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  2. James Oglethorpe - Wikipedia

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    James Oglethorpe. Lieutenant-General James Edward Oglethorpe (22 December 1696 [1] – 30 June 1785) was a British Army officer, Tory politician and colonial administrator best known for founding the Province of Georgia in British North America. As a social reformer, he hoped to resettle Britain's "worthy poor" in the New World, initially ...

  3. James Oglethorpe Monument - Wikipedia

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    November 23, 1910. Dedicated to. James Oglethorpe. The James Oglethorpe Monument is a public monument in Chippewa Square, Savannah, Georgia, United States. It honors James Oglethorpe, the founder of the Province of Georgia, who established the city of Savannah in 1733. Efforts to erect the monument began in 1901 and were led by members of ...

  4. Squares of Savannah, Georgia - Wikipedia

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    1770 plan of Savannah showing the first six squares. The Savannah River and "north" are to the bottom of the image. In addition to the first four squares— Johnson, Wright, St. James (Telfair) and Ellis —this map also shows the later-constructed Reynolds and Oglethorpe Squares. The city of Savannah was founded in 1733 by General James ...

  5. A Black author takes a new look at Georgia’s white founder ...

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    Oglethorpe led the expedition that established Georgia as the last of Britain’s 13 American colonies in February 1733. ... A statue of James Edward Oglethorpe stands in Chippewa Square in ...

  6. Trustees' Garden - Wikipedia

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    Trustees' Garden was an area of today's Savannah, Georgia (then Trustee Georgia), established by General James Oglethorpe shortly after his 1733 arrival in the city. It was dedicated to Oglethorpe's trustees (officially the Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America). It was located to the east of Oglethorpe's original ...

  7. Oglethorpe Plan - Wikipedia

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    Oglethorpe Plan. The Oglethorpe Plan is an urban planning idea that was most notably used in Savannah, Georgia, one of the Thirteen Colonies, in the 18th century. The plan uses a distinctive street network with repeating squares of residential blocks, commercial blocks, and small green parks to create integrated, walkable neighborhoods. James ...

  8. Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in ...

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    Oglethorpe personally led the first group of colonists to the new colony, departing England on November, 1732 and arriving at the site of present-day Savannah, Georgia on February 12, 1733 O.S. The founding of Georgia is celebrated on February 1, 1733 N.S., the date corresponding to the modern Gregorian calendar adopted after the establishment ...

  9. Yamacraw Bluff - Wikipedia

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    Yamacraw Bluff. Yamacraw Bluff is a bluff situated on the southern bank of the Savannah River. Now completely enclosed within downtown Savannah, Georgia, the bluff is most notable for being the site upon which General James Oglethorpe arrived to settle the British colony of Georgia. The area was originally inhabited by the Yamacraw Indians.