Edwin Sandys was also responsible for some of the most irresponsible
policies and practices in early Virginia history.  Don't we have him to
thank for the "flourishing" silk and sassafras "industries" that made
Virginia great?  He also had great culpability in the needless deaths of
3000-4000 colonists and the demise of the Virginia Company.  As both
a visionary and a businessman, he was a flop.

I still think that the "greatest Virginian" must be someone who actually was
in Virginia, influencing, and being influenced by, its unique qualities and
development.

Fred Fausz
St Louis

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