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Ralph Lane

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Lane and White, the governors of Roanoke

Weeks, Stephen B. (Stephen Beauregard), 1865-1918 · 1890 · Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies

Stephen B. Weeks on Ralph Lane and John White, the two men who governed the Roanoke colony for Sir Walter Raleigh in the 1580s. Published by the students of the University at Chapel Hill in 1890.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Lane, Ralph, 1530?-1603.

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