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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... called Occam by the inhabitants on which standeth a towne called Pomeiock , and sixe dayes journey from the same is situate their greatest citie , called Skicoak , which this people affirme to be very great : but the Savages were never ...
... called Expe- dition Run , and here we lay all night . This first encampment was called Beverley Camp in honor of one of the gentlemen of our party . We made great fires , and supped , and drank good punch . By ten of the clock I had ...
... called this place Spots- wood Camp , after our Governor . 6th . - We crossed the river , which we called Euphrates . It is very deep ; the main course of the water is north ; it is fourscore yards wide in the narrowest part . We drank ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 13 |
GEORGE MASON 17251792 | 17 |
JOHN RANDOLPH 17731833 | 19 |
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