Varying versions of James I's 1623 May 9 commission for Virginia [manuscript] 1968.

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Varying versions of James I's 1623 May 9 commission for Virginia [manuscript] 1968.

Versions of the commission issued by James I establishing the commission to investigate the Virginia Company's ownership, etc., taken from various printed and ms sources; together with Wyllie's notes on the quality of transcription, etc.

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University of Virginia. Library

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