Virginia House of Burgesses (July 24, 1621) ordinance of Jamestown:
<Know Ye, that we, the said Treasurer, Council, and Company, taking into our careful Consideration the present State of the said Colony of Virginia, and intending, by the Divine Assistance, to settle such a Form of Government there, as may be to the greatest Benefit and Comfort of the People.> 1621VA001
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Endnotes:
1621VA001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Virginia, July 24, 1621, ordinance of House of Burgesses, Jamestown. Richard L. Perry, ed., Sources of Our Liberties: Documentary Origins of Individual Liberties in the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights (Chicago: American Bar Foundation, 1978; New York: 1952). Charles E. Rice, The Supreme Court and Public Prayer (New York: Fordham University Press, 1964), p. 160.