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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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News from Georgia reported in Charlestown on July 28: The General Assembly adjourned for 10 days after passing acts for better settling the province (offering 7-year debt relief to immigrants for 3 years from August 1), restraining provisions to St. Augustine without license, and constructing several forts.
Merged-components note: This is a continuation of the domestic news article from Charlestown about Georgia provincial acts, split across pages.
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On Tuesday came Advice from Georgia, that the General Assembly of that Province had adjourned the Thursday before for 10 Days, after passing an Act for the better Settling the said Province. An Act to restrain the carrying of Provisions to St. Augustine without Licence; and also an Act for the construction of several Forts.--By the first Act, "every Person that shall arrive in Georgia at any Time during the Space of Three Years from the 1st of August next, from any Province, Island, or Country under the Dominion of the Crown of Great Britain, or subject to any other Prince or State (that Part of South-Carolina lying to the Northward of Savanna River only excepted) shall be freed, exempted, protected and discharged from all Arrets, Suits and Actions for any Debts whatsoever, for seven Years from the Time of such Person's Arrival, &c. Debts due in Great-Britain, excepted."
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Georgia
Event Date
July 28
Outcome
acts passed; assembly adjourned for 10 days
Event Details
General Assembly adjourned the Thursday before after passing acts: one for better settling the province by exempting new arrivals from debts for seven years (except debts due in Great-Britain), one to restrain carrying provisions to St. Augustine without license, and one for constructing several forts.