Colonial Records of the State of Georgia: Entry Books of Commissions, Powers, Instructions, Leases, Grants of Land, Etc. by the Trustees (Georgia Open History Library, 32) - Hardcover

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<p>The <i>Colonial Records of the State of Georgia</i> document the colony through its first twenty-five years and includes correspondence between Georgia founder James Oglethorpe and the Trustees for Establishing the Colony, as well as records pertaining to land grants; agreements and interactions with Indigenous peoples; the settlement of a small Jewish community and the Salzburgers, German-speaking Protestant refugees; and the removal on restrictions of land tenure, rum, and slavery in the colony.<br><br>Most of the local records of colonial Georgia were destroyed during the Revolution. Under Governor James Wright&;s direction, merchant John Graham loaded much of the official records on his vessel in the Savannah River. During the Battle of the Rice Boats in March 1776, the <i>Inverness</i> was burned while it lay at anchor. The destructive civil war that occurred in the latter phases of the Revolution resulted in further destruction. The <i>Colonial Records of the State of Georgia</i>, drawn from archival material in Great Britain, remain a unique source.<br><br>Volume 20 concerns the actual founding of Georgia and covers the years 1732&;35. It provides background on the settlement and a great deal about the arrival of the colonists and the conditions that they found.<br>Volume 27, spanning the years 1754&;56, contains the papers of Georgia&;s first governor, John Reynolds, as well as the correspondence of various inhabitants.<br>Volume 28, Part I, contains the papers of governors John Reynolds, Henry Ellis, and James Wright from 1757 to 1763.<br>Volume 28, Part II includes the papers of Governor James Wright, acting governor James Habersham, and others.<br>Volume 29 contains the Trustees' Letter Book, 1732&;1738.<br>Volume 30 contains the Trustees' Letter Book, 1738&;1745<br>Volume 31 contains the Trustees' Letter Book, 1745&;1752<br>Volume 32 includes entry books of commissions, powers, instructions, leases, grants of land, and other documents by the Trustees.</p>

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