A History of the Valley of VirginiaGenealogical Publishing Com, 2009 - 404 страници The storied Valley of Virginia (also known as the Appalachian Valley) is bounded by the Blue Ridge on the east and, for most of its length, by the West Virginia border on the west. Samuel Kercheval's history of the Valley of Virginia, published originally in 1909, concentrates upon this region from 1732 through the Revolutionary War. The work also describes life on the frontier, especially housing, furniture, and diet; the establishment of towns like Strasburg, Staunton, Romney, Harper's Ferry, and Morgantown; the inception of religious denominations, topography, and natural landmarks; and medicinal springs and other remedies. Incorporated into A History of the Valley of Virginia is an early edition of Notes on the Settlement and Indian Wars of the Western Parts of Virginia and Pennsylvania 1763-1783]..., by the Reverend Dr. Joseph Doddridge, which covers similar terrain. Kercheval has also included a detailed discussion of Bacon's Rebellion of the 17th century in his Introduction, and a chapter on the founding of Virginia's Northern Neck in the body of the work. |
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... appears to have been written by a person intimately acquainted with its origin , progress and conclusion , thirty years after it took place , and when the passion of the day had subsided , and reason might take a cool and deliberate ...
... appears to have been written by a person intimately acquainted with its origin , progress and conclusion , thirty years after it took place , and when the passion of the day had subsided , and reason might take a cool and deliberate ...
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... appear'd three prodigies in that country , which from th ' attending disasters were look'd upon as ominous presages . The one was a large comet every evening for a week , or more at Southwest ; thirty - five degrees high streaming like ...
... appear'd three prodigies in that country , which from th ' attending disasters were look'd upon as ominous presages . The one was a large comet every evening for a week , or more at Southwest ; thirty - five degrees high streaming like ...
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... appears there are strong reasons to believe that there does exist " a natural state of hostility of man against man . Upon what other principle can we account for the long and furious wars which have been carried on , at different ...
... appears there are strong reasons to believe that there does exist " a natural state of hostility of man against man . Upon what other principle can we account for the long and furious wars which have been carried on , at different ...
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... appear to have been their favorite places of residence . There are more numerous signs of their villages to be seen ... appears to have been too low to answer any valuable purpose in that way . On the Wappatomaka , a few miles below the ...
... appear to have been their favorite places of residence . There are more numerous signs of their villages to be seen ... appears to have been too low to answer any valuable purpose in that way . On the Wappatomaka , a few miles below the ...
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... appear- ances of another settlement , exhibiting the remains of two considera- ble mounds now entirely reduced by plowing . About this place many pipes , tomahawks , axes , hommony pestles , & c . have been found . Some four or five ...
... appear- ances of another settlement , exhibiting the remains of two considera- ble mounds now entirely reduced by plowing . About this place many pipes , tomahawks , axes , hommony pestles , & c . have been found . Some four or five ...
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