A New Voyage to Carolina Containing the exact description and natural history of that country; together with the present state thereof; and a journal of a thousand miles, travel'd thro' several nations of Indians; giving a particular account of their customs, manners, etc.
by John Lawson
- Pages
- about 395
- Category
- History
- Language
- English
- Reading time
- 7.2 h at 250 wpm
From the opening
A New
VOYAGE
to
CAROLINA;
Containing the
Exact Description and Natural History
of that
COUNTRY:
Together with the Present State thereof.
And
A JOURNAL
Of a Thousand Miles, Travel'd thro' several
Nations of INDIANS.
Giving a particular Account of their Customs,
Manners, &c.
TN: To assure a high quality text, the original was typed in (manually)
twice and electronically compared. [Some obvious errors have been
corrected. (See Notes at end of file.)]
To His Excellency
WILLIAM Lord CRAVEN, Palatine;
The most Noble, HENRY Duke of BEAUFORT;
The Right Hon-ble JOHN Lord CARTERET;
The Hon-ble MAURICE ASHLEY, Esq;
Sir JOHN COLLETON, Baronet,
JOHN DANSON, Esq;
And the rest of the True and Absolute
LORDS-PROPRIETORS
of the
Province of Carolina in America.
As Debts of Gratitude ought most punctually to be paid, so, where the Debtor
is uncapable of Payment, Acknowledgments ought, at least, to be made.
I cannot, in the least, pretend to retaliate Your Lordships Favours to me,
but must farther intrude on that Goodness of which I have already had
so good Experience, by laying these Sheets at Your Lordships Feet,
where they beg Protection, as having nothing to recommend them, but Truth;
a Gift which every Author may be Master of, if he will.
I here present Your Lordships with a Description of your own Country,
for the most part, in her Natural Dress, and therefore less vitiated
with Fraud and Luxury. A Country, whose Inhabitants may enjoy
a Life of the greatest Ease and Satisfaction, and pass away their Hours
in solid Contentment.
Those Charms of Liberty and Right, the Darlings of an English Nature,
which Your Lordships grant and maintain, make you appear Noble Patrons
in the Eyes of all Men, and we a happy People in a Foreign Country;
which nothing less than Ingratitude and Baseness can make us disown.
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