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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter 24: (search)
liament showed its good will by at once contributing ten thousand pounds. But, while others gave to the design their leisure, their prayers, or their wealth, Oglethorpe, heedless of danger, devoted himself to its fulfilment. In Novem- 1732. Nov. 17-28. 1733. Jan. 13. Jan. 13-24. Jan. 20-31. ber, 1732, embarking with about one hundred and twenty emigrants, he began the voyage to America, and in fifty-seven days arrived off the bar of Charleston. Accepting a hasty welcome, he sailed directlKnowles, the British naval commander, whom Smollett is Scott's Life of Smollett. thought to have described justly as an officer without resolution, and a man without veracity, having been deserted by some of his crew, while lying off Nan- 1747 Nov. 17 tasket, early one morning, sent his boats up to Boston, and impressed seamen from vessels, mechanics and laborers from the wharves. Such a surprise could not be borne here, wrote Hutchinson, who was present, and he assigns, as the reason of imp