Potomac landings . whichw^ere not built of stone. The earliest reports whichwere sent back to England in 1607 referred to the goodred clay fitt for bricks. Six years later the ReverendAlexander Whitaker in the course of the Good Newesfrom Virginia which he sent across the sea, said:the higher ground is clay and sand mixed together atthe top; but, if wee digge any depth, (as we have donefor our bricks) wee finde it to be redde clay. More-over, the sailing ships were comparatively small and toofrail to weather a considerable consignment of such com-pact, heavy, shifting freight. Finally, there w
Potomac landings . whichw^ere not built of stone. The earliest reports whichwere sent back to England in 1607 referred to the goodred clay fitt for bricks. Six years later the ReverendAlexander Whitaker in the course of the Good Newesfrom Virginia which he sent across the sea, said:the higher ground is clay and sand mixed together atthe top; but, if wee digge any depth, (as we have donefor our bricks) wee finde it to be redde clay. More-over, the sailing ships were comparatively small and toofrail to weather a considerable consignment of such com-pact, heavy, shifting freight. Finally, there was amore pressing need for manufactured articles out ofEngland which precluded the use of precious spacefor a rough, cheap, cumbersome cargo of a commoditywhich w^as abundantly available on this side of theocean. As a matter of curious as well as conclusive fact apamphlet published in England the same year as thelanding at St. Marys, and made up of extracts fromthe first letters home, relates that Governor Calverts.
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