Virginia Company

William Strachey, the first Secretary to the Colony of Virginia, would, I felt, have been a true Whig if Whig principles had been enunciated in his time, for the Virginia Company was a Liberal movement.

The Adventure of Living Strachey, John St Loe 1922

There were two or three pamphlets written by him and published as what we should now call Virginia Company propaganda.

The Adventure of Living Strachey, John St Loe 1922

Mr. Conway Robinson, the father of Mr. Leigh Robinson, prepared for the press two volumes of abstracts from the court book, which were edited later by R.A. Brock for the Virginia Historical Society and entitled Virginia Company, 1619 – 1624.

The Records of the Virginia Company of London 1906

The Virginia Company called for a “sharp revenge upon the bloody miscreants” that would prevent them from “being longer a people upon the face of the Earth.”

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

The Virginia Company called for a “sharp revenge upon the bloody miscreants” that would prevent them from “being longer a people upon the face of the Earth.”

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

And historically, some of the first settlers to America -- Christian separatist pilgrims -- were indeed seeking religious liberty, but they arrived at Plymouth 13 years after European bullionist policies had already sent the Virginia Company to settle Jamestown.

Stuart Whatley: 'War on Christmas' Comes to the Fore Stuart Whatley 2010

And historically, some of the first settlers to America -- Christian separatist pilgrims -- were indeed seeking religious liberty, but they arrived at Plymouth 13 years after European bullionist policies had already sent the Virginia Company to settle Jamestown.

Stuart Whatley: 'War on Christmas' Comes to the Fore Stuart Whatley 2010

Her marriage to the Virginia Company employee and tobacco-planting enthusiast John Rolfe (1585–1622) produced one child: Thomas Rolfe (1615–1675).

Shaking the Family Tree Buzzy Jackson 2010

And historically, some of the first settlers to America -- Christian separatist pilgrims -- were indeed seeking religious liberty, but they arrived at Plymouth 13 years after European bullionist policies had already sent the Virginia Company to settle Jamestown.

Stuart Whatley: 'War on Christmas' Comes to the Fore Stuart Whatley 2010

And historically, some of the first settlers to America -- Christian separatist pilgrims -- were indeed seeking religious liberty, but they arrived at Plymouth 13 years after European bullionist policies had already sent the Virginia Company to settle Jamestown.

Stuart Whatley: 'War on Christmas' Comes to the Fore Stuart Whatley 2010