London Company

American  

noun

1. a company, chartered in England in 1606 to establish colonies in America, that founded Jamestown, Va., in 1607.

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London Company

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 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 Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson

James I of England, general policy, 112, 113; treaty with Spain, 114; the London Company, 123; non-conformists, 136.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene

The men who received this gift associated themselves together under the name of the London Company, and in the same year sent out three vessels, carrying 105 men, but no women or children.

From The Greater Republic A History of the United States by Morris, Charles

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 Gustavus, Myers