- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- James Oglethorpe
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia Historical Society
- Date of Original:
- 1696/1785
- Subject:
- Colonists--Georgia
Men--Georgia
Governors--Georgia - People:
- Oglethorpe, James, 1696-1785
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- James Oglethorpe founded the colony of Georgia in 1733 and built Fort Frederica, which became the center of colonial frontier defense, on St. Simons Island in 1736. Oglethorpe also recruited men from along the colonial milita to form the Rangers, a full-time military force.
Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of James Oglethorpe. He is depicted in a dark jacket and tall white collar. He looks right. Oglethorpe, a leader in the British movement to found a new colony in America, set sail for the new world on November 17, 1732, with what would become Georgia's first settlers. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/colonial-military/m-1695/
- Original Collection:
- Georgia Historical Society collection of portraits
https://7063.sydneyplus.com/archive/final/Portal/Default.aspx?component=AABC&record=0cf958c8-aa7f-4e93-8f52-15f246c16a2b - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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