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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... interest- ing materials sometimes check our research , we are compensated for the deficiency of mat- ter by the recency of the events , and the interest they are calculated to excite . To observe the rise of society and the changes and ...
... interest- ing materials sometimes check our research , we are compensated for the deficiency of mat- ter by the recency of the events , and the interest they are calculated to excite . To observe the rise of society and the changes and ...
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... interest in reviewing the conduct and marking the po- licy of our ancestors . We shall behold our state from the very embryon of her existence rising amidst enemies , and progressing amidst diffi- culties towards her present grandeur ...
... interest in reviewing the conduct and marking the po- licy of our ancestors . We shall behold our state from the very embryon of her existence rising amidst enemies , and progressing amidst diffi- culties towards her present grandeur ...
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... interest at court , and was tried and con- demned for a conspiracy against the king . He was however reprieved , and was employed af- terwards in the public service of his monarch . The sentence of death was still suspended over his ...
... interest at court , and was tried and con- demned for a conspiracy against the king . He was however reprieved , and was employed af- terwards in the public service of his monarch . The sentence of death was still suspended over his ...
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... interests , by offering him a large tract of land and a number of beautiful women if he would assist them in their project . However strong these motives might appear , they were not sufficient , if we may credit his own account , to ...
... interests , by offering him a large tract of land and a number of beautiful women if he would assist them in their project . However strong these motives might appear , they were not sufficient , if we may credit his own account , to ...
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... interest . The establishment of a court at Jamestown , to meet twice a month , in which the members of the council were to preside in turn ; the erection of a fort at Point Com- fort , and the encouragement given to the esta- blishment ...
... interest . The establishment of a court at Jamestown , to meet twice a month , in which the members of the council were to preside in turn ; the erection of a fort at Point Com- fort , and the encouragement given to the esta- blishment ...
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