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MES TOWN SPOSTAINL 1607-JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION- 19075₽ n OFFICIAL SOUVENIR POSIT POST CARDio VE CENT PUBLISHED BY THE CONCESSIONAIRE, THE JAMESTOWN AMUSEMENT& VENDING-CO. IN E NORFOLK, VA.• FOR COMMUNICATION THIS SPACE MAY BE USED FOR ADDRESS ONLY eve No. 15. LANDING MAIDENS AT JAMESTOWN. The early voyagers to far off Virginia vere simply men adventuring to seek their fortune, which they hoped to acquire quickly and return to Eng. land. This was not the spirit that founds new common- wealths, and it became apparent that unless Virginia was looked upon as home with wife and children to brighten it, the enterprise would mis-carry. In 1619 ninety young women of unexceptionable character, who had volunteered for the purpose, arrived at Jamestown from England. Singular features ofthe arrangement were that the husband was to repay the cost of their outfit and passage in tobacco, 120 pounds, amounting to about $8o, and a proclamation of the Governor that young women, who betrothed themselves to more than one lover at a time would be severely punished. Happy marriages followedthe arrival, and the establishment of real homes proved the plan to be a great success. Miss Каппу Oldtown, Me, bilman Fallo Are,
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