The Second Virginia Charter, also known as the Charter of 1609 (dated May 23, 1609), is a document that provided "a further Enlargement and Explanation of the said

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Grant, Privileges, and Liberties", which gave the

London Company The London Company, officially known as the Virginia Company of London, was a division of the Virginia Company with responsibility for colonizing the east coast of North America between latitudes 34° and 41° N. History Origins The territor ...

adventurers influence in determining the policies of the company, extended the Company's rights to land extending "up into the Land throughout from Sea to Sea", and allowed English

merchant A merchant is a person who trades in commodities produced by other people, especially one who trades with foreign countries. Historically, a merchant is anyone who is involved in business or trade. Merchants have operated for as long as indust ...

companies and individuals to invest in the

colonization Colonization, or colonisation, constitutes large-scale population movements wherein migrants maintain strong links with their, or their ancestors', former country – by such links, gain advantage over other inhabitants of the territory. When ...

effort.Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale University: ''The Second Charter of Virginia; May 23, 1609'', http://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/va02.asp#1, 2008. The charter includes a detailed list of the names of some 650

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, officials, companies, and individuals who subscribed as

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.Lillian Goldman Law Library, ''op. cit.''.

Land granted

The company was granted 200 miles of coastline, south from

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, as well as all the land stretching from this coastline to the

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and

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References

{{reflist Colony of Virginia Thirteen Colonies documents 17th-century documents 1609 works

Land granted

See also

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