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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... congress in the year 1774 , and was again appointed at the next election ; but in the year 1775 his bad state of health induced him to decline the honour of a third election . He was for many years one of the judges of the court of ...
... congress in the year 1774 , and was again appointed at the next election ; but in the year 1775 his bad state of health induced him to decline the honour of a third election . He was for many years one of the judges of the court of ...
الصفحة 161
... congress under the federal constitution . In the year 1800 he was chosen one of the electors of president , and in 1802 was elected governor of Virginia . He died at Richmond , October 11th , 1808 , in the sixty - fifth year of his age ...
... congress under the federal constitution . In the year 1800 he was chosen one of the electors of president , and in 1802 was elected governor of Virginia . He died at Richmond , October 11th , 1808 , in the sixty - fifth year of his age ...
الصفحة 168
... congress , who granted commissions to the of- ficers in the order they stood recommended by the convention , beginning with colonel Henry of the first , and ending with colonel Buckner of the sixth regiment . Colonel Henry , on being ...
... congress , who granted commissions to the of- ficers in the order they stood recommended by the convention , beginning with colonel Henry of the first , and ending with colonel Buckner of the sixth regiment . Colonel Henry , on being ...
الصفحة 170
... congress be instructed " to propose to that respectable body to declare " the united colonies free and independent States , " absolved from all allegiance to , or depen- " dence on the crown or parliament of Great " Britain ; and that ...
... congress be instructed " to propose to that respectable body to declare " the united colonies free and independent States , " absolved from all allegiance to , or depen- " dence on the crown or parliament of Great " Britain ; and that ...
الصفحة 173
... congress on the Fourth of July 1776 ; and agreeably to an order of the privy council , it was proclaimed on the 25th of the same month at the capitol , the court - house , and the palace at Williamsburg , amidst the acclama- tions of ...
... congress on the Fourth of July 1776 ; and agreeably to an order of the privy council , it was proclaimed on the 25th of the same month at the capitol , the court - house , and the palace at Williamsburg , amidst the acclama- tions of ...
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