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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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A man who recently returned from Georgia to Mecklenburg reports that Tories there regret their allegiance to the British, who have forfeited lands, imposed heavy lease taxes on acres, fireplaces, spinning wheels, looms, and a quarter of grain production for troops; 600 men fled the state with him.
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By a letter from a Gentleman in Mecklenburg, we are informed, a man who moved from that county to the state of Georgia a few years ago, was just returned; he says the tories lie in constant repentance of the part they have taken, and complain loudly of their task masters: The British have declared that all the lands are forfeited, and that no man must have a freehold, but a lease; for which he is to pay for every acre that he works, four shillings sterling; for every fire place, twenty shillings; for a cotton wheel, twenty shillings; or a flax wheel, thirty shillings; for a loom, five pounds; and are also obliged to give the fourth bushel of all the grain that is made, towards supporting the King's troops: And he farther says, that six hundred men left that state when he did.
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Georgia
Event Date
Just Returned (Reported Dec. 2)
Outcome
six hundred men left the state
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A man returned from Georgia reports Tories regretting their actions and complaining about British taskmasters who forfeited lands, requiring leases with taxes: four shillings per worked acre, twenty shillings per fireplace, twenty shillings per cotton wheel, thirty shillings per flax wheel, five pounds per loom, and one-fourth of grain for troops.