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56. Selected image: frontispiece. Source: Howe, Henry. Historical Collections of Virginia. Charleston, 1845. 22-51. Great frontispiece image showing the rescue of Smith as the "base" for future Virginia history and glory. The account itself is substantial and notes a handful of respected sources, but it does not especially trumpet Pocahontas. At execution time, though, "an advocate appeared, as unexpected as would have been the appearance of an angel sent immediately from heaven to ask his release." And the requiem: "Peace to her gentle spirit! Her memory will not perish while the commonwealth of Virginia endures, or noble and generous actions are valued by her sons."
[illustrated; Virginia history]
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