John Wesley Landing Site

(upper inscription):

John Wesley

landed in America

on this island.

February 6, 1736

(lower inscription):

From

the Journal of John Wesley

"Fri,6,- About eight in the morning I first set my foot on American ground. It was a small uninhabited island,... over against Tybee, called by the English ...

Site of Ditto's Landing and Town of Whitesburg

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The Site of the First Landing

The site of the first landing is directly ahead of you in the river. During the years since 1607, the river has eroded about 25 acres of this part of Jamestown Island. The original shoreline was close to the present ...

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Revolutionary War Heritage Trail

Near this location, the American army retreated across the East River to Manhattan after its disastrous defeat in the Battle of Brooklyn on August 27, 1776.

Badly outnumbered and cornered by British troops under the command of General ...

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