Virginia Company archives

This collection provides a rich source for the study of trade between Britain and America. It documents the founding and economic development of Virginia as seen through the papers of the Virginia Company of London, 1606-1624. It then shows the continuing interest of the Ferrar family in the settlement of North America from Jamestown to the Bermudas. It is also a crucial source for London's economic history and the religious and social history of early modern England.