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Title: [Settlers asking Governor Berkeley for aid in fending off Indian raids, Virginia, 1675.]
Image ID: 808203
Image ID 808203
Physical Description: 1 print : b&w ; 19 x 15 cm. (7 1/2 x 5 3/4 in.)
Material Type: Prints
Subjects: United States -- 1670-1679
Bacon, Nathaniel, 1648-1676
Berkeley, William, Sir, 1608-1677
Virginia -- History -- Colonial Period, Ca. 1600-1775
Arms & Armament -- 1670-1679
Colonies -- English -- Virginia -- 1670-1679
Colonists -- English -- Virginia -- 1670-1679
Governors -- Virginia -- 1670-1679
Book Illustrations
Date Depicted: 1675
Notes: Printed on border: "In 1675 the Virginia colony was again in danger from Indian raids. The settlers asked Governor Berkeley for aid, but he refused -- as shown here. However, troops were raised under Nathaniel Bacon. When Berkeley called this action treason, Bacon seized and burned Jamestown. Known as Bacon's Rebellion it collapsed when Bacon died." Includes additional text.
Date Published: 1911
Barcode Number: 33333159307699
Struc ID: 580933
Source: Book of knowledge : the children's encyclopaedia.    View All images from Source
In Folder: American history -- 1670s    View All images from Folder

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