. The World almanac and encyclopedia. ennial lExposttion. On May 13,1907. will occur the three hundredth anniversary of the settlement at Jamestown,Virginia, by the English. It will be commemorated by an international exposition. The VirginiaLegislature has chartered the Jamestown Exposition Company, which has been organized with Gen-eral Fitzhugh Lee as President. The incorporators number 100 of the leading citizens of act of incorporation provides that the organizers shall have subscribed by January 1, 190 \ thesum of $1,000,000. A site for the exposition has beeujselected at Se
. The World almanac and encyclopedia. ennial lExposttion. On May 13,1907. will occur the three hundredth anniversary of the settlement at Jamestown,Virginia, by the English. It will be commemorated by an international exposition. The VirginiaLegislature has chartered the Jamestown Exposition Company, which has been organized with Gen-eral Fitzhugh Lee as President. The incorporators number 100 of the leading citizens of act of incorporation provides that the organizers shall have subscribed by January 1, 190 \ thesum of $1,000,000. A site for the exposition has beeujselected at Sewalls Point, a sandy spot pro-jecting into Hampton Roads about six miles directly north of Norfolk, and. therefore, close also toNewport News, Hampton, and Old Point Comfort. The magnificent harbor at the disposal of theexposition enterprise \\ill afford a means for display on original lines, and which will be of surpassingbeauty and accessibility at a smaller financial expenditure than expositions of similar importaocehave The Worlds Fair at St. Louis in 190Jf. 291 K\)t 2Mor(tr^s jFair at <St, Houis m 1904. PRELIMINARY WORK-FINANCES. Thh yearl903 will see the constiuctiou or what is intended to be the greatest eioosition in aM hia \^JX\\ •^^•^^^ ^ 1»W the centennial of tne Louisiana Purcnase. By act of Sress June 3o 1^02, the was postponed from 1903 to 1904 While the official title is tne^TouilianaPu? chase Exposition • the shorter n»me -Worlds Pair. ,s preferred by the pub,,rand S bv X wL^SraTfaViacTasJ889 ^^helvVrss.^r °rf*f *^ f^^^^^tion of ^/Snt^nni^was oegun as lar oack as 1889. The Missouri Historical Society took up tne subiejt in 1898 and OovernnrStephens of Missouri. ,n response ton popular sentiment, called a convention of te twelve States Territories in the Purchase for January 10, 1899. The States and Territories concerned were MontanaWyoming. North Dakota. South Dakota. Minnesota. Iowa. Nebraska, Colorado
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