The Virginia magazine of history and biography . 154 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. Instructions to Governor Yeardley, 1618. George Yeardley, after serving some time in the English forces inthe Low Countries, came to Virginia in 1609, and was elected Gover-nor by the Company in i6[8, being the first occupant of that officewho had had experience as a planter in the Colony. His administra-tion marked an important change in the policy of the London Com-pany, and he brought with him instructions to grant too acres of landtoeach of the old settlers who had been in the country before and during theti
The Virginia magazine of history and biography . 154 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. Instructions to Governor Yeardley, 1618. George Yeardley, after serving some time in the English forces inthe Low Countries, came to Virginia in 1609, and was elected Gover-nor by the Company in i6[8, being the first occupant of that officewho had had experience as a planter in the Colony. His administra-tion marked an important change in the policy of the London Com-pany, and he brought with him instructions to grant too acres of landtoeach of the old settlers who had been in the country before and during thetime of Sir Thomas Dale, and fifty acres to each person who should comeinto Virginia with intent to settle. He was also instructed to summona legislative assembly, which, meeting in 1619, was the first assemblageof representatives of the people ever held on the American continent. The year of Yeardleys appointment, 1618, is notable for the deaths oftwo persons intimately associated with the early settlement, Raleighand Powhatan. During Yeardleys
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