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Publications of James Edward Oglethorpe contains various writings by the founder of the Georgia colony, supplemented by introductions and notes to further the reader's understanding of the texts. The collection of articles, letters, essays, and reports gives a reader insight into the life and mind of the man who shaped the history of the state of Georgia with an agenda of social reformation. This book satisfies a reader's curiosity both regarding Oglethorpe himself as well as life in the colony, through its inclusion of colony reports alongside letters in which Oglethorpe expands on his ideas about British America.
Includes
Quisquis amissam (1714)
A Duel Explained (1722)
The Sailors Advocate (1728)
A Preliminary Report on the Fleet Prison (1729)
A Report from the Committee appointed to Enquire into the State of the Goals of this Kingdom: Relating to the Fleet Prison (1729)
A Report from the Committee appointed to Enquire into the State of the Goals of this Kingdom: Relating to the Marshalsea Prison; and farther Relating to the Fleet Prison (1729)
A Preliminary Report on the King's Bench Prison (1730)
An Addendum to the Fleet Prison Report (1730)
A Report from the Committee appointed to Enquire into the State of the Goals of this Kingdom. Relating to the King's Bench Prison (1730)
An Appeal for the Georgia Colony (1732)
Select Tracts Relating to Colonies (1732)
A New and Accurate Account of the Provinces of South Carolina and Georgia (1732)
A Description of the Indians in Georgia (1733)
An Account of Carolina and Georgia (1739)
An Account of the Negroe Insurrection in South Carolina (1740)
A Thanksgiving for Victory (1742)
The King's Bench Prison Revisited (1752)
The Naked Truth (1755)
Some Account of the Cherokees (1762)
Shipping Problems in South Carolina (1762)
Three Letters on Corsica (1768)
The Adams Letters (1773-1774)
The Faber Letters (1778)
Three Letters Supporting Lord North (1782)
About the author
JAMES EDWARD OGELTHORPE was the founder of the colony of Georgia.
RODNEY M. BLAINE (1913-2000) was a distinguished eighteenth-century studies scholar and professor in the English department at the University of Georgia. He is the author or editor of several works, including
Thomas Holcroft and the Revolutionary Novel,
A History of English Poetry, and
The Publications of James Edward Oglethorpe.
ELI ARNOLD is library director and university librarian at Oglethorpe University.
