"Another heavy rain of all last night, and this whole day's continuance; which, whatever impediments it might occasion to our other affairs, was no hindrance to our celebration of _the General's birth-day_, as had been always the custom hitherto; and in the very same manner as we did last year, under the discharge of cannon, &c." And McCall, who has named _December_ 21st, says, "I am indebted to the Encyclopedia Perthensis, and to the Journal of a private gentleman in Georgia, where his birth-day was celebrated, for the date which I have inserted."[1] [Footnote 1: _History of Georgia_, Vol. I. p. 321.] This assignment will tally with the other dates and their attendant circumstances; allow time, with becoming propriety, for finishing his education at the University; and show that he was not so precocious a soldier as has been represented, but that, instead of the _juvenile_ age of _eleven_, he entered the army at the _manly_ age of _twenty-one_. _Memorandum_. This attempt to ascertain the exact age of Oglethorpe, was written in 1837. I have, since then, received the following letter, dated London, October 2d, 1840. My Dear Sir. In compliance with your request, I. have been, this morning, to the vestry of St. James, Westminster, where I examined the record of Oglethorpe's baptism, of which the following is an exact copy in substance and form. Bapt. | June 1689 2. | James Oglethorpe of Sir Theophilus and | his lady Elinor, b. 1. I certify that the above is a true extract from the Register Book of Baptisms belonging to the Parish of St. James, Westminster. J.G. GIFFORD, _Preacher and Assistant_. Hence it appears that Oglethorpe was born on _the first_ of June, 1669, and baptized on the _second_. I was assured by Mr. Gifford that this is the true meaning of the record; and I observed in the Register Book that other names were recorded in like manner. There were several other baptisms the same day, with different days of birth. Most truly your friend and obedient servant, JARED SPARKS.