ries for suggestion and inspiration
for the work, and the constant encouragement and sympathetic interest
without which the author's courage would have failed during the tedious
years of gathering material for the book, which is now presented
to those who may find in it something of explanation, something of
interest, concerning the Moravian settlement in Georgia, and the broader
history which the story touches on every side.

Adelaide L. Fries.
August, 1904.

Table of Contents.

Chapter I. Antecedent Events.
The Province of Georgia.
The Salzburgers.
Unitas Fratrum.
Halle Opposition.

Chapter II. Negotiations with the Trustees of Georgia.
The Schwenkfelders.
Preliminary Steps.
The "First Company".

Chapter III. The First Year in Georgia.
The Voyage.
Making a Start.
Aim and Attainment.

Chapter IV. Reinforcements.
The "Second Company".
Four Journals.
Organization.

Chapter V. The Second Year in Georgia.
The English Clergymen.
Work Among the Indians.
The "Society".
Rumors of War.

Chapter VI. Disintegration.
Spangenberg's Visit.
A Closing Door.
Wesley, Ingham and Toeltschig.
The Negro Mission.

Chapter VII. Conclusion.
Later Attempts in Georgia.
The Savannah Lands.
Arrivals, Departures, Deaths.
Summary.

THE MORAVIANS IN GEORGIA, 1735-1740.

Chapter I. Antecedent Events.

The Province of Georgia.

It was in the year 1728 that the English Parliament was persuaded by
James Oglethorpe, Esq.--soldier, statesman and philanthropist,--to
appoint a committee to investigate the condition of the debtors confined
in the Fleet and Marchalsea prisons. The lot of these debtors was a
most pitiable one, for a creditor had power to imprison a man for an
indefinite term of years, and the unfortunate debtor, held within the
four walls of his prison, could earn no money to pay the debt that was
owing, and unless friends came to his rescue, was utterly at the
mercy of the oft-times barbarous jailor. The Committee, consisting of
ninety-six prominent men, with Oglethorpe as Chairman, recommended and
secured the redress of many grievances, and the passing of better laws
for the future, but Oglethorpe and a few associates conceiv