Author: Peabody Normal CollegePublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780266568209
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Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Excerpt from The American Historical Magazine, 1896, Vol. 1: Published Quarterly Deliverance, in 1609. He was, says a distinguished writer, a man of wealth and of well deserved influence. He was descended from a Staffordshire family, known as the Lords of Yardley. One of his ancestors was a wit ness to the signature of King John to the first Magna Charta, June 15, 1215. Capt. George Yardley was a sub scriber, or stockholder in the London Company. He had served with distinction in Holland, in the war against Spain. A contemporary said of' him, that he was a soldier truly bred in the University of War in the Low Countries. He served as President of the Colonial Council until 1616, about which time he was _married to Temperance West. In this year, Governor, Sir Thomas Dale, depart ing for England in company with John Rolfe and his wife Pocahontas, left Capt. Yardley as Deputy Governor. He was thus enabled by actual residence, and by official relations with the colonists, to form a just estimate of their needs, and a true conception of their rights. His character and modes of thought made him the friend and supporter of popular rights at the time when the colonists needed a judicious and faithful friend. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
