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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... settlement on our coast . This illustrious statesman having obtained letters patent em- powering him to discover and settle remote lands , fitted out with the assistance of his friends two small vessels for this purpose . These , under ...
... settlement on our coast . This illustrious statesman having obtained letters patent em- powering him to discover and settle remote lands , fitted out with the assistance of his friends two small vessels for this purpose . These , under ...
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... settled between York and James rivers above the falls . Besides these , were the Nottoways , the Meherricks , the Tuteloes , and several other scattering and independent tribes . The hereditary dominions of Powhatan lay on James river ...
... settled between York and James rivers above the falls . Besides these , were the Nottoways , the Meherricks , the Tuteloes , and several other scattering and independent tribes . The hereditary dominions of Powhatan lay on James river ...
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... to retard the progress of population . When the first settlement of Europeans was made in Virginia , it is probable the whole number of Indians did not amount to twenty thousand . B2 17 another at his feet. When he dined they at- ...
... to retard the progress of population . When the first settlement of Europeans was made in Virginia , it is probable the whole number of Indians did not amount to twenty thousand . B2 17 another at his feet. When he dined they at- ...
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... the colo- nists that they determined to abandon their settlement . They sailed with Drake for Eng- land , where they arrived in July 1586. * * See Burk's Virginia , vol . I. CHAPTER III . A FEW days after the departure of 21.
... the colo- nists that they determined to abandon their settlement . They sailed with Drake for Eng- land , where they arrived in July 1586. * * See Burk's Virginia , vol . I. CHAPTER III . A FEW days after the departure of 21.
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... settle- ment . On the 13th of August Manteo underwent the ceremony of baptism , and for his friendship to the English was honoured with the title of lord of Dessamonpeake . † White soon after . wards returned to England , leaving one ...
... settle- ment . On the 13th of August Manteo underwent the ceremony of baptism , and for his friendship to the English was honoured with the title of lord of Dessamonpeake . † White soon after . wards returned to England , leaving one ...
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