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George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Chapter VI (search)
f magistrate, just at the time when the resignation of Richard had left England without a government. The burgesses, who were immediately convened, resolving to become the arbiters of the fate of the colony, enacted, that the supreme power of the government of this country shall be resident in the assembly; and all writs shall issue in its name, until there shall arrive from England a commission, which the assembly itself shall adjudge to be lawful. Ibid. 530, Act This being done, Sir William Berkely was elected governor; Ibid. 530, 531, and 5. and, acknowledging the validity of the acts of the burgesses, whom, it was expressly agreed, he could in no event dissolve, he accepted the office, and recognized, without a scruple, the authority to which he owed his elevation. I am, said he, but a servant of the assembly. Smith's New York, 27. Virginia did not lay claim to absolute independence, but, awaiting the settlement Chap VI.} 1660 of affairs in England, hoped for the Rest