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Subject: [R-M222] Captain George Dunbar took his ship, the Prince of Wales
Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 10:14:47 EDT

_New Georgia Encyclopedia: Trustee Georgia, 1732-1752_
(http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-816)

Captain George Dunbar took his ship, the Prince of Wales, to Scotland.
Dunbar and Hugh Mackay recruited 177 Highlanders, most of them members of Clan
Chattan in Inverness-shire. In 1736 the Highlanders founded _Darien_
(http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-645) on Georgia's
southern boundary, the Altamaha. Dunbar subsequently served as Oglethorpe's aide
in Georgia and in Oglethorpe's campaign against the Scots in 1745.
Oglethorpe went to Georgia in 1736, with the approval of his fellow
Trustees, to found two new settlements on the frontiers, Frederica on _St. Simons
Island_ (http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2633) and
_Augusta_ (http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-955)
at the headwaters of the Savannah River in Indian country. Both places were
garrisoned by troops. In 1737 Oglethorpe returned to England to demand a
regiment of regulars from a reluctant Walpole. Not only did he get his
regiment and a commission as colonel, but Egmont persuaded Walpole to pay for all
military expenses.
Trustee Legislation and Reactions
In 1735 the Trustees proposed three pieces of legislation to the Privy
Council and had the satisfaction of securing the concurrence of king and
council. An Indian act required Georgia licenses for trading west of the
Savannah River. Another act banned the use of rum in Georgia. A third act outlawed
slavery in Georgia. South Carolina protested the Indian act vehemently and
objected to the Trustees' order to restrict the passage of rum on the
Savannah River. The Board of Trade sided with South Carolina, and a compromise
was reached, allowing traders with Carolina licenses to continue their
traditional trade west of the Savannah River. The Trustees objected to the Board
of Trade's tampering and refrained from proposing any additional
legislation requiring approval of the Privy Council
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