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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB6G_backstreet-jamestowns-main-street-1620-1699_Williamsburg-VA.html
As Jamestown expanded beyond the fort, the Virginia Company sent William Claiborne to survey lots in New Towne. There Ralph Hamor patented an acre and a half lot in 1624. Hamor's deed made it clear that at least three streets already existed - "Ba…
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Several Jamestown families lived in row houses. This row of three houses was occupied at least from 1560 through 1720. Elaborate ironwork found here suggested that the row was handsomely furnished. Perhaps the row was home to the government offici…
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The First and Second ChurchesCaptain John Smith reported that the first church services were held outdoors "under an awning (which was an old sail)" fastened to three or four trees. Shortly thereafter the colonists built the first church inside Ja…
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These earthworks were erected by Confederate troops in 1861 as part of the defense system to block Union penetration of the James River.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB4V_sealing-of-the-magna-carta_Williamsburg-VA.html
This live oakdedicated on June 15, 1965,commemorates the 750th Anniversaryof theSealing of Magna CartaonJune 15, 1215.
Out of these roots have sprung greatliberties of man, great principles of law.
The Magna Carta Commission of Virginia
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB4T_the-english-inns-of-court_Williamsburg-VA.html
Presented byThe English Inns of Courtto commemoratethe 400th Anniversary ofthe founding ofthe Colony at Jamestown in 1607
April 2007
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB4Q_the-statehouse_Williamsburg-VA.html
Just below the ground's surface lie the original foundations of the first purpose-built statehouse at Jamestown. From the very beginning, the efforts at Jamestown were influenced by the laws and legal institutions of England.
American represent…
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In front of you is the "Archaearium," an archaeological museum of early Jamestown history. Its exhibits explore both the James Fort excavations and those of the site above which it sits - the Statehouse, the first building built specifically for g…
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The Virginia General Assembly is the oldest representative legislature in the Western Hemisphere. Meeting for the first time in July 1619, it gathered in the "most convenient place we could finde to sitt in ? the Quire of the churche." Thereafter …
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These foundations werediscovered & identified in 1903by Samuel H. Yonge,Designer of the sea-wall & author of"The Site of "Olde Jamestowne," 1607-1698."——- · ——-Placed by the Associationfor the Preservation ofVirginia…