That
the Trustees desire likewise that he will direct the Necessary Repairs be
made to the Parsonage House at Savanah.
Resolved That a Sum not exceeding ten Pounds be laid out in building a Jury
"'" Room adjoining to the Church at Savanah Which may be also us'd as a
Vestry Room.
Read a Report from the Committee appointed to prepare an Estimate
for the Expence of the Colony from Michaelmas 1739 to Michaelmas
1740 that they had prepared the same as follows.
Estimate of the Expence for the Colony of Georgia for one Year to
commence from Michaelmas 1739.

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275

At Savanah
Salary to the first Magistrate 
D° to the second and third Magistrate and the Re-
£
corder at 20 Each 
D° to the Secretary and Post Master for himself
Clerk, &c 
D° to the Register upon transmitting an exact Ac
count of all the Grants pursuant to his In
structions 
D° to two Ministers Viz' One at Savanah And One
£
for the Out Settlements at 50 Each . . .
N. B. The Expence of the Minister at Sa
vanah will be saved this year. M' Whitefield
going at his own Expence.
D° to the School Master at Savanah in lieu of Food
Salary to the School Master of the Saltzburghers a
Gratuity 
D° to the Parish Clerk at Savanah 
D° to the publick Midwife at Savanah for the
Poor and Trust Servants besides five Shil
lings ^P> laying ; and to be obliged to go on
all Occasions when required 
D° to the publick Overseer of the Garden and
Mulberry Trees, for keeping an Horse to see
what Plantations are made, and to attend the
Garden at transplanting time ; And for tak
ing an Account of Every Man's planting,
and sending the same Over 
D° to the Head Gardiner, having no land and to
find himself ; besides having liberty to sell the
the Seeds at rates to be enumerated . . .
D° to the Overseer of the Trust Servants employ'd
in cultivating Trust Lands, and lands for Re
ligious Uses ; to have no land and find him
self, to keep a Weekly Book of Labour by
Task'd Work, and make Monthly Returns to
the Secretary in the Province ....
D° to the publick Blacksmith for mending Militia
Arms. £15. And for mending Indian Arms.
£20 

£
30.

s0.

60. 0.

0 0.

100. 0. 0.

20. 0. 0.

100. — . —

10. — .
5. — .
5. — .
5. — .

10.

20. — .

30. — .

35.

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Salary to the Italian Family employ'd in the pro
ducing Raw Silk ........
Allowance to the Recorder for a Clerk ....
D° to the four Constables at Savanah, their Duty
frequently calling them away from their Oc
cupations. In lieu of Provisions formerly
given them. £10. Each 
D° to the Chief Magistrate for publick Rejoicings )
Anniversary Days &c  j
D° to the Cowpen Keeper for the Trust and )
People's Cattle, for Cloaths Wages and Pro- !
vision £25 : and for keeping two Horses, J
Farrier &c. £10  j
D° to the Pilot at Tybee to be obligd to give strict
Attendance, to have the Boat and sufficient
Hands always upon the Spot (not less than
two besides the Pilot) and to keep the Boat
in repair, being first supplied with the Boat
and its Appurtenances. And to be allowed
besides for Pilotage in and out to Sea again
by the Captain of each Ship so piloted, as fol
lows. Viz' for every Ship drawing eleven feet
Water and under twelve feet four Shillings
^> Foot Draught, And for Every Ship ex
ceeding twelve feet Draught five Shillings <p>
Foot Draught for every Foot so Exceeding,
besides the four Shillings <P Foot under
twelve feet Draught 
Allowance for the care of the Widows of Trust
Servants till married or in service (due regard
being had to their Age and Infirmities) not
exceeding 
D° for the care of the Sick. Viz' Food, Apothe
caries Drugs, Attendance, Midwife Nurses,
burying the Dead &c. being for such only as
are on the poor Account, and Trust Servants
not exceeding 
D° to the three Magistrates for the Maintenance
and cloathing of two Servants each in Sick
ness and in Health at £12. 3. 4 a Year
each 

20. — . —
20. — . —
40. — . —
4. — . —
35. — . —

40. — . —

100. — . —

150.

COLONIAL RECORDS.

277

Allowance to the Recorder, two Ministers, the
Italian Family for the silk, and to the Widow
Vanderplank, Whose husband was late Naval
Officer; for the Maintenance and cloathing
of One Servant Each in sickness and in health
at the same rate.
N. B. The Servant to the Minister will tie saved this
Year by Mr. Whitefield's going at his own Expence.
To the Cowpen Keeper for the Maintenance and
Cloathing of an Helper at the same rate .
For the Charge of sixty Men Trust Servants to be
employ'd as follows Viz' Nine at and for the
Saw Mill, four in the publick Garden, seven
in cultivating Lands for Religious Uses, and
forty in cultivating Bouverie's Farm for the
use of the Colony, And these Servants to
have Lands set out for themselves and to
labour by weekly Task Work to be settled by
their Overseer ; to encourage them to finish
such Task Work and have the remainder of
the Week to themselves. To be paid by the
Week after the rate of eight pence a day each
to maintain themselves in provision and
cloathing therewith ; But upon not perform
ing their weekly Task Work then to be paid
in proportion to the Work they do. . .
The Women Servants to be employ'd in labour as
the Overseer shall direct, and to be paid after
the rate of six pence a day each, to maintain
themselves in provision and Cloathing there
with ; But upon not performing their Work
as directed, then to be paid in proportion to
the Work they do 
The Children of six Years old and upwards of
such servants, to be employ'd as the Overseer
shall direct ; And the Maintenance of them
for Provision and Cloathing ; to be paid by
the Week after the rate of four Pence a day
each, One with Another But those Children
of such Servants under six Years old are to
be maintain'd by their Parents out of their
Allowances. N. B. The Charge of the Servants for
cultivating the Lands for Religious Uses, and
Bouverie's Land will, (it is hoped) if good
Seasons happen, gradually be eased by the

}¦ 60. 16.^8

12. 3. 4

i 730. — . —

278

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Produce, or by setting the reduced Lands to
(sic)
Farmers at settled Rents.
N. B. All Savings on the head of Trust
Servants for Non Performance of their Task
Work, by idleness, running away, sickness,
&c. must be accounted for to the Trust ;
Which the Overseer is to be carefull of, and
keep a weekly Account of.
For Grindstones, Saws, Plains Nails and Other
Tools and necessary Utensils 
For repair of Tools 
For Repair of the Houses and Machines used
Encouragements and Other Incidents on the
production of Raw Silk 
Total Expence of Savanah Division (besides the
Purchase of the proper Pilot Boat at Tybee
Value about £60. And the Amount of the
Charges of the Women Servants and Children
of Trust Servants) amounts to 
At Frederica
Salary to the first Magistrate and Correspondent
with the Secretary of the Province ....
Salary To the second and third Magistrate at fif
teen Pounds Each 
Salary to the Recorder 
v Salary to the Minister 
Salary to the Overseer of the Trust Servants em
ploy'd in cultivating Trust Lands and Lands
for Religious Uses ; To have no land and find
himself, to keep a Weekly Book of labour
by Task'd Work, and make monthly Returns
to the Secretary in the Province ....
Salary to the publick Blacksmith for mending Mi
litia Arms 
Salary to the School Master at Frederica . . .
Salary to the Parish Clerk at Frederica . . .
Salary to the publick Midwife at Frederica for the
poor and Trust Servants, besides five Shillings
^> laying ; And to be oblig'd to go on all
Occasions when required 
Allowance to the Chief Magistrate for publick
Rejoicings, Anniversary Days &c . . . .

15. — . —
5. — . —
50. — . —

£1785. — .
40. — .
30. — .
20. — .
50. — .
25. — .

15.
10. 5.

5.
4.

COLONIAL RECORDS.

279

D° To the two Constables at Frederica, their
Duty frequently calling them away from their
Occupations £10. Each 
D° for the care of the Widows of Trust Servants
till married or in service (due regard being
had to their Age and infirmities) not exceeding
D° for the care of the sick. Vizt. Food Apothe
caries Drugs, Attendance, Midwife, Nurses,
burying the Dead &c. being for such only as
are on the poor Account and Trust Servants,
not exceeding 
For a Coasting Boat to be work'd by a Coxon at
£2. a Month and four hands at One Pound
five Shillings a Month each, for repairs of the
Boat at fifty Shillings a Year ; And for the
purchase of the Boat value ten Pounds .
Allowance to the Pilot at Jekyll or S' Simons to
be oblig'd to give strict Attendance, to have
the Boat and sufficient hands always upon the
Spot (not less than two besides the Pilot) and
to keep the Boat in repair ; being first sup
plied with the Boat and its Appurtenances.
And to be allowed besides for Pilotage in and
out to Sea again by the Captain of each Ship
so piloted as follows Viz' For every Ship
drawing eleven feet Water and under twelve
feet four Shillings ^ foot Draught, and for
every Ship exceeding twelve feet Draught
five Shillings ^> foot Draught, for every foot
so exceeding besides the four Shillings <§>> foot
under twelve feet Draught  .

20.

50. — . —

75.

96. 10. —

40. — . —

Servants

Allowance to the first Magistrate, and the Minister ")
for the maintenance and cloathing of one I
Servant each in sickness and in health at |
£12. 3. 4. a Year Each  j

24. 6.

280

COLONIAL RECORDS.

For the Charge of twenty One Men Trust Servants
to be employ'd as follows. Viz* seven in cul
tivating lands for Religious Uses, seven in
cultivating Trust Lands at Frederica, And
seven in cultivating Trust Lands at S' Simons
Bluff for the use of the Colony. And these
Servants to have Lands set out for themselves
And to labour by weekly Task Work to be
settled by their Overseer, to encourage them
to finish such Task Work and have the re
mainder of the Week to themselves ; To be
paid by the Week after the rate of Eight
pence ^ day each to maintain themselves in
provision and cloathing therewith, But upon
not performing their weekly Task Work, then
to be paid in proportion to the Work they do
To Seventeen Women Servants to be employ'd in
labour as the Overseer shall direct, And to be
paid by the Week after the rate of six pence
a day each, to maintain themselves in Pro
vision and cloathing therewith ; But upon not
performing their work as directed then to be
paid in proportion to the Work they do . .
N. B. The Children' of these Servants are
all under six Years of Age, and are to be
maintain'd by their Parents out of their
Allowances. N. B. The Charge of the Servants for cul
tivating the Lands for Religious Uses and the
Use of the Colony will (it is hop'd) if good
Seasons happen, gradually be eased by the
Produce, or by setting the reduced Lands to
(sio
Farmers at settled Rents.
N. B. All Savings on the head of Trust
Servants for Non performance of their Task
Work, by Idleness, running away, Sickness
&c. must be accounted for to the Trust,
Which the Overseer is to be carefull of, and
keep a Weekly Account of.
Total Expence of Frederica Division (besides the
Purchase of the proper Pilot Boat at Jekyll
or S' Simons Value about sixty Pounds
amounts to 

355. 10. 0.

155. 2.

£1020. 9 2.

COLONIAL RECORDS.

281

500. 0. 0

100.

100. — .

General Charges.
Surveying Lands to be paid <$& Acre, not exceeding 50. 0. 0.
Incident Expences Vizt. erecting publick Build
ings and Bridges, raising Banks, purchase of
new Boats when lost or worn out, occasional
Pettiaugua hire to Frederica or Charles Town
from Savanah at four Guineas Each hire to
each place, purchase of Seeds for Trust Lands,
Supply of Trust Cattle, Hogs, Poultry. &c.
Excess of Dearness of Provision. Which may
make it necessary to increase Servants Allow
ance, Repair of Mills, Light House, Crane,
and all publick Civil Buildings and Works
not exceeding 
Towards building and repairing Churches, buying
furniture, Books for the School &c. not ex
ceeding 
To execute Justice, pursue fugitive Servants and
Felons not exceeding 
For Paper Books and Other Stationary Ware for ~\
the Colony, with charges of sending not ex- v 30. — . —
ceeding  )
For Presents to the Indians including the Charges ")
of sending and Insurance, and for entertain- V 500. — . —
ing them when they come down. Not exceeding )
For encouraging usefull Inventions and Arts, as "j q-m m O
Silk, Wine, Pot Ash Pottery Ware &c. . . } ° '
Charges in England
Salary to the Secretary 
Salary to the Accomptant 
Wages to the Messenger at four Shillings a Week
Wages to the Housekeeper at two Shillings six
pence ^> Week 
Extraordinary Clerkship One Year with Another
Reward to the Accomptant for his extraordinary
trouble in attending the Trustees Business at
the Custom house, and in making, checquing
and accepting the Sola Bills; And other Busi- }- 100.
ness not relating to the Office of Accomptant I
being the same as allowed in each Year for j
Years past  j
Stationary Ware and Printing One Year with Another. 40. — .

ItiU.150.

,

_

10.

8.

0

6.

10.

0

48.

2.

0

282 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Incident Charges One Year with Another. . . . 40. — . —
House Rent  30. — . —
Sola Bills One Year with Another  25. — . —

600. 0. 0.

Resolved That the Common Council do agree that the aforesaid be the Estimate
for the ensuing Year.
Order'd That a Copy of such Part of the said Estimate as relates to the for
eign Expences of the Colony be sent over immediately to M' Stephens,
that the People may regulate themselves accordingly.
Resolved That M' John Fallowfield be appointed second Bailiff of the Town of
Savanah in the room of M' Robert Gilbert.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday June the 6. 1739
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' L'apostre in the Chair.
Earl of Egmont
M' Hen. Archer
M' Tho8 Tower
Lord Sidney Beauclerk
M' Tracy
S' William Heathcote
Mr Smith
M' Holland.
Resolved That M' William Williamson be appointed Recorder of the Town of
Savanah in the room of M' Tho8 Christie
Resolved That M' Thomas Christie be appointed third Bailiff of the Town of
Savanah Resolved That M' Thomas Jones be appointed Overseer of the Trust Servants in
the Northern Division of the Province.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 283
Read a Letter from M' John West, dated (Si0) desiring leave to re
turn home (he being very much indispos'd) and a License to dispose of
his Lot.
Resolved That M' John West have License to dispose of his Lot to such Person
as Mr Stephens shall approve of, and to return home.
A Report was made to the Common Council that Robert Hows, instead
of alienating his fifty Acre Lot to the Revd M' George Whitefield, had
surrender'd the same to the Trustees, in order to be a Part of the five
hundred Acres granted to the said M' Whitefield in Trust.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the same.
Read a Letter to Col Oglethorpe ; Which after several Alterations
was approved of. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday June 20'" 1739
Present in Common Council Assembled.
Lord Sidney Beauclerk in the Chair.
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' Laroche
M' Hen. Archer
M' L'apostre
D' Hales
M' Smith
M' Holland
S' William Heathcote
Resolved That One of the best forfeited Lots at Savanah be granted to M'
Thomas Jones.
Resolved That Henry Parker be removed from being first Bailiff of the Town of
Savanah. Read aT)eed for removing and displacing Thomas Christie from the

284 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Office of Recorder of the Town of Savanah and Appointing William
Williamson Recorder in the room of Thomas Christie.
Resolved That Thomas Christie be appointed first Bailiff of the Town of Sa
vanah in the room of Henry Parker.
Order'd That a Deed for the same be prepared, and that the Seal of the Cor
poration be affix'd to the same and that the Secretary do countersign it.
Read a Deed for appointing John Fallowfield second Bailiff of the
Town of Savanah.
Read a Deed for removing and displacing Robert Gilbert from the Of
fice of third Bailiff of the Town of Savanah and appointing Thomas
Jones to be third Bailiff in his room.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the aforesaid Deeds in
the presence of any three of the Trustees.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
The Common Council taking into consideration the present absolute
Necessity of providing a Scout Boat at Amelia for the safety and Pro
tection of the Province by preventing any surprise, and a Boat at S'
Andrews in order to give Intelligence and keep open the Communication
with S' Simons.
Resolved That in the Estimate of the Expences from Michaelmas 1739 to Mich8
1740 two hundred and fifty Eight Pounds fifteen Shillings and One
Penny be inserted for a Georgia Scout Boat consisting of a Patroon and
ten Men and Provisions for them And that forty Eight Pounds be in
serted for Eight Hands for the Boat at S' Andrews for Provisions and
Shoes at six pounds Each.
Resolved That two hundred Pounds be paid to Col1 Oglethorpe for the Bill
Which he took up from Mr Jenys for that Sum drawn on the Trust
Aprill the 27'" 1736, and accounted for by Col. Oglethorpe tho' never
paid by the Trust ; M' Jenys having acquainted the Board with the
reason why the said Bill was not demanded because Col. Oglethorpe had
taken it upon himself.
A Bill was brought for payment for six hundred thirty six pounds
Seventeen Shillings and three Pence drawn the 7'" of Aprill last by the

COLONIAL RECORDS. 285
Executors of the late Paul Jenys on the Trustees for the Balance of their
Account. Resolved That the said Account be refer'd to the Committee of Accounts ; and
that the Acceptance of the said Bill be postpon'd till the Report of the
said Committee
Resolved That Samuel Davison be appointed Overseer of the Trust Servants in
the Southern Part of the Province.
M' Holland reported to the Board that Himself, M' L'apostre and Mr
Smith had exchang'd the last Year's Vouchers with the Bank when it
appear'd that the Balance of the Trustees Cash in the Bank of England
on the 91" Instant amounted to two thousand three hundred and fifty two
Pounds five Shillings and Nine Pence.
The Accomptant acquainted the Common Council that of the above
Balance One thousand five hundred and thirty four Pounds stand ap
propriated for the payment of Outstanding Sola Bills sent to be issued in
Georgia for the service of the Province, three hundred and Eighty One
Pounds Eleven Shillings and five Pence for particular Uses, And four
hundred thirty six pounds fourteen Shillings and four pence for Estab
lishing the Colony.
The Accomptant acquainted the Common Council that pursuant to
the Orders of the Common Council a Draught had been made on the
Bank of England to M' Alderman Heathcote for five hundred Pounds
for the payment of Sola Bills dated the 11*" Instant and was sign'd by
the Earl of Egmont M' Laroche Sr William Heathcote M' Tho8 Tower
and Mr Vernon N° 6521 \
Order'd That two Tons of half Pence be bought and sent to Georgia by the
two Brothers Capt. Thomson towards defraying half a Year's Expence
of the Estimate from Mich8 1739 And the Charge thereof to be replaced
out of the twenty thousand Pounds when receiv'd there not being Money
sufficient for the Colony at present to answer the Purchase, and the said
Half Pence not being to be had after the ensuing Week.
Order'd That One thousand Pounds be paid into the hands of M' Alderman
Heathcote to be accounted for.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the same by the Earl
of Egmont M' Vernon M' Holland D' Hales and M' L'apostre N° 6522 w.

286 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Read a Petition of Capt. William Thomson setting forth that in May
1738 he demanded Payment of- four hundred sixty Nine Pounds One
Shilling and three half Pence certified by M' Thomas Causton in Jan'7
before to be due to thp Petitioner for Stores and Necessaries deliver'd at
Savanah in Georgia. That the Trustees return'd the said Certificate to
the Petitioner in order to receive the same of M' Causton and advanced
four hundred Pounds in the mean time on the Petitioner's Bond jointly
with his Owners towards Answering Cash to the Petitioner Which had
been disburs'd in the said Stores and Necessaries And Which the Peti
tioner was to repay in case he receiv'd the said four hundred sixty Nine
Pounds One Shilling and three half Pence of M' Causton.
That the Petitioner has applied to Mr Causton for payment of the said
Certificate and was answer'd by him that he had not any Money to pay
it with. Therefore the Petitioner prays the Trustees to deliver up his said Bond
and pay the remaining Sum of sixty Nine Pounds One Shilling and three
half Pence due to him on the said Certified Account.
Resolved That the Payment of the Sum of Sixty Nine Pounds One Shilling
and three half Pence be postpon'd and that his Bond be kept in hand till
the Commissioners in Georgia make their Return of the said Account.
Read a Memorial of Capt. William Thomson setting forth, that before
Col. Oglethorpe left England, he sailed for Georgia with German Serv
ants at his own and joint Owners Risque in order to supply the Inhabit
ants with white Men, that he carried over One hundred and Seventeen
Heads, Whereof he receiv'd for One Head seven Pounds from Mr Haw
kins, And that for the rest whom he could not dispose of amounting to
One hundred and sixteen Heads, Whereof One Head at Eight Pounds,
And the rest at seven Pounds Each He deliver'd to the Orders of Col.
Oglethorpe. And that he took over sundry Goods Part Whereof
amounting to two hundred and thirteen Pounds Nine Shillings and
Eleven Pence One farthing he deliver'd pursuant to the Orders of Col.
Oglethorpe. That One thousand and twenty Six Pounds Nine Shillings
and Eleven Pence One farthing were due to him for the same, Which
he desired might be paid to such Attorney as he should appoint out of
the Money granted by Parliament when receiv'd.
Resolved That the said Memorial be refer'd to the Committee of Accounts.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 287
Resolved That the Supply to William Stephens Esq' by Col. Oglethorpe be not
accounted as part of the twenty Pounds and thirty Pounds Order'd to be
paid to him in the Trustees Letter of the 2d of Aprill last for defraying
the Expence of his Family's Sickness and the loss sustain'd by his Serv
ant's Sickness.
Order'd That twenty five Pounds be paid to William Stephens Esq' for his
Services from Midsummer to Michaelmas 1739 before the Estimate takes
place. And that Sola Bills be sent over to Georgia for that purpose.
Resolved That Peter Emery be appointed Pilot at Tybee if he approves of the
Terms propos'd in the Estimate. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday June 27. 1739
Present in Common Council Assembled
Earl of Egmont in the Chair
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Vernon
M' Holland
M' Laroche
Mr L'apostre
D' Hales
M' Smith.
Read a Petition of Ann Emery the Wife of Peter Emery lately ap
pointed Pilot at Tybee in Georgia setting forth, that She was the Widow
of Michael Germain, and possess'd for her life in an House and One
Moiety of the Improvements of a fifty Acre Lot upon the back of the
Town of Savanah N° 78. And that the Other Moiety of the said Im
provements is the Property of her Son Michael Germain aged Nineteen
with remainder to him of the said House, And the Petitioner's Moiety
of the said Improvements after her Death.
That the Petitioner has a Daughter aged Eleven Whom the Petitioner
is desirous should be nominated as Successor to the said House and fifty

288 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Acre Lot in case of the Death of her Brother Michael Germain without
any Issue Male of his Body.
That the Petitioner came to England in expectation of receiving a
Benefit upon the Death of her Brother, in which She was disappointed,
And being on her Return to Georgia, has occasion for some Assistance
for Necessaries ; And as her Husband is station'd as Pilot of Tybee prays
for twenty Pounds to be advanced upon Account of her Husband's in
tended Service, And a fifty Acre Lot of Land may be granted to her said
Husband situated on Tybee ; And that She may have a License to sell
Beer in the House to be built thereupon.
Resolved That the Petitioner's Daughter nam'd Mary Germain be nominated as
Successor to the fifty Acre Lot upon the back of the Town of Savanah
N° 78 in case of the Death of her Brother Michael Germain without any
Issue ; And that a fifty Acre Lot be granted to her Husband Peter Em
ery upon the Island of Tybee And that the Petitioner may have a Li
cense to sell Beer there, But that the Trustees cannot advance her any
Money for Necessaries.
Read a Petition of Mary Crowder Widow of Joseph Cooper late of Sa
vanah in Georgia, setting forth that M' Henry Parker of Savanah has
rented her House from the 16'" of June 1735 at the rate of ten Pounds
ten Shillings Sterling a Year. That the Trustees on the 23d of March
1736 advanc'd One Year's Rent, And that on the 14'" of Aprill 1738
Advanc'd another Year's Rent, That on the 16'" Instant two Years more
Rent was become due. And therefore prays the Trustees to assist her
with half a Year's Rent Which may have been paid into the hands of
M' Thomas Causton her Attorney to receive her Rent of the said Henry
Parker.Resolved That as Bailiff Parker has not paid the two Years Rent to M' Causton,
the said Petition be rejected.
Read a Petition of Isaac Young setting forth, That he arrived in the
Province of Georgia August 21 1736, That he had often applied to have
his Grant for One hundred Acres run out. That at last he with some
Others was pitch'd upon by M' Causton to settle a Village. And that
after some trouble he could get but fifty Acres set out. That by sick
ness he was indebted to the Trust about twenty five Pounds, And that
he is working himself out of Debt in the Bricklayer's Business and prays

COLONIAL RECORDS. 289
the Assistance of the Trustees. That he has taken possession of a Tract
of Vacant Land, Which he desires may be confirm'd to him.
Resolved That M' Stephens be desired to inquire into the Allegations of the
said Petition. Whether the vacant Land Which the Petitioner has
taken possession of be good, And that One hundred Acres be set out for
him ; And that M' Stephens be again inform'd of the Negligence of the
Surveyors Whom he must again call upon to do their Duty.
Resolved That the Trustees cannot advance the Petitioner any Money.
Read Proposals from Andrew Duche desiring the Trustees to procure
from his Majesty a Patent for the sole making of Porcelain in Georgia,
and praying the Trustees to send him One Ton Weight of Pig lead, and
two hundred Weight of blew Smalt, three hundred Weight of Block
Tin, and an Iron Mortar and Pestle.
Resolved That a Sum not exceeding twelve pounds be laid out in the purchase
of a Pestle and Mortar, and Lead, Smalt, and Block tin ; And that
Andrew Duche be instructed to send over a Specimen of all the Porcelain
he makes. But that the Trustees cannot say any thing to the Other
Part of his proposal about the Patent till they see some proofs of his
Works. Read a Memorial of I. Hamerton Receiver General of the Quit Rents
in South Carolina setting forth ; That he being to pay some Money in
Great Britain for the use of the Crown, And as he is authoris'd to draw
upon the King's Quit Rents for two hundred Pounds in South Carolina
for the King's Service, And desiring the Trustees to pay him two hun
dred Pounds on his giving Bills on his Deputy at Charles Town to be
punctually paid to the Trustees Order at Charles Town.
The Accomptant acquainted the Board that Peter Le Heup Esq' in
form'd him that the Deputy Receiver had always sufficient Money in his
hands to answer two hundred Pounds Value. And that the said Re
ceiver had a right to draw for that sum for the King's Use to pay the
Auditor's Salary and other Charges here.
Resolved That two hundred pounds be paid to the said Mr Hamerton for his
Bills on his Deputy at Charles Town for the said sum of two hundred
Pounds payable to William Stephens Esq' M' Thomas Christie and Mr
Thomas Jones or the order of any two of them.
[19 c. v.]

290 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Read a Letter from Samuel Holmes setting forth that when he went
over to Georgia with two Servants in the Year 1733, his two Servants
were inticed from him at Charles Town That he has carried on the
Bricklayer's and Brick Maker's Business there, and has made as good
Bricks as can be made in England, and desires a Credit of Servants.
Resolved That M' Stephens be inform'd that if any of the Trust Servants are
not engaged, and are not provided for by the Estimate, that Samuel
Holmes have two Servants upon condition that he instructs them in the
Brick Maker's Business and maintains his Servants himself.
The Common Council taking into consideration the difficulty of find
ing proper Persons to oversee the Trust Servants Who have no land,
thought it proper to change that Part of the Estimate by which the
Overseers are restrain'd from having any lands in the Province of Geor
gia ; And to appoint Thomas Jones the third Bailiff of Savanah to be
Overseer of the Trust Servants in the Northern Part of the Province,
(notwithstanding the Order of the last Common Council for revoking the
Appointment of him,) and Samuel Davison to be Overseer of the Trust
Servants in the Southern Part of the Province, Who are severally to en
ter into Recognizances to the Trustees in the respective Town Courts of
Savanah and Frederica, That they will not employ any of the Trustees
Servants upon their own lands on pain of forfeiting their Employments
and one Year's Salary.
Resolved That Appointments be sealed for the said Overseers, And that Instruc
tions be sent to them under the Trustees Seal to be settled by the Com
mittee of Correspondence agreeable to the several Resolutions of the Com
mon Council, And that the Secretary do countersign the said Appoint
ments and Resolutions.
Resolved That two hundred Copies of the Trustees Answer to the Representa
tion from Savanah about the Tenure of Lands and Negroes be printed
and sent to Georgia for the Information of the Inhabitants.
Resolved That if Robert Hows now returning to Georgia shall appear indebted
to the Trustees, that no Proceedings be made against him untill his case
be known, and Directions given by the Common Council thereupon.
Resolyed That William Stephens Esq' M' Thomas Christie and Mr Thomas Jones

COLONIAL RECORDS. 291
or any two of them be the Persons who are to issue the Trustees Sola
Bills for the service of the Colony.
Resolved That Eight Barrels of Gunpowder fourteen hundred weight of Indian
Gun Bullets, and four hundred weight of Swan Drop Shot be purchased
and sent as part of the Presents to the Indians estimated to be sent from
England. Read a Memorial from M' Peter Simond setting forth that by three
several Accounts remitted to him from Georgia One thousand six hun
dred and sixty seven Pounds Eight Shillings and nine pence was due to
him ; That it might be some time before the Commissioners Report there
upon would be received from Georgia ; That he had been out of this
Money a long time, and was in present want thereof, and praying in the
mean time an Advance of fourteen or fifteen hundred Pounds in part
thereof. Resolved That twelve hundred Pounds be advanced to M' Peter Simond on his
Note to answer to the Trustees any Sum Which may be short of twelve
hundred Pounds to be reported due on the said One thousand six hun
dred and sixty seven Pounds Eight Shillings and nine Pence in case any
just Objections or Deductions should reduce the same on the Commis
sioners Report when received from Georgia under the sum of twelve
hundred Pounds.
Read a Petition of Mess" Pytt and Tuckwell setting forth that by
three several Accounts remitted them from Georgia four hundred and
seven Pounds five Shillings and nine pence half Penny was due to them ;
That they having no reason to doubt but the said Accounts are true ;
And that the Non Payment of them tho' remitted as Cash was a great
Inconvenience ; And praying an Advance of three hundred Pounds on
the credit of the said Accounts untill the Trustees are satisfied therein.
Resolved That three hundred Pounds be advanced to the said Mess" Pytt and
Tuckwell on their Note to answer to the Trustees any sum which may be
short of three hundred Pounds to be reported due on the said four hun
dred and Seven Pounds five Shillings and nine Pence half Penny in case
any just Objections or Deductions should reduce the same on the Com
missioners Report when received from Georgia under the sum of three
hundred Pounds.

292 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Resolved That any five of the Common Council do draw upon the Bank of Eng
land (after the twenty thousand Pounds granted by Parliament shall have
been received) for payment of the said sums of two hundred Pounds to
John Hammerton twelve hundred Pounds to M' Peter Simond and three
hundred Pounds to Mess'8 Pytt and Tuckwell by an Imprest to M' Alder
man Heathcote for that purpose.
Read a Letter from Kennedy Obrien Esq' dated Augusta in Georgia
1. Aprill 1739 desiring a Grant of five hundred Acres of Land accord
ing to the Plot inclosed in his said Letter, and recommended by Col.
Oglethorpe for that purpose.
Resolved That a Grant of five hundred Acres according to the said Plot be
made out to the said Kennedy OBrien Esq' and sent over to him under
the seal of the Corporation countersign'd by the Secretary together with
a Counterpart thereof to be executed in Georgia by the said Kennedy
OBrien. Resolved That the Secretary do sign a Memorial thereof to be register'd with
the Auditor of the Plantations : And that One Pound Eleven Shillings
and six Pence the Consideration Money of the said Grant, and the
Charge of registring it be advanced to be repaid in Georgia by the said
Kennedy OBrien before the Delivery of the Grant to him.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday July 11 1739
Present in Common Council Assembled.
M' Tho8 Tower in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' Laroche
Lord Sidney Beauclerk
M' Holland
M' L'apostre
D' Hales
M' Smith

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Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts that they had read a
Memorial from Capt. William Thomson, relating to German Servants
and Goods receiv'd and deliver'd by the order of Col. Oglethorpe in Jan'7
1738, refer'd to them by the Common Council the 20'" of June last ;
And it appearing to them that the German Servants dispos'd of by order
of Col Oglethorpe and unpaid for amounted to One hundred and sixteen
Heads, Whereof forty seven Heads appear'd to be payable by the Trus
tees as dispos'd of for the following Uses. Viz' twelve Heads and a |
half for cultivating Lands for Religious Uses in the Northern Part of/
the Province, Which Col. Oglethorpe mention'd in his Letter to the Ac
comptant dated Jan'7 13. 1738 were then wanted. Seven Heads to cul
tivate Lands at Fort Argyle clear'd by Capt. Mackpherson's Rangers.
One head to the Revd M' Norris the Trustees Missionary, four Heads to ,'
be employ'd in the publick Garden under the care of Joseph Fitz
Walter, five Heads and One third employ'd as Cow Herds to the
Saltzburghers. One Head to attend the Saltzburgh Orphans. Two
Heads to the Saltzburgh School Master. One Head to William Stephens
Esq' Secretary for the Affairs of the Trust in Georgia. And thirteen
Heads One sixth to be employ'd in cultivating Lands for Religious Uses ;
in the South Part of the Province, if not already provided, Otherwise to
be employ'd in the cultivation of Trust Lands at Frederica. And the
other Sixty Nine Heads the Committee were of Opinion did not appear
chargeable on the Trust by any Evidence at present produced to them.
That the Committee then proceeded ta consider of the Account of
Goods deliver'd by the said Capt. Thomson pursuant to the Orders of
Col. Oglethorpe amounting to two hundred and thirteen Pounds Nine
Shillings and Eleven pence farthing ; Whereof One hundred and two
Pounds Sixteen Shillings and four pence farthing is enter'd as the
Amount of sundry Goods receiv'd for the Trustees Store including three
pounds three Shillings a Part thereof for the Cabin o'Board the two
Brothers us'd by John Brailsford in his return from England ; After the
Hearing on the Dispute relating to the Indian Trade was over. Which
sum the Committee were of Opinion ought to be paid and no more, the
remaining Sum being for Articles design'd for Presents to the Spanish
Messengers When they come to Georgia, for Encouragement of Shop
keepers, and Other Credits ; Which the Committee were of opinion
ought not to be a Charge upon, or any Concern of the Trust, but that
the Sum of One hundred and two pounds Sixteen Shillings and four
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seven Heads of Servants beforemention'd, making four hundred thirty
One Pounds Sixteen Shillings and four Pence the Committee were of
Opinion ought to be paid to the said Capt Thomson.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.
Resolved That four hundred thirty One Pounds sixteen Shillings and four Pence
be paid to Capt. William Thomson.
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts of July 4'" 1739 that
they having examin'd the Accounts of the late Paul Jenys Esq' sent over
by his Executors, with the Accounts lately receiv'd from M' Causton do
find in them the following Differences. Vizt. In the Account of the
Duty on Rum M' Jenys's Executors have enter'd five hundred ninety two
Pounds Nine Shillings Currency to M' Causton's Account of Goods taken
from Capt Price, not accounted for in the Certificate Which Goods were
paid for by M' Causton in the following manner. Viz' Sept' 27. 1735
by two Bills of Exchange on James Oglethorpe Esq' the One for fifty
Pounds, and the Other for thirty Pounds Sterl. making in Currency at
that time at 700 $ Cent, five hundred and Sixty Pounds. And 4'" of
November following by two Certificates of James Mackpherson for the
pay of Arthur Ogle Edgecomb and William Finley for Eighty four
pounds Currency ; Each making together Seven hundred and twenty
Eight pounds Currency, Which are not mention'd in M' Causton's said
Certificate dated Aprill 15. 1738, And the said Goods by Capt. Price are
enter'd by M' Causton to be receiv'd in December 1734 ; Whereon he
states a Balance due to him of One hundred and thirty five Pounds
Eleven Shillings Currency.
The said Executors have also enter'd One hundred and seventeen
Pounds ten Shillings Currency to M' Causton's Order to themselves Au
gust 15 1738 Which M' Causton mentions to be for eight thousand Bricks
at five pounds ^ 1000 and Cash paid, Whereof the Bricks were not de
liver'd amounting to forty Pounds ; And therefore they ought not to be
paid for in Credit to the said Executors.
And the Committee do find that in the Account of Cash paid by the
late Paul Jenys two hundred Ninety three Pounds twelve Shillings
Currency are enter'd July 24 1736 as paid for M' Causton's Draught to
.William Butler N° 79, Which by the Accounts lately receiv'd from him
s an Over Charge of One hundred Pounds Currency. The said Bill

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having been drawn only for One hundred Ninety three Pounds twelve
Shillings Currency.
The said Executors have also charg'd Sixty three Pounds thirteen
Shillings and Nine Pence Currency paid to Mr Causton by Mary Hodges
Which is not mentioned in his Account ; But in their Letter to the
Trustees they write that the Addition of that sum was because M' Caus
ton had sign'd to have receiv'd it, Which may be properly applied as
part of the One hundred thirty five Pounds Eleven Shillings Currency
beforemention'd to be due to him ; And therefore not chargeable on the
Trustees in the said Executors Account.
All Which Sums of five hundred Ninety two Pounds, Nine Shillings,
forty Pounds, One hundred Pounds, and Sixty three Pounds thirteen
Shillings and Nine Pence, amount together to Seven hundred Ninety
Six pounds two Shillings and nine Pence Currency, Which in Sterling
at 700 <P> Cent for Six hundred ninety Six Pounds two Shillings and
Nine Pence Part thereof; And at 740 ^> Cent for One hundred Pounds
the Residue thereof makes One hundred and twelve Pounds Nineteen
Shillings and two pence half Penny Sterl. And the Committee by the
said Accounts receiv'd from M' Causton do find that he had drawn two
Bills on the late Paul Jenys Esq' Which have not been taken Credit for
in Any of the Accounts received by the Trustees from the said Paul
Jenys or his Executors ; The One for three hundred Pounds Currency
Sept' 27 1735 to Andrew Grant, And the Other for two hundred and
sixty Pounds Currency the 5'" November following to Samuel Lacey
making five hundred and Sixty Pounds Currency, And in Sterling at
700 ^> Cent Eighty Pounds. Which must be examin'd into, Whether
the said Draughts were paid out of any of the present Sums in Charge
on the said Paul Jenys. Wherefore the Committee were of Opinion
that Copies of all the said Accounts' should be sent to the Commissioners
appointed to examine and state the publick Debts in Georgia with the
Observations of the Committee thereupon.
And the Committee, observing an Article of four hundred Pounds
£
charged by the said Executors for Commission at 5 <p Cent on receiving the
eight thousand pounds Currency out of the Duty of three pence a Gal
lon on Rum, submit the consideration thereof to the Common Council
Which in sterling at 740 <P Cent the Exchange the Bill is drawn for ,
amounts to fifty four Pounds One Shilling. And if the Common Coun
cil shall think proper to allow any Commission for receiving the said

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Eight thousand Pounds, the Committee were of opinion that 2. ^ Cent
is a sufficient Allowance for the same amounting to twenty One Pounds
twelve Shillings and four pence Whereby thirty two Pounds Eight Shil
lings and eight pence will be disallow'd on this Article, Which being
added to the One hundred and twelve Pounds Nineteen Shillings and
two pence half penny beforemention'd makes One hundred and forty
five Pounds Seven Shillings and ten pence half penny to be deducted
out of the Balance of six hundred thirty six Pounds seventeen Shillings
and three pence stated by the said Executors to be due to the Estate of
the said Paul Jenys according to what at present appears to the Com
mittee, and will thereby reduce vthe same to four hundred Ninety One
Pounds Nine Shillings and four pence half penny.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.
Resolved That the said Sum of four hundred Ninety one Pounds Nine Shillings
and four pence half penny be paid to Mess'8 Smith and Bonovrier to
whom the said Bill of six hundred thirty six pounds Seventeen Shillings
and three pence was remitted, being the Balance stated on the said
Report And that they give a Receipt for the same for the use of the said
Executors Who drew the said Bill under a Copy of the said Report.
Resolved That One thousand Eight hundred Pounds be paid into the hands of M'
Alderman Heathcote on Account.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for three thousand five hundred
Pounds, being for the said sum of one thousand Eight hundred Pounds,
and for the sum of One thousand Seven hundred Pounds order'd by the
last Common Council by M' Tho8 Tower the Earl of Egmont M' Vernon
M' L'apostre and D' Hales N° 6523w-
Read a Copy of a Resolution of the Incorporated Society in Scotland
for propagating Christian Knowledge made the 14'" of last Month to the
following Purpose.
"That upon the Trustees for Georgia giving an absolute Grant of
" three hundred Acres of Land for the Benefit of the Society's Mission
ary in Georgia within twelve miles of new Inverness in Darien ; The
" Society will grant forty pounds for indenting or buying up four Serv-
" ants towards cultivating or clearing the said Land for the Missionary ;
"And That in case of the Decease of M' Macleod, or his leaving that
"Mission, Any reasonable Debt he may contract in maintaining the said

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"Servants be declared a Burthen on his Successor in that Mission, in
' ' respect he will reap the Benefit of the said Improvements.
Resolved That three hundred Acres of Land in Georgia within twelve Miles of
new Inverness in Darien be granted under the Seal of the Corporation
to the Revd Mr John Macleod the present Missionary sent by the said
Incorporated Society in Scotland to officiate at Darien in Georgia. To hold
to him and his Successors, Who shall be sent by the said Society, to be
cultivated for the use of the said Mission. And That the present fifty Acres
Lot in the possession of the said M' John Macleod be accounted as Part
of the said Three hundred Acres. And that the Seal of the Corpora
tion be affixed thereto by the Trustees, and That the Secretary do coun
tersign it, and sign a Memorial thereof to be register'd with the Auditor
of the Plantations.
M' Verelst acquainted the Common Council That a Bill had been re
mitted to him by Gen1 Oglethorpe for one thousand sixty One Pounds
and Eight Shillings for the Subsistance of his Regiment from the 251"
of Aprill 1739 to 24'" of June following directed to Peregrine Fury
Esq' his Agent, Whereof a Letter of Advice should have been sent
therewith ; But for want thereof the said Agent postpon'd the Accept
ance and Payment of the said Bill. And That the Gen1 had drawn on
him the said Verelst to answer the Expences of the Colony, Which he
had defray'd on his own Account, that the General might be reimburs'd
by the Trustees When the Accounts of the said Expences shall be re
ceiv'd and approv'd of. And that the said Agent's postponing the pay
ment of the said Bill would disable the said Verelst from answering the
Gen1' Bill so drawn as aforesaid.
Resolved That One thousand sixty one Pounds and eight Shillings be paid to
M' Verelst for the said Bill in honor of the Drawer, to be receiv'd by
the Trustees of the said Agent When the Letter of Advice wanting
shall arrive.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England to M' Harman Verelst for
the said Sum of One thousand sixty One Pounds Eight Shillings by M'
Thomas Tower the Earl of Egmont M' Vernon M' L'apostre and D'
Hales N° 6524w
Resolved That General Oglethorpe be desired to indorse four hundred and fifty
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Nine hundred and One to Three thousand three hundred and fifty. And
Seventy five more of the said Bills for ten pounds Each Number'd Two
hundred and thirty two to Three hundred and six, Value in the whole
One thousand and two hundred Pounds ; and thereby enable William
Stephens Esq' M' Thomas Christie and M' Thomas Jones or any two of
them to issue the same for defraying the estimated Expences of the Col
ony from Mich8 1739 for one Year, for Which they are to be Account
able to the Trustees.
Order'd That this Request to Gen1 Oglethorpe be under the Seal of the Cor
poration, and that the Secretary do sign it.
Resolved That the said twelve hundred Pounds in Sola Bills be sent by the Ship
Two Brothers now going to Georgia, and consign'd to William Stephens
Esq'. The said Bills having been sealed and sign'd in pursuance of the
Order of Common Council made the 10'" of August 1737 for making out
four thousand Eight hundred and fifty Pounds in the Trustees Sola Bills
to be sent as Occasion shall require, and being Part thereof.
Resolved That Henry Parker be removed from being a Commissioner for exam
ining and stating the publick Debts in Georgia, and that Thomas Chris
tie be appointed a Commissioner in his room.
Read a Deed for the said Removal and Appointment, and Order'd the
Seal of the Corporation to be affix'd thereto, and the Secretary to Coun
tersign it.
Order'd That Leave be given to Ann Emmery the Widow of Michael Germain
to let a Lease of her Share of her said late Husband's Lot in Georgia for
seven Years, if she shall live so long.
Adjourn'd.

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Palace Court
Wednesday August 8th 1739
M' Holland in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernou
Lord Sidney Beauclerk
M' Eyre
M' L'apostre
D' Hales
M' Smith
M' Tho8 Tower
The Accountant acquainted the Common Council that he had paid
and was to pay Bills drawn on him by General Oglethorpe to the first of
June last to be plac'd to his the Gen18 own Account, tho' for the service
of the Colony, to the Amount of three thousand two hundred thirty six
pounds ten Shillings and Eight pence, untill the Accounts of the Services
defray'd therewith shall be receiv'd and approv'd of by the Common
Council for reimbursing the same to the General. That in the Gen1" last
Letter of the 14'" of May, he hoped that M' Thomas Jones had return'd
the said Accounts from his Arrival in September 1738 to Lady Day last
Which are not yet come to hand. And he further acquainted the Com
mon Council that the General had remitted him Another Bill on his
Agent payable the first of next Month for One thousand sixty One
Pounds, Eight Shillings. But that Bills for Seven hundred and two
Pounds fifteen Shillings and six pence of the said three thousand two
hundred thirty six pounds ten Shillings and Eight pence was unpaid and
m ost part thereof due before the said first of September ; And Did there
fore propose the said Bill for One thousand sixty one Pounds Eight Shil
lings to the Common Council as a Security for the Value thereof in
present Cash to answer the said Bills Unpaid, and to be receiv'd by the
Trustees when payable.
Resolved That the said Sum of One thousand sixty One Pounds Eight Shillings
be paid, and receiv'd again of the Gen18 Agent when payable.
Read a Petition of Simpson Levy setting forth, That Abraham Minis
and C° in Savanah in Georgia having transmitted to Jacob Franks of
New York Merchant an Account sign'd by Thomas Causton the late
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have been examin'd with the Trustees Leidger there, Amounting to
Seven hundred and seventeen Pounds two Shillings and three Pence due
from the Trust, Which the said Jacob Franks transmitted to the Peti
tioner with his Letter of the 27'" Aprill last, Desiring payment thereof,
And, if any Difficulty should arise, Desiring to give sufficient Security
to the Trust to make good the same.
That the Petitioner being inform'd of the Trustees appointing Com
missioners in Georgia to examine and state the publick Debts there ;
Which may be a Work of time, and being drawn upon in the mean time
on the Credit of the said Certified Account.
Therefore the Petitioner prays the Trustees to advance him Six hun
dred Pounds on Account thereof on his giving Security to be accountable
for any Deficiency of six hundred Pounds that may be short reported by
the Commissioners as due from the Trustees to the said Abraham Minis
and C°.
Resolved That six hundred Pounds be paid to M' Simpson Levy on Account of
the said Certified Account on his giving Security as propos'd in the
Petition. Read a Petition of Capt. Charles Dempsy setting forth That in Aprill
1737 he having receiv'd One hundred and fifty Pounds for his Services
at S' Augustine for the Colony of Georgia, and towards recompensing
him for his Sufferings in those Services, he having been three Months ill
of a Fever at the said Place, and cast away, and near drowning at Sea in
passing between the Provinces of Georgia and Florida, And by being so
near cast away he receiv'd such a Quantity of Salt Water into his Body,
that it has brought him into such a declining Condition as to leave him no
hopes of being at all restored but by the Bath or at least Country Air,
Which he is in no Capacity of obtaining by reason of the Expence with
out the Trustees Assistance.
The Board taking into consideration the bad state of the Petitioner's
health occasion'd by his Sufferings as set forth in the said Petition
Resolved That twenty five Pounds be given to the Petitioner to assist him in his
Illness, and as a full Recompence for his Services.
Read a Report from a Committee that they had prepared several Reso
lutions for releasing the Proviso in the Grants heretofore made for Lands
in Georgia reverting to the Trust on failure of Issue Male, and for grant
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Which being read, and, after several amendments made, approv'd of.
Resolved That the same be wrote out fair, and that it be refer'd to a Committee
of any three of the Common Council to consider if the same when fair
transcrib'd agree with the rough Draught as settled by the Common
Council of this Day. And that the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to
the same, And that the Secretary do countersign it.
Resolved That two hundred Copies of the same be printed and sent to Georgia
by the first Opportunity.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for One thousand sixty
One Pounds Eight Shillings by M' Holland the Earl of Egmont M' Eyre
M' L'apostre and D' Hales N° 6525 \
Sigu'd a Draught on the Bank of England for six hundred Pounds by
M' Holland the Earl of Egmont Mr Eyre M' L'apostre and D' Hales
6526 \ Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Tuesday August 28'" 1739
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Eyles in the Chair
M' Digby
M' Vernon
M' Eyre
Lord Sidney Beauclerk
Mr Ch. Tower
M' L'apostre
M' Smith
The Board taking into consideration that an Alteration in the Grants
and Tenure of Lands in Georgia upon failure of Issue Male would be an
Encouragement to the People in the Province, and might be an Induce
ment for Others to go and settle there, came to several Resolutions re
lating to the Grant and Tenure of Lands within the said Colony
Order'd That a Deed containing the said Resolutions be engross'd, and that the

3 02 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Seal of the Corporation be afterwards affix'd to it in the presence of any
three of the Common Council of the Trustees.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Read a Draught of a Deed Poll from the Common Council relating to
forfeited Lots within the Province of Georgia
Order'd That the same be engross'd And the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd
to the same, And that the Secretary do countersign it.
Order'd That so many of the Resolutions relating to the Tenure of Lands, as
the Trustees shall think proper, be printed in order to be sent over to the
Colony. A Letter from M' Hugh Anderson in the Province of Georgia to the
R' Hon*1" the Earl of Egmont relating among other things to several
Lots in the Colony being run out regularly and without regard to the
Quality of the Soil ; And That in many Places they are of Pine Barren
Which is unimproveable, Or in Swamps Where the necessary Drains sur
pass the Ability of the Planter.
Resolved That the said Letter so far as relates to the Quality of the Soil be re-
ferr'd to the Consideration of a Committee of Any three of the Common
Council, Who are to report their Opinion thereupon to the Board.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Friday Nov' 16'" 1739
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Laroche in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
M' Digby
M' Vernon
Lord Tyrconnel
M' L'apostre
D' Hales
M' Smith
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That M' Robert Williams attended and laid before the Committee an Ac
count Certified by Thomas Causton 20'" August 1738 for Provisions and
Necessaries receiv'd by him from Mess" Robert and John Williams at
Savanah on Account of the Trustees for Georgia amounting to five hun
dred Eighty Seven Pounds, thirteen Shillings ; Which the said Robert
Williams had transmitted to M' Papillon Ball of London Merchant to
receive payment of from the Trustees, Who by their Accomptant gave
answer that they would not pay the same, untill they had sent a Copy of
the said Account to Georgia to be examin'd into by proper Persons, Who
were to be appointed for that, and Other Purposes ; And thereupon a
Protest was made by Mr William Tudman Notary at the request of the
said Papillon Ball the 19th of December 1738, Which being sent to the
said Robert Williams, he further laid before the Commissioners an Affi
davit made by the same Thomas Causton the 7th of May 1739 That the
particulars in the said Certificate were by him receiv'd at Savanah on
the Trustees Account. That he had deliver'd over the greatest Part
thereof by the Trustees Order to Thomas Jones ; And that the other
Part was issued by him the said Thomas Causton on Account of the
Trustees. And Thomas Christie the Recorder of the Town Court at Sa
vanah certifies his taking the said Affidavit, And that at the request of
the said Robert Williams he went to Thomas Jones the Trustees Store
keeper to demand payment of the said Certified Account, Who answer'd
he had no Orders or Effects to pay the same with ; Whereupon the said
Robert Williams declared his Protest at Savanah, Which the Recorder
certified the same day.
That the said Robert Williams afterwards laid before the Committee
the several Accounts following. Viz'.
An Account currant concerning other Matters in Georgia Whereon
(Errors excepted) the Sum of Eighty Pounds Seven Shillings and Eight
pence half Penny is sign'd due to him 24 May 1739 by the said Thomas
Causton. An Account of Robert Bedford's and his Son's Work on the Roads
Bridge amounting to Six pounds One Shilling and six pence, stated by
the said Robert Williams as due to him December 28'" 1737 as having
paid the said Bedford ; Which at that time was not allowed because the
said Bedford was then indebted to the Trustees, And being since Dead
and indebted to them in a larger Sum, the said Robert Williams demands
the same by Virtue of Another Certificate from the said Thomas Caus
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304 COLONIAL RECORDS.
An Account Certified by William Russel Clerk to Thomas Jones of
Goods deliver'd out of the Trustees Store to the said Robert Williams to
the Amount of fifty Eight pounds fifteen Shillings and Eight pence
And also an Account Currant sign'd 30'" of May last stating seven
hundred ninety three Pounds four Shillings and four pence half penny
as due to the said Robert and John Williams from the Trustees ; Where
in besides the Sums beforemention'd Eighty Eight pounds two Shillings
Eleven Pence half penny is charg'd as Damage at 15 ^ Cent on five
hundred Eighty Seven pounds thirteen Shillings the Amount of the Cer
tified Account by Protest in Georgia for want of Orders and Effects to
pay the same, forty Eight Pounds Nineteen Shillings and four Pence
half penny for Interest at 10 ^> Cent <P Ann on the said Sum from
Dec' 19 1738 to Oct' 19 1739, fifteen Shillings and six pence for Costs
of the Protests in London and Georgia, And forty Pounds for twelve
Months inspecting the Labourers on the Publick Roads, paying them &c.
And the Interest of One hundred Pounds advanced for Wages. And
produced a Testimony under M' Causton's Hand dated May 26. 1739.
That the making a Road to Augusta was to be under the Direction and
Management of Robert Williams. And the said Robert Williams being
Withdrawn, the Accountant laid before the Committee a Letter from the
said Robert Williams to Gen1 Oglethorpe dated March 8 1738, Acquaint
ing him of his selling to M' Causton a Cargo on the Trustees Account for
Which he had two Certificates from M' Causton Which he promis'd not
to offer for Payment in England for six Months from August 20'" 1738,
And to abide by such Order and Direction as Gen1 Oglethorpe at his Ar
rival should think proper within the said Space concerning the same :
And further mentioning that he applied for an Order when the General
first arrived, but had none ; And Desiring to know if he would please
to direct the payment of it. And also mentioning thirty three Pounds
then due to him When the Certificate was paid. And also laid before
the Commissioners a Copy of his Answer to Robert Williams, that long
before the Date of the said Certificate M' Causton had receiv'd positive
Orders from the Trustees not to certify any Account. That M' Jones
was appointed to settle the Accounts. And that M' Causton had not
deliver'd the said Robert Williams's Account with the proper Vouchers
for Examination. And that Mr Jones had deliver'd several Effects out
of the Trustees Store to the Order of the said Robert Williams to a con
siderable Amount ; Which would make great Alterations in the Account,
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And also laid before the Commissioners a Letter from Thomas Jones
Which mention'd his having receiv'd four hundred and sixteen Bushels
of Salt Which M' Causton said he bought of M' Robert Williams in Au
gust 1738, but had remain'd ever since in M' Williams's Custody.
And the Committee finding a Copy of the said Certified Account had
been sent to the Commissioners in Georgia the 2d of last Aprill in order
to examine and state, and transmit the same to the Trustees do on that
occasion agree to report the same special to the Common Council to de
termine thereupon.
Resolved That the Sums of Eighty Eight pounds two Shillings and Eleven pence
half penny for Damage on the Account as by Protest in Georgia, forty
Eight Pounds Nineteen Shillings and four pence half Penny for Interest
£
on the same from Dec' 19 1738 to Oct' 19. 1739 at 10 f, Cent f, Ann.
And fifteen Shillings and six pence for Cost of Protest in London and
Georgia be disallow'd of. And that the Sum of fi ve hundred Eighty
Seven Pounds thirteen Shillings be paid to M' Robert Williams on M'
Papillon Balls Security for the repayment of such Part of the said Sum
as shall be disallow'd by the Commissioners to examine and state the Debts
of the Colony. And that the sums of Eighty pounds Seven Shillings and
Eight pence half Penny. And Six Pounds One Shilling and Six pence,
And forty Pounds for Inspecting the Labourers on the Publick Roads for
twelve Months paying them &c, and Interest for One hundred Pounds
Advanc'd for Wages giving Credit for fifty Eight Pounds fifteen Shil
lings and Eight pence receiv'd from the Trustees Stores, be refer'd to the
Commissioners in Georgia to examine and make a Report upon.
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts Nov' 14 1739, to the
Purport following. That they had examin'd the Annual Account from
June 9'" 1738 to June 9'" 1739 And that the Balance of the said Ac
count ending June 9*" 1739 remaining Unapplied the Committee did find
to be the Sum of two thousand three hundred and fifty two Pounds five
Shillings and Nine Pence ; Which Sum the Accomptant at the Bank has
certified to be in the hands of the Governor and Company of the Bank of
England on the said 9'" day of June 1739.
Resolved That Any three of the Common Council be impower'd to read over the
General Account, and Exhibit the same pursuant to the Charter.
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Order'd That When the Annual Account is presented One hundred Copies of
it be printed.
Order'd That the Seven hundred and ten Pounds in Sola Bills return'd Un
issued by General Oglethorpe be examin'd and cancel'd in the presence
of Any three of the Common Council, And that the said Sum be reim-
burs'd to the General ; He having with his own Bills undertaken to de
fray the Expences for Which the said Sola Bills were sent.
Order'd That all General Oglethorpe's Letters and Accounts of payments made
by his Order and with his Cash by the hands of Francis Moore from
Sept' 22 1738 to June 20'" 1739 be refer'd to the Committee of Ac
counts to examine and report thereupon.
Read a Petition of Augustus Spangenberg setting forth That as a
Town Lot and fifty Acres in Savanah was granted to him upon his con
ducting over the Moravian Brethren ; And as the Moravians have built
a House on his Town Lot, and clear'd a good Part of his Land, he desires
to give his Lot together with the Land to their Society under the Name
of the Person Who shall be their Elder from time to time, And Who at
present is Anthony Seyffart,
And also desires the Trustees to give to Johann Hagen, a Brother of
the Moravians, Who is now going to Georgia a Certificate under their
Seal that he is going thither with the Trustees leave.
Resolved That M' Augustus Spangenberg's Lot be granted to M' Anthony
Seyffart during the time of his continuing the Moravian's Elder, And in
Trust for his Successor or Successors as Elder or Elders to the Mo
ravians. Read a Petition of M' Samuel Auspourger setting forth that he having
obtain'd of General Oglethorpe a Grant of a Tract of Land, Which the
Petitioner has considerably improv'd, And Which Improvements he pro
poses to compleat ; He desires the Trustees will give him a due Title to the
said Lot and absolute Right thereto, And grant him ten Years Immunity
from taxes or Rents to begin from the Date of the Abovesaid Grant ;
And to give him leave to keep besides his White Servants two Blacks,
or One at least to Every White Man.
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usual Limitations and Conditions ; But that as Negroes are prohibited,
he be not allow'd to carry Any.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Grant And
that the Secretary do countersign it, and sign a Memorial thereof in order
to be register'd with the Auditor of the Plantations.
Read a Petition of M' Thomas Stephens setting forth that he arriv'd in
Georgia December 21" 1737 Where he continued till the 3d of August
last, in the service of the Trust under his Father William Stephens Esq'
When on Account of his ill State of health, by his Fathers Advice he re
turn'd, to wait on the Trustees ; to England ; And as his health is re
stored, and he proposes to return to Georgia, he desires the Trustees to
consider him for his past Services and Expences.
Resolved That fifty Pounds be paid to M' Thomas Stephens for his past Serv
ices and Expenses.
Read a Petition of John Calwell Surveyor at Frederica setting forth.
That he was One of the first Settlers at Frederica ; And having left his
Child Henry Calwell at Cork in Ireland, When he left that Place, he
desires the Trustees Orders that his Son may be taken on board the first
Ship from Cork for Georgia ; he paying all the Charges on Account of
his Son's Passage.
Resolved That the said Petition be granted.
Resolved That the Petitions of Mess" Sterling and Grant and of Rebecca Cheese-
wright be refer'd to the Committee of Correspondence.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for One thousand two
bundred and ninety seven Pounds thirteen Shillings to M' Alderman
Heathcote by M' Laroche Earl of Egmont Lord Tyrconnel Mr L'apostre
and D' Hales N° 6529w. Adjourn'd.

