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... thousand square miles , of which Jamestown was the centre , so to speak . The settlers landed at Jamestown on the 13th day of May , 1607. This was the first permanent settlement effected by the English in North America , after the lapse ...
... thousand square miles , of which Jamestown was the centre , so to speak . The settlers landed at Jamestown on the 13th day of May , 1607. This was the first permanent settlement effected by the English in North America , after the lapse ...
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... thousand pounds , and the company ordered that the vessels should be sent back freighted with cargoes of corresponding value , and threatened , in case of a failure , that the colonists should be left in Virginia as banished men . It ...
... thousand pounds , and the company ordered that the vessels should be sent back freighted with cargoes of corresponding value , and threatened , in case of a failure , that the colonists should be left in Virginia as banished men . It ...
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... thousand pounds were thus contributed ; but Parliament shortly after pro- hibited this pernicious practice . It has been said that this is the first instance of raising money in England by lottery ; * but this is erroneous , for there ...
... thousand pounds were thus contributed ; but Parliament shortly after pro- hibited this pernicious practice . It has been said that this is the first instance of raising money in England by lottery ; * but this is erroneous , for there ...
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... it , and this year was blessed with abundant crops of grain . But an extraordinary mortality carried off not less than three hundred of the people . Three thousand acres ( 143 ) -Negroes imported into Virginia Yeardley, Governor.
... it , and this year was blessed with abundant crops of grain . But an extraordinary mortality carried off not less than three hundred of the people . Three thousand acres ( 143 ) -Negroes imported into Virginia Yeardley, Governor.
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Charles Campbell. than three hundred of the people . Three thousand acres of land were allotted to the governor , and twelve thousand to the com- pany . The Margaret , of Bristol , arrived with some settlers , and " also many devout ...
Charles Campbell. than three hundred of the people . Three thousand acres of land were allotted to the governor , and twelve thousand to the com- pany . The Margaret , of Bristol , arrived with some settlers , and " also many devout ...
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Page 293 - No, may it please your honor, we will not hurt a hair of your head, nor of any other man's; we are come for a commission to save our lives from the Indians, which you have so often promised, and now we will have it before we go.