Virginia Reader: a Treasury of Writings from the First Voyages to the PresentFrancis Coleman Rosenberger Excerpt from Virginia Reader: A Treasury of Writings, From the First Voyages to the Present Richard henry lee (1782-1794) address TO the virginia house OF burgesses On the motion to lay so heavy a duty on the importation of slaves as effectually to put an end to that iniquitous and dis graceful traffic within the colony of Virginia. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
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... able to bury the dead : our want of sufficient and good victualls , with continuall watching , foure or five each night at three Bulwarkes , being the chiefe cause : onely of Sturgion wee had great store , whereon our men would so ...
... able to fast . My cousin Cary was gone from us without notice , and we had reason ( for what followed ) to believe he was under the conduct of an an- gel ; for we soon saw him return with a chearful look , his hands car- rying something ...
... able or willing to afford them : for when I would have taken my rest , I was troubled beyond measure with their visits , and saw by their carriage what they would be at ; wherefore , to free myself of further disturbance , and to put ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 13 |
GEORGE MASON 17251792 | 17 |
JOHN RANDOLPH 17731833 | 19 |
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