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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... civil society and the progress of human knowledge ; -to the less enlightened , though not less important , citizen who sup- ports by his labour the nation , and protects her constitution by his sword . While they pos- sess the ...
... civil society and the progress of human knowledge ; -to the less enlightened , though not less important , citizen who sup- ports by his labour the nation , and protects her constitution by his sword . While they pos- sess the ...
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... civil and military , for the colony . The company , soon after their incorporation , appointed lord De la War captain general of Virginia , sir Thomas Gates lieutenant general , sir George Somers admiral , and captain Newport vice ad ...
... civil and military , for the colony . The company , soon after their incorporation , appointed lord De la War captain general of Virginia , sir Thomas Gates lieutenant general , sir George Somers admiral , and captain Newport vice ad ...
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... civil war , betwixt Charles the First and his parliament . During this struggle , which proved so unfortunate for the monarch , Virginia ad- hered to the royal cause . The parliament , after the establishment of their power , despatched ...
... civil war , betwixt Charles the First and his parliament . During this struggle , which proved so unfortunate for the monarch , Virginia ad- hered to the royal cause . The parliament , after the establishment of their power , despatched ...
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... civil grievances , they excited the passions of the populace as well by their dread of extermination as by their horror of oppression . No serious danger , however , could at this time be justly apprehended from the incursions of the ...
... civil grievances , they excited the passions of the populace as well by their dread of extermination as by their horror of oppression . No serious danger , however , could at this time be justly apprehended from the incursions of the ...
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... his friends to 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 ...
... his friends to 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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