Virginia and Virginians eminent Virginians, executives of the colony of Virginia from Sir Thomas Smyth to Lord Dunmore. Executives of the state of Virginia, from Patrick Henry to Fitzhugh Lee. Sketches of Gens. Ambrose Powel Hill, Robert E. Lee, Thos. Jonathan Jackson, Commodore Maury |
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CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH |
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CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH
A biographical notice of Captain John Smith, President of the Colony
from September 7, 1608, to August, 1609, will be found in the historical
sketch of Virginia, in the second volume of Virginia and Virginians.
He has been justly termed "the father of Virginia."
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