Dr Andrew Turnbull and the New Smyrna colony of Florida . hem fortheir efforts, and besides, the Government hadnever felt obligated to care for TurnbulFscolony; they had only promised bounty forfive hundred colonists; they had afterwardsg^ranted the two thousand pounds as a specialrelief measure, on condition that the Treasury 82 THE NEW SMYRNA COLONY OF FLORIDA should not be put to any more expense; andnow, they flatly refused any more drew Hillsboroughs displeasure uponhimself by his insistence on this bounty. Ihave already acquainted you that I had com-municated to the Lord
Dr Andrew Turnbull and the New Smyrna colony of Florida . hem fortheir efforts, and besides, the Government hadnever felt obligated to care for TurnbulFscolony; they had only promised bounty forfive hundred colonists; they had afterwardsg^ranted the two thousand pounds as a specialrelief measure, on condition that the Treasury 82 THE NEW SMYRNA COLONY OF FLORIDA should not be put to any more expense; andnow, they flatly refused any more drew Hillsboroughs displeasure uponhimself by his insistence on this bounty. Ihave already acquainted you that I had com-municated to the Lords of the Treasury theRequest for a further Allowance for the Sup-port of Dr. Turnbulls colony of Greeks.^^^But he had nothing to add to his former state-ment. *I cannot take upon me to authorizeany further expense to the public on that Ac-count. Henceforth New Smyrna had to shiftfor itself, and TurnbuU to do the best he couldto recover from the agricultural efforts of hiscolonists the great sums sunk in their under-taking. (1) CO. 5/545. PD. 289-290. 83. CHAPTER VI THE NEW GOVERNOR IFE at New Smyrna proceeded un-eventfully on the surface for atime. Mr. Frazier, the ProtestantMinister at New Smyrna, died in1772, and Moultrie wrote the Earlof Hillsborough that he had arranged forMr. Forbes, the Minister at St. Augustine,to visit New Smyrna at intervals. , with her seven children, andher nephew, Andrew, presided in the Turn-bull mansion, a large house, built of coquina,which stood about four miles back from thesettlement, and there Mr. Forbes was enter-tained, as were the prominent men whotravelled to see the colony by sailing vessel or 85 DR. ANDREW TURNBULL horseback. Grant had provided for the build-ing of a splendid road to New Smyrna, whichMoultrie continued. The roads built duringthe English occupation of Florida, are stillcalled Kings Roads, and show how well theywere built, by their splendid lasting ran from St. Augustine to New Smyrna,and another
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