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for his wit, perception and generosity. When he died, the colonists buried him with military honors in the public square. Oglethorpe ordered a pyramid of stones to be erected over his grave as a testimony of gratitude. It was only during the last year that the Georgia Society of Colonial Dames of America caused a granite boulder, rough-hewn from a Georgia quarry, to be placed in the square where his remains are supposed to lie, commemorating his noble character and heroic virtues.
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THE BURIAL PLACE OF TOMOCHICHI.
Hon. Walter G. Carlton, in speaking of the history of this city, exclaimed:
"Beyond the clouds of furnace smoke and back of