CCCXXXIV. Governor in Virginia. Proclamation
April 29, 1623
Manuscript Records Virginia Company, III, pt. ii, p. 50a
Document in Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.
List of Records No. 481
By the Gouernor and Capt Generall of Virginia
Whereas ye Gouernor & Counsell of estate (taking into ther Considerations
yt nothing can be more acceptable, to ye Counsell & Compa in England, or
tend more acceptable, to ye Counsell & Company in England, or tend more,
to yc saffety & reputation of this colony, then to fortifie some place vpon
this riuer, to defend the same against ye invasion of any forreine ennimy)
haue ordered & appointed that eurie twentith man (through ye whole
Colony) should be Imployed about the building of a fort, at Warrscoyicke,
vnder the Comaund of capt Roger Smith. These are therefore to requier
& Comaund capt Wm: Tucker that (throughout all ye plantacions vnder
his comaund & Charge) hee doe Imediatly, levy eurie 20th man, & send
them to Warrsoyicke, to y
e said Cap
t Smith furnished w
th Armes & tooles,
& w
th suffycient Victuall & apparrell for 6 months, And y
t hee send not any
new Commers, but able & suffycient Seasoned men fro twenty yeares old
& vpwardℯ to 45 & not aboue And if it shall so happen, y
t diuers seuerall
families, must be feyne to ioyne for y
e setting forth of one man. that then
hee make Choice of 2.3 or more such suffycient men, as aforesd, as indif-
ferently (as may be) out of y
e said families, & they to cast lotts w
ch of them
shalbe sent, to y
e said worke the rest to be Equally Contributing, to y
e
Charge, And wee further requier & Comand all persons whatsoeu
r vnder
the Charge of the said Cap
t Tucker, that yeild vnto him ready obedyence,
touching all o
r abouesd Comaunds, as they will answer the Contrary at
ther perills. giuen at James Citty, Aprill 29
th 1623
Francis Wyatt
Chr Dauison Secr
