An impartial enquiry into the state and utility of the province of Georgia

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Full Title:: An impartial enquiry into the state and utility of the province of Georgia

Additional Author/Creators:: Egmont, John Perceval, Earl of, 1683-1748
Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America

Genre:: Electronic books
Subjects:: Georgia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Georgia--Description and travel
South Carolina--Description and travel

Bibliography:: Includes bibliographical references.
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: 1 online resource (104 pages).
General Note:: "At the first meeting of the common council ... Mr. Benjamin Martyn offered to serve them as secretary ... In addition ... he published three works in defence of the trustees, and for the advancement of their designs, viz.: 'An impartial enquiry into the state and utility of the province of Georgia'; 'Reasons for establishing the colony of Georgia'; and 'An account showing the progress of the colony of Georgia ...'"--W. B. Stevens, Hist. of Georgia, 1847, v. 1, p. 260.
Egmont's journal, Dec. 1, 1740 (colonial rec. of Ga., v. 5 (1908) p. 410) mentions the "Impartial account of the state of the colony, prepared by our secretary [Benjamin Martyn]"; Dec. 6 (ibid.) "... Our secys Impartial account of Georgia". It has also been attributed to John Perceval, first earl of Egmont. Cf. Boston Athenæum catalogue (under Impartial) and Dict. nat. biog., v. 44 (1895) p. 370, col. 1.
Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
Sabin no. 45001.
Local Note:: Available to current Emory University students, faculty and staff.
Citation/Reference Note:: RLIN, CTRG97-B1170