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American Biography, or an Historical Account of Those Persons Who Have Been Distinguished in America, as Adventurers, Statesmen, Philosophers, Divines, Warriors, Authors, and Other Remarkable
Jeremy Belknap
Paperback. Forgotten Books 2016-08-01.
ISBN 9781333089207
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Excerpt from American Biography, or an Historical Account of Those Persons Who Have Been Distinguished in America, as Adventurers, Statesmen, Philosophers, Divines, Warriors, Authors, and Other Remarkable Characters, Vol. 2: Comprehending a Recital of the Events Connected With Their Lives and ActionsAfter the arrival of Capt. Newport in Eng, land, from. His third voyage, the Company of South, Virginia, difappointed and vexed at the fmall returns which the {hips broughthome, de, termlned on a change of fyilem. They folicited and Obtained of the Crown a new Charter (may 23, 1609) and took into the Company a much greater number of adventurers than before, Not lefs than fix hundred and fifty-feven names of perlons are inferted in the Charter, many of whom were noblemen and gentlemen of fortune, and merchants befide fifty-fix incorporated companies of mechanics in the city of London and room was left for the admi ion of more. The government at home was veiled in a Coun cil of fifty-two perfons, named in the Charter.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works
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