Beverley Robert

The History of Virginia, in Four Parts


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131. Colonel Bacon, president, 79 The college designed, 79 132. Francis Nicholson, lieutenant governor, 79 He studies popularity, 79 The college proposed to him, 79 He refuses to call an assembly, 79 133. He grants a brief to the college, 79 134. The assembly address King William and Queen Mary for a college charter, 80 The education intended by this college, 80 The assembly present the lieutenant governor, 80 His method of securing this present, 80 135. Their majesties grant the charter, 80 They grant liberally towards the building and endowing of it, 80 136. The lieutenant governor encourages towns and manufactures, 80 Gentlemen of the council complain of him and are misused, 81 He falls off from the encouragement of the towns and trade, 81 137. Edmund Andros, governor, 81 The town law suspended, 81 138. The project of a post office, 81 139. The college charter arrived, 81 The college further endowed, and the foundation laid, 82 140. Sir Edmund Andros encourages manufactures, and regulates the secretary's office, 82 141. A child born in the old age of the parents, 83 142. Francis Nicholson, governor, 83 His and Colonel Quarrey's memorials against plantations, 84 143. His zeal for the church and college, 84 144. He removes the general court from Jamestown, 84 145. The taking of the pirate, 84 146. The sham bills of nine hundred pounds for New York, 86 147. Colonel Quarrey's unjust memorials, 87 148. Governor Nott arrived, 88 149. Revisal of the law finished, 88 150. Ports and towns again set on foot, 88 151. Slaves a real estate,