Jon Kukla News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Good evening. Im from the Smithsonian Associates and welcome to into the presentation of Patrick Henry. If you did not get a chance to buy the book it will be for sale afterwards. He will sign them at the table up front. Remember were able to bring you this program and so many others which i hope you have seen in the august issue of the associate which is a double issue. In fact, if youre here because youre interested in colonial history let me point you to a program on october 30 about espionage in the revolution. Thats coming up on monday october 30. Before we begin please silence your cell ...

Under the military government instituted by Sir Thomas Dale after he arrived in Virginia in May 1611, military commanders were responsible for civil administration and local defense in the old and new Virginia settlements. Dale established at least five settlements by early in the 1610s, located from the present-day Richmond area to the Eastern Shore. Because no ecclesiastical courts existed in the colony, the governor and his Council proved and recorded wills and settled the estates of people who died. They also tried criminals and attended to all other business conducted by the various cour...