27.03.2013 Views

Untitled - the Digital Library of Georgia

Untitled - the Digital Library of Georgia

Untitled - the Digital Library of Georgia

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

210 GEORGIA AND GEORGIANS<br />

Chandler ..................... 6 12 18<br />

Tracy ........................ 3 14 17<br />

Hooper ...................... 6 8 14<br />

J. Frederick ................... 2 10 12<br />

T. Frederick .................. 3 7 - 10<br />

Bundy ....................... 6 3 9<br />

More ......................... 4 5 9<br />

White ........................ 2 7 9<br />

Bathurst ...................... 3 6 9<br />

Lloyd ........................ 4 9 13<br />

Ewer ......................... 3 8 11<br />

Cavendish .................... 2 5 7<br />

J. Phillips .................... 2 4 6<br />

Coram ....................... 6 — 6<br />

Wright ...................... 2 3 5<br />

T. Archer ..................... 3 — 3<br />

Wilson ....................... 1 1 2<br />

Campbell ..................... 1 1 2<br />

Page ......................... 1 1 2<br />

Burton ....................... 1 — 1<br />

Anderson ..................... 1 — 1<br />

Bedford ...................... 2 — 2<br />

Carpenter .................... — 3 3<br />

Sloper ........................ — 4 4<br />

Eyles ........................ — 8 8<br />

Belitha ....................... — 7 7<br />

Cater ......................... 3 11 14<br />

Talbot ........................ — 1 1<br />

Limerick ..................... — 1 1<br />

Beauclerk .................... — 3 3<br />

C. Towers .................... — 3 3<br />

Barrington ................... — 3 3<br />

Tuffnel ....................... — 1 1<br />

This table furnishes -<strong>the</strong> clearest evidence available that a very few<br />

men did <strong>the</strong> actual work <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> trust. So far as information is available,<br />

<strong>the</strong>re were in all 1,162 reports for committee duty, and more than half<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se were made by seven men. These seven seem to have had more<br />

to do with <strong>the</strong> constructive policy <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> trustees than all <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r sixty-<br />

four members <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> trust combined; for <strong>the</strong> minutes <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> common<br />

council and <strong>the</strong> journal <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> trustees make it evident that very much<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir business consisted <strong>of</strong> hearing and approving <strong>the</strong> work <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

committees. However, lest it give undue prominence to <strong>the</strong> committee<br />

work to select as <strong>the</strong> most prominent trustees those who led in it, it will<br />

be best to combine in one table <strong>the</strong> various activities <strong>of</strong> those who ranked<br />

highest in all departments <strong>of</strong> service for <strong>the</strong> colony. The results are col<br />

lated in <strong>the</strong> summary following:

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!