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    The Virginia Company was an English trading company chartered by King James I on 10 April 1606 with the objective of colonizing the eastern coast of America...
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    The London Company, officially known as the Virginia Company of London, was a division of the Virginia Company with responsibility for colonizing the...
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    Plymouth Company, officially known as the Virginia Company of Plymouth, was a company chartered by King James in 1606 along with the Virginia Company of London...
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    Raleigh in the late 1580s. The founder of the second colony was the Virginia Company, chartered by King James I, with its first two settlements being in...
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    southwest of the center of modern Williamsburg. It was established by the Virginia Company of London as "James Fort" on May 4, 1607 O.S. (May 14, 1607 N.S.),...
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  • This is a list of companies in the United States; by state where their headquarters is located: ABC Stores (Honolulu) Alexander & Baldwin (Honolulu) Aloha...
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    base. Virginia's history begins with several Indigenous groups, including the Powhatan. In 1607, the London Company established the Colony of Virginia as...
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    deacon in the Church of England. He lost much of his fortune in the Virginia Company and retreated with his extended family in 1626 to the manor of Little...
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    The governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia serves as the head of government of Virginia for a four-year term. The incumbent, Glenn Youngkin, was sworn...
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  • Nicholas Ferrar the Elder, he was deputy governor and treasurer of the Virginia Company of London under Edwin Sandys. Ferrar was born on 2 December 1588, the...
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    or settlement in England. The Colony of Virginia was founded by a joint-stock company, the Virginia Company, as a private venture, though under a royal...
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    of the Commonwealth of Virginia is the official seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia, a U.S. state. The state flag of Virginia consists of the obverse...
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    in present-day Virginia with Jamestown, which would become the first permanent English settlement in North America. The Virginia Company colony was looking...
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  • names originated with earlier "incorporations" created in 1619 by the Virginia Company as Charles Cittie and James Cittie. Additionally, Elizabeth City County...
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    Virginia Stage Company (VSC) is a professional theater company located in Hampton Roads, Virginia. VSC presents locally produced plays for over 70,000...
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  • Company 1606 Virginia Company 1606 Plymouth Company 1609 French Company 1610 London and Bristol Company 1616 Somers Isles Company 1618 Guinea Company...
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    of Virginia is divided into 95 counties, along with 38 independent cities that are considered county-equivalents for census purposes. In Virginia, cities...
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    The Virginia General Assembly is the legislative body of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the oldest continuous law-making body in the Western Hemisphere...
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    it was the colonial capital of Virginia. The London Company sent an expedition to establish a settlement in the Virginia Colony in December 1606. The expedition...
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    ships of the English Virginia Company on the 1606–1607 voyage that resulted in the founding of Jamestown in the new Colony of Virginia. Captained by Christopher...
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    John Smith (explorer) (category Colonial governors of Virginia)
    in 1604. In 1606, Smith became involved with the Virginia Company of London's plan to colonize Virginia for profit, and King James had already granted a...
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    The short form of that company's name was actually the London Company, but it came to be known popularly as the Virginia Company. The northern area of...
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    colonies. In 1607, the London Company (fully titled the Virginia Company of London, but better known as the "Virginia Company") founded the first permanent...
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  • of four incorporations established in the Virginia Colony in 1619 by the proprietor, the Virginia Company. The plantations and developments were divided...
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  • Loyal Company of Virginia or Loyal Land Company was a land speculation company formed in Virginia in 1749 for the purpose of recruiting settlers to western...
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  • Castell – Recorder to the Virginia Company of London in Jamestown (Series 1) Jason Flemyng as Sir George Yeardley – Virginia Company of London Lieutenant-Governor...
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    Virginia, provides life insurance, long-term care insurance, mortgage insurance, and annuities. The firm was founded as The Life Insurance Company of...
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    William Farrar (settler) (category History of Virginia)
    landowner and politician in colonial Virginia. He was a subscriber to the third charter of the Virginia Company who immigrated to the colony from England...
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    This is a list of notable companies headquartered in Northern Virginia. The majority of the following companies are located in Fairfax County and Loudoun...
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