somerscales

Updated: June 12, 2025

It was quite obvious that the fall in prices was due to overproduction. The English first attempted to alleviate the condition in 1619 through monopolistic control. Negotiations were conducted with the Virginia Company of London, Henry Somerscales, and Ditchfield in 1625.

G. Melvin Herndon - Tobacco in Colonial Virginia: "The Sovereign Remedy"