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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... dayes time , present their most rich golden - coloured silken Fleece , to the instant wonderful enriching of all the Planters there , requiring from them neither cost , labour , or hindrance in any of their other employments whatsoever ...
... dayes time , present their most rich golden - coloured silken Fleece , to the instant wonderful enriching of all the Planters there , requiring from them neither cost , labour , or hindrance in any of their other employments whatsoever ...
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... dayes , ( it being fiue moneths betwixt the steal- ing away of the Swallow , and his landing ) the Corne of the Indians but newly sowed , not an eye of Sturgeon , as yet ap- peared in the riuer : And therefore at the same consultation ...
... dayes , ( it being fiue moneths betwixt the steal- ing away of the Swallow , and his landing ) the Corne of the Indians but newly sowed , not an eye of Sturgeon , as yet ap- peared in the riuer : And therefore at the same consultation ...
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... dayes of Vitellius and Vespasian , the sonne may imbrew his hands in the blood of the father ? Or shall we follow the barbarous foot - steps of the state of China , to imprison our people in a little circle of the earth , and consume ...
... dayes of Vitellius and Vespasian , the sonne may imbrew his hands in the blood of the father ? Or shall we follow the barbarous foot - steps of the state of China , to imprison our people in a little circle of the earth , and consume ...
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... dayes allowance for the first omission , for the second to be whipt , and for the third to be condemned to the Gallies for six Moneths . Likewise no man or woman shall dare to violate or breake the Sabboth by any gaming , publique , or ...
... dayes allowance for the first omission , for the second to be whipt , and for the third to be condemned to the Gallies for six Moneths . Likewise no man or woman shall dare to violate or breake the Sabboth by any gaming , publique , or ...
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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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