Explorer, writer, and cartographer John Smith assumed the presidency of the Jamestown settlement on September 10, 1608.
A great resource for anyone interested in American History and genealogy is the American Memory project at the Library of Congress website. I spend hours there, the collection contains manuscripts, images, podcasts and recordings.
The snippet above is from their Today in History page. Today in History mines the American Memory historical collections to discover what happened in American history today…and every day.

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