A history of Virginia for boys and girls . osend only good young women, and the governorsmade an effort to see that only worthy men marriedthem. By this time tobacco was used in the colony asmoney. The cost of bringing over one of theseyoung women was equal to the value of about120 pounds of tobacco. Accordingly, before agroom could claim his bride he was required tohand over enough tobacco to pay her expenseson the voyage. Thus it came to pasa in thosedays that 120 pounds of tobacco was spoken> ofas the price of a wife. About this time, moreover, the exporting oftobacco from Virginia to En
A history of Virginia for boys and girls . osend only good young women, and the governorsmade an effort to see that only worthy men marriedthem. By this time tobacco was used in the colony asmoney. The cost of bringing over one of theseyoung women was equal to the value of about120 pounds of tobacco. Accordingly, before agroom could claim his bride he was required tohand over enough tobacco to pay her expenseson the voyage. Thus it came to pasa in thosedays that 120 pounds of tobacco was spoken> ofas the price of a wife. About this time, moreover, the exporting oftobacco from Virginia to England began on alarge scale. John Rolfe and others had shipped A RED LETTER YEAR: 1619 41 some tobacco before this ; but in 1619 the businessbecame notable. In that year a cargo of 20,000pounds left Virginia. The next year the shipmentwas twice as large ; and in 1622 the quantity sentabroad was 60,000 pounds. Wheat, corn, andbarley were also grown, but for many yearstobacco was used as money and was the mostimportant export from JAMESTOWN IN l622. IN THIS PICTURE THE PALISADES SHOW PLAINLY Many of the colonists were disappointed in notfinding gold ; but it was only a few years untiltobacco and corn took the place of gold. One of the most interesting subjects that theVirginians were discussing in 1619 was the collegethat was to be built at Henrico. Henrico was avillage on the James at the point now called DutchGap. The plan was to make Henrico a city andthe capital of the colony. Naturally, the college 42 A HISTORY OF VIRGINIA was to be located there, and it was to be called theUniversity of Henrico. This school was to be used especially for educat-ing the Indians, so that they all might in timebecome Christians. Thus we can see how strongthe missionary spirit was in those days. Forseveral years this school had been thought of andtalked of on both sides of the Atlantic. In 1618,under the direction of King James himself, alarge sum of money for the school had been col-
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