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Oglethorpe roughing it to show example to settlers
Source: An Account shewing the Progress of the Colony of Georgia #176
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From 1741 AN ACCOUNT, SHEWING THE PROGRESS OF THE COLONY OF GEORGIA IN AMERICA, FROM IT'S FIRST ESTABLISHMENT. [Partially edited for readability by Amy] Oglethorpe traded a life of ease to experience the worse the settlers will experience He has voluntarily banished himself from the Pleasures of a Court and exposed himself to the repeated Dangers of the vast Atlantic Ocean in several perilous and tedious Voyages. He did that instead of allowing himself the Satisfaction which a plentiful Fortune, powerful Friends, and great Merit entitle him to in England. Instead of enjoying his entitlement, he has inured himself to the worst hardships that any the lowest Inhabitant of this new colony could be exposed to. His diet has been moldy Bread and boiled Rice instead of Bread, Salt Beef, Pork, &c. His drink has been water, his bed the damp Earth without any other covering than the Canopy of Heaven to shelter him. All this to set an example to this new Colony how they might bear with such Hardships in their new Settlements.
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