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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... affairs , they resolved , with the miserable residue of the colony , to abandon their settlements and return to Eng- land . They accordingly embarked , and had proceeded down the river some distance , when they were met by lord De la ...
... affairs , they resolved , with the miserable residue of the colony , to abandon their settlements and return to Eng- land . They accordingly embarked , and had proceeded down the river some distance , when they were met by lord De la ...
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... affairs in Virginia , was dissolved , and the powers vest- ed in it by charter reverted to the crown . A provisional government was immediately form- ed , consisting of a governor and eleven coun- sellors . Sir Francis Wyatt , who had ...
... affairs in Virginia , was dissolved , and the powers vest- ed in it by charter reverted to the crown . A provisional government was immediately form- ed , consisting of a governor and eleven coun- sellors . Sir Francis Wyatt , who had ...
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... affairs of Virginia at this period afford little worthy of record . The royal government was re - established in the mother country , and the colony in Virginia felt much joy at the re- storation , notwithstanding their recent submis ...
... affairs of Virginia at this period afford little worthy of record . The royal government was re - established in the mother country , and the colony in Virginia felt much joy at the re- storation , notwithstanding their recent submis ...
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... affair . In the event of this mission proving in- effectual , it was resolved to purchase those grants from the patentees . The commissioners exerted themselves for the interests of the co- lony , but the rebellion , which broke out in ...
... affair . In the event of this mission proving in- effectual , it was resolved to purchase those grants from the patentees . The commissioners exerted themselves for the interests of the co- lony , but the rebellion , which broke out in ...
الصفحة 77
... Acco- mack . Bacon now placed himself at the head of civil and military affairs ; and under pretence that sir William Berkeley had abdicated the chair of government G 2 77 of the people. He therefore signed an act of ...
... Acco- mack . Bacon now placed himself at the head of civil and military affairs ; and under pretence that sir William Berkeley had abdicated the chair of government G 2 77 of the people. He therefore signed an act of ...
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