Moore, Francis

Estimate

5,000 - 10,000 GBP

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Description

A Voyage to Georgia Begun in the Year 1735. Containing an Account of the Settling the Town of Frederica, in the Southern Part of the Province... Also a Description of the Town and County of Savannah, in the Northern Part of the Province. London: Jacob Robinson, 1744
Paper

FIRST EDITION, 8vo (195 x 121mm.), 108pp., [ii pp. adverts], dark blue morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, gilt edges

Literature

Field 1085; Howes M763; Sabin 50352

Catalogue Note

Francis Moore served as the keeper of the stores on General Oglethorpe's second voyage to Georgia, and, in this account, details much information about the native Americans of that area. He describes alligators, lists the food, clothing, and other items allotted to the emigrants, relays stories involving interaction between the Indians and the whites, and records "many incidents in the life of the good chief Tomo-chi-chi" (Field).