...their Succeflbrs, for ever, fhould be one Body politick, incorporated by the Name of, The Treafurtr and Company of Adventurers and Planters of the City of London for ihiftrft Calony in Virginia ; II. AND whereas alfo, for the greater Good and Benefit of the faid Company,...

...premifes, heretofore by thefe prefents granted, or mentioned to be granted, to them, the faid treafurer and company of adventurers and planters of the city of London for the firft colony in Virginia, and to their heirs, fucceflbrs, and ailigns, for ever, to the fole and proper...

...their fucceflbrs, for ever, fhould be one body politic, incorporated by the name of, The treafurer and company of adventurers and planters of the city of London for the firft colony in Virginia. II. And whereas alfo, for the greater good and benefit of the (aid company,...

...bearing date 9th of March, 1607, under which, in the same year a settlement was effected at James town and ever after maintained. Of this grant however no...the lands in Virginia from Point Comfort along the sea coast to the northward 200 miles, and from the sea coast to the southward 200 miles, and all the...

...Thomas Gates and others, was supersed- Charters ed, by his letters patent, May 3d, 1609, to the vacate earl of Salisbury and others, incorporating them,...city of London, for the first colony in Virginia. This grant conveyed to them and their successors, all the lands in Virginia, two hundred miles north...

...Thomas Gates and others, was supersed- chart**! ed, by his letters patent, May 3d, 1609, to the Vs'" ' earl of Salisbury and others, incorporating them,...city of London, for the first colony in Virginia. This grant conveyed to them and their successors, all the lands in Virginia, tvVo hundred miles north...

...above-mentioned Mr. John Guy, divers other merchants of Bristol, and other persons therein mentioned, by the name of the Treasurer and Company of Adventurers and Planters of the cities of London and Bristol, for the colony or plantation in Newfoundland ; from north latitude forty-six...

...Newfoundland. A patent was ^accordingly granted to the earl of Northampton and forty-four persons, by the name of the Treasurer and Company of Adventurers and Planters of the cities of London and Bristol, for the Colony or Plantation in Newfoundland, from north latitude forty-six...

...resorted to, the charter could not have authorized the measure. Gut the truth is, that the charter enabled the treasurer and company of adventurers and planters of the city of London for the first colony of Virginia only, to plead and be implcaded ; to hold lands within the limits of the charter ; to distribute...

...letters patent named, and their successors, into a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of " The Treasurer and Company of Adventurers and...City of London, for the first Colony in Virginia," with perpetual succession, and power to make, have, and use a common seal ; and did give, grant, and...