A history of the erection and dedication of the monument to Gen'l James Edward Oglethorpe, unveiled in Savannah, Ga., November 23, 1910 . eP TEE Ceremonies at the Dedication of the Monument ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF General James Edward Oglethorpe SAVANNAH, 23, 24, 25, Colonial Seal of Georgia. Present Seal of Georgia. ^p p 1 ?~a 1 ? ^^^^^^RB* « 1 H HI ^ irtW P ^ 1 1 3 ^^ 1 JAMES EDWARD OGLETHORPE. A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF OGLETHORPE. General James Edward Oglethorpe, son of Sir Theophil-us and Eleanor (Wall) Oglethorpe, was born in EnglandDecember 22, 1696. At an early age he
A history of the erection and dedication of the monument to Gen'l James Edward Oglethorpe, unveiled in Savannah, Ga., November 23, 1910 . eP TEE Ceremonies at the Dedication of the Monument ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF General James Edward Oglethorpe SAVANNAH, 23, 24, 25, Colonial Seal of Georgia. Present Seal of Georgia. ^p p 1 ?~a 1 ? ^^^^^^RB* « 1 H HI ^ irtW P ^ 1 1 3 ^^ 1 JAMES EDWARD OGLETHORPE. A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF OGLETHORPE. General James Edward Oglethorpe, son of Sir Theophil-us and Eleanor (Wall) Oglethorpe, was born in EnglandDecember 22, 1696. At an early age he entered G>rpusChristi College, Oxford, but he soon left that institutionfor an active military life. Having served several years inthe British army, under the Duke of Marlborough, he be-came secretary and aid-de-camp to the famous PrinceEugene of Savoy, with whom he learned the art of war. In 1718 he returned to his estate in England, and in 1722was elected to parliament from the county of Surrey. Hesoon became interested in the reformation of abuses whichdisgraced prison life at that time, and his sympathies wereespecially engaged for the relief of the honest but unfortu-nate debtors who were thrown into prison. He was madechairman of a commission to investigate these a
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