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or Johnson--Proceeds up the Savannah river--Place of settlement fixed upon--Town laid out--Labors superintended, and assisted by Colonel Bull--Treaty with Tomo Chichi--Progress of settlement--Oglethorpe makes a visit to Governor Johnson, presents himself before the House of Assembly, and makes an Address of grateful acknowledgment of favors received--Returns to Savannah--Holds a treaty with the Lower Creeks--Goes to horse-quarter on the Ogechee--Fort Argyle built--Savannah laid out in wards, and Court of Records instituted, CHAPTER V. Oglethorpe intended to visited Boston, in New England--Governor Belcher's Letter to him--Provincial Assembly appoint a Committee to receive him--Sets out on an exploratory Excursion--Names an Island, Jekyl--Visits Fort Argyle--Returns to Savannah--Saltzburgh emigrants, conducted by Baron Von Reck, come to settle in Georgia--Oglethorpe assists them in selecting a place--They call it Ebenezer--He then goes up the river to Palachicolas--Returns--Goes to Charlestown, with Torno Chichi and other Indians, in order to take passage to England, CHAPTER VI. Oglethorpe arrives in England with his Indian Escort--Is welcomed by the Trustees--Apartments are provided for the Indians--They are introduced to the King and Royal Family--One of their number dies of the small pox--Visit the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Eton College--Shown the public buildings and institutions in London--Embark for Georgia--Their arrival, CHAPTER VII. Oglethorpe remains in England--Trustees make Regulations--Oglethorpe, desirous of providing for the conversion of the Indians, applies to Bishop Wilson to prepare a Book of Religious Instruction for them--Trustees seek for Missionaries--Engage John and Charles Wesley, CHAPTER VIII. Trustees make a new selection of Settlers--Their Proposals successful in Scotland--Embarkation of Highlanders for Georgia--Indian hieroglyphic letter sent to the Trustees--Further emigration of Saltzburgers--Great embarkation of Colonists, attended by Oglethorpe and the Missionaries--Employment and religious exercises on board during the voyage--Arrival--Beacon on the Island of Tybee--The people go on shore at Peeper's Island--Oglethorpe goes to Savannah with the Missionaries--Sends provisions and refreshments to the Emigrants--Moore's account of the Public Garden--Tomo Chichi welcomes his friend--Saltzburgers make application for a removal from Ebenezer--Oglethorpe sends pi
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