Virginia Reader: a Treasury of Writings from the First Voyages to the PresentExcerpt 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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By better acquaintance with these our deliverers , we learn'd that we were about fifty English miles from Virginia : That part of it where Jenkin did govern , was call'd Littleton's Plantation , and was the first English ground we did ...
... bitter Colds of Winter , and seems most peculiarly adapted for this Climate : Besides this , are plentifully drank with the better Sort , of late Years , all kinds of French , and other European Wine , especially Claret and Port .
as they are , and that , as Burch had once remarked whimsically , " in the long run fustian wears better than velvet . " She had learned , too , she told herself in the first moments of her homecoming , that as long as she could rule ...
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | 13 |
GEORGE MASON 17251792 | 17 |
JOHN RANDOLPH 17731833 | 19 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Virginia Reader: a Treasury of Writings from the First Voyages to the Present |
| Editor | Francis Coleman Rosenberger |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Octagon Books, 1972 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 1 Aug 2011 |
| ISBN | 0374969140, 9780374969141 |
| Length | 576 pages |
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