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Dr Cox was buried with "the highest military honors" by Oglethorpe. His family returned to England, but his son William, only 11 years old, stayed and apprenticed to help build Bethesda, America's oldest orphanage. [5] The trustees governed the Georgia colony from its founding in 1733 until June 28, 1752 O.S., a period known as Trustee Georgia.
1733 establishments in the Thirteen Colonies (4 C, 11 P) Pages in category "1733 establishments in North America" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
Paul Cuffe, also known as Paul Cuffee (January 17, 1759 – September 7, 1817) was an African American and Wampanoag businessman, whaler and abolitionist. Born free into a multiracial family on Cuttyhunk Island , Massachusetts , Cuffe became a successful merchant and sea captain.
1733 establishments in North America (1 C, 3 P) N. 1733 in New France (1 P) 1733 in New Spain (1 C) T. 1733 in the Thirteen Colonies (5 C, 1 P) This page was ...
The Molasses Act 1733 imposed a fee of six pence per gallon on foreign molasses. [5] This act was meant to force the colonies into buying molasses from the British or stop producing rum in North America.
William Cuffay (1788 – July 1870) ... In the early 1850s, Mary Cuffee applied for financing to enable her to travel to Tasmania, and join her husband, which she did ...
The site is also significant in Savannah's history. A wood-frame residence used by James Edward Oglethorpe, founder (in 1733) of the Colony of Georgia and designer of Savannah's town plan, was previously on the site. The federal courthouse and the Tabernacle, where John Wesley preached his first sermon in America, were located on the rear of ...
In 1733, Zenger printed copies of newspapers in New York to voice his disagreement with the actions of the newly appointed colonial governor William Cosby. On his arrival in New York City, Cosby had plunged into a rancorous quarrel with the colony council over his salary, trying to recoup half of the salary of the previous acting governor Rip ...