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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... convention , for the purpose of settling a provisional go- vernment until the pleasure of his majesty should be made known . The convention ac- cordingly met at Middle Plantation on the 3d of August 1676 , and proceeded to de- clare the ...
... convention , for the purpose of settling a provisional go- vernment until the pleasure of his majesty should be made known . The convention ac- cordingly met at Middle Plantation on the 3d of August 1676 , and proceeded to de- clare the ...
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... convention which form- ed our constitution , and of that august body he was elected president . In the year 1789 he was unanimously elected the first President of the United States . After serving his country in that exalted station ...
... convention which form- ed our constitution , and of that august body he was elected president . In the year 1789 he was unanimously elected the first President of the United States . After serving his country in that exalted station ...
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... convention about to meet in Richmond . A short time afterwards Dunmore and his family , attended by captain Foy , sailed from Yorktown . } In July 1775 the convention met in Rich- mond , for the purpose of organizing a pro- vincial form ...
... convention about to meet in Richmond . A short time afterwards Dunmore and his family , attended by captain Foy , sailed from Yorktown . } In July 1775 the convention met in Rich- mond , for the purpose of organizing a pro- vincial form ...
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... convention which met to consider the constitution proposed for the government of the United States . For its adoption he was a powerful advocate . In the year 1789 he was appointed by Washington district judge , but declining the office ...
... convention which met to consider the constitution proposed for the government of the United States . For its adoption he was a powerful advocate . In the year 1789 he was appointed by Washington district judge , but declining the office ...
الصفحة 160
... convention which , in the year 1787 , framed the federal constitu- tion , as well as of the convention of Virginia which in the following year met for its adop- tion . In the former body he refused to sign his name to the instrument ...
... convention which , in the year 1787 , framed the federal constitu- tion , as well as of the convention of Virginia which in the following year met for its adop- tion . In the former body he refused to sign his name to the instrument ...
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