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
When some of the leading men of the London Company pleaded with James for the Puritans, the King lent a ready ear.
From Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688 by Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker
August, 1606, Henry Challons was sent ahead in the Richard to select a site for the London Company, but was captured off Florida by a Spanish fleet and taken a prisoner to Seville.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton
In 1620 the London Company petitioned the king to do away with the tobacco monopoly and as a result the London and Bermuda companies were allowed to import fifty-five thousand pounds annually.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton
After 1620, when the London Company was dissolved by royal decree, and the commerce of Virginia made free, the planters were the only factor.
From History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times by Myers Gustavus
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