Record #:

13874

Author(s):

Powell, William S.

Abstract:

On 24 March 1663, Charles II granted land in the New World to eight men who had supported his efforts to regain the throne of England. The second in a series of biographical sketches describing the Lords Proprietors, Powell discusses George Monck, the Duke of Albemarle. This article discusses Monck's career prior to coming to the New World as well as his family and business conducted through 1677, the year of his death.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 20 Issue 48, May 1953, p1-2, 22, por

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775