Nothing now remained for the members still in Savannah,
but to so arrange matters that they might leave on the first opportunity.
Oglethorpe had already bought their trumpets and French horns at a good price,
but they needed to sell their rice and household furniture
to provide sufficient funds for their journey. This was happily arranged
on the 2nd of February, when George Whitefield, who had reached Savannah
for the second time a few days before, came to see them, promised to buy
all they cared to sell, and offered them free passage to Pennsylvania.
This offer they gratefully accepted, receiving 37 Pounds
for their household goods, and on April 13th, 1740, they sailed
with Whitefield on his sloop the `Savannah', Captain Thomas Gladman.
Their land and improvements were left in the hands of an Agent,
and the town house was rented to some of Whitefield's followers
for a hospital.
With the Moravians went the two boys, Benjamin Somers and James ----,
who had been given into their hands by the Savannah magistrates in 1735,
and a young woman, Johanna Hummel, of Purisburg. The two lads gave them
much trouble in Pennsylvania, and Benjamin was finally bound out in 1748,
while James ran away.
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