February 12, 1733: Georgia Colony Founded
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Suggested Readings
Allen D. Candler et al., eds., The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia, 28 vols. (vols. 1-26
reprinted, New York: AMS Press, 1970), (vols. 27-32 reprinted, Athens: University of Georgia
Press, 1977-89).
Kenneth Coleman, Colonial Georgia: A History (New York: Scribner, 1976).
Amos Aschbach Ettinger, James Edward Oglethorpe: Imperial Idealist (Oxford, Eng.:
Clarendon Press, 1936).
James Ross McCain, Georgia as a Proprietary Province: The Execution of a Trust (Boston: R.
G. Badger, 1917).
Robert G. McPherson, ed., The Journal of the Earl of Egmont: Abstract of the Trustees
Proceedings for Establishing the Colony of Georgia, 1732-1738 (Athens: University of Georgia
Press, 1962).
Julie Anne Sweet, Negotiating for Georgia: British-Creek Relations in the Trustee Era, 17331752 (Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 2005).
“Trustee Georgia, 1732-1752.” New Georgia
Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-816
Georgia Historical Society Three Centuries of Georgia
History: http://georgiahistory.com/containers/46#Colonygraph
A List of the Early Settlers of
Georgia: http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ugapressbks/pdfs/ugp9780820334394.pdf
The Royal Charter Establishing the Colony of
Georgia: http://cdm.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/adhoc&CISOPTR=411&CISOSHO
W=395
Collections of the Georgia Historical Society (1840) Volume
1: http://www.archive.org/details/collectionsofgeo01geor
Georgia Stories: http://www.gpb.org/georgiastories/story/expectations_versus_reality
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February 12, 1733: Georgia Colony Founded
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Image Credits
Savannah, Georgia
Georgia Historical Society Map Collection, 1361MP 001
Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
Travels of Oglethorpe, ca 1740
Georgia Historical Society Map Collection, 1361MP 589
Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
Audience Given by the Trustees of Georgia to a Delegation of Creek Indians
Painting by William Verelst, gift of Henry Francis du Pont, 1956
Courtesy of Winterthur Museum
Colonist Clearing on Hutchinson Island
Reasons for Establishing the Colony of Georgia 1733, Rare Book Collection, F 289 M37 1733
Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
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George II, Main Collection, DA 483 A1 T33
Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
George II, ca. 1743
Fights for the Flag by William Henry Fitchett. Accessed on www.archive.com
Georgia Day Button Depicting Anne, Artifact Collection, A-1299-013
Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
King George II, ca 1751, Memoirs of the court of England from the revolution in 1688 to the
death of George the Second, Main Collection, 1 DA 480 J58 1908
Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
Landing at Savannah, Popular history of the United States, Rare Collection, E178 S834 1882
Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
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Map of Eastern Coastline, Rare Collection, F289 0340 18 00241
Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
Map of Original Grant, History of Georgia for Use in Schools, Main Collection, F 286 E9 1908
Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
Oglethorpe meeting Indian Chief, 1733
Georgia Historical Society Collection of Photographs, 1361 MP215
Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
Oglethorpe, Artifact Collection, A-1361-327
Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
Oglethorpe, Artifact Collection, A-1361-532
Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
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Oglethorpe, Artifact Collection, A-2401-1
Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
Royal Charter of Georgia
Courtesy of Georgia Archives, RG 49-2-18
Seal of Trustees, History of Georgia for Use in Schools, F 286 E9 1908
Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
The Anne 1
Courtesy of Ships of the Sea
The Anne 2
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The Anne 3
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The Anne 4
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The Anne 5
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The Anne 6
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Visit of Oglethorpe to the Highlander Colony
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-53274
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