Tracts and Other Papers, Relating Principally to the Origin, Settlement, and Progress of the Colonies in North America from the Discovery of the Count, Volume 3Peter Force, who served two terms as mayor of Washington (1836-1848) and was an active supporter of John Quincy Adams in the 1824 presidential campaign, is best known as a collector and editor of historical and statistical information. Inspired by his father's participation in the Revolutionary War, Force dedicated many years of his life to collecting material about Revolutionary and colonial history. Between 1836 and 1846 he published four volumes entitled "Tracts and Other Papers, Relating Principally to the Origin, Settlement, and Progress of the Colonies in North America," a compilation of reprints of rare pamphlets pertaining to colonial history. This particular volume, the third in the series, focuses on Virginia. Documents from 1610 to 1688 range over an eclectic mix of topics, including lists of official proclamations and laws, names of ships and men sent to colonize Virginia, descriptions of local birds and wildlife, and tips on how to increase the number of mulberry trees and breed silkworms. This collection provides readers with a unique and fascinating glimpse of life in that colony. |
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... Woods , on the Mulberry - Tree - leaves in Virginia : Who after fourty dayes time , present their most rich golden - coloured silken Fleece , to the instant wonderful enriching of all the Planters there , requiring from them neither ...
... Woods , on the Mulberry - Tree - leaves in Virginia : Who after fourty dayes time , present their most rich golden - coloured silken Fleece , to the instant wonderful enriching of all the Planters there , requiring from them neither ...
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... desert inhabitation for Diuels ; but all the Fairies of the rocks were but flocks of birds , and all the Diuels that haunted the woods , were but heards of swine . Yea and when Acosla in bis first booke swine 10 A true Declaration.
... desert inhabitation for Diuels ; but all the Fairies of the rocks were but flocks of birds , and all the Diuels that haunted the woods , were but heards of swine . Yea and when Acosla in bis first booke swine 10 A true Declaration.
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... woods , which ministred materials for the building of two Pinaces , acoording to the direction of the three prouident Gouernours . Consider all these things together . At the instant of neede , they descryed land , halfe an hower more ...
... woods , which ministred materials for the building of two Pinaces , acoording to the direction of the three prouident Gouernours . Consider all these things together . At the instant of neede , they descryed land , halfe an hower more ...
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... woods are replenished with more sweet barks , and odors , then they are in the plesantest places of Florida . How is it possible that such a virgin and temperat aire , should work such contrarie effects , but because our fort ( that ...
... woods are replenished with more sweet barks , and odors , then they are in the plesantest places of Florida . How is it possible that such a virgin and temperat aire , should work such contrarie effects , but because our fort ( that ...
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... wood and dresse it . Dij laboribus omnia vendunt , God sels vs all things for our labour , when Adam himselfe might not liue in paridice without dressing the garden . Vnto idlenesse , you may ioyne treasons , wrought by those vnhallowed ...
... wood and dresse it . Dij laboribus omnia vendunt , God sels vs all things for our labour , when Adam himselfe might not liue in paridice without dressing the garden . Vnto idlenesse , you may ioyne treasons , wrought by those vnhallowed ...
Contents
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A Declaration of the state of the Colonie and Affaires | 1 |
With the Names of the Aduenturors and the summes | 44 |
A True Relation of Virginia and Maryland with | 27 |
A Voyage to Virginia By Colonel Norwood 50 pages | 1 |
A Letter from Mr John Clayton Rector of Crofton | 1 |
The Reformed Virginia SilkWorm or a Rare and | 1 |
Leah and Rachel or the Two Fruitfull Sisters Virginia | 1 |
or an Advisive Narrative concerning | 31 |
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Aduenturers Aduenturors alwayes amongst armes betwixt Birds blessed businesse Captaine Centinell charge Christians Church Colony Colour Comitties command commodities Corne Corporall Counseil Country court of guard dayes diuine doth duty England Esquire euery feed generall giue giuen Gouernour ground hands hath haue hauing Heathen himselfe honour hundred III.-No Indians Inhabitants Iohn James River James Town John king labour Land leaue likewise Lord Maiesties moneths Mulberry nature noble observed offending officer ouer persons Pinaces Plantation Planters Plants pound pound weight present priuate profit prouided prouisions publick publique punished reason receiue Richard Rivers sent Serjeant seruice setled seuerall shal shew ship Silk Silk-worms Sir Thomas Gates soeuer sort souldier Staple Sunne thee themselues thereof things thither tion Tobacco towne Treasuror trees unto Virginia vnder vnto vpon paine watch Weroance William Woods Worms yeere