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A66582 An account of the province of Carolina in America together with an abstract of the patent, and several other necessary and useful particulars, to such as have thoughts of transporting themselves thither : published for their information. Wilson, Samuel, fl. 1682. 1682 (1682) Wing W2932; ESTC R14591 11,836 28

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AN ACCOUNT OF THE Province OF CAROLINA IN AMERICA TOGETHER WITH An Abstract of the PATENT and several other Necessary and Useful Particulars to such as have thoughts of Transporting themselves thither Published for their Information LONDON Printed by G. Larkin for Francis Smith at the Elephant and Castle in Cornhil 1682. To the Right Honourable William Earl of Craven Pallatine and the rest of the true and absolute Lords and Proprieters of the Province of CAROLINA May it please your Lordships FInding by my Conversation with People who have an Inclination to try their Fortunes in America that your Province of Carolina had not its due valuation for want of being made known to the World and not hearing of any that had undertaken it I looked upon it as a Duty incumbent upon me who have had the Honour to be your Secretary in your Carolina-Affairs now four years to Publish the ensuing Treatise whereby is made known the Greatness of your Soveraigns Gift to your Selves and to the World the Greatness of your Trust and Favour with Him and to those that have a desire of settling there to what kind of Countrey and Climate they Transport Themselves Wherein I have most strictly kept to the Rules of Truth there not being any thing that I have written in Commendation of your Province which I cannot prove by Letters from thence now in my possession and by Living Witnesses now in England I should not have been thus presumptuous to adventure upon this Work and to have crav'd for it your Lordships Patronage had not the Employment I have under you which hath given me frequent Opportunities of discovering the Humanity and Softness with which you Treat all Those who apply to you your constant Endeavours for the Good of all those who come under your Government in Carolina and the great care you have taken by your admirable Constitution of Government which you have there settled for the lasting security peace and well being of all the Inhabitants of your Province induc'd me to beleive that the same goodness with which you treat others will be extended to me and that you will pardon my present presumption and all the other Imperfections of May it please your Lordships Your Lordships most Faithful and Obliged Humble Servant SAMUEL WILSON AN ACCOUNT OF THE Province OF CAROLINA IN AMERICA CAROLINA is that part of Florida which lies between twenty nine and thirty six Degrees and thirty Minutes of Northern Latitude On the East it is washed with the Atlantick Ocean and is bounded on the West by Mare Pacificum or the South Sea and within these bounds is contained the most healthy Fertile and pleasant part of Florida which is so much commended by the Spanish Authors This Province of Carolina was in the Year 1663. Granted by Letters Pattents in Propriety of his most Gracious Majesty unto the Right Honourable Edward Earl of Clarendon George Duke of Albemarle William Earl of Craven John Lord Berkely Anthony Lord Ashly now Earl of Shaftsbury Sir George Carteret and Sir John Colleton Knights and Barronets Sir William Berkeley Knight by which Letters Pattents the Laws of England are to be of force in Carolina but the Lords Proprietors have power with the consent of the Inhabitants to make By-Laws for the better Government of the said Province So that no Money can be raised or Law made without the consent of the Inhabitants or their Representatives They have also power to appoint and impower Governours and other Magistrates to Grant Liberty of Conscience make Constitutions c. With many other great Priviledges as by the said Letters Pattents will more largely appear And the said Lords Proprietors have there setled a Constitution of Government whereby is granted Liberty of Conscience and wherein all possible care is taken for the equal Administration of Justice and for the lasting Security of the Inhabitants both in their Persons and Estates By the care and endeavours of the said Lords Proprietors and at their very great charge two Colonys have been setled in this Province the one at Albemarle in the most Northerly part the other at Ashly River which is in the Latitude of thirty two Degrees odd Minutes Albemarle bordering upon Virginia and only exceeding it in Health Fertility and Mildness of the Winter is in the Growths Productions and other things much of the same nature with it Wherefore I shall not trouble the Reader with a perticular Description of that part but apply my self principally to discourse of the Collony at Ashly-River which being many Degrees more Southward than Virginia differs much from it in the Nature of its Clymate and Productions Ashly-River was first setled in April 1670 the Lords Proprietors having at their sole charge set out three Vessels with a considerable number of able Men eighteen Moneths Victuals with Cloths Tools Ammunition and what else was thought necessary for a new Settlement and continued at this charge to supply the Collony for divers years after until the Inhabitants were able by their own Industry to live of themselves in which condition they have been for divers years past and are arrived to a very great Degree of Plenty of all sorts of Provisions Insomuch that most sorts are already cheaper there than in any other of the English Collonys and they are plentifully enough supplied with all things from England or other Parts Ashly-River about seven Miles in from the Sea divides it self into two Branches the Southermost retaining the name of Ashly-River the North Branch is called Cooper-River In May 1680. the Lords Proprietors sent their Orders to the Government there appointing the Port-Town for these two Rivers to be Built on the Poynt of Land that divides them and to be called Charles Town since which time about an hundred Houses are there Built and more are Building daily by the Persons of all sorts that come there to Inhabit from the more Northern English Collonys and the Sugar Islands England and Ireland and many Persons who went to Carolina Servants being Industrious since they came out of their times with their Masters at whose charge they were Transported have gotten good Stocks of Cattle and Servants of their own have here also Built Houses and exercise their Trades And many that went thither in that condition are now worth several Hundreds of Pounds and live in a very plentiful condition and their Estates still encreasing And Land is become of that value near the Town that it is sold for twenty Shillings per Acre though pillaged of all its valuable Timber and not cleared of the rest and Land that is clear'd and fitted for Planting and Fenced is let for ten Shillings per annum the Acre though twenty miles distant from the Town and six men will in six weeks time Fall Clear Fence in and fit for Planting six Acres of Land At this Town in November 1680. There Rode at one time sixteen Sail of Vessels some of which were upwards of 200 Tuns that came