The History of South Carolina Under the Royal Government 1719-1776 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The History of South Carolina Under the Royal Government 1719-1776<br><br>The revolution left the territory of the province of Carolina as originally formed in an anomalous condition. The settlement of the vatst domain granted to the Proprie tors by the charter of Charles II in 1665 had been ulti mately carried on with some success from two points to wit Albemarle and Charles Town the attempts at Cape Fear and Edisto having failed. While there had been no formal division of the domain into distinct territories these settlements at the two points had at first distinct govern ments and the northern portion had gradually acquired the informal designation of North Carolina; the southern that of South Carolina. In 1691 the policy had been attempted of consolidating the two settlements or colonies under one government for the whole province with Colonel Philip Ludwell as Governor but it had not succeeded.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.