Front Seal of the Virginia Company
Description: As a business venture The Virginia Company was a failure, by 1624 the King had revoked the charter of The Virginia Company and made Virginia a Crown Colony. For the settlers that came it was a chance for religous freedom and escape from persecution. It paved the way for settlement in a strange new world. Being in Jamestown was as isolated as the modern day astronaut on the moon. There was no hope of immediate help or even food if you had a problem. Credit Line: Image courtesy of the Library of Congress. They have declared it "public domain". From the Thomas Jefferson Collection of "The Records of the Virginia Company of London". There is no reproduction number to site. Records of the Virginia Company. Edited by Susan Myra Kingsbury. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, Volumes I and II, 1906; Volumes III and IV, 1933, 1935. --Full Size Image Info-- Image Width: 292 px Image Height: 381 px Image Size: 49 Kb Filename: FR.jpg Date added/last modified: Jan 25, 2006 |
