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NEWJ.734.014
6 May 1734:21 (371)
March 30. Mr. Oglethorp being arrived the 14th inst. at
Georgia, he acquainted the Saltzburghers who were come with
Capt. Fry in the ship Purrysburgh, that they should have
liberty to choose such part of the country as they thought
most convenient for them to build a town. They desired to be
distant from the sea in hilly ground with springs of water:
that being the nature of the land where they were born. . .
[11 lines] they arrived at the banks of a river, about 80
feet wide, and 12 feet deep, of clear water; the sides very
high, the country of the neighbourhood hilly, with valleys
of rich cane land, intermixed with little brooks and
springs of water. The Saltzburghers were extreamly pleased
with the place, kneeled down by the river side, sung a psalm
and returned God thanks for bringing them out of their
persecutions, thro' so many dangers into a land of rest: In
remembrance of which they desired the river might be called
Eben-ezer! Sam. 7 chap. 12 ver. . . [about 20 lines]
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