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Grenville, Richard, Sir, fl. 1541-1591 to John Blighe

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00496.027 Author/Creator: Grenville, Richard, Sir, fl. 1541-1591 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: circa 1580 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 17 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

Writes to his cousin to ask him to lend him money. In 1585, Grenville sailed to Virginia with 300 settlers that he successfully disembarked on Roanoke Island (off the coast of what is now North Carolina).

Grenville, Richard, Sir, 1541-1591
Blighe, John, fl. 1580

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