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heir situation._ _Oppressed with ignorance and superstition._ _James Glen governor._ _Lord Carteret's property divided from that of the Crown._ _The country much exposed to invasion._ _The Spaniards invade Georgia._ _A stratagem to get rid of the enemy._ _The Spaniards retreat to Augustine._ _Ill treatment of General Oglethorpe._ _His character cleared, and conduct vindicated._ _The Carolineans petition for three independent companies._ _The colony's advantages from Britain._ _Its advantage and importance to Britain._

CHAP. IX.

_All commotions and oppressions in Europe favourable to America._ _Cultivation attended with salutary effects._ _Mean heat in Carolina._ _The diseases of the country._ _Climate favourable to the culture of indigo._ _The manner of cultivating and making indigo._ _The common methods of judging of its quality._ _Nova Scotia settled._ _The great care of Britain for these colonies._ _Low state of Georgia._ _Complaint of the people._ _Troubles excited by Thomas Bosomworth._ _With difficulty settled._ _The charter surrendered to the King._ _George Whitfield's settlement._ _Whitfield's orphan-house._ _Sketch of his character._ _A congress with Creeks._ _The Governor's speech to them._ _Malatchee's answer._ _A hurricane at Charlestown._ _The advantages of poor settlers in the province._ _The advantages of money-lenders._ _And of the borrowers._ _Great benefits enjoyed by the colonists._ _Progress of the province._

CHAP. X.

_A dispute about the limits of British and French territories._ _A chain of forts raised by the French._ _The distracted state of the British colonies._ _General Braddock's defeat in Virginia._ _Colonel Johnson's success at Lake George._ _Governor Glen holds a congress with the Cherokees._ _And purchases a large tract of land from them._ _Forts built in defence of Carolina._ _Its excellent fruits and plants._ _Its minerals undiscovered._ _The British forces augmented._ _Their first success in America._ _The cause of the Cherokee war._ _Governor Lyttlet

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An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, vol 2, page 2
by Alexander Hewatt

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