Letter : to Colonel Vanderdussen, 1740 July 13.

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Letter : to Colonel Vanderdussen, 1740 July 13.

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Contemporary copy of a letter from Oglethorpe at Fort San Diego (Florida) to Colonel Vanderdussen. The letter describes a march "with drums beating and colors flying" to Fort St. Diego, Oglethorpe's reconnaissance parties, and a party of Indians which was sent to Saint Augustine "to attack any parties that come out." Oglethorpe mentions the loss of a ship which was to have brought him guns, and conveys his approval of Vanderdussen's "expeditious landing on Point [Quartell]." The copy is addressed to Richard Hill, a merchant of Charleston (S.C.).

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Oglethorpe, James Edward, 1696-1785

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James Edward Oglethorpe (1696-1785) was an English statesman and soldier who served as a member of Parliament for thirty-two years. His interest in penal reform coupled with his humanitarian bent and support for imperial expansion led him to conceive of and establish the American colony of Georgia, where newly freed and unemployed debtors from England were to be sent. In addition to his political and philanthropic interests, Oglethorpe was active in the military, attaining the rank of General an...

Hill, Richard, fl. 1740.

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Vanderdussen, Alexander, d. 1759.

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