XXV. Spanish invasion,

XXVI. Order for a Thanksgiving,

XXVII. List of Spanish forces employed in the invasion of Georgia, and
of Oglethorpe's to resist them,

XXVIII. History of the silk culture in Georgia, written by W.B.
Stevens, M.D., of Savannah,


INDEX,




CHAPTER I.

Parentage of Oglethorpe--Birth--Education--Christian
Name--Education--Military Profession and Promotion--In the Suite
of the Earl of Peterborough--Service under Prince Eugene of
Savoy--Elected Member of Parliament--Visits a Gentleman in
Prison--Moves in the House of Commons for a redress of the rigors
of Prison Discipline--Appointed on the Committee--Extracts from his
Speeches in Parliament.


James Oglethorpe, founder of the Colony of Georgia in North
America,--a distinguished philanthropist, general, and statesman,--was
the son of Sir Theophilus Oglethorpe, of Godalming, in the County of