Excerpt from American Biography, Vol. 2: Or an Historical Account of Those Persons Who Have Been Distinguished in America, as Adventurers, Statesmen, Philosophers, Divines, Warriors, Authors, and Other Remarkable Characters Tatar. Sma, l valchnci'es whieh 13 Council, were' tobe rfilled Orlty of the Company legali (lotie fin'ehgland hhdxthe power of appointing Governors and other' bra cers, to refide 1n Virginia, and of making laws and giving infiruetions for the government of the Colony. In confequence of this power, the Treafurer and Council-conitituted the following officers. Sir thomas west, Lord delaware, Cap tain General. Sir thomas gates, Lieutenant General. Sir george somers, Admiral. Capt; christopher newport, Vice Ad miral. Sir thomas dale, High Marlhall.' 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.