Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Yeardley” in chapter 10 of George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition.:
...nters who composed the council, they repeatedly elected their own governor.
When West designed to embark for Europe, his place was supplied by election.
No sooner had the news of the death of Yeardley reached England, than the king proceeded to issue a commission to John Harvey.
The tenor of the instrument offered no invasions of colonial freedom; but while it renewed the limitations which had...
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| † | George Yeardley | 33 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 0 user votes | |
| Yeardley | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Francis Yeardley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
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