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Show SLEMP WOULD BUY - JAMESTOWN WASHINGTON, Jul) 5. Reccmi-mendattons Reccmi-mendattons to buy historic Jamestown James-town Island, the slto of the settle-uieut settle-uieut made famous by Captain John Smtth, has been made to congress by Representative Bascom Slemp, the sole member of the house from Virginia. Vir-ginia. It is stated in his resolution that: "Whereas, the first permanent English settlement (n tho western hemisphere was made at Jamestown Island, Va on .the 1 4th of May, 1607, and Anglo Saxon Institution thero obtained their permanent hold in tho new world; and "Whereas, this historic spot nut ly posses. ' i n i ! Interest In m :(icreo t sHitiici of the tuition, endeared alike to the people of nil sections, but also o. '. 'h a jlnyu-lur jlnyu-lur mannc tlm common tto? of blocd and language which unite us with the mother country, and which have been rounl i .anr" Mi mil! limed by more than .i century of unbroken peace and by our common participa tion in the world war; and Whereas, through tho generosity of the owner a smnll portion of Jamestown Inland (about 22 acres) has been dedicated to historical purposes, pur-poses, but the greater part of ihe 1G00 acres remain subject to private ownership." |
