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... miles from Germanna , which we called Expe- dition Run , and here we lay all night . This first encampment was ... miles on the way , which we called Mine River , because there was an appearance of a silver mine by it . We made about ...
... miles from Germanna , which we called Expe- dition Run , and here we lay all night . This first encampment was ... miles on the way , which we called Mine River , because there was an appearance of a silver mine by it . We made about ...
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... miles off , where Joseph Colson is overseer . Here our thirsty companions raised their drooping spirits with a cheerful dram , and having wet both eyes , we rode on seven miles farther to Blue Stone Castle , five whereof were through my ...
... miles off , where Joseph Colson is overseer . Here our thirsty companions raised their drooping spirits with a cheerful dram , and having wet both eyes , we rode on seven miles farther to Blue Stone Castle , five whereof were through my ...
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... miles . Our whole day's journey amounted not quite to five miles , by reason we had been so hampered at our first setting out . We were glad to take up our quarters early in a piece of fine low - ground , lying about a mile north of the ...
... miles . Our whole day's journey amounted not quite to five miles , by reason we had been so hampered at our first setting out . We were glad to take up our quarters early in a piece of fine low - ground , lying about a mile north of the ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 13 |
GEORGE MASON 17251792 | 17 |
JOHN RANDOLPH 17731833 | 19 |
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