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Palace Court
Wednesday November 28'" 1739
Present in Common Council Assembled.
D' Hales in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Lord Sidney Beauclerk
M' Laroche
M' Digby
M' Tracy
M' L'apostre
M' Smith
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts Nov' 24 to the fol
lowing Purpose. That the Accomptant acquainted the Committee, that
he had pursuant to the Order of the Common Council paid M' Papillon
Ball the Order of Mess" Robert and John Williams five hundred and
Eighty Seven Pounds thirteen Shillings in full for the Provisions and
Necessaries certified August 20'" 1738 to have been receiv'd of them in
Georgia by Thomas Causton the then Storekeeper to the Trustees ; And
had taken Security from the said Robert Williams and Papillon Ball to
pay to the Trustees such part thereof, which on the Report of the Com
missioners appointed in Georgia to examine the said account may by any
just Objections reduce the said amount under the said Sum of five hun
dred Eighty Seven Pounds thirteen Shillings, And also acquainted the
Committee that the said Robert Williams had agreed to wave his Claim
of the three following Sums. Vizt. Eighty Eight Pounds two Shillings
and Eleven pence half penny for Damage by protesting the said Account
in Georgia for want of orders and effects to pay the same, forty Eight
pounds Nineteen Shillings and four pence half penny for Interest at 10
^> Cent ^> Ann on the Amount of the said Account from Dec' 19 1738
to Oct' 19 1739. And fifteen Shillings and six pence for the Costs of
Protest in London and Georgia, making together the Sum of One hun
dred thirty seven Pounds Seventeen Shillings and ten pence in consider
ation that the Trustees should allow him the forty Pounds he claim'd for
his twelve Months Attendance in inspecting the Labourers on the publick
Roads in Georgia and his paying them, and being in Advance on that
account. And also that the Trustees should then pay the Balance of his
new Account made out for himself and Brother amounting to Sixty
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Demands to Mess" Papillon and Benjamin Ball for his use, on their
being answerable jointly with himself to make good to the Trustees any
Article thereof, Which on Examination in Georgia may reduce the said
Balance by any just Objections or Deductions ; And the Committee ob
serving by the Minutes of the Common Council the Articles contain'd in
the last mention'd Account have been refer'd to the Commissioners in
Georgia for such Examination, And being of Opinion that the Security
Offer'd is sufficient for the Trustees Acceptance have no Objection to the
Payment of the said Sum of Sixty seven Pounds thirteen Shillings and
six pence half penny.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts Nov' 16 1739 to the fol
lowing Purport. That the Committee having pursuant to the reference from
the Common Council examin'd the Account sent over by General Ogle
thorpe to the Trustees of sundry Disbursements made in Georgia by his Or
der from the 22 Sept' 1738 to the 23d of June 1739 by Francis Moore with
the Vouchers and the General's Explanations in his Letter to the Trus
tees Accountant dated the 5'" of July last, They cannot but observe the
great Exactness and satisfactory manner in which the said Account is
made out.
As to the first Total of One thousand and two Pounds Sixteen Shil
lings and five pence One farthing the following Sums having been already
paid to General Oglethorpe's Order in England out of the Money appro
priated for the particular uses hereafter mention'd are to be deducted
from the said Total. Vizt. For building a Church
May 5'" 1739 paid to John Robinson for Bricks three pound
May 19 1739 Paid to Do for Do three Pounds.
For Religious Uses.
June 18 1739 Paid to Thomas Upton in part for an House and Eight
Acres of Land for the Minister at Frederica ten Pounds.
Paid Thomas Jones to purchase Provisions for the Trustees Servants
to be repaid to the Religious Uses by the Produce of the said Servants
Labour Sixty Pounds. For the Saltzburgers
Paid to Mr Bolzius for the Orphan House forty Pounds.
Paid to M' Gronau for his House thirty Pounds.

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For the Spotch Minister.
Paid to Mr Mac Leod being remitted by the Society in Scotland forty
Pounds.Which several Sums making One hundred and Eighty Six pounds,
duce the first Total to Eight hundred and sixteen Pounds Sixteen
Shillings and five pence farthing ; And that either Duplicates or Attested
Copies of Vouchers for Every Article thereof have been produc'd to the
Committee except for twenty One Articles amounting to forty Seven
Pounds and six pence ; But the Whole Account being sign'd by the Gen
eral, and the Disbursements made thereby Certified the Committee have
no Objection to the Allowing thereof. But Observe that in this Account
there are several Sums paid to hired Men for labour, at the same time
that there are a great Number of Trust Servants now within the
Province. That there is also an Article of ten Pounds paid to M' Carteret for
Cedar Posts for fencing in the Storehouse concerning which the Commit
tee is not able to judge why the Trustees own Timber was not cut down,
and their own Servants not employ'd in making the said Posts.
And that this leads the Committee to observe that Cattle to the
Amount of two hundred Pounds sterling had been bought and deliver'd
to the People of Darien upon Loan to enable them to furnish fresh Meat
to the Regiment and Men of War ; When at the same time there are
one thousand Head and more of Trust Cattle in the Province. And the
Committee submit it to the Common Council whether it may not be
proper to inquire what hinder'd the Applying some of the said Trust
Cattle for the service beforemention'd ; Whereby the Loan of fresh
bought Cattle might have been avoided, And also to inquire What Profit
has yet arisen to the Trustees from keeping so large a stock of Cattle to
answer so great an Expence of Cattle Hunters and Pindars.
That as to the next Article of two hundred and fifty Pounds, Seven
teen Shillings and One Penny remaining due from several Inhabitants
for Loans to them made by General Oglethorpe to encourage them to set
up various Trades. Receipts for the said Amount have been produced
to the Committee ; except for Nineteen Shillings Part thereof ; But the
Committee believe the Whole to have been so advanced.
That as to the next Total of Eleven Pounds Seventeen Shillings and
One Penny for Work at the Watch house at Pike's Bluff ; Receipts for
the said Amount have been produc'd to the Committee except for two
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whole to have been paid and can see no Objection to the Allowance
thereof. As to the next Total of twenty two pounds five Shillings on Account
of the Chappel at Frederica, Receipts for the said sum have been pro
duc'd to the Committee, And the same has been already paid to the Or
der of General Oglethorpe in England out of the Money appropriated for
building Churches in Georgia.
As to the other Totals of One hundred and seven Pounds sixteen Shil
lings and two Pence for Pettiaugua hire. Eleven Pounds five Shillings
for the Amelia Scout Boat. Fifty Pounds ten Shillings and Eight pence
for the Passage Boat, And Sixty Pounds Nine Shillings for the Cutter
making in the Whole Two hundred and thirty Pounds and ten Pence.
The Committee finding twenty Pounds Part thereof paid John Hunt to
be for Pettiaugua Hire for the King's Troops before the General's Arrival
in Georgia, are of Opinion, that the same ought to be disallowed being a
Regimental Expence ; Which will reduce the said four Totals to two
hundred and ten Pounds and ten Pence, Receipts for Which have been
produced to the Committee except for Eighty Eight Pounds Seventeen
Shillings and two Pence Part thereof Enter'd for Wages to the Men in
the Passage Boat and Cutter. But the Committee doubt not but the
Whole has been paid General Oglethorpe having sign'd thereto.
All Which Sums unpaid by the Trustees to the Order of General
Oglethorpe in England in discharge of the said Account of Disburse
ments in Georgia beforemention'd amount together to the Sum of One
thousand two hundred and Eighty Nine Pounds Eleven Shillings and
five pence farthing.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.
Resolved That the Secretary do acquaint General Oglethorpe with the Observa
tions made by the last Committee.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the Sum of One thou
sand three hundred and fifty seven Pounds four Shillings and Eleven
pence payable to M' Alderman Heathcote for the payment of the Afore
said Sums of Sixty Seven Pounds thirteen Shillings and six pence half
Penny, And One thousand two hundred and Eighty Nine Pounds
Eleven Shillings and five Pence farthing by D' Hales the Earl of Eg
mont M' Digby Mp L'apostre and M' Smith N° 6530 w.
The Accountant acquainted the Common Council that pursuant to Or-

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ders of the Common Council two Draughts had been made on the Bank
of England since the 11'" of June last to M' Alderman Heathcote for the
payment of Sola Bills, Vizt One for three hundred the 28'" of August
last N° 6527 ' sign'd by M' L'apostre M' Digby Mr Eyles M' Smith and
M' Eyre, And the Other for five hundred Pounds the 8'" of October last
N° 6528 " sign'd by the Earl of Egmont M' Laroche M' L'apostre D'
Hales and M' Smith. Adjourn'd.

Earl of Egmont's House in Pall Mall
Saturday Dec' 8 1739
Present in Common Council Assembled.
Lord Tyrconnel in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Lord Sidney Beauclerk
M' Digby
M' Vernon
M' Eyre
Mr Sloper
M1 Hen. Archer
M' Laroche
M' L'apostre
Resolved That the Additional Sum of twenty five Pounds be allow'd to William
Stephens Esq' for a Clerk in consideration of his Increase of Business as
Secretary for the Affairs of the Trust within the Province of Georgia.
Read a Paragraph in M' Stephen's Journal August 9'" that upon the
Commissioners examining the Accounts in Georgia refer'd to them by
the Common Council They had found the following Certified Accounts
to be Unexceptionable Vizt.
An Account Certified June 12 1738 for Seven hundred thirty two
Pounds fifteen Shillings and Nine pence to David Provost.
An Account Certified August 12'" 1738 for three hundred and forty
five pounds Nineteen Shillings and three Pence to David Provost.
And an Account Certified August 17. 1738 for two hundred twenty
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Resolved
That the said Certified Accounts be paid the two first to M' Roderigo
Pacheco and Benjamin Tavarez and the last to M' Joseph Mico.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for One thousand three
hundred Pounds for the payment of the said Certified Accounts by Lord
Tyrconnel Earl of Egmont Lord Sidney Beauclerk M' Digby and M'
L'apostre N° 706 '. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Jan'7 16 17f$
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' L'apostre in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' Digby
M' Laroche
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Sloper
M' Smith
M' Henry Archer.
Resolved That two hundred Sola Bills of five pounds Each And One thousand
of One pound Each be made out and seal'd and sign'd by the Accountant,
And that they be fill'd up to William Stephens Esq' M' Thomas Christie
and M' Thomas Jones Or any two of them to issue for defraying the Es
timated Expences in Georgia from Lady Day to Michaelmas 1740
Amounting to two thousand Pounds. And that the same be sent by two
different Ships Vizt. One thousand Pound in Each Ship as soon as pos
sible, And that any five of the Common Council be impower'd to draw
on the Bank of England for the payment of the said Bills as soon as they
return. Resolved That twenty five Guineas be given to M' Samuel Auspourger as a
Gratification for his Map of S' Simon's Island in the Southern Part of
Georgia.

314 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Resolved That the said Samuel Auspourger be allowed two Years time for his
Return to and Arrival in Georgia.
Resolved That the said Samuel Auspourger be permitted to leave one third Part
of the Wood standing upon his five hundred Acres of Land if he shall
think proper so to do.
Resolved That Every Man Servant of the Age of twenty One Years and up
wards which the said Samuel Auspourger now employs or shall carry over
and hereafter employ in the cultivation of his five hundred Acres of
Land be entitled to a Grant of fifty Acres of Land in the Province of
Georgia under the usual Limitations and Conditions; When such Serv
ant shall be out of his time, and shall obtain a Certificate from the said
Samuel Auspourger, or such other Person as shall be intitled to the said
five hundred Acres, of his Good Behaviour.
Resolved That no Person shall hunt or shoot in or upon the said five hundred
Acres of Land belonging to Samuel Auspourger without a Licence from
him or such Person as shall be intitled to the said five hundred Acres of
Land except the Native Indians Who may be desirous thereof.
Resolved That at the End of ten Years the said Samuel Auspourger or such
Other Person as shall be intitled to the said five hundred Acres of Land
shall and may alien the same or any Part thereof, but not in less Quan
tities than fifty Acres in One Lot, to any Person or Persons Whatsoever ;
Who thereby will not become possess'd of more than five hundred Acres ;
Such Person or Persons being first approv'd of by the Secretary for the
Affairs of the Trust within the said Province of Georgia for the time
being. Adjourn'd.

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Palace Court
Tuesday March 25'" 1740
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Ch. Tower in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' Digby
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Eyre
M' L'apostre
M' Smith
M' Tracy
M' Henry Archer.
Read a Deed for removing and displacing Thomas Christie from the
Office of first Bailiff of the Town of Savanah and for constituting and
appointing M' Henry Parker first Bailiff of the said Town.
Read a Deed for removing and displacing Mr William Williamson
from the Office and Recorder of the Town of Savanah, and for consti
tuting and Appointing M' John Pye to officiate as Recorder of the said
Town during the Suspension of Thomas Christie from the said Office
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Deeds
Which was Affix'd accordingly
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Order'd That Sixty Eight Pounds thirteen Shillings and Eleven Pence be paid
to M' Recompence Stanberry due to him for provisions and Necessaries
deliver'd in Georgia June 15 1738 Which Account the Commissioners
for examining and stating the Debts in Georgia believe to be just.
Read a Report from the Commissioners for examining and stating the
publick Debts of the Colony That they had examin'd the Demands of
Capt James Mackpherson upon the Trustees and found that there was
due to him the said Mackpherson for his own and Nineteen Men's Serv
ice under his Command to the 29'" of September 1738 the sum of One
hundred Eighty Nine Pounds thirteen Shillings and three half Pence.

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And that there was due to him also for the said Service from that time
to Nov 16 1738 the further Sum of Sixty One Pounds four Shillings.
That the said Mackpherson demanded also for his Service for the said
time an Advanc'd Sum Which the Commissioners refer to the Considera
tion of the Trustees. Vizt.
For a Balance due for his Service to Nov' 29'" following three hundred
Eighty One Pounds fifteen Shillings and three half Pence. And for his
Service from that time to Nov' the 16'" following One hundred and Nine
Pounds four Shillings and six pence, making in the whole four hundred
and Ninety Pounds Nineteen Shillings and seven Pence half Penny.
So that the Sum of two hundred and forty Pounds two Shillings and
Six pence being the Difference between the Sum allowed by the Com
missioners to be remaining due to the said Mackpherson and the Sum de
manded by him as above the Commissioners must wait for the Trustees
Opinion thereupon before they can allow the same.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report of the Com
missioners.Resolved That the Sum of two hundred and forty Pounds two Shillings and six
pence be disallow'd to the said Captain James Mackpherson
Resolved That the Remainder of the Account being two hundred and fifty
Pounds Seventeen Shillings and three half Pence be paid to the said
Capt. James Mackpherson when regularly demanded.
Resolved That the Memorial of Lieut. Philip Delegal be refer'd to the Commit
tee of Accounts.
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts of this day to the fol
lowing Purport Vizt.
That the Committee having examin'd an Account of sundry Expences
made in Georgia by General Oglethorpe before the Estimated Expences
settled by the Common Council of the Trustees took place amounting to
six hundred and Eighty four pounds ten Shillings and two pence
Whereof he has plac'd to his own Account One hundred and twenty
three pounds Nine Shillings and four pence half Penny Which reduces
that sum to the sum of five hundred sixty One Pounds and Nine Pence
half Penny of Which twenty Pounds is a Loan to Richard Kent to be
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and twelve pounds is another Loan to Henry Overstreet he having a
numerous Family and being recommended by the People of Augusta to
buy six Cows with Which are to be as Security for the Money. And
the Remainder being five hundred twenty Nine Pounds and Nine Pence
halfPenny is the Amount of the Charges of General Oglethorpe's Jour
ney to and from the Indian Nation (when sent for by the Indians in July
last) and of extraordinary Presents made to them on that Occasion ; for
all which Vouchers have been produc'd to the Committee, And from
which Account the Trustees have been enabled to apply to the Lords
Commissioners of the Treasury for the reimbursement thereof as necessary
for the Security of the Colony ; Wherefore the Committee have no Ob
jection to the payment thereof. But as to the two Loans amounting to
thirty two Pounds the Committee are of Opinion they ought not to be
made good by the Trustees, But the same should be plac'd to the Gener
al's own Account to be repaid to him in the maner above prescrib'd.
That the Committee then examin'd a List of Bills drawn by General
Oglethorpe for the following particular uses and for Which M' Thomas
Jones gave his Receipt the 20'" of October last amounting to One thou
sand two hundred and thirty four pounds three Shillings And as to the
first of them for Eighty pounds to pay forty Pounds for Cattle as a Loan
to M* Burnside, And forty Pounds to pay Noble Jones for building a
Watch house. And to pay M' Pepper for sixty Bushels of Wheat. The
Committee are of Opinion that the forty Pounds Loan ought not to be
paid by the Trustees because they cannot enter into any Loans of their
Money. But as to the Other forty Pounds, When the Trustees know
what Part thereof was for the Watch house, and Where the same was
built, and for what use the Wheat was purchas'd it may then be consid-
er'd of. As to the next Article of One hundred and Seven Pounds ten
Shillings to buy fifteen hundred Bushels of Corn for the Cherokee In
dians, the Occasion and Necessity of it being so fully made out by Gen
eral Oglethorpe's Letter of the 19th of October last, And the Benefit flow
ing to the Colony by the Affection of the Indians thereupon ; The Com
mittee are of Opinion that the same ought to be paid by the Trust, but
to be reimbursed them by the Publick as Necessary for the Security of
the Colony. As to the next Article of One hundred and fifty Pounds
Pounds to pay a Bounty upon Corn rais'd within Savanah District, this
(sic)
being a Promise made by General Oglethorpe, and very seasonably after
the Trustees Store was shut up to encourage the Inhabitants to plant,

318 COLONIAL RECORDS.
and having had a good Effect. The Committee are of opinion the same
ought to be paid by the Trust. The next Article of two hundred twenty
seven Pounds Nine Shillings is included in the before mention'd Sum of
five hundred twenty Nine Pounds and Nine Pence half Penny. As to
the next Article of Sixty three Pounds to pay the Garrison at Fort Au
gusta the Committee finding more than that sum mention'd in the List
of Debts from the Store the 10'" of October 1738 as due to Fort Augusta
are of Opinion that as the said Sum of Sixty three Pounds is part of that
Debt the same ought to be paid by the Trust As to the next Article of
Sixty One Pounds four Shillings in order to advance Capt. Mackpher
son on Account of his Pay, the Committee finding that Sum reported by
the Commissioners in Georgia to be due to him for himself and Nineteen
Rangers under his Command from Michaelmas 1738 to the 16'" of Nov'
following, When they were reduced (besides Another Sum of One hun
dred Eighty Nine Pounds thirteen Shillings and three half Pence re
ported due to him for the same Service to Michaelmas 1738) And being
Part of the Debts owing the 10'" of October 1738 the Committee are of
Opinion the same ought to be paid by the Trust. As to the next two
Articles of fifty Pounds for Provisions &c to be deliver'd to the Store,
And of two hundred and twenty Pounds for Molasses to be deliver'd to
the Store, the Committee are of Opinion that a new Stop must again be
put to the keeping of any publick Store Whatsoever at the Trustees ex-
pence for the future, let the Exigencies be ever so great ; Since there
are or by this time will be private Storehouses to supply the Inhabitants
for their Money : But as the Trustees estimated Expences in Georgia,
and Orders for paying them in Money there were but then lately arrived ;
And General Oglethorpe fearing a Communication might be cut off on
the present Rupture with Spain ; The Committee are of Opinion the said
two Sums ought to be paid by the Trust ; But that M' Stephens and Mr
Jones be acquainted that those Sums must be accounted for as part of
the Supply for defraying the Estimated Expences in Georgia from
Michaelmas last ; And that General Oglethorpe should be acquainted,
that the Trustees having provided for the Discharge of those Expences
by their own Sola Bills; his defraying the Expences of the Colony
ceased at the said Michaelmas ; And that the Trustees are very much
obliged to him for having defray'd them so long, even at his own Risque
before the twenty thousand Pounds were granted by Parliament. As to
the next Article of One hundred and ten Pounds to pay to M' Anthony
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General Oglethorpe that the said Mr Willy was Lieutenant of the Garri
son in the Indian Nation, and that M' Jones One of the Commissioners
for examining the Publick Accounts had acquainted the General there
was One hundred and forty Nine Pounds Eight Shillings and Eight
Pence due to him the said Willy. Which occasion'd the General to pay
this Sum of One hundred and ten Pounds in part, but the Committee
also finding only forty Pounds mention'd in the List of Debts the 10th of
October 1738 to be due to that Garrison, They are of Opinion that only
forty Pounds of the said One hundred and ten Pounds ought to be now
paid by the Trust, And the Remainder may be consider'd of, When the
Commissioners Report of the Money due to the said M' Willy shall be
received. As to the next Article of forty five Pounds to be paid to M'
Bradley, the Committee are of Opinion the same ought not to be paid by
the Trust, he being already so much indebted to them. As to the next
Article of Eighty Pounds being an Order on M' Montaigut in favour of
Caleb Davis it not appearing to the Committee on What Account the
same was given, The Committee are of Opinion an Explanation thereof
must be first received before any Payment of that Sum can be made by
the Trust. And as to the last Article of forty Pounds on Account of
Money due to Jacob Lewis Camuse the Silk Winder from the Trust, the
Committee are of Opinion the same ought to be paid ; All Which sev
eral Sums, together amount to the Sum of One thousand two hundred
and Sixty Pounds fourteen Shillings and Nine Pence half Penny to be
now paid to the Order of General Oglethorpe.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.
Order'd That the sum of One thousand three hundred and twenty Nine Pounds
Eight Shillings and Eight Pence be paid into the hands of M' Harman
Verelst to pay M' Recompence Stanberry Sixty Eight Pounds thirteen
Shillings and Eleven Pence, and the sum of One thousand two hundred
and Sixty Pounds fourteen Shillings and Nine Pence reported due to
General Oglethorpe.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the same by M' Chris
topher Tower the Earl of Shaftesbury Earl of Egmont Lord Tyrconnel
and M' Digby N° 708 f.
The Accomptant reported that on the 22d of March a Draught had
been made on the Bank of England for five hundred Pounds to S' Joseph

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Hankey and C° for the payment of Sola Bills sign'd by the Earl of Eg
mont Lord Tyrconnel M' Vernon Mr Eyre and Mr L'apostre N° 707 f.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Aprill 23 1740
Present in Common Council Assembled
Earl of Egmont in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon
M' Digby
M' Tho8 Tower
M' L'apostre
D' Hales
M' Smith
Read a Minute of the Society in Scotland for propagating Christian
Knowledge, That Whereas the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of
Georgia had made a Grant of three hundred Acres to the Revd M' John
MacLeod appointed by the said Society for propagating Christian Knowl
edge a Missionary at Darien. and to his Successors upon Condition that
the said Society advanc'd a sufficient Sum of Money to their said Mis
sionary to cultivate the said three hundred Acres, The said Society were
advis'd that it was not thought proper for them to advance any Money
for the cultivation of the said Land under the condition that the same
shall return absolutely to the Trustees and become forfeited upon their
Missionary's failing at any time to pay the Annual Sum of One Pound
Sixteen Shillings for six Months after it becomes due, or upon his failing
to cultivate sixty of the said three hundred Acres within the Space of
twelve Years from the Date of the Indenture or upon his failing to enter
a Copy or full Memorial of the Indenture with the Auditor of the Plan
tations within a Month of the Date thereof; And that they thought that
the said three hundred Acres ought not to be forfeited by the Society up
on any failure or Neglect by their Missionarys but only upon some fail
ure or Neglect of their Own.
Resolved That in consideration of the said Society's agreeing to pay the sum of
forty Pounds of lawfull Money of Great Britain for four Servants to cul-

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tivate the Lands granted for the Maintenance of their Missionary in
Georgia And of their said Missionary's surrendering up to the Trustees
for Establishing the Colony of Georgia the Grant made to him of three
hundred Acres of Land in Georgia bearing date the 10'" Day of October
in the Year of our Lord 1739, the Trustees will grant the said three
hundred Acres of Land to the said Society to hold to them and their
Successors in trust for the Maintenance of a Missionary in Georgia from
time to time to be nominated by the said Society upon the Death Resig
nation or Removal by the said Trustees of any such Missionary for the
time being licensed by them under the Yearly Rent of One Pound six
teen Shillings of lawfull Money of Great Britain payable within twelve
Calendar Months after any Day of payment on Which the same ought
to be paid , having been first lawfully demanded of the Said Society's
Agent in London, Provided That the said Society will covenant to pay
their said Missionary and his Successors fifty Pounds a Year Salary untill
two third Parts of the said three hundred Acres shall be clear'd and
cultivated. Adjourn'd. '

Palace Court
Wednesday Aprill 30'" 1740
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Digby in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Mr Vernon
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Tho8 Archer
Lord Tyrconnel
M' L'apostre
M' Smith.
Read a Letter from Mr Tho8 Causton dated Savanah Nov' 22 1739 and
likewise a Petition, setting forth the Nature of the Employment which
the Trustees Service demanded of him, with an Abstract of the Reasons
for the Expences which attended it. That his Accounts remain in the
Custody of the Commissioners for examining and stating the publick
Debts of the Colony, Who had refus'd him access to them, by which
means the sums were not known by him ; And setting forth likewise Com
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plaints of several kinds against M' Thomas Jones ; And praying that a
Power be granted to him of being present when his or any of the Store
Accounts are in virtue of the Commission under their Examination ;
And that the Commissioners may be oblig'd to take cognizance of what
he shall from time to time offer concerning his Accounts That other in
different Persons, Who have no Interest in the good or bad Issue of his
particular Account, and also of his Cash Account be appointed to ex
amine them ; And that the Trustees will take into consideration all the
several Facts charg'd and complain'd of in his Petition, and grant such
relief as to the Trustees shall seem just.
Resolved That if any Evidence is to be sent to the Trustees fixing any Criminal
Charge on M' Thomas Causton concerning his Accounts ; That the said
Causton be present When the Evidence is given, and that he have the
liberty to cross examine it.
Resolved That the Commissioners do take cognizance of what the said Thomas
Causton shall offer from time to time concerning his Accounts ; And it
they do not agree that they do transmit to the Trustees his Objections in
his own Words and their Remarks on them.
Resolved That as the Trustees are well satisfied in the Integrity and Ability of the
Commissioners ; And do not see that they can have any Views in doing
Injustice to the said Causton ; They will not make any Alteration in the
said Commission.
Resolved That the said Thomas Causton be acquainted That after his Account
is settled, and the Trustees are satisfied that he has done his utmost to
adjust them, they will have a regard to his Services and any Claims he
may have for them.
Order'd That the Account which the said Thomas Causton has sent over in To
tals be sent to the Commissioners and a Copy of what is writ to them on
that Account be sent to the said Causton.
Read a Letter sign'd Thomas Christie without a Date complaining that
his Commission for first Bailiff has been refus'd to him ; And setting
forth that he had deliver'd to Mr Stephens the Proceedings of the Town
Court of Savanah from the 22d of November 1738 to the 30*" of Novem
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Order'd That a Letter be sent to M' Thomas Christie to acquaint him that the
Trustees have revoked his Commission of first Bailiff ; And that his Sus
pension from the Recordership do continue till his Accounts with the
Stores are adjusted, and to acquaint him likewise that the Court Roll
was not compleat, there being still wanting from the 11'" of July 1738
to the 22" of November.
Read a Letter from William Stephens Esq' dated Jan77 29'" 17f§
recommending Henry Parker to be reinstated as first Bailiff,
Resolved That the Petition of Samuel Davison be refer'd to the Committee of
Accounts.Resolved That the Other Letters receiv'd on Monday last be refer'd to the Com
mittees of Accounts and Correspondence. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday May 7'" 1740
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Tho8 Tower in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon
M' L'apostre
Mr Holland
D' Hales
M' Smith
M' Digby
Lord Sidney Beauclerk
Resolved That all the Letters, Papers, and Accounts brought over and deliver'd
by Capt. Thomson be refer'd to the Committee of Correspondence and
Accounts for them to consider and make their Report thereupon.
Read a Letter from the Revd M' Whitefield to the Accomptant dated
Jan'7 16'" 1739 relating to the Orphan House, and desiring an Altera
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made to him and his Successors forever, And that it may be free from
Quit Rents &c. and signifying his Intentions to resign his Ministry both
at Savanah and Frederica, and to apply himself only to the care of the
Orphan House.
Read Another Letter from Mr Whitefield to the Accomptant dated
Jan'7 28'" 1739 relating to the Orphan House, and desiring that the
Money for building of the Church may be put into his hands.
Read Another Letter from M' Whitefield to the Trustees dated March
10'" 17|^ acquainting them that he had been in the Southward Part of
the Province to fetch all the Orphans he could meet with ; And that he
brought with him four from the Darien (and inclosing a Letter from
General Oglethorpe to M' Mackintosh Moore, and M' Macleod with their
Answer) and desiring to know whether Orphans, tho' fourteen or fifteen
Years old, are not to reap the Benefit of the Orphan House, and desiring
again that the Money to be expended in building of the Church may be
paid into his Hands.
An Answer to the said Letters was drawn up and Approv'd of.
Order'd That the said Answer be inclos'd to M' Stephens with Directions that
it be deliver'd to M' Whitefield at his Return from New England.
(sic) Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday May 21" 1740
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Vernon in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Hen. Archer
M' Eyre
M' L'apostre
D' Hales
M' Smith
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts of May 10'" Instant
to the following Purport. That the Committee, perusing a former Opin
ion of the Committee of Accounts concerning an Article of One hundred
and ten Pounds paid by General Oglethorpe in part of the Money due to

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Anthony Willy Lieutenant of the Garrison in the Indian Nation, Which
the said Committee by the List of Debts in Georgia made out the 10'" of
October 1738, then finding only forty Pounds enter'd as due to that Gar
rison ; And the Committee by the Report of the Money due to the said
Anthony Willy since receiv'd from the Commissioners for examining and
stating the Publick Debts, finding not only the said Sum of One hundred
and ten Pounds to be credited the Trustees as paid in part, but also a
further Sum of forty Nine Pounds and seven pence three farthings re
ported due ; Are of Opinion that the Sum of seventy Pounds, residue of
the One hundred and ten Pounds ought now to be paid by the Trust to
the Order of General Oglethorpe.
That the Committee then proceeded to examine the Commissioners
Report on the several Accompts following Viz'.
The Accounts of Samuel Montaigut and C° for seven hundred seventy
two Pounds four Shillings and seven Pence from Christmas 1737 to Lady
Day 1738. for four hundred twenty six pounds and two Pence from Lady
Day 1738 to Midsummer following, And for four hundred sixty Nine
Pounds and four Shillings from Midsummer 1738 to the 11"' of Septem
ber following. Amounting in the whole to One thousand Bix hundred
and sixty seven Pounds Eight Shillings and Nine Pence.
The Account of Abraham Minis and C° from August 6. 1737 to Sept'
11'" 1738, Whereon Seven hundred and Seventeen Pounds two Shillings
and three pence was claim'd as the Balance due to them.
And the Account of Capt" William Thomson from Nov' 22. 1737 to
Jan'7 19'" following amounting to four hundred sixty Nine Pounds One
Shilling and three half Pence.
As to the Accounts of Samuel Montaigut andC0 from Christmas 1737
to Midsummer 1738, the said Commissioners have made no Deductions
from them. But as to the Other Account for four hundred sixty nine
Pounds four Shillings from Midsummer 1738 The following Particulars
are enter'd by the Commissioners to have been paid in part at the several
times hereafter mention'd being since the Determination of the said Ac
count. Vizt. Nov' 2. 1738 to Sundries deliver'd to the Order of Samuel
Montaigut and C° as <|p> Account three Pounds Nine Shillings and ten
Pence. To the Balance of M' Charles Purry's Account Nineteen Pounds
Eighteen Shillings and five Pence. And the 4'" of June 1739 to sixteen
hundred Nails deliver'd to their Cooper at six pence a hundred. Eight
Shillings, making together the Sum of twenty three Pounds sixteen
Shillings and three pence to be deducted from the said Sum of four hun-

326 COLONIAL RECORDS.
dred sixty Nine Pounds four Shillings, Which reduces the same to four
hundred forty five Pounds Seven Shillings and Nine Pence, And thereby
reduces the Amount of the said three Accounts to One thousand Six
hundred forty three Pounds twelve Shillings and six pence, Whereof
One thousand two hundred Pounds having been paid to Mess" Peter and
I C Simond the 12'" of July 1739 on the Credit of the said Accounts, to
Whom they were remitted by the said Samuel Montaigut and C° there
remains due from the Trust to discharge the said Accounts the Sum of
four hundred forty three Pounds twelve Shillings and six pence to the
payment whereof the Committee have no Objection.
As to the Account of Abraham Minis and C° the Commissioners having
charg'd several Errors in the said Account, Which being allov/d by the
said Abraham Minis and C°, They have reported only Six hundred and
Eighty Pounds One Shilling due thereon instead of seven hundred and
seventeen Pounds two Shillings and three pence which was claim'd, Of
which Six hundred and Eighty Pounds One Shilling, Six hundred
pounds having been paid to Simson Levy their Attorney August 8'" 1739
on the Credit thereof, there remains due from the Trust to discharge the
said Account the Sum of Eighty Pounds One Shilling, to the payment of
which the Commissioners have no Objection.
As to the Account of Capt. William Thomson, the Commissioners
have not made any Deductions, But have reported him indebted to the
Trust after payment of the said Account the Sum of One Pound Eleven
Shillings. But there being five Shillings and seven pence halfpenny
over computed in One of the Articles of the said Account Which is de
ducted therefrom by the Committee, the said Debt from Capt. Thomson
will be thereby reduced to One Pound five Shillings and four pence half
penny. And the said Account will be also reduced to four hundred
sixty Eight Pounds fifteen Shillings and six pence instead of four hun
dred sixty Nine Pounds One Shilling and three half pence from which
Account his said Debt being deducted, the Balance due to Capt. Thom
son will be four hundred Sixty Seven pounds ten Shillings and three
half pence, Whereof four hundred Pounds having been advanced him
June 6, 1738 on his and his Owners Bond, there remains due from the
Trust to discharge the said Account the sum of Sixty Seven Pounds ten
Shillings and three half Pence to the payment Whereof and the Deliver
ing up of the said Bond the Committee have no Objection.
That the Committee then proceeded to take into consideration a Letter
from General Oglethorpe to the Trustees dated December 29'" 1739 re-

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lating to sixty nine Heads of German Servants imported into Georgia by
the Ship Two Brothers, and deliver'd by Capt Thomson the Master of the
said Ship to different Persons in Georgia upon Credit Jan'7 19th 1738,
Which the Committee of Accounts June 27'" 1739 were of opinion did
not then appear chargeable on the Trust by any Evidence at that time
produced ; And on considering every Reason assign'd for the Delivery of
the said Servants upon Credit ; And finding that three Heads of them
have been paid for to the said Captain, Which reduces the number of
Heads unpaid for to sixty six ; And they consisting of a Distribution to
several Persons, the Committee are of the following Opinion concerning
the payment thereof, That is to say. The 5f Heads deliver'd to M'
Thomas Christie, the Committee finding by a Letter to M' Stephens dated
August 11'" 1738 that two Servants were to be assign'd to the said Chris
tie, if he then continued in his Office of Recorder ; And by the List of
Servants lately sent over it do's not appear that such two Servants had
been deliver'd before those in January following ; And he having re
turn'd to the Trustees the 3f Heads exceeding, Which by the said List
do's also appear ; the Committee are of Opinion that the same ought to
be paid for by the Trust. The Servant deliver'd to M' Matthews, Who
married the Widow of M' Musgrove Interpreter to the Indians, being as
a Recompence and in lieu of her Indian Servant kill'd in the Dispute with
M' Watson, the Committee are of opinion ought to be paid for by the
Trust. The two Servants deliver'd to Andrew Duche the Potter, the
Committee are of Opinion that the Trust should pay for them, and re
ceive it again from him. The Servant deliver'd to Bailiff Parker the
Committee are of Opinion should be paid for by the Trust And the
Amount thereof being seven pounds should be accounted as part of his
present Salary. The Eleven five sixth Heads of Servants deliver'd to the
Revd M' Bolzius at seven pounds ^ Head, the Committee are of Opinion
to apply the sum of Six pounds two Shillings and Six Pence the Balance
of Benefactions for the Saltzburghers in the Trustees hands as part of Pay
ment thereof, And that the Residue should be paid by the Trust, and
repaid to M' Bolzius by the several Persons who had the Servants, if
hereafter able, to be applied, as receiv'd, with the consent of the Trustees,
for the Benefit of the Saltzburghers at Ebenezer, The four Heads of Serv
ants deliver'd to M' Fallowfield the Committee are of opinion should be
paid for by the Trust, And the Amount thereof being twenty Eight
pounds should be accounted as part of his present Salary as second Bailiff
at Savanah. The three One third Heads of Servants deliver'd to Noble

328 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Jones the Committee are of opinion should be paid for by the Trust, and
his Bond be taken for repaying the Amount of them. The two Servants
deliver'd to the late M' West the Committee are of opinion should be paid
for by the Trust, One of them a Wheelwright being return'd to the Trust,
and M' West dying Insolvent, the Other becomes an Increase to the
Colony, and being deliver'd him as on Credit from the Trust, the Cap-
ain cannot now recover the same from his Effects. The Servant to M'
Mouse at Skidoway the Committee are of opinion ought to be paid for
by the Trust as an Encouragement to him for remaining on that Island.
The two Heads and an half of Servants deliver'd to M' Perkins the Com
mittee are of opinion should be paid for by the Trust, and the Amount
thereof being seventeen Pounds ten Shillings, should be accounted as
part of his present Salary as a Magistrate of Frederica. The Servant de
liver'd to M' Thomas Walker the Committee are of Opinion should be
paid for by the Trust, and made good to them by his Bond for the same.
The two Heads of Servants deliver'd to Andrew Walset the Committee
are of opinion should be paid for by the Trust, and made good to them
by his Bond for the same. The twenty five Heads and two thirds settled
upon Village Bluff at S' Simons the Committee are of opinion should be
paid for by the Trust and made good by their Bonds for the same as they
can pay. And the Servant deliver'd to Mr Mackintosh Moore the Com
mittee are of opinion should be paid for by the Trust, And the Amount
thereof being Eight pounds should be accounted as part of his present
Salary as Overseer of the Trust Servants at Darien. All which several
Heads of Servants amount to sixty four Heads of Freight and seventy
nine Persons, Whereof sixty three Heads at seven pounds each, and One
Head at Eight Pound make in the Whole four hundred forty nine
Pounds. Which the Committee are of opinion ought to be paid by the
Trust. But as to the two Servants deliver'd to M' Causton being the
Residue of the said sixty six Heads, the Committee are of opinion that
as M' Causton has not made up his Accounts with the Trust, and is
already greatly indebted, the freight of those Servants ought not to be
paid for by the Trust, But that Capt. Thomson may have power to re
ceive back the Servants so deliver'd to him, or the Money for them as he
can himself.
That the Committee then consider'd General Oglethorpe's Letter to
the Accomptant dated Dec' 29 1739 relating to Goods deliver'd by Capt.
Thomson in Jan77 1738 (Which the Committee of Accounts June 27.
1739 were of opinion ought not to be a Charge upon or any Concern of

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the Trust) Which amounted to One hundred and ten pounds thirteen
Shillings and Seven pence, Whereof Gen1 Oglethorpe by his said Letter
has consented to have the Sums of Seven pounds One Shilling and seven
pence, design'd for Presents to the Spanish Messengers and Six
pounds thirteen Shillings and six pence for a Boat and Oars for M' Cart
eret to be plac'd to his Account. And having given his reasons for the
Loan of thirty Eight Pounds Nine Shillings and two pence to several
Persons to set up shops at Frederica, And of fifty Eight Pounds Nine
Shillings and four pence to M' Mackintosh Moore for the use of the In
habitants of Darien, And that there is some part repaid, and a reasona
ble Expectation of the Residue, the Committee are of opinion that the said
sums should be now paid to Capt. Thomson and repaid to the Trustees by
the Persons themselves ; But as Loaus to the Inhabitants are no way pro
vided for by any Estimated Expences of the Colony ; The Committee
are of the Opinion that General Oglethorpe should be acquainted by the
first Opportunity, That none for the future will be allowed by the Trust,
let the Reasons assign'd for them be ever so plausible.
That a Bill for One hundred and sixty pounds drawn by M' Ste
phens and M' Jones on the Trustees Accomptant the 15'" of March last
to Capt. William Thomson and a Letter of Advice thereof being pro
duced to the Committee, And it being for Value receiv'd towards sup
plying the necessary Expences of the Colony, as the two hundred Pounds
Bill on M' Saxby out of the Quit Rents of South Carolina remitted for
that purpose was return'd under a Protest, the Committee are of opinion
the same ought to be paid the said two hundred Pounds When paid be
ing to be then applied towards the future estimated Expence of the
Colony. That a Bill for One hundred and sixteen pounds Eight Shillings drawn
by General Oglethorpe on the Accomptant December 29. 1739 to Thomas
Jones, and the Letter of Advice thereof being produced to the Commit
tee Whereby it appears to have been drawn for payment of the Arrears
reported by the Commissioners in Georgia to be due to Capt. iEneas
Mackintosh, And the said Report being receiv'd which amounts to fifty
pounds more, the Committee are of Opinion the said Bill ought to be
paid by the Trust.
That a Bill for One hundred thirty nine Pounds sixteen Shillings and
ten pence drawn by Gen1 Oglethorpe on the Accomptant the same day
to Thomas Jones, and the Letter of Advice thereof being produced to
the Committee, stating it to be drawn for payment of the Arrears re-

330 COLONIAL RECORDS.
ported by the Commissioners in Georgia to be due to William Francis
the Messenger, and for his Services, But the said Report stating no more
than One hundred twenty two Pounds fourteen Shillings and three pence
half penny due to the said William Francis, the Committee are of opin
ion that the said Sum last mention'd ought to be paid by the Trust and
no more, And the Exceeding should be made good to Gen1 Oglethorpe
by the said William Francis or Thomas Jones to Whom the Bill was so
much overdrawn.
That a Bill for twenty Eight Pounds drawn by General Oglethorpe
on the Accomptant Nov' 16. 1739 to Peter Emery, and the Letter of
Advice thereof being produced to the Committee, Whereby it appears to
have been drawn for a Pilot Boat bought of the said Peter Emery for
the North side of S' Simons Island, the South Side of said Island having
been before supplied with a Boat, And the Pilot's Allowance being di
vided between two. Vizt. One for Each side, Whereby the Service is
betted perform'd, the Committee are of opinion that the said Bill ought
to be paid by the Trust.
That a Bill for forty Pounds being drawn on the Accountant the 15th
of March last to Capt. William Thomson by the Revd Mr Norris, and the
Letter of Advice thereof being produced to the Committee, Whereby it
appears that it was drawn for his Salary as a Missionary in Georgia, the
Committee are of Opinion the said Bill ought to be paid by the Trust
out of the Money receiv'd for the Missionaries in Georgia.
That a Bill for One hundred and twenty four Pounds ten Shillings
drawn by Isaac Nunes Henriques on the Trustees the 6*" of March last
to Rodrigo Pacheco and the Letter of Advice thereof being produced to
the Committee Whereby it appears to have been drawn with the appro
bation of M' Stephens and M' Jones for payment of the Money reported
by the Commissioners in Georgia to be due to the said Isaac Nunes Hen
riques Which Report being receiv'd and amounting to One hundred
twenty four Pounds, Nine Shillings and Eleven Pence three farthings
the Committee are of opinion that the said Bill ought to be paid.
That the Committee read a Petition from James Searl at Port Royal
in South Carolina dated the 5'" of January last setting forth that forty
Eight Pounds ten Shillings was due to him for the hire of his Pettiaugua
in Georgia, and that for want of the said sum he had been arrested, and
praying that he may not be a Sufferer ; And the Commissioners in Geor
gia having reported the sum of forty Pounds four Shillings and Eleven
pence to be due to him, the Committee are of opinion that a Letter

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should be written by the Accomptant to the said James Searl to acquaint
him therewith, and to give him a Credit for the said Sum of forty Pounds
four Shillings and Eleven pence by leave to draw for the same.
That the Committee read a Letter from James Lewis Camuse dated
the 20'" of March last desiring payment of the Money due to him, and
also to have a Cart and horse and some Servants ; And the Commission
ers in Georgia having reported Seventy Eight Pounds Sixteen Shillings
and Eight pence due to him ; The Committee are of Opinion that a Letter
should be sent to the said Camuse acquainting him with the said Report,
And that the whole Sum or so much thereof as is unpaid M' Stephens
and M' Jones may draw on the Trustees for the payment of, and give
him the Money in Georgia. That a Cart and horse should be allowed
him, And that the Magistrate should have directions to get proper Serv
ants for him, And in case these are young, they should be bound Ap
prentices to him, to be instructed in the production of Raw Silk, which
the Committee are of opinion ought to be done.
That the Committee read a Petition of Samuel Davison of Frederica
Freeholder and Constable, setting forth his being indebted to the Store
at Frederica in the Sum of forty six pounds Eleven Shillings and One
Penny and stating several Demands on the Trust for the payment
thereof, and were of Opinion that the several Allowances following may
be made to him for his Services in Georgia Vizt. For his Services as
Constable at Frederica from March 15'" 1735 to Michaelmas 1739 Six
teen Pounds Eleven Shillings and One Penny. For four Years Salary
as Searcher of Ships &c. from Aprill 1736 to Aprill 1740 at five pounds
a Year twenty Pounds ; And for his Service in seizing two Negroes in
Georgia in December 1738 ten Pounds ; Making together the aforesaid
Sum of forty six Pounds Eleven Shillings and One Penny, Whereby the
said Samuel Davison is discharg'd from his said Debt.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts of May the 15'" In
stant to the following Purport. That they had read a Letter from Gen1
Oglethorpe Dated Dec' 29. 1739 wherein he mention'd his having re
ceiv'd from Capt. Thomson several things amounting in the whole to six
hundred Eighty six pounds sixteen Shillings and four pence, Whereof
Part was for the service of the Trust, and that he will send a further Ex
planation how those things are applied pursuant to the Trustees Orders.
That the Committee then took into consideration the Account of the

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several Particulars so deliver'd by Capt. Thomson in order to distinguish
What Part thereof might be a Charge on the Trustees to answer their
Estimated Expences, and be accounted as Part thereof, Whereby so much
less Value in their Sola Bills need not be sent over ; And What Part
thereof is chargeable to the Defence of the Colony on Account of the
present War with Spain, Which Gen1 Oglethorpe is to be reimbursed by
the Goverment. The Residue being for the General's own private
Account. As to that Part chargeable on the Trust the Committee are of opinion
the same will amount to two hundred and twenty Eight Pounds Nine
teen Shillings and two pence in the following particulars. Vizt

For Plad Oznabrigs and Shoes for the Trustees
Servants at the Darien 
For Plad for their Servants at Amelia . . .
For Cloathing for the Orphans at Darien . .
For Musleburgh Stuff, Oznabrigs, Shoes, Tar
Brushes Paint Oyl and Rope for the Colony
Boats, and for Calve Skins deliver'd at the
Store to be issued in kind, or as payments in
part of the Estimated Expences from Mich
aelmas 1739 
For a Pilot Boat in lieu of one lost 
For Gunpowder and Ball for Guard Duty .

£ 28. 4.2.

5.
17.

146. 4. 4

20.27.

11. 0.

£. 228. 19. 2

And as to that Part chargeable to the Defence of the Colony, The
Committee are of Opinion it consists in the following Articles Vizt

The Refitting of Boats us'd in the late Expedi
tion to the Southward . . .

