Excerpt from The History of the First Discovery and Settlement of Virginia The Original Documents from which much of this valuable work was compiled having been lately destroyed, and the work itself being scarce, it is hoped its reproduction will be an acceptable contribution to American History. Two Editions of the work have been published; the First, or Williamsburg Edition (of which this is a reprint), in 1747, and the London Reprint in 1753. In the "Historical Magazine," Vol. II., page 184, a writer, under the pseudonym of B. Franklin, describes what he considers Two Williamsburg Editions, but which were, in reality, the Editions of 1747 and 1753, but probably having titles alike. In the same Magazine, Vol. V., page 350, D. P. S. [Mith] attemps to point out the difference in the Editions, but falls into a double error: first, in describing the Fine Paper Williamsburg Edition as corresponding with the London Edition in Type, Lines, Pages, and Ornaments; and second, in stating that the "Poor Paper Williamsburg Edition" differs from the Fine Paper of the same place and date. As I have the three varieties now before me, I will endeavour to describe them. The First, or Williamsburg Edition, of 1747, appears to have been printed on two varieties of paper, both the same size, and both laid, one being thicker than the other. The Signatures, Catchwords, Ornaments, &c., agreeing exactly with each other, and the error on page 104, which is printed 410, being alike in each. Signature S is mispaged. It should read 257 instead of 247, and so on to the end, adding 10 pages to the whole number (331) as they appear in this reprint. 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.