A true and historical narrative of the colony of Georgia, in America
Subtitle: from the first settlement thereof until this present period
By: containing the most authentick facts, matters, and transactions therein; together with His Majesty's charter, representations of the people, letters, etc., and a dedication to His Excellency General Oglethorpe. By Pat Tailfer, M.D., Hugh Anderson, M.A., Da. Douglas, and others, landholders in Georgia, at present in Charleston in South-Carolina
Contributors: Anderson, Hugh, -1748, author; Douglas, Da. (David), author
Publisher: Printed by P. Timothy, for the authors
Published: 1741
Place of publication: Charles-Town, S.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 118
Subjects: History
Notes: In this copy the Lat. quotation on the t.-p. is followed by: Hor. lib. iv. Ode 9. As in Evans 4817.

Paged incorrectly, 78 followed by 87 to 118.

One of three editions printed in Charleston, 1741. cf. Evans' Amer. bibl. and the Carter Brown catalogue. The dedicatory epistle to General James Oglethorpe is reprinted in McCall's Hist. of Georgia, 1811-16, v. 1, p. 152-157, together with an account of the pamphlet itself, p. 157-158. cf. also M. C. Tyler, Hist. of Amer. lit. during the colonial time, 1897, v. 2, p. 292-297.

A criticism of the constitution of the colony and Oglethrope's administration, by a group of malcontents who had withdrawn to a neighboring colony.