- }

70. 2. 0i

The Goods deliver'd for the use of the Rangers 1 n „
lately establish'd . . •  J 33. 0. b.
The Parcels for the Indians lately establish'd ) oq„ 1Q _
into arm'd Companies  j l66- 16, 8

£ 336. 16. 1\

That a Bill drawn by General Oglethorpe on the Trustees Accomptant

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Dec' 11th 1739 for forty five Pounds to Thomas Holmes, And the Letter
of Advice thereof being produced to the Committee Which meutiou'd
that Sum to have been advanced on the Trustees Account as would ap
pear by Mr Moore's Letter, Which being also produced, and mentioning
the same to be Part for sundries issued to the order of M' Thomas Eyre
whom the General sent as Agent up to the Cherokee Nation, amounting
to One hundred sixty One Pounds fourteen Shillings and three pence
South Carolina Currency ; And Part for Cash supplied M' Kent Com
mander of the Trustees Garrison at Fort Augusta, And a Letter irom
the said M' Eyre dated Dec' 1 1'" 1739 to the Accomptant being pro
duced to the Committee Wherein he mention'd his having been in the
Cherokee Nation as Deputy Agent to the Trustees, and made a full In
quiry about the use of Rum there, And that None had been sold while
he was there, and that he should have seiz'd it if any had been there,
That he heard Rum was going up, which he intended to stave to prevent
the Destruction of that Nation ; And that the General had order'd him a
Credit of fifty Pounds of which he had expended about forty Pounds and
would send the Account, the Committee are of Opinion that the said Sum
of One hundred Sixty One Pounds fourteen Shillings and three Pence
South Carolina Currency making twenty Pounds four Shillings Sterling
at 700 ^ Cent Advance, ought to be paid by the Trust, And the Residue
of the said forty five Pounds supplied M' Kent in Garrison at Fort Au
gusta ought not to be paid by the Trust.
That the Committee read a Letter from M' William Woodrooffe to the
Trustees relating to M' Causton's Draught on the Executors of the late
Paul Jenys Esq' for One hundred Pounds South Carolina Currency dated
May 6'" 1738 in favour of Thomas Andrews, the Value in Sterling being
thirteen Pounds six Shillings and Eight Pence, Which for want of Effects
in the said Executors hands was not accepted but return'd, And also re
lating to the Sum of Nine Pounds fourteen Shillings Sterling due to him
from the Trustees. And the Committee thereupon examin'd the Report
of the Commissioners in Georgia made on the said Woodrooffe's Account,
and found the Sum reported due to him to be Nine Pounds fourteen
Shillings and One Penny to the Payment of Which the Committee have
no Objection, nor to the payment of the said thirteen Pounds six Shil
lings and Eight pence drawn upon the Trustees Account. But as to the
ten f)> Cfent Damages and ten $ Cent <j£> Annum Interest from the Date,
the Committee are of opinion that the said Expence cannot be a Charge
on the Trust, But should be a Charge on Mr Causton for having over-

334 COLONIAL RECORDS.
drawn the said Sum Which he ought not to have done, but to have
known better if he had kept a regular Account.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.
Resolved That a Draught be made on the Bank of England for One thousand
Eight hundred Pounds to S' Joseph Hankey and C° which with the Bal
ance not wanted for Sola Bills before the next 9th of June will be suffi
cient to discharge the aforesaid Sums, reported, to be 'paid, by the Com
mittee of Accounts.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the same by M' Eyre,
Earl of Egmont, Mr L'apostre D' Hales and M' Smith N° 710 f.
Order'd That Sola Bills for five thousand Pounds be printed and marbled this
Summer for future use, And that they consist of three thousand of One
Pound each, two hundred of five pounds Each, And One hundred of ten
Pounds Each.
Resolved That M' Millar's Petition be refer'd to M' Eyre M' Hen Archer and
Mr Holland or any two of them to make a Report thereon.
Read a Petition dated June 1" 1739 from Mess" William Stirling An
drew Grant Thomas Baillie and David Douglas setting forth their Inca
pacity to proceed in the Improvement of their Plantations, which have
not answer'd their Expectations, and Desiring they may be settled to
gether upon that Part of Wilmington Island which lies towards Wacsaw
Sound.Resolved That the Magistrates do survey the Lands in Wilmington Island and
make a Report thereupon ; And that Plans be made of the four Grants
to lye together in separate Plans, And that the Petitioners upon being
put in possession of their new Grants do make surrender of their former
Ones.
Resolved That two Pounds fifteen Shillings be paid to Antonio de Salis for
Cloaths promis'd him by Gen1 Oglethorpe for his Work in the Trustees
Garden. Adjourn'd.

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Palace Court
Friday June 6. 1740
Present in Common Council Assembled
D' Hales in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' Laroche
M' Eyre
M' Hen Archer
M' Smith
M' L'apostre
Order'd That Sola Bills for the Value of One hundred and fifty Pounds be
seal'd and sign'd by the Accomptant and sent to M' Stephens towards
building a Church at Savanah. And that any five of the Common
Council be impower'd to draw on the Bank of England for payment
of the said Bills when return'd to England.
Resolved That any five of the Common Council be impower'd to draw on the
Bank of England at any time after the 9'" Instant for an Imprest of five
hundred Pounds to S' Joseph Hankey & C° to answer Occasions of the
Trust. Order'd That the Cask of Skins sent over by M' Thomas Jones from the Store
at Savanah by the Ship Two Brothers be sold.
Resolved That the Letter of Attorney from the Common Council of the 28'" of
August 1739 relating to forfeited Lots within the Province of Georgia
be revoked.
Resolved That an Instruction be prepared to direct the Magistrates within the
Province of Georgia to take an Account of any forfeitures of Lots in
curred, and to transmit the same to the Trustees with the Allegations and
Reasons of the Possessors of the said Lots Why they should not be forfeited
in order to release such forfeitures and give such further Relief as the
Trustees shall think proper ; And if any Covenants in the former Grants
shall be found impracticable or inconsistent with the Interest of the

336 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Colony that an Account thereof be certified to the Trustees to the end
that they may be farther consider'd and varied as Occasion shall require.
Read a Letter from M' James Dormer dated March 15'" 1739 setting
forth that he has settled his Accounts with M' Thomas Jones in the
Stores of Savanah, And that there is a Balance due to him of thirty
Pounds Eight Shillings and five Pence, And an Order upon the Trustees
for the said Sum payable to M" Ann Woodroofe, And the said Sum ap
pearing by the Commissioners Report to be due to the said James Dormer
Order'd That the said Sum of thirty Pounds Eight Shillings and five Pence be
paid to M's Ann Woodroofe the Order of the said James Dormer.
Resolved That Every Freeholder of the Province of Georgia be impower'd to
let out any Part of his or her Lot at an improv'd Rent to a Tenant for
seven years certain upon Condition of the Tenants residing upon and
improving the same. Adjourn'd

Palace Court
Monday July 7'" 1740
Present in Common Council Assembled.
M' Smith in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Mr Vernon
M' Thomas Tower
M' Hen. Archer
M' Laroche
M' Eyles
M' L'apostre
Lord Sidney Beauclerk
M' L'apostre reported that M' Vernon and M' Eyre with himself had
been af, the Bank of England and exchang'd the last Years Vouchers of
the Trustees with the Bank, And that the Balance of the Trustees Cash
in the Bank of England on the 9th Instant amounted to the sum of five
thousand Nine hundred and Nineteen Pounds Seven Shillings and seven
pence. And the Accomptant acquainted the Common Council That the said

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Balance stands appropriated to the following Uses. Viz' For Payment
of the Trustees Sola Bills sent to Georgia before the 9'" of June 1740 to
be issued to answer all the Trustees Expences there till Michaelmas 1740.
three thousand One hundred and fifty One Pounds. For building of
Churches the Balance of Benefactions paid in. One hundred and Eighty
four Pounds fifteen Shillings. And appropriated by the Trustees as part
of the twenty six thousand Pounds granted by Parliament One hundred
sixty six Pounds five Shillings and Seven Pence For the Missionaries in
Georgia thirty three Pounds ten Shillings and two Pence One farthing.
And for Payment of Outstanding Debts And for the further Establishing
the Colony from Michaelmas 1740. two thousand three hundred and Eighty
three Pounds Sixteen Shillings and Nine Pence three farthings.
Order'd That Gen1 Oglethorpe's Bill for One hundred and fifty Pounds towards
building a Church at Savanah, being part of three hundred Pounds Ap
propriated for that purpose so many less Sola Bills to the Value of One
hundred and fifty Pounds having been sent to Georgia, be paid.
Order'd That a Grant of five hundred Acre* of land be made out to M' Wil
liam Seward to be set out with his consent and cultivated as he pleases to
hold the same for his Life with a Power to leave the same to the Orphan
House or to such Others as he shall think fit, by Will ; With a Proviso
That if he do's not leave it to the Orphan House but any particular Per
son, it shall be liable to the usual Limitations.
Order'd That the said Grant be seal'd before the Trustees, And that the Secre
tary do countersign it, And a Memorial of the same in order to be regis
ter's' with the Auditor of the Plantations.
Order'd That One thousand Pounds in Sola Bills be sent to Georgia by Capt.
Thomson for the Estimated Expences of the Colony from Michaelmas
1740, And that any five of the Common Council be impower'd to draw
on the Bank of England for payment of them on their Return.
Resolved That it be refer'd to the Committee of Accounts to examine the De
mands of Lieutenant Col. Cochran, and Lieutenant Horton concerning
the Barrack Money payable by the Treasury, And to report their Opinion
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338 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Resolved That Mr Thomas Christie's Memorial be refer'd to the Committee of
Accounts.Resolved That M' Thomas Jenys's Letter and Accounts be refer'd to the Com
mittee of Accounts.
The Accomptant acquainted the Common Council that pursuant to an
Order of the Common Council of the 6'" of last Month a Draught had
been made on the Bank of England to S' Joseph Hankey and C° for five
hundred Pounds to answer the Occasions of the Trust, and was dated the
26'" of last Month, and sign'd by .the Earl of Egmont M' Vernon Mr
Eyles M' L'apostre and M' Laroche N° 712 f
Resolved That no Advantage be taken against any of the present Possessors of
Land in Georgia for any Breach of Covenants, or Forfeitures incurr'd at
any time before the 24'" of June last in relation to the Tenure or Culti
vation of their Lands ; And that a proper Release in Law be prepared
and Executed by the Trustees for that purpose
Resolved That in the Proviso, in the Resolutions of the Trustees for Establishing
the Colony of Georgia, relating to the Grants and Tenure of Lands with
in the said Colony, of August 28th 1739. Viz' That no Daughter or
Other Person shall be capable of enjoying any Devise, Which may there
by increase his or her former Possession of Lands within the said Colony
to more than five hundred Acres, but such Devise to be void, And the
Lands thereby given to descend in such Manner, as if no such Devise had
been made, the Words five hundred be left out, and the Words two thou
sand be inserted instead thereof.
M' Henry Archer reported that he and M' Eyre (to Whom M' Andrew
Millar's Memorial was refer'd) had consider'd the same and the Circum
stances of it, and were of Opinion that the Trustees were not liable in
point of Law to make good any Deficiencies of the Sums subscrib'd by
the Apothecaries Company and others for the Botanist.
Adjourn'd.

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Palace Court
Monday July 21" 1740
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mr L'apostre in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Eyles
M' Ch. Tower
M' Henry Archer
M' Smith
Lord Sidney Beauclerk.
Resolved That One thousand Pounds in Sola Bills besides those order'd the 7"
Instant be sent to Georgia by Capt. Thomson.
Resolved That a Draught be made on the Bank of England for two hundred
Pounds to be paid into the hands of S' Joseph Hankey and C° for the
Occasions of the Trust.
Resolved That Patrick Houston in Georgia be appointed a Conservator of the
Peace within the Province.
Resolved That the Recorder of Savanah and the Recorder of Frederica be ap
pointed Conservators of the Peace.
Order'd That three several Appointments for the same be made out, And that
the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd thereto, And that the Secretary
do countersign the same
Resolved That Thomas Christie be removed from being Recorder of the Town of
Savanah.Resolved That John Pye be appointed Recorder in his Room, that an Appoint
ment for the same be made out, and the Seal of the Corporation be Af
fix'd thereto, And that the Secretary do countersign the same.
Read a Petition of James Smith desiring Leave to dispose of his
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340 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Resolved That upon the said James Smith'6 surrendering the said Lot to the
Trustees A Grant be made of the same to Capt. William Thomson, And
that the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Grant, And that
the Secretary do countersign the same.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for two hundred Pounds
payable to S' Joseph Hankey and C° by M' L'apostre, Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon M' Christopher Tower and M' Smith N° 713 f
Resolved That the Conditions in the Grants already made concerning the Cul
tivation of Land and planting of Mulberry Trees be revok'd, And that
the following Conditions be inserted in their Stead. Viz'
That the Possessors of fifty Acres of Land in Georgia shall not be
oblig'd by their Grants to cultivate more than five Acres of Wood-
Ground Part thereof, and plant more than fifty White Mulberry Trees
or Plants on their Lands in ten Years from the Date of their Grants,
And all Possessors of Land under fifty Acres to be in the same Pro
portion. That the Possessors of five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia shall
not be oblig'd by their Grants to cultivate more than sixty Acres of Wood
Ground Part thereof in ten Years from the Date of their Grants in the
manner following. Viz' twenty five Acres Parcel thereof within four
Years from the Date, And Other twenty five Acres within Eight Years
from the Date, And the remaining ten Acres before the Expiration of
the said Term of ten Years, And sixty Acres more of Wood Ground
Other Part thereof within the further space of another ten Years next
immediately following the first Term of ten Years beforementioned, And
That they shall not be oblig'd to plant on their Land more than One
thousand White Mulberry Trees or Plants in the first term often Years,
And one thousand more white Mulberry Trees or Plants in the second
term of ten Years beforemention'd, And all Possessors of Land under
five hundred Acres and above fifty Acres to be in the same Proportion.
Resolved That in all future Grants the aforesaid new Conditions be inserted.
Resolved That a General License be granted for two Years from Christmas 1740
for all Possessors of Land in Georgia to make Leases of any Part of
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Lease to any Person or Persons residing in Georgia, And Who shall con
tinue resident there during the Term of such Lease,
Order'd That Draughts of the following Deeds be prepared, And if approv'd
of by M' Henry Archer M' Robert Eyre and M' Thomas Tower or Any
Two of them, that the Same be written out fair, And that the Seal of the
Corporation be affix'd thereto, aud that the Secretary do countersign
them. Viz'
A Deed to revoke the Power granted August 28th 1739 to the Magis
trates of the Town Courts in Georgia to reenter upon the Lands of those
Persons who have neglected or refus'd to perform the Conditions or Pro
visos in their Grants.
A proper Release in Law to declare that no advantage shall be taken
against any of the present Possessors of Land in Georgia for any Breach
of Covenants or Forfeitures incurr'd at any time before Midsummer 1740
in relation to the Tenure or Cultivation of their Lands.
A Deed to revoke the Conditions in the Grants already made concern
ing the Cultivation of Land and Planting of Mulberry Trees ; And to
substitute in their Stead the new Conditions of Cultivation and Planting
Mulberry Trees.
And a Deed of general License for two Years from Christmas 1740
for leasing Lands in Georgia as beforemention'd.
Resolved That the Apothecary's Bill for the Housekeeper amounting to One
Pound fourteen Shillings and Six Pence be paid.
Read a Letter from M' John Sharpe relating to the Account of Capt.
Roger Lacy
Order'd That a Copy of the said Account be sent to M' John Sharpe.
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts of July 12. 1740 to
the following Purport. That they had taken into consideration a Letter
from Elizabeth and Thomas Jenys at Charles Town in South Carolina
dated the 27'" of Aprill last relating to the several Disallowances in the
Accounts of the late M' Paul Jenys, (sent by them as his Executors, and
claim'd of the Trustees) Which the Committee of Accounts, held the 4t"
of July 1739, had made thereon, And, having consider'd the several An
swers given to Each of them in the said Letter, are of the following
Opinion, concerning the particular Articles thereof, Viz'
As to the Article of five hundred Ninety two Pounds Nine Shillings

342 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Currency claim'd by the said Executors as not included in the Trustees
Account with the said Paul Jenys Certified by Thomas Causton the 15'"
Day of Aprill 1738. The Committee find that by the particular Account
of the said Sum transmitted with the Letter now under Consideration,
it appears to be a Transaction with the said Paul Jenys and his Partner
Baker on the private Account of the said Thomas Causton as long ago as
in the Year 1735, And therefore it could not be charg'd to the Trustees,
nor at all become any Article in the said Certified Account. As to the
Executors representing that two Bills drawn on James Oglethorpe Esq'
by the said Thomas Causton amounting to Eighty Pounds Sterling was
by him placed to two different Transactions as Payment in both. That
is a Matter to be settled between the said Thomas Causton and them,
And not any Concern of the Trustees.
As to the forty Pounds Currency for the. Eight thousand Bricks not
deliver'd They alledge that the Orders for them were to buy and keep
them till a cheap freight offer'd for Georgia, Which has not happen'd,
And that by their lying on a publick Wharf, Many of them are stolen
and gone, But as they were paid for, they ought not to lose their Money,
The Committee are of opinion That Whatever Quantities of them shall
be deliver'd in Georgia ought to be paid for, on their Delivery there,
together with the Charge of carrying them ; And submit it to the Com
mon Council, Whether the Trustees ought to pay for those not deliver'd.
As to the Over Charge of One hundred Pounds Currency, stated by
the said Thomas Causton to have been made in the Amount of his Bill
drawn July 24'" 1736 on the Trustees Account to William Butler N° 79,
which occasion'd the Committee of Accounts to deduct that Sum as so
Overcharg'd ; The Committee have perus'd a Copy of the said Bill,
transmitted by the Executors of the said Paul Jenys Whereby the Bill
appears to have been drawn for the Sum of two hundred Ninety three
Pounds twelve Shillings Currency claim'd in Account with the Trust,
and not for only One hundred Ninety three Pounds twelve Shillings
Currency stated by the said Thomas Causton to have been the Amount
thereof; But as the said Copy was not attested by a Notary Publick at
Charles Town to have been examin'd with the Original produced to him ;
And Thomas Causton, Who drew the Bill, representing this as an Over
Charge in the Account of the said Paul Jenys ; Tho' the Committee are
far from thinking that the said Executors would send an untrue Copy of
the said Draught, Yet they think it necessary for the Justification of the
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Original Bill being so produced ought to be had to intitle the said Execu
tors to the payment of thirteen Pounds ten Shillings and three Pence
Sterl. the Produce of the said One hundred Pounds Currency at seven
hundred and forty <j^ Cent.
As to the Sum of Sixty three Pounds thirteen Shillings and Nine pence
Currency claim'd by the said Executors on the Authority of a Letter
from the said Thomas Causton ; The Committee do find that very Sum to
have been paid to M' Paul Jenys by Edward Townsend Who has pro
duced to the Commissioners in Georgia his Receipt for the same, Where
fore the said Paul Jenys's Executors can have no demand on the Trus
tees for what has been so paid to their Testator.
And as to the Commission for receiving the Rum Duty and keeping the
Accounts thereof, the Committee are of opinion that a sufficient Satisfac
tion has been already made for the same.
Resolved That it is the Opinion of the Common Council that the Bricks which
were not deliver'd be not paid for, and that the Rest of the Report from
the Committee be agreed to.
Read a further Report from the said Committee that Lieut. Col Coch
ran attended concerning his Account Whereon he claim'd four hundred
forty four Pounds twelve Shillings and One Penny as the Balance due to
him, Wherein four hundred twenty Nine Pounds Eight Shillings and
two Pence is charged for his Expence in building a House for the Com
manding Officer of Gen1 Oglethorpe's Regiment at S' Simons in Georgia,
Which, by the Engineer's Plan of fortifying that Place, will stand within
the Fort ; And Wherein Several Sums are also charg'd for Wine deliv
er'd to Inhabitants in Georgia, Who had Credit on the Trustees Store,
by order of M' Causton the late Storekeeper, amounting in the Whole
to Seventy Seven Pounds Sixteen Shillings and Six pence And the
Lieut. Col. being examin'd concerning the same, produced M' Thomas
Stephens Who acted for him in Georgia ; And he offering to make Oath
that Every Particular of the said Sum was deliver'd by the Order of the
said M' Causton to the several Persons mention'd to have received the
same ; And That the respective Values thereof were placed to their par
ticular Accounts with the Store as Payments to them by the Trustees ;
The Committee are of opinion That as the said Sum of four hundred
twenty Nine Pounds Eight Shillings and two Pence is included in the
Trustees Memorial to the Treasury dated the 12'" of March last to be re
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344 COLONIAL RECORDS.
and Nine Pence half Penny represented to have been expended by the
Trustees for the Military Defence of Georgia, And if M' Thomas Ste
vens shall make Oath of the other Particulars abovementioned, Those
Particulars will stand in the same light with other Certified Accounts
from Georgia Which have been paid. They submit it to the Common
Council whether it may be proper to pay the said Sum of four hundred
forty four Pounds twelve Shillings and One Penny to Lieut. Col. Coch
ran on his giving Security that will be proper to repay to the Trustees
the four hundred twenty Nine Pounds Eight Shillings and two Pence
beforemention'd in case the Treasury do not reimburse the Trustees that
Sum as Part of the said One thousand Nine hundred Eighty Seven
Pounds and Nine Pence half Penny.
Resolved That fifteen Pounds three Shillings and Eleven Pence be paid to
Lieut. Col. Cochran for Wine and other Goods deliver'd to the Trustees
Store, but that the Sum of four hundred twenty Nine pounds Eight
Shillings and two Pence being expended for the Military Services of the
Colony be not paid by the Trust.
Read a further Report from the said Committee That they had read a
Memorial from Lieutenant William Horton with an Account annex'd
amounting to Sixty Nine Pounds Eleven Shillings for Expences and
Work done by him and his Servants in building the Barracks at S' Si
mons in Georgia Which being part of the Seven hundred and fifty
Pounds included in the beforemention'd Memorial to the Treasury to be
reimburs'd the Trustees, The Committee submit the same as they did
Lieut. Col. Cochran's Balance.
Resolved That the said Sum of Sixty Nine Pounds Eleven Shillings being for
the Military Services of the Colony be not paid by the Trust.
Read a further Report from the said Committee that they had taken
into Consideration the Claim of Thomas Christie of One hundred Pounds,
annex'd to his Memorial and Papers laid before the Trustees the 24'" of
last Month ; and having examin'd his Account with the Trust, receiv'd
from the Commissioners in Georgia as the same stood at Michaelmas last
do find he stands indebted thereon to the Trustees the Sum of thirty One
Pounds and four Pence farthing, And the said Commissioners having
observ'd That it did not appear to them that he had ever paid any Rent
for a Town Lot, two Houses and a Ware house belonging to John God-
dard an Orphan value Eighteen Pounds a Year possessd by the said

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Thomas Christie for some Years, and charging him generally with having
converted several Sums of Money and Effects to his own use belonging
to Persons Who died in Georgia, as well as to the Trustees. The said
Thomas Christie was examin'd concerning the same, Who answer'd That
he had surrender'd up the said Orphan's Estate, and was discharg'd
therefrom. That the Money and Effects of deceas'd Persons never came
to his hands, Nor anything belonging to the Trustees more than charg'd
upon him by the Store except forty Shillings for Fines as is hereafter
mention'd. Whereupon the Committee proceeded to examine into those
Articles of his Claim not included in his Account receiv'd from the Com
missioners in Georgia, And find them to consist of the following Sums.
Vizt Sixteen Pounds One Shilling and Eight Pence for half a Year's Al
lowance as Recorder from Michaelmas 1739 to Lady Day 1740 on the
last Estimate of the Trustees to which the Committee have no Objection.
Of fifty three Pounds five Shillings for a Year's Provision for himself
and Family consisting of seven Heads at Seven Pounds fifteen shillings
each allow'd by the Trustees to the Recorder of Savanah dated the 15th
of May 1735, to the Payment of Which the Committee have no Objec
tion provided he makes oath that his Family consisted of so many Heads
for the whole year. Of Eight Pounds fifteen Shillings for one year and
three Quarters Rent of the Room for the Magistrates from June 1738 to
March 1740 at five Pounds a Year which being the Rate before paid to
June 1738 the Committee have no Objection to this Acticle. Of two
Pounds ten Shillings for twenty Bushels of Corn taken by the Indians to
be made good to him or paid for at two shillings and six pence a Bushel,
the said Thomas Christie having produc'd the Affidavit of William Star
Fitchet concerning the Fact the Committee have no Objection to this
Article provided he makes Oath that he has receiv'd no Satisfaction for
the same. Of One Pound one Shilling for Charges on the Inquests taken
on the Bodies of one Mac Bride Who was drown'd. And of Hugh Wat
son Who was suppos'd to be murder'd, The Committee have no Objection
to this Article provided he makes Oath such Inquests were taken by
him. And Of two Pounds for Stationary Ware for the Town Court for
two Years and upwards Which the Committee do not think Unreason
able. All Which Sums amount together to the Sum of Eighty three
Pounds twelve Shillings and Eight Pence, Out of Which his Debt stated
by the Commissioners to the Trustees being deducted as likewise the forty
Shillings Which he receiv'd for Fines, of M' Patrick Houston and John
Penrose for selling Spirituous Liquors, will reduce the same to the Sum

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of fifty Pounds twelve Shillings and three pence three farthings as due
to the said Thomas Christie Provided no further Charge than the Debt
the Commissioners have stated shall be chargeable on him. But submit
to the Common Council in What manner the Trustees shall be assured
thereof.
Resolved That twenty Pounds be advanced to M' Thomas Christie upon his Ac
count upon his giving sufficient Security for the repayment of the same,
if it do's not appear to be due to him.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Wednesday Nov' 19. 1740
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Eyre in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' Digby
M' Hen. Archer
D' Hales
M' Tracy
M' Smith
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts of October 18 1740
to the following Purport. That the Committee having examin'd the Ac
counts of Dr. Thomas Hawkins with the Trust from the 1" of May 1736
to the 3d of November following for his Allowance as One of the Bailiffs
of Frederica ; And from the 3d of November 1736 to the third of Novem
ber 1738, As well for the like Allowance, As for his taking care of the
Sick in the Southern Part of the Province for the same time ; Whereon
there was by the said Accounts the Sum of Seventy Pounds five Shil
lings and four Pence half Penny claim'd as due from the Trust to him ;
And for Which he had drawn two Bills on the Trustees Accomptant
payable to Captain William Thomson ; the One for Forty Eight Pounds
thirteen Shillings and three half Pence ; And the Other for twenty One
Pounds twelve Shillings and three Pence. And finding the following
Sums charg'd in the Books of the Trustees Store as Certified by Mr
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347

Debtor to the Trust more than is included in the Accounts receiv'd from
Frederica ; The Committee had deducted the same from his said Claim
as hereafter particularly mention'd Viz'.

September 8'" 1736. For Eighteen Pounds of
Loaf Sugar at Nine Pence a pound .
Nov' 2. 1736. For a Box of hard Soap con
taining Seventy six Pounds at five Pence a
Pound 
October 10. 1737. For Richard Hughes's sharp-
ning two Surgeon's Saws 
For Moses Lidesmo's cleaning and grind
ing his Surgeons Instruments ....
October 20. 1737. For his Order to Joseph
Smyth  ¦ . . .
January 18. 1737. For sundry Medicines
amounting to 
August 19 1738. For One hundred Pounds of
Sugar 1. 13.4. And One hundred and twenty
£
Pounds of tallow making together 3. 13. 4
For Which in the Account receiv'd from
Frederica there is charg'd only . 3. 9. 0.

For twenty One Pounds ofT-tarr'd Rope
ten Shillings and six pence And two Seven
Inch Blocks three Shillings making together
0. 13. 6. For Which in the Account receiv'd
from Frederica there is charg'd only 0. 5. 0

Whereout is deducted for an Order on Joseph
Smyth for Which the said Dr. Hawkins has
Credit given him in the Books of the Trustees
Store at Savanah the 15'" of July 1737 And
not included in the Accounts receiv'd from
Frederica  •

0

£
0. 14.
1. 11.

0. 1. 0.
0. 15. 0
0. 18. 0
1. 2. 0.

0. 4. 4

0. 8. 6

5. 14. 6

£ 1. 10. 0.

Which reduces said Deductions to . . £ 4. 4. 6
And the Committee finding twenty five Pounds a Year charg'd by the
said Dr. Hawkins from Nov' 3d 1736 to November 3. 1738 for the serv
ice of his Boat and two Servants kept by him to enable him to do his

348 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Surgeons Business, for Which by his Extraordinary Fees charg'd he
has been fully paid, And out of Which he might keep his Boat and
Servants without claiming such Allowance from the Trust, they have
disallow'd the same as unreasonable for the Trust to be at the Expence
of both, making for the said two Years Fifty Pounds.
Whereby the Disallowances made out of his said Claim amount to
Fifty four Pounds four Shillings and Six pence.
And the Balance the Committee are of Opinion ought to be paid to
Capt. Thomson on the said Dr. Hawkins's Bill for twenty One Pounds
twelve Shillings and three Pence as due to him for his Allowance as One
of the Bailiffs of Frederica is the Sum of Sixteen Pounds and ten Pence
half Penny, the Other Bill being return'd.
That the Committee had read a Letter from Mess" Woodward and Flower
dated February 5. 1739 concerning their Bond taken for the King's Duties
on Molasses and Sugars Imported into Georgia the 11'" of January before
by the Scooner Beaufort Nicolas Legale Master from Cape Francois
upon Hispaniola, and concerning the Return of fifty Pounds weight of
Coffee in two Cags, And six small Boxes of soap siezed on board
the said Scooner, And in the custody of .the Magistrates at Sa
vanah ; And also relating to their Account with the Trust ; Whereon
they claim'd four hundred Seventy three Pounds Six Shillings and ten
Pence South Carolina Currency due to them, Making in Sterling Money
Fifty Nine Pounds three Shillings and four Pence; For Which they
had drawn a Bill on the Trust in the favor of Mess" Thomas Thomas and
Son of London ; And read a Letter from John Fallowfield at Savanah
dated the 12'" of the said February concerning the said Duties And
Seizure. And the Committee having examin'd the Account of the said
Messieurs Woodward and Flower sent over by the Commissioners for stat
ing the publick Debts in Georgia, Are of Opinion, That the Acts of Par
liament concerning the King's Duties in the Plantations, And the Regu
lating the Trade and Navigation there, Ought to be the Rule to consider
this Case upon, And that as soon as may be, A State of these Special
Matters be drawn out for a proper Determination therein ; And that
Messieurs Woodward and Flower And the said John Fallowfield be ac
quainted therewith ; And that They have no Objection to the Payment
of the said Bill of fifty Nine Pounds three Shillings and four Pence
When Presented for that Purpose.
That the Committee had read a Petition of Mary Fage Widow of Pe
ter Fage late Freeholder at Highgate in Georgia setting forth her losses

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there, and Disappointment on her Return to England by her Father's
Death, a little before her landing, Who encourag'd her coming over to
be Assisted by him ; And Praying some Consideration for her Husband's
labor in building a Good House and Improving the Land allotted to him,
And were of Opinion That an Inquiry should be made if the said House
and Lot are possess'd, And by Whom, And in What manner ; And if
Possess'd, That all possible Means should be used to obtain from the Pos
sessor a Consideration to the Petitioner for her Husband's labour But if
Vacant, That the same should be dispos'd of for the Benefit of the said
Petitioner; As M' Stephens, the Secretary for the Affairs of the Trust
in Georgia should think best, And That in the mean time the Sum of
five Pounds should be advanc'd to her by the Trust, And be paid to M'
Bartholomew Zollicoffre for her Use.
That the Committee had read a Letter from M' Henry Garret dated
August Is' 1740 with an Account claiming forty two Pounds fourteen
Shillings, as due to him for the Service of himself and Others Employ'd
in stating, drawing out and balancing the Orphans Accounts in the Prov
ince of Georgia, Which Accounts not being receiv'd from thence nor any
other Testimonial than the said Claim ; The Committee were of Opinion
that a Copy of the said Account should be sent to the Commissioners for
stating the Publick Debts in the Province to examine the same ; And
Report thereon, As to the Service Perform'd, And the Necessity of it,
And What is in their Opinion a Reasonable Reward for such Service ;
And that M' Henry Garret be acquainted therewith.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.
Read a Petition of Thomas Christie setting forth That in a Report from
a Committee of Accounts made July 21" 1740 of a Sum of Money due
to him from the Trust, there were omitted by Mistake two Articles. Vizt
One for Sixteen Pounds for the Maintenance of two Servants from June
1738 to September 1739. The Other for ten Pounds for the Allowance
of a Clerk for the last Year, Both Which Sums are due to the Petitioner.
That the Common Council then sitting permitted the Petitioner to re
ceive only twenty Pounds, Part of the Money due, And oblig'd the Peti
tioner to stay four Months for the Receipt of the Remainder, Which they
then promis'd should be paid Provided no further Charge should appear
against the Petitioner before that time, Which in such Case was to be
deducted thereout.
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And the said Time being Expired, he relies upon the Trustees Justice,
And hopes they will order the Payment of the said Money together with
the said Sums of Sixteen Pounds and ten Pounds as set forth in his Pe
tition. s
Resolved That the further Sum of thirty Pounds twelve Shillings and three
Pence three farthings be paid to M' Thomas Christie in case no new Sur
charge shall appear by the Packet Which is just arrived. And that his
Bond be deliver'd up.
Resolved That ten Pounds be allowed to the the said M' Thomas Christie for his
(sic)
Clerk.Resolved That the Maintenance of M' Christie's two Servants from June 1738
to September 1739 be not allowed.
Order'd That two hundred and fifty Pounds be paid into the hands of S' Jo
seph Hankey and C° on Account.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the said Sum by M'
Eyre the Earl of Shaftesbury Earl of Egmont M' Vernon and D' Hales.
N° 717f
Read a Letter from M' Adam Anderson setting forth That the Minute
of the Common Council of Aprill 23d 1740 in relation to the Grant of
three hundred Acres of Land to to Scotch Society's Missionary in Geor-
(sic)
gia has occasion'd the following Difficulties to be started by that Society.
First. They think it hard that the Society should be bound to allow
fifty pounds ^, Ann to their Missionary Untill two thirds of three hun
dred Acres of Land be cultivated. And instead of this Clause the So
ciety are desirous to be left at large with respect to the Quantum Which
they may allow hereafter to their Missionary.
Secondly. They hope it will be express'd in the Grant That their Mis
sionary be of the Church of Scotland as by Law Establish'd.
Resolved That the Society be satisfied in the two Points as they desire.
The Accomptant acquainted the Board, That pursuant to Order of the
Common Council three Draughts had been made on the Bank of Eng
land to S' Joseph Hankey and C° for five hundred Pounds Each for pay
ment of Sola Bills. Vizt. August 13 1740. sign'd by the Earl of Egmont

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M' Vernon M' Eyre Mr L'apostre and M' Smith N° 714 f. September 5'"
1740 sign'd by the Earl of Egmont M' Laroche M' L'apostre, M' Eyre
and M' Smith N° 715 f. And the Other September 19'" 1740. sign'd by
the Earl of Egmont M' Laroche M' L'apostre M' Eyre and Mr Smith N°
716f Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts November 15'" 1740
to the Purport following. That they had examin'd the Annual Account
from June 9'" 1739 to June 9'" 1740. And that the Balance of the said
Account ending June 9'" 1740 remaining Unapplied the Committee did
find to be the Sum of five thousand Nine hundred and Nineteen Pounds
Seven Shillings and Seven Pence. Which Sum the Accomptant at the
Bank has certified to be in the hands of the Governor and C° of the Bank
of England on the said Ninth of June 1740.
Resolved That Any three of the Common Council be impower'd to read over the
General Account, and Exhibit the same pursuant to the Charter.
Order'd That When the Annual Account is exhibited, One hundred Copies of
the same be printed. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Monday December Is' 1740
Present in Common Council Assembled.
Earl of Egmont in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon
M' Thomas Tower
M' Eyre
Lord Sidney Beauclerk
M' Christopher Tower
M' L'apostre
Mr Smith
Resolved That a Sola Bill for ten Pounds dated July 4'" 1739. N° 294. Issued
October 20th 1739 to Francis Moore by M' William Stephens and
Thomas Jones being suppos'd at the Death of Col Brathwaite to fall into

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the hands of the Spaniards, The Value of the said Bill be paid to Capt.
James Pearse upon his giving Security to the Trust to indemnify them
for the same.
Read a Petition of Lieutenant Philip Delegal Desiring the Trustees to
pay him the Balance of his Account Which he states to be Sixty five
Pounds, twenty having been advanced to him before.
Resolved That ten Pounds more be advanced to the Petitioner till his Account
with the Trust shall be reported from the Commissioners in the Province.
Resolved That Any three of the Common Council be a Committee to meet on
Saturday the 6'" Instant in order to peruse a Treatise written by the Sec
retary and call'd an Impartial Inquiry into the State and Utility of the
Province of Georgia.
Order'd That the said Treatise When perus'd and Approv'd of by the Commit
tee be printed, And that One thousand of the Printed Books be pur-
chas'd for the use of the Trust.
Read a Petition of Thomas Christie setting forth That he having laid
out upwards of Sixty Pounds Sterling on a Tract of Marsh Land con
taining near two hundred Acres, Bordering on the River Savanah, on
the Promise of a Lease of the same on reasonable and easy Terms, hum
bly prays for a Lease of the same.
Resolved That in consideration of the Services of the said M' Thomas Christie
and the Improvements he has made a Lease of the said Tract of Land be
granted to him on the following Terms. Vizt.
That the Lease be made for twenty One Years.
That a Quit Rent of twelve Shillings be paid by the said Thomas
Christie to the Trustees at the End of ten Years, Every Year during the
Term of his Lease ; And That the Quit Rent after the Renewal of his
Lease be forty Shillings.
That at or before the Renewal of his Lease a Fine be paid by him to
the Trustees of two Pounds Sixteen Shillings And a Pound of Raw Silk
the Produce of the Colony, And That upon the second Renewal the said
Fine be doubled And so toties quoties.
That the said Thomas Christie be obliged to carry over with him to
Georgia four Servants, And to clear and fence not less than ten Acres
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That a Tow Path by the River be preserved.
That the Grant of the Lease be void if the Quit Rent Agreed on be
not paid regularly Every Year, And the Other Conditions be not com
plied with.
That there be a Covenant for the Trustees to renew at the Expiration
of the Lease, for the said Term of twenty one Years Upon his Perform
ing the beforesaid Conditions.
M' Thomas Christie having Declared his Satisfaction in the said Terms.
Order'd That the Grant to the said Thomas Christie be seal'd before a Board of
Trustees, And that the Secretary do countersign it, And likewise sign a
Memorial of the Same in order to be Register'd with the Auditor of the
Plantations. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Monday January 12th 174$
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Vernon in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
M' Tracy
M' Christopher Tower
M' Eyre
M' L'apostre
M' Smith
Earl of Shaftesbury.
Order'd That When an Index shall be made to M' Stephens's Journal from the
Beginning Seventy Copies of of the Journal be printed for the use of the
(sic)
Trust ; And that the Press be then broken.
A Draught of Instructions to William Stephens Esq' Propos'd to be
President of the Northern Part of the Province, And to four Others, to
be his Assistants being laid before the Common Council.
Resolved That a Comittee be appointed to digest and prepare the said Instruc
tions ; And that all the Gentlemen present, And Thomas Tower and
Henry Archer Esq" be of the said Committee.
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354 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Resolved That it be refer'd to the said Committee to prepare a Letter to M*
Fallowfield the second Bailiff of the Town of Savanah.
Resolved That it be refer'd to the said Com mittee to consider What Law Books
will be proper to be sent for the Use of the Magistrates in Georgia ; And
that in particular the Statutes at large be sent to them.
Read a Letter from Mess" Bolzius and Gronau Desiring the payment
of Seventy One Pounds Seventeen Shillings And One Penny to Mess"
Norris and Drewett, being the prime Cost of Swiss Linen issued by Mr
Causton for the use of the Colony.
Order'd That the said Sum of Seventy One Pounds Seventeen Shillings And
One Penny be paid to Mess" Norris and Drewett.
Order'd That the Sum of twenty five Pounds Nine Shillings And One Penny
for Stationary Ware be paid.
Order'd That M' Cole's Bill (for Making Sola Bills) amounting to Seven Pounds
Eleven Shillings and Six Pence be paid.
Order'd That a Draught be made on the Bank of England for four hundred
Pounds for the Payment of the aforesaid Sums and Other Purposes.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank for the Sum of four hundred Pounds
by M' Vernon the Earl of Egmont M' Eyre, Mr L'apostre and M' Tracy
N°719f Resolved That the Proportion of Land to be cultivated by M' Thomas Christie
be twenty Acres in ten Years.
Resolved That the Release of all Forfeitures relating to the Tenure or Cultiva
tion of Lands shall extend to Christmas 1740.
Resolved That the Time when the License for Leasing Lands shall take place be
at Lady Day 1741
Resolved That Edmund Bushby be appointed Clerk to M' Stephens, And that
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Resolved That five hundred Acres of Land in the Southern Part of the Prov
ince be granted to Thomas Price Esq' of Whitehall under the usual Lim
itations and Conditions.
M' Philp attending in relation to a Bill Drawn on the Trustees by
Mess" Grant and Douglass for thirty Eight Pounds Six Shillings And
One Penny, the Balance of their Account with the Trust as Drawn out
by themselves, was called in, And Acquainted, That the Account so
Stated should be sent over to the Commissioners in Georgia to be Ex
amin'd ; And if upon their Report Any thing should appear to be due,
it would be paid. Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Monday January 26. 174$
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Smith in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Digby
M' Laroche
M' Thomas Tower
M' Tracy
M' Thomas Archer
M' L'apostre.
Order'd That a Map of the Province of Georgia representing from Port Royal
to Augustine Inclusive And Describing the Settlements, the Forts, Ports,
and Harbours And the Soundings, be printed.
Adjourn'd.

356 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Monday February 2d 174$
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Eyre in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' Digby
M' Laroche
M' Thomas
M' Henry Archer
M' L'apostre
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Tracy
M' Thomas Archer.
The Account of the Application of the Residue of the Sum of twenty
thousand Pounds granted by Parliament in the Year 1739, having been
laid before the House of Commons, Wherein the Charges of Improving
the Colony by providing for the Reception of the Regiment sent for its
Defence, consisting of Boathire, Building Houses, And Other Expences
on that Occasion were taken Credit for, And of which the Sum of Four
hundred twenty Nine Pounds Eight Shillings and two Pence claim'd by
Lieutenant Col. Cochran, and the Sum of Sixty Nine Pounds Eleven
Shillings claim'd by Captain Horton are Part.
Resolved That the said Sums be now paid.
Read a Petition of Richard Lawley for fifteen Pounds Six Shillings
and Six Pence due to him for the following Services Vizt For the Use
of his Boat, when an Invasion was apprehended from the Spaniards, in
order to carry Boards and Timber for building Barracks, and to carry
Provisions to Amelia, And likewise for Goods Deliver'd by him into the
Trustees Store which Captain Horton certified, And Which he acquainted
the Common Council was demanded of General Oglethorpe by the said
Richard Lawley, And the General had no Objection to the Articles, But
the Sum being for Expences before his last Arrival in the Province he
referr'd the said Lawley to the Trustees for Payment.
Order'd That the said Sum of fifteen Pounds Six Shillings and Six pence be
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Order'd That a Draught be made on the Bank of England for five hundred
and fourteen Pounds five Shillings and Eight Pence to Sr Joseph Hankey
and C° in order to pay the Aforesaid Sums.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the said Sum by Mr
Eyre the Earl of Shaftesbury Earl of Egmont M' Vernon and M' L'apostre
N° 720 f Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Monday March 9'" 174$
Present in Common Council Assembled
Earl of Egmont in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon
M' Digby
M' L'apostre
D' Hales
M' Smith
M' Thomas Tower
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Tracy
Read a Petition of Hans Jacob Riemensperger and Hans Caspar Gal-
lisen setting forth That they had humbly applied to his Majesty by the
Means of Gerard Andrew Reiche Esq' Post Master and Under Secretary
for Hannover for the defraying the Charge of Passage and some Neces
saries for One hundred distress'd German Protestants, One half of whom
to be sent and settled in South Carolina, and the Other half in the
Province of Georgia ; But they have been inform'd since that No Peo
ple are sent to South Carolina at the Expence of the Publick. That
the Petitioners having consider'd thereof, and that Georgia is a proper
Climate for producing Raw Silk, have undertaken to bring Persons from
Germany and Switzerland well skill'd in the Business of Silk, and spin
ning and winding the same from the Balls, and do therefore humbly de
sire the Trustees to pay the Passage from Rotterdam of One hundred
Heads of Freight, computing Each Person of twelve years old and up
wards as One Plead, Persons of seven years old and under twelve as two

358 COLONIAL RECORDS.,
for One, And Persons of two years old and under Seven as three for
One ; And to pay the said People in Georgia the sum of fifty Shillings
Sterling for every Person of twelve Years of Age and Upwards, and
twenty five Shillings Sterl. for Every Person under twelve Years of Age
to assist them in the beginning of their Settlement untill they can raise
a Subsistance, Which is the same Sum as was formerly paid by the Prov
ince of South Carolina. And as the Petitioners by their stay in England
have contracted some Debts for their Lodging and Board ; And are de
sirous to return to Switzerland in order to have the People in readiness
at Rotterdam in July next, They humbly hope for the Trustees Assist
ance in Enabling them to discharge their said Debts, and to reach their
own Country, And likewise in obtaining a proper Pass for their coming
down unmolested as free People and Subjects of his Majesty.
Resolved That One hundred Heads of distress'd German Protestants be carried
over to be settled in the Province of Georgia.
Resolved That thirty Pounds be paid to the aforesaid Petitioners towards defray
ing their Passage into their own Country, and their Expence in procuring
the People.
Read the following Terms and Conditions to be deliver'd to M' Hans
Jacob Riemensperger.
The Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America hav
ing sent three Germans over to the Province of Georgia by the way of
South Carolina on board the Ship Carolina Merchant as Part of One
hundred Heads of Freight Which they have agreed to transport from
Rotterdam in July next in the Month of July next to England, and from
thence to America, do hereby acquaint Hans Jacob Riemensperger that
the Heads of Freight are computed in the following manner. Viz'
Every Person of twelve Years of Age and upwards is reckon'd One
Head. Persons of seven Years of Age and under twelve are reckon'd as two
for One.
Persons of two Years of Age and under Seven are reckon'd as three
for One.
And Every Person under two Years of Age go's freight free.
The said Persons are to receive in Georgia two Pounds ten Shillings
Sterling for Every Person of twelve Years of Age and upwards, And
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to assist them for One Year whilst they are cultivating their Lands,
which are to be granted to them and their Heirs in Tail General, with a
Power to dispose of the same by Will under the Yearly Rent of four
Shillings Sterling for Every hundred Acres, to commence after ten Years
are expired ; And the Quantity of Land to each Family will be settled
on their Requests when in England in proportion to their Ability to cul
tivate them.
The Trustees are to be inform'd in time about what Day in July the
Germans and Swiss whom they are to transport will be at Rotterdam,
that they may provide Shipping to be ready there for that purpose.
To those who go at their own Expence and take Servants to settle in
Georgia, Each Master will have fifty Acres of Land for Every Man
Servant which he carries, without Rent for ten Years ; And then he is to
pay twenty Shillings Sterling for every hundred Acres. The Servants
also will have Land on their Masters Certificates of their Good Behaviour
without Rent for ten Years, and then to pay at the rate of four Shillings
Sterling for Every hundred Acres.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Terms and Con
ditions. Which was affix'd accordingly
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
The Board taking into consideration a Letter of Col. De Veils setting
forth the Circumstances of Lieutenant Delagal.
Resolved That the further Sum of twenty Pounds be advanc'd to Lieutenant
Delagal on the Credit of his Claim.
The Accomptant acquainted the Common Council that he had paid
Sixty One Pounds four Shillings in part of the Money order'd to be paid
to Captain James Mackpherson March 25'" 1740 ; And that he was ready
to tender pursuant to order of the Common Council of that Day the fur
ther Sum of One hundred Eighty Nine Pounds thirteen Shillings and
One Penny half Penny; But had on Friday last receiv'd a Certified Ac
count dated October 17'" 1738 in which the Sum of two hundred thirty
two Pounds Eighteen Shillings was claim'd for Advanced Pay Demanded
by the said Capt. James Mackpherson.
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360 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Resolved That the Sum of One hundred Eighty Nine Pounds thirteen Shillings
and One Penny half Penny be paid to Capt. James Macpherson in full
of all his Demands ; And that his Claim of the said Advanc'd Pay be
disallow'd.Resolved That it be referr'd to M' Henry Archer M' Thomas Tower and Mr
Eyre to order What Law Books shall be bought and sent to the Magis
trates at Savanah and Frederica.
Resolved That fifty Heads of Saltzburghers be sent to Georgia, And that a Letter
be sent in order to procure them to be at Rotterdam in July next ; the
Society for promoting Christian Knowledge undertaking to pay the Pas
sage of the said Saltzburghers to Rotterdam.
Resolved That M' Samuel Auspourger have leave to be absent from the Prov
ince of Georgia till the Year 1744.
Resolved That the Terms in the five hundred Acre Grants of cultivating Lands
be Ten Years for fifty Acres, and other ten Years for fifty Acres more ;
And that in the Grants of lesser Quantities the same Proportion be
observed.Resolved That a General License be granted for three Years from Michaelmas
1741 for all Possessors of Land in Georgia to make Leases of any Part of
their Lots for any Term not exceeding twenty One Years from the Date
of the Lease to Any Person or Persons residing, Occupying, and culti
vating the same ; And Who shall continue to reside occupy, and culti
vate the same during the Term of such Lease.
Resolved That proper Deeds pursuant to the two last Resolutions be prepared
and seal'd in the presence of the Trustees, and that the Secretary do
countersign the same.
The Accomptant acquainted the Common Council that pursuant to
their Orders three Draughts had been made on the Bank of England to
S' Joseph Hankey and C° since the 19'" of September last for payment of
Sola Bills. Vizt. One on December 15'" 1740 for five hundred Pounds
sign'd by the Earl of Shaftesbury Earl of Egmont M' Vernon M' Tracy
and M' Smith N° 718 f. One on February 7'" 174$ for three hundred

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Pounds sign'd by the Earl of Shaftesbury Earl of Egmont M' Tracy M'
L'apostre and M' Smith N° 6141 L. And Another on February 16'"
174$ for four hundred Pounds sign'd by the Earl of Shaftesbury Earl of
Egmont Mr Vernon M' Tracy and Mr Smith N° 6142. L.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Monday March 23d 174$
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mr Digby in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
Mr Bathurst
M' Frederick
M' Tracy
M' Smith
M' Tho8 Tower
Mr L'apostre.
Resolved That all Servants in the Province of Georgia, whose time of Service is
already expired, shall, upon their producing a Certificate from their
Masters of their good Behaviour, be intitled to fifty Acres of Good Land
instead of twenty Acres Which they are now possess'd of, or intitled to
by Virtue of former Covenants ; And that Instructions be sent over to
the Magistrates of Savanah and Frederica to take care that a sufficient
Quantity of Good Land for the said Purpose be immediately survey'd,
and given to them.
Resolved That all Servants Who shall be out of their Service on or before
Christmas 1741, shall at the Expiration of their respective Services be
intitled to fifty Acres of Good Land instead of twenty Which they are
now intitled to ; And that Instructions be sent over to the Magistrates to
take care that a sufficient Quantity of Good Land for the said Purpose
be immediately survey'd, and given them to compleat the same.
The Commissioners for stating the Publick Debts of the Colony
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362 COLONIAL RECORDS.
and four Pence is due to John Loyd for Provisions &c. Deliver'd into
the Store.
Order'd That the said Sum be paid.
Mess" Pytt and Tuckwell having receiv'd a Copy (on the Oath of John
Brownfield their Factor in Georgia) of three Accounts claim'd to be due
to them amounting to four hundred and five Pounds twelve Shillings
and four Pence three farthings ; Whereof three hundred Pounds have
been paid in part, And the same agreeing with the Commissioners
Report. Order'd That One hundred and five Pounds twelve Shillings and four Pence
being the Remainder of the Sum due to Mess" Pytt and Tuckwell be
paid.Resolved That Sola Bills to the Value of One thousand Pounds. Vizt. One
hundred of five Pounds Each and five hundred of One Pound Each be
sent over (Being first seal'd, and sign'd by the Accomptant) to William
Stephens Esq' M' Henry Parker and M' Thomas Jones to them or any
two of them to issue for the Service of the Province.
Resolved That fifty Pounds be given to the Secretary for his Extraordinary
Services
Resolved That fifty Pounds be given to the Accomptant for his Extraordinary
Services.Resolved That a Draught be made on the Bank of England for five hundred
Pounds payable to S' Joseph Hankey and C" on Account.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank for the said Sum of five hundred Pounds
by M' Digby the Earl of Shaftesbury Earl of Egmont M' L'apostre and
M' Smith N" 6143 L. Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 363
Palace Court
Monday Aprill 6'" 1741
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Vernon in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
Earl of Egmont
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Frederick
M' L'apostre
D' Hales
M' Smith
M' Tracy
The Accomptant acquainted the Common Council that the following
Debts are reported by the Commissioners in Georgia for stating the Pub
lick Debts of the Colony as all that appear at present to be claim'd on
the Trust. Vizt.
To William Bellinger Exclusive of the Value of two Horses two hundred
twenty Nine Pounds two Shillings and Seven Pence half Penny.
To Alexander Rantowle Eighty five Pounds Eighteen Shillings and three
Pence half Penny.
To Samuel Eveleigh Fifty five Pounds four Shillings and ten Pence half
Penny.
To Benjamin Adams twenty Eight Pounds One Shilling and Nine Pence
three farthings.
To William Elbert thirty two Pounds fourteen Shillings and five Pence
three farthings.
To John Penrose Thirteen Pounds twelve Shillings and ten Pence half
Penny.
To Eneas Mackintosh Fifty Pounds.
To John Lewis Camuse Seventy Eight Pounds Sixteen Shillings and
Eight Pence.
To John Cuthbert One Pound two Shillings and three Pence three
farthings.
To William Clay two hundred thirty Eight Pounds Nine Shillings and
three half Pence.
To James Searles Forty Pounds four Shillings and Eleven Pence.
To Capt. Roger Lacy Twenty three Pounds Eleven Shillings and Six
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364 COLONIAL RECORDS.
To Samuel Lacy Fifty Pounds Nine Shillings and four Pence.
To M' Spangenbergh and the Moravians Four Pounds Six Shillings and
four Pence half Penny.
To Samuel Mercer Twenty four Pounds One Shilling and Eleven Pence
half Penny.
To Lieutenant Delagal (the residue of Eighty five Pounds claim'd)
Thirty five Pounds.
Debts to Sundry mention'd in the List of October 10'" 1738 not contra
dicted in the Report from the Commissioners, or not mention'd yet
by them. Four hundred fifty Six Pounds thirteen Shillings and
Nine Pence farthing.
The Whole Amount of the Above Debts One thousand four hundred
forty seven Pounds ten Shillings and Eleven Pence half Penny.
Resolved That as Money in the Bank of England is appropriated for answering
the said Outstanding Debts Any Five of the Common Council be im
power'd from time to time to draw on the Bank of England for the Pay
ment of them.
Resolved That John Pye Who has officiated from Lady Day 1740 as Recorder
in the room of Thomas Christie be allowed and paid the Salary of Re
corder from that time as well as the Allowance of a Clerk.
Resolved That John Pye be confirm'd as Recorder for the Town of Savanah
Resolved That the said John Pye be instructed that the Trustees never intended
that the Recorder should be consider'd as a Magistrate upon the Bench ;
But that his Business is only to keep the Records and Minutes of the
Proceedings of the Court.
Resolved That M' William Stephens be directed to prosecute M' (giC) Hammer
ton at Charles Town South Carolina for Payment of his Bill of Exchange
for two hundred Pounds on M' George Saxby out of the King's Quit
Rents, if not already paid.
Resolved That Six hundred Pounds of the Money remaining unapplied for Es
tablishing the Colony be appropriated to make good the like Sum remit
ted to Gen1 Oglethorpe March 3. 1738 by the Ship Mary Ann Capt.
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placed to the following Uses. Vizt. Four hundred Pounds towards build
ing of Churches in Georgia And Two hundred Pounds for cultivating
Lands for Religious Uses, or to make Good so much thereof as has not
been applied in Georgia in the said Services.
Order'd That Six Pounds be paid for the Passage of the Schoolmaster Who
came over from Georgia with M' Whitefield.
Order'd That five Pounds be paid to Mr Whitefield being so much expended
for Candles for twelve Months for Publick Worship at Savanah.
Resolved That a Sum not exceeding fifty Pounds be allow'd towards defraying
the Charge of the Saltzburghers coming from Germany to Rotterdam in
July next.
Resolved That Six Months Subsistance in Money be paid to the said Saltzburgh
ers from their Arrival in Georgia at the rate of Eight Pence a Day for
Every Male of twelve Years of Age and upwards, at six pence a Day for
Every Female of twelve Years of Age and upwards, and at four Pence
a Day for Every Child of Six Years of Age and upwards ; The Parents
maintaining the Children under six Years of Age out of their own Al
lowance. Resolved That Ann Allen Widow be appointed Housekeeper in the room of
Tabitha Atherton Deceas'd.
Order'd That the Apothecaries Bill for Tabitha Atherton, and the Bill of Ex
pences for burying her be paid. Adjourn'd.

