A Source Book in American History to 1787 — John Shaqi
A Source Book in American History to 1787
History
A Source Book in American History to 1787
United States -- History -- Sources
_There have beene given to the Collonie this yeere, by Devoute Persons,
these guifts ensuinge._
_Two Persons_, unknowne, have given faire Plate and other rich
Ornaments for two Communion Tables; whereof one for the Colledge, and
the other for the Church of Mistress Mary Robinson's foundinge: who in
the former yeere by her Will gave 200. pounds towards the foundinge of
a Church in _Virginia_.
Another unknowne person[16] (together with a goodly letter) hath
lately sent to the Treasurer 550. pounds in gold, for the bringing up
of Children of the _Infidels_: first in the Knowledge of God and true
Religion; and next, in fitt Trades whereby honestly to live.
Master _Nicolas Ferrar_ deceased, hath by his Will given 300. pounds
to the College in _Virginia_, to be paid, when there shall be ten of
the _Infidels_ children placed in it. And in the meane time foure and
twenty pounds by yeere, to be distributed unto three discreet and
Godlie men in the Colony, which shall honestly bring up three of the
_Infidels_ children in Christian Religion, and some good course to live
by.
_An unnamed person_ sent to the _Treasurer_ the summe of ten pounds,
for advancing the _Plantation_.[17]
27. The Ordinance of 1621 for Virginia
Stith's _History of Virginia_, App. IV; Hening's _Statutes_, I, 110
ff.
The _Records_ of the Virginia Assembly of 1619 (see No. 25 above)
show that the London Company had given to the settlers a "great
charter." No copy of it exists; but apparently its political
features were repeated in this document, issued by the Company July
24/Aug. 3, 1621, on the appointment of a new governor. This great
Ordinance has sometimes been called, mistakenly, The First Charter
to the Virginian Colonists. It is the _second_ such charter. Cf.
_American History and Government_, # 30.
_An Ordinance and Constitution of the Treasurer, Council, and Company
in_ England, _for a Council of State and General Assembly._
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