. A larger history of the United States of America, to the close of President Jackson's administration . ointed by the crown. The First, or London Colony, wasto be planted in South Virginia, from north latitude 34° to38°, and the Second, or Plymouth Colony, was to be plantedin North Virginia, between 41° and 45° north latitude. Nei-ther colony was to extend more than fifty miles inland, andthere was to be an interval of a hundred miles between theirnearest settlements. That gap of a hundred miles afterwardscaused a great deal of trouble. Three ships with a hundred settlers went from Plymouth,E
. A larger history of the United States of America, to the close of President Jackson's administration . ointed by the crown. The First, or London Colony, wasto be planted in South Virginia, from north latitude 34° to38°, and the Second, or Plymouth Colony, was to be plantedin North Virginia, between 41° and 45° north latitude. Nei-ther colony was to extend more than fifty miles inland, andthere was to be an interval of a hundred miles between theirnearest settlements. That gap of a hundred miles afterwardscaused a great deal of trouble. Three ships with a hundred settlers went from Plymouth,England, in 1607, reaching the mouth of the Sagadahoc, orKennebec, August 8th. They held religious services accord-ing to the Church of England, read their patent publicly, andproceeded to dig wells, build houses, and erect a fort. Mis-fortune pursued them. Nearly half their number went backwith the vessels. The winter was unusually severe. Their 142 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. storehouse was burned; their president, George Popham, died;their patron in England, Sir John Popham, died also; their. C^hefe are the Lines thatjliew tliyTace;hutthofo * thy Ol^aCC andCfloV}, hrujliter hec : nliy Fairc-J>ilcoueries atid :Fo\vlc- Overthrowes OJ^Salvages,muck Clvillizd. hy t/iee-KS^ Bcjijkcw thy Sfiritjand to it: Glorj (^ynJ<,_ art JBrafsC wit/iout,hut Q^olde^ Mttkitv . admiral, Raleigh Gilbert, was recalled to England by thedeath of his brother. In the spring all returned, and another AN ENGLISH NATION 143 colony was added to the list of unsuccessful attempts. It isuseless to speculate on what might have been the differencein the destiny of New England had it succeeded; it failed,and the world never cares very much for failures. The con-temporary verdict was that the country was branded by thereturn of that plantation as being over-cold, and, in respectof that, not habitable for Englishmen. But the fortunate factthat two colonies were sent out together made
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