America and West Indies: January 1609

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January 1609



Jan. 23. London.	John Chamberlain to Dud. Carleton. Arrival of a ship from Virginia, with petty commodities and hopes of more. She has brought divers sorts of wood, soap ashes, pitch, and tar, certain unknown kinds of herbs for dyeing, including, as is supposed, cochineal. [On 14 Feb. Chamberlain writes, that John Dun seeks to be preferred Secretary of Virginia. Extracts from DOMESTIC Corresp. Jac. I., Vol. XLIII., Nos. 39 and 76, Cal. pp. 487. 492.]