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[Sidenote: General Oglethorpe.] [Sidenote: Grant of Georgia, 1732.] 87.

Founding of Georgia, 1732 .-- In those days it was the custom in England to send persons who could not pay their debts to prison.

Of course many of these poor debtors were really industrious persons whom misfortune or sickness had driven into debt.

General Oglethorpe, a member of Parliament, looked into the prison management.

He was greatly affected by the sad fate of these poor debtors, and determined to do something for them.