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 من الصفحات |
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... arts of designing , engraving and etching historical and other prints . " D. CALDWELL , Clerk of the District of Pennsylvania . 442 BRITISH 207 PREFACE . THE author of the following pages has en- DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO WIT: ...
... arts of designing , engraving and etching historical and other prints . " D. CALDWELL , Clerk of the District of Pennsylvania . 442 BRITISH 207 PREFACE . THE author of the following pages has en- DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO WIT: ...
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... British nation , a general joy was diffused amongst the colonists . The council , who had so lately pledged their lives and fortunes in de- fence of James , naturally felt some embarrass- ment on the occasion . Their hatred to the ...
... British nation , a general joy was diffused amongst the colonists . The council , who had so lately pledged their lives and fortunes in de- fence of James , naturally felt some embarrass- ment on the occasion . Their hatred to the ...
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... British ministry the establishment of a company , to settle such lands on the Ohio as they might be able to procure from the natives . He likewise proposed the establishment of a chain of forts from the Lakes to the Mississippi , by ...
... British ministry the establishment of a company , to settle such lands on the Ohio as they might be able to procure from the natives . He likewise proposed the establishment of a chain of forts from the Lakes to the Mississippi , by ...
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... . In this unsuc- cessful attempt Gooch , who had been formerly an officer in the British service , commanded the colonial troops . About this time ( 1742 ) considerable alarm was excited in Virginia , by the news of a 94.
... . In this unsuc- cessful attempt Gooch , who had been formerly an officer in the British service , commanded the colonial troops . About this time ( 1742 ) considerable alarm was excited in Virginia , by the news of a 94.
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... British navy as a midshipman . The entreaties of an affec- tionate mother prevailed on him to abandon the idea . His talents were reserved for a fairer field of glory . Although he early showed a dis- position for action rather than ...
... British navy as a midshipman . The entreaties of an affec- tionate mother prevailed on him to abandon the idea . His talents were reserved for a fairer field of glory . Although he early showed a dis- position for action rather than ...
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