A History of Virginia from Its Discovery Till the Year 1781: With Biographical Sketches of All the Most Distinguished Characters that Occur in the Colonial, Revolutionary, Or Subsequent Period of Our HistoryJ. W. Campbell, 1813 - 310 من الصفحات |
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... Jamestown , without having added much to their treasures . During this year was celebrated betwixt Anne Burras and John Laydon the first mar- riage that is recorded in Virginia . The scarcity of provisions that prevailed in the colony ...
... Jamestown , without having added much to their treasures . During this year was celebrated betwixt Anne Burras and John Laydon the first mar- riage that is recorded in Virginia . The scarcity of provisions that prevailed in the colony ...
الصفحة 46
... Jamestown . By a new charter , dated May 1609 , the powers of the president and council were transferred to a company in London , to whom was intrusted the appointment of officers , civil and military , for the colony . The company ...
... Jamestown . By a new charter , dated May 1609 , the powers of the president and council were transferred to a company in London , to whom was intrusted the appointment of officers , civil and military , for the colony . The company ...
الصفحة 48
... Jamestown . It was in June 1610 that lord De la War arrived in Virginia . After landing his men , he read to the colony his commission appointing him their captain general for life . He did not however remain long in a country that ...
... Jamestown . It was in June 1610 that lord De la War arrived in Virginia . After landing his men , he read to the colony his commission appointing him their captain general for life . He did not however remain long in a country that ...
الصفحة 49
... Jamestown , which continued in a state of in- fancy without exhibiting marks of enterprise , and scarcely of ordinary industry . Captain Smith had indeed turned his attention to the improvement of the little metropolis of Vir- ginia ...
... Jamestown , which continued in a state of in- fancy without exhibiting marks of enterprise , and scarcely of ordinary industry . Captain Smith had indeed turned his attention to the improvement of the little metropolis of Vir- ginia ...
الصفحة 50
... Jamestown , where she soon after won the heart of a Mr. Rolfe , whose tender addresses awoke a reciprocal at- tachment . The consent of Powhatan to the marriage of his daughter with an alien and an enemy was not easily obtained . His ...
... Jamestown , where she soon after won the heart of a Mr. Rolfe , whose tender addresses awoke a reciprocal at- tachment . The consent of Powhatan to the marriage of his daughter with an alien and an enemy was not easily obtained . His ...
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