Biographical/historical: John Smyth (1567-1640), from Nibley in Gloucestershire, England, was one of the original promoters of plantations and settlements in the second Virginia colony in North America. He was the author of "Lives of the Berkeleys".
Acquisition: 1897 Maitland, Alexander Gift
Citation/reference: Calendared in Bulletin of the New York Public Library, volume 1, pp1 86-190
Additional physical form: Entire collection available on microfilm; New York Public Library; *ZL-214
Biographical/historical: Berkeley Hundred was a Virginia Colony, founded in 1619, which comprised about eight thousand acres (32 km²) on the north bank of the James River... In 1622, following the Indian Massacre of 1622, the colony was for a time abandoned. -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Hundred, accessed 12/11/2023
