A History of Virginia from Its Discovery Till the Year 1781: With Biographical Sketches of All the Most Distinguished Characters that Occur in the Colonial, Revolutionary, Or Subsequent Period of Our HistoryJ. W. Campbell, 1813 - 310 páginas |
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... councils and our armies : her central situation and com- mercial advantages , conspire to give her a pre- ponderance in the national scale , and render her history well worth the attention of her citi- zens . Nor will the utility of ...
... councils and our armies : her central situation and com- mercial advantages , conspire to give her a pre- ponderance in the national scale , and render her history well worth the attention of her citi- zens . Nor will the utility of ...
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... council for both divisions . About this time the celebrated adventurer John Smith arrived in London , decked with the laurels of military adventure and heroic achievement . To him Gosnold made known his projects , and engaged him to ...
... council for both divisions . About this time the celebrated adventurer John Smith arrived in London , decked with the laurels of military adventure and heroic achievement . To him Gosnold made known his projects , and engaged him to ...
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... council for the colony . Having elected Wingfield president , they en- tered on their minutes their reasons for exclud- ing Smith from a participation in the duties of the council . The first river they entered was called by the natives ...
... council for the colony . Having elected Wingfield president , they en- tered on their minutes their reasons for exclud- ing Smith from a participation in the duties of the council . The first river they entered was called by the natives ...
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... acquitted of the charges against him , and consequently admitted to his seat in the council . On the 22d of June 1607 , Newport returned to England , leaving in Virginia one hundred and four persons , with but a scanty stock of 35.
... acquitted of the charges against him , and consequently admitted to his seat in the council . On the 22d of June 1607 , Newport returned to England , leaving in Virginia one hundred and four persons , with but a scanty stock of 35.
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... council dismissed him from his office , and elected John Ratcliffe in his room . The adventurous mind of Smith , which could not be restrained by the love of case nor the fear of danger , led him into various parts of the country , and ...
... council dismissed him from his office , and elected John Ratcliffe in his room . The adventurous mind of Smith , which could not be restrained by the love of case nor the fear of danger , led him into various parts of the country , and ...
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