<P> William Volday / Wilhelm Waldi, a Swiss German mineral prospector, was also among those who arrived in 1608 . His mission was seeking a silver reservoir that was believed to be within the proximity of Jamestown . Some of the settlers were artisans who built a glass furnace which became the first proto - factory in British North America . Additional craftsmen produced soap, pitch, and wood building supplies . Among all of these were the first made - in - America products to be exported to Europe . However, despite all these efforts, profits from exports were not sufficient to meet the expenses and expectations of the investors back in England, and no silver or gold had been discovered, as earlier hoped . </P> <P> The investors of the Virginia Company of London expected to reap rewards from their speculative investments . With the Second Supply, they expressed their frustrations and made demands upon the leaders of Jamestown in written form . </P> <P> It fell to the third president of the Council to deliver a reply . By this time, Wingfield and Ratcliffe had been replaced by John Smith . Ever bold, Smith delivered what must have been a wake - up call to the investors in London . In what has been termed "Smith's Rude Answer", he composed a letter, writing (in part): </P> <Dl> <Dd> "When you send again I entreat you rather send but thirty Carpenters, husbandmen, gardiners, fishermen, blacksmiths, masons and diggers up of trees, roots, well provided; than a thousand of such awe have: for except wee be able both to lodge them and feed them, the most will consume with want of necessaries before they can be made good for anything ." </Dd> </Dl>

Who was sent to jamestown to serve as governor