English: Cropped image from a 1780 map of Georgia and South Carolina, showing Augusta, New Windsor Township, Fort Moore (near old Savannah Town), New Savannah, Galphin's Mill and Silver Bluff, and the Chickasaw lands opposite Augusta. Obtained from the US Library of Congress
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from map "A map of South Carolina and a part of Georgia. Containing the whole sea-coast; all the islands, inlets, rivers, creeks, parishes, townships, boroughs, roads, and bridges: As also, several plantations with their proper boundary-lines, their names, and the names of their proprietors". Accessed from the US Library of Congress (Item #74692514) link
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William Faden, William Bull, John De Brahm, John Stuart
"A map of South Carolina and a part of Georgia. Containing the whole sea-coast; all the islands, inlets, rivers, creeks, parishes, townships, boroughs, roads, and bridges: As also, several plantations, with their proper boundary-lines, their names, and the names of their proprietors. Composed from surveys taken by the Hon. William Bull ... and William De Brahm ... republished with considerable additions, from the surveys made & collected by John Stuart ... by William Faden. London, 1780"
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Excerpt of a 1780 map of South Carolina and Georgia. Library of Congress, http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3910.ct001281 "A map of South Carolina and a part of Georgia. Containing the whole sea-coast; all the islands, inlets, rivers, creeks, parishes, townshi
Central Savannah River detail from 'Sketch of the northern frontiers of Georgia, extending from the mouth of the River Savannah to the town of Augusta, by Archibald Campbell', Engraved by Willm. Faden, 1780. LTC Campbell commanded the invasion of Georgia
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