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George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Chapter 3: (search)
9—12. I have followed exclusively the contemporaneous account, deriving, in the comparison of local duties, much benefit from a Ms. in my possession, by J. S. Jones, of Shocco, North Carolina. Elizabeth, as she heard their reports, esteemed her reign signalized by the discovery of the Chap. III.} 1584 enchanting regions, and, as a memorial of her state of life, named them Virginia. Nor was it long before Raleigh, elected to represent in parliament the county of Devon, obtained a bill Dec. 18. confirming his patent of discovery; D'Ewes's Journal, 339. 341. and while he received the honor of knighthood, as the reward of his valor, he also acquired a lucrative monopoly of wines, which enabled him to continue with vigor his schemes of colonization. Tytler, 54, 55. Oldys, 58, 59. The prospect of becoming the proprietary of a delightful territory, with a numerous tenantry, who should yield him not only a revenue, but allegiance, inflamed his ambition; and, as the English natio