English Colonies in America ...: Virginia, Maryland and the CarolinasHenry Holt, 1889 - United States |
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... matter before Parliament The patent formally revoked The Company's records Conclusion CHAPTER VII . VIRGINIA UNDER ROYAL GOVERNMENT . Change in the character of subject Physical characteristics of Virginia System of land tenure ...
... matter before Parliament The patent formally revoked The Company's records Conclusion CHAPTER VII . VIRGINIA UNDER ROYAL GOVERNMENT . Change in the character of subject Physical characteristics of Virginia System of land tenure ...
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... matter . Some may be most impressed by the romance of early colonial history , with its struggles against the designs of bloodthirsty men and the hardships of the wilderness . Others may be drawn by special sympathy and admiration ...
... matter . Some may be most impressed by the romance of early colonial history , with its struggles against the designs of bloodthirsty men and the hardships of the wilderness . Others may be drawn by special sympathy and admiration ...
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... it had the most direct influence . Thus , for example , the boundary disputes between Virginia and Maryland were matters of minor importance to the former colony . They sink into insignificance beside the struggles and downfall of.
... it had the most direct influence . Thus , for example , the boundary disputes between Virginia and Maryland were matters of minor importance to the former colony . They sink into insignificance beside the struggles and downfall of.
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... matter or failed so completely that all trace of their effort is lost . In 1583 Gilbert himself , rather than allow his patent to expire , made one more effort . By dint of selling a large part of his Gilbert's landed estate , and by ...
... matter or failed so completely that all trace of their effort is lost . In 1583 Gilbert himself , rather than allow his patent to expire , made one more effort . By dint of selling a large part of his Gilbert's landed estate , and by ...
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... matter and manner , the multitude of ships , masters , and mariners . " Moreover , it might reasonably be hoped that a demand would spring up among the natives for woolen and other wares whereby the alarming glut of labor at home might ...
... matter and manner , the multitude of ships , masters , and mariners . " Moreover , it might reasonably be hoped that a demand would spring up among the natives for woolen and other wares whereby the alarming glut of labor at home might ...
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Page 114 - And cheerfully at sea, Success you still entice, To get the pearl and gold, And ours to hold, Virginia, Earth's only paradise...
Page 242 - Mr. Drummond! You are very welcome. I am more glad to see you than any man in Virginia. Mr. Drummond, you shall be hanged in half an hour...
Page 207 - Abstract liberty, like other mere abstractions, is not to be found. Liberty inheres in some sensible object...
Page 387 - A local manuscript records the fact, that 'in the year 1497, the 24th of June, on St John's Day, was Newfoundland found by Bristol men, in a ship called the Matthew.
Page 32 - And such was the mercie of God, that the same night there arrived a French ship in that port, well furnished with vittaile, and such was the policie of the English, that they became masters of the same, and changing ships and vittailing them, they set sayle to come into England.
Page 45 - We might inhabit some part of those countries," wrote Sir Humphrey Gilbert, " and settle there such needy people of our country, which now trouble the commonwealth, and through want here at home are enforced to commit outrageous offences, whereby they are daily consumed with the gallows.
Page 133 - And thou most noble Lord, whom God hath stirred up to neglect the pleasures of England, and with Abraham to go from thy country, and forsake thy kindred and thy father's house, to go to a land which God will show thee, give me leave to speak the truth.
Page 126 - We shall not still betake ourselves to small and little shipping as we daily do beginne, but we shall rear againe such Marchants Shippes both tall and stout, as no forreine sayle that swimmes shall make them vayle or stoop; whereby to make this little northern corner of the world to be in a short time the richest storehouse and staple for marchandise in all Europe.
Page 289 - I love the English so well, that, if they should go about to kill me, if I had so much breath as to ask to speak, I would command my people not to revenge my death; for I know they would not do such a thing, except it were through my own fault.
Page 47 - Gilbert obtained a patent. patent of colonization from the Queen.1 This instrument gave him full power to inhabit and fortify all lands not yet possessed by any Christian prince or people. His choice of a situation was restricted by no geographical limits. Full proprietary rights were granted to him and his heirs and assignees over all land within two hundred leagues of the place in which during the next six years they should make their settlement. The only right reserved by the Crown was a royalty...