17. Instructions by King James to the London Company (November 20/30, 1606); from Hening's _Statutes at Large_ 29 18. Instructions from the Council of the Virginia Company to the first Jamestown expedition (December, 1606); from Neill's _Virginia Company_ 32 19. The early settlers and their sufferings: _a._ A "Discourse" by Master George Percy (1607); from "Purchas his Pilgrimes" (1625) 35 _b._ An account of "gentlemen" in Virginia, by Amos Todkill (1608); from Smith's _Works_ 36 20. The Virginia charter of 1609 (with hints for study); from the Appendix to Stith's _History of Virginia_ 37 21. The Virginia charter of 1612 (the portions relating to a more democratic organization of the Company and its powers); _ib._ 44 22. The danger from Spanish attack: correspondence of Spanish and English ambassadors with their respective governments; from Brown's _Genesis of the United States_ 47 IV. Virginia under the Liberal Company, 1619-1624 23. Rules of the Virginia Company (1619); from Force's _Historical Tracts_ 51 24. An "Order" of the Company authorizing temporary self-government in its plantations (February 2/12, 1619/1620); from Susan Kingsbury's _Records of the Virginia Company of London_ 53 25. Records of the Assembly of 1619; from Wynne and Gilman's _Colonial Records of Virginia_ 53 26. The "Declaration" by the Company (drawn by Sandys), June 22/July 2, 1620, justifying the liberal management; from Susan Kingsbury's _Records of the Virginia Company of London_ 63 27. The Ordinance of 1621,--a grant of limited self-government by the Company to the settlers, with authorization of a representative Assembly; from the Appendix to Stith's _History of Virginia_ 70 28. Attempts by King James to control the elections in the Company in favor of the "court party" in 1620 and 1622; from Susan Kingsbury's _Records of the Virginia Company of London_ 73 V. Virginia a Royal Province: Struggle to save the Assembly 29. Royal Commission to Governor Wyatt and his Council (1624), ignoring the Assembly; from Hazard's _State Papers_ 80 30. Royal commission to Governor Yeardley (1625), to like purpose; from Hazard's _State Papers_ 82 31. Protests in the Colony: