Excerpt: ...whether God's wrath might not have been kindled against the Bay Colony for her refusal to provide powder to fellow Englishmen in need. The war with Opechancanough continued throughout the fall and winter of 1644 and into the spring of 1645. At the Assembly of February 1645 provision was made for sending out the usual military parties. But in addition three forts were ordered 34 built: one in the Pamunkey territory, one at the falls of the James, and a third along the Chickahominy. Efforts were made to see that ...
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Excerpt: ...whether God's wrath might not have been kindled against the Bay Colony for her refusal to provide powder to fellow Englishmen in need. The war with Opechancanough continued throughout the fall and winter of 1644 and into the spring of 1645. At the Assembly of February 1645 provision was made for sending out the usual military parties. But in addition three forts were ordered 34 built: one in the Pamunkey territory, one at the falls of the James, and a third along the Chickahominy. Efforts were made to see that the expenses of the war were equitably shared. The settlers at Northumberland, on the south bank of the Potomac, were ordered to contribute to the cost of the war on the north side of the James. Chickacoan, as the area was known at first, had served for several years as a rallying point for Protestants disaffected with the government of Lord Baltimore, but this was the first official notice of the settlement by the Virginia Assembly. Settlement along the Potomac was significant, of course, because it placed a body of citizens farther from effective control than any had been in the past. It had been hard enough for Harvey to control the citizens on the south side of the York River; now two broad rivers, the York and Rappahannock, lay between the frontier settlements and Jamestown. The Assembly of February 1645 found time to deal with matters other than the conduct of the war. It passed an act providing "That Free trade be allowed to all the inhabitants of the collony to buy and sell at their best advantage." Because some questions had been asked by the merchants of London concerning a rumored prohibition of trade with them, it was thought fit to explain that Virginia's free trade extended to them as to other Englishmen. Following Sir William Berkeley's return from England June 7, 1645, vigorous measures were taken to end the protracted war with Opechancanough, and a new Assembly was called to reform abuses which had sprung up. This Assembly...
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Good. 64, wraps, illus., maps, folding map at rear, bibliography, substantial underlining, marginal notes on several pages. Covers somewhat worn and soiled, ink name of previous owner.
