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George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Chapter 3: (search)
o have upon its banks and in its ports the flourishing settlements and active commerce that it is by nature so well adapted to sustain. Five natives were decoyed on board the ship, and Weymouth, returning to England, gave three of them to Sir Ferdinand Gorges, a friend of Raleigh, and governor of Plymouth. Rosier's Virginian Voyage, &c. in Purchas, IV. 1659—1667. Gorges, Brief Narration, c. II. Compare Belknap's Am. Biog. II. 134—150; Williamson's Maine, i. 191—195. Strange with what recGorges, Brief Narration, c. II. Compare Belknap's Am. Biog. II. 134—150; Williamson's Maine, i. 191—195. Strange with what reckless confidence Oldmixon, i. 219, 220, can blunder! Such were the voyages which led the way to the colonization of the United States. The daring and skill of these earliest adventurers upon the ocean deserve the highest admiration. The difficulties of crossing the Atlantic were new, and it required the greater courage to encounter hazards which ignorance exaggerated. The character of the prevalent winds and currents was unknown. The possibility of making a direct passage was but grad
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Chapter 4: (search)
s in the quarrels of strangers, or incur the hazards of seeking a New World. Gorges' Brief Narration, c. II. The minds of many persons of intelligence, rank, and e little company revolved the project of a plantation. At the same time, Sir Ferdinand Gorges was gathering information of the native Americans, whom he had received the strongest desire of becoming a proprietary of domains beyond the Atlantic. Gorges was a man of wealth, of rank, and of influence; he readily persuaded Sir John Popham, lord chief justice of England, to share his intentions. Gorges, c. II—v. Nor had the assigns of Raleigh become indifferent to western planting; the most disrance of Hakluyt, the hopes of profit and the extensive influence of Popham and Gorges, Gorges, c. v. and VI. applied to James I. for leave to deduce a colony intoGorges, c. v. and VI. applied to James I. for leave to deduce a colony into Virginia, the monarch promoted the April 10. noble work by readily issuing an ample patent. The first colonial charter; See the charter, in Hazard, i. 51—58;
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Chapter VII (search)
nd approbation of the majority of the freemen or their deputies. Representative government was indissolubly connected with the fundamental charter; and it was especially provided, that the authority of the absolute proprietary should not extend to the life, freehold, or estate of any emigrant. These were the features which endeared the proprietary government to the people of Maryland; and, but for these, the patent would have been as worthless as those of the London company, of Warwick, of Gorges, or of Mason. It is a singular fact, that the only proprietary charters, productive of considerable emolument to their owners, were those which conceded popular liberty. For the benefit of the colony, the statutes restraining emigration were dis- Chap. VII.} 1632. pensed with; and, at the appointment of the Baron of Baltimore, all present and future liege people of the English king, except such as should be expressly forbidden, might freely transport themselves and their families to Mary
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Chapter 8: (search)
royal patent. Yet their claim to their lands was valid, according to the principles of English law, as well as natural justice. They had received a welcome from the aborigines; and the council of Plymouth, through the 1621. mediation of Sir Ferdinand Gorges, Gorges' Description, 24. Briefe Narration, c. XXII. immediately issued a patent to John Pierce for their benefit. But the trustee, growing desirous of becoming lord proprietary, and holding them as tenants, obtained a 1623. new charGorges' Description, 24. Briefe Narration, c. XXII. immediately issued a patent to John Pierce for their benefit. But the trustee, growing desirous of becoming lord proprietary, and holding them as tenants, obtained a 1623. new charter, which would have caused much difficulty, had not his misfortunes compelled him to transfer his rights to the company. When commerce extended to the Kennebec, a patent for the adjacent territory was easily procured. The same year, Allerton was again 16 sent to London to negotiate an enlargement of both the grants; and he gained from the council of Plymouth concessions equal to all his desires. But it was ever impossible to obtain a charter from the king; Chap. VIII.} 1630 so that, acco
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Chapter 9: (search)
onopoly, having given to Robert 1622 Dec. 13. Gorges, the son of Sir Ferdinand, a patent for a tracmmons, in Chalmers, 100—102, and 103, 104; Sir F. Gorges' Narration, Morrell, in i. Mass Hist. Colled the deep waters of the Piscataqud. Sir Ferdinand Gorges, the most energetic member of the counct a name. The passion for land increased; and Gorges 1622. Aug. 10. and Mason next took a patent fshed on the banks of 1623. the Piscataqua. Gorges' Narrative, c. XXIV. Hubbard, 614-16. Princes for individuals. The enterprise of Sir Ferdinand Gorges, though sustained by stronger expressiod; Josselyn's Voyages; and the Narration which Gorges himself composed in his old age. Materials may at Piscataqua could not quiet the ambition of Gorges. As a Protestant and an Englishman, he was alc. Folsom, 318, &c. Williamson, i.237, and ff. Gorges, 48, 49. Yet a pride of character sustained in Gorges an 1635 Feb. 3. unbending hope; and he clung to the project of territorial aggrandizeme[2 more...]