A Declaration of the State of the Colony: Type facsimile edition

• Main Authors: Waterhouse, Edward, Ruediger, Dylan
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: VCU Scholars Compass 2017
• Subjects: Colonization; Virginia Company of London; Powhatan; Opecanchanough; Tsenacommacah; 1622 assault/massacre; Northwest Passage; Fretum Hudson; Christian charity; supplies; English Language and Literature; History; Briggs; Charity; Hudson; Waterhouse; Northwest passage
• Online Access: https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/britva/3; https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=britva

Edward Waterhouse’s Declaration of the State of the Colony is the Virginia Company's official response to the Powhatan attack on the plantation in the spring of 1622. The attack, often called the “Jamestown Massacre,” cost the lives of 25% of the population of the colony (individually listed by...