GEN. JAMES OGLETHORPE . This sketch was taken in February preceeding his decease when he was reading without spectacles at the sale of the library of Dr S Johnson.

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FOUNDER OF THE COLONY OF GEORGIA,

IN

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BY THADDEUS MASON HARRIS, D. D.

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ETY; THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY; AND CORRES-
PONDING MEMBER OF THE GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

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