William Vaughan (writer)
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Sir William Vaughan was a Welsh writer in English and Latin. He promoted colonization in Newfoundland, but with mixed success.
Title page from The Golden Fleece (1626).
Ferryland
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Ferryland is a town in Newfoundland and Labrador on the Avalon Peninsula. According to the 2021 Statistics Canada census, its population is 371.
William Vaughan (writer)
…over part of his grant to Henry Cary. Vaughan's brother had convinced him to also to give up a portion of his tract to George Calvert, the area around Ferryland. In this area George Calvert established his Colony of Avalon. Vaughan retained the southern portion of his tract, determined by a line drawn from…
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Excavated foundation of mansion house.