Excerpt from The Life of the Rev. John Wesley, M. A., Some Time Fellow of Lincoln-College, Oxford, and With the Life of the Rev. Charles Wesley, A. M, Vol. 2 In November 1732, 116 fettlers embarked for Georgia, to be conveyed thither free of expence, furnifhed with every thing requi fite for building and cultivating the foil. Nlr. Fame: Oglethorpe, one of the Truftees, and an actwe promoter of the fettlement, em barked as the head and director of thefe fettlers. They 'arrived at Char/(flown early in the next year. Mr. Oglel/yorpe, accompanied by fr/[ram Bull, lhortly after lus arrival, vifited Georgia; and after furveying the country, marked the (pot on which Savannah n'ow ftands, as the fitteft to begin their fettlement. Here they accord ingly began and built a fmail fort; a number of fmall huts for the1r defence and accommodation. Such of the fettlers as were able to bear arms were embodied, and well appointed with officers, arms, and ammunition. A treaty of friendthip was concluded be tween the fettlers and their neighbours the C reels [no/zany, and every thing wore the afpefi of peace and future profperity. But the fundamental regulations eflablifhed by the Truflees of Georgza, were ill adapted to the circumflances and fituation of the poor fettlers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.