The Birth of the Nation, Jamestown, 1607

by Sara Agnes Rice Pryor

[46] Smith's "Works," p. 123.

[47] Smith's "Works," pp. 124-125.

[48] Purchas's "His Pilgrimes," Vol. XVIII, p. 449 et seq.

[49] "The First Republic," p. 131.

[50] The present county of Isle of Wight.

[51] The colonists wished to send silk grass for a robe to Queen Anne. Queen Elizabeth had worn such a robe—made of Virginia grass.

[52] Purchas, p. 507 et seq.

[53] Smith's "Works," p. 455.

[54] "The First Republic," p. 73 et seq.

[55] Campbell's "History of Virginia," p. 76 et seq.