James Oglethorpe Quote

It is my hope that, through your good example, the settlement of Georgia may prove a blessing and not a curse to the native inhabitants.


In a letter to the trustees dated February 10, 1733. As reported in: James Oglethorpe: The Founder of Georgia (D. Appleton, 1904), p. 23


It is my hope that, through your good example, the settlement of Georgia may prove a blessing and not a curse to the native inhabitants.

It is my hope that, through your good example, the settlement of Georgia may prove a blessing and not a curse to the native inhabitants.

It is my hope that, through your good example, the settlement of Georgia may prove a blessing and not a curse to the native inhabitants.

It is my hope that, through your good example, the settlement of Georgia may prove a blessing and not a curse to the native inhabitants.