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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... noble Prince and his hopefull brother ) vpon a pleasant bill , and neere a little riuelet , which we call South- hampton riuer . They stand in a wholsome ayre , hauing plenty of springs of sweete water ; they command a great circuit of ...
... noble Prince and his hopefull brother ) vpon a pleasant bill , and neere a little riuelet , which we call South- hampton riuer . They stand in a wholsome ayre , hauing plenty of springs of sweete water ; they command a great circuit of ...
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... noble enterprise , by the rules of Religion is expressly iustified ; when the passages by Sea are all open and discouered ; when the climate is so fruitfully tem- pered ; when the natural! riches of the soile are so powerfully confirmed ...
... noble enterprise , by the rules of Religion is expressly iustified ; when the passages by Sea are all open and discouered ; when the climate is so fruitfully tem- pered ; when the natural! riches of the soile are so powerfully confirmed ...
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... noble and worthy personages , doe offer to make the action good vpon the hazard of their liues & fortunes ? And why Sir Thomas Gates longeth and hasteneth to go thither again , and the Lord La - ware desireth so earnestly to stay there ...
... noble and worthy personages , doe offer to make the action good vpon the hazard of their liues & fortunes ? And why Sir Thomas Gates longeth and hasteneth to go thither again , and the Lord La - ware desireth so earnestly to stay there ...
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... noble resolution . And therefore , he that desireth to purchase infallible hope of priuate vtility ; hee that aimeth at the honor h wealth of his natiue country ; he that esteemeth his owne repute as deere as his owne eies ; he that ...
... noble resolution . And therefore , he that desireth to purchase infallible hope of priuate vtility ; hee that aimeth at the honor h wealth of his natiue country ; he that esteemeth his owne repute as deere as his owne eies ; he that ...
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... noble , you become diuine And imitate your maker in his will , To haue his truth in blackest nations shine . VVhat had you beene , bad not your Ancestors Begunne to you , that make their nobles good ? And where white Christians turn in ...
... noble , you become diuine And imitate your maker in his will , To haue his truth in blackest nations shine . VVhat had you beene , bad not your Ancestors Begunne to you , that make their nobles good ? And where white Christians turn in ...
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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