(GEORGIA) [Martyn Benjamin] An Impartial Enquiry into the St

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(GEORGIA.) [Martyn, Benjamin?] An Impartial Enquiry into the State and Utility of the Province of Georgia. [2], 104 pages. 8vo, 1870 1/2 morocco by Bradstreet, moderate wear; lacking half-title, minor foxing; small bookplates on front pastedown. London, 1741

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first edition. Addresses reports of Georgia's bleak economic prospects, and argues against the introduction of slavery. South Carolina is also discussed. Clark, Old South I:122; European Americana 741/148; Howes M354 ("aa"); Sabin 45001. Provenance: libraries of Brayton Ives and Marshall C. Lefferts (monogram bookplates); Christie's South Kensington sale, 20 April 1994, lot 23. No other copies known at auction since 1993.