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Tercentenary Memorials

Bronze Lecturn

Presented by His Excellency, Theodore Roosevelt President of the United States. To the Glory of God and Commemorative of The Three Hundredth Anniversary of the first permanent establishment of English Civilization in America at Jamestown, Virginia, May 13, 1607.

Memorial Bible

Presented by His Majesty, King Edward VII. To the Glory of God and Commemorative of The Three Hundredth Anniversary of the planting of the English Church in America at Jamestown, Virginia, on May 13, 1607.

Description of the King's Bible

The following items from the London Times of June 1st and 3rd, 1907, have been received from His Grace, the Archbishop of Canterbury.

June 1, The Archbishop of Canterbury was received in audience to-day, and submitted to His Majesty the Bible which the King is presenting to the Episcopal Church in America for use in the Parish Church of Bruton, Virginia, in connexion with the 300th anniversary of the establishment of the Colony in Jamestown, Virginia.