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INTRODUCTION In this paper I plan to sketch the history of East Point from its French settlement in 1719 to the year

1919. The only history of East Point previously attempted

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the Historical Sketch of Eastern Kings. I hope to fill at least part of this vacuum. [I hope the reader is not to bored! I found this report ex- tremely interesting. However for someone unacquainted with the area it may be tedious because the paper does not flow

a! "swimminglygjl hope the reader can catch something of the- special character of ”The Point." After all it is known by me and the generations before me as God's cCountry. I trust that it does justice to my predecessors. For the journey to

pre—colonial East Point turn the page.