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An exact-plan of George-Town : so named by Patrick Graham, Esqr., President of the Province of Georgia, in honr. to His Royal Highness George, Prince of Wales, &ca

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Creator	Yonge, Henry
Date	[1754]
Name on Item	Surveyed & delineated by order of the President & Council of Georgia, this 9th. day of May 1754. By Henry Yonge, survr.
Scale	Scale ca. 1:4,700
Language	English
Location	Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Collection (local)	Library of Congress Collection
Subjects	Hardwick, Ga. (Bryan County)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places	Baldwin (county) Georgia Hardwick North and Central America United States
Extent	1 manuscript map : hand color 74 x 54 cm.
Terms and License	No known copyright restrictions. This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
Notes	Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Imperfect: Margins torn. Oriented with north to the bottom. Cadastral map. Shows town laid out in lots in a bend of "Great Ogeche River" planned to become the capital of the province. In Feb. 1755 the name was changed to Hardwick, but the town never flourished, and passed out of existence. Includes descriptive index.