A History of the Valley of VirginiaHeritage Books, 2009 - 416 страници If you'd like to know more about the history of Native Americans and early American settlers, this book is for you. Written not long after the Revolutionary War, the author was himself a young eyewitness to the life and times described, and the weight of |
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... command and their pieces fixed and their arms complete : " That there be due watch kept by night : " That no commander of any plantation do either himself or suffer others to spend powder unnecessarily , in drinking or entertain- ment ...
... command and their pieces fixed and their arms complete : " That there be due watch kept by night : " That no commander of any plantation do either himself or suffer others to spend powder unnecessarily , in drinking or entertain- ment ...
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... command obliging my pen to step aside from its habitual element of ffigures into this little treatise of his- tory ; which having never before experienced , I am like Sutor ultra crepidam , and therefore dare pretend no more than ...
... command obliging my pen to step aside from its habitual element of ffigures into this little treatise of his- tory ; which having never before experienced , I am like Sutor ultra crepidam , and therefore dare pretend no more than ...
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... command of the forces , and if his hono'r shou'd keep his word ( which he doubted ) he assured me " the like care should be taken of the remotest corners in the " land , as of his own dwelling - house , and pray'd me to advise him what ...
... command of the forces , and if his hono'r shou'd keep his word ( which he doubted ) he assured me " the like care should be taken of the remotest corners in the " land , as of his own dwelling - house , and pray'd me to advise him what ...
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Samuel Kercheval. what persons in those parts were most fit to bear commands . " I frankly gave him my opinion that the most satisfactory gentlemen to govern'r & people , wou'd be co'manders of the militia , wherewith he was well pleased ...
Samuel Kercheval. what persons in those parts were most fit to bear commands . " I frankly gave him my opinion that the most satisfactory gentlemen to govern'r & people , wou'd be co'manders of the militia , wherewith he was well pleased ...
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... command- ing and requiring all the authorities , both civil and military , to interpose , and prohibit a repetition of such acts of barbarity and cruelty . The author will now conclude this narrative of Indian wars , with a few general ...
... command- ing and requiring all the authorities , both civil and military , to interpose , and prohibit a repetition of such acts of barbarity and cruelty . The author will now conclude this narrative of Indian wars , with a few general ...
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