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Colony of Georgia beacon at Tybee Island described
An account notes a beacon begun at Tybee Island near the Savannah River mouth for ship traffic, with settlers and courts already established. It records murders, suicides, hangings, and various executions in London and Northampton, Oxford, Rochester, and Newgate, plus other legal actions and public notices, along with Barbary and European war news and trade data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Tybee-Island
Savannah
Sis
Weist- Indies
John Castle
The
East India Company
Macock
Newgate
Rofe, Feilder and Saunders
Edgware
William Burridge
Oxford
Earl Powlett
Somersetshire
Ivelchester
Williams
Royal Exchange
Woodreet Compter
Richard Brocas
Mary Wilson
Northampton
Justice Page
William Hunt
Edward Parker
William Loveday
Elys of Bracky
Francis Clarke
Kettering
Quadle Bridewell
Northamptom
Papizlace
George Barrat
Edward Johnson
Christopher Edwards
Thomas Smith
Rochester
Kent
Eyre
Justice Reeve
Fitzer
Habeas