Date published: 1956-01-01
Source: The Southern Frontier (ID86)
Author: Crane, Verner (ID35)
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1719-01-01 - 1720-12-31

Barnwell changed his mind about Aziliaedit

To be sure, on his first arrival in England John Barnwell had written to Montgomery commending his 'worthy Design of planting Azilia.' This letter, with its stress on the commercial and strategic value of the colony, and its prediction that the Indian trade would centre there, was conspicuously displayed in both the Golden Islands tracts. But by September, 1720, the situation was greatly altered, and with it the agent's attitude. The results of the revolution of 1719 in the colony had now been accepted by the Crown. A provisional royal governor was to be sent out; and, at Barnwell's urging, a garrison was to be established at the mouth of the Altamaha, on the southern margin of Azilia. Boone and Barnwell accordingly complained to the Board of Trade that Montgomery's advertisements raised fears of a conflict between the royal garrison and the Golden Islands colonists. Declaring that no powers of government claimed from the Proprietors could interfere with his Majesty's authority, the Board referred the complainants to the Lords Justices. 28 [Note 28 JBT, September 15, 1720] But the Azilia 'bubble' had already burst. 29 [Note 29 The ghost of Azilia occasionally walked. See C.O.; also Percival, Diary]

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