Boehler was in Savannah when he was taken sick,
but returned in time to nurse him, to soothe him in delirium,
and to lay him to rest amid the lamentations of the Purisburg residents.
At his death the school for white children was given up,
for Boehler was too weak to shoulder the additional load,
and felt that his first duty was to the negroes. In September,
Oglethorpe was in Savannah, and after much difficulty
Boehler obtained speech with him, and succeeded in convincing him
that a negro school at Purisburg was hopeless. He approved of Boehler's plan
to itinerate among the plantations and promised that both
his own and Schulius' salaries should be paid him, that he might be supplied
for traveling expenses. In November, when his health was restored,
Boehler wished to make his first journey, but the storekeeper
declined to pay him any money until the expiration of the quarter year.
When he went again at the appointed time the storekeeper refused
to pay anything without a new order from Oglethorpe, except the remainder
of the first year's salary, now long overdue. Boehler concluded
that the man had received private instructions from Oglethorpe,
and that his services were no longer desired by the representative
of "the associates", so in January, 1740, he gave up further thought
of obligation to them, and prepared to go on his own account.
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