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Title: New York at the Jamestown Exposition, Norfolk, Virginia, April 26 to December 1, 1907
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: New York (State). Commission, Jamestown Exposition, 1907
Subjects: Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition (1907) New York (State)--Exhibitions
Publisher: Albany, N.Y. : J.B. Lyon Co.
Contributing Library: Virginia Beach Public Library
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ould not meet with interference. The English contention on thesegrounds placed the Spaniards in the light of pirates. At about the same time that the Richard was fitting out, thecitizens of London were preparing their expedition for the southernVirginia colony. James I issued his Articles, Instructions and Orders for thegovernment of the colonies on November 30, 1606, and the oath to betaken by a member of the Kings Council of Virginia was, in part,set forth by him personally as follows: You shall to the utmostbear faith and allegiance to the Kings matie his heirs and lawful!successors, and shall assist and defend all jurisdictions preheminencesand authorities granted unto his Matie and annext unto the crown,be it by Act of Parliament or otherwise, against all forrain Princes,Persons, Prelates or Potentates, whatsoever, and generally in allthings you shall do as a faithfull and true servant and subject outto Do. So help you God and the holy contents of this Book. 6ux itfirt /A/s/C^il.
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KING JAMES I. OF ENGLAND After whom was named the Jamestown Settlement Jamestown Settlement 51 This was followed on December 10 (20), 1606, by directions forsailing prepared by his Majestys Council for Virginia. The first expedition for the First Colony in Virginia, consistingof three vessels, sailed forth on Saturday, December 30, 1606, fromLondon, under supreme command of Captain Christopher Newport.These were the Sarah Constant, Captain Newport (Admiral); theGodspeed, Captain Bartholomew Gosnold (Vice-Admiral); and apinnace, the Discovery, Captain John Ratcliffe. It has not been decided definitely just how many souls wereaboard these ships; but the statement of the Kings Council placesthe number at six score forming the expedition proper, as well ashalf a hundred sailors. Some writers have thought that one object of the Crown in advo-cating colonization was to reduce the congestion in Londons popu-lation, for the city, numbering most likely 300,000 (duly consideringthe various esti

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