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    The Virginia Company was an English trading company chartered by King James I on 10 April 1606 with the objective of colonizing the eastern coast of America...
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    The Virginia Company of London (sometimes called "London Company") was a division of the Virginia Company with responsibility for colonizing the east...
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    Raleigh in the late 1580s. The founder of the Jamestown colony was the Virginia Company, chartered by King James I, with its first two settlements being in...
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    Plymouth Company, officially known as the Virginia Company of Plymouth, was a company chartered by King James in 1606 along with the Virginia Company of London...
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  • Nicholas Ferrar the Elder, he was deputy governor and treasurer of the Virginia Company of London under Edwin Sandys. Ferrar was born on 2 December 1588, the...
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    The governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia serves as the head of government of Virginia for a four-year term. The incumbent, Glenn Youngkin, was sworn...
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  • This is a list of companies in the United States by state where their headquarters is located: ABC Stores (Honolulu) Alexander & Baldwin (Honolulu) Aloha...
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    The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of...
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    base. Virginia's history begins with several Indigenous groups, including the Powhatan. In 1607, the London Company established the Colony of Virginia as...
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    or settlement in England. The Colony of Virginia was founded by a joint-stock company, the Virginia Company, as a private venture, though under a royal...
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    of the Commonwealth of Virginia is the official seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia, a U.S. state. The state flag of Virginia consists of the obverse...
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  • Loyal Company of Virginia or Loyal Land Company was a land speculation company formed in Virginia in 1749 for the purpose of recruiting settlers to western...
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  • Earl of Dunmore (1771–June 1775) Virginia Virginia Company of London Virginia Colony List of governors of Virginia Bruce, Philip Alexander; Stanard,...
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    ships of the English Virginia Company on the 1606–1607 voyage that resulted in the founding of Jamestown in the new Colony of Virginia. Captained by Christopher...
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    Virginia Stage Company (VSC) is a professional theater company located in Hampton Roads, Virginia. VSC presents locally produced plays for over 70,000...
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    deacon in the Church of England. He lost much of his fortune in the Virginia Company and retreated with his extended family in 1626 to the manor of Little...
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    This is a list of notable companies headquartered in Northern Virginia. The majority of the following companies are located in Fairfax County and Loudoun...
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  • names originated with earlier "incorporations" created in 1619 by the Virginia Company as Charles Cittie and James Cittie. Additionally, Elizabeth City County...
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  • Company 1592 Levant Company 1600 East India Company 1606 Virginia Company 1606 Plymouth Company 1609 French Company 1610 London and Bristol Company 1616...
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    it was the colonial capital of Virginia. The London Company sent an expedition to establish a settlement in the Virginia Colony in December 1606. The expedition...
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    The Commonwealth of Virginia is divided into 95 counties, along with 38 independent cities that are considered county-equivalents for census purposes,...
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    The Virginia General Assembly is the legislative body of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the oldest continuous law-making body in the Western Hemisphere...
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  • English knight, land owner, and a notable incorporator in the third Virginia Company of London. This Harris family appears to have originated some 40 to...
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    began in present-day Virginia with Jamestown, which became the first permanent English settlement in North America. The Virginia Company colony was looking...
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  • West Virginia, and Virginia. Today, three of the companies are owned by Verizon Communications: The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company (DC), The...
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    New World for the English Virginia Company of London which resulted in the founding of Jamestown in the new Colony of Virginia. Captained by Bartholomew...
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    The Ohio Company, formally known as the Ohio Company of Virginia, was a land speculation company organized for the settlement by Virginians of the Ohio...
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    William Farrar (councillor) (category History of Virginia)
    investor in colonial Virginia who served on the Virginia Governor's Council. A subscriber to the third charter of the Virginia Company, Farrar immigrated...
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  • was one of four incorporations established in the Virginia Colony in 1619 by the Virginia Company. The plantations and developments were divided into...
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    counties in the Colony of Virginia. It was one of four incorporations established in the colony by its proprietor, the Virginia Company. The City of Henrico...
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