. Colonial Virginia . by the first General As-sembly is said to have been well lighted within, and welladapted to uses of the Assembly, and, upon the order of theGovernor, was made passing sweet and trimmed with diversflowers. The meeting is described as follows by the Speakerin his report to the London Company: The moste convenient place we could find to sitt in wasthe Quire of the Church where Sir George Yeardley, the Gov-ernor, sett downe in his accustomed place, those of the Coun-cil of estate sate next him on both handes, except only theSecretary, then appointed Speaker, who sate right be
. Colonial Virginia . by the first General As-sembly is said to have been well lighted within, and welladapted to uses of the Assembly, and, upon the order of theGovernor, was made passing sweet and trimmed with diversflowers. The meeting is described as follows by the Speakerin his report to the London Company: The moste convenient place we could find to sitt in wasthe Quire of the Church where Sir George Yeardley, the Gov-ernor, sett downe in his accustomed place, those of the Coun-cil of estate sate next him on both handes, except only theSecretary, then appointed Speaker, who sate right before him,John Twine, clerke of the General Assembly, being placednext the Speaker, and Thomas Pierse, the Sergeant, standingat the barre, to be ready for any service the Assembly shouldcommaand him. But for as much as mens affaires doe littleprosper where Gods service is neglected, all the Burgessestooke their places in the Quire until a prayer was said byMr. Bucke, the Minister, that it shall please God tlo guide and. THE FIRST AMERICAN ASSEMBLY. 13;^ sanctifie all our proceedings to His own glory and to the goodof this plantation. Prayer being ended, to the intente thatas we had begun at God Almighty, so we might proceed withawful and due respecte toward the Lieutenant, our most gra-tious and dreaded Soveraigne, all the Burgesses were in-treated to retyre themselves into the body of the Churche,which being done, before they were fully admitted, they werecalled in order and by name, and so every man (none stag-gering at it) tooke the Oathe of Supremacy. Mr. Bucke, the minister who conducted the religious devo-tioiis of this first Assembly, was the minister in charge atJaijflestown, and for whose special use the building in whichthe Assembly met had been erected. He was reputed to bea man of good culture and fine character. For a long time the proceedings of this first Assemblywere lost, and it is a matter of pride to Americans that it wasMr. Bancroft who discovered them in the
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