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150 1795.

   "None of the states is better watered than Georgia.  The rivers Savannah, Oconee, Alatamaha, & St Mary which divide it from East Florida, run through it from east to West; and in their course receive a great number of creeks & smaller rivers, by means of which the products of the inland parts, if they were inhabited, might [crossed out: be] easily be conveyed to the sea.   The great rivers Appalachicola, Mobile, Peare, Palcacola, & Governanti, which intersect West Florida, & empty themselves into the Gulf of Mexico, have their source in Georgia.  The river Mississippi, by which it is bounded on the west, must, since the last treaty with Spain, be a certain & extensive means of disposing of all its products, which might be sent to the Antilles.  All the parts of the coast south of Savannah are, without comparison, more healthy than Savannah, or than the coasts of Virginia & the two Carolinas; because they lie nearer the trade winds, & partake of the advantage which these afford.  The climate, which in the interior of Georgia is not so hot as in Carolina, is much milder in winter.  There is seldom any snow here, and where there   is, it soon melts away.  Except in the swampy parts, fewer diseases prevail here than in Carolina, and fresh springs of water are to be met with every where.
 "To these advantages may be added the facility in passing between the continent & the islands that lie along the coast, the communication with all of them being perfectly safe, and there being no occasion to go out into the open sea.   These islands are for the most part spacious & healthy:  they have an excellent soil