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TOBACCO IN COLONIAL VIRGINIA

"The Sovereign Remedy"

by

MELVIN HERNDON

Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation
Williamsburg, Virginia
1957

Copyright(C), 1957 by
Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration
Corporation, Williamsburg, Virginia

Jamestown 350th Anniversary
Historical Booklet, Number 20

TOBACCO IN COLONIAL VIRGINIA

"The Sovereign Remedy"

Tobacco was probably first brought to the shores of England from
Florida by Sir John Hawkins in 1565. Englishmen were growing it by the
1570's, and after the return of the daring Sir Francis Drake to England
with a large quantity of tobacco captured in the West Indies in 1586,
the use of tobacco in England was increased substantially. By 1604 its
consumption had become so extensive as to lead to the publication of
King James' _Counter Blast_, condemning the use of tobacco;
nevertheless, six years later the amount brought into Great Britain was
valued at L60,000.

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