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Coram was born in Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK.
He spent much of his early life at sea and in the American colonies.
From 1694 to 1705, he operated a ship building business at Taunton, Massachusetts.
He afterwards became a successful quier in London.
In 1717, he unsuccessfully promoted the idea of founding a colony called Georgia in what is today Maine as a philanthropic venture.
In 1732, he became a trustee of James Oglethorpe ’ s Georgia colony.
In 1735 he sponsored a colony in Nova Scotia for unemployed artisans.
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