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Dale, Thomas. "To the R. and most esteemed friend Mr. D. M. at his house at F. Ch. in London." Ralph Hamor, A True Discourse of the Present State of Virginia. London, 1615. 51-59. (Richmond: Virginia State Library Press, 1957, with introduction by A. L. Rowse.) (New York: Da Capo Press, 1971.) Letter of June 18, 1614, by the governor of Virginia, who recounts an unsuccessful voyage to Powhatan to negotiate the ransom of Pocahontas and also his role in her conversion to Christianity, a conversion that preceded her marriage to Rolfe, which, in turn, precipitated a period of peace.
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