Virginia House of Burgesses (1623) ordinance of Jamestown, legislation enacted requiring civil magistrates: 1623VA001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement.…
New Hampshire History (1622) from The Original 13-A Documentary History of Religion in America's First Thirteen States (Amerisearch, Inc., 2009): <On March 9, 1622, John Mason, called "the founder of New…
Henry Vaughan (April 17, 1622-April 23, 1695) was an English physician and poet, who was born in Wales. After receiving an education at Jesus College, Oxford, he practiced medicine in Brecon.…
Virginia Colony (March 22, 1622) was able to avert a threatened Indian attack due to the warning of a young Indian named "Chanco." On Jamestown Island, Virginia, the church marker stated:…
Virginia House of Burgesses (August 3, 1621) ordinances of Jamestown: <1.The Council of State...shall be chosen...Persons...which said Counselors and Council we earnestly pray and desire, and in his Majesty's Name strictly…
Virginia House of Burgesses (July 24, 1621) ordinance of Jamestown: 1621VA001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1621VA001. William…
Massachusetts History (1620) from The Original 13-A Documentary History of Religion in America's First Thirteen States (Amerisearch, Inc., 2009): <Persecution of dissenting religious groups by the monarchs in Europe contributed to…
Mayflower Compact (November 11, 1620) was America's first great governmental document, signed by the Pilgrims before they disembarked from their ship, the Mayflower. This covenant, revolutionary in its concept of individuals…
Plymouth Council Charter (November 3, 1620) granted by King James I (1566-1625), declared the purpose of the colony: <James, by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland,…
Virginia Charter of Berkeley Hundred (December 4, 1619) Charter for 38 colonists who landed at a place they called Berkeley Hundred: 1619VA003 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All…
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