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Title: A history of the erection and dedication of the monument to Gen'l James Edward Oglethorpe, unveiled in Savannah, Ga., November 23, 1910
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Georgia Historical Society
Subjects: Oglethorpe, James Edward, 1696-1785 French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931
Publisher: Savannah, Ga., Morning news
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh Library System

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established the English claim tothe territory. 12 A History of the Erection and Dedication of the Monument On July 23, 1743, ten and a half years after his first land-ing Oglethorpe set sail for England, never to return. In1744 he was married to Elizabeth Wright of Cranham Hall.After a brief experience in the British army in 1745, he re-tired from active service to his estate, where he spent theremainder of his long life, the soul of honor, the embodi-ment of loyalty and valor, and the model of manly graceand courtes)^ He died at the age of eighty-nine years onJuly 1, 1785, and was buried in Cranham church. Fitting indeed it is that Georgia should perpetuate inenduring stone and bronze the virtues of her brave and he-roic founder, and upon the pedestal of his monument in-scribe in imperishable letters the name of OGLETHORPE. Thy great example shall through ages shine,A favorite theme with poet and divine;To all unborn thy merits shall proclaim,And add new honors to thy deathless name.
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