 | 1887 - 540 ページ
...State of Virginia. To preserve his name to future ages near the scene of his memorable shipwreck of 1609, the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of this...time being, caused this tablet to be erected. 1876." This memorial was raised by the good Governor Lefroy, whose name Bermudians always mention with affection... | |
 | John Smith - 1882 - 404 ページ
...STATE OF VIRGINIA. TO PRESERVE HIS FAME TO FUTURE AGES, NEAR THE SCE1TE OF HIS MEMORABLE SHIPWRECK OF 1609, THE GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THIS...TIME BEING CAUSED THIS TABLET TO BE ERECTED. 1876. Another inscription, of scarcely inferior interest, which was extant in 1671, and "set up in the Governor's... | |
 | 1883 - 200 ページ
...the infant and suffering plantation, now the state of Virginia. To preserve his fame for future ages near the scene of his memorable shipwreck, 1609, the...time being- caused this tablet to be erected 1876." " Building's Bay," on the North Shore a- little East of the Barracks is believed to be the spot where... | |
 | James McQuade - 1884 - 572 ページ
...the infant and suffering plantation, now the State of Virginia. To preserve his fame for future ages near the scene of his memorable shipwreck, 1609, the...time being, caused this tablet to be erected 1876." The government of the colony was administered by the Bermuda Company until 1687, when it was dissolved,... | |
 | William E. Meyer - 1892 - 362 ページ
...the infant and suffering plantation, now the State of Virginia. To preserve his fame for future ages, near the scene of his memorable shipwreck, 1609, the...time being, caused this tablet to be erected 1876." The venerable old church, " St. Peter's," was the next object to attract their attention. This, the... | |
 | Julia Caroline Ripley Dorr - 1884 - 174 ページ
...STATE OF VIRGINIA. To preserve his Name to Future Ages Near the scene of his memorable shipwreck of 1609, The Governor and Commander-in-Chief Of this...time being caused this tablet to be erected. 1876. To us Americans, the most remarkable thing about the tablet was the modesty of Governor Lefroy, who... | |
 | 1907 - 426 ページ
...State of Virginia. To preserve his fame to future ages, Near the Scene of his Memorable Shipwreck of 1609, the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of this...time being, Caused this Tablet to be erected, 1876. The " infant plantation," which has played so important a part in American history, is holding an exposition... | |
 | Frederick Albion Ober - 1908 - 656 ページ
...the infant and suffering plantation now the State of Virginia. To preserve his fame for future ages, near the scene of his memorable shipwreck, 1609, the...for the time being caused this tablet to be erected in 1876." St. George's is noted for its forts, as Albert, Victoria, Catherine and Fort George, all... | |
 | Frederick Albion Ober - 1908 - 656 ページ
...for future ages, near the scene of his memorable shipwreck, 1609, the Governor and Commandcr-in-Chief of this Colony for the time being caused this tablet to be erected in 1876." St. George's is noted for its forts, as Albert, Victoria, Catherine and Fort George, all... | |
 | Walter Brownell Hayward - 1910 - 322 ページ
...FUTURE AGES, NEAR THE SCENE OF HIS MEMORABLE SHDPWHECK OF 1609, THE GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF or THIS COLONY FOR THE TIME BEING, •CAUSED THIS TABLET TO BE ERECTED, 1876.' Such is the brief record of an unselfish deed. It is a becoming memorial, for the Admiral was a modest... | |
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YEAR 1610, THE HEART OF THE HEROIC ADMIRAL SIR GEORGE SOMERS, Kt., WHO NOBLY SACRIFICED HIS LIFE TO CARRY SUCCOUR TO THE INFANT AND SUFFERING PLANTATION NOW THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. TO PRESERVE HIS FAME FOR FUTURE AGES, NEAR THE SCENE OF HIS MEMORABLE SHIPWRECK,... 
