Extract of a Letter from Charlestown, South Carolina, Dated July 31, 1776.
We are just setting out for the burning sands of Georgia. An expedition is planned against part of East Florida. Two brothers of Governour Wright, with many others, are intrenched on St. Mary's River, which divides Florida from Georgia.
Sir James Wright (1716-1785) served as the royal governor of Georgia from 1760 to 1782. Mary R. Bullard writes that two of Governor Wright's brothers, Jermyn and Charles, built Wright's Fort in 1773-74. The simple stockade was on the Georgia side of the St. Marys, about five miles inland from where the river meets the Atlantic Ocean. Wright's Fort, Bullard explains, became a refuge for Tories (Americans Loyal to Britain) during the American Revolutionary War.
We are just setting out for the burning sands of Georgia. An expedition is planned against part of East Florida. Two brothers of Governour Wright, with many others, are intrenched on St. Mary's River, which divides Florida from Georgia.
Sir James Wright (1716-1785) served as the royal governor of Georgia from 1760 to 1782. Mary R. Bullard writes that two of Governor Wright's brothers, Jermyn and Charles, built Wright's Fort in 1773-74. The simple stockade was on the Georgia side of the St. Marys, about five miles inland from where the river meets the Atlantic Ocean. Wright's Fort, Bullard explains, became a refuge for Tories (Americans Loyal to Britain) during the American Revolutionary War.
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