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Orig. pub. Savannah, 1878. Reprinted 1974. Print on Demand Edition 2009. 263, 64 pp. + maps, index This volume was originally published as Volume IV of the Georgia Historical Society's Collections and includes Itinerant Observations in America, 1745-46, by Edward Kimber. It is an insightful look into Georgia's history through a detailed examination of towns that flourished and then faded away. With specific emphasis on the colonial period, the work explores the role Georgia's settlers played in conflicts with Spanish and British colonial powers, as well as the economic and social factors that caused these towns to thrive, but ultimately to fade away. Specific focus is given to the towns of Old Ebernezer (1733) on the Savannah River, Frederica (1735) on St. Simon's Island, Abercorn (1733) on a tributary of the Savannah, Sunbury (1758) on the Medway River, and Hardwick (1755) on the Ogeechee River. The communities of Petersburg, Jacksonborough, and Francisville are also mentioned as are about fifteen…
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- Title The Dead Towns of Georgia,
- Author Charles Colcock Jones
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 2009 reprint of
- Pages 263
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Reprint Company Publishers, Spartanburg, SC
- Date 1974-01
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780871521729 / 0871521725
- Library of Congress subjects Georgia - History -, United States - Description and travel -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 74002175
- Dewey Decimal Code 917.580
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