A popular history of the United States of America, from the aboriginal times to the present day (1881) (14581777338)

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Title: A popular history of the United States of America, from the aboriginal times to the present day
Year: 1881 (1880s)
Authors: Ridpath, John Clark, 1840-1900. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Cincinnati, Philadelphia (etc.) Jones brothers & company San Francisco, A. L. Bancroft & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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n the companys vessel was captured by aSpanish man-of-war. In the autumn another ship was sent out, whichremained on the American coast until the following spring, and thenreturned with glowing accounts of the country. Encouraged by thesereports, the company, in the summer of 1607, despatched a colony of ahundred persons. Arriving at the mouth of the River Kennebec, thecolonists began a settlement under favorable circumstances. Some forti-fications were thrown up, a storehouse and several cabins built, and theplace named St. George. Then the ships returned to England, leavinga promising colony of forty-five members; but the winter of 1607-8was very severe; some of the settlers were starved and some frozen, thestorehouse burned, and when summer came the remnant escaped toEngland. The London Company had better fortune. A fleet of three vesselswas fitted out, and the command given to Christopher Newport. On the9th of December the ships, having on board a hundred and five colonists, r—r
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map in. ENGLISH GRANTS. 1606—1732. VOYAGE AND DISCOVERY. 87 among whom were Wingfield and Smith, left England. Newport, tobegin with, committed the astonishing folly of taking the old route byAvay of the Canaries and the West Indies, and did not reach the Americancoast until the month of April. It was the design that a landing shouldbe made in the neighborhood of Roanoke Island, but a storm prevailedand carried the ships northward into the Chesapeake. Entering themagnificent bay and coasting along the southern shore, the vessels cameto the mouth of a broad and beautiful river, which was named in honorof King James. Proceeding up this stream about fifty miles, Newportnoticed on the northern bank a peninsula more attractive than the restfor its verdure and beauty; the ships were moored, and the emigrantswent on shore. Here, on the 13th day of May (Old Style), in the year1607, were laid the foundations of Jamestown, the oldest English settle-ment in America. It was within a month of a

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