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Page 85
... presents of Deare , bread , Rau- groughcuns ; halfe alwayes for my father [ Captain Newport ] whom he much desired to see , and halfe for me : and so continually im- portuned by messengers and presents , that I would come to fetch the ...
... presents of Deare , bread , Rau- groughcuns ; halfe alwayes for my father [ Captain Newport ] whom he much desired to see , and halfe for me : and so continually im- portuned by messengers and presents , that I would come to fetch the ...
Page 147
... present sustenance , needed no other interpreter to let them know how much more ac- ceptable it was to us than the sight of dead and living corpses , which raised great compassion in them , especially in the women , who are observed to ...
... present sustenance , needed no other interpreter to let them know how much more ac- ceptable it was to us than the sight of dead and living corpses , which raised great compassion in them , especially in the women , who are observed to ...
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... present above half so many Ministers as there are Parishes . The Governor connives at this , and tho ' he is Ordinary , yet never presents jure devoluto ; so that really many Parishes chuse to be without a Minister , for by that Means ...
... present above half so many Ministers as there are Parishes . The Governor connives at this , and tho ' he is Ordinary , yet never presents jure devoluto ; so that really many Parishes chuse to be without a Minister , for by that Means ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 13 |
GEORGE MASON 17251792 | 17 |
JOHN RANDOLPH 17731833 | 19 |
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