THE DEAD TOWNS OF GEORGIA. [bound with:] ITINERANT OBSERVATIONS IN AMERICA
1878. · Savannah
by Jones, Charles C.: [Kimber, Edward]
Savannah: Morning News Steam Printing House, 1878.. 263pp. plus five plates; 64pp. Contemporary cloth, spine gilt. Boards rubbed, edges lightly worn. Very light dampstaining along top edge. Very good. First edition. "A record of more than historical interest are these memorials of towns, that, once centres of vital interest in the development of a new colony, are now as silent, still and forgotten as the sleeping occupants of their own graveyards. Old and New Ebenezer and the faithful Saltsburgers; Fredericka and Oglethorpe; Sunbury and the patriotic Liberty County; Hardincke, Petersburg; Jacksonborough, Francisville and the old tobacco trade - the author tells their story with that inimitable effect that comes only from personal feeling and true knowledge. An exceedingly valuable and readable book" - Bradford and Henkel. One of 250 copies so issued. Bound with this copy is a shorter text, reprinting Edward Kimber's observations made during visits to Georgia and the southern colonies circa 1745, originally having appeared in the LONDON MAGAZINE in 1745-46. HOWES J195, K142. BRADFORD AND HENKEL. THE BIBLIOGRAPHER'S MANUAL OF AMERICAN HISTORY: F-L (1907), p.263. DE RENNE, p.772. (Inventory #: WRCAM53320)