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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 14 8 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition. 13 3 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pocahontas. (search)
wers, and scarlet-berried holly. Pocahontas was dressed in a simple tunic of white muslin from the looms of Dacca. On her head was a long and flowing veil, and hanging loosely to her feet was a robe of rich stuff presented by the governor, Sir Thomas Dale, fancifully embroidered by herself and her maidens. A gaudy fillet encircled her head, and held the plumage of birds of gorgeous colors, while her wrists and ankles were adorned with the simple jewelry of the native workshops. When the cert. Her brothers and sisters and forest maidens were present; also the governor and council, and five Englishwomen—all that were in the colony—who afterwards returned to England. Rolfe and his spouse lived civilly and lovingly together until Governor Dale returned to England (1616), when they and the Englishwomen in Virginia accompanied him. The Lady Rebecca received great attentions at Court and from all below it. She was entertained by the Lord Bishop of London, and at Court she was trea
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Virginia, (search)
ips had just arrived with more colonists and supplies, and together they return to Jamestown......June 8, 1610 Lord Delaware the first executive of Virginia called governor; owing to illhealth he embarks for England......March 28, 1611 Sir Thomas Dale reaches Jamestown from England with three vessels and ample supplies, and assumes the government......May 12, 1611 Sir Thomas Gates, with his wife and daughters, bringing in six ships 300 settlers, 100 cows and other cattle, and an abunda..1612 Marriage of Pocahontas to John Rolfe by the Rev. Alexander Whitaker at Jamestown......April 5, 1613 First establishment of fixed property in the soil; the company granting fifty acres to every freeman in fee-simple......1615 Sir Thomas Dale embarks with John Rolfe and his wife Pocahontas, reaching Plymouth......June 12, 1616 [Pocahontas soon after presented at the Court of James.] Pocahontas dies at Gravesend, Kent, when about to embark for Virginia, aged twenty-two, leav
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Vail, Stephen Montford 1818-1880 (search)
Vail, Stephen Montford 1818-1880 Clergyman; born in Union Dale, Westchester co., N. Y., Jan. 10, 1818; graduated at Bowdoin College in 1838, and at the Union Theological Seminary in 1842; began to preach in the Methodist Episcopal Church and founded the first church of that denomination in Brunswick, Me.; was Professor of Languages in Amenia Seminary in 1843; held pastorates in Fishkill, N. Y., Sharon, Conn., and Pine Plains, N. Y.; Professor of Oriental Languages in the General Biblical Institute of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Concord, N. H., in 1849; and became United States consul for Rhenish Bavaria in 1869. He wrote for the Methodist press; and published essays on slavery and church polity. He died in Jersey City, N. J., Nov. 26, 1880.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Colony of Virginia, (search)
la Warr (Dela- ware) was appointed governor of Virginia; Sir Thomas Gates, deputy-governor; Sir George Somers, admiral; Christopher Newport, vice-admiral, and Sir Thomas Dale, high-marshal, all for life. Nine vessels, with 500 emigrants, including twenty women and children, sailed for Jamestown in June, 1609. Gates and Somers emb Comfort by Lord Delaware, with provisions and emigrants. Failing health compelled him to return to England in March, 1611, and he was succeeded by a deputy, Sir Thomas Dale, who arrived with 300 settlers and some cattle. Sir Thomas Gates came with 350 more colonists in September following, and superseded Dale. These were a far Dale. These were a far better class than any who had arrived, and there were then 1,000 Englishmen in Virginia. New settlements were planted at Dutch Gap and at Bermuda Hundred at the mouth of the Appomattox. In 1616 Deputy-Governor Gates was succeeded by Samuel Argall, but his course was so bad that Lord Delaware sailed from England to resume the gov
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), State of Virginia, (search)
vol. IX. governors under the colonial government. Presidents of the council. Name.Term. Edward Maria Wingfield1607 John Ratcliffe1607 to 1608 Capt. John Smith1608 to 1610 George Percy1610 to 1611 Governors. Lord Delaware1611 Sir Thomas Dale1611 Sir Thomas Gates1611 to 1614 Sir Thomas Dale1614 to 1616 George Yeardley1616 to 1617 Samuel Argall1617 to 1619 Sir George Yeardley1619 to 1621 Sir Francis Wyatt1621 to 1626 Sir George Yeardley1626 to 1627 Francis West1627 to 1629Sir Thomas Dale1614 to 1616 George Yeardley1616 to 1617 Samuel Argall1617 to 1619 Sir George Yeardley1619 to 1621 Sir Francis Wyatt1621 to 1626 Sir George Yeardley1626 to 1627 Francis West1627 to 1629 John Potts1629 John Harvey1629 to 1635 John West1635 to 1636 John Harvey1636 to 1639 Sir Francis Wyatt1639 to 1641 Sir William Berkeley1641 to 1652 Richard Bennett1652 to 1655 Edward Digges1655 to 1656 Samuel Matthews1656 to 1660 Sir William Berkeley1660 to 1661 Col. Francis Moryson1661 to 1668 Sir William Berkeley1663 to 1677 Sir Herbert Jeffreys1677 to 1678 Sir Henry Chicheley1678 to 1680 Lord Culpeper1680 to 1684 Lord Howard of Effingham1684 to 1688 Nathaniel Bacon1688 to 1
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Whittaker, Alexander 1611- (search)
Whittaker, Alexander 1611- Clergyman; born in England; accompanied Sir Thomas Dale to Virginia in 1611; was a missionary. Sir Thomas had been active in planting a settlement at Henrico, composed largely of Hollanders, and Mr. Whittaker, who was a decidedly Low Churchman, it was thought would be in sympathy with them, and so he seems to have been. He was puritanical in his proclivities. The surplice, says Purchas, was not even spoken of in his parish. He organized a congregation at Henrico, and there he preached until 1617, when he was drowned.