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PLYMOUTH COMPANY

The Plymouth Company was a company formed of Plymouth and Bristol merchants, and also called the North Virginia Company. It was incorporated in 1606, and obtained a charter from James I, with a grant of land between Long Island and Passamaquoddy Bay in north America. This company was the rival of the London company. In May, 1607, two ships were despatched to America bearing a company of colonists commanded by George Popham. An abortive attempt at permanent settlement was made on the Kennebec River, but Popham died and the remaining colonists returned home. The company still continued to exist until its reorganization in 1630 as the New England Company, or Council for New England.
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