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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... lived to see " two generations pass away and now remain the example of the third . " You saw Dun- more's war with the Indians in 1774 ; you witnessed the war of the Revolution and the war of 1812 , with the haughty Briton . In all these ...
... lived to see " two generations pass away and now remain the example of the third . " You saw Dun- more's war with the Indians in 1774 ; you witnessed the war of the Revolution and the war of 1812 , with the haughty Briton . In all these ...
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... a planter ; that he lived in Northumberland , but was elected a member of the assembly in 1676 for the County of Stafford , Colonel Mason being his colleague , of which assembly Col. Warner was speaker ; that it. INTRODUCTION . xiii.
... a planter ; that he lived in Northumberland , but was elected a member of the assembly in 1676 for the County of Stafford , Colonel Mason being his colleague , of which assembly Col. Warner was speaker ; that it. INTRODUCTION . xiii.
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... lived ten miles above it ; but on a sabbath day morning in the sumer anno 1675 , people on their way to church , saw this Hen lying thwart his threshold , and an Indian without the door , both chopt on their heads , arms & other parts ...
... lived ten miles above it ; but on a sabbath day morning in the sumer anno 1675 , people on their way to church , saw this Hen lying thwart his threshold , and an Indian without the door , both chopt on their heads , arms & other parts ...
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... lived tenderly , my service cou'd be of no bene- fit because the hardships and fatigues of a wilderness campaigne would put a speedy period to my dais : little expecting to hear of more intestine broiles , I went home to Potomack ...
... lived tenderly , my service cou'd be of no bene- fit because the hardships and fatigues of a wilderness campaigne would put a speedy period to my dais : little expecting to hear of more intestine broiles , I went home to Potomack ...
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... lived comfortably coud not have undergone , so as the whole land must have become an Aceldama if gods exceeding mercy had not timely . removed him . During these tumults in Virginia a 2d danger menaced Mary- land by an insurrection in ...
... lived comfortably coud not have undergone , so as the whole land must have become an Aceldama if gods exceeding mercy had not timely . removed him . During these tumults in Virginia a 2d danger menaced Mary- land by an insurrection in ...
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