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Palace Court
Monday Aprill 13 1741
Present in Common Council Assembled.
M' Smith in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' Eyre
M' Tracy
M' Frederick
M' L'apostre
M' Bathurst
Lord Tyrconnel.
Resolved That forty Heads of Highlanders Viz' twenty five Men and fifteen
Women be carried over and settled in the Province of Georgia.
Resolved That M' Bathurst M' Frederick and Lord Tyrconnel be added to the
Committee for drawing up Instructions for the President of the Northern
Part of the Province of Georgia.
Resolved That it be refer'd to the said Committee to review the last Estimated
Expences, and settle the Estimate for the present year, and to direct Sola
Bills to be sent from time to time to defray the same as they shall find
Occasion. Resolved That the several Requests set forth in the State of the Province lately
transmitted from thence and read this Day at the Board be refer'd to the
-said Committee to report their Opinion thereon to the Common Council.
Resolved That the Several Papers and Letters receiv'd lately from the Colony
be refer'd to the said Committee.
Resolved That the said Committee be a Committee of Embarkation, And that
they have Power to contract for the freight of the several Persons lately
order'd to be sent over ; And that Any five of the Common Council be
impower'd to draw for payment for the freight and Charges of the Em
barkation.

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Order'd That all the Regulations lately made relating to the Tenures be col
lected together and printed and sent over for the satisfaction of the Peo
ple in the Province. Adjourn'd

Palace Court
Wednesday Aprill 15'" 1741
Present in Common Council Assembled
Lord Tyrconnel in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' Digby
M' L'apostre
M' Bathurst
M' Frederick
M' Tracy
M' Eyre.
Resolved That General Oglethorpe be desired to acquaint the Trustees by the
first Opportunity What has been done in Execution of the Act for Regu
lating the Trade jwith the Indians, And What Money has been paid in by
the Traders licens'd under the said Act.
Resolved That the Province of Georgia be divided into two Counties, call'd the
County of Savanah and the County of Frederica ; And that the District
of the County of Savanah do include all the Settlements upon the Sa
vanah River, and both Banks of the Ogeeche River, And so much further
Southward of the Ogeeche as shall be appointed When a proper Map of
the Country shall be sent to the Trustees.
Resolved That the Jurisdiction of Each County be under a President and four
Assistants. Resolved That William Stephens Esq' be appointed President of the County of
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Resolved That Henry Parker, Thomas Jones, John Fallowfield and Samuel
Mercer be the four Assistants for the County of Savanah.
Resolved That General Oglethorpe be desired to recommend to the Trustees as
soon as possible a Proper Person to be President for the County of
Frederica. Resolved That the three Magistrates of the Town of Frederica be three of the
Assistants for the County of Frederica, And that General Oglethorpe be
desired to recommend a proper Person for the fourth Assistant.
Resolved That Eighty Pounds ^> Annum be given to the President of Each
County. Resolved That twenty Pounds <$>> Annum be given to Samuel Mercer the fourth
Assistant for the County of Savanah,
Resolved That ten Pounds <P> annum be allowed to the fourth assistant of the
County of Frederica.
Resolved That a Number of Men Servants not exceeding Sixty be sent to the
Colony for the Freeholders at Savanah under Contract to serve the Trust
for five Years at Wages, not exceeding four Pounds $ Annum to be paid
by the Freeholders, by Whom they shall be taken together, together
with One Pound ^ Annum for the said five Years towards repaying the
Charge of the said Servants Passage.
Resolved That a Bounty be given of One Shilling <$>> Bushel upon Corn, six
pence <$i Bushel upon Pease, and three Pence ^ Bushel upon Potatoes
rais'd and produced in the Province between Christmas 1741 and Christ
mas 1742.
Resolved That the Sum of Seventy Seven Pounds be paid to the Revd M' Bolzius
towards defraying the Charge of erecting the Corn Mill at Ebenezer.
Adjourn'd

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Palace Court
Monday Aprill 20'" 1741
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mr Bathurst in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Mr Vernon
M' Eyre
M' Frederick
M' L'apostre
Dr Hales
M' Smith
Earl of Shaftesbury
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Tracy
M' Digby.
Resolved That ten Pounds ^> Annum be given to the second and likewise to the
third Bailiff of the Town of Savanah in consideration of their acting as
Assistants for the County of Savanah.
Resolved That the Recorder of the Town of Savanah be Appointed Clerk to the
President and Assistants for the said County.
Resolved That five Pounds ^ji Annum be allowed to the said Recorder in con
sideration of his acting as Clerk to the President and Assistants.
Order'd That the Laws relating to the Plantation Trade be purchas'd and sent
over to the President of the County of Savanah for the use of the
Province.Resolved That a Deed be prepared constituting William Stephens Esq' Presi
dent, and Henry Parker Thomas Jones John Fallowfield and Samuel
Mercer the four Assistants for the County of Savanah. And that the
Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Deed in presence of the
Trustees, And that the Secretary do countersign the same.
Read Instructions to the said President and four Assistants
Read further Instructions to the President.
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Resolved That it be refer'd to the Earl of Egmont Mr Bathurst and M' Eyre to
arrange the said Instructions, And that the Seal of the Corporation be
affix'd to them in presence of the Trustees, and that the Secretary do
countersign the same.
Resolved That Thomas Marriot be appointed Second Bailiff of the Town of
Frederica in the room of Samuel Perkins.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the appointment of the
said Thomas Marriot in presence of the Trustees, And that the Secretary
do countersign the same.
Resolved That all the Letters and Papers lately receiv'd from the Province be
refer'd to the Committees of Correspondence and Accounts.
Adjourn'd

Palace Court
Thursday September 10 1741
Present in Common Council Assembled
Earl of Egmont in the Chair
M' Vernon
M' Digby
M' L'apostre
D' Hales
M' Smith
M' Eyre
M' Laroche
Seal'd an Appointment of John Terry to be Recorder of the Town of
Frederica in the room of Francis Moore.
Order'd That the Secretary do sign the said Appointment.
The Common Council being inform'd that Mr Riemensperger had
brought over thirty three Heads and two thirds of a Head of Freight of
Swiss and Germans more than he was authoris'd, Which Heads intended
to pay their own Passage, but exhausted their Substance in assisting the
Poor brought down on the Trustees Account.

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Resolved That it be refer'd to the Committee of Embarkation to do what they
shall find necessary in this Case, as it shall appear Circumstanc'd to them.
Receiv'd Accounts from James Lewis Camuse and William Ewen
claiming Demands on the Trust.
Order'd That the said Accounts be refer'd to the Committee of Accounts.
M' John Gray attended and claim'd the Sum of twenty three Pounds
and six Pence for Charges of bringing over the Highlanders from Scot
land to Gravesend exceeding the Sum of One hundred and twenty Pounds,
Which being consider'd as likewise his Attendance on the said Highland
ers at Gravesend since August the 10'"
Resolved That twenty five Guineas be paid to the said John Gray in full for his
said Claim, and all his trouble to the time of the Embarkation, in com
ing over with, and attending the said Highlanders.
Read a Memorial of Thomas Christie praying to be nam'd Naval Officer
at Savanah, and Offering to give Security for executing the said Office.
Resolved That the said Thomas Christie be recommended to the Commissioners
of the Customs for the said Office.
Resolved That two Commissioners be appointed for the Licensing Persons to
trade with the Indians in Georgia, and for the better Regulating such
Trade, And That General Oglethorpe and William Stephens Esq' be the
said Commissioners. And That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd
to a Constitution for that Purpose, And That the same be Countersign'd
Adjourn'd.

372 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Saturday Nov' 21. 1741
Present in Common Council Assembled.
M' Laroche in the Chair.
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
Mr Frederick
M' Bathurst
M' Eyre
M' L'apostre
M' Smith
Resolved That the Order of Common Council of July 21" 1740 appointing
Patrick Houston a Conservator of the Peace within the Province of
Georgia be revoked the Commission for the same having never been
made out.
Resolved That Captain Richard Kent of Augusta be appointed a Conservator
of the Peace in the Town of Augusta and the Precincts thereof within
the Colony of Georgia
Order'd That a Commission be made out for the said Purpose, And that the
Seal of the Corporation be affix'd thereto in the presence of a Board of
Trustees, And that the Secretary do countersign the same.
Resolved That it be refer'd to William Stephens Esq' to gratify Mr William
Hopton for his Services done from time to time in taking care of and
conveying the Trust Letters.
Resolved That M' John Brownfield be remov'd from being Register of the Prov
ince of Georgia,
Resolved That M' John Dobell be appointed Register of the Province of Geor
gia in the room of John Brownfield with a Salary of twenty five pounds
^> Ann:
Order'd That a Commission for the same be seal'd in the presence of a Board
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Resolved That John Pye be remov'd from the Office of Recorder of the Town
of Savanah.
Resolved That M' Charles Watson be appointed Recorder of the Town of Sa
vanah in the room of John Pye.
Order'd That a Commission for the same be seal'd in the presence of a Board
of Trustees And that the Secretary do countersign the same.
Read a Letter from M' Francis Moore praying the Trustees to allow
him a Salary as Recorder of Frederica, from March 1736 to Michaelmas
1739 ; and claiming Payment of five Pounds two Shillings and Eight
Pence advanc'd to Alexander Mack Gruer on Account of his Wages of
five Pounds a Year Who was an indented Servant and kill'd at Moosa.
Resolved That twenty Pounds be allow'd to Francis Moore in full of all Claims
and Demands Whatsoever from Michaelmas 1738. he having receiv'd
fifty Pounds for his Services from the Month of October 1735 to Janu
ary 1736. and having been absent from the Province from the Month of
January 1736 till his Arrival in September 1738.
Resolved That the Sum of seven hundred Pounds be paid into the hands of
S' Joseph Hankey and C° on account.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the same by M' La
roche the Earl of Egmont M' Eyre M' L'apostre and Mr Smith.
N° 6149 L.
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts held Nov' 16. 1741 to
the following Purport. Viz'
That they having read a Certificate from Gen1 Oglethorpe dated May
6'" 1741 that Capt. William Thomson by his Orders had deliver'd to Mr
Thomas Hawkins Drugs and Medicines to the Amount of twenty Nine
Pounds nine Shillings and Six pence; Part whereof being to replace
Medicines taken out of the King's Chest for the Trust Service ; And the
residue to answer the Trustees Orders ; Were of Opinion that the said
Sum of twenty Nine Pounds Nine Shillings and six pence ought to be
paid to Capt. Thomson ; But that Gen1 Oglethorpe and Dr Hawkins
should be acquainted that Nothing should for the future be receiv'd for
the Trustees Use without being paid for at the same time with the Money
appropriated for such Service by the Trustees Estimate; And that Mr

374 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Stephens and the Court of Assistants at Savanah should be acquainted
with this payment to Capt. Thomson, And a Copy of the Particulars
should be sent to them, that the same may be accounted for as Part of
the Estimated Expences.
That Capt Thomson having furnish'd Henry Hamilton his Wife and
Child with Necessaries in October 1740. And having carried them at
his own risque to deliver to M' Bolzius in case the said Henry Hamilton
should be found a fit Person for a School Master at Ebenezer in the room
of M' Ortman ; And that M' Bolzius having certified on the 28'" of May
last, that the said Henry Hamilton and Begina Charlotta his Wife were
receiv'd by him and the Indentures for their serving four Years had been
transfer'd to M' Bolzius by Capt. Thomson ; And that they were by M'
Bolzius's Direction employ'd in teaching English in the Saltzburgh Con
gregation ; And Capt Thomson having demanded twenty Pounds for the
said Risque and Charges the Child being One Head of Freight ; the Com
mittee were of Opinion that the said sum of twenty Pounds ought to be
paid to Capt. Thomson.
That the Commissioners for stating the publick Debts in the Colony of
Georgia having sent over Ensign Hugh Mackay's Account with the Trust
from November 22 1736 to November 15'" 1738 for Pay of a Party of
Rangers to the time of their being reduced ; And as Overseer of the Serv
ants at Fort S' Andrews ; Whereon the Balance due to him appear'd to
be One hundred and fourteen Pounds Six Shillings and three Pence the
Committee were of Opinion that the said Sum ought to be paid.
That the said Commissioners having sent over James Anderson's Ac
count with the Trust from June 16'" 1736 to Michaelmas 1738 for Work
done and services perform'd in Georgia Whereon the Balance due to him
appear'd to be Sixty four Pounds Nineteen Shillings and four Pence, the
Committee were of opinion that the said Sum ought to be paid.
That the said Commissioners having sent over John Latter's Account
with the Trust from August 15 th 1738 to the 10'" of October following
for the Charge of a Scout Boat Whereon the Balance due to him ap
pear'd to fifty Eight Pounds four Shillings and Seven pence the Com-
(sic)
mittee were of Opinion that the said Sum ought to be paid.
That the said Commissioners having sent over Patrick Graham's Ac
count with the Trust from November 30'" 1737 to October 4'" 1739 for
Physick administer'd at Savanah Whereon the Balance due to him ap
pear'd to be forty Pounds Seventeen Shillings and six pence, the Com-

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mittee find the said Account includes the following Sums of two Pounds
three Shillings and five pence, thirty Six Pounds Eight Shillings
and three pence, Two Pounds thirteen Shillings and Seven Pence
and Twelve Shillings and two Pence for Medicines for Soldiers left
sick at Savanah Part of the first Detachment of Gen1 Oglethorpe's Regi
ment Whilst those in health went to their Station at Frederica under the
care of Lieut. Col. Cochran. However as this Case is Circumstanc'd, it
being for the service of the Colony that the health of the said Soldiers
should be restor'd ; And no further Expence of that Nature arising ;
And the said Patrick Graham having duly administer'd Medicines to the
Sick at Savanah, and having no other means of Payment The Committee
were of Opinion that the said Patrick Graham ought not to be a Sufferer,
but should be paid the said Sum of forty Pounds Seventeen Shillings and
six pence reported due to him as aforesaid.
That the said Commissioners having sent over Samuel Lacy's Account
with the Trust from Aprill 9th 1734 to September 21s' 1738 for Pettiau
gua hire Whereon the Balance due to him appear'd to be fifty Pounds
Nine Shillings and four Pence ; The Committee were of Opinion that the
said Sum ought to be paid.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.
Read a further Report from the said Committee of Accounts That they
had read a Letter from M' Thomas Hawkins to the Trustees Accomptant
claiming the sum of fifty Pounds for two Year's Charges of a Boat and
two Hands from November 6*" 1736 to November 6'" 1738. Which
Claim was disallow'd by a former Committee of Accounts, They having
then allowed him all his Extraordinary Fees in his Bills to that time in
consideration of the Expence of his Boat. And further Claiming the
Sums of One Pound two Shillings, and Sixteen Shillings as wrong
charg'd to his Account in the Store Books at Savanah ; And also Claim
ing the Sum of three Pounds for the loss of a Canoe Which attended the
Spaniards Who came to Pike's Landing ; And the said Committee were
of Opinion to adhere to their former Disallowance ; But in consideration
of the said Thomas Hawkins's past Services in general, the Sum of thir
teen Pounds thirteen Shillings should be paid to him in full of all Claims
and Demands Whatsoever to Michaelmas 1739.
That the Committee then took into Consideration the said Thomas
Hawkins's Claims of Seventy four Pounds two Shillings and four Pence
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fresh Provisions and extraordinary Necessaries from Michaelmas 1739
to Michaelmas 1740. And of Fourteen Pounds and ten Pence for a
Quarter's Salary as Magistrate at Frederica and Correspondent with Mr
Stephens. And the said Committee were of Opinion that Copies of the
said Claims should be sent over to the President and Court of Assistants
at Savanah Authpris'd by the Trustees to pay the Estimated Expences in
the Province, for them to examine the Services really perform'd, and de
termine the Allowances proper to be made out of the Estimated Sums
appropriated for those Purposes, And to pay the said Thomas Hawkins
What they shall find to be due to him , And the Committee were further
of Opinion that no Encouragement for the future should be given to any
Persons to apply in England for the payment of Services order'd to be
defray'd in Georgia.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.
Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Saturday December 5'" 1741
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Vernon in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Bathurst
M' Frederick
M' Henry Archer
Mr L'apostre
Mr Smith.
Read a Deed for removing John Pye from the Office of Clerk to the
President and Court of Assistants at Savanah, and for appointing Charles
Watson to be Clerk in his room.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Deed
Which was affix'd accordingly.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Read a Petition of John Dobell setting forth that he was iemploy'd

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almost three Years in teaching the Children of the Free School at Sa
vanah to read and cast Accounts And that from December 1739 to Janu
ary 1740 he was intrusted with the sole Charge and Direction of the said
School, and praying to be appointed School Master there.
Resolved That Mr John Dobell be appointed School Master of the Free School
at Savanah.
Resolved That for the greater Encouragement of Industry among the Inhabi
tants of the Colony of Georgia ; Upon any Freeholder of a fifty Acre
Lot making appear that any Part of his said Lot consists of Land com
monly call'd the Pine Barren : The President and Court of Assistants for
the Northern Part of the Province or the Bailiffs of Frederica upon his
Application be empower'd and required immediately to assign to Every
Person so Applying such a quantity of Good Land (not already granted)
as the Pine Barren appears to be in his Lot (over and above the said
Pine Barren Land) subject to the usual Reservations and Conditions in
any Place that the Freeholder may desire and find most convenient
for him
Resolved That for the greater Encouragement of Industry among the Inhabi
tants of the Colony of Georgia Upon any Freeholder of a fifty Acre Lot
making appear that the Lot already granted to him is fenc'd and culti
vated according to the Conditions of his Grant The President and the
Court of Assistants for the Northern Part of the Province or the Bailiffs
of Frederica be empower'd and required immediately to assign to Every
such Person Another such Lot of Good Land in any Place that the said
Freeholder may desire and find most convenient for him.
Order'd That Copies of the said Resolutions be affix'd upon the Doors of the
Court of Savanah and Frederica, And such other proper Places in the
Province as may make the Intentions of the Trustees known to all the
Inhabitants. Adjourn'd.

378 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Palace Court
Wednesday January 6th 174^-
Present in Common Council Assembled
D' Hales in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon
M' Bathurst
M' Eyre
M' L'apostre
M' Smith.
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts held December 19'"
1741 to the following Purport. Viz'
That the Committee having examin'd the second Volume of the Pay
ment Book with the Vouchers from Page (127) to Page (146) and ending
the 9'" of June 1741 did find that Vouchers were produced for all the
Payments therein mention'd amounting to four thousand and fifty seven
Pounds six Shillings and ten Pence.
And having examin'd the General Receipt Book containing the Monies
contributed and receiv'd in England did find that between the 9'" of June
1740 and the 9th of June 1741 The Sum of Four thousand thirty three
Pounds twelve Shillings and Six Pence had been receiv'd ; And on Ex
amining the Balance Unapplied the 9'" of June 1740 on the Determina
tion of the last Year's Account The Committee did find the same to be the
Sum of Five thousand Nine hundred and Nineteen Pounds Seven Shil
lings and seven Pence Including the Sum of Three thousand One hun
dred and fifty One Pounds appropriated to answer outstanding Sola Bills
sent over for defraying the Trustees Estimated Expences in Georgia,
Which Balance being added to the said Receipt make together the Sum
of Nine thousand Nine hundred fifty three Pounds and one Penny;
Whereout Deducting the Payments beforemention'd, Being all the Pay
ments made in England between the 9th of June 1740 and the 9th of June
1741 The Balance for the Trustees General Account for the Ninth Year
ending the 9'" of June 1741 remaining Unapplied by the Trust The
Committee did find to be the Sum of Five thousand Eight hundred
Ninety five Pounds thirteen Shillings and three Pence Whereof the Sum
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answer Outstanding Sola Bills sent over for Defraying the Trustees Esti
mated Expences in Georgia.
Resolved That the General Account for the Year ending the Ninth of June
1741 be exhibited pursuant to the Directions of the Charter and that the
Earl of Shaftesbury the Earl of Egmont and M' Vernon be desired to
deliver them to the R' Hon"10 the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief
Justice of the King's Bench, or the Lord Chief Justice of the Common
Pleas. Order'd That after the said Account is exhibited pursuant to the Directions of
the Charter, One hundred Copies of the same be printed.
Order'd That One thousand Copies of the State of the Colony in the Year 1740
Attested upon Oath in the Court of Savanah be printed.
Resolved That the Sum of forty Poundsbe allowed to M' Bolzius for building his
House at Ebenezer in consideration that the said House shall remain for
the Minister for the time being as was the Condition of allowing forty
Pounds before to M' Gronau.
The Common Council taking into consideration that Lieutenant Dela
gal had receiv'd fifty Pounds in part of his Claim of Eighty five Pounds
over and above the sum of thirty Pounds he was in debt to the Store
at Frederica ; And his said Claim having been sent over above a Year to
be examin'd and return'd from the Commissioners for stating the Publick
Debts in Georgia.
Resolved That upon Captain Horton's making Affidavit of the Service being
perform'd in the beginning of the Year 1737 When the Trustees had the
Security of the Province under their Care, and Captain Horton was
Super Intendant at Frederica ; And upon Lieutenant Delagal's making
Affidavit that his Debt to the Store was no more than thirty Pounds,
The Balance of the Account being thirty five Pounds be paid to Lieuten
ant Delagal.
Resolved That the Sum of forty five Pounds be paid to Mr William Bowler Sur
geon's Mate to General Oglethorpe's Regiment for his Service in attend
ing the Trust Servants under the care of Ensign Hugh Mackay Who has
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Resolved
That a Commission appointing John Terry to be first Bailiff at Freder
ica in the room of Thomas Hawkins be sent over to the Care of William
Stephens Esq' to be made use of in case of the said Thomas Hawkins's
Death or Resignation ; And that the said Commission be first Seal'd in
the presence of a Board of Trustees, and Countersign'd by the Secretary.
Resolved That the Sum of ten Pounds be paid to Mr Charles Watson the Re
corder of Savanah upon Account of his Salary the Sum of fifteen Pounds
paid to him before for Necessaries before his Departure not being
sufficient. Order'd That three hundred Pair of Mens Shoes and two hundred Pair of Wo-
mens Shoes be purchas'd and sent over to the care of M' Stephens to be
issued as a Part of defraying the Estimated Expences in the Province
besides those which were order'd by the Committee of Embarkation June
15'" 1741
Order'd That five hundred Copies of the State of the Tenures of Lands be
printed for the use of the People in the Province.
The Accomptant acquainting the Common Council that the House in
Which he lives in Queen's Square Westminster is large enough to keep
the Georgia Office there ; And that he is willing to take Charge of all
the Books and Papers belonging to the Office, And to find a Messenger
for the Office.
Resolved That the Georgia Office be removd to Queen's Square Westminster at
Lady Day next ; And that the Committee of Accounts do consider of a
proper Allowance to the Accountant for keeping the Office at his House,
finding a Messenger and all other House Necessaries for the Trust, the
present Messenger being Super Annuated, And the present Housekeeper
unfit for the Service.
Read a Report from the Committee of Embarkation held Aprill 25'"
1741 to the following Purport. Vizt.
That M' John Gray recommended by Captain Hugh Mackay offer'd
his Service to collect twenty five Men and fifteen Women from the High
lands in Scotland (Which Number the Common Council had resolved to
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lowing ; And upon Encouragement to take the Charge of them to Geor
gia, And that he had made the following Proposals Vizt
That a Credit should be given to Captain Hugh Mackay of fifty
Pounds to answer the Necessaries Such Persons might want before their
Embarkation for England in their Way to Georgia, and all other contin
gent Expences till their arrival at Gravesend, exclusive of their Month's
Subsistance in Scotland and their freight to England.
That Six pence a Day Subsistance be allowed to Each of the said
People from the respective Days of their agreeing to go to Georgia to
the time of their Embarking in Scotland not exceeding One Month in
the Whole.
That twenty Shillings a Day <P Head be allow 'd to the Master of the
Ship Who shall engage to bring them, and their Baggage to Gravesend
in full for their freight and Provisions during the Voyage from Scotland ;
And to deliver the said Passengers and their Baggage at Gravesend in
two days after their Arrival there.
That if the said John Gray should conduct these People from Scotland
to Gravesend and from thence to Georgia, a Gratuity of thirty Pounds
should be given him And his Passage to and from Georgia with accom
modations therein to the Value of ten Pounds Each Voyage.
That if the said John Gray should chuse to remain in Georgia a Grant
of five hundred Acres of Land should be given him, and the Gratuity of
thirty Pounds paid him in Georgia, But if he should chuse to return,
then that Money should be paid upon his return to England to him or to
his Order.
Which Proposals the Committee had agreed to and Resolved that for
the satisfaction of the said Highlanders the following Terms should
be granted and assured to them. Vizt.
That fifty Acres of Land should be alio tted and laid out to Each Man
of twenty One Years of Age and upwards to hold in tail General, that is,
for ever.
That Each Man, intitled to a Lot of fifty Acres, should be furnish'd
with two Hoes, a falling Ax, and splitting Wedges, with a Ring for a
Beetle ; And should be paid for his Subsistance in Georgia at the rate of
Eight pence a Day for One Year from the time of his Arrival.
That Each Woman should be paid six pence a Day for her Subsist
ance for the same time.
That if any Children under six Years old should go with their Parents
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But for all Children above six Years of Age going with their Parents
there should be paid four pence a Day for the Subsistance of Each of
them for the said Year.
The Committee had given the further Instructions following to M'
John Gray. Viz'
That he should agree with no Man above the Age of thirty five Years
and with no Woman above the Age of thirty Years to go to Georgia,
and any of them Who had Families might be taken. Provided that the
whole Number of Heads should not exceed forty, computing the Heads
as follows Viz'
Every Person of twelve Years old and upwards as One Head.
Every Person of seven Years old an d under twelve as half a Head.
Every Person of two Years and under seven as one third of a Head.
And Every Person under two Years of Age not to be computed.
' And in this manner their freight from Scotland to Gravesend to be
computed as forty Heads only, tho' a greater Number of Persons.
Resolved That the Comm on Council do agree to the said Report.
Read a Report from the Committee of Embarkation held June 15'"
1741 to the following Purport. Viz'
That they had resolved that three hundred pair of Mens Shoes and two
hundred pair of Womens Shoes should be provided and sent to the care
of M' Stephens to be issued as part of defraying the Estimated Expences
in Georgia
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.
Read a Report from the Committee of Embarkation held August 28*
1741 to the following Purport Viz'
That they had order'd M' Richard Wilson to furnish the Trust with
seventy five Muskets and Bayonets of the best sort in List Cases and
Chests with Locks and hinges and flints and other Necessaries for them
to be stowed for use in the Voyage if occasion should be, and that three
hundred weight of Bullets and four Barrels of FF Gunpowder in quar
ter Casks should also be ship'd.
That they had order'd for the benefit of the Saltzburgh and Highland
Passengers having room enough, and not to advance the Price of freight
this War time, that the Ship call'd the Loyal Judith Capt. John Lemon
should be hired for the Voyage. The Trustees paying at the rate of six
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were to be landed for the use of the Passengers in Georgia ; And that
Mr Lock the Ship Carpenter recommended by Capt Coram should make
the Cradles commodious for the Passengers.
That they order'd twenty seven Mattrasses to fit the Cradles should be
furnish'd for the Saltzburghers, they having Coverings of their own, And
that tools for tillage and the other necessary working tools should be
provided for the said Passengers.
That M' Van Mullern having applied for leathern Boddice for twenty
six Saltzburgh Women, and also for a Ladle and Iron Skimmer, One
large Sauce Pan, and nine lesser, some Carpenters and Bricklayers tools,
and Iron Plates for Locks for the Saltzburghers, the Committee had order'd
that Materials for making the said Boddice, and the Other Necessaries
should be provided.
That the Surgeon among the Saltzburghers having desired some Med
icines as by a List thereof deliver'd in, the Committee had order'd the
same to be provided.
That M' Ziegenhagen having represented that the Children and some
others of the Saltzburghers were in want of Shoes Stockings and Linen ;
And that some Refreshments might be necessary in the Voyage ; The
Committee had order'd that fifteen Pounds should be paid to Mr. Vigera to
be laid out and distributed by him for that purpose.
That M' Van Mullern having deliver'd his Account of the Charges of
the Saltzburghers to Rotterdam and at Rotterdam, and from thence to
Rotherhith, the first amounting to One thousand three hundred and
twenty three Gilders and forty two Cruizars making One hundred forty
Nine Pounds Seventeen Shillings and Nine Pence Sterling. And the
Other amounting to two hundred thirty two Gilders and fifteen Stivers
making twenty One Pounds three Shillings and two pence Sterling. The
Committee were of Opinion that as the Trustees had paid fifty Pounds
their Part of the first Charges, They ought not to pay any more of it,
But that the Sum of twenty One Pounds three Shillings and two Pence
should be paid for the Charges of the said Saltzburghers at Rotterdam,
and from thence to Rotherhith over and above their freight.
That the Committee having read a Letter from M' Vigera the Con
ductor of the Saltzburghers, Desiring that in case any Accident should
oblige his return to England he might have leave to return with his
Baggage and the freight thereof might be paid for him. That he might
have the same Privileges and Allowance within the first Year as granted
to the Other Saltzburghers. That he might be assisted in the cultiva-

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tion of his Land, And that he might be permitted to set up a Shop for
Trade ; They were of Opinion that the said M' Vigera might have leave
to return to England if he should find Occasion. That he might have
the same Allowance as the Other Saltzburghers within the first Year.
And that twenty five Pounds should be paid him on his Arrival in Geor
gia to assist him in the cultivation of his Land, or to defray the Charge
of his Return to England (if he should desire it,) in consideration of his
conducting the Saltzburghers to Georgia ; And that he might have leave
to set up a Shop in Georgia if he should think fit.
That M' John Gray having laid out in the procuring subsisting and
bringing to Gravesend the forty Heads of Highlanders the sum of twenty
three Pounds and six pence more than the sums computed for him ; And
having represented that it was owing to the Dearness of Provisions, And
his being obliged to subsist several of them longer than the Month pro
posed, and having had extraordinary trouble with them. The Committee
were of the Opinion that the said Sum of twenty three Pounds and Six
Pence ought to be paid him on his making oath before a Master in
Chancery that the same was really expended.
That any five of the Common Council having been empower'd to draw
upon the Bank of England for the Charges of the present Embarkations
of Saltzburghers, Highlanders, Swiss and Germans The Committee had
order'd that a Draught should be made on the Bank of England for One
thousand Pounds on that Account payable to S' Joseph Hankey and C°.
That the Committee had order'd that the sum of two thousand Pounds
in Sola Bills should be sent by the Loyal Judith Capt. Lemon under
Convoy of Capt. Hardy for the Estimated Expences of the Colony, and
to subsist the People now going ; And that the same should be issued by
William Stephens Esq' M' Henry Parker and M' Thomas Jones. And
that they should consist of One thousand four hundred of One Pound
Each, twenty of five pounds each, and fifty of ten Pounds Each
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.
Read a Report from the Committee of Embarkation held September
10'" 1741 to the following Purport. Vizt
x That the Swiss and Germans under the care of Mr Hans Jacob Riem-
° ensperger being arrived, the Committee had order'd the Ship Europa,
Burthen two hundred and five Tons, Captain John Wadham Commander,
to carry the said Swiss and Germans at six pounds ^> Head, to be taken

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up for their Voyage to Georgia, the Trustees paying for the Cradles
Which are to be landed with the Passengers in Georgia
That the said Committee had order'd One thousand Pounds more in
Sola Bills to be sent by the Loyal Judith Capt. Lemon for payment of
the Sums allowed to the Swiss and Germans on their Landing, and for
subsisting the Saltzburghers and Highlanders ; the said Bills to consist of
One hundred of One Pound Each and One hundred and Eighty of five
pounds Each.
That Any five of the Common Council having been empower'd to
draw on the Bank of England for the Charges of the present Embarka
tion and for payment of Outstanding Debts The Committee had order'd
a Draught to be made on the Bank of England for One thousand pounds
payable to S' Joseph Hankey and C° on that Account.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to said Report.
Read a Report from the Committee of Embarkation held September
15'" 1741 to the following Purport. Viz'.
That they had order'd the sum of ten Pounds to be paid to the Rev"
M' Orton appointed Missionary at Savanah he having occasion for the
said sum for some Necessaries.
That M' John Terry being appointed Recorder at Frederica in the room
of Mr Francis Moore, and taking the care of the Highlanders upon him,
he had desired that an Instruction might be sent over for his Salary of
twenty pounds <$i Annum to commence from Lady Day last, the said
Office being vacant some time before ; And the Committee had order'd
that an Instruction should be sent over for that purpose.
That the Committee having taken into consideration the Reference
from the Common Council concerning the Number of Swiss and Germans
brought over by M' Hans Jacob Reimensperger he having exceeded his
Instructions ; And it appearing that the said Number exceeds only
twenty Six Heads, And that these were willing to settle in Georgia ;
were of Opinion that if the said twenty six Heads should agree to settle
in the Province their Passage should be paid ; And if any Part of them
should not agree thereto, that the Charge of their Passage should be de
ducted out of the Money payable on their Arrival in Georgia.
That the Committee having read a Memorial of M' Hans Jacob
Reimensperger and Others concerning his Expences to Rotterdam over
and above the thirty Pounds paid him in England, amounting to the Sum
of Seventy two Pounds Eighteen Shillings and four Pence; Which appear'd
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to to the satisfaction of the said Committee to have been expended They
(sic)
were of Opinion that the said Expences ought to be paid.
That Mr Kirkman having represented that he had paid the Sum of
Nineteen Pounds five Shillings to make up the Sum of Sixteen Pounds
for the passage from Holland of the Exceeding the Ninety Seven Heads
on the Trust Account. Which being in the same Circumstances as the
other Expences the Committee were of Opinion that the said Sum of
Nineteen Pounds five Shillings should be paid to M' Kirkman.
That the Committee being acquainted that as there was no English
Passenger to go with the Europa Capt. Wadham taken up for the Swiss
and Germans, and one Thomas Louch a Butcher, Who has a Wife and
Child, was recommended to go to Gen1 Oglethorpe ; They were of opin
ion that in consideration of the said Thomas Louch's taking an Account
of the Provisions being duly serv'd to the Passengers, and of the Captain's
Behaviour towards the said Passengers ; the Passage of himself his Wife
and Child should be paid.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.
Read a Report from the Committee of Embarkation held November 2 .
1741 to the following Purport. Vizt.
That the Committee being acquainted that Captain Norwood has
claim'd the Sum of Sixty Pounds twelve Shillings and Six pence as due
to him for his Contract for bringing over from Rotterdam Ninety Seven
Heads of Swiss and Germans to be ship'd by Richard Wolters Esq' Which
he came too late to receive, And it appearing that it was no wilfull Neg
lect of the said Captain Norwood, And that he was detain'd by contrary
Winds, and made the best of his Way ; They were of Opinion that the
Accomptant should be order'd to adjust the Affair with the said Capt.
Norwood and conclude the same at a Sum not exceeding forty Pounds
for all Costs and Damages on Account of the said Agreement.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.
Adjourn'd.

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Palace Court
Tuesday February 2. 174^
Present in Common Council Assembled
Earl of Shaftesbury
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
Mr Eyre
M' Thomas Tower
M' Henry Archer
M' L'apostre
D' Hales.
Read Heads of Instructions for preparing a Draught for the Alteration
-of Tenures in Georgia and Agreed to the same.
Resolved That it be refer'd to M' Thomas Tower Mr Eyre M' Bathurst and M'
Henry Archer to adjust and finally settle the said Draught
Read a Letter of Attorney from Jacob Matthews and Mary his Wife
appointing S' Richard Everard Bar' and Robert Williams to apply for a
Grant of a Tract of Land given by the Creek Indians to the said Mary
Matthews for sundry Services done by her in being their Interpreter and
for further Rewards for her said Services.
Read a Copy of the Talk between the Creek Indians and his Excel
lency James Oglethorpe at Which the said Indians agreed to give the
said tract of Land to the said Mary Matthews
Order'd jfe
That a Copy of the said LeMjgr of ^Attorney and a Copy of the Talk
be sent over to Gen1 Oglethorpe And that he be desired to make a Re
port to the Trustees how tn&J@fem stands as to the tract of Land ; and
to acquaint the said'Maj^^pprlfrews that as to her further Claim for Re
wards for Services done q»her as Interpreter, the Trustees do not thiuk
she has a right to any.lpliowance from them for the same.
Read a Petition of Robert Williams Merchant claiming the sum of
forty Nine Pounds Sixteen Shillings for a Bounty on Potatoes Pease and
Corn rais'd on his and his Brother's Lands in Georgia.
Resolved That the said Petition be refer'd to the Committee of Accounts.
Read a Petition of Charles Watson appointed Recorder of the Town
of Savanah setting forth the Expence he has been at since his Appoint-

388 COLONIAL RECORDS.
ment in waiting for his Passage ; The Ship in which he was to have
gone having been detain'd ; And praying such Allowance as the Trus
tees shall think reasonable.
Resolved That the Sum of ten Pounds be given to the said Charles Watson in
consideration of his said Expences.
Resolved That George Elliot Nephew to the said Charles Watson be sent over
to the Colony of Georgia with his Uncle.
Read a Memorial of Capt. William Horton setting forth That having
Charter'd the Ship Success Frigate Capt. William Thomson Commander
to carry over his Company of Grenadiers added to Gen1 Oglethorpe's
Regiment together with several Men Servants to the Number of twenty.
And that there are several Women and Children Who are inclinable to
go on board the Ship in order to remain and settle in Georgia, Whereby
the Colony will be increas'd to the Number of thirty Heads of Freight
of such Women and Children ; But as he has no fund Appropriated for
bearing that Expence, And the Colony being to receive such an Increase
of Usefull Inhabitants; He prays the Trustees to take into consideration
the Premises, and order their Passage to be defray'd and some Allow
ance for bringing up from the Country and subsisting Every such
Person.Resolved That Six pence a Day be allowed to Each of the said thirty Heads
for every Day from this second Day of February till the time of their
Embarkation Provided that they embark within the present Month of
February. And that Six Pounds for the freight and Provisions for
Each of the said thirty Heads be paid to Capt. Thomson.
Adjourn'd.

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Palace Court
Saturday February 13 I74|
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Eyre in the Chair
Earl of Egmont
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon
M' Laroche
M' Digby
M' L'apostre
Mr Smith
Resolved That Notwithstanding the Order of the Common Council November
21" 1741 that John Pye should be removed from the Office of Recorder
of the Town of Savanah, It be left to the consideration of William
Stephens Esq' Whether it will be proper to confirm the said John Pye
in his Office or to appoint Charles Watson Recorder in his Room and to
settle it accordingly
Order'd That a Commission be seal'd and countersign'd by the Secretary ap
pointing Thomas Jones Second Bailiff of the Town of Savanah and one
of the four Assistants in the room of John Fallowfield.
Order'd That a Commission be seal'd and countersign'd by the Secretary ap
pointing Charles Watson third Bailiff of the Town of Savanah and One
of the four Assistants in the room of Thomas Jones.
Order'd That the said Commissions be sent over to William Stephens Esq' to
be made use of as he shall see proper.
Order'd That One hundred Copies of M' Stephens's Journal from September
22. 1741 to October the 28'" following be printed. And that seventy five
Copies of the third Volume of M' Stephens's Journal be printed for the
use of the Trust.
Resolved That the Sum of two hundred Pounds be laid out in purchasing Pres
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390 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Resolved That William Stephens Esq' be appointed a Conservator of the Peace
within the Province of Georgia.
Read a Commission for the said Purpose.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the same And that the
Secretary do countersign it.
Read a Petition of John Hennery Henry Myreover Abraham Greeney
and Christian Gambert, setting forth That They were emply'd in the Serv
ice of the Trust the whole time charg'd in their Accounts (Which were
Annex'd) at the rate of ten Pounds Currency ^> Month as by Agree
ment ; And that they did truly discharge their Duty, Each in his Em
ployment order'd by the Master appointed over them ; And Desiring the
Balance of their several Accounts. Viz' fifteen Pounds Nine Shillings
and six pence Sterling due to John Hennery. Thirty five Pounds Eleven
Shillings and three pence three farthings due to Henry Myreover. Two
Pounds Seven Shillings and two Pence due to Abraham Greeney. And
thirty Pounds twelve Shillings and One Penny three farthings due to
Christian Gambert may be paid to them.
Order'd That the Petitioners be inform'd that Each of them may draw upon
the Trustees for the sum specified to be due to him.
Read a Letter from Gen1 Oglethorpe setting forth that he had purchas'd
six thousand Mulberry Trees to be distributed among the Inhabitants of
Frederica and the Neighbourhood, And that he had drawn for Seventy
five Pounds for payment thereof.
Order'd That the said Sum of Seventy five Pounds be paid.
Resolved That a Draught be made on the Bank of England for the Sum of five
hundred Pounds for the payment of the freight of thirty Heads of Wo
men and Children, their Subsistance this Month, the freight of Charles
Watson, and his Nephew, and John Dobell, and for the payment of Mr
Meadow's Bill, and other things.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the said Sum by Mr
Eyre the Earl of Shaftesbury the Earl of Egmont Mr Digby and M'
Laroche N° 2062 q Adjourn'd.

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Palace Court
Wednesday March 3d 174£
Present in Common Council Assembled.
Earl of Egmont in the Chair
Earl of Shaftsbury
M' Vernon
M' Digby
M' Thomas Tower
M' Holland
M' Page
M' L'apostre
M' Smith
Read a Letter sign'd Henry Eggerton setting forth that he is inform'd
his Son Thomas Eggerton Who is with his Grandfather Thomas Young
in the Province of Georgia is used very ill by his Grandfather and there
fore Desiring that an Order may be sent for his Son to be sent home.
Order'd That a Copy of the said Letter be sent over to M' Stephens with Di
rections for him to inquire into the truth of the Facts set forth in the
Letter, and endeavour to prevent any ill treatment Thomas Eggerton
may meet with from his Grandfather. But if he finds That the said
Thomas Eggerton desires to leave the Province, his Grandfather must
not detain him, but he has free Liberty to return home to his Father.
Read a Letter sign'd William Spencer setting forth that he has above
thirteen Years kept the Accounts of the Vintner's Company, and is de
sirous of going with his Family (Which consists of a Wife and three
Daughters) to settle in the Province, And therefore prays for some Em
ployment under the Trust.
Resolved That M' Vernon be desired to make an Inquiry into the Character of
the said William Spencer ; And that if the said William Spencer appears
to be a fit Person that he be appointed a Bailiff of the Town of Savanah
And one of the Court of Assistants in case M' Thomas Jones resigns the
said Employments.
Resolved That Sola Bills to the Value of two thousand Pounds be made out to
be issued by William Stephens Esq' M' Henry Parker M' Thomas Jones
and M' Charles Watson or Any two of them for the Estimated Expences

392 COLONIAL RECORDS.
of the Colony from Lady Day 1742. And that they be seal'd and sign'd
by the Accountant. And sent to the Custody of the President and
Assistants of the County of Savanah, And that the said Bills do consist
of One thousand of One Pound Each, and two hundred of five Pounds
Each. Order'd That, When the Resolutions relating to the Tenure of Lands in Geor
gia shall be settled, the Secretary do sign them. And that two thousand
Copies of the same be printed, Whereof five hundred to be sent to Geor
gia. And the Remainder be kept in the Office to be annex'd to the new
Grants and Counterparts as they shall be wanted.
Order'd That a Draught be made on the Bank of England for the sum of two
hundred Pounds for the Presents order'd to be purchas'd for the Indians.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the said Sum by the
Earl of Egmont Earl of Shaftesbury M' Digby M' L'apostre and M '
Holland N" 2063 q Adjourn'd.

Palace Court
Monday March 8'" 174^
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Digby in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
Earl of Egmont
M' Vernon
M' L'apostre
D' Hales
M' Smith
M' Page
Mr Henry Archer
M' Laroche
M' Holland
M' Vernon acquainted the Board that he had inquir'd about the Char
acter of William Spencer, and that M' Bedell Clerk of the Vintners
Company assured him that the said William Spencer had behav'd him
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the Accounts of the Vintners Company, And that the Master and War
dens of the said Company were ready to sign a Testimonial of his
Character.
Resolved That M' Charles Watson be appointed second Bailiff of the Town of
Savanah And One of the four Assistants for the Northern Part of the
Province in the room of M' Thomas Jones.
Resolved That M' William Spencer be appointed third Bailiff of the Town of
Savanah And One of the four Assistants for the Northern Part of the
Province in the room of M' Charles Watson.
Resolved That the Wife and three Daughters of the said William Spencer be
sent with him to the Province of Georgia at the Expence of the Trust.
Resolved That a Sum not exceeding ten Pounds be allow'd for the Freight and
Refreshments of Each Head of freight of the said William Spencer his
Wife and three Daughters in their Passage to Georgia.
Resolved That the Constitutions for appointing Charles Watson and William
Spencer Bailiffs of the Town of Savanah be seal'd in the presence of the
Trustees. Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Resolved That Provision be made for a Minister for the Swiss Palatines and
Others of the Calvinist Persuasion in the Northern District of the Prov
ince of Georgia,
Resolved That the Sum of forty Pounds <P Annum, and a Servant at twelve
pounds ^ Annum be allow'd to the said Minister.
Resolved That M' William Stephens be instructed to agree with M' Thilo the
Physician at Ebenezer to attend the Sick in the Northern District of
Georgia without receiving any fees ; So that the Allowance to the said
Mr Thilo do's not exceed for any one Year the sum of fifty Pounds ^>
Annum And that he be inform'd that a Chest of Medicines will be sent
every Year to be kept in M' Stephens's custody for the use of the sick.
M' Henry Archer reported from the Committee appointed to settle the

394 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Draught for the Alteration of Tenures in Georgia, that they had pre
pared the said Draught. Which was read.
Resolved That the following do stand as The Resolutions of the Trustees for
Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America in Common Council
Assembled this eighth Day of March in the Year of our Lord One thou
sand seven hundred and forty one relating to the Grants and Tenure of
Lands within the said Colony.
Whereas the Common Council of the said Trustees did on the
First case twenty Eighth day of August in the Year of our Lord One
A ™e thousand seven hundred and thirty nine come to several Resolu-
or more tions relating to the Grants and Tenure of Lands within the said
Chi dren. Q0]ony# Now for the removing any Doubts which may arise
thereupon and for the better explaining and Establishing the
Grants and Tenure of Lands within the said Colony. It is this
day unanimously Resolved by the Common Council of the said
Trustees assembled for that purpose. That the Grants of Land
or Tenements within the said Colony heretofore made and here
after to be made by the said Trustees to any Person or Persons
whatsoever shall be alter'd made and establish'd in manner and
form following. That is to say.
That if Tenant in Tail of Lands or Tenements within the said
Colony shall happen to die leaving a Wife and one or more chil
dren such Wife shall have the Dwelling House with the Out
Buildings Gardens and Appurtenances thereunto belonging and
a Moiety of such Lands and Tenements for the Term of her
Life, And the Other Moiety (if not exceeding fifty Acres) shall
descend immediately to the Eldest Son in case there be a Son.
But if such Moiety happen to exceed fifty Acres. Then it shall
be lawfull for such Tenant in Tail being of the Age of twenty
one Years or upwards to Devise by his last Will in writing duly
executed in the presence of three or more credible Witnesses so
much thereof as shall exceed the said fifty Acres to or amongst
any of his other Children And the said Wife's share shall imme
diately after her Decease descend to such eldest Son. And in
case there be no Son, Then it shall be lawfull for such Tenant in
Tail being of the Age aforesaid to Devise by his last Will in
Writing executed as aforesaid the said other Moiety, And also
the Wife's Share after her Decease to or amongst any of his Chil-

COLONIAL RECORDS. 395
dren and in default of any such Devise then the same shall de
scend to the Eldest Daughter in Tail.
And if such Tenant in Tail happen to die leaving a Wife and
second no Child, such Wife shall have all his said Lands and Tenements
a. wile xf not exceeding one hundred Acres in the Whole for the Term
and no of her Life. But if such Lands amount to two hundred Acres
Child- Qr moi.6) tnen sucn w;fe shall have the Dwelling House with
the Out Buildings Gardens and Appurtenances thereunto be
longing and a Moiety of the said Lands for the Term of her
Life, And it shall be lawfull for such Tenant in Tail being of the
Age aforesaid to devise the other Moiety and also the Wife's
Share after her Decease by his last Will in Writing executed as
aforesaid to any Person or Persons. And if such Lands exceed
one hundred Acres and be less than two hundred Acres in such
case the Wife shall have the said Dwelling House with the Out
Buildings Gardens and Appurtenances thereunto belonging and
one hundred Acres of such Lands for the Term of her Life
And it shall be lawfull for such Tenant in Tail being of the Age
aforesaid to Devise the Residue thereof and also the said Wife's
Share after her Decease in manner aforesaid And in default of
such Devise as aforesaid such Lands and Tenements shall descend
to the Heir at Law
And if such Tenant in Tail happen to die leaving One or
Third more Children and no Wife the Dwelling House with the Out
OnTor Buildings Gardens and Appurtenances thereunto belonging to-
more gether with Fifty Acres of Land nearest to the said House shall
and n<>en descend immediately to the eldest Son And it shall be lawfull for
Wile. such Tenant in Tail being of the Age aforesaid to Devise by his
last Will in Writing executed as aforesaid the residue of bis
Lands and Tenements to or amongst Any of his Other Children.
And if there be no Son Then it shall be lawfull for such Tenant
in Tail being of the Age aforesaid to Devise in manner afore
said all his Lands and Tenements to or amongst any of his
Daughters. But in default of any such Devise the Whole shall
descend to the Eldest Son. And if there be no Son then to the
Eldest Daughter. And if there be neither Son nor Daughter
then it shall be lawfull for such Tenant in Tail being of the Age
aforesaid to Devise in manner aforesaid all or any of his said
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396 COLONIAL RECORDS.
fit, And in default of such Devise then the whole shall descend
to the Heir at Law.
And if a Female Tenant in Tail of Lands or Tenements
Fourth within the said Colony shall happen to die leaving a Husband
a^us- And One or more Children Such Husband shall have the Dwel-
band and ]jng House with the Out Buildings Gardens and Appurtenances
more thereunto belonging And a Moiety of such Lands and Tene-
Chiidren. ments for the Term of his Life and the Other Moiety (if not ex
ceeding Fifty Acres) shall descend immediately to the Eldest
Son in case there be a Son. But if such Moiety happen to ex
ceed Fifty Acres then it shall be lawfull for such Female Ten
ant in Tail being of the Age of twenty One Years or upwards to
Devise by her last Will in Writing duly executed in the pres
ence of three or more credible Witnesses so much thereof as shall
exceed the said Fifty Acres to or amongst any of her other Chil
dren And the said Husbands Share shall immediately after his
Decease descend to such Eldest Son, And in case there be no
Son Then it shall be lawfull for such Female Tenant in Tail be
ing of the Age aforesaid to Devise by her last Will in Writing
executed as aforesaid the said other Moiety and also the Hus
band's Share after his Decease to or amongst any of her Chil
dren And in default of any such Devise then the same shall de
scend to the Eldest Daughter in Tail.
And if such Female Tenant in Tail happen to die leaving a
Filth Husband and no Child such Husband shall have all her said
ctfe' Lands and Tenements if not exceeding One hundred Acres in
a Hus- °
hand and the whole for the Term of his Life But if such Lands amount to
no child. £W0 hundre(i Acres or more, Then such Husband shall have the
Dwelling House with the Out Buildings Gardens and Appurte
nances thereunto belonging And a Moiety of the said Lands for
the Term of his Life. And it shall be lawfull for such Female
Tenant in Tail being of the Age aforesaid to Devise the Other
Moiety and also the Husband's Share after his Decease by her
last Will in Writing executed in manner aforesaid to any Per
son or Persons. And if such Lands exceed One hundred Acres
and be less than two hundred Acres in such case the Husband
shall have the said Dwelling House with the Out Buildings
Gardens and Appurtenances thereunto belonging And one hun
dred Acres of such Lands for the Term of his .Life. And it

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shall be lawfull for such Female Tenant in Tail being of the
Age aforesaid to Devise the residue thereof and also the said
Husband's Share after his Decease in manner aforesaid And in
default of such Devise as aforesaid such Lands and Tenements
shall descend to the Heir at Law.
And if such Female Tenant in Tail happen to die leaving one
sixth or more Children and no Husband the Dwelling House with the
One or ^ut Buildings Gardens and Appurtenances thereunto belonging
more together with Fifty Acres of Land nearest to the said House
and no sna^ descend immediately to the Eldest Son. And it shall be
Husband, lawfull for such Female Tenant in Tail being of the Age afore
said to Devise by her last Will in Writing executed as aforesaid
the Residue of her Lands and Tenements to or amongst any of
her other Children, And if there be no Son Then it shall be
lawfull for such Female Tenant in Tail of the Age aforesaid to
Devise in manner aforesaid all her Lands and Tenements to or
amongst any of her Daughters. But in default of any such De
vise the Whole shall descend to the eldest Son And if there be
no Son then to the Eldest Daughter, And if there be neither
Son nor Daughter then it shall be lawful! for such Female Ten
ant in Tail being of the Age aforesaid to devise in manner afore
said all or any of her said Lands and Tenements to any Person
or Persons as she shall think fit. And in default of such Devise
then the whole shall descend to her Heir at Law.
None to Provided always that no Person shall be capable of having
have more claiming or enjoying by virtue of any Device or Otherwise a
thousand greater Quantity of Lands or Tenements at one and the same
Acres. time within the said Colony than two thousand Acres. But
that every Devise Title or other Claim shall be void for so much
thereof as shall with the other Lands or Tenements of such
Person within the said Colony exceed two thousand Acres. And
so much of such Lands or Tenements as shall exceed two
thousand Acres shall descend to the Heir at Law in such man
ner as if there had been no Devise thereof or any other Claim
or Title thereunto. And it is also further Provided That no De-
No Devise vise shall be made of any Lands or Tenements within the said
i° ^th'n Colony in pursuance of any Power given by any of the before-
fiity mention'd Resolutions which shall be of a less Quantity than
Acres. Fifty Acres but that Every such Devise shall be null and void

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And such Lands shall descend to the Heir at Law as if no De
vise had been thereof made.
And if any Dispute shall arise touching the setting out any
of the Shares Proportions or Claims to the said Lands or Tene
ments by virtue of any Devise or of any Limitations or Provis
ions herein beforemention'd. Then and in every such case the
Magistrates of the Town Court in Georgia nearest thereto or any
one of them shall within the space of three weeks after Applica
tion in Writing to them made for that Purpose summon seven
of the neighbouring Freeholders Who are hereby required to
take an Oath to be administer'd to them by such Magistrate or
Magistrates justly and equitably to sett out such Shares Propor
tions or Claims to the said Lands or Tenements dividing the
Cultivated and Uncultivated Lands proportionably between the
Parties entitled thereunto. And the Award so made by them
or the Major Part of them shall be returned by them to the next
Town Court to be kept among the Records of the said Court
which Award shall be final.
Provided always That all and every Person and Persons enti
tled to or claiming any such Lands or Tenements in possession
do from time to time within the Space of twelve Calendar Mouths
next after such his her or their Right or Title respectively
shall accrue personally appear it residing in America, and claim
the same in any of the Town Courts in Georgia, and if residing
out of America then within the space of Eighteen Calendar
Months next after such his her or their Right or Title respect
ively shall accrue. And in default of such Appearance and
Claim as aforesaid Then that all and singular the said Lands and
Tenements shall be Forfeited enure and remain to the said
Trustees and their Successors for ever.
And in case the Widow of any such Tenant shall marry again
after his Decease Then such Person whom She shall so marry
shall within the space of twelve Calendar Months next after such
Marriage give sufficient Security to the said Trustees and their
Successor to be taken by the Magistrates of the Town Court in
Georgia nearest thereunto for maintaining and keeping in Repair
during such Marriage the said Dwelling House with the Out-
Buildings Gardens and Appurtenances thereunto belonging And
other the Premisses to Which She shall be so entitled in right

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399

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of her former Husband. And if such Security shall not be
given in manner aforesaid within the space of twelve Months
next after such Marriage Then and in every such Case the Pro
vision hereby made or intended to be made for the Benefit of
such Widow shall cease determine and be absolutely void to all
Intents and Purposes. And the said Dwelling House with the
Out-Buildings Gardens and Appurtenances thereunto belonging
And all and singular the Premisses shall be and enure to such
Child or Children or to such other Person or Persons who would
be entitled to the same in case the said Widow was naturally
dead. ( And that it shall be lawfull for Every Tenant in Tail of Lands
or Tenements within the said Colony from time to time to Lease
or Demise in Possession and not in Reversion all or any Part
of such Lands or Tenements for any Term or Terms of Years
not exceeding twenty One Years in the Whole from the seal
ing and Delivery of such Lease or Demise on which shall be
reserved the best and most improved Rent that can be gotten
for the same and for which no Sum of Money or Fine shall
be taken.
And that it shall be lawfull for all and Every Person who
<j shall be seized of any Lands or Tenements within the said
Colony as Husband after the Decease of the Wife, or as Wife
after the Decease of the Husband by Virtue of any of the
beforemention'd Resolutions from time to time respectively
to Lease or Demise the same or any Part thereof (except the
Dwelling House with the Out Buildings Gardens and Ap
purtenances) in possession and not in reversion for any Term
of Years not exceeding twenty One Years in the whole from
the Sealing and Delivery of such Lease or Demise for the best
and most improved Rent that can be gotten for the same and
,. for which no sum of Money or Fine shall be taken.
And all and Every Person and Persons having Lands or Ten
ements within the said Colony Who shall be convicted of doing
or committing any Treason Misprision of Treason or Felony
shall upon such Conviction forfeit such Lands and Tenements
to the said Trustees and their Successors.
And it is further Resolved That all and every Person and

400 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Condi- Persons seized or possessed of Fifty Acres of Land within the
Cuitivat- sa^ Colony do and shall by themselves or Tenants well and suf-
ing and ficiently clear and cultivate Five Acres of Wood Ground part
anting, thereof within ten Years from the Date of the Original Grant
thereof and sett and plant Fifty Trees or Plants of the White
Mulberry Tree thereon and keep preserve and maintain the like
Quantity thereon from time to time.
And That Every Person seized or possessed of Five hundred
Acres of Land within the said Colony do and shall by themselves
or Tenants well and sufficiently clear and cultivate Fifty Acres
of Wood Ground part thereof within the space of ten Years
from the Date of the Original Grant thereof in the manner
hereafter mentioned. That is to say.
Twenty Acres part thereof within four Years from the Date
of such Grant. Twenty Acres more within Eight Years And
the remaining Ten Acres on or before the Expiration of the said
Term of Ten Years.
And do and shall within the further Space of ten Years next
ensuing the Expiration of the said first mentioned Term of ten
Years well and sufficiently clear and cultivate Fifty Acres more
of Wood Ground Other Part of such five hundred Acres.
And that every such Person do and shall sett and plant
within the said first Term of ten Years One thousand Trees or
Plants of the white Mulberry Tree. And One thousand Trees
or Plants more of the white Mulberry Tree within the second
term of ten Years beforemention'd in and upon such Parts of the
said five hundred Acres as will be convenient for that purpose,
and keep preserve and maintain thereon from time to time the
Proportion of white Mulberry Trees in the manner aforesaid.
And that Every Person seized or possessed of less than five
hundred Acres and more than fifty Acres do and shall by them
selves or Tenants clear and cultivate the like Proportion of such
Lands and sett and plant from time to time and keep preserve
and maintain thereon the like Proportion of white Mulberry
Trees in manner aforesaid.
And if Default shall be made in all or any of the Conditions
herein beforementioned or expressed touching the clearing and
cultivating the Lands or the setting planting preserving or main
taining the Trees or Plants of the White Mulberry Tree in man-

COLONIAL RECORDS. 401
ner beforementioned then and in every such case the Lands and
Tenements of Every such Person or Persons so making Default
either by themselves or Tenants shall be forfeited enure and re
main to the said Trustees and their Successors for ever.
And that all and every Person and Persons claiming or to
The Ten- ciaim any Lands or Tenements within the said Colony by De-
made in scent or Devise in virtue of the beforementioned Resolutions or
Tail Male. any 0f them shall respectively hold such Lands in Tail Male on
the like Tenure and subject to the same Conditions Provisos
Limitations Powers of Devising and making Leases and liable
to the several Claims Shares Proportions and Forfeitures to all
Intents and Purposes as are herein before mentioned or
Expressed. And lastly it is Resolved That in all Grants in Tail hereafter
Directions to be made by the said Trustees of Lands or Tenements within
tor future ^e s&^ Colony, Mention shall be made that such Lands or
Tenements are granted on the like Tenure and subject to the
same Conditions, Proviso's, Limitations, Powers of Devising and
making Leases and liable to the several Claims Shares Propor
tions and Forfeitures to all Intents and Purposes as are men
tioned or expressed in the Resolutions of the said Trustees in
Common Council Assembled bearing Date the eighth Day of
March in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred
and forty One A printed Copy Whereof signed by the Secre
tary of the said Trustees shall be Annexed to every such Grant .
Adjourn'd.

