...their Succeflbrs, for ever, fhould be one Body politick, incorporated by the Name of, The Treafurtr and Company of Adventurers and Planters of the City of London for ihiftrft Calony in Virginia ; II. AND whereas alfo, for the greater Good and Benefit of the faid Company,...

...premifes, heretofore by thefe prefents granted, or mentioned to be granted, to them, the faid treafurer and company of adventurers and planters of the city of London for the firft colony in Virginia, and to their heirs, fucceflbrs, and ailigns, for ever, to the fole and proper...

...their fucceflbrs, for ever, fhould be one body politic, incorporated by the name of, The treafurer and company of adventurers and planters of the city of London for the firft colony in Virginia. II. And whereas alfo, for the greater good and benefit of the (aid company,...

...no,'tice need be taken, as it was superceded by letters patent of the same king, of May 23, 1609, to the Earl of Salisbury and others, incorporating them by...city of London for the first colony in Virginia," granting to them and their successors all the lands in Virginia from Point Comfort along the sea coast...

...Thomas Gates and others, was supersed- Charters ed, by his letters patent, May 3d, 1609, to the vacate earl of Salisbury and others, incorporating them,...them and their successors, all the lands in Virginia, two hundred miles north and south of point Comfort, along the sea coast : and this breadth, of four...

...above-mentioned Mr. John Guy, divers other merchants of Bristol, and other persons therein mentioned, by the name of the Treasurer and Company of Adventurers and Planters of the cities of London and Bristol, for the colony or plantation in Newfoundland ; from north latitude forty-six...

...Newfoundland. A patent was ^accordingly granted to the earl of Northampton and forty-four persons, by the name of the Treasurer and Company of Adventurers and Planters of the cities of London and Bristol, for the Colony or Plantation in Newfoundland, from north latitude forty-six...

...notice need be taken as it was superseded by letters patent of the same king, of May 23d, 1 609, to the Earl of Salisbury and others, incorporating them by...city of London, for the first colony in Virginia," granting to them and their successors, all the lands in Virginia, from Point Comfort along the sea...

...resorted to, the charter could not have authorized the measure. Gut the truth is, that the charter enabled the treasurer and company of adventurers and planters of the city of London for the first colony of Virginia only, to plead and be implcaded ; to hold lands within the limits of the charter ; to distribute...

...letters patent named, and their successors, into a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of " The Treasurer and Company of Adventurers and...City of London, for the first Colony in Virginia," with perpetual succession, and power to make, have, and use a common seal ; and did give, grant, and...