Articles and agreements to Captain John Martin, 1616 January 29.

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Articles and agreements to Captain John Martin, 1616 January 29.

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The Virginia Company treasurer grants to Martin a series of privileges and immunities concerning his Virginia plantation, including commerce and fishing, shipbuilding, construction of iron, saw and corn mills, mineral rights, punishment of wrongdoers under his command, and defense against Barbarians or Indians. The document is signed by Pembrooke, Southamton, Thomas Smith and Francis Bacon. Two other signatures are only partially copied.

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Martin, John, fl. 1616.

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Virginia Company of London

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Southampton, Henry Wriothesley, Earl of, 1573-1624

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English soldier; patron of Shakespeare. From the description of Document signed : [n.p.], 1624 July 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874684 ...

Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626

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Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, 1561-1626, English philosopher, statesman and essayist best known for theories on scientific experimentation; knighted in 1603, created Baron Verulam in 1618, and created Viscount St Alban in 1621; Lord Chancellor, 1618; died 1626. From the guide to the A Coppy of a letter Conceived to bee writt to the late Duke of Buckingham..., c1650-1700, (Senate House Library, University of London) ...