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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... young to attract your notice , and it was not until he entered upon the active duties of life that he had the high satisfac- tion of a personal acquaintance . The author disclaims every thing like insincere flattery , and feels assured ...
... young to attract your notice , and it was not until he entered upon the active duties of life that he had the high satisfac- tion of a personal acquaintance . The author disclaims every thing like insincere flattery , and feels assured ...
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... young Nathaniel Bacon [ not yet arrived at 30 years ] had a nigh relation named Colo . Nath- aniel Bacon of long standing in the council a very rich politick man , and childless , designing this kinsman for his heir , INTRODUCTION . xxi.
... young Nathaniel Bacon [ not yet arrived at 30 years ] had a nigh relation named Colo . Nath- aniel Bacon of long standing in the council a very rich politick man , and childless , designing this kinsman for his heir , INTRODUCTION . xxi.
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... young gentleman to flee for his life , and also in 3. or four dais after Mr. Bacon was first seiz'd I saw abundance of men in town thither from the heads of the rivers , who finding him restored & his men at liberty , return'd home ...
... young gentleman to flee for his life , and also in 3. or four dais after Mr. Bacon was first seiz'd I saw abundance of men in town thither from the heads of the rivers , who finding him restored & his men at liberty , return'd home ...
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... young , too much a stranger there , and of a dis- position too pricipitate , to manage things to that length those were carried , had not thoughtfull Mr. Laurence been at the bottom . ཙྪཱ བྷཱམ ཨུབྷ i , e2 ཙྪཱ ཙ a ཤུདྡྷི XXX INTRODUCTION .
... young , too much a stranger there , and of a dis- position too pricipitate , to manage things to that length those were carried , had not thoughtfull Mr. Laurence been at the bottom . ཙྪཱ བྷཱམ ཨུབྷ i , e2 ཙྪཱ ཙ a ཤུདྡྷི XXX INTRODUCTION .
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... young female Catawba prisoner , who was one of the most beautiful females she had ever seen . Maj . R. D. Glass also informed the author that his father , who resided at the head of the Opequon , stated the same fact . It was remarkable ...
... young female Catawba prisoner , who was one of the most beautiful females she had ever seen . Maj . R. D. Glass also informed the author that his father , who resided at the head of the Opequon , stated the same fact . It was remarkable ...
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