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First fleet of ships to settle South Carolina...
First fleet of ships to settle South Carolina...
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September 06, 1669
THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Sept. 6, 1669
* 1st settlement in South Carolina
A very significant issue on the settlement of South Carolina, as this issue begins with a report, datelined "Falmouth, August 30", reading in part: "Here are lately put in about 30 sail of ships bound for Portugal, the streights and the West Indies, and amongst them the Carolina, the Albemarle and one other ship bound with passengers for the Plantation of Carolina, a Colony in America, which three last put to sea the 28th instant with a fair wind..." (see).
History notes that these 3 ships (the Port Royal was the third) had passengers for the first permanent settlement in South Carolina.
The ship Carolina sailed from Downs, England in August 1669 as principal vessel in the fleet, with the Port Royal and the Albemarle comprising the remaining ships. The fleet reached Barbados by October, where they stayed for several weeks. A storm on November 2nd sank the Albemarle at Barbados. Another ship, the Three Brothers, was leased to replace the lost ship and in late November, the fleet set out again for the Carolina coast but were caught in storms and separated from each other. The Port Royal was wrecked in the Bahamas by the storms, while the other two ships arrived in Bermuda January 12, 1670.
The Carolina alone arrived at Bull's Island / Seewee Bay, a spot near present day Beaufort, about March 21, 1670, and a settlement was briefly established and named Fort Royal. Due to local problems, the settlers moved about 60 miles up the Ashley River to Albemarle Point, later named Charles Towne. In late May, the colonists aboard the Three Brothers arrived from the Virginia colony, and in early 1671 additional colonists begin to arrive from Barbados. See the hyperlink for the passenger list of the Carolina.
A keystone issue for any collection of South Carolina history. Complete as a single sheet newspaper, 6 1/2 by 11 inches, bit of scattered foxing, more so to the margins.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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