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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Страница vi
... never went abreast , but followed one another in the same track ; the same custom is still observed by the uncultivated natives of North America . The Tungusi , the most numerous nation resident in Siberia , prick their skins with small ...
... never went abreast , but followed one another in the same track ; the same custom is still observed by the uncultivated natives of North America . The Tungusi , the most numerous nation resident in Siberia , prick their skins with small ...
Страница viii
... never of long duration . This order strikes the author as one of a singular character . It cer- tainly requires great judgment and experience of the planter to decide what number of plants would make his 100 lbs . of tobacco ...
... never of long duration . This order strikes the author as one of a singular character . It cer- tainly requires great judgment and experience of the planter to decide what number of plants would make his 100 lbs . of tobacco ...
Страница ix
... author . In truth , the term " going or sending home , " was never abandoned until after the war of the revolution . " If a governor dies , the major part of 2 INTRODUCTION . ix care of the French men and others sent about that ...
... author . In truth , the term " going or sending home , " was never abandoned until after the war of the revolution . " If a governor dies , the major part of 2 INTRODUCTION . ix care of the French men and others sent about that ...
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... never before experienced , I am like Sutor ultra crepidam , and therefore dare pretend no more than ( nakedly ) recount matters of ffact . Beseeching yo'r hono'r will vouch safe to allow , that in 30 years , divers occurrences are laps ...
... never before experienced , I am like Sutor ultra crepidam , and therefore dare pretend no more than ( nakedly ) recount matters of ffact . Beseeching yo'r hono'r will vouch safe to allow , that in 30 years , divers occurrences are laps ...
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... never had inclina- c'ions to tamper into the precarious intrigues of Govern't . and my hands being full of my own business ; they press't severall cogent argum'ts . and I having considerable debts in the county , besides my plantation ...
... never had inclina- c'ions to tamper into the precarious intrigues of Govern't . and my hands being full of my own business ; they press't severall cogent argum'ts . and I having considerable debts in the county , besides my plantation ...
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