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The Project Gutenberg EBook of New Discoveries at Jamestown by John L. Cotter J. Paul Hudson This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America Author: John L. Cotter J. Paul Hudson Release Date: July 13, 2005 [EBook #16277] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK NEW DISCOVERIES AT JAMESTOWN *** Produced by Mark C. Orton, Ben Beasley and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration] New Discoveries at JAMESTOWN Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America By JOHN L. COTTER and J. PAUL HUDSON WASHINGTON, D.C., 1957 [Illustration] UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fred A. Seaton, Secretary NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Conrad L. Wirth, Director [Illustration] For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington 25, D.C.--Price 50 cents Preface Jamestown, a name of first rank among historic names, saw the birth of English America. Here on an island in the James River in the heart of tidewater Virginia the English carved a settlement out of the wilderness. It grew from a rude palisaded fort into a busy community and then into a small town that enjoyed many of the comforts of daily living. For 13 years (until 1620) Virginia was the only English colony on the American mainland. Jamestown served this colony as its place of origin and as its capital for 92 years--from 1607 to 1699. After its first century of prominence and leadership, "James Towne" entered a long decline, precipitated, in 1700, by the removal of the seat of government to Williamsburg. Its residents drifted away, its streets grew silent, its buildings decayed, and even its lots and former public places became cultivated fields. Time passed and much was forgotten or obscured. So it was when it became a historic area, in part, in 1893, and when the whole island became devoted to historical purposes in 1934. Since these dates, the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities and the National Park Service have worked toward the preservatio
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