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Virginia, source of name (Whitney; Smith, The century dictionary and cyclopedia, 10 vols., 1901, vol. 8)

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Text: none Quote: Virginia (vėr-jin'i-ä), n . [[...] a general name for the region of the New World between New England and New York and the Spanish possessions: so named in honor of Queen Elizabeth, called "the Virgin queen," the name Virginia being supposed to be derived from L. virgo ( virgin- ), a virgin, but being prop. < L. Virginia , a fem. name, fem. of  Virginius , prop. Verginius , the name of a Roman gens.] [...] "Virginia," The century dictionary , in... Whitney, William Dwight; Smith, Benjamin Eli, The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world , 10 vols., New York: Published by The Century Co., 1901, vol. 8, p. 6765 . Online Source:   archive.org/details/centurydictiona08whit Book Images: Related YouTube Videos: PlayList:  PLwbNedje4X62gfSrK_HISVsC7LX6vDBY_

Virginia, source of name (Robertson, sr.; Robertson, jr., The history of America: books IX. and X., 1799)

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Text: none Quote: [...] that Elizabeth, delighted with the idea of occupying a territory, superior, so far, to the barren regions towards the north hitherto visited by her subjects, bestowed on it the name of Virginia; as a memorial that this happy discovery had been made under a virgin Queen. Robertson, William, sr.; Robertson, William, jr., The history of America: books IX. and X. containing the history of Virginia to the year 1688; and of New England to the year 1652 , Philadelphia: Printed from the London edition by James Humphreys ..., 1799, pp. 44-45 . Online Source:   archive.org/details/historyofamerica00robe Book Images: Related YouTube Videos: PlayList:  PLwbNedje4X62gfSrK_HISVsC7LX6vDBY_

Virginia, source of name (Oldmixon; Moll, cart., The British empire in America, 1708)

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Text: none Quote:    Queen Elizabeth was her self so well pleas'd with the Account these Adventurers gave of the Country, that she honor'd it with the Name of Virginia , either because it was first discover'd in her Reign, a Virgin Queen; or, as the Virginians will have it, because it still seem'd to retain the Virgin Purity and Plenty of the first Creation , and the People their Primitive Innocence. Oldmixon, John; Moll, Herman, cart., The British empire in America, containing the history of the discovery, settlement, progress and present state of all the British colonies, on the continent and islands of America, with curious maps of the serval places, done from the newest surveys , London: Printed for John Nicholson ..., Benjamin Tooke ..., and Richard Parker and Ralph Smith ..., 1708, pp. 211 - 212 . Online Source:   archive.org/details/britishempireina00oldm Book Images: ...

Virginia, source of name (Douglass, A summary, historical and political, 1751, vol. 2, pt. 1)

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Text: none Quote:    Sir Walter Raleigh , a Native of England , Anno 1584, with People Settlers, landed at Roanoak in the present North Carolina , settled and took Possession for Queen Elizabeth , and called all the North America  Coast by the Name of Virginia , in honour to the Virgin Queen Elizabeth. [...] Douglass, William, A summary, historical and political, of the first planting, progressive improvements, and present state of the British settlements in North-America , Boston: Printed and sold by Daniel Fowle, 1751, vol. 2, pt. 1, p. 241 . Online Source:   archive.org/details/2552022RX2.nlm.nih.gov Book Images:

Virginia, source of name (Stith, The history of the first discovery and settlement of Virginia, 1747)

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Text: none Quote: [...] the Queen herself was pleased to name the Country V irginia , in Memory of it's having been first found out in the Reign of a Virgin Queen. Or as some have been pleased to gloss and interpret it, because it still seemed to retain the Virgin Purity and Plenty of the first Creation, and the People their primitive Innocency of Life and Manners. [...] Stith, William, The history of the first discovery and settlement of Virginia: being an essay towards a general history of this colony , Williamsburg [Va.]: Printed by William Parks, 1747, p. 11 . Online Source:   https://archive.org/details/historyoffirstdi00instit Book Images: Related YouTube Videos: PlayList:  PLwbNedje4X62gfSrK_HISVsC7LX6vDBY_

Virginia, source of name (Bancroft, A History of the United States, 1834[-74], vol. 1)

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Text: none Quote: [...] Elizabeth, as she heard their reports, esteemed her reign signalized by the discovery of the enchanting regions, and named them Virginia, as a memorial of her state of life. Bancroft, George, A History of the United States, from the discovery of the American continent to the present time , Boston: Charles Bowen; London: R. J. Kennett, 1834[-74], vol. 1, p. 108 . Online Source: https://archive.org/details/historyofuniteds11banc Book Images: Related YouTube Videos: PlayList:  PLwbNedje4X62gfSrK_HISVsC7LX6vDBY_

Virginia, source of name (Beverley, The History and Present State of Virginia, 1705)

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Text: none Quote:    §. 3. Her Majesty accordingly took the Hint, and espoused the Project, as far as her present Engagements in War with Spain would let her; being so well pleased with the Account given, that as the greatest Mark of Honor she could do the Discovery, She call'd the Country by the Name of Virginia ; as well, for that it was first discovered in her Reign, a Virgin Queen; as that it did still seem to retain the Virgin Purity and Plenty of the first Creation, and the People their Primitive Innocence: [...] Beverley, Robert, The History and Present State of Virginia, in four parts , London: Printed for R. Parker, 1705, p. 3 . Online Source:   https://archive.org/details/historypresentst00beve Book Images: Related YouTube Videos: PlayList:  PLwbNedje4X62gfSrK_HISVsC7LX6vDBY_