A declaration how the monies (viz. seuenty pound eight shillings sixe pence) were disposed [microform] : which was gathered (by M. Patrick Copland, preacher in the Royall Lames) at the Cape of Good Hope (towards the building of a free schoole in Virginia) of the gentlemen and mariners in the said ship : a list of whose names are vnder specified, for Gods glory, their comfort, and the incouragement of others to the furthering of the same, or the like pious worke.
Copland, Patrick,approximately 1570-approximately 1655.
[London : Imprinted by F.K.,
1622]
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Place of publication, printer and date from colophon.
"The first free foundation designed for the benefit of the colony's white children exclusively ... . A site for the East India school was chosen in Charles City, but the great massacre of 1622 brought the whole scheme ... to an ... end."--Cf. P.A. Bruce, Institutional history of Virginia in the 17th century (1910), v. 1, p. 346-349.
Sabin 99884
Microfiche.
East India School (Charles City, Va.)
Schools