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| | The Avalon Project : Ordinances for Virginia; July 24-August 3, 1621 |
 | | An Ordinance and Constitution of the Treasurer, Council, and Company in England, for a Council of State and General Assembly. |
 | | The Commission to Sir Francis Wyatt, Governor of Virginia, in regard to the ordinance is printed in Hening's Statutes at Large (Richmond, 1809), I. The first Assembly of Virginia was convened July 3-Aug. 9, 1619, at Jamestown by Governor Yeardley under the authority of the Virginia Company, executed in November, 1618. |
 | | This document, either a commission or instructions to Yeardley, has not been found, but probably was similar to the later ordinance of 1621. |
| www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/states/va04.htm (387 words) |
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