Colonel Jean Pierre Purry

In the summer of 1731, Colonel Jean Pierre Purry drew up a little pamphlet in Charles Town, South Carolina, “A Description of the Province of South Carolina..,” This promotional-tract literature exalted the superior merits of South Carolina to any other place in the world. After enumerating the vast wealth of goods and livestock produced by the colony, Purry then spent the better part of three pages explaining the dangers of living in Carolina. He met each of the problems directly (climate, sickness, mosquitoes, rattlesnakes). On Purry’s return to Switzerland, his “Description of South Carolina” was published in the Neuchatel newspaper as well as pamphlet form. The pamphlet was disseminated throughout Switzerland, and set in motion what distraught cantonal officials derisively labeled the “Rabies Carolinae” (Carolina madness).

Hans Jacob Riemensperger

On the 28th day of February, 1739/40 in Charles Town, South Carolina, a passport was issued by The Highly-Esteemed and Meritorious Gentlemen, William Bull, Knight, First-in-Command for the English King in the Province of South Carolina, to Hans Jacob Riemensperger and Hans Caspar Gallister, voluntary agents of His Royal Majesty. They distributed their brochure throughout Germany and Switzerland in order to perform service to satisfaction: That is, to perform the heartfelt task of leading out immigrants successfully.

Hans Jacob Riemensperger

On the 28th day of February, 1739/40 in Charles Town, South Carolina, a passport was issued by The Highly-Esteemed and Meritorious Gentlemen, William Bull, Knight, First-in-Command for the English King in the Province of South Carolina, to Hans Jacob Riemensperger and Hans Caspar Gallister, voluntary agents of His Royal Majesty. They distributed their brochure throughout Germany and Switzerland in order to perform service to satisfaction: That is, to perform the heartfelt task of leading out immigrants successfully.