Life and Events (Classic Reprint)

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Fb&c Limited, Jan 12, 2018 - Political Science - 244 pages
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A kind Providence had endowed Elizabeth of England with faculties given to but few of her sex, and permitted her to wear the crown of the great kingdom of the'earth, but she so lived and died as to be called the Virgin Queen; so it seems ordered that this prolific nation of ours should not receive its birth from her hands.

The next colony was sent over by a London company, under the patronage of James I. They sailed under sealed instructions, to be opened after their arrival in Virginia. They landed 13th of May, 1607, and located their colony at Jamestown, on James River - se named by themselves in honor of their patron King. The sealed packages were opened, the names of his majesty's council proclaimed, and a President appointed by the council. During their voyage, the superior qualities of the orenowned Capt.

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