Lot 31
1738 from Georgia, folded cover addressed in the hand of James Oglethorpe to Sir Robert Walpole, docketing reads "Letter from Oglethorpe from Georgia North America 1738"; some tears and splitting along edges and folds, Fine.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
THE EARLIEST RECORDED LETTER FROM GEORGIA.
James Oglethorpe was a founder and early leader of the Colony of Georgia. In January of 1733, he landed with Georgian colonists in South Carolina. He traveled south to the mouth of the Savannah River, sailing 18 miles upstream, and landing at the site of present-day Savannah.
Sir Robert Walpole held many English political offices including "prime minister" from 1721 until 1742, when he was forced to resigned as a result of failing health.
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