, in the year 1855, by
J. W. Randolph,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court in and for the Eastern
District of Virginia.

H. K. Ellyson's Steam Presses, Richmond, Va.

THE TABLE.

BOOK I.

CHAPTER I.

_History of the first attempts to settle Virginia, before the discovery
of Chesapeake bay._
PAGE.
Sec. 1. Sir Walter Raleigh obtains letters patent, for making
discoveries in America, 8
2. Two ships set out on the discovery, and arrive at Roanoke inlet, 9
Their account of the country, 9
Their account of the natives, 9
3. Queen Elizabeth names the country of Virginia, 10
4. Sir Richard Greenvile's voyage, 10
He plans the first colony, under command of Mr. Ralph Lane, 11
5. The discoveries and accidents of the first colony, 11
6. Their distress by want of provisions, 12
Sir Francis Drake visits them, 12
He gives them a ship and necessaries, 12
He takes them away with him, 12
7. Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Richard Greenvile, their voyages, 13
The second settlement made, 13
8. Mr. John White's expedition, 13
The first Indian made a Christian there, 14
The first child born there of Christian parentage, 14
Third settlement, incorporated by the name of the city of Raleigh,
in Virginia, 14
Mr. White, their governor, sent home to solicit for supplies, 14
9. John White's second voyage; last attempts to carry them recruits, 14
His disappointment, 15
10. Capt. Gosnell's voyage to the coast of Cape Cod, 15
11. The Bristol voyages, 16
12. A London voyage, which discovered New York, 16

CHAPTER II.

_Discovery of Chesapeake bay by the corporation of London adventurers;
their colony at Jamestown, and proceedings during the government by
an elective president an