Book from project gutenberg tobacco in colonial virginia the sovereign remedy library of congress classifications f206 sb. Tobacco in colonial virginia the sovereign remedy g melvin herndon no preview available 2013 common terms and phrases acres amount appears appointed assembly attempts average became began begin brought build built buyers caused century city colony company continued county crop cultivation curing early england english established expansion exported falls fields five four frequently . The sovereign remedy tobacco was probably first brought to the shores of england from florida by sir john hawkins in 1565 englishmen were growing it by the 1570s and after the return of the daring sir francis drake to england with a large quantity of tobacco captured in the west indies in 1586 the use of tobacco in england was increased substantially. The project gutenberg ebook tobacco in colonial virginia by melvin herndon this ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever you may copy it give it away or re use it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at wwwgutenbergorg title tobacco in colonial virginia the sovereign remedy author