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March 23, 1734: Georgia Native Americans Travel to England March 23, 1734: Georgia Native Americans Travel to England Suggested Readings Danny Amor & Edward Cashin, Oglethorpe’s London: A Cabbie’s Tour of Colonial Georgia Sites (Augusta, GA: Center for the Study of Georgia History, 2002). Charles C. Jones Jr., Historical Sketch of Tomo-Chi-Chi, Mico of the Yamacraws (Albany, N.Y.: J. Munsell, 1868). Julie Anne Sweet. “Bearing Feathers of the Eagle: Tomochichi’s Trip to England.” Georgia Histoical Quarterly. Vol. 86, No. 3 (Fall 2002), pp. 339-371. Georgia Historical Society. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40584568 Helen Todd, Tomochichi: Indian Friend of the Georgia Colony (Atlanta: Cherokee, 1977). Encounter and Exchange in a New Colony, GHS: http://georgiahistory.com/containers/197 Tomochichi, GHS: http://georgiahistory.com/containers/312 “James Oglethorpe Presenting the Yamacraw Indians to the Georgia Trustees.” GeorgiaInfo. http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/verelst.htm “Tomochichi (ca. 1644-1739).” The New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-689&hl=y “Trustee Georgia, 1732-1752.” New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-816&sug=y www.todayingeorgiahistory.org March 23, 1734: Georgia Native Americans Travel to England Learn More Image Credits Audience Given by the Trustees of Georgia to a Delegation of Creek Indians, by William Verelst, gift of Henry Francis du Pont, 1956 Courtesy of the Winterthur Museum British and Indians sketch Courtesy of Ed Jackson Close up of Yamacraw Courtesy of Ed Jackson Crop, John Wesley teaching Indians Georgia Historical Society Postcard Collection, 1361PC 01 1 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society www.todayingeorgiahistory.org Oglethorpe, Artifact Collection, A-1361-532 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society George II The four Georges: the English Humorists of the eighteenth century, Main Collection, DA 483 A1 T33 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society George II ca. 1743, Fights for the Flag by Fitchett, William Henry, 1845-1928 Accessed on www.archive.org George II standing with robe, The Forgotten Prince Accessed on www.archive.org Indian dressed as European Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-31150 www.todayingeorgiahistory.org Indians and British color Courtesy of Ed Jackson King George II color Courtesy of Ed Jackson King George II color portrait Courtesy of Ed Jackson Landscape Courtesy of Ed Jackson Oglethorpe with Creek Indians Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library/University of Georgia Libraries www.todayingeorgiahistory.org Queen Caroline Courtesy of Ed Jackson The London Evening Post, Thursday August 1 – Saturday August 3, 1734 The London Evening Post, Saturday August 3 – Tuesday August 6, 1734 Tomochichi and Toonahowi Foltz Photography Studio (Savannah, GA) photographs, 1899-1960, 1360 25 16 13 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society View of London dock, 1775 Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-127377 www.todayingeorgiahistory.org .
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