Excerpt from Christopher Monck, Duke of Albemarle Albemarle had the discernment to perceive, had they been established, would perhaps have had far-reach ing consequences in the history of the American Colonies. A few disconnected words written on a piece of old parchment, forming part of a dispatch-case, once the property of Colonel Joseph Ward, of General Washington's staff, first introduced the Duke of Albemarle to my notice. This fragment proved to be a part of a royal warrant granted to Christopher, Duke of Albemarle, ...
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Excerpt from Christopher Monck, Duke of Albemarle Albemarle had the discernment to perceive, had they been established, would perhaps have had far-reach ing consequences in the history of the American Colonies. A few disconnected words written on a piece of old parchment, forming part of a dispatch-case, once the property of Colonel Joseph Ward, of General Washington's staff, first introduced the Duke of Albemarle to my notice. This fragment proved to be a part of a royal warrant granted to Christopher, Duke of Albemarle, and his five associates, the Gentlemen Adventurers. It gave permission for the use of two ships with which to make search for a lost Spanish galleon. From this slender beginning this volume has developed. It would be a matter of intense surprise to the Duke of Albemarle could he realise how completely he has been forgotten. Of high rank, rich, actively interested in various pursuits, he made a striking and brilliant figure in the social life of his day, and an unexpected amount of detail concerning him has rewarded the researches of his biographer. These researches have been conducted among contemporary records; state papers, domestic and colonial, private correspondence, diaries, news-letters, gazettes, and testimony given before various courts of law. The original documents have been consulted in all cases where it was possible to gain access to them. When the original letter was not available for examination, quotations have been made from the Historical Manuscripts Commission Reports. One or more of these documents can be cited as authority for every thing contained in this biography. In its construe tion imagination plays no part. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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