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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... soon died , then a boy who came out from under a bed where he had hid himself , and told them , Indians had come at break of day & done those murders . ffrom this Englishman's bloud did ( by degrees ) arise Bacons rebellion with the ...
... soon died , then a boy who came out from under a bed where he had hid himself , and told them , Indians had come at break of day & done those murders . ffrom this Englishman's bloud did ( by degrees ) arise Bacons rebellion with the ...
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... soon hear of it ; what seem'd most prudent at this hazardous dilemma was to obviate the present impending peril ; So Mr. Bacon made me sit the whole night by him filling up those papers , which I then saw were blank co'missions sign'd ...
... soon hear of it ; what seem'd most prudent at this hazardous dilemma was to obviate the present impending peril ; So Mr. Bacon made me sit the whole night by him filling up those papers , which I then saw were blank co'missions sign'd ...
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... soon as a council of war cou'd meet , his sentence be dis- patchat & a gibbet erected [ which took up near two houres ] he was executed . This Mr. Drumond was a sober Scotch gentleman of good re- pute with whome I had not a particular ...
... soon as a council of war cou'd meet , his sentence be dis- patchat & a gibbet erected [ which took up near two houres ] he was executed . This Mr. Drumond was a sober Scotch gentleman of good re- pute with whome I had not a particular ...
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... soon after when a generall court , and also an assem- bly were held , where some of our former assembly [ with so many others ] were put to death , diverse whereof were persons of honest reputation and handsome estates , as that the ...
... soon after when a generall court , and also an assem- bly were held , where some of our former assembly [ with so many others ] were put to death , diverse whereof were persons of honest reputation and handsome estates , as that the ...
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... soon reached the ears of the Governor of Pennsylvania , and he forth with issued his proclamation , command- ing and requiring all the authorities , both civil and military , to interpose , and prohibit a repetition of such acts of ...
... soon reached the ears of the Governor of Pennsylvania , and he forth with issued his proclamation , command- ing and requiring all the authorities , both civil and military , to interpose , and prohibit a repetition of such acts of ...
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