London Company
Americannoun
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The merchant princes who founded enterprises such as the London Company in the 17th century wanted to build bustling empires across the seas.
From Economist ● Apr. 27, 2016
The first effectual settlement made at Jamestown, Va., by the London Company.
From The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It by Hinton Rowan Helper
The London Company, when they sent Sir Thomas Gates to Virginia with the letters patent of 1609, gave directions that the utmost severity should be used in putting an end to lawlessness and confusion.
From Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688 by Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker
The rights in the islands, however, were subsequently sold to some of the members of the London Company, who obtained a charter in 1614 under the name of the Somers Island Company.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton
One of his lieutenants, capturing an English official, found on him an order from the London Company to proclaim English sovereignty over the whole bay.
From Explorers and Travellers by Adolphus W. Greely
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