In the year 1680 Charleston was founded, the metropolis of the infant colony of South Carolina. By the grant of Pennsylvania, made by Charles the Second to William Penn, dated in March, 1681, Virginia lost another large portion of her territory.
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[326:A] Hening, ii. 531; Hamper, i.e. Hanaper.
[327:A] The direction of this proclamation is as follows: "To our trusty and well-beloved Herbert Jeffreys, Esq., Lieutenant-Governor, and the council of our colony and plantation of Virginia in the West Indies."
[328:A] Account of Va. in Mass. Hist. Coll., first series, v. 142.
[329:A] Chalmers' Introduction, i. 164.
[329:B] In 1678 the vestry at Middle Plantation determined to erect a brick church, the former one being of wood.
[330:A] Va. Hist. Reg., iii. 189.