[26 c. r.]

402 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Waghorn's Coffee House.
Thursday May 13. 1742
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Thomas Tower in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
Earl of Egmont
Mr Digby
M' Henry Archer
M' Tuffnell
S' John Barrington
M' L'apostre
D' Hales
Mr Smith
Resolved That Publick Notice of the Resolutions of the Trustees for Establish
ing the Colony of Georgia in America in Common Council Assembled the
eighth Day of March 1741 relating to the Grants and Tenure of Lands
within the said Colony be forthwith given by the Magistrates of the
respective Town Courts in Georgia and also by the Secretary of the said
Trustees in London that all and Every the Grantees of Lands or Tene
ments within the said Colony may enter their respective Claims either at
the Georgia Office in Queen's Square Westminster or in any of the Town
Courts in Georgia within the space of twelve Months from the Date of
the said Resolution to the end that they may receive the Benefit thereby
intended and that proper Grants and Conveyances in the Law may be
forthwith prepared and executed for that Purpose And it is expressly De
clared that no Fee or Reward shall be taken for the Entring of any such
Claim directly or indirectly by any Person or Persons whatsoever.
Adjourn'd.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 403
Horn Tavern King's Street Westminster.
Tuesday June 29 1742.
Present in Common Council Assembled.
M' Vernon in the Chair
Lord Sidney Beauclerk
S' John Barrington
M' Digby
M' Tuffnel
M' Henry Archer
M' Thomas Tower
M' L'apostre
M' Smith
M' Josepb Avery lately arrived from Georgia having Deliver'd several
Proposals for the Trustees Consideration relating to the Colony.
Resolved That the said Proposals be referred to the Consideration of the Earl of
Shaftesbury Earl of Egmont Lord Tyrconnel Lord Sidney Beauclerk Sr
John Barrington M' Digby M' Bathurst M' Laroche M' Page M' Henry
Archer M' Hume Campbell M' Vernon M' Eyre Mr Tuffnel M' Christo
pher Tower M' Thomas Tower M' Holland M' Chandler M' L'apostre M'
Tracy M' Frederick D' Hales and M' Smith or any five of them, Who
are to report their Opinion thereupon.
The Reverend M' Norris's Claim of Money due to him being laid before
the Common Council, wherein he states the Sum of three hundred and
Eleven Pounds Eleven Shillings and ten Pence as a Balance in his
favour.
Resolved That the said Claim be referred to the Consideration of the above-
nam'd Gentlemen or any five of them Who are to report their Opinion
thereupon. Read a Letter from the Revd M' Bolzius dated March 15. 1741 Rep
resenting that the Saltzburghers lately arrived in the Province under the
Conduct of Mr Vigera would receive great Benefit by being assisted with
a little Stock of Cattle Hogs and Poultry ; And that it would be an En
couragement to those Saltzburghers Who rais'd Corn and Pease in the
Year 1739, if the Bounty then promised of One Shilling a Bushel was
paid to them.
And the Common Council being Acquainted that William Stephens

404 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Esq' and M' Thomas Jones had certified that the Sum of One hundred
Sixty Nine Pounds three Shillings was in Arrear and due to the Inhabi
tants of Ebenezer for the said Bounty of One Shilling ^> Bushel on Corn
and Pease raised by them in the said Year.
Resolved That the said Sum of One hundred Sixty Nine Pounds three Shillings
be paid in Georgia to the said Inhabitants intitled thereto ; And that it
be referred to the President and Assistants at Savanah to consider about
the furnishing the Saltzburghers lately Arrived with a little Stock of
Cattle Hogs and Poultry as requested by M' Bolzius.
Read a Letter from General Oglethorpe dated February 25th 1741
advising of a Bill of Forty Six Pounds Eight Shillings drawn by him on
the Trustees Accountant to James Smithers or Order for Work per
formed on the Saw Mill at Old Ebenezer And it appearing by a Certifi
cate under the hand of George Tyrrell that the said Mill and the Materi
als belonging to it were deliver'd in good Repair ; And by Another Cer
tificate of the Millwright's that the said Mill had sawed upwards of twenty
thousand feet of Board, Plank, and Scantling. And did not fail by any
fault of Workmanship, or in the foundation, but by an extraordinary
high Flood.
Resolved That the said Bill be accepted and paid.
Read Another Letter from General Oglethorpe dated Aprill 27th 1742
Advising of a Bill of thirty Pounds drawn by him on the Trustees Ac
countant to William Atchison Finlay or Order for Service as Constable
among the Creek Indians.
Resolved That no such Officer having been Appointed by Any Order from the
Trustees the said Bill be not paid.
Read Several Letters and Petitions from John Lyndall John Pye
William Elbert Edward Townsend and Thomas Ellis in Georgia for
Grants of Land.
Resolved That the said Letters and Petitions be referred to the Consideration of
the Beforenam'd Gentlemen to whom M' Avery's Proposals are referred
or to any Five of them Who are to report their Opinion thereupon.
Resolved That the Sum of Six hundred Pounds be paid into the hands of Sr Jo
seph Hankey and C° for the Charges of the Trust in England.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 405
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the said Sum by M'
Vernon Lord Sidney Beauclerk M' Digby M' Thomas Tower and Mr
L'apostre N° 2068 q Adjourn'd.

Queen's Square Westminster
Monday Aprill 18* 1743
Present in Common Council Assembled
D' Hales in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
Mr Vernon
M' Digby
M' Laroche
M' L'apostre
M' Smith
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Tuffnel.
Read a Report from the Trustees dated July 16. 1742 That having
taken into consideration the Petition of Christian Steinhavell, Theobald
Kiefer, and Johannes Berrier in behalf of themselves and the rest of the
Trustees German Servants at Savanah, Setting forth, That by Indenture
bearing Date September 21st 1737 They bound themselves to serve the
Trustees or their Assigns in Georgia for the space of five Years after
their Arrival there ; And that their Children Who were Males and
under the Age of twenty Years were to serve untill they arriv'd to the
(sic)
Age of twenty five Years ; And their female Children above the Age of
six Years were to serve untill they arriv'd at the Age of Eighteen Years.
And as the Time of the Petitioners Indenture as to themselves is growing
near to a Conclusion, And they are desirous and willing to settle in the
Colony (having procured already a small Stock of Cattle for that Pur
pose) They must unavoidably labour under great Difficulties by being
depriv'd of the Freedom of their Children ; without whose Assistance it
will be impossible for them to make any Progress in cultivating of Land,
being most of them Advanced in Years ; And Therefore Praying the
Trustees to grant them the freedom of their Children at the Expiration
of the five Years for which the Petitioners were bound ; They had Re-

406 COLONIAL RECORDS.
solved to recommend the said Petition to the Common Council as proper
in their Opinion to be granted.
Resolved That Christian Steinhavell, Theobald Kiefer, and Johannes Berrier
and the rest of the Trustees German Servants, Who were bound to the
Trustees for five Years by Indenture bearing date September 218' 1737
have the freedom of their Children granted them according to the Prayer
of their Petition.
Upon Reading Another Report from the Trustees dated August 7'"
1742 recommending the following Particulars to the Consideration of
the Common Council
Resolved That a Grant of five hundred Acres of Land lying Southward of
Thunderbolt be made to James Anderson he appearing to be a diligent
Man and able to cultivate the same.
Resolved That a Grant of five hundred Acres of Land be made to Michael
Bourghatter and his five Sons in order to be divided among his Sons as
he shall see proper ; Besides the two Lots of fifty Acres Each Which he
and One of his Sons hold at present.
Resolved That the Grants of Lots of fifty Acres Each to Jacob Harbeck, Gas
per Harbeck, Brothers, Samuel Lyon John Erinxman and the Other
Dutch Servants (Whose time of Service expired last Year) Which
Grants were made by the President and Assistants, be Confirmed.
Resolved That the Grants of Lots of fifty Acres Each, to Christopher Burgo-
mister, Joachim Schad, Rudolph Burgie, Leonard Rigler, Jacob Dan-
ner, Henry Curraudy, Ulrick Beltz, Ezekiel Stoll, Johannes Torgler,
Nicholas Hanner Sen', Nicholas Hanner Jun', Hans Stutz, and Joseph
Wachster thirteen German Swiss ; Which Grants were made by the
President and Assistants, be Confirm'd.
Resolved That a Grant of five hundred Acres of Land be made to Thomas Sal
ter on a Piece of Marsh near Augustine Creek. Provided That the said
Land is not any Part of the two hundred Acres granted by Lease to
Thomas Christie. It appearing that the said Thomas Salter was permit
ted by the President and Assistants to sit Down on the said Land ; And
that he has already made good Improvements on it.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 407
Resolved That the Grants of Lots of fifty Acres Each to John Robe, William
Scales, John Evans, Samuel Clee, Thomas Morris, Jacob Truan, William
Barbo, and Anthony Gautier, Which Grants were made by the President
and Assistants be Confirm'd.
Resolved That James Anderson be appointed Coadjutor to William Stephens
Esq' in inspecting the Building of the Church.
Resolved That it be refer'd to M' Henry Archer M' Eyre, M' Thomas Tower,
Mr Philipps M' Bathurst, M' Holland and M' Wright or any two of
them to consider of the Proper Means for enforcing the Guard Duty in
the Province.
Upon Reading Another Report from the Trustees dated March 12'"
174-f recommending the following Particulars to the Consideration of the
Common Council
Resolved That no Trust Servants be employ'd for the future, As the Expence
of maintaining them has been very great, and the Profits arising from
their Labour has been very small.
Resolved That the Trust Farms be Appropriated for the Support of the Magis
tracy and the Ministry in Georgia ; And As they are divided into several
Lots of fifty Acres Each That these be Annex'd to the Offices in the
Civil Government. And that the President and Assistants be directed
to send over an Account of the Situation of the said Farms, of the
Quantity of Land belonging to them, the Nature of the different Soils,
And the Improvements Which have been made on them ; And to send
with this Account a proper Plan for the Disposal of them in the manner
propos'd. Resolved That three hundred Acres of Land near Savanah and three hundred
Acres of Land near Frederica be appropriated for the use of residing '
and Officiating Ministers
Resolved That the Trust Farm Which was Design'd for a Mulberry Orchard
consisting of fifty Acres of Land be Part of the three hundred Acres for
the Minister at Savanah ; And that the Remaining Part be set out of
the best sort of the Reserv'd Uncultivated Trust Lands, as contiguous to
the Town of Savanah as can be conveniently ; And that two Servants

408 COLONIAL RECORDS.
with their Maintenance be allowed to the Minister for the Cultivation
of the said Land for the aforesaid Uses.
Resolved That the Remaining Part of the Reserv'd Uncultivated Trust Lands
be dispos'd of in common with any Other Lands, as the President and
Assistants shall think proper ; Since a Reservation of the same is no
ways necessary, and the Want of Cultivating them is prejudicial to the
Lands of the Adjoining Planters.
Resolved That as Several Persons have not Ability to pay for the Education of
their Children at Savanah, Ten Pounds ^> Ann be added to the Allow
ance of the Schoolmaster on Condition that he shall not take any Gratu
ity from his Scholars or their Friends.
Upon Another Report being read from the Trustees Dated Saturday
March 25'" 1743. recommending the following Particulars to the Consid
eration of the Common Council
Resolved That a Cow Calf and Sow with the usual Working Tools to Each Man ;
And Eight pence a Day to Each Man, and Six pence a Day to Each
Woman for twelve Months be allow'd to all Servants in the Colony In
dented for four Years and not under, at the Expiration of their Service,
And upon its Appearing to the President and Assistants, that the Terms
of their Service were perform'd.
Resolved That M' Bevan be directed to prepare a Chest of Medicines to the
Value of Sixty Pounds for the Use of the Colony.
Upon Reading Another Report from the Trustees Dated Aprill 9'"
1743, Wherein they recommended to the Consideration of the Common
Council the Necessity of Supporting in a proper Manner the Civil Gov
ernment of the Province and of having a due Information from time to
time of the State of the Southern Part ; And that it might be necessary
for this purpose to appoint the President and Assistants for the County
of Savanah President and Assistants for the Whole Province.
Resolved That the President and Assistants for the County of Savanah be the
President and Assistants for the Whole Province, And That the Bailiffs
at Frederica be consider'd only as local Magistrates, And that they be
subordinate to the Authority of the President and Assistants.
Resolved That the Recorder of Frederica for the time being be directed to cor-

COLONIAL RECORDS. 409
respond with the President and Assistants, and lay before them from time
to time the Proceedings of the Town Court of Frederica, and such other
Occurrences and transactions as may be necessary for them to know.
Resolved That ten Pounds ^> Ann. be added to the Salary of the said Recorder
for his trouble in carrying on the said Correspondence with the President
and Assistants.
Read Another Report from the Trustees, dated Aprill 16'" 1743.
Wherein they recommended that the Several Exchanges, Purchases, and
Assignments of Lots between the following Persons should be Confirm'd
agreeable to the Recommendation of the President and Assistants.
Resolved That the Exchange of Lots between Peter Baillieu and John Greedy
be confirm'd
Resolved That Isaac Young's Purchase of Daniel Nunez's Lot be Confirm'd,
Resolved That Isaac Young be permitted to assign over his former Lot to a
Younger Brother of his as he desires.
Resolved That the Exchange of Lots between Peter Morelle and James Wilson
be Confirm'd.
Resolved That the Exchange of Lots between James Dormer and James Car-
wells be Confirm'd.
Resolved That James Campbell's Purchase of John Provost's Lot be Confirm'd.
Resolved That Charles Watson's Purchase of John Lyndall's Lot be Confirm'd.
Resolved That it be refer'd to M' Henry Archer M' Thomas Tower Mr Eyre Mr
Philipps M' Bathurst M' Holland and M' Wright or any Two of them to
prepare proper Forms and Instruments by Which Sales, Purchases, As
signments, and Exchanges of Lots may be made in the Province.
Resolved That after the Law relating to the Tenures shall be approv'd of by his
Majesty in Council The Opinion of M' Attorney and Mr Sollicitor Gen
eral be taken as to the Trustees Power of Disposing of Vacant Lots ; And
What Time will be proper to allow Such Persons as have deserted the

410 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Province to return and take Possession of their Lots before they be de
clared forfeited.
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts on their Proceedings
at five several Meetings to ascertain the Demands on the Trust and set
tle an Estimate for the further Settling and Improving the Colony from
the Experience of the Trustees last three Years Expences in Georgia ;
And that iu the first Place The Committee thought proper to lay before
the Common Council the following List of Debts reported due by the
Commissioners for Stating the Publick Debts in Georgia and not yet
claim'd. Viz' £.
To Samuel Eveleigh  55. 4. 10J
To Benjamin Adams  28. 1. 9£
To John Penrose  13. 12. 10£
To Eneas Mackintosh  50. 0. 0
To James Searles  40. 4. 11
To M' Spangenburgh and the Moravians ... X 4. 6. 4J
(sic)
To Samuel Mercer  24. 1. 11£
To John Miller  X 48. 5. 8.
(sic)
To John Ray  42. 11. 10.
To John Teesdale  28. 0. 6
To Robert Scroggs  18. 4. 0
To Widow Harris  10. 6. 6f
To Effa Langford  13. 11. 0.
To Peter Mallier  8. 1. 2.
To Hugh Marks  6. 19. 3
To David Codet  4. 15. 4
To John Cuthbert  1. 2. 3J
To Henry Myrehover  35. 11. 3|
To Christian Gamphert  30. 12. If
To John Smallwood  18. 1. 0.
To John Henry  15. 9. 6.
To Archibald Hamilton  8. 13. 5
To Abraham Greening  2. 7. 2.
To Theobald Kiefer  2. 10. 6
To Michael Hert . . . •  0. 4. 10.
To Christian Steinhavell  0. 8. 3
To Conrade Densler  1. 4. 8
£ 512. 13. 2£

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£ 512. 13. 2i

The Committee also represented that the Claim of
Revd M' Norris Which had been consider'd
as due to him by a former Committee of Ac
counts, and Which he has refus'd to accept is . 67. 4. 2
By M' Thomas Bosomworth as Executor to the
late Revd M' Christopher Orton Minister at
Savanah Who died in August 1742, and was
paid to the 14'" of June before, and a Quar
ter of a Year's Allowance for himself and
the Maintenance and Cloathing of a Servant
being claim'd ; Whereon five Pounds had
been paid upon Account to the Claimant, and
ten Pounds ten Shillings and ten Pence re
main'd for the said Quarter : The Committee
were of Opinion that in consideration of the
late M' Orton's good Behaviour and his other
Services in the School ten Pounds ten Shil
lings should be paid to the said M' Bosom
worth in full thereof  10. 10. 0.
By Mess'8 Skinner and Simson Attorneys to Dan
iel Mackay for One Year's Service as Store
keeper for the Trustees Servants at Amelia
from Nov' Is' 1738 to Nov' l8' 1739 amount
ing to One hundred Sixty Eight Pounds South
Carolina Currency. Value twenty one
Pounds Sterling. Certified by Hugh Mac
kay Overseer of the said Servants : Which
Appearing to the Committee to be Over Cer
tified for fourteen Days of the said Year
amounting to Seventeen Shillings and Six
Pence Sterling reduces the said Claim to
twenty Pounds two Shillings and Six Pence
Sterling to the Payment of which the Com
mittee have no Objection  20. 2. 6
By Andrew Grant Attorney to Thomas Dawson
Carpenter for One hundred and Eighty four
Days Work in raising and finishing the Store
house in Fort S' Andrew on Cumberland

412 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Island between May 15'" 1737 and Decem
ber the 15*" following Which Storehouse was
used by the Trustees ; And being duly Cer
tified and the Service Incurr'd whilst the Se
curity of the Colony was in the Care of the
Trustees; The Committee have no Objection
to the said Claim. Amounting at three Shil
lings a Day to the Sum of  27. 12. 0
By John Terry in consideration of his Care of the
Highland Passengers on board the Loyal Ju
dith in the Year 1741. represented in his Let
ter dated June 17'" 1742 Mr Vigera being al
lowed twenty five Pounds for his Care of the
Saltzburgh Passengers on board the said Ship ;
And it Appearing to the Satisfaction of the
Committee that the said John Terry was very
carefull and instrumental in preserving the
healths of the Passengers during the Voyage.
They are of Opinion that the same Allow
ance should be made to the said John Terry
as was made to M' Vigera  25. 0. 0
The Committee reported also that Mess'8 Peter and
James Cleopas Simond had produc'd a Bill
of Exchange drawn on the Trustees by Capt.
Patrick Mackay August 18'" 1741 for Eight
hundred Eighty Eight Pounds three Shillings
and five Pence Sterl. of Five thousand Sev
en hundred Seventy three Pounds One Shil
ling and Nine Pence half Penny South Car
olina Currency computed at Six hundred and
fifty <|$> Cent Exchange. Whereof Three
thousand four hundred and Seventy three
Pounds One Shilling and Nine Pence half
Penny is claim'd as a Balance due to the
said Capt. Mackay for an Independent Com
pany from March 1" 173| to March Is' 173|.
And two thousand three hundred Pounds the
Residue is claim'd for the said Captain Mac-
kay's Pay as Agent for Indian Affairs from

COLONIAL RECORDS. 413

Aprill 27'" 1734 to Feb'y 27 173f . Which
respective Claims were taken into Considera
tion by the Committee; And it Appearing
by a Report of the Committee of the Assem
bly of South Carolina on Indian Affairs upon
a Conference with M' Oglethorpe March the
9th 173| at Charles Town in South Carolina
Whom the Assembly sent for to advise with
concerning the State of the Indian Nations,
and the proper Method to render both South
Carolina and Georgia more secure by increas
ing a Strength in the Indian Countries in
Establishing a Garrison, among the . Upper
Creeks ; That M' Oglethorpe was desired by
them to countenance and engage in Exe
cuting the said Design, and that he did en
gage therein upon the Condition that the
Province of South Carolina would grant to
the Trustees of Georgia an Equivalent for
two Years, Which the said Committee on In
dian Affairs computed would amount to four
thousand Pounds the first Year 1734, and
four thousand Pounds the second Year And
it Appearing that by the Act for raising
Money for the Charges of the Government
of the said Province of South Carolina for the
Year ending March 25* 1734 The Sum of
Two thousand three hundred and twenty
Pounds only was granted to the Trustees for
the Colony of Georgia for settling a Garrison
in the Creek Nation ; Which Sum has never
been receiv'd from the Province of South
Carolina, Nor have they ever granted any
further Sum for the said Service ; The Com
mittee are therefore of Opinion, That if any
thing shall appear due to the said Capt.
Mackay on Account of such Independent
Company, The Province of South Carolina
(at whose Request the said Company was

414 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Established by M' Oglethorpe) is answerable
for the same ; And That if any Difficulties
shall arise therein the said Capt. Mackay
must apply to Brigadier General Oglethorpe
concerning the same For the Trustees are
only Nominal for facilitating the said Serv
ice and are no ways concern'd therein .
And with respect to Capt. Mackay's Claim as
Agent for Indian Affairs, Which he would
endeavor to support under M' Oglethorpe's
Instructions Dated Aprill 27'" 1734. The
Committee are of Opinion that the said In
structions appear no Other than a Connection
with those Instructions Which Mr. Oglethorpe
gave him the same Day relating to the Fort
and Garrison in the Creek Nation ; And if
Capt. Mackay was in the Character of such
Agent for Indian Affairs at all, it could not
be otherwise than by the Authority of the
Province of South Carolina under their Act
for regulating the Trade with the Indians ;
For the Trustees had at that time no Au
thority, nor could Mr. Oglethorpe have any
to appoint such Agent ; There being no Act
for Regulating the Trade with the Indians in
Georgia subsisting till after Midsummer 1 735
to Authorize any Appointment of an Agent
for Indian Affairs in Georgia, And the Com
mittee are therefore of Opinion that there is
not the least foundation for any such Claim
on the Trustees ; But if Capt. Mackay has
done any Service therein, he must claim a
Satisfaction for the same from the Province
of South Carolina 
And the Committee taking into consideration
What Allowance may be proper for the
Trustees t© make for House Rent, Messenger
Coals and Candles for their Office in Queen's
Square Westminster from Lady Day 1742,

COLONIAL RECORDS. 415
When it was remov'd from Palace Court ;
And it appearing that the said Charge upon
an Average amounted before to Sixty four
Pounds Nineteen Shillings and two Pence a
Year ; They are of Opinion to allow in lieu
thereof after the rate of Sixty Pounds a Year,
Which for one Year to Lady Day 1743 is . 60. 0. 0
And the Committee further state that there is due
to the Secretary and Accountant for their
Salaries for half a Year to Christmas last 150. 0. 0
The Committee finding by the Secretary's Letter
from England Dated Aprill 4'" 1741 That the
Servants out of their time, Who had been
indented to the Trustees, and Who should
settle in the Colony, should be assisted with
a Cow a Calf and a Sow and the usual Work
ing Tools to Each Man; And with One
Year's Maintenance whilst going on in their
Cultivation at the rate of Eight Pence a Day
Each Man and Six Pence a Day Each Wo
man ; Which Encouragement may be neces
sary, and is so reported by the Trustees to be
extended to all Servants, Whose Service,
having not been less than four Years, shall
expire in the ensuing Year ; They are of
Opinion that the least Appropriation for this
Service must be stated at  800. 0. 0.
And it further Appearing to the Committee by the
aforesaid Letter that to encourage Cultiva
tion a Bounty was promis'd of One Shilling a
Bushel upon Corn, six Pence a Bushel upon
Pease, And three Pence a Bushel upon Pota
toes raised in Georgia between Christmas
1741 and Christmas 1742, Claims whereon
may have been made, But no Accounts there
of being yet arrived, The Committee could
not state the same, But were of Opinion from
the Accounts return'd to England of the
Charges defray'd in Georgia compared with

416

COLONIAL RECORDS.

the Amount of the Sola Bills sent over for
that purpose ; That there is a sufficient Re
mainder to answer such Bounties and the Ex
pences of the Colony till Midsummer 1743.
But the Committee are of opinion that no
such Bounties ought to be given hereafter ;
And the rather as Assistance with Servants
will prove a better Encouragement to Indus
trious Inhabitants and will sooner advance the
further Settling and Improving the Colony.
That in the next Place the Committee have
prepared the following Estimate of the Ex
pences Which they are of Opinion will be
necessary to be continued for a Year in Geor
gia in lieu of the former Estimate Which
commenc'd at Michaelmas 1739, and which
they think ought now to cease.
The Administration of the Civil Govern
ment of the Whole Province being propos'd to
be vested in a President. The Allowance
to be. £
To the President  80. 0. 0
The first Bailiff at Savanah having a
larger Salary than the Other two
to act as first Assistant without
any further Allowance.
To the Second and third Bailiff at Sa
vanah, Who are to act as two
more of the Assistants at ten
Pounds Each for this trouble . . 20. 0. 0.
To a fourth Assistant  20. 0. 0.
To the Clerk to the President and
Assistants  5. 0. 0
To the Secretary to the Trust within
' the Province  100. 0. 0
To a Clerk to him  25. 0. 0

125. 0. 0

125. 0.. 0

COLONIAL RECORDS.

417

To the first Bailiff at Savanah at thirty
Pounds a Year and for the main
tenance and Cloathing of two
Servants at twelve Pounds three
Shillings and four Pence Each .
To the Second and Third Bailiffs at
Savanah at twenty Pounds a
Year Each and for the Mainte
nance and Cloathing of two Serv
ants for Each of them at twelve
Pounds three Shillings and four
Pence Each of them ....
To the Recorder at Savanah at twenty
Pounds a Year his Clerk at
twenty Pounds a Year and for
the Maintenance and Cloathing
of a Servant at twelve Pounds
three Shillings and four Pence
To two Constables at Savanah at ten
Pounds a Year Each of them . .
To ten Tything men at Savanah at five
Pounds Each 
To a Schoolmaster at
Savanah ... 10. 0. 0.
And in consideration of
his teaching all the
Children sent to
him without any
Expence to them
or their Friends a
further Allowance
of  10. 0. 0

54. 6. 8.

13. 4.

52. 3. 4
20. 0. 0.
50. 0. 0

195. 3. 4

To the Parish Clerk at Savanah . .
To the Publick Midwife at Savanah
besides five Shillings Each time
for laying 
[27 c. r.]

20. 0. 0
5. 0. 0.

5. 0. 0

418 COLONIAL RECORDS.
To the Gardiner at Savanah ... 20. 0. 0
For mending the Militia Arms at
Savanah  15. 0. 0 135. 0. 0
To the Schoolmaster at Ebenezer  5. 0. 0
To the Pilot at Tybee  40. 0. 0
And to One Man with Provisions for
assisting him  10. 0. 0

To the first Bailiff at Frederica at
thirty Pounds a Year and for the
Maintenance and Cloathing of a
Servant at twelve Pounds three
Shillings and four Pence ... 42. 3. 4.
To the Second and third Bailiffs at
Frederica at fifteen Pounds a
Year Each  30. 0. 0
And in consideration of the smallness
of that Allowance, and to encour
age them to discharge their Duty
faithfully, Each of them to be al
low'd twelve Pounds three Shil
lings and four Pence for the
Maintenance and Cloathing of a
Servant  24. 6. 8

To the Recorder of Frederica at
twenty Pounds a Year and for
the maintenance and Cloathing
of a Servant at twelve Pounds
three Shillings and four Pence . 32. 3. 4
To him as Correspondent with the
President and Assistants . . . 10. 0. 0.
And for his Additional Trouble in the
said Correspondence since the

50. 0. 0

96. 10. 0

COLONIAL RECORDS.

419

President and Assistants are ap
pointed for the whole Province . 10. 0. 0
To the Parish Clerk at Frederica . . 5. 0. 0
To the Publick Midwife besides five
Shillings Each time for laying . 5. 0. 0
To two Constables at Frederica at ten
Pounds a Year Each .... 20. 0. 0
To the two Pilots at Jekyll and S' Simons One at
Each Entrance at twenty Pounds a Year
Each 
For Repairing the Indian Arms 
For Relief of the Sick and Poor in the Province .
For an Allowance to Widow Vanderplank
(Whose husband was Naval Officer) for the
Maintenance and Cloathing of a Servant .
For Expences in the Execution of Justice in Cap
ital Cases in the whole Province ....
To M'8 Camuse and her Family in consideration
of their winding off the Silk annually pro
duc'd and sending it over to England
For all Extraordinaries necessary in the winding
off the said Silk not Exceeding 
For Charges of the Indians When they come to
the Towns in Georgia 
For Presents to the Indians to be sent from Eng
land, including all Charges thereof .
For Charges at the Cow-Pen at Ebenezer not ex
ceeding 
N B. An Account to be sent of the Stock
of Cattle there, and the use of the said Cow
pen to the Trust, And whether the Expence
thereof is necessary to be born by the Trust.
For a Chest of Medicines 
For a Surgeon and Apothecary to dispense the
same 
N. B. a House and fifty Acres of Land for
him besides.

52. 3. 4

30. 0. 0

40. 0. 0.
20. 0. 0
50. ' 0. 0

12. 3. 4.
50. 0. 0
60. 0. 0
15. 0. 0.
100. 0. 0
250. 0. 0
70. 0. 0

60. 0. 0
20. 0. 0

420 COLONIAL RECORDS.
For all other Incident Charges Whatsoever in the
whole Province not exceeding  350. 0. 0
N. B. The Register and Surveyor of Lands
are not yet provided for.
The Committee on considering what Encourage
ment might be necessary for the Production
of Raw Silk in Georgia were of the following
Opinion. That a Bounty of One Shilling
and sixpence a Pound for One Year on
Coquons or Silk Balls raised in Georgia and
Deliver'd duly attested to the President and
Assistants to be so raised, should be allow'd
and paid by them ; And that the said Coquons
should be deliver'd by order of the President
and Assistants to M'8 Camuse to be winded
off, in consideration of the Allowance granted
to her ; And That the Silk produc'd from the
said Coquons should be sent over by the
President and Assistants to England for sale
by order of the Trustees to make good the said
Bounty, And that the Appropriation for this
Service should be  100. 0. 0
They were likewise of opinion that the President
and Assistants should be directed to appoint
ten Persons in the Province to be plac'd with
M'8 Camuse in order to be instructed in the
Art of winding off the Silk And that two
Pounds should be paid to M'a Camuse for
Each of them at their Entrance, And five
Pounds more for Each of them when per
fectly Instructed  70. 0. 0
And that during the several times such Persons
shall be under the said Instruction, An Al
lowance of five Shillings a Week should be
paid for the Maintenance of Each of them not
exceeding six Months in the Whole, or six
Pounds ten Shillings for Each of them . . 65. 0. 0
The Committee having also consider'd the Main
tenance of Servants in Georgia, indented to

COLONIAL RECORDS. 421
the Trustees, Whose Services are not yet ex
pired, are of Opinion to appropriate for their
Maintenance and Cloathing untill their Serv
ices expire, or they are freed, or otherwise
dispos'd of, the Sum of  300. 0. 0
And in order to assist the Industrious Inhabitants
and advance the further settling of the Col
ony, The Committee think it necessary to
send over thirty Servants to be deliver'd to
such Persons as the President and Assistants
shall appoint, Which Persons are to engage
to maintain and cloath them in consideration
of their serving five Years from their Arrival
in Georgia, the Servants being to be allow'd
One Day in a Week to work on their own
Land ; And to be so deliver'd at the Expence
of Eight Pounds each Servant free of all
other Charges  240. 0. 0
And to facilitate the getting of the said Servants
and encourage foreign Protestants to go over
at their own Expence to settle in Georgia ;
The Committee propose that they should be
assisted on their beginning to cultivate in the
following manner Viz' Each Person of four
teen Years old and under sixty to be allow'd
fifty Shillings ; And Each Person of six years
old and under fourteen twenty five Shillings
to be paid them in four Payments within the
first Year after their Arrival, and the first
Payment to be made on their going to settle,
and the Others according to the use they
make of the former, as the President and As
sistants shall appoint ; Which for thirty at
fifty Shillings, and forty at twenty five Shil
lings Each amounts to  125. 0. 0

£ 4484. 1. 101

In order that a Supply may be sent in due time to answer the Ex
pences in Georgia, The Committee are of Opinion that Directions should

422 COLONIAL RECORDS.
be given for the preparing and making out (after the Money granted this
last Session of Parliament for the further settling the Colony shall be re
ceiv'd at the Exchequer) Sola Bills for two thousand Pounds to be dated,
seal'd and sign'd on such Days, and sent over at such times as the Com
mittee of Accounts shall direct and appoint.
The Committee on Examining the Sums depending on several Persons
in America for want of their Accounts being transmitted of the Appli
cation of the said Sums have inserted the Names (as follow) of the Per
sons so Accountable And the Sums they are charg'd with in order that
Directions may be given for requiring them immediately to account for
the same. Viz'
James Oglethorpe Esq' expended for £. s. d.
the Colony before Michaelmas
1739 for Which Accounts have
not yet been receiv'd .... 3670. 13. 1|
And in the Maintenance of Servants
to be made good to the Fund for
building of Churches .... 371. 15. 0
And in like Maintenance to be made
good for the Religious Uses of
the Colony  130. 0. 0.

Thomas Jones  12. 0. 0
And in the Maintenance of Servants
to be made good to the Religious
Uses of the Colony .... 60. 0. 0

4172. 8. If

72. 0. 0

Francis Moore for furnishing the
Storehouse at Frederica in the
Year 1736  1489. 10. Oi
And upon Account for defraying the
Estimated Expences at Frederica
from Michaelmas 1739 . . . 400. 0. 0.

1889. 10. 01
Thomas Causton expended before October 1738 270. 0. 2\
Richard White Storekeeper at Frederica ... 17. 7. 0.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 423
And the Committee find that Thomas Jones had
paid at Savanah to Mess'8 Whitefield and
Seward towards building a Church there,
Which the Trustees paid out of the One hun
dred Seventy One Pounds five Shillings and
Seven Pence appropriated for that Service,
Which M' Whitefield is accountable for . . 150. 0. 0.

£.6571. 5. 4f
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to this Report of the Committee
of Accofunts.
Resolved That the Several Persons Who are charg'd as Accountable to the
Trust for the foregoing Sums be immediately call'd on to Account for
the same.
Resolved That When the Money granted in the last Session of Parliament for
the further Settling of the Colony shall be receiv'd from the Exchequer.
Sola Bills to the value of two thousand Pounds be prepared ; And that
they be Dated Seal'd and sign'd on 6uch Days as the Committee of Ac
counts shall Direct, and sent over to the Colony at such times as they
shall think proper.
Order'd That a fair Transcript be made of that Part of the Report from the
Committee of Accounts Which relates to Capt. Patrick Mackay's Claim,
and that it be given to Mess'8 Simond.
Resolved That thirty Men Servants be sent over to Georgia And that the Ac
countant do make an Inquiry among the proper Persons about the Means
of procuring them. Adjourn'd

424 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Queen's Square Westminster
Monday May 2 1743
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Smith in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Vernon
M' Digby
M' Eyre
Mr Tuffnel
M' L'apostre
D' Hales
M' Henry Archer.
Read a Report from the Trustees dated Aprill 30*" 1743 That they
having taken into consideration M' Stephens's Letter of January 22.
174| in which he refers to his Journal of the 23d 24'" 25'" and 26'" Days
of August 1741 containing several Passages relating to the Ship Caesar,
Which was found in the Offing at Tybee, and brought in by James Dor
mer, Which Ship had been taken by a Spanish Privateer on the Coast of
Virginia, and afterwards quitted by the Spaniards, and had no other
Goods in her but some Rum Melasses Flower and Biscuit, and Eighteen
Persons Who had been taken in other Ships by the Spaniards, and dis
pos'd of by them in this Ship, Which is worth about four or five hun
dred Pounds ; were of Opinion that Extracts should be made of all the
Passages in the Aforesaid Letter and Journal and laid before a Civilian
for his Advice in what manner the said Ship ought to be dispos'd of.
Resolved That Extracts be made of all the Passages in M' Stephens's Letter and
Journal aforesaid relating to the Ship Csesar, and laid before some emi
nent Civilian for his Advice in what manner the said Ship is to be
dispos'd of.
Read a Report from the Trustees recommending Lieutenant Patrick
Sutherland, and Lieutenant Charles Mackay for Grants of five hundred
Acres of Land to Each of them ; They having been recommended for
the same by Brigadier General Oglethorpe in a Letter dated August
5'" 1742.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 425
Resolved That a Grant of five hundred Acres of Land about sixteen Miles from
Darien be made to Lieutenant Patrick Sutherland
Resolved That a Grant of five hundred Acres of Land be made to Lieutenant
Charles Mackay.
Read a further Report from the Trustees That having receiv'd a Peti
tion of Thomas Sumner Praying for a Grant of five hundred Acres of
Land on a River side near Frederica, and the Passage of six Servants to
cultivate the same They had Resolved to recommend it to the Common
Council.
Resolved That in consideration of the Services of the said Thomas Sumner in
having rebuilt the Light House at Tybee A Grant of five hundred Acres
of Land on a River Side near Frederica be made to the said Thomas
Sumner in Trust for himself and such Men Servants as he shall carry
over with him ; Whereof fifty Acres shall be set out for Each Servant
Indented to him for the Term of five Years, Who shall be Allow'd by
his Master One Day in the Week for Working on his own Lands.
Resolved That the Passage of his Servants not Exceeding the Number of Six be
paid by the Trust on condition that he shall stipulate to employ the said
Servants in his own Service, and not to let them out for hire to Others.
Read a further Report from the Trustees recommending the Memorial
of Capt. George Dunbar ; And Upon Reading the said Memorial
Resolved That the Passage of Sixty Freights of Women and Children belonging
to the Recruits Which the said Capt. George Dunbar shall carry over
with him be paid by the Trust ; And that Six Pence a Day be Allow'd
for Each Freight for two Months before their Embarkation.
Upon Reading the State of Ebenezer sign'd John Martin Bolzius De
cember the 4'" 1742 Wherein it appears that the Sum of thirty Seven
Pounds Sterling was due from the People at Ebenezer to the Trust Store.
Resolved That for the Encouragement of the Saltzburghers the said Sum of
thirty Seven Pounds be remitted.
Resolved That the Letter from M' Bolzius and M' Gronau dated December 18'"
1742 And the State of Ebenezer be printed in One of the publick Papers,

426 COLONIAL RECORDS.
And that printed Copies of the same be sent to the Revd Mr Ziegenhagen
in order to be transmitted to the Rev* M' Urlsperger.
Resolved That the Grant of a Freehold Lot in the Town of Savanah to Col
Heron Which was made by the President and Assistants be confirm'd.
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts on their Proceedings
Aprill 23d and 30'" 1743 to the following Purport. Viz'
That they were of Opinion, That an Allowance for the Maintenance
and Clothing of two Servants at twelve Pounds three Shillings and four
Pence a Year Each to be Employ'd in the Cultivation of three hundred
Acres of Land Appropriated for the residing Minister at Savanah was
proper to be made.
That they had consider'd of Joseph Avery's Claim to execute the Office
of Register as Part of the Duty of Land Surveyor, and were of Opinion
that such Claim should not be Agreed to, because the said Offices are
proper Checks on Each Other, and ought to be Executed by different
Persons ; And therefore that the Salary of twenty Pounds a Year should
be continued to a Register.
And as to the Allowance proper to be made to the Land Surveyor,
And the Instructions necessary to regulate the Execution of the said
Office, The Committee were of Opinion, That an Allowance of four pence
an Acre should be paid to the Land Surveyor by the President and As
sistants for the setting out all such Lands, making Plots thereof for the
Register, and delivering a Book of Duplicates to the President and As
sistants as they shall direct ; And in case the Land Surveyor shall not
absent himself without leave from them, nor neglect the Necessary Work
they shall employ him in, And proceed in making a General Survey of
the Province in such manner only, and at such times and Places as they
shall direct ; And at the end of Each Year the said Allowance of four
pence an Acre shall in any One Year fall short of One hundred Pounds ;
The Committee were of Opinion, that the President and Assistants may
on such Conditions being perform'd be Authoris'd to make up any such
Deficiency to the Sum of One hundred Pounds ; And The Committee
recommend it to the Consideration of the Common Council to refer it to
the Committee of Correspondence to prepare proper Instructions for the
Executing the said Office of Land Surveyor ; And that after the Law is
ratified for settling the Tenures of Land in Georgia The said Commit
tee of Correspondence may be directed to prepare proper Instructions
likewise for the Executing of the Office of Register.

150.

0.

0

50.

0.

0

150.

0.

0

50.

0.

0

60.

0.

0

50.

0.

0

40.

0.

0

£550.

0.

0

COLONIAL RECORDS. 427
That the Committee then proceeded to consider of the Trustees Charges
in England and have computed the same as follows Viz' £
To the Secretary at One hundred and fifty Pounds
a Year 
More to him for Extraordinary Services .
To the Accountant at One hundred and fifty
Pounds a Year 
More to him for Extraordinary Services .
For House Rent Messenger Maid Servant and
Coals and Candles for the Office at sixty
Pounds a Year as before reported ....
For Ordinary Clerkship at fifty Pounds a Year .
And for Stationary Ware and printing and Mar
bling Sola Bills 

That the Committee Observing by M' Stephens's Letter March the 20'"
174-5- That he recommends it as an Encouragement to the Register of the
Province for him to be appointed also Secretary under the Act for reg
ulating the Trade with the Indians, They are of Opinion that M' Dobell
the present Register should be Appointed Secretary for Indian Affairs
under the said Act.
That the Committee recommend it to the Common Council to order a
Case to be drawn out from the Letters Journals and Papers in the Office
relating to the Sum of One hundred and fifty Pounds paid into the
hands of M' Whitefield in Georgia towards building a Church, and by
him alleg'd to be paid over to M' Habersham there, and showing how
they shift off accounting for the same the One to the Other. And that
such Case be refer'd to the Consideration of the following Gentlemen in
the Trust, Vizt M' Henry Archer M' Thomas Tower M' Eyre M' Philipps
M' Bathurst Mr Holland and M' Wright or any two of them for their
Opinion in what manner the said Sum of One hundred and fifty Pounds
may be recover'd from M' Whitefield in England, or M' Habersham in
Georgia. That the Committee observing that a Clerk under the Direction of the
President and Assistants is necessary to be Employ'd for keeping the
Cash Accounts in Georgia, and entering the Payments there under the
different Heads of Service, And making Copies thereof for the President

428 COLONIAL RECORDS.
and Assistants to send to England ; They are of Opinion, that thirty
Pounds a Year should be allow'd for that service.
That the Committee on perusing M' Stephens's Journal of May 26'"
1742 do find by an Experiment made pursuant to the Directions of the
Trustees ; That One Pound of Coquons or Silk Balls produces two
Ounces of Silk wanting half a Quarter of an Ounce ; Whereby Eight
Pounds of Coquons will produce fifteen Ounces of Silk ; And as
the Encouraging this Produce by a Bounty on the Coquons is very
necessary ; The Committee propose that the Bounty of One Shil
ling and Six Pence a Pound mention'd in the last Report (Which
was computed on the Calculation of twelve Pounds of Coquons producing
only One Pound of Silk, Whereas as appears by the said Experiment it
will produce twenty two Ounces and an half) be increas'd to two Shillings
a Pound of Coquons or Silk Balls raised in Georgia.
And the Committee further propose as an Encouragement to M'8 Cam-
use (the Only Piedmontese in Georgia Who understands the Art of wind
ing Silk) That in Case She shall perform Every thing required from her,
in the Committee's last Report, to the Satisfaction of the President and
Assistants, and shall hereafter become incapable of carrying on that
Work, Whereby the Allowance of Sixty Pounds a Year (Which is made
by the Estimate to her) shall cease, That then some Provision shall be
made for her future Support, in consideration of her said Services.
That M' Stephens having lately sent over the Account of Payments in
Georgia for the Month of December last, and it appearing by his Jour
nal in that Month, That the Trust Servants were out of their time, and
by the said Account that twenty five Pounds had been paid for Working
Tools for twenty five of them to proceed in the Cultivation of their
Lands ; The Committee are of Opinion that the Sum of three hundred
Pounds Appropriated pursuant to their last Report for the Maintenance
of Trust Servants untill their Service should expire, need not now be
reserv'd. That the Committee having computed the Additional Annual Ex
pences in Georgia propos'd by this Report to the One thousand seven
hundred and Eleven Pounds a Year therein Resolv'd on by the Common
Council pursuant to their former Report, They amount together to the
Sum of two thousand and Eighty five Pounds six Shillings and Eight
Pence a Year ; Whereof two hundred and fifty Pounds in Presents to
the Indians and Sixty Pounds for a Chest of Medicines are to be provided
in England, Which reduces the Account of the said Expences to be sent

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over to Georgia to the Sum of One thousand Seven hundred and Seventy
five Pounds Six Shillings and Eight Pence ; And the Committee are of
Opinion that the said Account should be sent over to Georgia as soon as
may be with positive Restrictions, neither to create, nor defray any Other
Expences Whatsoever, than What are provided for ; And to be carefull
not to exceed any Article of such Expence, but to make all possible
Savings in the general Articles therein provided for.
That the Committee having a Letter laid before them from M' Thomas
Eyre setting forth that he had receiv'd only forty three Pounds in part
of a Credit of fifty Pounds Sterling Allow'd to him on his going into the
Indian Nation as Deputy Agent to the Trustees in the Cherokee Nation
in the Year 1739 in relation to the use of Rum among the Indians ;
They are of Opinion that the Sum of Seven Pounds the Residue thereof
ought to be paid to the Attorney of the said M' Thomas Eyre.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to this Report of the Committee
of Accounts.
Resolved That M' John Dobell (the Register of the Province) be appointed
Secretary for Indian Affairs under the Act for Regulating the Trade
with the Indians.
Resolved That it be refer'd to the Committee of Correspondence to prepare
proper Instructions for Executing the Office of Register of the Province
after the Law is ratified for settling the Tenures of Lands in Georgia
Resolved That it be refer'd to the Committee of Correspondence to prepare
proper Instructions for Executing the Office of Land Surveyor.
Resolved That the two Trust Grants of three hundred Acres of Land in Each
for Religious Uses at Savanah and Frederica be Revoked ; And that two
Grants of three hundred Acres Each of the best kind of Land as before
Order'd be made out in Trust for the use of residing and Officiating
Ministers at Savanah and Frederica ; And That the Trustees be empow
er'd to affix the Seal of the Corporation to the said Grants, And that the
Secretary do countersign the same ; But that the sending over of the
Grant for Frederica be postpon'd.
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President and Assistants at Savanah President and Assistants of the
Whole Province agreeable to the Appointments and Instructions for the
Northern Part ; And for Appointing (in case of M' Stephens's Death)
the Assistants to exercise the full Power of President and Assistants ;
And the first Assistant to preside till they receive the Trustees further
Orders ; And that the Trustees be empower'd to affix the Seal of the
Corporation to the said Deeds and Instructions, And that the Secretary
do countersign the same.
Resolved That it be refer'd to Mr Henry Archer M' Thomas Tower Mr Eyre M'
Philipps M' Bathurst M' Holland and Mr Wright or Any two of them to
prepare a proper Form for new Grants of Land to the Inhabitants of
Georgia Agreeable to the Act for settling the Tenures of Lands When
Ratified. Resolved That the Trustees be impower'd to affix the Seal of the Corporation to
such new Grants as shall be prepared in pursuance of the Act for Set
tling the Tenures in lieu of the Grants heretofore made, And that the
Secretary do countersign the same.
Resolved That the Trustees be empower'd to affix the Seal to all the Several
Grants to be made out pursuant to the Resolutions of the Common Coun
cil of the 8'" of March the 18'" of the last Month, and of this Day. And
that the Secretary do countersign the same.
Resolved That Orders be sent to the President and Assistants to direct that a
true and exact Register be immediately made of all the several Grants
of Land in Georgia, A Copy Whereof is to be sent to the Trustees ;
And that Copies of the particular Grants When Register'd be deliver'd
to the Respective Grantees
Resolved That publick Notice be given in the Province of Georgia of the said
Order, that all the Grantees of Land may set forth their respective
Claims and their Interest therein.
Resolved That William Stephens Esq' do appoint the proper Assistance to the
Register of the Province in carrying on the said Work, And that he do
see it perform'd without Delay, And that he do pay What shall appear
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Resolved
That Directions be sent to M' Stephens to use the utmost Diligence
and Dispatch in building of the Church at Savanah.
Resolved That three hundred Pair of Mens Shoes and two hundred Pair of Wo-
mens Shoes be bespoke of William *Holliock to be sent to Georgia, as
Part of the Estimated Expences in Georgia.
Resolved That the Committee of Accounts consisting of at least five in Number
be empower'd to draw on the Bank of England for Sums not exceeding
the Debts and Services, Which are already Approved of by the Common
Council, at such time6, and in such Proportions as the said Committee
shall think fit.
Resolved That the Accountant do wait on the Governor and Company of the
Bank of England and desire that they will accept of a Letter of Attorney
from this Corporation to receive the twelve thousand Pounds granted in
the last Session of Parliament, and place it to the Account of this
Corporation. Adjourn'd.

