Virginia Company
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The Virginia Company was an English trading company chartered by King James I on 10 April 1606 with the objective of colonizing the eastern coast of America. The coast was named Virginia, after Elizab
The Indian massacre of 1622
Thomas Smythe
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Sir Thomas Smythe was an English merchant, politician and colonial administrator. He was the first governor of the East India Company and treasurer of the Virginia Company from 1609 to 1620 until enve
Virginia Company
…Company. The third charter expanded territory eastward to include Summer Islands and other islands. On 18 November 1618, Virginia Company officers Thomas Smythe and Edwin Sandys sent a set of instructions to Virginia governor George Yeardley, which are often referred to as "The Great Charter", though it was not…
Sir Thomas Smythe
Thomas Smythe's letter to Fedor II of Russia (20 April 1605)