Raleigh never relinquished hope in America. In 1595 he made a voyage to Guiana, and in 1602 sent out Samuel Mace to Virginia—the third of Mace's voyages thither. In 1603, just before his confinement in the Tower, he wrote to Sir Robert Cecil regarding the rights which he had in that country, and used these memorable words, "I shall yet live to see it an English nation."[24 ]
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[ Edwards, Life of Raleigh, I., 81, II., 10.]
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[ Cal. of State Pap., Col., 1574-1674, p. 17.]
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[ Edwards, Life of Raleigh, I., 82.]
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[ Hakluyt, Voyages, III., 184-208.]