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Letter from George Thorpe to Sir Edwin Sandys (June 27, 1621)

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In this letter, dated June 27, 1621, George Thorpe informs Sir Edwin Sandys, treasurer of the Virginia Company of London, that he has secured a visit with Opechancanough, one of the most powerful chiefs of Tsenacomoco.

Author: George Thorpe
    Transcription Source: The Records of the Virginia Company of London, edited, with an introduction and bibliography, by Susan Myra Kingsbury (Library of Congress, 1905). Digital collection made available by the Library of Congress.

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    Records of the Virginia Company

    Records of the Virginia Company, Volume 3, Page 462

    Noble Sr I am §not§ a little glad that after soe much oposition the busines of Virginia doth stand vppon soe equall feet that you were able to make soe nere a frend soe worthie gouernor thereof, vnto whom att his arriuall if my aduice or seruice maie bee of any vse I shall much reioice seeinge I cann neuer forgett howe much my obligation vnto you is, God hath all this yeare hithevnto extraordinarily blessed vs wth health and nowe of late alsoe after a great drought wth the hope of a plentifull haruest of all kind[s] whose holy name bee blessed. I am wthin these x: daies goinge to Abochanchano who hath diuers times sent for mee as hee saith out of desier hee hath to bee further informed of some thing[s] by mee offered vnto him att or last meetinge. I praie god giue mee succese according to my intention. Soe I rest.

    Sr Yours most assured to searue you
    Geo: Thorpe
    James Cittie this 27th of June 1621

    [Indorsed by Sir Edwin Sandys:] Mr George Thorp from Virginia 27. June 1621. to Sr E. Sañ: from Mr Thorpe 27 June 1621.

    [Addressed by self:] To my Hoble ffrende Sr Edwine Sandis Knight giue these.

    FURTHER READING

    Letter from Sir William Throckmorton et al. to Sir George Yeardley (February 18, 1619) “Ordinances Directions and Instructions to Captaine John Woodleefe” by Sir William Throckmorton, et al. (September 4, 1619) Indenture between the Four Adventurers of Berkeley Hundred and Robert Coopy of North Nibley (1619) Letter from George Thorpe to John Smyth (December 19, 1620) Letter from George Thorpe to Sir Edwin Sandys (May 15–16, 1621) An excerpt from A Declaration of the state of the Colonie and Affaires in Virginia (1622) “The massacre upon the two and twentieth of March”; an excerpt from The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles (1624) Inventory of George Thorpe’s Estate (1634)

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    APA Citation:
    Thorpe, George. Letter from George Thorpe to Sir Edwin Sandys (June 27, 1621). (2020, December 07). In Encyclopedia Virginia. https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/letter-from-george-thorpe-to-sir-edwin-sandys-june-27-1621.
    MLA Citation:
    Thorpe, George. "Letter from George Thorpe to Sir Edwin Sandys (June 27, 1621)" Encyclopedia Virginia. Virginia Humanities, (07 Dec. 2020). Web. 27 Sep. 2023
    Last updated: 2020, December 07
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