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JAMES TOWNE In the Words of Contemporaries |
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16. "NEW TOWNE"
IN spite of the failure of premature manufacturing enterprises, Jamestown continued to develop. In 1623 and 1624 a new area was opened in the town. This section, "New Towne,"for a time was one of the leading parts of the "Citty." Land grants in the "New Towne," such as that to Ralph Hamor in 1624, give some description of this area.
. . I Sir Francis Wyatt Knight Governor and CapT Generall of Virginia doe with the consent of the Councell of State give and graunt unto Ralph Hamor Esqr and one of the said Councell of State and to his heires and assignes for ever for the better conveniencie and more Comoditie of his howses by him Erected and builded in the New Towne within the precincts of James Citty one acre and a halfe of ground lying and being about his said howse and abutting Southward upon the high way along the banke of the maine river Northward upon the backstreete Eastward upon the high way which parteth it from the ground of Georg Menefey Merchant Westward partly upon the ground of Richard Steephens Merchant and upon the ground alsoe of John Chew Merchant the said ground of one acre and a halfe partly belonging unto his foresaid howse already built & partely unto a howse hereafter to bee built by him in the backstreete . . .
LAND PATENT TO RALPH HAMOR IN 1624
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