Sunday, March 21, 2010

A True Discourse of the Present Estate of Virginia and the successe of the affaires there till the 18 of June, 1614 by Ralph Hamor

In this account Hamor gives a history of the early settlements in and around Jamestown. Of particular note is Hamor's account of the Pocahontas story. The famous scene from John Smith's Generall Historie where Pocahontas intervenes in Smith's execution is nowhere to be found, but we do get several accounts of her marriage to John Rolfe--love story, political match, and conversion narrative. There's also a history of what went on in the colony and some material which seems to encourage further investment and colonization.

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