"Pory" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the transactions of which fill so bright a page in the annals of the early colonies. The governor asked the clergyman for a blessing, and when the prayer was done suggested the choosing of a chairman, or speaker. The choice fell upon John Pory, a member of the former council. Then the governor read his letter from ...
— The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 • Julian Hawthorne
... evidence that Jamestown was the first to feel the impact of the advantages and fruits that growth produced. Material progress is evident as early as 1619 in the letter of John Pory, Secretary of the Colony, written from ...
— The First Seventeen Years: Virginia 1607-1624 • Charles E. Hatch |
