[1] The Commons vote, dated May 24, 1624, is in the _Journal of the
House of Commons_, i, 794. The several documents leading up to the
issuing of this Proclamation are listed in Kingsbury's _Records of the
Virginia Company_, i, 192-200.
[2] The commission, dated November 9, 1624, appointing Edward Dichfield
and five others officers to take charge of the execution of the
provisions of this Proclamation, is printed in Rymer's _Foedera_,
xvii, 633.
1625, March 2.
[Encouraging Growth of Tobacco in Plantations.]