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 sailed away from Georgia for the last timeedit

From COLLECTIONS OF THE Georgia Historical Society, Vol. VII. ADDRESS OF HON. WALTER G. CHARLTON. "His work accomplished; his mission fulfilled, on July 23, 1743, he sailed for England, never to see again the land to which he had devoted the best years of his life. He was too great to escape the calumnies of the small and the ingratitude of the narrow. Having passed to payment the expenditures made by him out of his personal fortune, the English government revoked its action and appropriated his money. Having availed themselves of his military talents, the advisers of royalty court-martialed him on grounds which were dismissed as slanderous.

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