Queen's Square Westminster
Monday December 5'" 1743
Present in Common Council Assembled
Earl of Shaftesbury in the Chair
M' Vernon
M' Chandler
S' John Philipps
S' John Barrington
General Oglethorpe
M' Laroche
M' Holland
M' Digby
M' Tuffnel
D' Hales
M' Smith.

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Read a Petition of Thomas Hird first Constable of the Town of Fred
erica setting forth his Improvements on an Island first Discover'd by him
and call'd Hird's Island ; And Praying the Trustees Confirmation to him
of the said Island, And that he may be assisted with a Man Servant to
improve his Plantation, and likewise Praying the Payment of such salary
as the Trustees shall please to allow for the Discharge of his Office for
such time as he has not receiv'd any.
Resolved That the said Petition be refer'd to the Committee of Accounts.
Resolved That the Memorial of Robert Ellis and Edward Jones dated Novem
ber 9'" 1742 relating to the Ship Caesar at Savanah be refer'd to the Com
mittee of Accounts.
Resolved That the Letter from M' Robert Ellis dated November 4'" 1742 about
his Account with the Trust be refer'd to the said Committee
Resolved That Capt Mark Carr's Claim of Bounty Money amounting to the Sum
of fifty Eight Pounds fifteen Shillings, And M'8 Elizabeth Harrison's
Claim for Eight Pounds Nine Shillings for Acting as Publick Midwife at
Frederica from November Is' 1741 be refer'd to the said Committee.
Resolved That a Letter from John Brownfield dated August 2. 1743 Desiring
leave of Alienation of his Houses to Messieurs John and Joseph Tuckwell
or their Assigns till such time as his Debts to them, And his Account in
the Trustees Books shall be discharg'd be refer'd to the said Committee.
Resolved That no Draughts be made at any time on the Bank of England for any
Sums of Money for the payment of Sola Bills unless at a Meeting of Five
Members at least of the Common Council in a Committee of Accounts,
Who are all to sign the same, And a Report thereof to be made to the
next Common Council. Adjourn'd.

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Queen's Square Westminster.
Monday December 19'" 1743
Present in Common Council Assembled.
M' Chandler in the Chair.
Earl of Shaftesbury
Mr Vernon
M' Eyre
M' Laroche
M' Holland
S' John Barrington
M' Smith
M' L'apostre
M' Tuffnel
Read a Report from the Trustees Wherein they recommend it as their
Opinion that Capt. Andrew Breading should be engag'd to go over im
mediately to Audierne in France ; and use his utmoit Endeavours for
recovering a Box of Papers mark'd C G Consign'd to the Trust, Which
was in his Ship the Britannia when taken by the Spaniards and carried
into Audierne ; As the said Box may contain some Plans and Descrip
tions of the Country, The Discovery of Which by the Spaniards may be
dangerous to the Colony, and prejudicial to the Publick.
Resolved That forty Guineas be given to Captain Andrew Breading on condition
that he shall set out Directly in order to go to Audierne in France, and
use his utmost Endeavours to regain the aforesaid Box mark'd C G. con
sign'd to the Trust, and left in his Ship the Britannia, which was taken
by the Spaniards October 19'" 1743 and carried into the said Port ; And
That if the said Capt Breading brings the said Box to the Trustees a fur
ther Consideration shall be given him for his trouble.
The Accountant acquainted the Board that the Revd Mr Norris at
tended in relation to his former Claim.
Order'd That the Accountant do acquaint Mr Norris that the Subject Matter
of his Claim has been already consider'd and determin'd by the Commit
tee of Accounts and the Common Council Aprill 18'" 1743; And the
Money Appearing to be due to him was then order'd to be paid ; And
the Common Council do not find any Reason for reconsidering his Claim.
Adjourn'd.
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Queen's Square Westminster
Monday January 30'" 174|
Presen^ in Common Council Assembled.
M' Eyre in the Chair.
M' Vernon
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Digby
S' John Philipps
Gen1 Oglethorpe
Sr John Barrington
M' Holland
M' Smith
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts held this day Janu
ary 30'" Setting forth That they had taken into consideration the Claim of
Mr Thomas Hawkins as first Bailiff of Frederica, Which he stated at
Ninety four Pounds four Shillings ; That on examining the same They
find that his Allowance as first Bailiff is thirty Pounds a Year, and
twelve pounds three Shillings and four pence a Year for the clothing
and maintenance of a Servant ; And four pounds a Year for the Expence
of rejoicing Days amounting together to Forty six pounds three Shil
lings and four pence a Year ; Which for two Years amount to Ninety
two pounds Six Shillings and Eight pence. And it also appearing to
them that Two pounds ten Shillings more became due to him at Lady
Day 1742 for three Months Allowance as Correspondent with William
Stephens Esq' ; The Whole appears to be Ninety four pounds sixteen
Shillings and Eight pence, Which Sum exceeds his Claim the sum of
twelve Shillings and Eight pence.
On Which Claim the Committee finding by Accounts from Georgia
That upon the fifth of May 1742 Fourteen Pounds and ten pence is en
ter'd as paid to M' Hawkins for One Quarter's Salary and Allowances to
Lady Day 1742 as ^> Receipt (alledg'd to be in Georgia) The Committee
are of Opinion that the said Claim of M' Hawkins should commence
from Lady Day 1742 with this Reserve That if such Payment is not
proved by Receipt to be then made M' Hawkins is to receive the same.
And General Oglethorpe mentioning that he brought M' Hawkins over
with him in order to state right the misrepresented Facts of the Colony.
Therefore the Committee submit it to the Common Council how far the
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last ; Which for the said One Year and three quarters from Lady Day
1742 at Forty six pounds three Shillings and four pence a Year amounts
to Eighty Pounds fifteen Shillings and ten pence.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report, and that the
Salary be paid to M' Hawkins to Christmas last for the special Reasons
set forth in the Report from the Committee of Accounts.
Read a further Report from the said Committee That they had taken
into consideration M' Thomas Hawkins's Claim of Two Pounds for the
Bounty of Forty Bushels of Corn raised in the Year 1739, And Five
Pounds Eighteen Shillings for the Bounty of One hundred Bushels of
Corn, six Bushels of Pease and sixty Bushels of Potatoes raised in the
Year 1742 Which the Committee have no Objection to, the said Produce
being duly Certified
That the Committee had likewise considered M' Hawkins's Claim of
Fifty pounds for two Years Service of a Boat and two Hands ; And
Reading the Proceedings of the Common Council November 21s' 1741
on the said Claim, The Committee were of opinion to adhere thereto.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.
Read a Letter from Mr. John Read dated Custom House Cowes Jan'y
2 i8' 1743 relating to Capt. Andrew Breading, Whom he saw at his first land
ing from France after his being taken by the Spaniards ; That he saw him
likewise the 22d of- last Month, When Capt. Breading said he was going
to hire a Vessel to carry him to France in order to ransom his Ship ;
That he did accordingly hire a Vessel and sail'd the 26th. That before he
sail'd he told another Captain that his Chief Business was to try to get
some papers relating to Georgia, that were on board his Ship. That M'
Read spoke with the man who carried Capt. Breading over, who said he had
landed him at Morlaix ; And that Capt. Breading carried nothing with
him except a very small Cloak Bag which might hold two or three Shirts,
and that the Captain gave him ten Guineas. That Capt. Breading landed
again at Cowes the 9'" Instant out of a small Sloop that took him as the
Master and Captain Breading said out of a Brigantine about a League to
(sic)
the West of the Needles. The same Person Who saw him go off saw
him soon after he came on Shore, before Whom he related several Par
ticulars concerning his getting a Parcel of Papers relating to Georgia out
of the Ship at Audierne, And that he was in great hazard of his Life.

436 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Read Another Letter from Captain Nicholas Gribble Master of a Brig-
antine Dated Bideford January 20'" 174f that he sail'd out of Morlaix
the 7" Instant and had Captain Breading on board with a Portmanteau
and a Deal Box the Edges of which were lac'd round with tarr'd Can
vass. That he landed the said Captain at the Needles Point on the Isle
of Wight the 9'" Instant with the Box and all he had on board.
Then Captain Andrew Breading's Narrative sign'd by him was like
wise Read.
Resolved That sixty Guineas be given to Capt. Andrew Breading as a further
Consideration for his trouble in recovering the Box of Letters and Papers
consign'd to the Trustees out of his Ship at Audierne.
Order'd That the Secretary do draw up a Certificate to the Lords Commission
ers for Executing the Office of Lord high Admiral of the Conduct and
Services of the said Capt Andrew Breading, in order to be laid before
the Trustees next Saturday.
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts held this Day Janu
ary 30*" That they were of opinion that Twelve pounds twelve Shillings
should be given to M' John Thomas Engineer for his Plan of the Fortifi
cations intended for the Province of Georgia ; And That they were of
opinion that ten Pounds should be given to the Rev4 M' Driesler, who is
gone to Frederica, in order to instruct the Germans at that Place.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.
Adjourn'd.
Queen's Square Westminster.
Saturday February 11'" 174|
Present in Common Council Assembled
S' John Barrington in the Chair
M' Vernon
M' Eyre
Gen1 Oglethorpe
M' Holland
M' Tuffnel
M' Smith
M' Digby
M' Chandler

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Resolved That a Special Committee of Accounts be Appointed And that Mr
Laroche Mr L'apostre and M' Smith be the said Committee, And Any
Gentlemen of the Common Council to have Votes in it ; And that M'
Anderson be desired to assist the said Committee.
Resolved That the Account of the Bounty upon Corn Pease and Potatoes raised
in the Northern Part of the Province in the Year ending December
1742. Amounting to Two hundred Seventy three pounds two Shillings
and Seven pence half Penny be refer'd to the said Committee.
Resolved That the Petition of the last Transport of Saltzburghers to be Assisted
with six Months further Allowance in lieu of Subsistance amounting to
two hundred twenty Six pounds twelve Shillings and One Penny be re
fer'd to the said Committee.
Resolved That Mr Thomas Causton's Petition of January 28'" 1743 and his Pa
pers be refer'd to the said Committee.
Resolved That Mr Thomas Jones's Account be refer'd to the said Committee.
Resolved That the Claim of M' Thomas Andrews be refer'd to the said Com
mittee.
Resolved That the Table of Fees prepared by the President and Assistants Jan
uary 28'" 1741 to be hung up in the Town Court be refer'd to Mr Hol
land to report his Opinion thereon.
Read Extracts of Several Minutes in the Book of the Proceedings of
the President and Assistants relating to their Clerk.
Resolved That John Pye be dismiss'd from being Clerk to the President and
Assistants. Resolved That Nicholas Rigbye be appointed Clerk to the President and Assist
ants in the room of John Pye. Adjourn'd.

438 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Queen's Square Westminster.
Saturday Aprill 7th 1744.
Present in Common Council Assembled.
M' Tuffnel in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon
Gen1 Oglethorpe
Sr John Philipps
S' John Barrington
M' Digby
M' Eyre
M' Cornewall
M' L'apostre
M' Smith.
Resolved That M' Patrick Graham be appointed One of the Assistants in the
Civil Government of the Province of Georgia with a Salary of twenty
pounds ^> Annum. Adjourn'd.
Queen's Square Westminster
Friday November 30'" 1744
Present in Common Council Assembled
S' John Philipps in the Chair
M' Vernon
M' Digby
M' Laroche
Lord Tyrconnel
S' John Barrington
M' Tuffnel
M' L'apostre
D' Hales
M' Tracy
Mr Smith
Read a Report from a Special Committee of Accounts Appointed to
take into consideration Mr Thomas Causton's Accounts, held on Saturday
February 25'" 174|, to the following Purport. Viz'

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That they had read a Petition of Thomas Causton Dated January 28'"
174f , Setting forth, That he hath executed divers Trusts repos'd in him
by the Trustees from January 19'" 1732 to October 10'" 1738. That
during the said Term it was required from him to issue certain Stipulated
Stores, to administer publick Justice, to receive and pay the Cash trans
mitted to him, to take the Charge of and provide for the Safety and
Welfare of the Colony &c.
That by the Trustees Authority the said Thomas Causton was on Oc
tober 10*" 1738 Divested of his said Trust, and the several Powers before
that time committed to him.
That M' William Stephens and M' Thomas Jones did in the Name of
the Trustees on or about the 4'" of November 1738 arrest the said
Thomas Causton, and oblige him and two Sureties to execute a Bond
under the Penalty of two hundred Pounds not to depart the Colony with
out License.
That the said Thomas Causton on or about the 13th of February 1738
made a Voluntary Oath in Georgia with respect to his just Actings, as
also to protest against the illegal Proceedings of William Stephens and
Thomas Jones against him.
That the said William Stephens & Thomas Jones and M' Henry Par
ker, being appointed Commissioners for Accounts in Georgia, have us'd
their utmost Endeavours to prevent his just Actings being made manifest
to the Trustees.
That Notwithstanding he had little Reason to expect any Relief from
an Appeal to the Board of Assistants in Georgia, of Which the said
William Stephens is President, and his known Enemy ; Yet he did at
tend the said Board, and produc'd the same there, And receiv'd for An
swer, that they had transmitted to the Trustees a Certificate sign'd by
William Stephens and Henry Parker, and would not proceed any fur
ther in the Examination of his Account.
Whereupon the said Thomas Causton resolv'd to come to England and
complain to the Trustees ; And he desires the Trustees will make him a
reasonable Allowance to defray his Expences in coming to England
That the said M' Thomas Causton being call'd in before the Committee.
A Certificate drawn up by him in order to be sign'd by the Commis
sioners of Accounts in Georgia was read.
A Memorial sign'd by Mr William Stephens and M' Henry Parker
dated Aprill 30'" 1743 on Account of the said Certificate was likewise
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440 COLONIAL RECORDS.
The Establishment of Payments to be made in the Colony and In
structions to M' Thomas Causton thereupon dated August 11'" 1737 were
likewise read.
Some Paragraphs out of a Letter from the Accountant dated August
4'" 1738 to M' Thomas Causton relating to his Certifying Accounts after
he had acknowledg'd the Receipt of Orders from the Trustees not to cer
tify any more, were likewise read.
And the said Committee thereupon Order'd that M' Thomas Causton
should attend the Accountant before the Saturday following being March
the 3d 174f and produce the Orders at any time given to him for issuing
any Sums exceeding the Establishments sent to him.
Read Another Report from the Special Committee on M' Thomas
Causton's Accounts, held on Saturday November 17th 1744, to the fol
lowing Purport. Viz'
That they had read the Minutes of the last Committee on the Petition
of M' Thomas Causton dated January 28'" 174f , Wherein M' Causton
was order'd to produce to the Accountant his Orders for issuing any
Sums exceeding the Establishment sent to him ; And the Accountant
laying before the Committee a Narrative by way of Letter which he re
ceiv'd from M' Causton Dated the 6'" of March last. The same was read.
And the following State of his Accounts made out from the Materials
the Trustees Accountant was furnish'd with being also laid before the
Committee and read Viz'
An Account of Cash receiv'd and paid by him from Lady Day 1734
to February the 5'" 1735 When M' Oglethorpe arrived in Georgia, and
accounted with the Trust to the twenty second of November following.
An Account of Cash receiv'd and paid by M' Thomas Causton from
November 2. 1736 When M' Oglethorpe sail'd for England to October
10'" 1738, When M' Causton deliver'd up the Trustees Store at Savanah
to M' Thomas Jones.
An Account of Cargoes received by M' Thomas Causton, and a Gen
eral Abstract of the whole Transactions
That then the Committee came to the following Resolutions. Viz'
That it was their Opinion That the Books and Vouchers in Georgia
supporting the said Accounts should be forthwith sent for, And That Mr
Thomas Causton should be directed to make out a List of those particu
lar Books and Papers which were necessary for that Purpose.
And That it was their Opinion, That in consideration of M' Causton's
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twenty Pounds should be allow'd him, And half a Guinea a Week from
that Day November 17'" 1744 for his Subsistance during the time his At
tendance may be required by the Trustees for making up his Accounts.
A Memorial of Mr Thomas Causton's Dated this present 30'" of No
vember Stating his Demands on the Trust, And Offering either to go
over to Georgia and settle his Accounts with the Commissioners there,
or to stay and settle them here as it shall seem most proper to the Trus
tees was likewise read.
Then the Common Council proceeded to take into Consideration the
said Memorial and the two Reports from the Committee of Accounts ;
And having duly consider'd the Danger Which might attend the bring
ing over in a time of War the Books and Vouchers at present in Geor
gia, Which may be necessary for settling the said Thomas Causton's Ac
counts. Resolved That M' Thomas Causton be directed to return to the Colony of Geor
gia in order to settle his Accounts there with the Commissioners for Stat
ing the Publick Accounts.
Resolved That the Trustees will defray the Passage of M' Causton to Georgia by
Capt. William Thomson or by the first Ship that go's thither.
Resolved That the Trustees will give the said Thomas Causton the Sum of
twenty Pounds and will allow him ten Shillings and Six Pence a Week
for his Maintenance till he go's. Provided he shall go with Capt. Wil
liam Thomson or the first Ship that go's to Georgia.
Resolved That the President and Assistants be impower'd to pay to Mr Thomas
Causton the Sum of twenty Pounds when he shall have settled his Ac
counts with the Commissioners.
Resolved That the Commissioners be directed to allow Nothing in Mr Thomas
Causton's Accounts for Which he do's not produce proper Vouchers.
Order'd That the Accountant do wait on General Oglethorpe and lay before
him the several Items in M' Thomas Causton's Accounts, for Which the
said Causton has declared that he received Orders from General Ogle
thorpe ; And That the General be desired to give the Accountant some

442 COLONIAL RECORDS.
time next Week an Account of What Orders he has given from time to
time to the said Thomas Causton, in order to be laid before the Trustees.
Resolved That M' William Spencer be appointed One of the Commissioners for
Stating the Publick Accounts in the Province of Georgia.
Resolved That One hundred Muskets and ten half Barrels of F Gunpowder be
purchas'd for the use of the Colony.
Resolved That, in pursuance of the Recommendation of the Trustees September
13th 1744, M' John Martin Bolzius and Mr Israel Christian Gronau be
Appointed Conservators of the Peace in the District of Ebenezer within
the Province of Georgia Adjourn'd.

Queen's Square Westminster
Saturday January 19'" 174|
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Cornewall in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
Lord Tyrconnel
Gen1 Oglethorpe
M' Vernon
M' Tho8 Tower
M' Laroche
M' Tuffnel
M' L'apostre
M' Smith
Resolved That in pursuance of a Recommendation from the Board of Trustees
held this present Nineteenth of January The Secretary do acquaint Mr
John Calwell third Bailiff of the Town of Frederica and M' John Terry
Recorder of the said Town, That the Powers of the Town Court of Fred
erica having been suspended ever since M' Thomas Hawkins and Mr
Thomas Marriot first and second Bailiff of the said Town left the Colony,
Their Powers as Bailiff and Recorder of the said Town are likewise sus
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leave their Settlements at Frederica, the Trustees will grant to them suf
ficient Lots of good Land in some Other Part of the Colony, And that
the Expences which they shall be at on such Removal being laid before
the Trustees, They will consider the same.
Order'd That the Secretary do write to the President to direct the proper Offi
cer to allot to the said John Calwell and John Terry (upon their Appli
cation) the same Quantity of Land within the District of Savanah as
they are now possess'd of at Frederica under the usual Limitations and
Conditions.Resolved That the said M' John Calwell and M' John Terry be required to send
over to the Trustees by the first Opportunity the Instruments Whereby
they were respectively Appointed Bailiff and Recorder of the Town of
FredericaResolved That M' Thomas Hawkins and M' Thomas Marriot be required to de
liver up to the Trustees the Instruments Whereby they were respectively
appointed first and second Bailiff of the Town of Frederica ,
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd to the Appointments of
the Revd Mr John Martin Bolzius, and the Revd M' Israel Christian
Gronau as Conservators of the Peace within the District of Ebenezer.
Which was Affix'd accordingly
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Gen1 Oglethorpe dissented from all the Resolutions but the last, and de
sired leave to enter his Dissent in the Books. I James Oglethorpe do
Dissent from the resolutions of this day except ye Last
Adjourn'd.

444 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Queen's Square Westminster
Wednesday January 30. 174£
Present in Common Council Assembled
Gen1 Oglethorpe in the Chair
M' Vernon
Sr John Philipps
M' Chandler
M' Thomas Tower
M' Laroche
M' Holland
Earl of Shaftesbury
S' John Barrington
M' Tuffnel
M' Christopher Tower
Read a Petition of M' Hugh Rose Surveyor That having been Ap
pointed by Gen1 Oglethorpe to be Surveyor of Ebenezer, he had survey'd
One thousand four hundred and Eight Acres into Commons and Paths.
That the Agreement was made so that he could not defray the Charges
of the Survey, if he had not had two White Servants of his own ; That
he put the Inhabitants of Ebenezer three times in possession of their
Lands, and had not anything for it. That upon his applying to Col.
Stephens, he would pay him no more than One Penny ^> Acre for the
Lands survey'd by him ; And that tho' Gen1 Oglethorpe said he would
make him Recorder of the Surveys, and Surveyor of the Place, yet M'
Avery was appointed to survey the County of Savanah ; And therefore
prays the Trustees to grant him such an Allowance for his trouble as
they may think proper.
Resolved That the said Petition be refer'd to the Committee of Accounts.
In pursuance of a Recommendation from the Trustees.
Resolved That if any Person, being Bailiff or Recorder of any Court of Judica
ture shall accept of Any Military Employment in the Province of Geor
gia Such Person shall from such time be incapable of holding or exercis
ing his said Office
Resolved That Comissions be granted to particular Persons as Bailiffs and Re
corder of the Town Court of Savanah to be lodg'd in the hands of the

COLONIAL RECORDS. 445
President for the time being, and issued by him for the supplying any
Vacancy in case of Death or the Acceptance of such Military Employ
ment, till the Trustees can be acquainted with such Vacancy.
Mr Thomas Marriot attended and deliver'd up the Instrument Where
by he was constituted Second Bailiff of the Town Court of Frederica.
Resolved That the Minute of the Common Council of Aprill the 18'" 1743. re
lating to the Claim of Capt. Patrick Mackay be refer'd to the Committee
of Accounts for them to reconsider.
Read a Letter from the Revd D' Philip Bearcroft Secretary to the So
ciety for propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts, with a Letter inclos'd
from the Rev4 M' Bosomworth giving some Account of his Mission in
Georgia, and D' Bearcroft said that the said Society had order'd Five
pounds worth of Bibles, Common Prayer Books, and other Religious
Tracts to be sent over to Georgia in pursuance of M' Bosom worth's Letter,
and they make no doubt but the Trustees will appoint a Schoolmaster at
Frederica. Order'd That the Secretary do return Mr Bosomworth's Letter to D' Bearcroft,
and acquaint him, that the Common Council of the Trustees return their
thanks for his communicating the same, and will take the Contents into
Consideration. Gen1 Oglethorpe dissented from the third and fourth Resolutions of
this Day, and desired leave to enter his Dissent in the Book.
Adjourn'd.

Queen's Square Westminster.
Saturday February 23 174£
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Vernon in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Eyre
S' John Philipps
Sr John Barrington
M' Tuffnel
Lord Tyrconnel
M' Laroche

446

COLONIAL RECORDS.

Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts held on February 16'"
Instant to the following Purport. Viz' That they had read a State of the
Expences Estimated for the Province of Georgia, and how provided for
from Michaelmas 1743 Whereby it appears that the said Expences were
provided for to Michaelmas 1744 with a Surplus in the Province of three
hundred Ninety Nine Pounds Sixteen Shillings and a half Penny to
wards the half Year to Lady Day 1745 ; And that a Parcel of Shoes
Value One hundred and One Pounds fourteen Shillings, being ready to
be sent in further Aid of the said Expences, the Deficiency of the Es
timated Expences to Lady Day 1745 appears to be Three hundred
Eighty six Pounds three Shillings and three Pence half Penny
That the Committee then went over the Estimate
Which took place from Michaelmas 1743
Amounting for One Year for the Whole Prov- £
ince to  1775. 6. 8
Whereof the following Articles the Com
mittee were of Opinion should be reduced from
Lady Day next on the Suspension of the Town
Court of Frederica. Viz'

The Allowance to the first Bailiff
The Allowance to the second and
third Bailiff being £27. 3. 4.
Each 
The Allowance to the Recorder
and for being Correspondent

And as the Indians at Frederica
are engag'd in his Majesty's
Service The Charge of the
Repair of Indian Arms there
is also taken off ... .

£ 42. 3. 4
54. 6. 8
52. 3. 4.
148. 13. 4
- 20. 0. 0

Which reduces the said Estimate to . . .
To Which the Allowance to M' Patrick Graham 1
a fifth Assistant being added of  j
The Year's Estimate for said Expences to Lady )
Day 1746 will then amount to  j

168.

13.

4.

1606.

13.

4

20.

0.

0

1626. 13. 4.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 447
Which Sum of One thousand Six hundred and twenty six Pounds
thirteen Shillings and four Pence being added to the Deficiency Stated
to Lady Day 1745 makes together the Sum of Two thousand and twelve
Pounds Sixteen Shillings and seven Pence half Penny necessary to be
Appropriated out of the Sum of Five thousand and Sixty two Pounds
One Shilling and Eleven Pence this Day in the Bank of England Over
and above the Appropriations already made for Sola Bills sent over to
Georgia And yet Outstanding.
That the Committee therefore Resolved to recommend to the Common
Council to order Sola Bills to the Value of Two thousand Pounds to be
made out and sent over for Defraying the said Expences to that Amount,
And to Appropriate so much Cash in the Bank for that Purpose. And
that the said Sola Bills be sent over to Georgia from time to time as a
Committee of Five of the Common Council shall direct.
That the Committee then took into Consideration that Claims of
Bounty on Corn Pease and Potatoes rais'd in Georgia between Christmas
1741 and Christmas 1 742 being One Shilling a Bushel on Corn, Sixpence
a Bushel on Pease and three Pence a Bushel on Potatoes are made, and
are due as appears by a List of the Claims made by the Inhabitants in
the Northern Division amounting to Two hundred and Seventy three
Pounds two Shillings and Seven Pence half Penny And by the Inhabit
ants in the Southern Division (exclusive of Capt. Mark Carr's Claim)
amounting to Sixty One Pounds One Shilling and Nine Pence making
together the Sum of Three hundred thirty four Pounds four Shillings
and four Pence half Penny.
That the Committee were of Opinion that Copies of the said Lists
should be sent over to the President and Assistants in Georgia to be paid
there with Sola Bills to such Persons in the said Lists as shall be then
resident, and in such manner as the President and Assistants shall direct
in Discharge of the said Claims of Bounty.
That it Appearing to the Committee by the Affidavit of John Brad
ford Servant to Capt. Mark Carr that there was rais'd in the said Year
ending at Christmas 1742 on the said Captain's Lands called the Her
mitage One thousand Bushels of Indian Corn two hundred Bushels of
Indian Pease and three hundred Bushels of Potatoes And that Captain
Mark Carr had by Letter of Attorney duly Authoris'd Capt. William
Thomson to claim and receive the Bounty due thereon, Which by Com
putation amounts to Fifty Eight Pounds fifteen Shillings ; They were of

448 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Opinion that the Sum of Fifty Eight Pounds fifteen Shillings is due to
the said Capt. Mark Carr and payable to his said Attorney.
That the Committee had read a Letter from Elizabeth Harrison to the
Trustees Accountant claiming the Sum of Eight Pounds Nine Shillings
for officiating as Publick Midwife at Frederica from November l8' 1741
to July 9'" 1743 Which being Certified by the first Bailiff of Frederica
to be so due, And She Desiring the same may be paid to Capt. William
Thomson for her use ; The Committee were of Opinion that the said Sum
of Eight Pounds Nine Shillings should be paid Accordingly.
That the Committee had read a Petition of Hugh Rose for surveying
Lands at Ebenezer and Other Services for which he had not receiv'd full
Satisfaction ; And he being called in and Acquainted with the Intentions
of the Common Council to allow him the Sum of twenty One Pounds in
Consideration of his Services heretofore applied for, if he was willing to
accept thereof, And he Agreeing thereto ; The Committee were of Opin
ion that the said Sum of twenty One Pounds should be paid to him in
full for his Services in Georgia.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.
Resolved That Sola Bills for One thousand Pounds be forthwith made out, and
fill'd up, seal'd, and sign'd as the last Sola Bills were, and Dated this Day,
Consisting of five hundred of One Pound Each N° 9501 to N° 10000.
And One hundred of five Pounds Each N° 1651 to N° 1750. And that
the said Bills be sent oyer to the Care of the President and Assistants in
Georgia by the first convenient Opportunity by way of South Carolina.
Resolved That the Sum of two hundred and fifty Pounds be paid into the hands
of S' Joseph and M' Thomas Hankey on Account.
Resolved That the Claims of Thomas Andrews and Thomas Jenys be refer'd to
the Committee of Accounts.
Resolved That M' Bosom worth's Letter to D' Bearcroft relating to a School Master
at Frederica be refer'd to the said Committee.
Resolved That Mr Causton's Letter to the Secretary Desiring a Copy of the
Minutes relating to his going over to Georgia in order to settle his Ac
counts be refer'd to the said Committee.

COLONIAL RECORDS. 449
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for two hundred and fifty
Pounds by Mr Vernon, the Earl of Shaftesbury Lord Tyrconnel M' Eyre
and M' Laroche N° 105 G.
Resolved That twenty five Books of M' Boreman's Compendious Account of
the Art of breeding nursing and right Ordering of the Silk Worms be
sent over to the President in order to their being distributed among those
Inhabitants of the Province Who are most intelligent and desirous of
being instructed in the said Art, And that the President be directed to
send some of the said Books to the Rev" M' Bolzius for the use of the
Saltzburghers.Resolved That two Models of the Reel in the Office be made and sent over to
the President in order to have Others made by them in the Province.
Adjourn'd.

Queen's Square Westminster
Thursday May 23 1745
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mr Smith in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon
M' Laroche
M' Tho" Tower
M' Digby
M' Eyre
M' L'apostre
M' Tracy
M' Chandler.
In pursuance of a Recommendation from the Trustees Aprill 12'" 1745
Order'd That a List of all such Grants Whereon Quit Rents are now payable ;
or shall be within one Year, be made out and sent over to the President
and Assistants in the Province of Georgia with a Copy of the Clause
in the Charter requiring the Payment of the Quit Rents ; And that
They be directed to appoint a proper Person to demand and receive the
same for the use of the Trust, Such Person giving a proper Security.
[29 c. r.]

450 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts held March 16'" 174|-
to the following Purport. Viz' That The Accountant acquainted the
Committee that he had Examin'd the Vouchers sent over from Georgia
in support of the Accounts receiv'd from December Is' 1741 to Michael
mas 1742. And that the said Vouchers are examin'd Copies compar'd
with the Originals in Georgia, And Certified by John Dobell, Patrick
Graham, and Noble Jones, Who were appointed by the Trustees for that
Purpose, And do all agree with the Sums enter'd in the said Accounts,
and amount to Three thousand three hundred forty three Pounds Seven
teen Shillings and Six Pence half Penny. And That by the Affidavit of
William Russel the Clerk appointed to keep the said Accounts, it ap
pears that the Amount of Four hundred twenty five Pounds ten Shil
lings and Nine Pence was paid by him to the several Persons, and for the
particular Purposes therein Specified, for Which in the Nature of Pay
ments no Receipts were taken ; Both Which Sums amounting together
to the Sum of Three thousand Seven hundred and Sixty Nine Pounds
Eight Shillings and three Pence half Penny Appears to be the total
Amount of the Payments made in Georgia between December l8' 1741
and Michaelmas 1742 according to the Abovemention'd Accounts.
That the Committee therefore were of Opinion that the said Accounts
amounting to Three thousand Seven hundred and Sixty Nine Pounds
Eight Shillings and three Pence half Penny expended within the before
mention'd time are fully Supported.
And the Committee perusing the Minutes of the Common Council of
January 30'" 1743. Wherein a Reserve is made That if the Payment of
Fourteen Pounds and ten Pence to M' Thomas Hawkins for One Quar
ter's Salary and Allowances to Lady Day 1742 Enter'd as paid May 5*"
1742 was not proved by Receipt to be then made, Mr Hawkins was to
receive the same ; Did find that the said Payment is fully proved to
have been then made to John Brownfield for the use of M' Hawkins,
And that there was no foundation for the said Claim.
That M' Thomas Causton attended the Committee and desired that a
Special Commission might issue to M' James Habersham Mr Francis
Harris and M' William Spencer for the Examining and Stating his Ac
counts with the Trustees ; And That Instructions might be prepared for
them to make his Return to Georgia effectual for this Work in order to
obtain a full Report thereof.
That the Committee recommended the same to the Common Council

COLONIAL RECORDS. 451
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.
Resolved That a Commission and Instructions be sent to Messieurs Habersham,
Harris and Spencer for Examining and Stating Mr Thomas Causton's
Accounts. Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts held Aprill 12'" 1745
to the following Purport. Viz' That They having read a Minute of the
Common Council held the 30th of January last " That the Minute of the
"Common Council of Aprill 18'" 1743 relating to the Claim of Capt.
" Patrick Mackay be refer'd to the Committee of Accounts for them to
"reconsider" And having read the Report of the Committee of Ac
counts Whereon the said Minute of Aprill 18'" 1743 was made and re-
consider'd the same, The Committee found it arose from the Nature of
the Services and the Occasion of incurring them ; And that if anything
should appear due on such Claims, the Conditions Whereon the Services
were undertaken were first to be perform'd.
But M' Thomas Causton arriving in England since the said Report, in
whose time the said Services incurr'd, And having attended the Account
ant to explain and make out the Transactions of the Store in Georgia
with the said Captain Patrick Mackay, and to compare the same with
the Accounts made out by the said Captain himself, Wbereon his Claims
of Money due to him were alledg'd.
The Accountant laid before the Committee the following Over
Charges in the Debit Side, and Omissions in the Credit Side of the said
Capt. Patrick Mackays Accounts. Vizt
Over Charges on the Debtor Side of the Account of the Independent
Company.First Article. To the Establish- "} £ Currency
ment of the Company from ! OQ08
March Is' 173f to March Is'

173| Stated at

Which by the Establishment
sign'd and Accounted for by
him to said 1" March 173^
agreeable to what M' Ogle
thorpe establish'd amounts only
to 

2802

120. 0. 0

452

COLONIAL RECORDS.

Second Article. To an Express .
Which not being chargeable to
the Account of the Company
is carried to the Agency Ac
count 
Fourth Article. To particular Ac
counts of Incidents for that
Year 
Whereout the following Ar
ticles are deducted being no
ways incidental but receiv'd as
Value towards the Pay of the
Company Viz'
Twenty Gallons of Melasses at
s d
12. 6 
Thirty Nine Pounds of Sugar .
Twenty One Pounds of Butter ")
3. 13. 6 and Five Pounds [¦
Cheese. 1. 5. 0 . . . )
Three Gallons and half of Vin- )
egar  j
Thirty seven pounds of Salt. 0.
12. 6 
Fifty One Pounds of Oatmeal 1.
9. 9 
Forty two Gallons of Beer 14.
14. 0 ....... .
One Pound three Quarters of
Hops 0. 17. 6 
One Gallon of Wine 1. 0. 0. .
11'" Sept' Paid Michael Peartree
being for Pay 
8 Nov' Paid M'8 Hodges for Diet
and Lodging for John Barton
Liuguister, he receiving Pay
as such 
And the following three Ar
ticles being not included in his
Account of'Incidents from May
27'" 1734 to May 18'" 1735
Sign'd by the Captain and

150.

150. 0. 0

452. 16. 11.

12. 10. 0.

4. 11. 0
4. 18. 6

1. 15. 0

2. 2.

16. 11. 6.

11. 8. 8.

7. 7. 9

COLONIAL RECORDS.

453

sent over from Georgia Sept'
8. 1735 Nor being charg'd on
him in the Store Account Viz'
Boat hire from May 15th to No
vember 8'" at Seven Shillings
and three Pence ^ Diem .
Thirty light Deer Skins bought
of John Gray for Hobbles for
Horses 
Boat Hire for transporting the "1
Men, their Accoutrements &c I
from Joseph's Town to Uchie
Town 

Fifth Article To Sundries being
for Horses and other Particu
lars furnish'd by Samuel Sleigh
Paul Jenys and C° Account of
which was transmitted by them
to the Trustees with the Vouch
ers and paid tho' carried to my
Account by Thomas Causton
Whereout the following Ar
ticles must be taken for the
Reasons following. Viz'
Paid Samuel Sleigh for a Horse
for Capt. Mackay ....
N. B. A large Sum was laid
out for Horses and this may
reasonably be judg'd was for
himself.
Three pair of Shoes . . 4. 10. 0
Seven pair of Wo-
mens Shoes . . .25. 10. 0
To be us'd or sold by the
Captain to the Men as Pay.
Cash paid Capt Mackay by M1
Oglethorpe's Order ....
N. B. This was a Payment
on Account to have been Cred
ited by the Captain.

61. 19. 0
12. 0. 0
15. 0. 0

150. 3. 8

? 1082. 19. 8

65. 0. 0

30. 0. 0

200. 0. 0

454

COLONIAL RECORDS.

And the three following Sums
are on Account of Pay Charg'd
in the Establishment Viz'
Capt. Patrick Mackay's Order to
John Lawrence 
D° to Cattel and Austin .
D° to William Mackensie . . .

Sixth Article To Establishment of
D° Company from March Is'
173$ to March l81 173f . .
N. B. It must be made appear
that theCompany was compleat
for the Whole of the said Year,
And the Establishment is then
overcharg'd as before . .
Seventh Article To One Express
according to Instruction .
N. B. This is carried to the
Agency Account ....
Eighth Article. To a particular
Account of a Bill drawn for the
Subsistance Money of the Com
pany from 173f to 173-f on the
Trustees, Which They allow'd
to return with Protest . . .
N. B. Capt. Mackay had no
Authority to draw the said Bill,
And therefore the Charges do
not belong to the Trustees to
pay amounting to ... .
Ninth Article. To a Particular
Account of Incidents for a
Year 
Whereout the following Ar
ticles are jdeducted being no
ways Incidental but receiv'd as
Value towards Pay. Viz'
4'" Oct' Paid William Small for
Pay 

71.

0.

0

28.

0.

0

40.
5.
0
434.
5.
0
2928. 0. 0
150. 0. 0
120. 0. 0
150. 0. 0
? 915. 5. 7i
439. 4. 9
215. 5. 7i
10. 0. 0
COLONIAL RECORDS.

455

Cash paid Edward Townshend for
Diet and Lodging of William
Clark the Indian Messenger at
sundry times 
N. B. This is not chargeable to
the Account of the Company
but considered in the Agency
Account 
Tenth Article. To John Barton
Linguister his particular Ac
count 
Which Charge is already made
sign'd and Allow'd by the Cap
tain in the Account of the Es
tablishment of the Company
from March l8' 173f to March
Is' 173$ and carried on to July
8'" 1735 Which was sent from
Georgia September 8th 1735
And amounted only to
Twelth Article. To Goods and
Provisions left with Anthony
Willy in the Indian Nation for
the Use of the Company . .
N. B. This do's not appear in
Charge on Capt. Mackay nor
bought and paid for by him
but is a transaction between
him and Anthony Willy .

27. 15. 6

331. 19.

37. 15.

y 301. 6. 8

30. 12. 5

244, 13.

244. 13. 2.

£1652. 15. 4i

Omissions on the Credit Side of
the Account of the Independ
ent Company.
1734 2. May. Receiv'd of M' Ogle
thorpe a Draught on M' Char
don to Account for , .
20. Nov' A Balance in Capt
Mackay's hands of the £ 1219
receiv'd of Mess'8 Jenys and
Baker to purchase Horses with

350. — . —

[ 35. 10. 0.

J

456

COLONIAL RECORDS.

V 1309. 2. 11.

Charg'd to Capt Mackays proper
Account with the Store Sev
eral Articles in Currency not
included in his proper Account
with the Store from Mich8 1733
to Nov' 19 1736 as by the Par
ticulars thereof appear .
D° in Sterling from Nov' 19.
1736 to May 20 1738 Debtor
more than Creditor as by the
Particulars thereof appear
£204. 8. 8| Which at 750
<P Cent to make it Currency
being the Rate the Balance Bill
was drawn at amounts to .

N. B. The Balance of the Account of the Inde
pendent Company is Stated by Cap. Mackay at

? 1533. 5. 3|

-- 3227. 18. 2|
£4880. 13. 7£

3473. 1.

9*

And the Difference thereby becomes a Surplus 1 £1407 11 94
against the Other Account  j ±
Which Other Account is
1734 Currency
Aprill 27. To my Pay as Agent for Indian Affairs )
from this Date to February 27'" 173| When I |
was discharg'd by M' Oglethorpe According to [ £2300. 0. 0
Your Orders Deliver'd me the last of February
173$  J
£
To this he claims 150 Currency for an Express ) , c« r\ q
in the first Year  j
£
And 150 more for an Express according to ) , r« q q
Instruction in the second Year  )
But it appears that only One Express was sent to Savanah in March
173$ being the Only One sent from the Indian Nation, And Which
must also include his Claim of twenty seven Pounds fifteen Shillings and
Six pence Currency for Diet and Lodging of William Clark the Indian
Messenger made in the Captain's Account of the Independent Company.
And as the Whole Time of Captain Patrick Mackay's being in the In
dian Nation was at most but Eight Months, being at the Uchie Town in

COLONIAL RECORDS. 457
his way thither November 20'" 1734 And at Savanah return'd from
thence in July 1735 And had the Pay of the Independent Company at
the same time.
If the Common Council consent that the Surplus above stated from
the Over Charges and Omissions in his Account of the Independent
Company, (Which may be increas'd when the Effectives in that Com
pany from March l8' 173$ to March l8' 173f shall be made appear)
should be set against the Claims for Agency and Charge of an Express
before Stated, Capt. Mackay has reason to rest satisfied with such Deter
mination, and be sorry for the trouble he has given by framing such
Claims to require the Stating the said Over Charges and Omissions.
Whereupon the Committee order'd M' Thomas Causton to be called in,
And he, being Examin'd concerning his knowledge of the State of the
said Over Charges and Omissions, acquainted the Committee, that he
had assisted therein, And he believ'd they were rightly Stated, And that
it was the proper Answer to be given to Captain Mackay.
That the Committee therefore were of Opinion, That the President and
Assistants in Georgia be Appointed Commissioners for Examining and
Stating the Accounts of Captain Patrick Mackay, and to report the Facts
as they shall appear, And that Copies of this and the former Report Re-
consider'd be sent to them to shew the Nature of Capt. Patrick Mackay's
Claims And the Objections thereto arising from the several Over Charges
and Omissions, and from Matters with which the Trustees have* no
Concern. That the Committee then read a Memorial of Thomas Andrews In
dian Trader in Georgia relating to his Account of Presents given to sev
eral Chickesaw Indians going to Savanah in June 1735, On a Supposition
that Gen1 Oglethorpe was Arrived in Georgia, Who being acquainted in
the Creek Nation by Captain Patrick Mackay, that M' Oglethorpe was
not Arrived And he therefore Advising them to return home, order'd
such Presents to be made them out of the said Thomas Andrews's Store
in the Creek Nation to induce them thereto, amounting to One hundred
and fifty four Pounds Currency ; Of Charges in carrying up the Indians
from Savanah in the Year 1736 amounting to Seventy Eight Pounds ten
Shillings Currency; Of Sundry's bought of the following Persons for the
Chickesaw Indians in the said Year. Viz* Currency.
Of Samuel Eveleigh to the Amount of ... . 27. 0. 0
Of Kennedy Obrien to the Amount of ... . 58. 5. 0

458 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Of George Somers and Company to the Amount
of  260. 13. 9
Of M' Wood to the Amount of  22. 10. 0
Of Goods to a Chickesaw Indian for freeing of \ *~. q q
two French Slaves  j
Of Sundrys bought in the Year 1737 on Account
of the Indians carrying down the French
Slaves. Viz'
Of M' Obrien and Company to the Amount of )
35.18.9. And of Thomas Smith and C° to V 351. 5. 0
the Amount of 315. 6. 3  J
Of Goods bought in the said Year of M' Miller and j 64 10 0
C° for the Indians amounting to .... j
And of Goods charg'd in the said Year as Issued "|
by the said Thomas Andrews in time of War to ! 1QQ 0 0
the Indians to assist them against their Ene- |
mies amounting to  J 1154. 3. 9
To which the sums of „o' .q q l 232. 10. 0 ( 232 10
being added  )

Makes the whole of the said Andrews's Claim . . 1386. 13. 9.
Cunency.
The Committee then took into Consideration the Several Articles so
claim'd, and called in Mr Thomas Causton and M' Thomas Jones con
cerning them ; Who being Examin'd acquainted the Committee that they
had no Objections to the respective Claims made by the said Thomas An
drews, Which could only depend on his Veracity as to the Application of
the Goods charg'd by him for the Indians from Whom No Vouchers
could be taken ; And Thomas Andrews, being called in also and Exam
in'd concerning the same, and particularly as to the Charges for freeing
and carrying down French Slaves, acquainted the Committee that
Mr Jones had made inquiry of some of the Persons Who sold him
Goods charg'd in his Account, Who had satisfied him therein, And
he insisted that the Applications he made of them were just and true.
That his being so long Unsatisfied for his Claims was a great hardship,
and that the Charges of freeing and carrying down French Slaves were
incurr'd by M' Oglethorpe's Order. Upon which they were Order'd to
With Draw

COLONIAL RECORDS. 459
The Committee then were of Opinion that however compassionate the
Case of the French Slaves might be, the Charges thereof were not proper
for the Trustees to bear ; But that the Other Parts of the Claim not be
ing capable of any Disproof and Arising within the time When the Se
curity of the Colony was charg'd on the Trustees, they might be recom
mended and submitted to the Allowance of the Common Council ; And
by Deducting from the Whole the Several Sums of One hundred Seventy
One Pounds, Thirty five Pounds Eighteen Shillings and Nine Pence,
And Three hundred and fifteen Pounds Six Shillings and three Pence
Currency making together the Sum of Five hundred twenty two Pounds
five Shillings for the said Charges of freeing and carrying down the
French Slaves, the Remainder will be Eight hundred Sixty four Pounds
Eight Shillings and Nine Pence Currency, Whereof the said Thomas
Andrews receiv'd from Mr Thomas Causton One hundred Seventy One
Pounds Currency ; And stated in his Memorial that M' Thomas Jones
had lent him thirty Pounds Sterling upon the Credit of his Demand, for
Which he had given his Promisory Note to the said M' Thomas Jones or
Order; And which, in Currency at seven hundred and fifty ^> Cent the
Rate, Agreed as a Medium for the Whole Claim to be computed at,
amounts to two hundred and twenty five Pounds Currency ; And with
the said One hundred Seventy One Pounds Currency, Makes the Sum of
three hundred Ninety Six Pounds Currency, receiv'd in part of the
Abovemention'd Sum of Eight hundred Sixty four Pounds Eight Shil
lings and Nine Pence Currency, and reduces the Balance payable to the
said Thomas Andrews to the Sum of Four hundred Sixty Eight Pounds
Eight Shillings and Nine Pence Currency. Which at Seven hundred
and fifty <$)> Cent makes the Sum of Sixty two Pounds Nine Shillings
and two Pence Sterling.
That the Committee were of Opinion That if the Common Council
approve of the Abovemention Sum of Sixty two Pounds Nine Shillings
(sic)
and two Pence Sterling being paid to the said Thomas Andrews in full
of his Demand, Directions should be given to William Stephens Esq' in
whose bands the Note of the said Thomas Andrews for thirty Pounds
Sterl. lent him by M' Thomas Jones as beforemention'd on the Credit of
his Demand now lies, to deliver up the same to the said Thomas An
drews or his Order, it being allowed of and Deducted by the Trustees as
a Payment to him in part of his Demand.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.

