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5 hari yang lalu · Like his investment partner Sir Ferdinando Gorges, Mason was convinced that the rivers in the New World were the gateway to the riches of the Orient. Gorges, the Governor of Plymouth, England funded George Weymouth’s 1605 expedition to find the elusive passage to the East.
3 hari yang lalu · Like his investment partner Sir Ferdinando Gorges, Mason was convinced that the rivers in the New World were the gateway to the riches of the Orient. Gorges, the Governor of Plymouth, England funded George Weymouth’s 1605 expedition to find the elusive passage to the East.
23 Jun 2024 · The establishment of the New Hampshire Colony started in 1622 when the Council for New England gave a grant to Captain John Mason and Sir Ferdinando Gorges for the territory between the Merrimack River and Kennebec River. In 1623, two settlements were established along the Piscataqua River.
10 Jun 2024 · Sir Ferdinando Gorges to the Privy Council. 1607. April 7. Considering that the reasons which commonly are most prevalent between princes and states in conclusion of peace (if the victory be not accomplished) are the necessities of either part not longer able to pursue the wars, and no sooner are the conditions concluded on but the last day of ...
19 Jun 2024 · They took five captives to England and gave three to Sir Ferdinando Gorges. Gorges was an investor in the Weymouth voyage and became the chief promoter of the scheme when Arundell withdrew from the project. Gorges wrote of his delight in Weymouth's kidnapping, and named Tisquantum as one of the three given to him.
5 hari yang lalu · Resolution of the trustees of Ferdinando Gorges, Lord Proprietor of the province of Maine, by authority derived from his Majesty, that they neither do, nor may by any means, pass into an Act "the motion and issue of this presence," as being destructive and averse to the liberties of the freeholders of this province, &c. Wells, 1662, May 27.
20 Jun 2024 · A Chart of the Ancient Province of Laconia, Granted to Sir Ferdinando Gorges and Captain John Mason in 1629, shewing the boundaries describ'd in the patent, with its vicinity to the neighbouring provinces in North America. By J. Carver. - Yale University Library.
