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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... fire in his absence . The hope of finding gold on the shores , or in the recesses of Virginia , was not yet en- tirely abandoned , notwithstanding it had hither- to been rewarded only by chagrin and disap- pointment . 40.
... fire in his absence . The hope of finding gold on the shores , or in the recesses of Virginia , was not yet en- tirely abandoned , notwithstanding it had hither- to been rewarded only by chagrin and disap- pointment . 40.
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... fire on their way to the long grass and underwood that served to conceal the approach of the enemy , and sa r ... On the death of sir George Yeardley , in the year 1627 , the council elected captain F. West to fill the vacancy . During ...
... fire on their way to the long grass and underwood that served to conceal the approach of the enemy , and sa r ... On the death of sir George Yeardley , in the year 1627 , the council elected captain F. West to fill the vacancy . During ...
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... fire , and reduced the infant metropolis of Virginia to ashes . Bacon found himself once more at the helm of affairs in the colony , and thinking himself placed above the power of the loyalists , he dis- missed his followers , and ...
... fire , and reduced the infant metropolis of Virginia to ashes . Bacon found himself once more at the helm of affairs in the colony , and thinking himself placed above the power of the loyalists , he dis- missed his followers , and ...
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... fire , sup- posed to be the work of some incendiary . In consequence of the destruction of the capitol , the next assembly , agreeably to summons , met in the college . It may be proper to notice here , a proclamation of the governor ...
... fire , sup- posed to be the work of some incendiary . In consequence of the destruction of the capitol , the next assembly , agreeably to summons , met in the college . It may be proper to notice here , a proclamation of the governor ...
الصفحة 118
... fire , apparently in front and flank of the advance parties . These imme- diately fell back , and communicated to the main body a panic , from which they could not be recovered . The firing soon became general , and the confusion ...
... fire , apparently in front and flank of the advance parties . These imme- diately fell back , and communicated to the main body a panic , from which they could not be recovered . The firing soon became general , and the confusion ...
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