shing of the said province, and to remove all those grievances
and hardships we now labor under." The person selected as agent was
Thomas Stevens, the son of the president of Georgia, who had resided
there about four years, and who, it was thought, from his connection
with the president, would give great weight to the proceedings. Mr.
Stevens sailed for England on March 26, 1742, presented his petition to
parliament, which was considered together with the answer of the
Trustees; which resulted in Mr. Stevens being brought to the bar of the
House of Commons, and upon his knees, before the assembled counsellors
of Great Britain, was reprimanded for his conduct, and then discharged,
on paying his fees.

A list of the people who signed the petition and counter petitions
affords a good criterion of the class represented at Darien, living
there before and after the battle of Moosa. Among the complainants may
be found the names of:

James Campbell, Thomas Fraser, Patrick Grahame, John Grahame, John
McDonald, Peter McKay, Benjamin McIntosh, John McIntosh, Daniel
McKay, Farquhar McGuilvery, Daniel McDonald, Rev. John McLeod,
Alexander Monro, John McIntire, Owen McLeod, Alexander Rose, Donald
Stewart.

It is not certain that all the above were residents of Darien. Among
those who signed the petition in favor of the Trust, and denominated the
body of the people, and distinctly stated to be living at Darien, are
the names of:

John Mackintosh Moore, John Mackintosh Lynvilge, Ronald McDonald,
Hugh Morrison, John McDonald, John Maclean, John Mackintosh, son of
L., John Mackintosh Bain, John McKay, Daniel Clark, first, Alexander
Clarke, Donald Clark, third, Joseph Burges, Donald Clark, second,
Archibald McBain, Alexander Munro, William Munro, John Cuthbert.

During the autumn of 1741, Reverend John McLeod abandoned his Highland
charge at Darien, went to South Carolina and settled at Edisto. In an
oath taken November 12, 1741, he represents the people of Darien to be
in a deplorable condition. Oglethorpe, in his letter to the
Trustees,[92] evidently did not think Mr. McLeod was the man really fit
for his position, for he says:

"We want here some men fit for schoolmasters, one at Frederica and
one at Darien, also a sedate and sober minister, one of some
experience in the world and whose first heat of youth is over."

The long-threatened invasion of Carolina and Georgia by the Spaniards
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