460 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Resolved
That a Committee of Accounts consisting of at least five in Number of
the Common Council be impower'd to draw on the Bank of England for
Sums for the payment of Sola Bills and Such Debts and Services as are
already Approved of by the Common Council at such times and in such
Proportions as the said Committee shall think proper
Read a Commission to M' James Habersham, M' Francis Harris and
M' William Spencer to examine state and report to the Trustees M'
Thomas Causton's Accounts.
Read Instructions to the said Mess'8 Habersham Harris and Spencer
And Approv'd of the same.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd to the said Commission
and Instructions
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd to a Commission for Ap
pointing M' Patrick Graham One of the Assistants in the Province of
GeorgiaOrder'd That the Secretary do countersign the said Commissions and Instruc
tions. Read a Commission Appointing the President and Assistants of the
Province of Georgia Commissioners for Examining and Stating the Ac
counts of Capt. Patrick Mackay and Approv'd of the same.
Order'd That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the said Commission.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Resolved That it be refer'd to the Committee of Accounts to settle Instructions
to the said Commissioners Agreeable to the Reports made on the said
Capt. Patrick Mackay's Accounts by the Committee of Accounts, And
that the said Instructions be seal'd, And that the Secretary do counter
sign them.
Resolved That M' John Ulrick Driezler be appointed School Master at Frede
rica with a Salary of ten Pounds $ Ann. And that the Rev4 Mr Bur
ton be desired to appoint the said M' Driezler to Officiate for him as
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Read a Memorial of M' Thomas Causton Dated March 20'" 1744 Set
ting forth ; That having transmitted and presented to the Trustees
divers Petitions Letters and Memorials relating to the ill treatment he
has met with from the Trustees Officers in Georgia, and those Claims
Which he thinks himself intitled to : And that being inform'd he is
order'd to return to Georgia and attend there the further Examination
of the said Accounts, And that his Passage is to be paid, and that he is
to be allowed twenty Pounds for his Attendance here, and ten Shillings
and Six pence a Week for Maintenance untill he embarks and that
twenty Pounds more are to be paid him in Georgia, when his said Ac
counts are settled there ; He humbly offers to the Trustees Considera
tion, that he thinks it impossible for him to execute their Orders as
aforesaid Where hie Enemies have acted with such Power, that the Al
lowances order'd for his Attendance here and in Georgia are unequal to
the Expence Which he has and must be expos'd to ; And he prays that
he may have Copies of all Orders and Instructions made by the Trustees
relating to the said Premises, as also Directions for Copies of any Re
ports, Which may be made in Georgia concerning any Proceedings to
be had in Georgia.
Resolved That over and above the Sums order'd to be paid to M' Thomas Caus
ton (by the Common Council Nov' 30 1744) for his Attendance and
Subsistance here till the time of his Embarking for the Colony of Geor
gia, Ten Pounds more be paid to him a Week before his Embarking,
And that Orders be sent to the President and Assistants to pay him ten
Pounds on his Arrival in Georgia, besides the sum of twenty Pounds
order'd (November 30'" 1744) to be paid on the finishing of his Accounts
there.Order'd That Directions be sent that Copies of any Reports Which may be
made in Georgia by the Commissioners for Settling his Accounts be de
liver'd to the said Thomas Causton.
Read a Letter from M' Thomas Causton dated this present 23d of May,
setting forth, That in the Year 1737 he transmitted a Petition to the
Trustees, Praying that a Lease might be perfected of those Lands Which
M' Oglethorpe had in the Year 1736 order'd Noble Jones the Surveyor
to put him in possession of, And with the said Petition did lay before the
Trustees a Certificate from the said Noble Jones setting forth the Bound
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not under any Grant to any other Person ; And therefore he desires that
the said Petition may be consider'd of, he having been at much expence
in improving the said Lands, and not having receiv'd any full Title
thereto.Order'd That Directions be sent to the President and Assistants that a Survey
be made of the said Lands and return'd, And if the said Lands are not
in the possession of any other Person, that a Lease of them be perfected
as the said Thomas Causton desires.
Resolved That M' Thomas Clendon Attorney at Law do employ proper Council
for Defending the Trust in the Cause at the Suit of the Rev4 M' Norris,
and that he do pay any Charges arising from that Suit.
Read a Report from the Committee of Accounts held this present 23d
of May to the following Purport Viz* That the Accountant acquainted
the Committee that he had examin'd the Vouchers sent over from Geor
gia in support of the Accounts receiv'd from Michaelmas 1742 to
Michaelmas 1743. And that the said Vouchers are examin'd, Copies
compar'd with the Originals in Georgia and Certified by John Dobell, Pat
rick Graham, and Noble Jones Who were appointed by the Trustees for
that Purpose, and do all agree with the Sums enter'd in the said Ac
counts, and amount to the Sum of Two thousand Ninety One Pounds
Eight Shillings and Six pence three farthings
And that by the Affidavits of William Russel and Charles Watson it
appears that the Amount of Two hundred twenty three Pounds fifteen
Shillings and a farthing was paid by them to the Several Persons and for
the particular Purposes therein Specified ; Whereof Sixty four Pounds
fourteen Shillings and Eleven Pence by the said William Russel from
October 2 1742 to the 30'" of the same Month One hundred and six
Pounds Eight Shillings and Six pence three farthings by the said Charles
Watson from November 6. 1742 to the 318' of January following, And
Fifty two Pounds Eleven Shillings and Six pence half Penny by the said
William Russel from February l8' 1742 to September 30'" 1743 for
Which no Receipts were taken ; Which Sums together amount to the
Sum of Two thousand three hundred and fifteen Pounds three Shillings
and Seven Pence Sterling being the Total of the Payments made in
Georgia between Michaelmas 1742 and Michaelmas 1743 According to
the Abovemention'd Accounts.
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amounting to the Sum of two thousand three hundred and fifteen Pounds
three Shillings and Seven Pence within the beforemention'd Time were
fully supported.
That the Committee had read a Letter from M' Thomas Jenys to the
Trustees Accountant relating to their Account against M' Thomas Caus
ton ; And on Examining the Claims of the Executors of Paul Jenys
Esq' relating to the Sum of five hundred Ninety two Pounds Nine Shil
lings Currency M' Causton's Account of Goods taken from Captain
Price in December 1734 And One hundred Pounds Currency Surcharg'd
on them by M' Causton on a Bill for two hundred and Ninety three
Pounds twelve Shillings to William Butler the 24'" of July 1736 from
his Cash Book entring the said Bill only One hundred Ninety three
Pounds twelve Shillings, It appear'd to the Committee that the Sum of
five hundred Ninety two Pounds Nine Shillings Currency was a Transac
tion of M' Causton's upon his own Account, and paid for in the Year
1735 with two Bills on Mr Oglethorpe And two Orders on the Treasurer
of South Carolina making Seven hundred and twenty Eight Pounds
Currency so paid, and Exceeding the Value of the said Goods by One
hundred thirty five Pouuds Eleven Shillings Currency As by the State
of that Transaction sign'd by M' Causton appears, A Co py of Which the
Committee are of Opinion should be sent over to M' Thomas Jenys.
But in the Account with the Trustees made out by the Executors of
Paul Jenys Esq' They have omitted to take Credit for the two following
Bills drawn by M' Causton on their Testator Which M' Causton has
charg'd himself amounting to five hundred and Sixty Pounds Currency
Viz' A Bill dated September 27 1735 to Andrew Grant for three hun
dred Pounds And a Bill dated November 5'" 1735 to Samuel Lacey for
Two hundred and Sixty Pounds. Which Sum of five hundred and
Sixty Pounds Currency being short Claim'd tho' now Appearing due to
their Testator's Estate, And the Above Over Payment of One hundred
thirty five Pounds Eleven Shillings being Deducted therefrom Which
M' Causton consents to, The Balance due to the said Executors by such
their Omission appears to be the Sum of Four hundred twenty four
Pounds Nine Shillings Currency And in Sterling at Seven hundred "$,
Cent the then Exchange Sixty Pounds twelve Shillings and Eight
Pence Which the Committee are of Opinion ought to be paid them.
And M' Causton consenting to be charg'd with the Sum of two hun
dred and Ninety three Pounds twelve Shillings Value of his Bill N° 79
Drawn on Paul Jenys Esq' and C° to William Butler July 24'" 1736
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Ninety three Pounds twelve Shillings, he having seen the Copy of the
said Bill Mr. Thomas Jenys sent over to prove the same ; One hundred
Pounds Currency more is payable to the Executors of the said Paul Jenys
for the wrong Surcharge made on them by the said M' Causton Which
in Sterling at Seven hundred and forty <p> Cent the then Exchange is
Thirteen Pounds ten Shillings and three Pence Which being added to
the Sixty Pounds twelve Shillings and Eight Pence Sterling beforemen
tion'd. makes the Sum of Seventy Four Pounds two Shillings and Eleven
Pence due to the said Executors.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the said Report.
The Accountant laid before the Common Council the Claim of Wil
liam Munroe for Fourteen Pounds Nine Shillings and four Pence Ster
ling, being Six Pounds Eleven Shillings and One Penny for Service
done by him in building Huts at S' Andrews in the Year 1738. Which
Service was certified by Capt. Hugh Mackay, And Seven Pounds Eighteen
Shillings and three Pence for the Service done by Alexander Mackensie
Servant to the said William Munroe in the Trust Service in the Year
1738, Which Service was certified by Mr Samuel Augspourger.
Resolved That the Sum of fourteen Pounds Nine Shillings and four Pence Ster
ling be paid to the said William Munroe.
Resolved That a Sum not Exceeding ten Pounds Sterling be laid out in pur
chasing Plow Shares &c for the Use of the Saltzburghers.
Resolved That the Sum of three hundred Pounds be paid into the Hands of
S' Joseph Hankey and C° And that a Draught be made on the Bank of
England for the same.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for that Purpose by the
Earl of Shaftesbury M' Digby Mr Tracy M' Vernon and M' L'apostre
N° 107 G.
Kead a Petition of Francis Moore dated June 4th 1744 setting forth that
John Humble late Pilot at S' Simons in the Southern Part of Georgia
having stav'd his Boat to Pieces in a Storm in the Year 17ff And being
unable to provide Another, the Petitioner advanced the Sum of Nine
Pounds Sterling in order to help him to purchase Another Boat.
That the Petitioner receiv'd three Pounds of the said John Humble in
part of the Abovemention'd Nine Pounds soon after Which the said Hum-

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ble died, at which time there remain'd a Sum of Money due to him on Ac
count of Salary as Pilot, Which the Trustees may soon be satisfied in.
That the Petitioner therefore hopes as the Money was by him Advanc'd
for the Service of the Colony, and as he can make it appear that Money
was due to the said Humble at the time of his Death on Account of Sal
ary that the remaining Sum of Six Pounds due to him from the said
Humble may be paid.
Resolved That Whatever Claim the legal Representative of the late John Hum
ble may have on the Trustees, the same is to be made out in Georgia,
and laid before the President and Assistants there for them to examine
and report thereon.
Read Another Petition of the said Francis Moore Dated June 4'" 1744
Setting forth that William Moore a Farmer of the Town of Frederica
has been an Inhabitant there ever since the Year 173f and is greatly de
sirous of having his Family carried from Ireland over to him.
That the said William Moore has by Warrant from General Oglethorpe
acted as Constable of Frederica ever since the 20'" of January 174-J for
Which Service he has not receiv'd any Part of the ten Pounds "$> Ann
Which the Trustees allow to each Constable.
That the Petitioner hath a Power of Attorney to receive from the
Trustees Whatever Sum of Money is due to the said William Moore on
Account of Salary.
He therefore hopes that the Trustees will be pleased to order the said
Salary to be paid.
Resolved That if the said William Moore hath any Claim on the Trustees, the
Same is to be made out in Georgia and laid before the President and As
sistants there for them to Examine and report thereon.
Read a Petition of Frances Watts Widow of William Cox late of Sa
vanah in the Province of Georgia, and of William Cox her Son Dated
March 4'" 174$ setting forth That by Virtue of a Power given by the
Petitioners to William Stephens Esq' not only to receive the Rent of
their House and fifty Acres Lot in Savanah aforesaid, but also to sell
and dispose of the said House and Lot, the said William Stephens Esq'
(as they have been inform'd) hath dispos'd of the same and executed a
Conveyance and deliver'd Possession thereof to James Habersham of
Bethesda in the said Province in consideration of the Sum of fifty five
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Pounds Sterling payable to the said William Stephens Esq' the 10'" of
December last for the Use of the Petitioners.
That the said Mr. Stephens has agreed to Debit himself with the said
Purchase Money as so much Cash receiv'd for the use of the Trustees,
Upon Advice that the Same was paid to the Petitioners as a Remittance
to the said William Stephens, in the same manner as the Trustees have
been pleas'd to do, in regard to the Rent receiv'd for the Petitioners by
the said William Stephens.
That the Petitioners have wrote to M' Stephens, Desiring that he will
pay himself a small Acknowledgement of five Pounds out of the said
Purchase Money as a Token for the Pains and Care he has taken in the
Affair and Debit himself with only the remaining fifty Pounds as a Re
mittance for the Use of the Petitioners
The Petitioners therefore humbly pray the Trustees to confirm the
said Transaction of William Stephens Esq', and to pay them the Sum of
fifty Pounds, to be Applied to the Use of the Trust in Georgia, as a Re
mittance made to William Stephens Esq' for that Purpose.
The Accountant then acquainted the Common Council, that M' Ste
phens had wrote to him concerning a Demand of the Nine Pounds
Eighteen Shillings and three pence made on him for building M'8 Watts's
House by joint Labour of several Persons, and desired the Trustees Senti
ments thereon.
Resolved That the sale of the Petitioners House and Lot to M' James Haber
sham be confirm'd, And that the Sum of Forty Pounds One Shilling
and Nine Pence be paid to the said Frances Watts and William Cox
(being the Balance of the fifty Pounds propos'd to be receiv'd) as a Re
mittance to William Stephens Esq' for the use of the Trust ; And that
the Claim of Nine Pounds Eighteen Shillings and three pence is the
Matter for the Petitioners to instruct M' Stephens upon, and is no Con
cern of the Trust.
Read a Letter from Margaret Avery Dated Savanah October 26 1744
Setting forth, that her Husband Joseph Avery died on the 16*" of the
said October. That he having been Surveyor to the Trust has left be
hind him a fair and finish'd Plan of the Land Surveys of all the North
ern Part of the Province, Which is now in her hands ; That She is sen
sible, from the Articles agreed on between the Trustees and her said De-
<oas'd Husband, that the Surveys were not to be publish'd during the
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Sum for the Plan already in the Trustees hands, and those in hers Which
shall then be safely deliver'd to the Trustees Orders, and She shall quit
all further Claim to them.
It appearing then to the Common Council by M' Stephens's Journal,
that the said Margaret Avery has been often call'd upon since her Hus
band's Death by M' Stephens, as President, to deliver up the aforesaid
Surveys for the use of the Trust, or to have them put into safe Custody
till Orders could be receiv'd from the Trustees relating thereto ; And the
said Margaret Avery having always refus'd the same, tho' they properly
belong to the Trust, M' Avery having made the said Surveys by Virtue
of his Office as Surveyor for Which he receiv'd an Annual Salary.
Resolved That M' Stephens be directed to call again upon M'8 Avery, in the
Name of the Trustees, for the Surveys, made by her late Husband Jo
seph Avery, and such other Papers in his Possession at the time of his
Death as belong to the Trust ; That no Money be paid to M'8 Avery till
she shall surrender the same ; And that She be acquainted, that when
the Trustees see the Surveys, They will be best able to judge What
Gratification to give her.
Read a Petition of Several Inhabitants of the Town of Augusta in the
Province of Georgia, setting forth the great Distance of the said Place
from the Town of Savanah, And therefore Praying, that Captain Kent
the Commanding Officer of the Fort, and Conservator of the Peace there,
may be impower'd (with the Assistance of two Freeholders) to decide all
Causes, Which do not amount to ten Pounds Sterling, there.
Resolved That M' Stephens be directed to send to Captain Kent to return to
him the Number of Freeholders at Augusta and the Names of proper
Persons to be join'd with him (in order to be transmitted to the Trustees)
for framing a proper Court of Judicature for deciding such Causes there,
as do not amount to ten Pounds Sterling.
Read a Petition of M' Hugh Rose Dated March 16'" 1744 Praying to
be Appointed Surveyor for the Province of Georgia in the room of M'
Joseph Avery Deceas'd.
Resolved That M' Hugh Rose be inform'd, that Nothing can be done in relation
to his Petition this Year. Adjourn'd.

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Queen's Square Westm\nster
Monday November 11*" 1745
Present in Common Council Assembled
Earl of Shaftesbury in the Chair
M' Vernon
Sr John Barrington
S' John Philipps
M' Chandler
D' Hales
M' Smith
M' Digby
M' Thomas Tower
M' Tuffnel.
The Accountant acquainted the Common Council that the late Lords-
Justices of Great Britain were pleas'd to direct him to contract for trans
porting Seventy three German Protestants to Georgia as Servants, (Who
had been taken by a Spanish Privateer in their Voyage to America, and
were brought to England by a Cartel Ship ;) And to make Application
to the Trustees, that the Necessary Directions might be given for receiv
ing and settling the said Germans in the Colony of Georgia in the usual
manner on their Arrival there.
Resolved In pursuance of a Recommendation from the Trustees August 19'",
That fifty Acres of Land be granted to Every Man of the said Servants
of the Age of twenty One Years and upwards.
Read a Minute of the Trustees August the 19'" recommending Thomas
Ellis (propos'd by the President and Assistants) to be Surveyor of the
Province of Georgia in the room of M' Joseph Avery Deceas'd.
Resolved That M' Thomas Ellis be appointed Surveyor for the Province of
Georgia in the room of M' Joseph Avery Deceas'd , the said Thomas Ellis
to be paid only for what Service he shall do under the Direction of the
President and Assistants.
Read a Minute of the Trustees August 19'" That M' Bolzius had rep
resented by a Letter Dated Aprill the 9'" 1745, that the Saltzburghers
had brought their pounding Mill for Rice and Barley to great perfec
tion ; That they were Debtors to the Trust the Sum of One hundred
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Pounds thereof had been expended in carrying on their Mill Works ;
And that they desired the remaining fifty Pounds might be allowed for
the Expence of the said Pounding Mill ; And that the Accountant ac
quainted the Trustees that no Claim had yet been made on the Trust by
Gen1 Oglethorpe for such Supply.
Resolved In pursuance of a Recommendation from the Trustees That if such
Claim shall be made by, and allowed to, Gen1 Oglethorpe, the said Ap
plication of the beforemention'd Sum of fifty Pounds be allow'd to the
Saltzburghers. Resolved That the Iron and Timber of the late Saw Mill at Old Ebenezer Which
is now in the Custody of the Saltzburghers be given to them.
Read a Minute of the Trustees August 19'" that the Widow Emerie
and her Son and Daughter had petition'd for the releasing to her a De
mand of ten Pounds, Advanc'd her in the Year 1739 to buy her Necessa
ries in England on her Return to Georgia, when her Husband was living,
Which he was to repay in Georgia.
Resolved In pursuance of a Recommendation from the Trustees, That the said
Demand of ten Pounds be releas'd to the said Widow Emerie, She ap
pearing to be Insolvent.
The Common Council being inform'd that the Revd M' Hermann Henry
-Ler-ake had come to London in order to go to Georgia to succeed the late
Rev° M' Gronau One of the Saltzburgh Missionaries at Ebenezer.
Resolved That the Passage of the said M' Leruke in the Cabin of the Ship Ju
dith be defrayed.
The Re vd M' Barth. Zouberbuhler having embark'd on board the Ship Ju- -
dith in order to succeed the Revd M' Thomas Bosomworth (lately return'd
to England) as Missionary at Savanah, And he having agreed to offici
ate in the English German and French Languages according to the Cere
monies of the Church of England, on the same Terms as M' Bosomworth
did in the English Language only.
Resolved That the Passage of the said M' Barth. Zouberbuhler in the' Cabin of
the Ship Judith be defray'd, And that his Clergyman's Habit, his Charges
of his Journey to Gosport, and the Bedding purchas'd there for him be
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Read a Minute of the Trustees October 28'" That a Letter from Cap
tain Patrick Mackay Dated October 23. 1745 had been laid before them,
setting forth, That he had receiv'd from M' Verelst the Accountant a
Paper Intitled, Sums in Charge on Capt. Patrick Mackay taken from his
own proper Account in the Trustees Leidger in Georgia That he had en-
deavor'd to settle this his proper Account in as clear a Light as he possi
bly could do here, Where he has not all his Papers. That he had given
the Store Credit for What he either order'd them to pay, or knew was
paid on his Account. That there were many Articles, Which he could
not understand how he came to be charg'd with. That these be return'd
with Remarks and Answers in a Paper apart, and they were the only
Articles, Which could properly be refer'd to the President and Assistants
in Georgia to be clear'd up by the Store Books and his Papers. That he
had left full Powers with Mess'8 Peter and James Cleopas Simond to
settle if possible all his Accounts, and desired the Trustees to bring them
to some Conclusion.
Whereupon the Trustees had refer'd the said Letter with Capt. Patrick
Mackay's Paper of Remarks to the Accountant, for him to consider and
report thereon.
Read a Report from the Accountant dated the Is' of this Instant No
vember to the Common Council Setting forth, that having perus'd Capt.
Mackay's Letter with the several Papers refer'd to him by the Trustees
the 28'" of last October, And having been assisted by Mr Thomas Caus
ton in such Perusal, the following Observations arose therefrom.
That M' Causton often call'd on Capt. Patrick Mackay to settle Ac
counts, because so many of the Captain's Orders came in demand on the
Store, Which were included in Mr. Causton's Certified Account ; Gen1
Oglethorpe, on his leaving the Colony in November 1736, having order'd
him to pay the poor People, Who had been employ'd under Captain
Mackay. That towards settling the said Accounts Capt. Mackay left some Pa
pers with Mr Causton for his Perusal, to which Objections arising, the
Captain desired them back to explain and compleat them ; but M' Caus
ton never receiv'd them again ; And One particular Objection was, that
there was no Account of the Disposition of Indian Presents Which Capt.
Mackay had taken up to a large Value from M' Jenys and M' Eveleigh
at Charles Town.
That Capt. Mackay did invite a great Number of Indians from the
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Tomo Chachi intended ; And thereby brought Tomo Chachi under a Ne
cessity of giving has particular Friends no more than half of what he
intended for them.
That as to the Charge of inciting the Indians to kill some of the King
of Spain's Subjects, for which Capt. Patrick Mackay was tried, tho' he
did not appear the principal, yet it appear'd that his Interpreter did give
a Gun to an Indian with intimations of that kind, for which the said In
terpreter was put under Arrest.
That Capt. Mackay has no reason to apprehend M' William Stephens
as an Enemy to him as the Captain would alledge.
That no Necessity appears, as alledg'd by Capt. Mackay, for his draw
ing the Bill for One hundred Pounds on the Trustees, because M' Caus
ton refus'd him the current Year's Subsistance for want of Orders.
That Capt. Mackay himself fixes his Return from the Creek Nation
to be in June or July 1745 ; And it appears by his Accounts settled
with M' Causton and transmitted to the Trustees September the 8'" 1745,
that on the 14'" of July 17 5, the said Captain receiv'd a Draught on
(sie)
Messieurs Jenys and Baker for two thousand One hundred Pounds South
Carolina Currency on Account of his Company, And on the 5'" of Au
gust following Another Draught on the said Persons for Six hundred
forty Nine Pounds twelve Shillings and four Pence (sic) to balance his
Account, then sign'd by the Captain himself, Which Account M' Caus
ton scrupled the settling of for want of regular Muster Rolls to shew the
Number and Names of the Men employ'd in the Captain's Company, and
the times of their Service for Which the Captain had charg'd the whole
Year's Pay as compleat ; but M' Causton never could obtain such Mus
ter Rolls.
That the Sum of two hundred forty four Pounds thirteen Shillings
and Seven Pence was stated by Capt. Mackay to have been supplied by
him to Lieutenant Willy for the subsisting or paying the Men of the
Captain's Company, which he intended to carry up, and Which don't ap
pear, to have been sent up, the Captain being discharg'd; Yet neverthe
less the Captain claims the Pay of the Whole Company, And the said
two hundred forty four Pounds thirteen Shillings and Seven Pence he
states Willy was to pay them with.
As to the three hundred and fifty Pound South Carolina Currency
Which Capt. Mackay receiv'd by M' Oglethorpe's Draught on M' Chard m
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gave M' Oglethorpe for fifty Pounds Sterling on Jane Dunbar Lady
Dowager of Scourie in Scotland, Which, if so, Gen1 Oglethorpe will
state whether the said Bill was paid him, and clear this Matter, for at
present Gen1 Oglethorpe is allowed it in his Account with the Trustees
as a Payment to Capt. Mackay, on their Account, And he must satisfy
the Captain on that head, for if the said fifty Pound Bill was paid to
M' Oglethorpe, the Money belongs to Captain Mackay from the General,
but if it was not, it must stand as a Charge on Capt. Mackay.
That the Accountant finding new Claims made out by Capt. Mackay
among the Papers beforemention'd of two hundred and forty Pounds
Sterling for Provisions for twenty Servants at twelve Pence a Year; Of
twenty Pounds for Tools &c, besides for Bounty on Corn raised in the
Year 1739 Which was given on shutting up the Store in the Year 1738
to encourage those, Who depended on the Store, to go upon Cultivation
of their Lands ; and Several Other Articles. The Accountant states,
That on the fifth of August 1736 the Trustees paid Mess™ Simond for
the freight of ten Servants belonging to Capt. Patrick Mackay, and ten
Servants belonging to M' John Mackay Shipp'd in Scotland in October
1 735 on board the Ship Prince of Wales Capt. George Dunbar, at five
Pounds Each, Which was to be repaid in Provisions and Labour in
G e orgia, amounting to One hundred Pounds Sterling, for Which very
Servants Capt. Mackay now claims the Maintenance.
Resolved That a Copy of the Accountant's Report, And Copies of Capt. Patrick
Mackay's Letter, Papers, and Claims, be sent to the President and As
sistants in Georgia for them to consider and report thereon to the Trust.
Read a Minute of the Trustees August 19*" 1745 That they having re
ceiv'd a Letter from M' Charles Watson Dated Aprill 18'" 1745, Alledg-
ing that the Accusation against him of his having been guilty of Gaming
and running in Debt was a notorious Falsity, And that when he should
be more fully inform'd thereof, he would answer the minutest Circum
stance in the most ample Manner, Had order'd that a Copy of the Accu
sation and by Whom made should be sent in Answer to the said Letter,
And that untill Satisfaction should be receiv'd concerning his Conduct,
M' Charles Watson should stand suspended from the Offices of a Bailiff,
An Assistant, And an Issuer of Sola Bills ; And that a Copy of his said
Letter, and of the Trustees to him, should be sent to Mr William Steph
ens, with a Direction, that he should transmit to the Trustees the De-

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fence the said M' Watson should make, with his Observations on the
Whole for the Trustees Determination thereon.
Read a Minute of the Trustees of October 28'" 1745 that they had re
ceived a Petition from M' Charles Watson Dated the said 28th October,
Setting forth that in the Year 1742 he was appointed a Magistrate of the
Town of Savanah, also One of the Assistants to the President there,
And likewise an Issuer of the Trustees Sola Bills ; That he continued in
the Colony till the 8'" Day of June last, When he left it in order to come
to England, Where he arrived the 26'" of August last. That the sole
Reason of his leaving the Colony and returning to England was, by the
Advice of his Friends, the better to clear up, by a Personal Appearance,
the falsity of some Aspersions on him ; That he found M' Thomas Jones
late of the Colony of Georgia was mention'd to be his Accuser, and the
facts, with which he was charg'd, were fully set forth in a Letter written
to him in Georgia, but deliver'd to him since his Return from thence by
M' Verelst, Who stop'd it on hearing that he was coming to England ;
That the Petitioner had been at a great Expence in coming to England,
Which he could no ways answer to his Creditors, but as it was in defence
of his Character, And that, being ready to answer the Allegations against
him, he desired the Trustees to take them immediately into Considera
tion, and fully restore him to, or discharge him from the Offices he was
appointed to in Georgia.
That upon this the Trustees order'd M' Thomas Jones and M' Charles
Watson to be call'd in, and M' Jones's Charge against Watson for run
ning in Debt was read. Viz' "That M' Watson borrow'd of the said
Jones Money at two different times ; Value together fifteen Pounds Sterl
ing, for Which Watson gave him promisory Notes, and, instead of re
paying him , had injur'd him to a great Degree" To which Watson an
swer'd, that he paid the Sum of Ten Pounds, Part of the said Fifteen
Pounds, on the l8' of October 1744 to M' Jones's Attorney in Georgia,
And the Note for the same was then deliver'd up to him, And that the
remaining Su m of Five Pounds was paid in the Month of June last to
M' Jones's Attorney, And the Note for the same was then deliver'd up ;
And Mr Watson said he had the said Notes in his Possession at his Lodg
ings, Which he should be ready to produce, And that the Reason Why
he had not paid the said Notes sooner was, because they were made pay
able only to Mr Jones, Who at his coming to England did not leave a
proper Authority with any One for receiving the same. Upon this M'
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last an Account of the first Note for Ten Pounds being paid in Novem
ber last ; And being ask'd Whether the Notes were payable only to him,
he said he beliv'd They were payable to him or Order. As to the In
juries, Which he had complain'd M' Watson had done him, he did not
specify any
The Other Part of M' Thomas Jones's Charge against M' Watson was
read likewise. Viz' "That M' Watson soon discover'd himself to be a
Profane Man by cursing and swearing ; And That under a Pretence of an
Office he kept a Room in a Publick House in the Town of Savanah,
Where he practis'd and instructed People to play at Dice to the Detri
ment of Several of them." — Which Charge M' Watson denied to be true,
and desired that his Denial might be allowed the same Weight as M'
Jones's Affirmation ; And Mr Jones being call'd on to prove the same, he
said he knew Nothing of it upon his own knowledge, but he had heard it
from Others.
Read a Minute of the Trustees Dated November 1" 1745 That the
Accountant had laid before them the Notes of hand Which M' Charles
Watson had formerly given to M' Thomas Jones, And Which he alledg'd
at the former Board he had discharg'd, and had at that time in his Pos
session at his Lodgings, and Which he had since deliver'd to the Ac
countant, And that it appear'd to the Trustees, that both the said Notes
were made payable only to M' Jones, as M' Watson declared ; That One
of them was dated May 24'" 1742 for the Sjurn of ten Pounds, And that
the Contents of the said Note were receiv'd October Is' 1744 by Mess'8
Harris and Habersham by Virtue of a Power of Attorney from Mr
Thomas Jones ; And that the Other Note Dated June 2d 1742 for the
Sum of Five Pounds was likewise payable only to M' Jones, and on the
said l8' of October 1744 was taken up and renew'd to Mess'5 Harris and
Habersham, Attorneys for the said M' Jones, and had been since paid.
Read a Report from the Secretary, That, pursuant to an Order of the
Trustees Dated November the 1"' Instant, he had carefully perus'd Mr
Stephens's Journals, and did not find any thing in them tending to sup
port the Charge against Mr Charles Watson of his Gaming and running
in Debt ; And that he had extracted the several Passages in the said
Journals relating to M' Watson, Which were likewise read.
Resolved That it fully appears to the Common Council, that M' Thomas Jones's
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groundless, And that Mr Jones has not made good any Part of his
Charge. Read a Petition of M' Charles Watson Dated this present November
11*", Setting forth, That having been favour'd in attending the Trustees
with his Accuser Thomas Jones face to face, to endeavour to take off the
odious Character he has been charg'd with of Profaneness and Gaming,
for Which he lay under a Suspension from his Appointments in Georgia,
he humbly hopes, That his Coming to England for this Purpose without
leave will not incur the Trustees Displeasure. That during the time he
resided in Georgia he endeavour'd not only diligently and carefully to
discharge the Duties of the Offices Appointed him, but did also occa
sionally act in and discharge the several Duties of Notary Publick, and
Naval Officer, without arrogating to himself the Titles of those Offices.
That he did also draw up the Proceedings at the, Several Courts held at
Savanah (except a Court held the 20'" of October 1744) and did also at
his first Arrival revise and correct Divers of the foul Records for Years
then past, to enable the Recorder to make a fair Entry of them, the said
Recorder being unequal to the Duties of his Office. That he did for a
Year or more act in and discharge the Office of Clerk of the Council,
the Clerk appointed by the Trustees not being permitted to act at the
Board on Account of Misbehaviour; And did transact other Matters,
Which no way related to the Business of his Appointments, either by
Order, or at the earnest Request of the President ; for all Which Extra
Services he has never received any Recompence Whatever. He there
fore hopes, that the hard Usage he has met with by means of those mali
cious Accusations, the great Expence he has been at in coming to Eng
land and being here only to clear himself of the aforesaid Imputations,
and his Circumstances being taken into Consideration ; The Trustees will
be pleas'd not only to take off the Suspension of the Petitioner, but also
order some Satisfaction to be made him.
Resolved That the Suspension of M' Charles Watson be taken off, And that the
Payment of his Salary as Bailiff and Assistant be continued from the
time to which he received the last Payment.
Resolved That, on Condition M' Charles Watson engage to transport himself by
the first Opportunity to the Colony of Georgia, the Sum of fifty Pounds
be given to him for defraying his Passage to England, towards his Sub
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iu full of all his Demands upon the Trust, excepting for his Salary as
Bailiff and Assistant. Adjourn'd.

Queen's Square Westminster
Tuesday May 29'" 1746.
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Chandler in the Chair
M' Vernon
M' Eyre
Mr Laroche
Mr L'apostre
M' Smith
Gen1 Oglethorpe
Mr Cornewall
M' Frederick
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Tho" Tower.
It appearing by Accounts transmitted from the Colony of Georgia that
M' William Bradley is indebted to the Trust the Sum of One thousand
five hundred and Seventy One Pounds, fifteen Shillings and Nine Pence
farthing.Resolved That M' Robert Palmer of Chancery Lane be employ'd as Attorney
for the Trustees in prosecuting the said William Bradley, And that he
be directed forthwith to file a Bill in Chancery against him.
Resolved That the Expences in Georgia shall be Defray'd in Sola Bills to be
seut thither for that Purpose, and in no other manner whatsoever.
Resolved That towards defraying the Expences of this current Year, Any five
of the Common Council shall have Power to order Sola Bills to be made
out, sign'd, and Seal'd, to the Amount of One thousand Pounds to be
sent over to Georgia in such Proportions and at such times as they shall
find necessary ; And to consider and propose all such Savings in the said
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Resolved That any five of the Common Council Assembled together shall have
power to draw upon the Bank of England for the payment of Sola Bills
return'd issued from Georgia, and for the Charges in England, for such
Sums, and at such times as they shall find necessary for those Services.
Order'd That after the 9*" of next Month (When the Year determines) the
Accountant do make all possible Dispatch in preparing for the Examina
tion of the Committee of Accounts, the Trustees Accounts, in order to
their being exhibited pursuant to the Directions of the Charter.
Resolved That when the Committee of Accounts have examin'd and approv'd
the said Accounts, the Trustees be desired to exhibit the same accord
ingly.
Resolved That the Committee of Accounts be empower'd to treat with Slingsby
Bethel Esq' for sending over a Person propos'd by him for improving the-
Products of the Colony, and to settle Terms with the said Person ; And
that the Sum of Two hundred Pounds be appropriated for the said Serv
ice, subject to the Order of the said Committee.
Adjourn'd.

Monday February 16 174f
Present in Common Council Assembled
S' John Barrington in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon
M' Chandler
M' Tho8 Tower
S' John Philipps
D' Hales
M' Smith
M' Tuffnel
In pursuance of a Recommendation from the Trustees July 10'" 1746
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Savanah in the room of Mr William Spencer, Who succeeds to the Office
of second Bailiff.
In pursuance of a Recommendation from the Trustees Dec' 29 174£
Resolved That another Servant be maintain'd at the Expence of the Trust for
the Rev4 M' Bartholmew Zouberbuhler, on condition that the said M'
Zouberbuhler makes an Allowance of ten pounds <$>> Ann to the Rev4 M'
Joachim Zubli to officiate for him at Vernonburgh and Acton, Which
are at too great a Distance, for the Women and Children especially, to
go to Divine Worship at Savanah ; And that the said Servant be main
tain'd no longer than M' Zouberbuhler shall continue the said Allowance
to M' Zubli.
That the President and Assistants at Savanah be directed to order the
Surveyor to lay out two Acres being part of the vacant Land between
Vernonburgh and Acton, in order to erect a Tabernacle for Divine
Worship, Which may serve likewise for a School.
That the Application of forty Shillings by the President and Assist
ants in the purchase of Necessaries for the said Building be approv'd of.
That if the Settlers at Vernonburgh and Acton shall agree to culti
vate by joint Labour any Land for the Subsistance of a Minister there
(as an Assistant to the Minister at Savanah) the President and Assist
ants do direct Fifty Acres of the aforesaid Vacant Land to be run out,
and Appropriated for the Religions Uses of the said Settlements, or if
there is not such a Quantity of good Land there, in the most convenient
Place that can be found.
In pursuance of a Recommendation from the Trustees Dec' 29'" 174|-
Resolved That Orders be sent to the President and Assistants, that Whatever
Plank may be necessary for compleating the Church at Savanah, and
other Publick Buildings, be purchas'd of the Saltzburghers at Ebenezer ;
And that the Outside of the Church be with the utmost dispatch feather
boarded, then tarr'd and Sanded ; And that the Inside Walls be boarded
and painted.
Order'd That a Letter be sent to the Rev4 Mr Bolzius, Desiring him to procure
such a Quantity of Cypress, or the most durable sort of Plank, as may
be wanted by the President and Assistants for the Church and other
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for the same shall be settled between him and the President and Assist
ants, the same shall be immediately paid.
In pursuance of Another Recommendation from the Trustees on the
same Day.
Order'd That the Sec""7 write to M' Stephens and acquaint him that the
Trustees cannot resolve to grant five hundred Acres of Land to M' John
Milledge, because He as President and the Assistants have not repre
sented Millidge's Substance and Ability to cultivate the same, Which
they ought to have done, since his Town Lot at Savanah has been en
tirely neglected. If it shall appear however, that the said John Mil
lidge has sufficient means (independent of his Military Command) to cul
tivate Five hundred Acres, the Trustees will have no Objection to grant
ing the same, on condition that the said John Millidge shall relinquish
his Town Lot at Savanah.
In pursuance of Another Recommendation from the Trustees on the
same Day.
Resolved That the Grant of a Town Lot at Savanah to M' John Dobell be con
firm'd, on condition that the said John Dobell returns from Charles Town
to Savanah within a Year to cultivate the said Lot, and that he occupy
the same by himself or Servants, and that the Secretary write to M' Do
bell to acquaint him therewith, and invite him back to Savanah to exe
cute the Office of Register, and take care of the School.
In pursuance of Another Recommendation from the Trustees on the
same Day.
Resolved That the Allowance of twenty pounds a Year in the Estimate for a
Surgeon to dispense Medicines to such poor People as cannot employ
One (Which has never been accepted by any Person) be given to M'
Patrick Graham One of the Assistants.
In pursuance of Another Recommendation from the Trustees on the
same Day.
Order'd That the Secretary write to M' Stephens, and acquaint him, that the
Trustees entirely disapprove of and disallow the Settlement of twelve
pounds a Year made on M' Christopher Ortman, for acting as School
Master at Vernonburgh and Acton, by the President and Assistants.
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and Assistants came to, Viz' "That the said M' Ortman had been mis
represented to the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge" without
their hearing Any Body on that Subject but M' Ortman himself. And
that the Trustees cannot but take notice of, and condemn the Inference
drawn by them, that the Placing M' Ortman at Vernonburgh and Acton,
is a Saving to the Trust, as if they were oblig'd to maintain Every Body
Who for Misbehaviour may have been discharg'd.
In pursuance of Another Recommendation from the Trustees on the
same Day.
Resolved That the following Grants made by the President and Assistants be
confirm'd Viz'
A Grant of a fifty Acre Lot made July 26'" 1745 at the new Village
on Skeedaway Island to Thomas Sparnel '
A Grant of a fifty Acre Lot in the Town of Savanah to Christian
Camphire made July 26 1745.
A Grant of a fifty Acre Lot at Abercorn to James Grant made June
7. 1745
A Grant of a fifty Acre Lot at Abercorn to Christian Dasher made
November 22. 1745
And a Grant of a Lot in the Town of Savanah to Jacob Holbrook
made December 23. 1745.
And that the Purchase made by John Lawrence of Frederica of the
Lot N° 2. in the first Tything of the lower New Ward of Samuel Clee,
be confirm'd Provided that the said John Lawrence occupies the said
Lot by himself or Servants.
Read a Memorial from M' John Vernon Dated Feb'y the 10*" Instant
setting forth his having brought a Model of a Machine from France for
winding Silk pursuant to an Agreement with some of the Trustees.
Resolved That the Agreement made with M' John Vernon be confirmed. Viz'
That One hundred Pounds should be paid to him on his Embarking for
Georgia And a further Sum of One hundred Pounds on his Arrival in
Georgia with the aforesaid Model, And that his Passage to Georgia be
defray'd, and two Servants be maintain'd for him. And that the said
M' John Vernon do forthwith embark on board a Ship under the Con
voy of the Adventure Man of War.
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of two hundred Pounds be given to him as a full Compensation for all his
Trouble, and for the aforesaid Model of a Machine for Winding Silk.
M' Patrick Graham having sent over a Catalogue of Medicines want
ing in the Publick Store for the use of the Sick, Who cannot afford to
purchase them.
Order'd That the said Medicines be provided and sent over to the Care of the
President and Assistants to be deliver'd out to M' Graham as they may
be wanted.
Order'd That the same Quantity of Stationary Ware as the last be sent to
Georgia for the use of the President and Assistants, the Secretary and
the Magistrates in the Province
Order'd That some Paint and Oil be sent to Georgia for the use of the
Church at Savanah, And that some be likewise sent to M' Bolzius for the
Inside of the two Churches at Ebenezer, and that he be acquainted that the
Outsides should be feather boarded, then tarr'd and sanded to preserve
them from the Weather.
Orderd That some Chains for the Blocks to be dragg'd from the Saw Mill at
Ebenezer and some strong Cords of an Inch thick or thicker as desired
by M' Bolzius be provided and sent over to him.
Order'd That a Pair of Mill Stones for the Corn Mill at Ebenezer and some
strong Leather for making two or three Dozen of Horse Collars for the
Use of the Saltzburghers as desired by M' Bolzius, be provided and sent
over to him.
Resolved That the Sum of twenty Pounds be paid to the Rev4 M' Ziegenhagen
to be laid out by him for a new Gown and Cassock and some Clothing
for the Rev4 M' Bolzius as a Reward for his great Care and good Conduct
in the Religious and Civil Concerns of the Saltzburghers in Georgia.
The Accountant acquainted the Common Council that the Sola Bills
to the value of five hundred Pounds sent to M' Stephens the 12'" of April
last in a Box on board the Loyal Katharine Capt. White in order to
compleat the Estimated Expences in Georgia to Lady Day last, and
Number'd 10501 to 11000. of One Pound Each were taken with the
said Ship and carried to the Havanah.
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482 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Resolved
That the President and Assistants be directed to use their Endeavours
for the recovery of the said Box and Sola Bills, Which are of no other
Use but what they were design'd for.
Resolved That in the mean time Five hundred Pounds in Sola Bills be sent over
on board the Adventure Man of War Capt. Hamar in order to supply
the want of those taken as above, And that they do consist of three
hundred of One Pound Each N° 11701 to N° 12000 and Forty of five
Pounds Each N° 1811 to N° 1850; And that they be dated this Day,
and be made out, seal'd, and sign'd, as the last for One thousand Pounds
were.Order'd That, if the Sola Bills for five Hundred Pounds be recover'd from the
Havanah, The abovemention'd Five hundred Pounds now order'd, to
gether with the One thousand Pounds last sent, be applied for defraying
the Estimated Expences in Georgia to Lady Day next ; And that the Sur
plus be applied for the Expences in Georgia, Which shall be estimated
for the ensuing Year.
Resolved That it be refer'd to the Committee of Accounts to consider of such
Estimate, Where any Savings can be made in it, by reducing or altering
any of the present Expences in Georgia.
The Accountant acquainted the Common Council that Capt. Quarme,
before he sail'd from Gosport with the German Servants for Georgia in
November 1745, had wrote to him for Primage on the Freight of the
Passengers, Which he was not entitled to ; Yet it was propos'd to con
sider of some Allowance for him on his Return, in case he took proper
Care of the Passengers, Which the Accountant reported he had done, and
that he died in his Passage, and that the Widow had sent to him for a
Consideration for the same.
Resolved That ten Guineas be paid to the Widow Quarme for her Husband's
said Service.
Order'd That Another Model of the Machine, used at Montalban in France for
Winding Silk, be made, to be kept at the Office.
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Art of breeding, Nursing, and right Ordering the; Silk Worms, be sent
over to the President, in order to be distributed among the Inhabitants
of Vernonburgh, and Acton,
Resolved That a Draught be made on the Bank of England for the Sum of
Four hundred and fifty Pounds payable to S' Joseph Hankey and C° on
Account, for the several Purposes order'd by the Common Council.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the same by S' John
Barrington, Earl of Shaftesbury, M' Chandler, M' Tho8 Tower, and D'
Hales N° 7843.0.
Resolved That Major William Horton and M' John Calwell be appointed Con
servators of the Peace at Frederica.
Read a Letter from M' John Calwell Dated Sept' 14'" 1746 Wherein
he gives an Account of his Improvements at Frederica, and desires two
Town Lots for two of his Children, and a Grant of five hundred Acres
for himself.
Resolved That two Town Lots at Frederica be granted to two Sons of the said
John Calwell, provided They are old enough to cultivate the same, that
is, if they are sixteen Years of Age ; And that M' Calwell be required
to transmit to the Trustees the Ages and Christian Names of his said Sons.
Resolved That so much more Land contiguous to Frederica be granted to the
said John Calwell, as may make up five hundred Acres with the Lot he
is at present in possession of, And that M' Calwell be acquainted, that
the Trustees cannot grant more than five hundred Acres to any One
Person. Adjourn'd.

484 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Friday May 29 1747
Present in Common Council Assembled
Mr Tuffnel in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon
Mr Tho8 Tower
Gen1 Oglethorpe
Mr Eyre
M' Cornewall
M' Smith
M' Chandler
Read a Letter from Samuel LLoyd Esq' That the Silk belonging to
the Trust had been Organzin'd by him, That the Quantity Which he
S oz 8 oz
receiv'd from the Office was 95. 6. raw, Which produc'd 93 1 clean,
work'd into Organzine Tram and Singles. That the Charges of working
the same amounted to £ 22. 12. 3. and that his Valuation of the Silk
is at One hundred and ten Pounds Nineteen Shillings and five pence.
Resolved That so much of the Warp be wrought into some Quality of Silk as
there is at present Shute enough to work up therewith ; And that the
Care of the same be entrusted to M' LLoyd.
Resolved That M' LLoyd's Bill amounting to twenty two Pounds twelve Shil
lings and three Pence for Organzining the Silk be paid.
It appearing by the Accounts from Georgia transmitted by the Presi
dent and Assistants, That the Expences there to Lady Day last were
near provided for by the Sola Bills already sent, exclusive of the Sola
Bills for five hundred Pounds taken by the Spaniards on board the Loyal
Catharine Capt. White, Which have been replac'd by others sent since
to the Colony ; And that if the said Bills for five hundred Pounds are
recover'd, the said Expences in Georgia to Lady Day last will not only
be campleated thereby, but the Estimate for the present Year (Which
amounts to upwards of twelve hundred Pounds) will be in part supplied
Resolved That, towards defraying the current Year's Expences in Georgia,
Any Five of the Common Council be empower'd to order Sola Bills to
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Pounds, to be sent over to Georgia, in such Proportions, and at such
times, as they shall find necessary.
Resolved That any five of the Common Council Assembled together shall have
Power to draw upon the Bank of England for the payment of Sola Bills
return'd from Georgia, And as far as the Sum of four hundred Pounds
for the Charges of the Trust in England, for such Sums, and at such
times, as they shall find necessary for those Services
Read a Memorial from M' John Vernon Proposing to go over with his
Family and two Servants to settle in Georgia, and desiring that the Ex-
pence of their Passage may be defray'd by the Trust.
Resolved That the Passage of Mr John Vernon, of his Family and two Servants
to Georgia be defray'd by the Trust.
A Return being made by the Register of Georgia of the Grants of
Lands made by the Trustees in England, shewing which of them have
been taken up, and by whom Occupied, and how Improved.
Resolved That it be refer'd to M' Eyre M' Chandler and Mr Thomas Tower, or
any two of them, for their Opinion, Which of the said Grants appear to
be forfeited, and What Method is most proper to be taken for the Trus
tees repossessing the Lands so forfeited.
Resolved That it be refer'd to the same Gentlemen to consider of the Extending
the Grants of Lands in Georgia from the present Tenure of Heirs Male
to Heirs General
Resolved That it be refer'd to the same Gentlemen to prepare a proper Form of
Grants to be printed and sent to Georgia impowering proper Persons
thereby to convey to the Land holders in Georgia the several Allotments
of Lands they are to stand possess'd of, to hold to them and the Heirs
Male of their Bodies (but not to assign without proper Licenses) with
Covenants for the payment of the Quit Rents, and for Cultivation, and
registering the Grants in Georgia.
Read M' Stephens's Journal May 30'" 1746 June 13. and 16, July 2,
5, and 19th and November 14th and 20'" 1746 relating to the Behaviour
of the Rev4 M' Thomas Bosomworth.
Resolved That it be refer'd to the Committee of Correspondence to prepare a

486 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Letter to the President and the Assistants thereupon, and to order the
same to be sent.
Read a Petition of Archibald Campbell Dated March 14'" 174f De
siring a Tract of five hundred Acres of Land in the Southern Part of the
Province, within a small Distance of S' Simons.
Resolved That the same be granted under the usual Limitations and Conditions.
Read a Petition of James Campbell Esq', Chief Engineer for the
Provinces of South Carolina and Georgia, Dated March 14'" 174^-, De
siring a Grant of the Lot of Land on the Island S' Simons (formerly the
Property of Capt. Albert Desbresay, Which is lapsed to the Trustees, he
dying without Issue) on the same Terms and Conditions, as other Land8
are granted.
Resolved That Orders be sent to the President and Assistants to {inquire if no
Person is in possession of the said Land, or claims the same as Heirs to
Capt Desbresay, and, in case there is none, to put the Petitioner in pos
session thereof.
Gen1 Oglethorpe acquainted the Board that M' James Billinghurst ap
plied for a Grant of the Island near the Orphan House, and he had laid
before them the following Extract of a Minute of the President and As
sistants relating to the said Island. "The Board are of Opinion that
"there is no Objection to Your having a Grant of the Island You peti-
"tion'd for, either with regard to its Situation, or of its ever being
"granted to any Other Person By Order of the Board
in Council Assembled
Feb'7 12, 174|
Nichs Rigby Clerk
To M' James Billinghurst.
Resolved That the said Island be granted to M' James Billinghurst under the
proper Limitations and Conditions. Provided that the same do not ex
ceed five hundred Acres.
Resolved That the Sum of five hundred Pounds be paid into the hands of S'
Joseph and S' Thomas Hankey for the use of the Trust.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the same by the Earl of

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Shaftesbury M' Vernon M' Thomas Tower Mr Eyre and M' Smith
N°7844\ Adjourn'd

Saturday March 19 174£
Present in Common Council Assembled
D' Wilson in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
Gen1 Oglethorpe
M' Vernon
M' Cornewall
M' Tracy
M' Holland
M' Smith
M' Tufinel.
Resolved That M' Joann Lodvick Meyer be appointed a Conservator of the
Peace at Ebenezer.
Resolved That the Trustees will allow a Sum not exceeding twenty Pounds
Sterl in one Year for the expences of a Person in going between Savanah
and Ebenezer as an Agent for the Affairs of the Settlement at Ebenezer,
upon M' Bolzius certifying the Services and Expences of the said Agent
from time to time.
Resolved That a Sum not exceeding twenty One Pounds Sterl. be allow'd for
purchasing Plows, Sythes, &c for the use of the People at Acton and
Vernonburgh.
Resolved That (in pursuance of a Recommendation from the Trustees) the Sum
of five Pounds Sterling be given to Each of the two Saltzburgh Women
at Ebenezer who have learnt the Art of winding Silk from the Coquons.
Resolved That a Grant of five hundred Aces of Land be given to Capt. Patrick
Sutherland in the Southern Part of the Colony (the Island of S' Simon
excepted) on condition that he carries over and maintains ten Servants
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488 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Resolved That a Grant be made to M' Thomas Hawkins of so much Land in
the Southern Part of the Province as will with his present Possession
make five hundred Acres on condition that he maintains ten Servants
for cultivating the same.
Resolved That the Lot late in possession of M' Falkner at the Town of Frede
rica, if lapsed to the Trustees, be granted to Mr John Hawkins.
Adjourn'd.

Tuesday May 24 1748
Present in Common Council Assembled.
Gen1 Oglethorpe in the Chair.
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon
M' Thomas Tower
M' Cornewall
Mr Chandler
M' Eyre
M' Smith.
Resolved That any five of the Common Council (for that purpose Assembled)
be empower'd to receive any Proposals from the Secretary of State, or
Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, for enabling them to
make Remittances to America ; And to issue the Trustees Sola Bills of
Exchange to the Amount of such Sums as shall be received for that pur
pose by the Trustees.
Resolved That towards defraying the Expences in Georgia to Christmas next,
Any five of the Common Council be empower'd to order Sola Bills to
be made out, sign'd and seal'd for a Sum not exceeding three hundred
Pounds Sterling, to be sent over to Georgia, in such Proportions, and at
such times, as they shall find necessary ; And that on the Return of the
said Sola Bills to England, Any five of the Common Council (for that
Purpose assembled) shall have power to draw upon the Bank of England
for the Payment thereof; And shall have power likewise to draw for as
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the Trust in England, in such Sums, and at such times, as they shall find
necessary for those Services.
Order'd That the Sum of four hundred Pounds Sterling be paid into the hands
of S' Joseph and S' Thomas Hankey on Account.
Sign'd a Draught for the same by Gen1 Oglethorpe, the Earl of Shaftes
bury, M' Vernon, M' Thomas Tower, and M' Smith N° 3365. Z.
Read a Letter from William Stephens Esq', Dated Jan'T 12. 1747, re
lating to the Effects of M' James Bull deceas'd And, by the Account
thereof, they producing the Sum of Ninety One Pounds, nine Shillings
and two Pence Sterling for the Benefit of the Widow Theodosia Bull of
Evenjob* in Radnorshire, Which Sum is now in the hands of the Trustees
Cashiers in Georgia ; And M' Stephens proposing that the said Balance
might be paid to the Proprietor in England by the Trustees, and charged
in their Account in Georgia as a Remittance for the Service of the
Trust ; And the said M'8 Theodosia Bull having made Affidavit to her
being the Widow and Relict of the said James Bull, & to her having by
Letter of Attorney empower'd M'8 Margaret Pennant to receive the same.
Resolved That the said Sum of Ninety One Pounds Nine Shillings and two
Pence Sterl. be paid as propos'd, and charg'd by the Trustees Cashiers in
Georgia, as a Remittance towards the estimated Expences there.
The Accountant acquainted the Common Council that the Sum of
Nine Pounds ten Shillings Sterling, was due to Messieurs LLoyd and C°
for working thirty three Pounds of raw Silk into Organzine.
Order'd That the same be paid.
Resolved That all the Silk imported from Georgia be sold ; And that M' LLoyd
be desired to dispose of the same.
Gen1 Oglethorpe declar'd his Dissent to the Proceedings of the Day,
and will enter the same. Adjourn'd.
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Monday Jan17 19 174f
Present in Common Council Assembled.
M' Vernon in the Chair
M' Tracy
Earl of Shaftesbury
Lord Tyrconnel
Gen1 Oglethorpe
M' Chandler
M' Smith
D' Wilson.
The Accountant acquainted the Common Council that on the 29'" of
last Month, he was applied to by Captain George Dunbar, going to
Georgia, for the Trustees Sola Bills of Exchange, as a Remittance for
Cash to be paid into the Bank of England, to answer their Value ;
Which the said Captain had Occasion for, to pay as Sterling Money to
the Men to be disbanded in Georgia, Which he chose to do rather than
to pay them in South Carolina Currency ; And That thereupon he had
prepared Bills to the Value of two hundred Pounds Sterl, of one Pound
Each, Letter A N° 12801 to 13000, Which he had dated the 2d Instant,
and filled up as the former Ones were, in order for a Committee of five
Council Men that day to have order'd their being seal'd ; But they hav
ing no Power to receive Proposals from private Persons for Sola Bills for
Cash to make Remittances, the same was then postpon'd.
Resolved That Captain Dunbar's Name be added by an Interlineation in the
said two hundred Pounds Sola Bills to the Names of William Stephens
Esq' M' Henry Parker and M' William Spencer, that in case two of the
three last mention'd Persons should not be living to fill up their Indorse
ments to the said Captain Dunbar, When he shall arrive in Georgia, the
Survivor of the said three and Captain Dunbar may issue them as he
shall direct.
Order'd That the Seal be affix'd to the said Sola Bills for two hundred Pounds,
And that the Accountant do sign them.
Order'd That on the Sum of two hundred Pounds Sterl. being paid into the
Trustees Account at the Bank of England by the said Captain Dunbar,
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Order'd That the Accountant do sign a Receipt to Captain George Dunbar for
the said Sum of two hundred Pounds, so to be received by the Trustees
for their said Sola Bills to produce to the President and Assistants in
Georgia, for their ordering the Indorsements on the said Bills to be filled
up in Georgia, as Captain Dunbar shall desire, that they may answer
the Use he has to make of them ; And that a Letter be sent to the Pres
ident and Assistants acquainting them, how Captain Dunbar became the
Proprietor of the said Sola Bills, and to authorise the Directions neces
sary for them to give on this Occasion.
Resolved That M' James Habersham of Savanah in Georgia be appointed an
additional Assistant to the four Assistants already in Georgia
Adjourn'd '

Monday May 29'" 1749
Present in Common Council Assembled
D' Hales in the Chair
M' Vernon
M' Eyre
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Ewer
Mr LLoyd
M' Hooper
M' Smith
M' Tho8 Tower.
In pursuance of a Recommendation from the Trustees dated February
22. 174|
Resolved That the Sum of five Pounds Sterling be given to a third Saltzburgh
Woman, Who has acquir'd the Art of winding Silk, as a Reward for her
Industry ; And that the Sum of forty Shillings Sterl. be given to Every
Woman in the Province, Who shall Acquire the said Art of winding
within One Year.
Resolved That in order to encourage the People to be industrious in the raising
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the following proportions. Viz' Fourteen Shillings Sterl. for Every
pound, (of sixteen Ounces,) of Net Silk of the superfine Sort made from
five or six Cocoons ; twelve Shillings Sterl. for every such pound of the
second sort of Silk made from seven or eight Cocoons ; And six Shillings
Sterl for every such Pound of the worst sort made from Cocoons, in
which two or three worms had intermix'd.
Resolved That, whereas Some of the People may be able only to raise Cocoons,
and others only to wind the Silk, They be paid upon the Spot, upon pro
ducing the Silk, in the following proportions. Vizt
For Every Pound (containing sixteen Ounces) of Cocoons (Wherein
is only one Worm,) Which produce the superfine Sort of Silk, the Sum
of One Shilling Sterl ; And as about Eleven Pounds of these Cocoons will
make one Pound of Silk, the Sum of three Shillings Sterl be paid to the
Winder of it.
For Every such Pound of the Cocoons, (Wherein only One Worm is
contain'd) Which produce the second sort of Silk, One Shilling Sterl be
paid ; And that the Sum of two Shillings Sterl be paid to the Winder for
Every Pound, of sixteen Ounces, of the said Silk.
For Every Pound of the Cocoons, Which produce the worst sort of
Silk, that is, those Cocoons Wherein two or three Worms had intermix'd,
the Sum of four Pence Sterl be paid, And One Shilling Sterl to the
Winder of Every Pound, (containing sixteen Ounces) of such Silk.
Resolved That Directions be sent to the Issuers of Sola Bills, that they do sup
ply M' Bolzius with sufficient Sums from time to time, for paying the
Saltzburghers upon the Spot for the Silk rais'd by them, he producing
the proper Vouchers that it was made by them.
Resolved That the Sum of Oue thousand Pounds in Sola Bills be sent over to
Georgia by the' first Opportunity, to consist of five hundred Bills of One
Pound each. Letter A N° 13001 to 13500, and One hundred Bills of
five Pounds Each Letter C N° 1951 to 2050, the said Bills to be dated
this day, and filled up to William Stephens Esq' M' Henry Parker,
William Spencer and James Habersham, to be issued by them or any
two of them ; And that the said Bills be seal'd and sign'd as usual.
Resolved That the Sum of three hundred and four Pounds three Shillings and
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ions to the Detachments order'd to be station'd in Georgia besides their
Pay, M' James Habersham be authoris'd to supply the said Detachments
with Provisions, as follows, (being the Plan on Which M' Revel fur-
nish'd the Regiment) he taking Receipts from the Commanding Officer,
Whether Commission'd or Non Commission'd, for the Quantities deliver'd
him, to be by him distributed as undermention'd. Vizt.
For seven Days to Each Person, Two Pounds and one third of a
Pound of Bread or Flower, and not less than one Moiety of the latter.
Two Pounds and one third of Beef One Pint of Pease, two Ounces of
Butter, and a quarter of a Pint of Rice.
Resolved That M' James Habersham be acquainted, that the King will order a
Boat with a Coxswain and ten Men for carrying Provisions from Place to
Place, and relieving the said Detachments, Which Boat is to be under
the Trustees Directions.
In pursuance of a Recommendation from the Trustees dated the 17'"
of May 1749
Resolved That the Sum of fifty Pounds Sterling <jj)> Ann be given to the Revd
M' Bartholomew Zouberbuhler (besides the fifty Pounds e-jf>> Ann Which
the Incorporated Society for propagating the Gospel are to pay him) And
that two Servants be allow'd him ; And that the President and Assistants
be directed to get the Parsonage House at Savanah repair'd and made
convenient for him on his Return to Georgia.
Read a Petition from the Rev4 M' Bartholomew Zouberbuhler, setting
forth, that He, having reason to expect that many People from the
Neighbouring Provinces will come and apply for Land in Georgia ; de
sires, that a new Tract of Land may be allotted for a Glebe, since so
many Inconveniencies attend the former ; And as there is none good or
Vacant near the Town of Savanah, except that Which was at first re
served for the Indians, he hopes the Trustees will give orders for the pur
chase thereof.
That he desires on the behalf of his two Brothers Sebastian Zouber
buhler, of New England, and Melchior Lieckenstaiger of South Carolina,
a Grant of five hundred Acres of Land to each of them, adjoining to the
Glebe ; And as, by the Trustees Resolution to give him fifty Pounds ^
Ann, he is encourag'd to continue in Georgia, Where he thinks of set
tling for Life and changing his Condition, he desires a Grant of five
hundred Acres of Land for himself.

