Poor John Smith...... The London powers did not want him back in
Jamestowne, and the Pilgrims did not want him in New England. Shades of
Moses who led his people to the Promised Land, but was not allowed to enter.
At least he was a prolific write in his golden years, as well as I recall
writing "Seamanship for Dummies", or something more appropriately titled for
the time.
I shall carry "The Tumpeter of Jamestowne" to the Castine Pennusula of
Maine, to the greater glory of us Virginians!
Randy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Melinda Skinner" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 8:57 AM
Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] The oldest continuous English Settlement in New
England... Plymouth NOT
> PS - Remember, "our" John Smith mapped and NAMED New England... a great PR
> ploy.
> The pilgrims used his maps but wouldn't let him come with them because of
> his reputation.
>
> --
> Melinda C. P. Skinner
>
>
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Digital Heritage of Virginia <[log in to unmask]>
>> In planning a late autumn vacation to Maine, I came across "Castine"
>> Maine and
>> its environs, and was amazed to see that (1) some authorities call it the
>> oldest
>> continuous English Settlement in New England, predating the good Pilgrims
>> of
>> Plymouth by half a decade, and (2) Ta Da!!!!!!!! Our own Capt. John
>> Smith
>> chartered the Castine pennsula in 1614. A small world indeed. (I wonder
>> if he
>> had a trumpeter with him.)
>>
>> Reading on, it looks like that area was later occupied by the Dutch and
>> the
>> French, which raises some questions in my mind about "the oldest
>> continuous.....
>> English...." Any scholars out there know anything about all that?
>>
>> Randy Cabell
>>
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