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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... land , to deplore the famyne , and to protest that this their comming awaie , proceeded from desperate necessitie : These are they , that roared out the tragicall historie of the man eating of his dead wife in Virginia ; when the master ...
... land , to deplore the famyne , and to protest that this their comming awaie , proceeded from desperate necessitie : These are they , that roared out the tragicall historie of the man eating of his dead wife in Virginia ; when the master ...
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... land , where ( it beeing fishing time ) they might meete with many English Ships , into which they hoped to disperse the most of the Company . This conclusion taking effect , vpon the seuenth of Iune Sir Thomas Gates ( hauing appointed ...
... land , where ( it beeing fishing time ) they might meete with many English Ships , into which they hoped to disperse the most of the Company . This conclusion taking effect , vpon the seuenth of Iune Sir Thomas Gates ( hauing appointed ...
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... land , a course contrary to our Nauies approaching . If the Lord La - ware had not brought with him a yeares prouision , what comfort could those soules haue receiued , to haue beene relanded to a second destruction ? Brachium Domini ...
... land , a course contrary to our Nauies approaching . If the Lord La - ware had not brought with him a yeares prouision , what comfort could those soules haue receiued , to haue beene relanded to a second destruction ? Brachium Domini ...
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... land aboundeth with Vines , the woodes doe harbor exceeding store of Beauers , Foxes and Squirrils , the waters doe nourish a great encrease of Otters ; all which are couered with pretious furres : that there are in present discou- ered ...
... land aboundeth with Vines , the woodes doe harbor exceeding store of Beauers , Foxes and Squirrils , the waters doe nourish a great encrease of Otters ; all which are couered with pretious furres : that there are in present discou- ered ...
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... land , and three hundred miles by riuers , before they come to the Sea ; that they pay a custome there , and another in Denmarke , which enhanceth the prices exceedingly : But in Virginia they may haue them without carriage by land or ...
... land , and three hundred miles by riuers , before they come to the Sea ; that they pay a custome there , and another in Denmarke , which enhanceth the prices exceedingly : But in Virginia they may haue them without carriage by land or ...
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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