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Order'd
That Directions be sent to the President and Assistants, to inquire
whether the Yamacraw Indians have abandon'd that Tract of Land,
Which they formerly inhabited, lying near to the River Savanah, and
Whether those Indians may be inclin'd to surrender the said Land to the
Trust ; and that they acquaint the Trustees therewith by the first Oppor
tunity, that the Glebe Land may be order'd to be laid out on part of the
said Tract,
Resolved That a Grant of five hundred Acres of Land be made to the Rev4 M'
Bartholomew Zouberbuhler.
Resolved That a Grant of five hundred Acres of Land be made to M' Sebastian
Zouberbuhler of New England, if it shall appear to the President and
Assistants that he has Abilities to cultivate the same.
Resolved That a Grant of five hundred Acres of Land be made to M' Melchoir
Lieckenstaiger of South Carolina, if it shall appear to the President and
Assistants that he has Abilities to cultivate the same.
Order'd That Directions be sent accordingly to the President and Assistants.
Resolved That half a Year's Salary be paid to the Rev" M' Zouberbuhler before
he embarks for Georgia.
Resolved That William Russel be recommended to the Commissioners of the
Customs to be appointed Naval Officer in Georgia.
Resolved That M' Nicholas Rigby, Clerk to the President and Assistants be ap
pointed Secretary for the Indian Affairs
The Common Council being inform'd, that Lieutenant Col. Heron has
sent to the Duke of Bedford, Principal Secretary of State, some Accounts
of Expences incurr'd in Georgia, to be examin'd and paid there ; And
that the Duke of Bedford is to send a Letter to the Trustees to acquaint
them therewith, and to assure them, that Whatever Sums shall be paid
by them on such Account, His Majesty will immediately, by Warrant
from the Treasury, make good the same.
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is'd to consider of such Proposal, when signified to the Trustees by the
Secretary of State, and to do therein (they all agreeing) what in their
Opinion may be safe and proper for the Trustees to undertake
Resolved That towards defraying the Expences in Georgia, subsisting the Dis
banded Soldiers for a Year, Who shall stay and settle in the Province,
and furnishing Provisions for the Detachments doing Duty in the Prov
ince, Any Five of the Common Council, for that Purpose Assembled,
and all Agreeing, be empower'd to order Sola Bills to be made out,
sign'd, and seal'd for a Sum not exceeding two thousand Pounds Sterl,
to be sent over to Georgia in such proportions, and at such times, as they
shall find necessary.
Resolved That, on the Return of Sola Bills to England, Any Five of the Com
mon Council be impower'd to draw on the Bank of England for the pay
ment of the same, and likewise for a Sum not exceeding three hundred
Pounds for the Charges of the Trust in England, in such Sums, and at
such times, as they shall find necessary for those Services.
Resolved That for the payment of outstanding Sola Bills, and other Services of
the Trust, the Sum of Five hundred Pounds be paid into the hands of Sr
Joseph and S' Thomas Hankey.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the same by D' Hales,
M' Thomas Tower, the Earl of Shaftesbury, M' Eyre, and M' Smith, N°
3368 Z.
M' Balthazar Zoller, and several German Protestants attending, ap
plied to the Common Council, and alledg'd, that they had been prevail'd
on by one Mr Riemensperger to leave their Habitations in Germany, and
come over at their own Expences to England, in order to go and settle
in South Carolina ; And they, not being provided for by him as they ex
pected, are left in great Distress, and therefore pray the Trustees will
send them to Georgia as Servants.
Resolved That, as the said German Protestants are but Seventy in Number, are
in great Distress by which they may become burthensome here, and ap
pear to be fit Persons to be sent for Servants, the Passage of them to
Georgia be paid ; And that they be sent by the very first Opportunity,
as they must be maintain'd by the Trust till they embark. That the said
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their Masters ; at the time of entring into their Service, whether they
shall be allow'd one Day in the Week to work for themselves, or shall
have so much time (amounting to so many Days) deducted at the end of
their Service.
Order'd That a Paragraph be publish'd in the News Papers, taking notice of
the Application of the said Germans, stating their Case, and that the
Trustees from a Consideration of their Distress, have resolved to send to
Georgia the seventy, being the utmost Number their present Circum
stances will enable them to send.
Order'd That a Letter be sent to his Grace the Duke of Bedford, Principal
Secretary of State, to acquaint him therewith, and that the Trustees are
inform'd a Great Number of German Protestants are coming over.
Resolved That the same Quantity of Land be allotted for the Germans, the
Trustees have resolv'd to send, as has been usually given to Servants.
Resolved That it be refer'd to any five of the Common Council to examine the
Accounts to the ninth of June next, when ready, and to present the
same as soon as possible to the Lord high Chancellor.
Resolved That, if any Proposition be made to the Trustees by the Government,
to send over to Georgia any number of German Protestants, Who may
come to England ; Any Five of the Common Council be empower'd to
receive and consider the said Proposition, and to act therein, as the
Trustees shall be enabled by the Government.
The Common Council being inform'd that the Countess of Huntington
is desirous of a Tract of Land, not less than twenty thousand Acres, to
be granted to her in Trust, in order to be set out by M' Habersham and
Others, to be parcel'd out to such Families, as She intends to settle there
at her own Expence, to whom She desires a Fee simple may be granted
in such Lands as they shall cultivate, under proper Quit Rents and Cov
enants for Cultivation ; And that She desires the said Land may be fit
test for Culture, and near a River.
Resolved That When Any Application shall be made, in the usual Manner, by
the Countess of Huntington for such Grant of Land it be refer'd to any
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they shall think most consistent with the Trust, and for the Benefit of
the Colony ; But that the Countess be acquainted, that no one Person
can have a Grant of more than five hundred Acres ; And that the Names
of the Persons to whom Lands are to be parcel'd must be previously sent
to the Trustees.
Resolved That it be refer'd to the Committee, appointed by the Trustees May
17. 1749, in relation to Negro's, or any three of them, to prepare a
proper Form of Grants to be made in Georgia by the Authority of the
Common Council, to entitle the present Inhabitants to the Possession of
their Lands under the Charter, the former Trust Grants not having been
regularly executed, and the Possessors of fifty Acre Lots having nothing
to shew their Titles by; And likewise to consider whether the Tenures
should be in Fee tail alienable by Licenses to be applied for, with Rea
sons assign'd, or in Fee simple, as to such Parts of their Lands as are, or
shall be cultivated ; And also to consider What Quit Rents shall be re-
serv'd, the Charter reserving four Shillings Proclamation Money.
Acljourn'd

Monday March 19'" 17$$
Present in Common Council Assembled
Earl of Shaftesbury in the Chair
M' Vernon
M' Tracy
S' John Barrington
¦M' Ewer
D' Hales
Mr Hooper
D' Wilson
M' Lloyd
M' Smith
M' Tuffnell.
Read a Report from the Committee of Correspondence dated March
13'" 17$$, that they had taken into Consideration the State of the Cor
respondence with William Stephens Esq' as President, and as Secretary
within the Province of Georgia, and found that several Orders had been
sent from time to time to him as President and to the Assistants, to
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Which no Returns had been made, the Want of Which has been of
great prejudice by keeping the Trustees in the Dark in relation to several
important Affairs in the Province.
Resolved In pursuance of a Proposal from the Committee on Correspondence,
That William Stephens Esq' be continued President of the Province of
Georgia with the Salary formerly allotted to him of Eighty pounds 1*>
Annum. Resolved That the Salary of One hundred Pounds <$i Ann as Secretary be dis
continued to M' Stephens.
Resolved That M' Henry Parker be appointed Vice President of the Province
of Georgia with a Salary of fifty pounds $ Annum.
Resolved That M' James Habersham be appointed Secretary within the Prov
ince of Georgia to correspond with the Trustees with a Salary of fifty
pounds <jj)> Ann.
Resolved That Mr Nicholas Rigby be continued Clerk to the Secretary within
the Province with a Salary of twenty five pounds ^> Ann.
Resolved That Duplicates of the Instructions formerly sent to M' Stephens as
President and as Secretary be sent to M' Henry Parker as Vice Presi
dent, and to M' James Habersham as Secretary with such further In
structions as shall be thought necessary.
Read a Report from the Committee of Correspondence dated March
13 Instant. That They having taken into Consideration that many Settle
ments are made in different Parts of the Province, the true State of
Which in particular, as well of the Province in general it is necessary
the Trustees should from time to time be acquainted with, the better to
enable them to procure all the Advantages They can for the Good of the
People, and provide for the Welfare and Security of the Province ; had
resolv'd upon a Proposal to be offer'd to the Common Council.
Which Proposal being read.
Resolved That an Assembly be form'd and authoris'd to meet in the Town of
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time as shall be appointed by the President and Assistants ; No such
Meeting to continue longer than three Weeks or a Month at furthest.
That Every Town or Village or District in the Province, Where ten
Families are settled, be empower'd to depute One Person, and Where
thirty Families are settled to depute two Persons to the said Assembly.
That for the Town of Savanah there be four Deputies, for the Town
of Augusta there be two Deputies, for Ebenezer there be two Deputies,
and if thirty Families are settled at Frederica, They be empower'd to
send two Deputies.
That the Power of making Laws being by his Majesty's Charter vested
solely in the Trustees, The Assembly can only propose, debate, and rep
resent to the Trustees What shall appear to them to be for the Benefit,
not only of each particular Settlement, but of the Province in general.
That the Deputy or Deputies from every Place shall deliver to the
Assembly within three days after their Meeting an Account in Writing
of the State of his or their Settlement, sign'd by such Deputy or Depu
ties ; Which Account shall contain the Number of People, as well of Ne
groes as of Whites (distinguishing Men Women and Children of either
kind, and the Children's Sex and Age) the Quantity of Land cultivated
by each Inhabitant of such Settlement and in what Manner, the Num
ber of Negroes kept, and the Number of Mulberry trees standing (prop
erly fenc'd) on each Plantation ; And the Progress made by each Man
or Family in the culture of Wine, Silk, Indigo, Cotton, &c.
That the said Accounts as likewise the Proposals and Representations
of the Assembly shall, when sign'd by the Person presiding in it, be de
liver'd to the President and Assistants in order to be transmitted to the
Trustees for their Consideration.
That the Person to preside in the Assembly be chosen by them, to be
approv'd or disapprov'd of by the President ; And if disapprov'd of the
President be oblig'd if it is demanded by any three of the Assembly, to
give his Reasons for so doing, and transmit the same in Writing to the
Trustees. That the Assembly be empower'd, and call'd to meet as soon as conven
iently may be ; But that from and after the twenty fourth day of June
One thousand seven hundred and fifty One, No Person shall be capable
of being chosen a Deputy, Who has not One hundred Mulberry trees
planted and properly fenc'd upon fifty Acres of Land, and the same Pro
portion of Mulberry trees so planted and fenc'd upon every fifty Acres
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One thousand seven hundred and fifty three, No Person shall be capable
of being chosen a Deputy, Who has not strictly conformed to the Limita
tion of the Number of Negro Slaves in proportion to his White Servants ;
Who has not at least one Female in his Family instructed in the Art of
reeling Silk ; And Who do's not yearly produce fifteen Pounds of Silk
upon fifty Acres of Land, and the like Quantity upon every fifty Acres
he possesses. But as the Trustees are desirous of seeing some immediate
good Effects from this Assembly, and are sensible that at present there
are not many in the Province, Wrho may have the aforesaid Qualifica
tions ; They do not insist on requiring any of these in the Deputies,
Who meet in the Assembly within the Year One thousand seven hun.
dred and fifty.
Read a Report from the Committee of Correspondence, that the Soci
ety for promoting Christian Knowledge had intimated by M' Vernon,
That they had set apart the Sum of two thousand five hundred Pounds
in order to provide Salaries for the two Saltzburgh Ministers, at Ebe
nezer, One of fifty pounds a Year, and the Other of forty pounds a
Year ; But that the Reduction of Interest would occasion a Deficiency of
twelve pounds ten Shillings in the said Salaries from Christmas 1750 to
Christmas 1757, and a further Reduction of twelve pounds ten Shillings
from Christmas 1757.
Resolved That the said Deficiency be made good by the Trust as long as the
Parliament shall enable the Trustees so to do.
Resolved That the Tenures of all Grants of Land Whatsoever already made to
any Persons within the Province of Georgia be enlarg'd and extended to
an absolute Inheritance, And that all future Grants of Land shall be of
an absolute Inheritance to the Grantees, their Heirs, and Assigns.
Order'd That Instructions be sent to the President and Assistants, that they
give proper Notice to all the People in the Province, of the enlarging
and extending the Tenures to an Absolute Inheritance, that They may
apply for and have the proper Grants accordingly.
Resolved That the Gentlemen, to Whom it is refer'd to prepare the proper
Form of the Grants, be empower'd to consider upon and do everything
necessary for carrying the above Resolutions into Execution.
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Tuesday March 27'" 1750
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Tracy in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon
M' Laroche
M' Lloyd
M' Ewer
D' Wilson
M' Smith
M' Hooper
The Accountant acquainting the Common Council that, pursuant to
the Authority given by the Common Council by a Resolution dated May
29'" 1749 to any five of their Members for that purpose Assembled the
Sum of Sixteen hundred pounds Sterl, part of the two thousand pounds
order'd to be sent to Georgia in Sola Bills, had been sent thither, (besides
the Sum of One thousand Pounds the Common Council order'd the said
29*" of May) towards defraying the Expences of the Civil Government,
and encouraging the raising of Raw Silk in Georgia, subsisting the Dis
banded Soldiers for a Year settled in the Province, and for furnishing
certain Portions of Provisions for the Detachments of Soldiers, doing
Duty in Georgia, for the Year 1749.
Resolved That the Sum of four hundred Pounds, the residue of the two thou
sand pounds order'd to be sent in Sola Bills, be sent by the first Oppor
tunity for the said purposes, and that they be made out and dated this
day to be fill'd up as the last were, to consist of forty of five pounds
Each N° 2211 to 2250 Letter C and two hundred of One Pound Each
N° 14301 to 14500 Letter A and to be seal'd and sign'd as usual.
Resolved That any five of the Common Council, for that purpose Assembled
and all Agreeing, be authoris'd to order Sola Bills to be made out, sign'd
and seal'd for a Sum not exceeding two thousand Pounds, to be sent over
to Georgia, in such proportions and at such times as they shall find
necessary for compleating the Service of the Year 1749, if it shall ap
pear there is any Deficiency unsent in Sola Bills ; And upon Account of
defraying the Expences of the Civil Government, and encouraging the
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visions for the Detachments of Soldiers, doing Duty in Georgia, for the
Year 1750.
Resolved That on the Return of Sola Bills to England Any five of the Common
Council be empower'd to draw on the Bank of England for the payment
of the same, and likewise for a Sum not exceeding three hundred pounds
for the Charges of the Trust in England in such Sums, and at such
times as they shall find necessary for those Services.
Resolved That it be refer'd to the Committee of Accounts to review and settle
the Estimate for the Year 1750, and particularly to consider What Use
the Trust Cattle in Georgia are of, And to order what shall be done with
them, and with the Cow pen keeper.
Read a Memorial from M' William Williamson, Administrator to the
Estate and Effects of the late Mr Thomas Causton, Setting forth the prog
ress made by the said Thomas Causton when in England towards set
tling his Accounts with the Trust ; And that, on the Computations
made thereon Which were to be examin'd by the Books and Papers in
Georgia, a Balance was on such Computations stated in favour of M'
Causton ; But that he dying in his Voyage to Georgia no further Exam
ination could be had; And the Accountant acquainting the Common
Council, that M' Causton had settled with him, in case the computed
Articles should prove right on the Examination Which was to be had in
Georgia ; that the Sum of two hundred Ninety and five pounds Sixteen
Shillings and six pence half penny would appear a Balance of his Cash
Account in his favour, But the Accountant having since surcharg'd the
Sum of One hundred Eighty five pounds thereon, the said Balance is re
duced to the Sum of One hundred and ten pounds sixteen Shillings and
Six pence half penny.
Resolved That the Sum of One hundred and ten pounds sixteen Shillings and
six pence half penny be paid to M' Causton's Administrator in full of all
Claims and Demands whatsoever either to the said Causton's Lands in
Georgia (they having been cultivated at the Trustees Expence) or on
any other Account Whatsoever ; And that a General Release be taken
from the said William Williamson, as Administrator to Thomas Causton,
and his Wife.
Read a Petition from Capt. George Dunbar, setting forth, that on the
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Georgia, Which being set out in Joseph's Town, and overflow'd with
Water from the Rivers Savanah and Ness, he could not occupy the
same. That on the 25'" of March 1748 he desired to surrender his
former Grant in lieu of five hundred Acres upon the Island contiguous
to Darien, and a Right of Common upon the remaining Part thereof;
Which the President and Assistants in Georgia represented June 15'"
1749 his being disappointed of, and recommended him to another Situa
tion ; And therefore Praying two Lots of five hundred Acres Each One
for himself, and the Other for a Friend, on Argyle Island.
Resolved That if there are two Lots of five hundred Acres Each on Argyle Is
land unset out, the same be granted One to the said Captain George
Dunbar, and the Other to such Other person as he shall name, to be ap
prov'd of by the Trustees, to hold to them, their Heirs, and Assigns, un
der the usual Rent6 and Conditions.
M' John Welch having represented that he came to England some
time since with One of his Sons to endeavour to receive some Money he
was intitled to ; But being disappointed and desirous to return, with his
Son, to his Wife Son and Daughter at Frederica, if he could obtain his
Passage, Which he is not able to defray.
Resolved That the Passage of the said John Welch and his Son aged twenty be
defray'd to Georgia.
Resolved That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the Commission for ap
pointing Mr Henry Parker Vice President in the Province of Georgia, in
the presence of three Trustees, and that the Secretary do countersign the
same. Resolved That the Seal of the Corporation be affix'd to the Constitution of the
Assembly in the presence of three of the Trustees, if they find the same
necessary, and that the Secretary do countersign the same.
Resolved That the Sum of four hundred Pounds be paid into the hands of S'
Joseph and S' Thomas Hankey on Account.
Sign'd a Draught on the Bank of England for the same by the Earl of
Shaftesbury, M' Anthony Ewer D' Thomas Wilson, M' Samuel Lloyd
and M' Samuel Smith N° 2637 Q. Adjourn'd.

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Wednesday April 11th 1750
Present in Common Council Assembled
D' Wilson in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon
M' Tracy
M' Lloyd
M' Ewer
D' Hales
M' Smith
Read a Letter and Representation sign'd by all the Magistrates, and
a great Number of the People of the Province of Georgia setting forth
the several Regulations and Restrictions, under which They desire an
Act may be pass'd for permitting the Importation and Use of Negroes in
the Province.
Resolved That the said Letter and Representation be refer'd to the Committee
appointed to prepare an Act to be laid before his Majesty in Council for
permitting the Importation and Use of Negroes in the Colony of Geor
gia under proper Regulations and Restrictions.
Resolved That it be an Instruction to the said Committee, That in the first Ar
ticle, the Possessors of Negroes be not confin'd to have indented white
Servants only, but that White Servants be either indented or hired for
a Year certain.
That in the second Article an Exception be made for Coopers after the
Word Artificers.
That in the 6'" Article, If a Master of Negroes shall oblige or even
suffer his Negro or Negroes to work on the Lord's Day, A Penalty of ten
pounds Sterl. be inserted in the Act ; And that in the said Article The
Omission of a Master's obliging his Negro or Negroes to attend at some
time on the Lords Day for Instruction in the Christian Religion, be
deera'd a Misdemeanour ; And the Courts of Justice in Georgia on con
viction of such Misdemeanour be empower'd to adjudge a Penalty of a
Sum not less than five pounds Sterl. for every such Misdemeanour.
That the Common Council agree to the seventh and eighth Articles in
the said Representation
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January 18'" 1749 in relation to the Boat order'd to be station'd in the
Colony under the Direction of the Trustees, and reciting a Minute of the
President and Assistants of the Transactions of Gov' Glen and Lieut Col
Heron relating to the said Boat and the Interruption of the Trustees Cor
respondence. Order'd That the Secretary write to M' Aid worth Under Secretary to his
Grace the Duke of Bedford Secretary of State, and insert a Copy of the
said Letter from the President and Assistants, and desire that he will
lay the same before the Duke.
A Proposal being made to the Common Council that a Commission
should be sent to Georgia, empowering a proper Person or Persons to in
quire into and examine the State of the Accounts of the President and
Assistants, and the Condition of the several Settlements in the Province,
as well as of the Province in general, and to promote the culture of Silk
in the most effectual Manner ; And M' Andrew Faesch and Mr Picker
ing Robinson together with Mr James Habersham being recommended
for the same.
Resolved That M' Andrew Faesch, M' Pickering Robinson, and M' James Hab
ersham be appointed to execute the said Commission.
Resolved That The Sum of One hundred and fifty Pounds be given to M' An
drew Faesch, half of the same to be paid him by a Draught on Samuel
Lloyd Esq' from Italy, and the other half on his Arrival from Italy, and
when he is ready to embark for Georgia ; And that the further Sum of
two hundred Pounds be paid to him in Georgia at the end of the Year
commencing from his embarking for Georgia.
Resolved That the Sum of fifty pounds be given to M' Pickering Robinson, and
the further Sum of One hundred Pounds be paid to him in Georgia
at the end of the Year commencing from his Embarking for Georgia.
Resolved That the Committee, (to Whom it is refer'd to prepare the Form of the
Grants, and the Constitution of the Assembly) or any three of them, be
empower'd to prepare such a Commission, as aforesaid, and such Instruc
tions, as They shall think most effectual for procuring a due Obedience
to the same ; And that the Trustees do affix the Seal of the Corporation
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Resolved That M' Ewer and Mr Smith be added to the said Committee.
Adjourn'd

Thursday April 25'" 1751
Present in Common Council Assembled
S' John Philipps in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
Sr John Barrington
M' Eyre
M' Tracy
M' Frederick
M' Ewer
M' Lloyd
M' Hooper.
S' William Heathcote a Trustee present.
The Board being acquainted that the Money petition'd for by the
Trustees for this Year had been refus'd in the Committee of Supply.
Resolv'd That it be refer'd to the Earl of Shaftesbury Sr John Philipps S' John
Barrington M' Eyre M' Tracy M' Hooper M' Frederick M' Ewer Mr
Lloyd M' Vernon M' Chandler, and S' William Heathcote, or Any three
of .them, to adjust with the Administration the proper Means for sup
porting and settling the Colony for the future, and to take from time to
time all such Measures as They shall find necessary for its Well Being ;
And to frame, set the Seal of the Corporation to, and present such Rep
resentation or Representations, Memorial or Memorials, as They shall
think proper for that purpose.
Resolved That it be referr'd to the same Gentlemen or Any three of them to or
der the Letters necessary to be sent on this Occasion to the Colony and
to dispatch the same.
Resolved That the same Gentlemen or Any three of them be a Committee for
inspecting and settling forthwith the Accounts and Papers in the Office.
Resolved That it be referr'd to the same Gentlemen or Any five of them to con-

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sider of and prepare a Constitution of the Assembly in Georgia for the
future, in such manner as shall by them be thought most proper ; And
to affix the Seal of the Corporation to the same.
Adjourn'd

Tuesday May 24'" 1751
Present in Common Council Assembled
M' Vernon in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
S' John Philipps
M' Ewer
M' Lloyd
Mr Frederick
Dr Hales
Lord Tyrconnel.
In pursuance of Recommendations from the Trustees May 24. 1750
Resolved That the Sum of twenty Pounds be given to M' Bolzius towards the
Repair of his House at Ebenezer.
Resolved That the Application by M' Bolzius of the Sum of Eighteen Pounds
Sterl., Which was receiv'd by him for Redemption from Servitude of three
Servants lately sent to Georgia by Cap' Bogg be allow'd of, in considera
tion of some Expences he had been at in relation to the German
Servants.
Resolved That the President and Assistants be directed to accept the sum of three
hundred and fifty pounds Sterling instead of four hundred Pounds de
manded by them for the Stock of Cattle at the Cowpen purchas'd by the
Saltzburghers at Ebenezer, in order to encourage these people in their
Industry. In pursuance of Recommendations from the Trustees June 15'" 1750.
Resolved That the Allowance of forty Shillings to Each White Woman in Geor
gia, Who shall acquire, the Art of reeling Silk, be continued for One
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Resolved That the Passage of James Woolford (Who has serv'd an Apprentice
ship of eight Years in the Colony) be paid on his Return to Georgia,
And that his Lot of twenty Acres be enlarg'd to fifty upon the River
Ogeeche. Resolved That tbe Passage of Anthony Pages, Margaret his Wife, and her Son
Michael Lucas, And of Anthony le Sage be paid ; And that the two
Men have each of them fifty Acres of Land, And all Provisions for
twelve Months, They being experienc'd in the Culture of Silk.
Resolved That two dozen of Copper Basons for the Use of the Silk Reelers be
provided and sent to Georgia.
Resolved That M' Henry Parker be appointed Vice President in and for the
Province of Georgia And that the Sum of One hundred Pounds Sterling
be given him in consideration of his past Services in acting for the Pres
ident in Georgia.
Resolved That M' James Habersham be appointed Secretary for the Affairs of
the Trust within the Province of Georgia in the Room of William Ste
phens Esq' with a Salary of fifty pounds ^> Ann.
Resolved That if it shall appear to the Vice President and Assistants, that M™
Anderson has been of Service in reeling of Silk, and instructing the
People ; They do give her the Sum of twenty pounds Sterl. as an
Encouragement to her to persevere in her Industry ; And that They be
directed to procure her a larger house, (in which She is to live without
Rent) and such Accommodations and Materials as shall be found neces
sary for keeping the Worms, and for reeling of Silk.
In pursuance of Recommendations from the Trustees June 26'" 1750.
Resolved That the Passage of such of the Germans from Swabia, (notified by
M' Ziegenhagen to be arriv'd from Rotterdam) as cannot pay their own
passage, be defray'd, And that the Others be assisted with some neces
sary working Tools not exceeding ten pounds Value ; And that Each
Man of twenty one Years of Age, of those Who pay their own passage,
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have Land allotted for them contiguous to their Masters, with a Liberty
of working on the same one Day in the Week.
In pursuance of Recommendations from the Trustees July 13'" 1750,
Resolved That Henry Parker Esq' the Vice President be the Commissioner for
licensing Persons to trade with the Indians, and for the better regulating
such Trade, and that the Constitutions of the former Commissioners be
revok'd. Resolved That M' Noble Jones be appointed an Assistant in and for the Prov
ince of Georgia.
Resolved That M' James Frazer be appointed Conservator of the Peace at Au
gusta. Resolved That M' John Penrose is approv'd of for Pilot at Tybee in the room of
David Cunningham displac'd for neglect of Duty.
In pursuance of Recommendations from the Trustees August 8th 1750.
Resolved That the Sum of twelve Guineas be paid to M' Joshua Geekie for his
trouble in preparing several Draughts relating to the Release of the
Tenures in Georgia from the Conditions in them, and an Act for per
mitting the Importation and Use of Slaves in Georgia under proper Re
strictions and Regulations.
Resolved That in consideration of M' Pickering Robinson's going over to Geor
gia without M' Faesch the Sum of One hundred Pounds be allow'd him
on his Embarkation for Georgia instead of fifty pounds before order'd ;
And that the Sum of twenty pounds be allow'd him for a Clerk at the
end of one Year from his Arrival in Georgia, besides the Sum of One
hundred Pounds M' Robinson is further intitled to at the end of the said
Year. In pursuance of Recommendations from the Trustees August 16'"
1750.
Resolved That a proper Conveyance be made of the Ground upon Which the
Church is built at Augusta, and of the Church Yard to belong thereto,
and that three hundred Acres of Land be granted in order to be culti
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Resolved That some Glass be sent over for the Windows of the said Church, as
also a Pulpit Cloth and Furniture for the Communion Table under the
Care of the Missionary.
In pursuance of Recommendations from the Trustees April 8*" 1751
Resolved That Henry Parker Esq' be appointed President of the Province of
Georgia in the room of William Stephens Esq'.
Resolved That the Sum of Eighty pounds 'p Ann be continued to be paid to
M' Stephens in consideration of his great Age and Infirmities and his
past Services ; And that, in case of the Death of Mr Stephens, the Sum
of fifty pounds <$>> Ann be added to the Salary of M' Parker as President.
Resolved That M' Pickering Robinson and M' Francis Harris be appointed As
sistants in and for the Province of Georgia, Each of them to have a
Salary of twenty pounds ^> Ann.
Resolved That M' Noble Jones be appointed Register of the Province.
Resolved That the President and Assistants be directed to purchase of M' Bol
zius as many Mulberry Plants as he shall have to dispose of, in order to
distribute them among such of the Proprietors of small Tracts of Land,
as They shall find most disposed to cultivate the same, and to promote
the Culture of Silk ; And that Payment for the said Plants be made
out of the Money owing to the Trust from M' Bolzius and the Saltz
burghers for the Cattle purchased by them.
Resolved That the Sum of thirty pounds be given to M' Joseph Otholengi (Who
is gone to reside in Georgia as a Catechist for the Instruction of the Ne
groes) in lieu of the Maintenance of a Servant for three Years, Which
was at first agreed to be allow'd him ; Especially as M' Otholengi is to re
ceive no Other Gratuity from the Trustees, except the Passage of him
self his Wife and a Servant to Georgia, he being allow'd an Annual
Stipend from the Society for propagating, the Gospel, and the Associates
of the late D' Bray.
In pursuance of Recommendations from the Trustees the 1 8'" Instant.
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Assistant, on Account of the Obstruction he has given to the Publick
Service, and his countenancing Mr. Thomas Bosomworth in his illegal
Attempt to purchase of the Indians Lands within the Bounds of his
Majesty's Charter.
Resolved That some Standard Weights Scales and Measures be provided in order
to be sent over to Georgia.
Resolved That a Fire Engine be purchas'd in order to be sent to Savanah in
Georgia. Resolved That M' Joshua Geekie be engaged to prepare the Draught of an Act
for declaring Lots of Land, Which have been taken up, and are now
Unoccupied and abandon'd to be forfeited.
Resolved That the Allowance of forty Shillings Sterling to Each White Woman
in Georgia, Who shall acquire the Art of reeling Silk, be continued for
One Year from Midsummer 1751.
Resolved That the President and Assistants or Any two of them be appointed
and empower'd to meet and confer with the Indians in Georgia, in order
to confirm and enlarge the Treaties made with the Assembled States of
the lower Creek Nation in the Years 1733 and 1739.
Resolved That it be referr'd to the Earl of Shaftesbury M' Vernon M' Frede
rick M' Ewer M' Lloyd D' Hales M' Tracy M' Chandler and Mr Hooper
or Any three of them to prepare and settle the said Appointment and
Authority, And to see the Seal of the Corporation affix'd thereto ; And
likewise to prepare and settle Instructions to the President and Assistants
for their Conduct in the said Conference.
Resolved That if it shall be found necessary to add any Presents to those, lately
sent over by Order of his Majesty, to give the Indians for the purchase
of the reserved Lands, the aforesaid Gentlemen, or Any three of them,
be empower'd to expend a Sum not exceeding four hundred Pounds for
the same, When the Money pray'd for by the Trustees is granted by his
Majesty ; And that Any five of the Common Council be empower'd to
send over Sola Bills to the value of two thousand pounds Sterl. for the

512 COLONIAL RECORDS.
Service of the Colony, and to draw on the Bank of England for the
payment of the said Bills when return'd.
Read a Representation of the Assembly relating to the District of
Augusta, setting forth that the Indian Trade in the Province is almost en
tirely monopoliz'd by a Company of Seven Persons at Augusta, Who have
not only a general Store at Augusta, but have likewise Each of them a
License for different Towns in the Indian Nation, And setting forth the
Inconveniences attending such a Monopoly.
Read a Letter from the President and Assistants dated Feb'T 28'" 175f
with Observations on the said Representation, and proposing that the
Licensing Traders with the Creeks, Chickesaws And Other Nations to
the West and South West should be confin'd to the Province of Georgia,
And with the Cherokees, Cuttawbaws, and other Nations to the North
ward should be confin'd to South Carolina.
Resolved That the Same be drawn out in order to be laid before the Lords Com
missioners for Trade and Plantations.
Read a Letter from Capt. Kent late of Augusta recommending M'
Martin Campbell, (Who has a fifty Acre Lot in Augusta) to have a
Grant of four hundred and fifty Acres, in order to make up his Lot five
hundred Acres, and recommending M' Francis Macarton to have a Grant
of five hundred Acres, both on Kiowcaw Creek there being vacant
Lands, And the said Campbel and Macarton being of Substance to im
prove the same.
Resolved That proper Instructions be sent to the President and Assistants for
laying out the same, if there are vacant Lands sufficient in the said
Creek. Adjourn'd.

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Wednesday January 8'" 1752
Present in Common Council Assembled
D' Hales in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
M' Vernon
M' Chandler
M' Ewer
Mr Frederick
M' Tracy
M' Lloyd
M' Tuffnel
The Earl of Shaftesbury reported from the Committee appointed by the
Common Council on the 25tb of April 1751 for Adjusting with the Adminis
tration the proper Means for supporting and settling the Colony for the future,
and for taking all such Measures as They should find necessary for its Well
Being, That, being informed, that the Lords of the Council had appoint
ed Thursday Evening December the 19'" to take into Consideration the
Trustees Memorial to his Majesty, and the Reports thereon from the
Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury and the Lords Commis
sioners for Trade and Plantations, The said Committee had, at a Meeting
December the 14'", desired and empower'd the Earl of Shaftesbury, M'
Hooper, M' Vernon, M' Lloyd, M' Tracy, and M' Frederick to attend
and deliver to the Lords of the Council the following Paper in the Name
of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia, in case They
should be called upon by their Lordships. Viz'
To the R' Hon"16 the Lords of his Majesty's most honble Privy
Council.
The Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America, Who
are ready, for the Service of the Crown, to surrender their Trust for
Granting the Lands in the said Colony, think it their indispensable Duty
to offer the following Considerations to your Lordship on behalf of the
People settled there.
That the Colony of Georgia be confirmed a Separate and Independent
Province, as it is expressly declared in his Majesty's Charter it shall be
(in confidence of Which the Inhabitants both British and Foreign have
gone thither) And as the Assembly of the Province of Georgia have peti-
[33 c. r.]

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tioned for in a Representation to the Trustees dated January the 15'"
1750. That the Inhabitants of the Colony be confirmed in their Titles and
Possessions Which have been granted to them under the Charter.
That the Arrears of Quit Rents, due at this time, be remitted, since
Most of the Inhabitants have been prevented by the War, and the vari
ous Obstacles that always occur at the first Settling of a Colony, from
cultivating so much of their Lands, as it might be expected They would
have done ; And that the Quit Rents for the future be reduced from four
to two Shillings for Each hundred Acres ; this last Sum being as much
as is usually reserved in Any of his Majesty's Provinces in America.
That, as there will be Occasion for a Secretary or Agent in England
to transact the Affairs of the Province here, and to carry on the Corre
spondence with the Government in Georgia ; And as the Trustees Secre
tary Mr Martyn has served them ably and faithfully in that Capacity
from the very Date of the Charter, and is much better acquainted with
the State of the Colony than any Other Person residing in England ;
And as the Trustees have the greatest Reason to believe it will be very
agreeable and encouraging to the People there, They humbly desire Your
Lordships will be the Means of recommending him to his Majesty for the
said Employment, with such an Appointment as may be thought proper.
The Earl of Shaftesbury further reported, that on the 19'" of Decem
ber, the Committee attended the Lords of the Council, and being called
in, They were acquainted that the Lords had read the Trustees Memorial
to his Majesty, And the Reports thereon from the Lords Commissioners
of his Majesty's Treasury, and the Lords Commissioners for Trade and
Plantations ; And that the Lords of the Council had observed in the
Report from the Lords Commissioners for Trade, that the Trustees, Who
attended them, had said, that if it should be expected that, for the
Service of the Crown, They should surrender their Trust for granting
the Lands in the Colony, They should have some Conditions to offer to
the Council on behalf of the People settled there ; And therefore the
Lords of the Council desired to know if the Trustees had such Conditions
ready to lay before them ; Upon Which the Committee deliver'd, in the
Name of the Trustees, the aforesaid Paper drawn up by the Committee
December the 14'", And then order'd to be delivered in case it should be
called for. After Which the Committee withdrew, And, after some
time, being called in again, They were acquainted "That the Lords of
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"the granting any Sum of Money to the Corporation of the Trustees,
"unless They were desirous to make an absolute Surrender of their Char-
"ter ; And if so, They were asked in What Manner They proposed to
"make the Surrender" — Upon Which the Committee again withdrew,
And then taking into Consideration the present State of the Colony, and
the total Inability of the Trustees to defray the Civil Government there
of from Lady Day 1751, to furnish the Troops stationed in Georgia with
provisions, or to give any Encouragements for the Produce of Raw Silk
without a further Supply, — They immediately drew up the following
Paper, and severally signed the same. Viz'
We, Whose Names are here underwritten, being a Committee ap
pointed by the Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Col
ony of Georgia in America, And being fully Authorised by them, do
hereby signify, that We are ready and willing to make an absolute Sur
render of all the Powers, Rights, and Trusts, vested in the said Trustees
by his Majesty's Royal Charter, bearing Date the 9'" Day of June 1732
without any Condition or Limitation, humbly recommending the Rights
and Privileges of the Inhabitants of the said Colony to his Majesty's
most gracious Protection. Shaftesbury
Rob' Tracy
John Frederick
Sam1 Lloyd
December 19'" 1751. Edward Hooper.
That the Committee were then called in again, And ,They presented
the said Paper to the Lords of the Council, and then withdrew, And
were soon after acquainted by M' Sharpe, Clerk of the Council, that he
was order'd by their Lordships to inform them, that they had referred
the said Paper to the Attorney and Solicitor Gen1 to consider thereof,
and report to their Lordships in what manner the same might be most
effectually carried into Execution.
Resolved That the Common Council do concur with, and approve of all the sev
eral Steps taken by the Committee, and do in a particular manner ap
prove of, ratify, and confirm (as the Act of the Common Council) the
Paper respectively signed by the Earl of Shaftesbury, and the Other
four Members of the Committee December the 19'", and by them deliver'd
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Resolved That the thanks of the Common Council be given to the said Com
mittee for their Conduct in general, and in particular, for their Care in
recommending the Rights and Privileges of the Inhabitants of the said
Colony to his Majesty's Protection.
Resolved That it be referred to the said Committee to consider What Papers
may be necessary, on behalf of the Inhabitants of the Colony, to lay
before the Attorney and Sollicitor Gen1 When They take the Reference
from the Lords of the Council into Consideration, and to order the same
to be laid before them.
Resolved That M' Joshua Geekie be engaged to act as Sollicitor for the Trust
on this Occasion, and to attend the Attorney and Sollicitor Gen1 with
the said Papers, And on all such further Occasions as shall be found
necessary.Resolved That the said Committee be empower'd to gratify M' Geekie for his
trouble as They shall think proper.
Resolved That the said Committee be empower'd to take all such further Meas
ures, as They shall judge necessary, in order to perfect the Surrender of
the Trust, in confidence, that his Majesty's Subjects inhabiting the Col
ony of Georgia will suffer no Diminution in their Rights and Possessions
by the Trustees Delivering into his Majesty's hands the Trust, Which
They received from his Majesty on behalf of, and for the Benefit of his
said Subjects.
Resolved That any five of the said Committee have power to draw on the
Bank of England for the Sums of Money (when received from the Ex
chequer, being the Grant of Parliament) Which may be wanted for
defraying any Services on the Trust Account, as They may think neces
sary from time to time.
Resolved That M' Lloyd be desired to dispose of the Silk in his Possession to be
applied to the Use of the Trust.
Resolved That M' Henry Yonge and M' Thomas Ellis be joint Surveyors of the
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Resolved That it be recommended to the Committee before mentioned to con
sider the Services of M' Henry Yonge in his Survey of the River Sa
vanah, and for his Drawing of the Filature &c.
Resolved That five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia be granted to M' Pick
ering Robinson.
Resolved That the Magistrates be directed to give M' Robinson the Preference
for the same on the Reserved Indian Lands near Savanah, And that
When the Indians shall have ceded the same, M' Robinson be put in
immediate possession of five hundred Acres of the said Lands, and in
case the Treaty with the Indians shall not take effect, that he be put in
possession of five hundred Acres in any other Place, not already granted ,
where Mr Robinson shall chuse.
Resolved That five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia be granted to M' Thomas
Robinson. Resolved That five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia be granted to M' William
Robinson.
Resolved That five hundred Acres of Land be granted to M' Samuel Barker.
Resolved That the three Lots before mentioned be laid out as near to M' Pick
ering Robinson's Plantation as conveniently may be.
Resolved That five hundred Acres of Land be granted to M' William Backshell
of South Carolina.
Resolved That five hundred Acres of Land be granted in Georgia to Capt Philip
Delagal, and laid out as near to his Son's as may be conveniently.
Resolved That in the aforesaid Grants there be a Condition for the putting the
proper Number of Servants on the several Lots within twelve Months
from the Survey in order to cultivate the same.
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Resolved That M' John Rae, and Mr James Campbell be appointed Conservators
of the Peace at the Town of Augusta.
Resolved That Capt John Mackintosh be appoinetd a Conservator of the Peace
for the District of Darien, And M' Audley Maxwell a Conservator of
the Peace for the District of Midway River and great Ogeeche.
In pursuance of Recommendations from the Trustees August 12. 1751.
Resolved That fifty Acres of Land in Georgia be granted to Each of the Ger
mans of twenty One Years of Age, Who went over in August last.
Resolved That the Sum of Eight Pounds expended in Vinegar for their Cabins,
and in Medicines during their Voyage be allowed.
In pursuance of Recommendations from the Trustees August 24'" 1751
Resolved That five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia be granted to Mr David
Kraaft Resolved That five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia be granted to Mr Gerard
Von Brahm
(sic)
Resolved That five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia be granted to M' Chris
tian Von Munch of Augsburgh.
Resolved That five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia be granted to M' Thomas
Von Munch of Ausburgh
Resolved That five hundred Acres of Land be granted to M' Charles Von
Munch of Augsburgh.
Resolved That five hundred Acres of Land be granted to M' Christian Von
Munch Jun' of Augsburgh.
Resolved That five hundred Acres of Land be granted to M' Remigius Von
Munch of Augsburgh.
Resolved That fifty Acres of Land be granted to Each of the White Male Serv
ants of the aforesaid Persons at the Expiration of their Service.

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Resolved
That Orders be sent to the Magistrates in Georgia to give the Germans,
Who went over in August last some Working Tools out of the Store
house at Frederica
In pursuance of Recommendations from the Trustees November 5'"
1751.
Resolved That five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia be granted to Each of
the ten following Persons Viz' M' Richard Oswald Merchant of N B
London, M' John Stevenson, M' James Dennistonne, M' Michael T^*
(sic) have not
Herries, M' Alexander Walker, M' Andrew Blackburn, M' ?^£°0rmed
James Johnson, M' William Crawford, M' John Crawford, and nor made
M' James Walker, Merchants of Glasgow ; On condition that c"t7iorXP *"
they send to Georgia within twelve Months a sufficient Number smee-
of Hands to cultivate the Lands. And that Directions be sent to the
Magistrates to lay out their Lots in the Southern Part of the Province.
Resolved That in all Grants of Land Care be taken that Conditions be inserted
for the payment of Quit Rents.
Resolved That a Sum not exceeding three hundred Pounds Sterl. be expended
in erecting Another Filature at Savanah, with a Place to lodge and as
sort the Cocoons in, an Oven, a Well &c. Another Filature with the
same Conveniences at Ebenezer.
Resolved That twenty four Copper Basons be purchased and sent to Georgia,
Of Which twenty are to be nine Inches Deep, Eleven Inches Wide, and
twenty Seven Inches long, and the other four Which are for double Balls,
are to be Eighteen Inches Deep, exactly round, and twenty four Inches
Diameter. Adjourned,

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Saturday March 218t 1752
Present in Common Council Assembled.
Earl of Shaftesbury in the Chair
M' Vernon
M' Frederick
M' Ewer
D' Hales
M' Hooper
M' Lloyd
M' Tuffnel.
Read Minute of the Trustees January the 11'" That the Common
Council having on March the 10'" 17|$ Resolved to make good, from
Christmas 1750, as long as the Parliament should enable them, a Defi
ciency of twelve pounds ten Shillings ^> Ann, in the Salaries allowed
by the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge to the Revd M' Mar
tin Bolzius, and the Revd M' Lemke the Saltzburgh Ministers, Which
Deficiency was occasioned by the Reduction of Interest ; And as the
Trustees Power to make good such Deficiency will soon cease by the Sur
render of their Trust ; They therefore recommend it to the Common
Council, that in consideration of the aforesaid Engagement, and the not
making it good any longer, the Money due from the Salzburghers to the
Trust, and Unpaid by them for the Cattle purchased from the Cowpen
be remitted on their Undertaking to make good the said Deficiency to
their Ministers.
Resolved That the Common Council do agree to the same.
Resolved That Mr William Russel be appointed third Bailiff of the Town Court
at Savanah in the room of Mr Samuel Marcer.
Resolved That the Seal of the Corporation be Affix'd to the same, And that the
Secretary do countersign the same.
In pursuance of a Recommendation from the Trustees March the 6'"
Instant. Resolved That the Freight of M' Holt the Schoolmaster at Savanah, and his
Wife's Passage from Georgia to England be paid by the Trustees, in case
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Read the Copy of a Report from the Attorney and Sollicitor General,
in Answer to a Reference from the Lords of the Committee of his Maj
esty's most PIon"le Privy Council for Plantation Affairs, Directing them
to consider in What Manner the Trustees Offer to surrender their Trust
into the hands of his Majesty might best be carried into Execution,
Setting forth, That it was their Opinion a Deed of Surrender should be
executed by the Trustees with the privity and by the Direction of the
Common Council under their Common Seal, thereby to surrender their
Charter, and likewise to grant to his Majesty the One Eighth part of
the Lands in Georgia granted and sold to the Trustees by the R' Hon1'1"
John Lord Carteret.
Resolved That the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America,
or any three or More of them do at such time, and in such manner as
They shall think fit surrender and yield up to his Majesty the Charter
granted by his Majesty to the said Trustees bearing Date the 9'" of June
1732, And likewise that They do grant to his Majesty the One Eighth
Part of the Lands and Territories lying within the Limits described in
the said Charter granted and sold to the Trustees by the R' Hon"1" John
Lord Carteret, by an Indenture bearing Date the 28'" of February 1732.
Resolved That the Trustees, Or any three or More of them be empower'd, And
They are hereby empower'd accordingly to affix the Seal of the Corpora
tion to such Surrender and Grant Which shall be prepared by the Attor
ney and Sollicitor General in pursuance of an Order of the Lords of
the Committee of his Majesty's most Hon"10 Privy Council for Plantation
Affairs, bearing Date the 19'" Day of December 1751.
Resolved That five hundred Acres of Land in the Province of Georgia be
granted to M' James Campbell.
Resolved That five hundred Acres of Land in the Province of Georgia be
granted to M' John Williams.
Resolved That five hundred Acres of Land in the Province of Georgia be
granted to M' Roderick Gwynn.
Resolved That five hundred Acres of Land in the Province of Georgia be
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Resolved That five hundred Acres of Land in the Province of Georgia be
granted to M' Edward Mountague.
Resolved That five hundred Acres of Land in the Province of Georgia be
granted to M' George Applebee.
Resolved That the said Grants be of an absolute Inheritance, and subject to no
Conditions but the payments of the Quit Rents and the usual Conditions
of Cultivation observed in America.
Resolved That, When the Accounts shall be received of the several Lots grant
ed out to Persons in Georgia with the Descriptions of the Boundaries and
situation of the same, and the Number of Acres on Each, Grants of an
absolute Inheritance be made to all the several Persons Who are now in
possession of Lands in Georgia, or Who are intitled to Lands by Virtue
of Grants from the Trustees, or from the President and Assistants in
Georgia, and subject to no Conditions but the payments of the proper
Quit Rents, and the usual Conditions of Cultivation observed in Amer
ica, And that the proper Description of the Situation and Boundaries of
the Lands be inserted in each Grant.
Resolved That the Seal of the Corporation be affixed to all such Grants in the
presence of Any three or more of the Trustees.
Order'd That the Secretary do countersign the same.
Adjourn'd.

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Wednesday April 29 1752.
Present in Common Council Assembled.
M' Cavendish in the Chair
Earl of Shaftesbury
Dr Hales
M' Ewer
M' Hooper
M' Frederick
M' Tuffnel
M' Lloyd
D' Wilson
The Accountant having made out a List of Sola Bills Which have
been issued in Georgia, but not returned to England for Payment,
amounting in the Whole to One thousand one hundred and forty Nine
Pounds Sterl.
Resolved That the said List be deliver'd to Samuel Lloyd Esq', And that the
Sum of One thousand One hundred and forty Nine Pounds Sterl, being
so much formerly appropriated, and now lying in the Bank of England
for the payment of the said Bills, be paid into the hands of Samuel
Lloyd Esq' for the payment of the aforesaid Sola Bills.
Resolved That Notice be immediately given by written Advertisements at the
Carolina Coffee Houses and other proper Places, that Whoever is, or
shall be possessed of any of the said Bills in England, do for the future
produce them to Mr Lloyd for payment.
Resolved That Publick Notice be given by Advertisements in the several Ga
zettes of the different Provinces in America, that Whoever is, or shall
be possessed of Any of the Trust Sola Bills shall produce thesame to Sam
uel Lloyd Esq' for Payment on, or before the 318' Day of December
1755.
Resolved That the Trust Account from the 9'" Day of June 1751 be made out,
and deliver'd to the Lord high Chancellor, and the Master of the Rolls.
Resolved That all the Papers, Written and printed Books, Charts, Maps, Pic
tures, Presses, Boxes, and all other Goods and Effects of What kind so-

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ever belonging to the Trust, be immediately deliver'd over to the Care
Custody and Power of the Earl of Shaftesbury, Richard Cavendish, Ed
ward Hooper, James Vernon, Robert Eyre, Anthony Ewer, John Fred
erick, Robert Tracy, and Samuel Lloyd Esq'8 or Any three of them,
Who are hereby empower'd to do and perform all Requisites therein,
and dispose thereof as They shall think proper.
Resolved That Mr Lloyd be desired, and he is hereby empower'd to pay the Sal
aries due to the several Officers belonging to the Trust, and the Rent of
the Office, and other incidental Expences to such time as the Earl of
Shaftesbury, Richard Cavendish, Edward Hooper, James Vernon, Rob-
bert Eyre, Anthony Ewer, John Frederick, Robert Tracy, and Samuel
Lloyd Esq'8 or any three of them shall think fit, Who are hereby em
power'd to do all and every necessary Act previous to or concerning the
Surrender of the Trust.
Resolved That as soon as the Sum of four thousand Pounds shall be received
from the Exchequer in pursuance of a Grant in the last Session of Par
liament, the same be paid over to the Earl of Shaftesbury, Richard Cav
endish, Edward Hooper, James Vernon, Robert Eyre, Anthony Ewer,
John Frederick, Robert Tracy, and Samuel Lloyd Esq'8 Who, or any
three of them, are to dispose of and apply the same ; And likewise the
Sum of five hundred Eighty three Pounds and four pence half penny
Which is to be demanded of the Treasury, and all other Sums and Ef
fects the Trustees may be possess'd of or intitled to, for such Services,
and in such Manner as they or any three of them may think proper.
Resolved That, after the Receipt of the aforesaid four thousand Pounds, the
Trustees Or any three of them be empower'd to present a Memorial to
the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, setting forth that the
Services, for Which the said Sum was granted, cannot be settled nor
known so as to pay and expend the said Sum before their Trust is to be
surrender'd to the Crown, And therefore the Trustees humbly propose,
and pray their Lordships will be pleased to authorise and empower the
R' Hon"16 the Earl of Shaftesbury, James Vernon, Edward Hooper,
Richard Cavendish, Robert Eyre, Anthony Ewer, John Frederick, Rob
ert Tracy, and Samuel Lloyd Esq'8, or Any three of them to dispose of
the Remainder of the said Sum of four thousand Pounds, not expended
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still subsisting, and to deliver their Account of the said Sum, as the
Trustees annually did during the Continuance of their Trust, or in such
other Manner as to their Lordships shall seem proper, so as They may be
discharged of the same.
Resolved That the Trustees, or any three of them, do present a Memorial to the
Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, praying their Lordships
will please to order the Sum of five hundred Eighty three Pounds and
four pence half penny to be paid to the Trustees or their Assigns being
Money certified by the Auditor of the Imprest to have been expended
for Military Services, but paid out of the Trust Money, And that the
Trustees do acquaint their Lordships at the same time, that They are
ready to assign to such Person or Persons, And in such manner, as their
Lordships shall think proper, all such other Debts as are due to the
Trust.

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