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IT is the practice of almost every writer to preface his productions with apologies. Per haps their are few who have a better claim to the lenity and indulgence of critics, than the au thor of this work never-having contemplated ap pearing in the character of an historian, he has re. Luctantly, and not entirely with his own consent, offered the following sheets to the press. With out map or compass, he entered an unexplored forest, destitute of any other guide than a few ragged pamphlets, defaced news-papers, and scraps of manuscripts. In many instances he has been obliged to resort to the aged, and appeal to their memories for a connection of events, re lating to the history of Georgia in its infancy. In commencing the enquiries and collecting the facts which have terminated in this work, it was the author's intention to proffer them to an histo rian, who was capable of doing justice to the task, and he made the offer to several gentlemen whose talents were equal to the undertaking, but he uniformly found that their avocations inter fered with the accomplishment Of a plan, which.
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- PublisherForgotten Books
- Publication date2019
- ISBN 10 1333867573
- ISBN 13 9781333867577
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages388
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