The History of Georgia: Containing Brief Sketches of the Most Remarkable Events, Up to the Present Day, Volume 1Seymour & Williams, 1811 - Georgia |
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... colonel , with the rank of general and commander in chief of the forces in South - Carolina and Georgia ; and was directed to raise a regiment with all possible ex . pedition for the protection of the frontiers of the colonies . As an ...
... colonel , with the rank of general and commander in chief of the forces in South - Carolina and Georgia ; and was directed to raise a regiment with all possible ex . pedition for the protection of the frontiers of the colonies . As an ...
Page 145
... colonel Vanderdussen : Indians in alliance with the British colonies , were invited to join in the expedition . Vincent Price , command- er of the ships of war on that station , agreed to assist with a naval force of four twenty gun ...
... colonel Vanderdussen : Indians in alliance with the British colonies , were invited to join in the expedition . Vincent Price , command- er of the ships of war on that station , agreed to assist with a naval force of four twenty gun ...
Page 147
... colonel Palmer with ninety - five highlanders and forty - two Indians at fort Moosa , with orders to scour the woods round the town , and intercept all supplies from the country by land ; and for the safety of his men , ordered the ...
... colonel Palmer with ninety - five highlanders and forty - two Indians at fort Moosa , with orders to scour the woods round the town , and intercept all supplies from the country by land ; and for the safety of his men , ordered the ...
Page 194
... Colonel William Cook , who owed his preferment to the general's particular friend- ship , on pretence of indisposition , had left Geor- gia before the invasion ; exhibited nineteen char- ges against him , and named several officers ...
... Colonel William Cook , who owed his preferment to the general's particular friend- ship , on pretence of indisposition , had left Geor- gia before the invasion ; exhibited nineteen char- ges against him , and named several officers ...
Page 195
... colonel Cook , was dismissed from the service , and declared incapable of serving his majesty in any military capacity whatever . By these means the reputation of general Oglethorpe , was cleared of those calumnies with which it had ...
... colonel Cook , was dismissed from the service , and declared incapable of serving his majesty in any military capacity whatever . By these means the reputation of general Oglethorpe , was cleared of those calumnies with which it had ...
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Page 332 - ... to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended...
Page 355 - ... of our especial grace, certain knowledge,- and mere motion, have given and granted, and by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, do...
Page 311 - That by such emigration they by no means forfeited, surrendered, or lost any of those rights, but that they were, and their descendants now are, entitled to the exercise and enjoyment of all such of them, as their local and other circumstances enable them to exercise and enjoy.
Page 312 - Resolved, 6. That they are entitled to the benefit of such of the English statutes, as existed at the time of their colonization ; and which they have, by experience, respectively found to be applicable to their several local and other circumstances.
Page 346 - And we do further, of our special grace, certain knowledge and mere motion, for us, our heirs and successors, grant, by these presents, to the...
Page 311 - That the inhabitants of the English colonies in North America, by the immutable laws of nature, the principles of the English Constitution, and the several charters or compacts, have the following rights : Resolved, NCD 1.
Page 350 - ... given and granted full power and authority from time to time to administer oaths or affirmations, for the better discovery of truth in any matter in controversy or depending before them.
Page 312 - British parliament, they are entitled to a free and exclusive power of legislation in their several provincial legislatures, where their right of representation can alone be preserved, in all cases of taxation and internal polity subject only to the negative of their sovereign, in such manner as has been heretofore used and accustomed...
Page 356 - And lastly, we do by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, grant unto the said James Russell, his executors, administrators, and assigns, that these, our letters patent, or the enrolment or exemplification thereof, shall be in and by all things good, firm, valid, sufficient, and effectual, in the law, according to the true intent and meaning thereof, and...