An Essay Lovissiania and Virginia Improovd / by Coll. Cadwallader Jones, Esq. Dedicated To His Excellency Francis Nicholson Esq. His Maj. Leiut. And Govern. Generall of Virginia, at Yorke Towne, Jan. Ye 17th 1698/9.

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An Essay Lovissiania and Virginia Improovd / by Coll. Cadwallader Jones, Esq. Dedicated To His Excellency Francis Nicholson Esq. His Maj. Leiut. And Govern. Generall of Virginia, at Yorke Towne, Jan. Ye 17th 1698/9.

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A proposition for establishing trade with Indians "Read and Reported by the Committee of Propositions and Grievances on May 17, 1699" (f. 5v). On July 1, 1688, Virginia Governor Francis Nicholson forwarded it to the Lords of Trade. Later Jones' proposition became the basis of Spotswood's Indian Company.

5 leaves ; 30 cm. stitched, in a folding case.

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Nicholson, Francis, 1655-1728

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Francis Nicholson was a member of the Council for the Dominion of New England and in 1688 was commissioned lieutenant governor of the Dominion. Served as lieutenant governor of New York (1688), lieutenant governor of Virginia (1690-1692), governor of Maryland (1694-1698), governor of Virginia (1698-1705) governor of Nova Scotia (1713-1717), and governor of South Carolina (1721-1725. He was a fellow of the Royal Society. From the guide to the Papers, Addition One, 1695-1765., (John D....

Jones, Cadwallader, fl. 1670-1699.

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Cadwallader Jones was son of Richard Jones, an Exeter merchant who settled in Virginia in 1651. In 1673, Cadwallader Jones settled at Rappahannock, and later patented land in Stafford backwoods. He was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel in the Stafford militia in 1680. In November, 1689, he was appointed Governor of the Bahamas, but after conflicts with the proprietors, he took refuge in England, and then returned to Virginia. From the description of An Essay Lovissiania and Virginia Im...