Memories of Virginia

by Flora Adams Darling

 

A SOUVENIR OF FOUNDING DAYS

BY
MRS. FLORA ADAMS DARLING, A.M.

 

 

Mrs. Flora Adams- Darling (author)

Dedication

 

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I dedicate Memories of Virginia
to

Daughters of the New York State
Chapters Founders and
Patriots of America

and its President

Mrs. LeRoy Sunderland Smith,

Sponsors of the Warden's Pew and
Donors of the Matthews Tablet

to

Bruton Church
Williamsburgh, Virginia
In memory of Jamestown
1607–1907

Flora Adams Darling, A. M.

 

1607–1907

Memories of Virginia

A SOUVENIR OF FOUNDING DAYS

By

MRS. FLORA ADAMS DARLING, A. M.

Founder of the National Societies

Daughters of the American Revolution

Daughters of the Revolution

and

United States Daughters 1812

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Copyright, 1907, B. S. Adams

 

 

 

Memories of Virginia
CONTENTS
Looking Backward

By John Cabot, the great navigator, sent out by Great Britain "to look Northward." 1497. Drake, Raleigh, Cavendish and Gilbert sent out by Great Britain "to discover." 1584.

Sent out by Great Britain "to occupy." 1607.

Sent out by Great Britain "to seize and hold." 1622.

1693.

1776.

1812.

War Between the States

Looking Forward

Episodes and Events

Jamestown Celebration

1907.

 

Sections (not listed in original)

• Introduction
• Historical Sketch of Samuel Matthews

Looking Back

• First Memory
• Second Memory
• A Virginia Episode
• Third Memory
• Fourth Memory
• Fifth Memory
• Sixth Memory

Looking Forward

• President Tyler
• Memorial Results
• Bruton Church
• Exposition Events
• Exposition Grounds
• The Pocahontas Memorial Bell
• Note on the name of Matthews