An overview of the buildings and site and its owners and users, an archeological survey and study to insure preservation, and an interpretive plan.

U.S. National Park Service Source Book Series, No. 1.

U.S. National Park Service Source Book Series, No. 1.

A permanent settlement was the objective. Support, financial and popular, came from a cross section of English life. It seems obvious from accounts and papers of the period that it was generally thought that Virginia was being settled for the glory of God, for the honor of the King, for the welfare of England, and for the advancement of the Company and its individual members.