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EPISODE · Nov 1, 2021 · 21 MIN

Governor Harvey's Contentious Start in Virginia

from Historical Context · host Jeremy LaKosh

Sir John Harvey is named the governor of Virginia and he almost immediately faces discontent with his leadership in the Jamestown colony.  From a criminal trial of his predecessor to a rival threatening to settle next door, how does Harvey keep things in Virginia together?  Virginia Seal: By UK - http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/57200/57201/57201_seal_virgini.htm, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75035453 Read Harvey’s early notes and Dr. Potts pardoning of a murder: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242282.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3Aa6c443ef1651c00c6fa292e2f64a77b8 Compiled source of today’s episode: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242309.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A224f2d48cc84230ad078b33fb8bbf37d Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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