Date published: 1912-01-01
Source: Collections of the Georgia Historical Society - Vol 7 (ID89)
Author: Georgia Historical Society (ID12)
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1743-07-23 - 1743-07-23

Oglethorpe saw Georgia for the last timeedit

From COLLECTIONS OF THE Georgia Historical Society, Vol. VII. ADDRESS OF HON. WALTER G. CHARLTON. ... from the moment when the project took shape in his mind and heart to the moment when, his work accomplished, he saw the lines of her coast recede from his vision [17??]; through the resulting years of honor and dignity, unto the moment when he passed into the peace of eternity, the founder of Georgia never owned a foot of Georgia soil; enjoyed no privilege in her vast domain save such as was necessary to the effective discharge of his public trust; and so far from taking to his profit one cent devoted to her development or the purposes of her settlement, left the service of Georgia and of the crown of England with fortune impaired and never restored by the government which had profited by his work.

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