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  • Colonial Records of the State of Georgia: Volume 20: Original Papers, Correspondence to the Trustees, James Oglethorpe, and Others, 1732-1735
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  • Edited by Kenneth Coleman With a new foreword by Julie Anne Sweet
  • 2021
  • Published by: University of Georgia Press
  • Series: Georgia Open History Library
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The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia document the colony through its first twenty-five years and includes correspondence between Georgia founder James Oglethorpe and the Trustees for Establishing the Colony, as well as records pertaining to land grants; agreements and interactions with Indigenous peoples; the settlement of a small Jewish community and the Salzburgers, German-speaking Protestant refugees; and the removal of restrictions on land tenure, rum, and slavery in the colony.

Most of the local records of colonial Georgia were destroyed during the Revolution. Under Governor James Wright’s direction, merchant John Graham loaded much of the official records on his vessel in the Savannah River. During the Battle of the Rice Boats in March 1776, the Inverness was burned while it lay at anchor. The destructive civil war that occurred in the latter phases of the Revolution resulted in further destruction. The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia, drawn from archival material in Great Britain, remain a unique source.

Volume 20 concerns the actual founding of Georgia and covers the years 1732–35. It provides background on the settlement and a great deal about the arrival of the colonists and the conditions that they found.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Half-Title Page
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  1. Title Page
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  1. Copyright
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  1. Contents
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  1. Dedication
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  1. Foreword to the Reissue
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  1. Preface
  2. Kenneth Coleman, Milton Ready
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  1. Introduction
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  1. Chapter 1
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  1. Chapter 1a
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  1. Chapter 1b
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  1. Chapter 1c
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  1. Chapter 1d
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  1. Index
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