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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... meet- ing with disastrous fortune , they changed their course and steered for the West Indies , neg- lecting the welfare of the colony to preserve their own . A succession of unfortunate voyages began to damp the spirit of discovery ...
... meet- ing with disastrous fortune , they changed their course and steered for the West Indies , neg- lecting the welfare of the colony to preserve their own . A succession of unfortunate voyages began to damp the spirit of discovery ...
الصفحة 60
... meet twice a month , in which the members of the council were to preside in turn ; the erection of a fort at Point Com- fort , and the encouragement given to the esta- blishment of salt works in Accomack , were among the wise measures ...
... meet twice a month , in which the members of the council were to preside in turn ; the erection of a fort at Point Com- fort , and the encouragement given to the esta- blishment of salt works in Accomack , were among the wise measures ...
الصفحة 73
... that induced them to take up arms on this occasion . Having collected a body of about six hundred men , he directed his course to- wards the Indian settlements , where alone he G was likely to meet with an enemy who would give 73.
... that induced them to take up arms on this occasion . Having collected a body of about six hundred men , he directed his course to- wards the Indian settlements , where alone he G was likely to meet with an enemy who would give 73.
الصفحة 74
... meet with an enemy who would give him a chance of acquiring the fame of military prowess . Before his departure he had sent a messenger to the governor , sir William Berkeley , requesting a commission , that he might have the sanction ...
... meet with an enemy who would give him a chance of acquiring the fame of military prowess . Before his departure he had sent a messenger to the governor , sir William Berkeley , requesting a commission , that he might have the sanction ...
الصفحة 77
... meet the insurgents in the field , thought pro- per to retire with a few 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 ...
... meet the insurgents in the field , thought pro- per to retire with a few 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 ...
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