SAVANNAH THROUGH THE YEARS
Oglethorpe s Vision
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The year was 1732; tile place was London. James Edward
Oglethorpe， distinguished soldier and prison reformer at age
30， was urging King George I1 to sign a charter for a new colony
where people \"of decayed circumstances\" could begin a fresh
life. The colony would be called \"Georgia\" in honor of the king.
Oglethorpe had three strong arguments: the prospect of prof-
its from raw materials; protection for South Carolina from the
Spaniards to the south; and asylum for men and women fleeing
religious persecution.
Ink flowed from the nwal pen on April 21， 1732， as King
George lowered his bewigged head to sign the charter for the
13th and last British colony in America.
\"Non sibi sed aliis\" (Not for self， but for others) was the
Latin motto chosen by Oglethorpe and the twenty other men
\"~o agreed to serve as \"Dustees fi)r ( ;eorgia.
Next came the task of selecting settlers from the hundreds
who volunteered. By early November， 35 families had been
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