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Title: A message from Lord Delaware--the Colony saved. A young people's history of Virginia and Virginians ..
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: William Ludwell Sheppard, Maury, Dabney Herndon, 1822-1900
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Publisher: Richmond, B. F. Johnson
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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Jamestown Deserted.--
Amazed and discouraged at finding hunger and destitution where they had expected prosperity and plenty. [Thomas] Gates and [George] Somers took council as to what they should do. Their people besought them piteously to take them away from the scene of their bitter misfortune, and finally it was decided to embark for England. We can picture the joy that the decision brought to many a sad and homesick heart. The final preparations were speedily made, and within a few days after their arrival everything was ready for the return voyage, and the little company bade what seemed a last farewell to their Virginia homes. It was with difficulty that Sir Thomas Gates prevented some of them from setting fire to the town in which they had experienced so much suffering and endured so many hardships.

The Coming of Lord Delaware.—

They weighed anchor and were making their way down the river, when a boat was seen approaching from the opposite direction. When it reached them they found it contained a messenger from Lord Delaware, who had crossed the ocean at last and...
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roi 52 History of Virginia and Virginians. ...reached Virginia just in time to prevent and forestall the extinction of the enterprise which had proved so costl ynot only in money but in suffering.

Return to Jamestown.—
Together the ships returned to the wharves at Jamestown. The settlers disembarked and re-established themselves in their old quarters. Lord Delaware's first act on landing was to kneel long and silently in prayer. Then he arose and going into the empty and deserted church assembled the people for service. Here a sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. [Richard] Bucke, their minister. It was long since those walls had echoed to the sound of praise or thanksgiving, and when it was ended Lord Delaware spoke earnestly to the congregation, reminding them of the evils they had suffered because of their own folly, and urging them to new efforts for a happier future. And so once again the happy voices of children were heard in the deserted streets, and the fires were rekindled on many a hearth that had grown cold, and a new and better era dawned for this little band of English settlers on our shores.

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