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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... situation and com- mercial advantages , conspire to give her a pre- ponderance in the national scale , and render her history well worth the attention of her citi- zens . Nor will the utility of this work be confined to Virginia alone ...
... situation and com- mercial advantages , conspire to give her a pre- ponderance in the national scale , and render her history well worth the attention of her citi- zens . Nor will the utility of this work be confined to Virginia alone ...
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... situation and population at this time an object worthy the attention of the reader . Our limits will confine us , however , to a few general observations . According to the account of captain John Smith , that part of Virginia that lies ...
... situation and population at this time an object worthy the attention of the reader . Our limits will confine us , however , to a few general observations . According to the account of captain John Smith , that part of Virginia that lies ...
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... situation made it necessary , to return to England . Be- fore he left the coast of Virginia there happen- ed a violent storm , which drove their vessel from its anchorage , and so alarmed the colo- nists that they determined to abandon ...
... situation made it necessary , to return to England . Be- fore he left the coast of Virginia there happen- ed a violent storm , which drove their vessel from its anchorage , and so alarmed the colo- nists that they determined to abandon ...
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... situation of the enemy . He also detached major Lewis with a baggage guard about two miles in his rear ; and having made such other arrangements as he deemed necessary , he believed himself secure , and with more parade than prudence ...
... situation of the enemy . He also detached major Lewis with a baggage guard about two miles in his rear ; and having made such other arrangements as he deemed necessary , he believed himself secure , and with more parade than prudence ...
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... situation of the retreating troops at this time must ap- pear truly desperate . They were in an enemy's country , far from any English settlement , as well as from any immediate prospect of suc- cour ; routed and dispersed by a bloody ...
... situation of the retreating troops at this time must ap- pear truly desperate . They were in an enemy's country , far from any English settlement , as well as from any immediate prospect of suc- cour ; routed and dispersed by a bloody ...
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