John Smyth papers, 1607-1641 (inclusive), [microform].

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John Smyth papers, 1607-1641 (inclusive), [microform].

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The papers include the original patent of appointment of John Smyth as steward of Henry Lord Berkeley, a statement by Smyth concerning livestock, business memoranda for Smyth's journeys to London, and memoranda of payments made to the Berkeley family. Also included are the personal expenditures of John Smyth on visits to London. The papers are MSS 13609, 13610, 13616, 13607, 13611, and 13608 in the Gloucester Public Library.

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Barclay family.

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Smyth, John, 1567-1641

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John Smyth (1567-1640), from Nibley in Gloucestershire, England, was one of the original promoters of plantations and settlements in the second Virginia colony in North America. He was the author of "Lives of the Berkeleys". From the guide to the Smyth of Nibley papers, 1613-1674, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) John Smyth of Nibley was a genealogical antiquary. This manuscript was written from 1589 to 1591, while he was at Magdalen College,...