Excerpt from Addresses at the Unveiling of a Memorial July 4, 1914: Commemorating the Discovery of Cohasset in 1614 Mr. Chairman, Honorable Board of Selectmen, Ladies and Gentlemen: The occasion of this memorial recalls one of the most picturesque and interesting characters in our early colonial history, Captain John Smith. Captain Smith was born at Willoughby, Lincolnshire, England, in 1579. Early in life he entered military service in the Netherlands, fighting for the independence of the Dutch. Later, in Hungary and Transylvania, he fought against the Turks and was captured and sold into slavery. Making his escape, he reached England in time to join the expedi tion under command of Christopher Newport to estab lish the colony in Virginia which settled at Jamestown in 1607. As a member of this colony his explorations of Chesapeake Bay and adjacent waters were notable geographic achievements, but the genius and energy with which he obtained supplies for the starving colony and provided for its defense, saved it more than once from extinction and earned for him the election ofpresident of the colony in 1608. His adventures, includ ing the incident in which his life was saved by Pocahontas, were of a most thrilling nature. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.