AUTHOR OF “LIFE OF MARION," "HISTORY OF SOUTH CAROLINA,' 876. SEVENTH EDITION. PHILADELPHIA: JOHN E. POTTER AND COMPANY, Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by JOHN E. POTTER & CO., In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. ADVERTISEMENT. THE Works consulted in the preparation of this volume are "The true Travels, Adventures and Observations of Captain John Smith in Europe, Asia, Africke and America," Stith, Beverley, Burke, Purchas, Grahame, Bancroft, Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and the neat and well-written' Life of Smith, by Mr. Hilliard, contained in the Library of American Biography. As much of Smith's own language as could be employed has been made use of without scruple, and with little alteration. It has been a favorite part of the plan of the present volume to make the account of the Discovery, Settlement and Progress of Virginia as copious as possible, consistently with the claims of the biography. |