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Subject:	Re: Great/Important 17th Century Virginian
From:	Randy Cabell <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Randy Cabell <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Mon, 23 Jan 2006 10:02:37 -0500
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No question about it, Capt. John Smith.  He took command of a mess,
instilled military discipline to the benefit of the settlers, and as a show
of force to the Indians.  He saved the Jamestowne Colony in its first years.
OK, so he wasn't born in Virginia :((, since of course it did not exist.

Randy Cabell
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From: "Brent Tarter" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 7:49 AM
Subject: Great/Important 17th Century Virginian


> Let's continue with the discussion of greatest or most important
> Virginians. Who nominates whom and why for the seventeenth century?
>
> Brent Tarter
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