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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... lay on her back , with the cords distended from her hands and feet , and tied to branches or what else they could get at to make her secure , while a man lay on each side of her with the cords passing under their bodies . * Gen. John ...
... lay on her back , with the cords distended from her hands and feet , and tied to branches or what else they could get at to make her secure , while a man lay on each side of her with the cords passing under their bodies . * Gen. John ...
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... laid down , is a subject for which the author cannot pretend to explain . It , how* ever , affords matter of curious speculation and interesting reflection to the inquiring mind . That nations are frequently urged to war and devestation ...
... laid down , is a subject for which the author cannot pretend to explain . It , how* ever , affords matter of curious speculation and interesting reflection to the inquiring mind . That nations are frequently urged to war and devestation ...
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... laid in the ground forty or fifty years . Every part of this gun , ( even the stock , which was made of black walnut ) , was sound . Mr. Kline's father took the barrel from the stock , placed the britch on the fire , and it soon ...
... laid in the ground forty or fifty years . Every part of this gun , ( even the stock , which was made of black walnut ) , was sound . Mr. Kline's father took the barrel from the stock , placed the britch on the fire , and it soon ...
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... laid at full length on the ground , and broad flat stones set round the corpse in the shape of a coffin . Capt . Oliver measured the skelton as it lay , which was nearly seven feet long . || In the further progress of this work the ...
... laid at full length on the ground , and broad flat stones set round the corpse in the shape of a coffin . Capt . Oliver measured the skelton as it lay , which was nearly seven feet long . || In the further progress of this work the ...
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... lay these things before you , under an uncommon exercise of mind , that your new and flourishing little settlement may not be laid waste , and ( if the providence of the Almighty doth not intervene ) , some of the blood of yourselves ...
... lay these things before you , under an uncommon exercise of mind , that your new and flourishing little settlement may not be laid waste , and ( if the providence of the Almighty doth not intervene ) , some of the blood of yourselves ...
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