A State of the Province of Georgia

Title: A state of the province of Georgia: attested upon oath in the court of Savannah, November 10, 1740.

Author: William Stephens

Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana

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SourceLibrary: Huntington Library

DocumentID: SABCP03319600

CollectionID: CTRG00-B964

PublicationDate: 17420101

SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America

Notes: Signed by Pat. Graham and 24 others, including William Stephens. "This paper, drawn up at the suggestion of the Trustees, by William Stephens, Esq., secretary of the colony, for the purpose of vindicating them from the aspersions, which some turbulent men had thrown upon them, was designed to be read and signed in open court in the town of Savannah."--Collections of the Georgia Historical Society, 1842, v. 2, p. 68] Also printed as an appendix to Stephens's "A journal of the proceedings in Georgia, beginning October 20, 1737," London, 1742.

Collation: 32 p