Grenville, Richard, Sir, fl. 1541-1591 to John Blighe

GLC00496.027

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GLC#
GLC00496.027-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
circa 1580
Author/Creator
Grenville, Richard, Sir, fl. 1541-1591
Title
to John Blighe
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
2 p. : Height: 17 cm, Width: 21 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
The Americas to 1620
Sub-Era
Exploration

Writes to his cousin to ask him to lend him money. In 1585, Grenville sailed to Virginia with 300 settlers that he successfully disembarked on Roanoke Island (off the coast of what is now North Carolina).

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